Tales from the South 045
Series: Tales from the South: Summer Season 2011
From: Paula Morell
Length: 00:29:00
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Jobs: some drive us to extreme measures, some we think we can't do, and still others we love to hate. Mike Rush isn't so sure he has what it takes to do the job, Tim Bennett is stuck in a job that makes him decide to take no prisoners, and Spencer Campbell finds out borium tedium creates the perfect storm. Music by blues guitarist Mark Simpson.
Tales from the South is a 29-minute weekly radio show recorded in front of a live audience at Starving Artist Cafe' in the Argenta Arts District of North Little Rock, Arkansas. Each week, everyday Southerners read their own true story, unrehearsed and live. Local musicians play during dinner, and blues guitarist Mark Simpson plays on the show. Stories range from funny to sad, to enlightening to touching. Writers are all from the South. Although the show itself is unrehearsed, the literary memoirs have been worked on for weeks leading up to the recording. All stories are true and told by the Southerners who lived them.
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Piece Description
Jobs: some drive us to extreme measures, some we think we can't do, and still others we love to hate. Mike Rush isn't so sure he has what it takes to do the job, Tim Bennett is stuck in a job that makes him decide to take no prisoners, and Spencer Campbell finds out borium tedium creates the perfect storm. Music by blues guitarist Mark Simpson.
Tales from the South is a 29-minute weekly radio show recorded in front of a live audience at Starving Artist Cafe' in the Argenta Arts District of North Little Rock, Arkansas. Each week, everyday Southerners read their own true story, unrehearsed and live. Local musicians play during dinner, and blues guitarist Mark Simpson plays on the show. Stories range from funny to sad, to enlightening to touching. Writers are all from the South. Although the show itself is unrehearsed, the literary memoirs have been worked on for weeks leading up to the recording. All stories are true and told by the Southerners who lived them.
Broadcast History
Tales from the South has been on the air for 6 years on UALR Public Radio (KUAR). This show aired on KUAR on August 15, 2011, and on World Radio Network on August 18, 2011.
Additional Files
Additional Credits
The Winthrop Rockefeller Institute
The Argenta Arts Foundation
AY Magazine
