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This is a sound-rich feature on the annual ice harvest at a remote sporting camp in Northern Maine. The piece was originally produced for Maine Public Radio to fulfill a grant from the Maine Community Foundation that supported stories done on disappearing ways of life and lost traditions in Maine. It aired on Maine Things Considered on February 8, 2005.
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Review of Cobb's Ice HarvestCool, cool piece. Air it during the long hot summer. Historical background is given and the listener will hear the chug-chug of the ancient ice cutter and the slick whoosh-whoosh of the long two handed saw. It's a "shhh, I'm listening," tilt your head toward the radio piece. |
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Review of Cobb's Ice HarvestReally great audio quality, sound rich hearing the paddles through the water. Good descriptions of the area.
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Broadcast History
First aired on Maine Things Considered on February 8, 2005
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Charles McGuigan
Posted on August 28, 2008 at 05:14 AM | Permalink
Review of Cobb's Ice Harvest
Very good balance of background information on the history of ice harvesting and the acualities--got to love that Down East accent and the Maineman's matter-of-fact way of speaking. Ambient sound made it all real. But I think a little--intro and outro--would have framed it nicely--a bassy blues piece cold to the ear.