
More from Hans Anderson
Clockwise: Mayhem Ensues
(00:05:02)
From: Hans Anderson
When the earth rotates backwards, well, it's weird.
4th of July Fireworks
(00:03:27)
From: Hans Anderson
A humorous piece about impressing the neighborhood with your fireworks.
God is Talking to Me
(00:09:24)
From: Hans Anderson
When God talks to me, sometimes it means I have to do things I don't want to do
Garbage
(00:13:28)
From: Hans Anderson
For fourteen months, starting in January 2002, I went through my neighbor's garbage twice per week.
Stress Test
(00:07:20)
From: Hans Anderson
I took a stress test that seemed to include testing my stress level on getting to the stress test.
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Review of The Last Christian StandingIt's hard to stop someone when he/she has hit the mother lode. There isn't a moment in this story I would go, "Hey, what's happening? -- and yet there are dozens of moments in this recording when I, as listener, could (should?) have said, no. An incredible rant, dead on. Thank god there are other avenues in really odd places!
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Review of The Last Christian StandingThis piece lives up to the descriptors in the summary: experimental, offbeat and provocative, and it does so without any music or other sounds, just the narration of a story. But a cleverly written story it is, one that comments on good and evil, Christianity, the future (it seems that one hundred years from now executions will be through some sort of brain-sucking method), media influence, a martyr's ego, and lots more, not necessarily in that order. If your station is willing to "experiment" with simple narration (and has a fifteen-minute slot available), this piece will appeal to sophisticated listeners, even those who join it midway through. Would have some appeal in connection with all the hooplah surrounding the Mel Gibson movie (late Feb, 2004) about the crucifixion of Christ. |



Deborah Astley
Posted on September 25, 2004 at 02:51 PM | Permalink
Review of The Last Christian Standing
This is a meaty use of 15 minutes of air, a satirical allegory for our times. "The Last Christian Standing" is not so much a commentary on Christianity, but rather a commentary on the monster that is the media, a monster that must be constantly fed. This piece is an opening for so many discussions down many different avenues. Didn't Clive Barnes once say, "Television is the first truly democratic culture - the first culture available to everybody and entirely governed by what the people want. The most terrifying thing is what the people do want."
It's scary what we do want and this piece brings that out. Thoughtful piece told in an ironic tone.