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Series: 2006 Third Coast ShortDocs: 99 Ways To Tell a Radio Story
Produced by Third Coast International Audio Festival
Short radio works inspired by the French literary group Oulipo and cartoonist Matt Madden, and produced according to the following rules:
- each starts with some manifestation of: "To begin with, they never got along."
- each includes a discernible pre-recorded voice, rhythmic noise, and exclamation
- each lasts exactly 2:30 minutes
In 2006, the Third Coast Festival teamed up with cartoonist Matt Madden, and, in the spirit of his Oulipo-inspired book "99 Ways to tell a Story: Exercises in Style," dreamed up the 2006 Third Coast ShortDocs Challenge: 99 Ways to Tell a Radio Story. Together with Matt we designed a set of rules and invited any/everyone to submit short audio stories that followed them. Every submission had to:
- start with some manifestation of: "To begin with, they never got along."
- include a pre-recorded voice, rhythmic noise, and exclamation
- last exactly 2:30 min.
So I interviewed my 3-year-old son, who'd just had heart surgery three months earlier.
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Piece Description
Series: 2006 Third Coast ShortDocs: 99 Ways To Tell a Radio Story
Produced by Third Coast International Audio Festival
Short radio works inspired by the French literary group Oulipo and cartoonist Matt Madden, and produced according to the following rules:
- each starts with some manifestation of: "To begin with, they never got along."
- each includes a discernible pre-recorded voice, rhythmic noise, and exclamation
- each lasts exactly 2:30 minutes
In 2006, the Third Coast Festival teamed up with cartoonist Matt Madden, and, in the spirit of his Oulipo-inspired book "99 Ways to tell a Story: Exercises in Style," dreamed up the 2006 Third Coast ShortDocs Challenge: 99 Ways to Tell a Radio Story. Together with Matt we designed a set of rules and invited any/everyone to submit short audio stories that followed them. Every submission had to:
- start with some manifestation of: "To begin with, they never got along."
- include a pre-recorded voice, rhythmic noise, and exclamation
- last exactly 2:30 min.
So I interviewed my 3-year-old son, who'd just had heart surgery three months earlier.
Timing and Cues
2:30 outcue: "Yeah, I can tell."
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| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "After the Curtain" | Beirut | Gulag Orkestar. | Ba Da Bing! | 2006 | 02:54 |
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