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Part of a series I've started featuring singers, all based around an odd hotel. This one is a meditation on loneliness.
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Part of a series I've started featuring singers, all based around an odd hotel. This one is a meditation on loneliness.
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Review of CarvingsI was surprised here to find an essay read by Bob Schneider, rather than a piece about Bob Schneider. Whether or not it was written by Schneider was unclear. Once I got over my initial disappointment, I was intrigued by the intimacy of his story. The piece captures the loneliness of being surrounded by people but without connection. |
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Review of CarvingsThere’s a level of pathos here that you don’t get all that often, on the radio or any other medium for that matter. Carvings is poetic, honest and full of a yearning that’s almost palpable. It doesn’t adhere to any kind of formula. The difficult sense of hope it contains does not feel tacked on or clichéd, but feels earned. You’re never alone when someone speaks to you like Mathew Cowley does. |
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Charles McGuigan
Posted on September 01, 2008 at 04:22 AM | Permalink
Review of Carvings
Gripping, original with universal applications. Longing is underscored by the voice here. And none of it's maudlin. Great piece and tightly written.