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B-Side:Clues and Mysteries
B-Side's Tamara Keith plays "Clue" with a couple of friends as we explore mysteries and clues.
Liner Notes
"Piano Psychologist " John Tynan:
You can pick up clues about people in many different ways. Just as Sherlock Holmes could read into a person's background by the way they dressed, B-Side contributor John Tynan talked with a man who learns about people through an unlikely source.
"Cell Phone Clues" Rob Sachs:
You hear the Rant all the time...people on cell phones, they are so rude, obnoxious, and inconsiderate to the people around them. B-Sider Rob Sachs adds one adjective you might not have thought of public cell phone users...enigmatic.
"Open Secret" an interview with Steve Lickteig:
Steve Lickteig is a radio producer and occasional documentary filmmaker. He's currently working on a film called Open Secret, about his own life. Steve was always told he was adopted but as he got older, he learned there was a lot more to the story than that.
"The Thing" Rene Gutel :
Sometimes clues are as subtle as, I dunno, an elephant, or a ton of bricks. If you've ever driven along Interstate 10 between El Paso and Tucson, you've probably seen signposts for a roadside attraction called "The Thing." The billboards advertise a cheap and quirky tourist trap. For the road weary, the signs play hard on the imagination. What could The Thing be? Rene Gutel went to find out.
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Piece Description
B-Side:Clues and Mysteries B-Side's Tamara Keith plays "Clue" with a couple of friends as we explore mysteries and clues. Liner Notes "Piano Psychologist " John Tynan: You can pick up clues about people in many different ways. Just as Sherlock Holmes could read into a person's background by the way they dressed, B-Side contributor John Tynan talked with a man who learns about people through an unlikely source. "Cell Phone Clues" Rob Sachs: You hear the Rant all the time...people on cell phones, they are so rude, obnoxious, and inconsiderate to the people around them. B-Sider Rob Sachs adds one adjective you might not have thought of public cell phone users...enigmatic. "Open Secret" an interview with Steve Lickteig: Steve Lickteig is a radio producer and occasional documentary filmmaker. He's currently working on a film called Open Secret, about his own life. Steve was always told he was adopted but as he got older, he learned there was a lot more to the story than that. "The Thing" Rene Gutel : Sometimes clues are as subtle as, I dunno, an elephant, or a ton of bricks. If you've ever driven along Interstate 10 between El Paso and Tucson, you've probably seen signposts for a roadside attraction called "The Thing." The billboards advertise a cheap and quirky tourist trap. For the road weary, the signs play hard on the imagination. What could The Thing be? Rene Gutel went to find out.
Broadcast History
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Timing and Cues
Starts cold, and ends with music facing simultaneous to last words: "I'm B-Side's host and senior producer Tamara Keith, Thanks a lot."
David Harris
Posted on May 22, 2007 at 05:24 PM | Permalink
Review of B-Side: Clues
A half hour of features centered on a single theme, this time drawing conclusions from clues. If my memory's correct, this is the same format as Soundprint, a program I haven't heard in ages. This is my first time checking out B-Side and I'm trying soooooo hard to avoid comparisons to This American Life but, sorry, it just can't be avoided. There's even an Ira in this episode, in the linking segments where the game of Clue is played. It's not Mr. Glass, though. So: I found B-Side to be TAL squished into half the time with shorter stories that aren't quite as compelling and no music.
The final two stories, about a man with an interesting family situation and a strange roadside attraction, really drew me in but let me down at the end by stopping just a bit short of answering all the questions which came to my mind. Perhaps I'll give other episodes of B-Side a listen one of these days but this episode didn't drive me to seek more right away.