Stiff Peaks

From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2007 Third Coast ShortDocs: Dollar Storeys
Length: 03:01

The first step in making cookies is to purchase a metal bike jingle-bell in a western mountain town. Read the full description.

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Playing: Stiff Peaks
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The triumphs and regrets of a cup.

Stiff Peaks was produced by Jeffrey Letterly for the 2007 Third Coast ShortDocs Challenge: Dollar Storeys, which invited anyone and everyone to produce short audio works inspired by one of three items purchased at a dollar store in downtown Chicago: a mug with a feisty message, an old-school bicycle bell and wooden mousetraps.

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The triumphs and regrets of a cup.

Stiff Peaks was produced by Jeffrey Letterly for the 2007 Third Coast ShortDocs Challenge: Dollar Storeys, which invited anyone and everyone to produce short audio works inspired by one of three items purchased at a dollar store in downtown Chicago: a mug with a feisty message, an old-school bicycle bell and wooden mousetraps.