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- Jonathan Goldstein
- Username: Goldstein
- Location: Montreal, Canada
- Joined PRX: Jan 05, 2004
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- "Hard to Say"
- Summary: Ninety year old Ed Werler takes listeners on a sentimental journey exploring love and loss.
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Review of Hard to Say
Jonathan Goldstein
Posted on May 23, 2004 at 07:32 AM
I defy anyone to listen to this piece without getting at least a small lump in their throat. It’s so crammed with beautiful images and poetic insight there’s hardly a second of flaccid tape. It invokes a whole sentimental, “old-fashioned” world where a kiss on the cheek still put you “on cloud nine” and people dance to big band in the kitchen. There is plenty of sentiment here, but there is wisdom, too. This could play in the context of love stories, old age, Alzheimer’s and loss.