Radio Ephemera

These "short-docs" are pieces that I've produced for a contest that Chicago Public Radio is hosting at the Third Coast Audio Festival. I've also posted these pieces on their new interactive, just-getting-started station, vocalo.

#1 - Dream Sequence

This short story is about a recurring dream. I used to have it all the time in my mid twenties, and now I wish it would come back. The "voice of the stranger" is a tour guide, giving his tour in the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington, DC. Most of the sound-effects are homemade, but some (like the wind) are taken from the freesound archive. The background music is:

(in chronological order)

Do Make Say Think, “herstory of glory”
Broken Social Scene, “weddings”
Nick Drake, “introduction”

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#2 - Matt and Bart Sleep in the Airstream

This (very different) Short Doc is presented in the fashion of my Saturday night radio show. It's sketch comedy. It includes the voices of M. Barton Koch, Aaron Ellington Prado, and myself. The "voice of the stranger" also exists. Most of the sound-effects are homemade, but some (like the smashing noises) are taken from the freesound archive.

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#3 - The 20th Century and Environmental Collapse.

This Short Doc is told from the perspective of a worldwide news organization some 200+ years in the future. It includes the voice of James Martin, the head waiter at one of my favorite restaurants and one of the new DJs at our station. The "voice of a stranger" is also included. The background music is:

(in chronological order)

Tortoise/Magnet Pulls Through
A Silver Mt. Zion/Take These Hands and Throw Them in the River (live)
Broken Social Scene/Ambiance for the Ambulance

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