And I thought Tombstone pizza came from Arizona! A trip from NH to Italy and back via the supermarket. A lovely lesson in international commodities like wood-fired dough...
The narrator's turns of phrase, the music and sound (effects?) move the piece along nicely.
Teenage angst confined to the family auto, from the perspective of an articulate youngster. Pubradio demographics love to hear their talented offspring on the air, as long as they don't say anything upsetting.
This reminds me of giggling over the alt-weekly personals with my girlfriends. The narrator is sorta mean, she's saying the things we're thinking tho, so it's funny. Love the Episcopalian...
I can testify that you guys captured it really well, because, I happened to attend that debate. Now I'm having flashbacks from that chilly January! (Serious props for noting that St. Anselm College is in Goffstown, not Manchester.)
It's so hard to get young people engaged in politics and public affairs these days. This lively mix might entice them to listen... Maybe they'll figure, If the big shot TV stars are excited about a presidential debate, maybe I should be too.
On the other hand, when you use the sound collage technique to portray this event, the young reporters voices fall away. I'm more interested in their impressions than in a list of political wonks up from DC.
A few rough edits towards the end as the rush of sound climaxes...
But I never noticed how most of those political reporters are male until I heard your collage of voices.
This piece doesn't hold together as well as LaOtra. I couldn't quite figure out what was a PSA or station ID and what was part of the mix. I'd rather hear the DJ talking about the music Radio Urbana plays and why, appetites for int'l or "world" music, listener demographics... Undeniably, the station has un gran sonido.
OOOooo... Where can I buy the CD? Usually, acapella music gives me flashbacks of bad college concerts - but what a delightful group!
I love this way of telling stories. Death to all narrators! It's harder than it sounds tho. Nice mixing, interaction caught on tape.
Comment for
"Pop Vultures #5: The Foo Fighters & Chingy" (deleted)
I think Kate should get over her teenage celebrity crushes and move on to more mature subjects... She's the kind of voice I want to hear hosting ATC!
So as a member of the "young" public radio audience, I do NOT want to rehash old debates about an album I stopped listening to in 1992. (If I did, I'd read Spin instead of turning on my local public radio station.) I want to hear something new - and maybe some insight into the classics.
8 half-hour shows and I've heard all these songs before. Public radio is supposed to introduce you to new people, places, things, ideas that you otherwise might not come across. Play me something new!
Comment for
"Pop Vultures #4: Nirvana, American Idol & Snoop Dogg" (deleted)
Now I feel bad because everyone else really likes this show... Yikes.
I'm glad I passed Pop Music 101 because advanced classes (like this episode) are more fun and challenging. Now we can talk about the music industry and its creations...
Here's another dilemma: how do you to discuss pop cultural obsessions in a "big tent." You think, huh? -- I think, duh!
Everyone's remarking on the host’s speech patterns... Like, hello? If in 20 years pubradio doesn’t sound more like this show, who will bother to tune in? So hooray for experimentation!
Just don't assume that young listeners are only interested in pop and rock and music. That would be insulting!
Comment for
"Pop Vultures #3: Weezer & Selling Out To The Man" (deleted)
Pop Vultures #3: Sit thru almost 20 minutes of Weezer... (deleted)
...and you too can deconstruct ATC’s Norris/Sting interview!
The Asian fetish/Madame Butterfly insight is a valuable addition to my collection of pop trivia. But here’s the dilemma: listeners will hear Kate’s approximation of Puccini’s plot as either charming, or culturally illiterate.
P.S. Maybe I heard this wrong... but you might consider an advisory on the rapping-is-like-giving-head thing. You almost slipped it by me! But I just don’t think it’ll fly... I’m jealous b/c it’s super-cool to say something dirty and get beeped on the radio. What an honor!
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"Pop Vultures #2 Boy Bands and Pop Tarts" (deleted)
No, I’m not some market research, number cruncher PD.
But who’s your listener here? My dad or me? My dad doesn’t care, and I don’t like being talked down to. Maybe you could split the difference – age 43?
This show starts out great – with the 4 year pop-cycle idea – and goes downhill from there, bottoming out when they dis hip-hop fashion and baggy pants. I think I knew some too-cool guys like that in college...
Kate is growing on me tho. She and her buddies make no apologies for their opinions. But with such a strong personality as a host, what do you do when you exhaust her personal record collection and fan zines?
Comment for
"Pop Vultures #1: Breakbeats & The White Stripes" (deleted)
Pop Vultures #1: When public radio tries to be hip... (deleted)
If you tuned in to something other than public radio in the last 25 years, this show might be a little basic for you. But if you missed the birth of hip-hop, now you don't have to wait until the Ken Burns doc comes out.
