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March 27, 2005 (#14)
Originally broadcast November 14, 2004
Big Stone Heads
Jack Chance – Independent Producer, Jack Chance Productions
Jack Chance visits Easter Island where he records local music and collects
traditional stories about how the Island's famous stone heads, known as moai,
were arranged around its perimeter many centuries ago. (NPR’s Day to Day)
Bonnie Jo Hunt
Gregg McVicar – Producer, Earthsongs
This portrait of internationally-acclaimed soprano Bonnie Jo Hunt, whose
operatic work incorporates non-traditional sound elements, reflects her
upbringing on a remote reservation in North Dakota. (NPR’s Day to Day)
Last Train to Braintree
Chelsea Merz - Independent Producer, transom.org
Matthew has been living on the streets of Boston for seven years. Every week,
he has lunch with Chelsea Merz, who records their conversations about his life
and the myriad of issues surrounding homelessness. This piece is an excerpt
from Merz's ongoing project, The Matthew Chronicles. (WCAI’s Arts and Ideas)
Interview with Chelsea Merz
Talking with host Gwen Macsai, Chelsea Merz reflects on her relationship with
Matthew after a year of documenting his life.
Mars over Zagreb
Pavlica Bajsic - Independent Producer
Vedran Peternel – Producer, Radio France International
Follow Pavlica Bajsic through layers and layers of memory as she tours her
Croatian hometown of Zagreb, reflecting on the political and social changes
that have taken place over the past 20 years. (Australian Broadcasting
Corporation’s Listening Room, 2004)
Featured Music
Kid Spatula, Meast (Planet Mu, 2004)
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March 20, 2005 (#13)
Originally broadcast November 7, 2004
Living Flag
damali ayo – Performance Artist
Dmae Roberts – Independent Producer, MediaRites
In her performance piece, “living flag,” damali ayo sits on the street,
panhandling to collect reparations for African American slavery. She's taken
the piece to street corners all over the country, where she recorded the
reactions from the people who passed by. (PRI's Studio 360 from WNYC)
Interview with damali ayo
Gwen Macsai talks with damali ayo about what it's been like to blend the roles
of performance artist and panhandler.
The Place You Cannot Imagine
Lea Redfern- Producer, Australian
Broadcasting Corporation
Gyzele Osmani is an Albanian woman who fled East Kosovo in 1999 with her
husband and five children. They found refuge in Australia, but when the
Australian government decided that Kosovo was safe again, they refused to go
back. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
I Hear Music
Nick Purdon- Producer, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Why is it that certain songs lodge into your brain for hours on end? Nick
Purdon sets out to answer this question using a number of methods, including
one in which he revisits a near-death moment in his own life. (CBC’s Definitely
Not the Opera, 2003)
Featured Music
Lars Horntveth, Pooka (Smalltown Supersound, 2004)
Manitoba, Start Breaking My Heart (Leaf/Bubblecore, 2001)
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March 13, 2005 (#16)- The Game Show
Game Over
Chris Brookes – Independent Producer, Battery Radio
Do video games hold heretofore untapped educational potential? Canadian
producer Chris Brookes asks not what we can do for video games, but what video
games can do for us. (Soundprint, 2004)
Special thanks to Alex and Liam for their mad Magic-playing skillz.
The Fair
Jason Rayles – Independent Producer, 23grand.com
Every fair is two fairs: during the day, full of kids, cotton candy, and
petting zoos; and at night, creepy and ambiguously dangerous. Jason Rayles
documents this dichotomy using sounds recorded at a Brockton, Massachusetts
county fair. (transom.org, 2004)
Interview with Jason Rayles
Gwen Macsai talks with Jason Rayles about The Fair in all its forms: a handmade
book, an audio collage, a radio piece, a Flash movie, and an official Sundance
Film Festival selection.
We Believe We Are Invincible
Ben Rubin – Independent Producer
In sports, the margin of victory can come down to just thousandths of a second.
Ben Rubin interviews several famous track and field stars to explore the mental
edge athletes try to develop as they prepare for competition. (Commissioned by
the National Track and Field Hall of Fame in New York City; PRI's The Next Big
Thing from WNYC, 2004)
Featured Music
Ratatat, “El Pico,” Ratatat (XI/Beggars Us Ada, 2004)
Rainstick Orchestra, “Powderly,” Floating Glass Key in the Sky (Ninja Tune,
2004)
Clouddead, “Keen Teen Skip,” Ten (Mush, 2004)
E*Vax, “We Believe in Broken Bones,” Parking Lot Music (Audio Dregs Records,
2001)
Music at End of Program: Ratatat, “Lapland,” Ratatat (XI/Beggars Us Ada, 2004)
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March 6, 2005 (#15)- The Consumerism Show
City X
Jonathan Mitchell – Independent Producer
Using voices, sounds, and observations scored to Muzak, Jonathan Mitchell
traces the history of the cultural and commercial phenomenon of the modern
shopping mall through the perspectives of people living in a real, yet unnamed,
city. (Commissioned by hearingvoices.com, 2004)
Beyond Scarves
Ken Reisman – Independent Producer, Soundvial.org
Matt Simon - Producer, Soundvial.org and Invisible Ink
Knitting is considered relaxing and maybe even artistic. But can it help find
love? Or God? Or intervene in U.S. foreign policy? This musico-documentary
follows a handful of Bay Area knitters as they give this ancient craft an
unusual spin. (KALW Radio's Invisible Ink, 2004)
Want
Re:sound producer Roman Mars asks people, “If you could have anything, what
would you want?”
Raise Your Right Hand
Kimberly Carroll - Producer, Definitely Not the Opera, CBC
In the 1940s, the DeBeers diamond cartel launched an ingenious marketing plan:
the “A Diamond Is Forever” campaign turned the diamond from a standard
financial investment into a symbol of everlasting love. But, as Kimberly
Carroll investigates, the diamond industry has discovered a new way to tap into
the luxury spending habits of the single woman: the right-hand diamond ring.
(CBC’s Definitely Not the Opera, 2004)
Featured Music
Rainstick Orchestra, “Powderly,” Floating Glass Key in the Sky (Ninja Tune,
2004)
Kid Spatula, “It Starts with Bongos,” Meast (Planet Mu, 2004)
Fatlip, “What's up Fatlip?” (V2/BMG, 2000)
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