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Kevin Tucker is one of the many men who shine shoes outside of New York City's Grand Central Station. For him the shine is but a small part of life fully lived in one of the busiest places in the city. This piece originally aired on The Savvy Traveler as part of the Travel Behind the Scenes series.
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Piece Description
Kevin Tucker is one of the many men who shine shoes outside of New York City's Grand Central Station. For him the shine is but a small part of life fully lived in one of the busiest places in the city. This piece originally aired on The Savvy Traveler as part of the Travel Behind the Scenes series.
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Review of The ShineNice piece featuring an easygoing narrator who dispenses advice (upon request) to customers while shining shoes in midtown Manhattan. Listeners who enjoy stories about often overlooked people & professions will definitely like hearing this one. |
Review of The ShineThis is a patient and beautifully constructed piece that would be perfect wind down type of story for final half-hour of ATC and maybe more fitting for the weekend shows. It's an audio postcard with a skillfully crafted acoustic space that sets a full midtown Manhattan scene. This trafficked chaos is balanced by the elegant poise of minimalist jazz notes and the voice of a shoeshine poet--a pacific observer of life. |
Broadcast History
Originally aired on The Savvy Traveler as part of the Travel Behind the Scenes series.
Musical Works
Scored using Scar, by Ornette Coleman. The album is Scar by Joe Henry, released in 2001 on Mammoth Records.
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Ben Trefny
Posted on January 15, 2006 at 12:24 PM | Permalink
Review of The Shine
Nice use of sound at the top. Good quick introduction of subject. Raw feel, and the ambience brings me right into NYC. There's a nice drop out of the voice to allow the ambience to shine through. Well done.
This is constructed nicely, with the guy IDing himself after a scene-setting introduction. Interesting touch with the difference between a "sweat shine" and a "spit shine".
This piece could certainly run shorter - at 2:45, I'm wondering where this is going to go with the next couple of minutes. This would work nicely as a piece profiling NYC - the people of NYC. If the piece producer would allow it, I think cutting this down would increase its usability.
Nice job, overall. I enjoyed listening to it.