I liked that they picked out Sinead O'Connor as an example of a breakbeat with a groove -- pubradio should be ecumenical!
Kate and Garth are charming, intelligent, descriptive, lively. But at times they sound like a dirty old man, trying to impress the gushing under-age host: "Hey baby, wanna come up to my Bronx pad and listen to some vintage vinyl?"
Full disclosure: I hate the Strokes and I like the White Stripes. I'd love to hear more people my age on pubradio. But I'm skeptical... I don’t want a history lesson about what I saw live on MTV.
Linea Abierta is a precious resource throughout "Aztlan". The Collaboration folks were smart to include Radio Bilingue. The round-table guests are articulate, insightful, and informed. I don't live in Cali anymore so I can't say how representative such opinions (Bush es un mentiroso, por ejemplo.) are in the Central Valley. I only wish there were more Spanish-language outlets for this kind of programming on the East Coast. !Si se puede!
How to translate voices speaking in another language without awkward voiceovers? How to convey meaning when listeners don't speak the same language as your subject? This piece solves that eternal public radio problem artfully, with Bowden's descriptions and gently overlapped voices in Spanish.
Comments by Raquel Maria Dillon
Comment for "Knocking Over Tombstones" (deleted)
Raquel Maria Dillon
Posted on April 27, 2005 at 08:23 AM
Review of Knocking Over Tombstones (deleted)
And I thought Tombstone pizza came from Arizona! A trip from NH to Italy and back via the supermarket. A lovely lesson in international commodities like wood-fired dough...
The narrator's turns of phrase, the music and sound (effects?) move the piece along nicely.
Comment for "Family Vacation"
Raquel Maria Dillon
Posted on April 29, 2004 at 07:44 AM | Permalink
Precocious pubradio child
Teenage angst confined to the family auto, from the perspective of an articulate youngster. Pubradio demographics love to hear their talented offspring on the air, as long as they don't say anything upsetting.
Comment for "Personals"
Raquel Maria Dillon
Posted on April 29, 2004 at 07:36 AM | Permalink
SWF seeks good radio
Is it legal to tape these voicemail personals?
This reminds me of giggling over the alt-weekly personals with my girlfriends. The narrator is sorta mean, she's saying the things we're thinking tho, so it's funny. Love the Episcopalian...
Comment for "Elections for Dummies"
Raquel Maria Dillon
Posted on April 29, 2004 at 07:26 AM | Permalink
Dummies Don't Vote
A short refresher course for those of us who slept through American Government and Political Science 101.
The hyperactive hollering of "Hail to the Chief" in the background gives this mindless "explainer" an irreverent twist. It made me prick up my ears!
Comment for "Media Swarm"
Raquel Maria Dillon
Posted on April 29, 2004 at 07:18 AM | Permalink
Run! The media are swarming...!
I can testify that you guys captured it really well, because, I happened to attend that debate. Now I'm having flashbacks from that chilly January! (Serious props for noting that St. Anselm College is in Goffstown, not Manchester.)
It's so hard to get young people engaged in politics and public affairs these days. This lively mix might entice them to listen... Maybe they'll figure, If the big shot TV stars are excited about a presidential debate, maybe I should be too.
On the other hand, when you use the sound collage technique to portray this event, the young reporters voices fall away. I'm more interested in their impressions than in a list of political wonks up from DC.
A few rough edits towards the end as the rush of sound climaxes...
But I never noticed how most of those political reporters are male until I heard your collage of voices.
On The Media should take note!
Comment for "92.5 UrbanaFM Radio, Uruguay (4min)"
Raquel Maria Dillon
Posted on March 10, 2004 at 09:29 AM | Permalink
Review of 92.5 UrbanaFM Radio, Uruguay (4min)
This piece doesn't hold together as well as LaOtra. I couldn't quite figure out what was a PSA or station ID and what was part of the mix. I'd rather hear the DJ talking about the music Radio Urbana plays and why, appetites for int'l or "world" music, listener demographics... Undeniably, the station has un gran sonido.
Comment for "'LaOtra' Female Vocal Quartet, Uruguay (4min)"
Raquel Maria Dillon
Posted on March 10, 2004 at 09:04 AM | Permalink
Review of 'LaOtra' Female Vocal Quartet, Uruguay (4min)
OOOooo... Where can I buy the CD? Usually, acapella music gives me flashbacks of bad college concerts - but what a delightful group!
I love this way of telling stories. Death to all narrators! It's harder than it sounds tho. Nice mixing, interaction caught on tape.
Comment for "Pop Vultures #5: The Foo Fighters & Chingy" (deleted)
Raquel Maria Dillon
Posted on March 07, 2004 at 10:53 AM
Pop Vultures #5: Nirvana again? Yawn! (deleted)
I think Kate should get over her teenage celebrity crushes and move on to more mature subjects... She's the kind of voice I want to hear hosting ATC!
