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The Letter D. . . Offramp
Series: Offramp - Short Improvisations
From: Sheila Daughtry Cowley
Length: 00:01:20
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Piece Description
Improvised variations on the Letter D. Part of Offramp Season 1 - "Deplorable Manners"

Deborah Astley
Posted on August 11, 2004 at 12:42 PM | Permalink
Review of The Letter D
This piece brought smiles, although I now wonder if I should change my name from Deborah to Eborah. Are there no positive words that begin with the letter "D"? The piece made me want to hear how the other letters of the alphabet are treated. Tiny modules are good to have in the overall programming of a radio station. As an avid listener, I know I've learned many things that were presented in short bursts of time. This piece is unconventional enough that it catches a person's attention and leads the brain around corners it might not know were there. All that in a very short frame of time. Good stuff.