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Comments for Rip, Rift, and Panic: Earthquake Stories of Life and Death Along the Faultlines
Produced by Susan Stone
Other pieces by Susan Stone
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Michael Johnson
Posted on March 29, 2006 at 10:50 PM | Permalink
Review of Rip, Rift, and Panic: Earthquake Stories of Life and Death Along the Faultlines
Susan Stone's audio artistry reigns again in this sonic exploraion of earthquakes around the world. I'm reminded of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", a movie which managed to capture an emotion and telegraph it.
Stone's dense, rich palate of sound and tales of earthquake experiences ( the story of the woman buried alive in her house had me checking my earthquake kit ) yield a unique and chillingly different radio experience.
This radio presentation showcases living with the possibility of total destruction and will do more for awareness of disaster preparation than any PSA or well intentioned city official could ever do.
Air it now, or on the 100 year anniversary of the great earthquake ( April 18 ) in San Francisco...then go check those batteries
Marjorie Van Halteren
Posted on January 10, 2005 at 11:08 PM | Permalink
Review of Rip, Rift, and Panic: Life gets edgy on the faultline.
A timely subject certainly - voices from inside an epicenter - that one's not going away! but also - programmers - if you trust your listeners enough to appreciate composition, and the pure pleasure of sounds as they collide (and if you're still holding up the staff for classical music, jazz, and undead modern composers you'd better!) -and if you appreciate what I like to call the "whazzat? factor" - when something's riding by on the radio and the listener wants to know what it is and will try to catch it again if they missed most of it because they have to know - lastly - apparently the first piece on prx from veteran producer/sound artist Susa Stone - well - listen just for that reason, right?