This is funny. The timing is good. It reminds me of a Steve Martin piece.
The caller leaves a message about how he was thinking of her, about how they burned down a house together, about all the good literature on the cross-contamination of food. Then, at 2:07, he says, "Look, are you there?"
You know people who leave messages like this. Don't you?
This is really good, really interesting. Initially I wasn't sure about the presentation--about having the two of them talking at once. I guess I'm still not, but that's what tells me this is good art. It stays with you. It gives you problems to solve and you find yourself coming back to it later.
It captures the imagination to think their courtship took place in silence. And when they finally talk? He's got a Southern accent and she sounds Canadian. That's amusing.
Who gets the last word here? She does, which we might expect. But, what does she say? Ironically, it's, "...just shut up."
Comments by T. G. LaFredo
Comment for "Offramp - Answering Machine Song"
T. G. LaFredo
Posted on June 13, 2008 at 06:50 AM | Permalink
Review of Offramp - Answering Machine Song
This is funny. The timing is good. It reminds me of a Steve Martin piece.
The caller leaves a message about how he was thinking of her, about how they burned down a house together, about all the good literature on the cross-contamination of food. Then, at 2:07, he says, "Look, are you there?"
You know people who leave messages like this. Don't you?
Comment for "Silence"
T. G. LaFredo
Posted on June 13, 2008 at 06:26 AM | Permalink
Review of Silence
This is really good, really interesting. Initially I wasn't sure about the presentation--about having the two of them talking at once. I guess I'm still not, but that's what tells me this is good art. It stays with you. It gives you problems to solve and you find yourself coming back to it later.
It captures the imagination to think their courtship took place in silence. And when they finally talk? He's got a Southern accent and she sounds Canadian. That's amusing.
Who gets the last word here? She does, which we might expect. But, what does she say? Ironically, it's, "...just shut up."
Nice.