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Art Linklater used to devote entire broadcasts to the notion that kids will "say the darndest things." Well, what about parents and the things they do? A story ripped from the front pages of yesteryear involving my parents, lobsters, and a VW microbus.
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Art Linklater used to devote entire broadcasts to the notion that kids will "say the darndest things." Well, what about parents and the things they do? A story ripped from the front pages of yesteryear involving my parents, lobsters, and a VW microbus.
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Review of Lost at Sea: One VW MicrobusThis piece is oddly compelling in a tragic comedy kind of way; it has the feel of an urban legend, and yet the tale is told with such heart and nostalgia, that it has a fairy tale quality too. It is replete with visual details that stick in the mind, some nice use of music, and maybe a tad too much rushing water early on. The fact that the family was forced to bear witness to the tragic and drawn out demise of their VW bus for months after the intial loss, as tide after tide washed over and revealed it anew, until it was finally consumed by the sands, only adds to the pathos. It is hard to imagine quite when this would best appear on the radio, but it should air somewhere; as a fellow reviewer suggested, the weekend ATC or ME is probably the best bet. |
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Review of Lost at Sea: One VW MicrobusAn uh-oh moment made beautiful. The VW Microbus transformed! This personal, well-written piece would slide right in on a weekend NPR news magazine when the pace is a little more relaxed. |
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Lost at Sea: One VW Microbus
How do you cook lobster? Inland, you boil it in fresh water. But what if you live in sight of the ocean? You use sea water, of course.
From our front room, you could look out over Dublin Bay clear across to Howth Head. When the tide was in, the water caressed the seawall on Sandymount Strand; when the tide went out, it retreated for miles.
So, to get salt water at low tide one Saturday to cook lobster, my parents decided to drive our VW microbus out onto Sandymount Strand. Which strangely makes me think of Mr. Murphy at school. He would lift us by the scruff of the neck and say, “Those who are loved by the gods die young. You, Braider, are loved by the gods.”
The point? Who knew the gods loved our microbus as well?
Our 1963 two-tone model went out to Sandymount Strand bearing two adults – my father and my mother – and two huge cast-iron...
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Musical Works
The Chieftains: Sea Image, excerpt (1:45) Columbia Legazy
Ravel: Une barque sur l'ocean (0:15) Cecile Ousset, piano, EMI
Handel: Water Music movement (2:00),
English Baroque Players, J.E. Gardiner, Phillips
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Garry McCandless
Posted on October 15, 2004 at 12:41 PM | Permalink
Review of Lost at Sea: One VW Microbus
A really cool little story! Funny, well told, well written. The first three minutes have great sounds & music mixed underneath the narrator. A driveway moment type piece for me.