Re:sound #267 Kintsugi Whipped Cream
This hour, an unlikely therapeutic duo and a magical journey through the golden age of radio advertising.
2019 / TCF / 91.5 WBEZ, USA
This hour, an unlikely therapeutic duo and a magical journey through the golden age of radio advertising.
Kintsugi Dog
by Natalie Kestecher for Short Cuts from BBC Radio 4.
A bittersweet story about redundancy, an unwanted dog and the Japanese art of repair.
A 700-Foot Mountain of Whipped Cream
by Clive Desmond for The Organist from KCRW and McSweeney's, with executive producers Andrew Leland and Ross Simonini.
From in utero to the studio, producer Clive Desmond provides a tour of the golden age of radio ads, featuring Frank Zappa, Ken Nordine, Linda Ronstadt, and Randy Newman. Here, each jingle becomes a Proustian madeleine.
This episode of Re:sound was produced by Isabel Vázquez.
TRACKLIST
Moontone - Old Heroes (Free as Can Be, 2018)
Rrrrrrose Wieck - En attendant demain (Fin de la communication, Monplaisir Loyalty Freak Music, 2019)
Glaciære - Floating on the water (Hammock, Stevia Sphere, 2017)
Image by humberama.
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Natalie Kestecher (@kestecher) is an award winning writer and producer who blends documentary material, performance,fact and sometimes fiction to create stories that she hopes will resonate.
Clive Desmond is a producer, co-creator of Pod Planet and connoisseur of radio advertising.
Isabel Vázquez (@ifvazquez) is Third Coast's former senior producer. She currently works at Adonde Media.