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The Zen of Little Richard

From: Dale Short
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Littlerichardds_small Producer Dale Short says that even if you don't meditate, there are still any number of situations in everyday life that require -- or create -- an almost Zen-like level of focus and awareness. Call it "Ordinary Zen". And these days, when sports ranging from baseball to international cycling are beset by scandals involving steroids, it's good to know that there's still ONE performance-enhancing drug that's all natural, has no dangerous side-effects, and is ingested into the body through...the EARS? In this segment, Short explains "The Zen of Little Richard"...

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Producer Dale Short says that even if you don't meditate, there are still any number of situations in everyday life that require -- or create -- an almost Zen-like level of focus and awareness. Call it "Ordinary Zen". And these days, when sports ranging from baseball to international cycling are beset by scandals involving steroids, it's good to know that there's still ONE performance-enhancing drug that's all natural, has no dangerous side-effects, and is ingested into the body through...the EARS? In this segment, Short explains "The Zen of Little Richard"...

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Steve Yasko

Posted on July 31, 2006 at 04:10 PM | Permalink

Review of The Zen of Little Richard

Good Golly!

This is a cute piece that massages the tempo of one of the great rock and rollers of all time. The message is simple: Little Richard will help you run faster. Not an earth shattering insight, but it is sweetly told and accessible for listeners.

I think this piece would work well for news stations surrounded by other health and exercise segments. I am not sure it would work on a music station, but no matter, you be the judge on that.

A couple of technical notes: While the story telling is quite fine, it does a bit of time to get to the payoff. Also, the ending of the piece is quite a long music piece. You can pare it down or use it under announcer talk.

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