So as a member of the "young" public radio audience, I do NOT want to rehash old debates about an album I stopped listening to in 1992. (If I did, I'd read Spin instead of turning on my local public radio station.) I want to hear something new - and maybe some insight into the classics.
8 half-hour shows and I've heard all these songs before. Public radio is supposed to introduce you to new people, places, things, ideas that you otherwise might not come across. Play me something new!
Comment for "Pop Vultures #4: Nirvana, American Idol & Snoop Dogg" (deleted)
Raquel Maria Dillon
Posted on March 03, 2004 at 06:09 AM
Pop Vultures #4: Minority opinion (deleted)
Now I feel bad because everyone else really likes this show... Yikes.
I'm glad I passed Pop Music 101 because advanced classes (like this episode) are more fun and challenging. Now we can talk about the music industry and its creations...
Here's another dilemma: how do you to discuss pop cultural obsessions in a "big tent." You think, huh? -- I think, duh!
Everyone's remarking on the host’s speech patterns... Like, hello? If in 20 years pubradio doesn’t sound more like this show, who will bother to tune in? So hooray for experimentation!
Just don't assume that young listeners are only interested in pop and rock and music. That would be insulting!
Comment for "Pop Vultures #3: Weezer & Selling Out To The Man" (deleted)
Raquel Maria Dillon
Posted on March 03, 2004 at 06:10 AM
Pop Vultures #3: Sit thru almost 20 minutes of Weezer... (deleted)
...and you too can deconstruct ATC’s Norris/Sting interview!
The Asian fetish/Madame Butterfly insight is a valuable addition to my collection of pop trivia. But here’s the dilemma: listeners will hear Kate’s approximation of Puccini’s plot as either charming, or culturally illiterate.
P.S. Maybe I heard this wrong... but you might consider an advisory on the rapping-is-like-giving-head thing. You almost slipped it by me! But I just don’t think it’ll fly... I’m jealous b/c it’s super-cool to say something dirty and get beeped on the radio. What an honor!
Comment for "Pop Vultures #2 Boy Bands and Pop Tarts" (deleted)
Raquel Maria Dillon
Posted on March 03, 2004 at 06:11 AM
Pop Vultures #2: Target audience? (deleted)
No, I’m not some market research, number cruncher PD.
But who’s your listener here? My dad or me? My dad doesn’t care, and I don’t like being talked down to. Maybe you could split the difference – age 43?
This show starts out great – with the 4 year pop-cycle idea – and goes downhill from there, bottoming out when they dis hip-hop fashion and baggy pants. I think I knew some too-cool guys like that in college...
Kate is growing on me tho. She and her buddies make no apologies for their opinions. But with such a strong personality as a host, what do you do when you exhaust her personal record collection and fan zines?
Comment for "Pop Vultures #1: Breakbeats & The White Stripes" (deleted)
Raquel Maria Dillon
Posted on March 03, 2004 at 06:12 AM
Pop Vultures #1: When public radio tries to be hip... (deleted)
If you tuned in to something other than public radio in the last 25 years, this show might be a little basic for you. But if you missed the birth of hip-hop, now you don't have to wait until the Ken Burns doc comes out.
I liked that they picked out Sinead O'Connor as an example of a breakbeat with a groove -- pubradio should be ecumenical!
Kate and Garth are charming, intelligent, descriptive, lively. But at times they sound like a dirty old man, trying to impress the gushing under-age host: "Hey baby, wanna come up to my Bronx pad and listen to some vintage vinyl?"
Full disclosure: I hate the Strokes and I like the White Stripes. I'd love to hear more people my age on pubradio. But I'm skeptical... I don’t want a history lesson about what I saw live on MTV.
Comment for "Immigrants and Democracy"
Raquel Maria Dillon
Posted on February 26, 2004 at 01:08 PM | Permalink
Review of Immigrants and Democracy
Linea Abierta is a precious resource throughout "Aztlan". The Collaboration folks were smart to include Radio Bilingue. The round-table guests are articulate, insightful, and informed. I don't live in Cali anymore so I can't say how representative such opinions (Bush es un mentiroso, por ejemplo.) are in the Central Valley. I only wish there were more Spanish-language outlets for this kind of programming on the East Coast. !Si se puede!
Comment for ""And I Walked..." Stories from the Border"
Raquel Maria Dillon
Posted on February 26, 2004 at 11:44 AM | Permalink
Review of "And I Walked..." Stories from the Border
How to translate voices speaking in another language without awkward voiceovers? How to convey meaning when listeners don't speak the same language as your subject? This piece solves that eternal public radio problem artfully, with Bowden's descriptions and gently overlapped voices in Spanish.