The title and premise grabbed me. Found diaries in a thrift shop! How much longer will it be possible to find diaries at thrift shops with the advent of the computer and internet blogs? Sherlock Holmes and pre-Bridget Jones's Diary combined. Production is great. I enjoyed listening to Kodeski's bemused voice and Slickman's sometimes sardonic renderings of the diary entries. History at its most personal. Dare I say it's a modern day version of Samuel Pepy's diaries. Soundtracks from movies and time period add to the piece. The late fifties and early sixties come back with a vengeance. Seventeen minutes of great radio. Thank you.
Nice work. Excellent basis for the piece, talk about 'lost and found sound'. Only questions I have would be regarding the use of non-incidental music (Doris, and Elvis), not sure they were absolutely necessary. Also the ending somehow left me hanging, although the story had closure, the piece seemed to end to abruptly-maybe I wanted to know more about how the author felt about the whole episode, maybe it's just me. Otherwise, thoroughly enjoyable, engaging, and well executed.
Comments for Another Lousy Day
This piece belongs to the series "Homeplace Series"
Produced by Dan Collison and Elizabeth Meister
Other pieces by Long Haul Productions
Rating Summary
2 comments
Deborah Astley
Posted on May 08, 2005 at 08:22 AM | Permalink
Review of Another Lousy Day
The title and premise grabbed me. Found diaries in a thrift shop! How much longer will it be possible to find diaries at thrift shops with the advent of the computer and internet blogs? Sherlock Holmes and pre-Bridget Jones's Diary combined. Production is great. I enjoyed listening to Kodeski's bemused voice and Slickman's sometimes sardonic renderings of the diary entries. History at its most personal. Dare I say it's a modern day version of Samuel Pepy's diaries. Soundtracks from movies and time period add to the piece. The late fifties and early sixties come back with a vengeance. Seventeen minutes of great radio. Thank you.
Curt Mathies
Posted on January 02, 2005 at 01:55 PM | Permalink
Review of Another Lousy Day
Nice work. Excellent basis for the piece, talk about 'lost and found sound'. Only questions I have would be regarding the use of non-incidental music (Doris, and Elvis), not sure they were absolutely necessary. Also the ending somehow left me hanging, although the story had closure, the piece seemed to end to abruptly-maybe I wanted to know more about how the author felt about the whole episode, maybe it's just me. Otherwise, thoroughly enjoyable, engaging, and well executed.