Matthew Works has been living on the streets of Boston for over a decade. Here he remembers one of his last paying jobs, assembling braille typerwriters, which thrust him into a Dickensian nightmare.
Producer Chelsea Merz has been chronicalling Matthew's life on the streets for the last few years. This story was taped at a pizza joint in downtown Boston.
Matthew Works has been living on the streets of Boston for over a decade. Here he remembers one of his last paying jobs, assembling braille typerwriters, which thrust him into a Dickensian nightmare.
Producer Chelsea Merz has been chronicalling Matthew's life on the streets for the last few years. This story was taped at a pizza joint in downtown Boston.
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Matthew Works has been living on the streets of Boston for over a decade. Here he remembers one of his last paying jobs, assembling braille typerwriters, which thrust him into a Dickensian nightmare. Producer Chelsea Merz has been chronicalling Matthew's life on the streets for the last few years. This story was taped at a pizza joint in downtown Boston.
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Host Intro: Matthew Works has been living on the streets of Boston for over a decade. Here he remembers one of his last paying jobs, assembling Braille typewriters, which thrust him into a Dickensian nightmare. Matthew was recorded at a pizza joint in downtown Boston.
OUTRO: Shortly after refusing to do "degreasing duty" Matthew was fired. He's currently living on the streets of Boston.
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Posted on September 07, 2007 at 04:02 PM | Permalink
Review of Not My Job: Tales From the "Degreasing Room."
This is a graceful albeit painful angle about working. Carefully produced - and I mean respecting the natural pacing of Matthew's
story, thoughtfully revealing the simple and long-legged truth about working the wrong job.
Merz has an artistic hand with music, giving the listener a chance to digest what has been laid out on the table without being heavy handed. I aired this amid various stories about working on "Arts and Ideas" and it stands out.