Piece Comment

Review of New Audio Showroom #3 - Audio Mavericks


An entertaining magazine-style program - not as unconventional as is overly hyped in the introduction. It's the unconventional guests who give the program its quirky appeal. Gordon has a good ear for audio and artists off the beaten track - and has a good rapport with them in the interviews. The mix of talk and music or live recordings is well-balanced and the whole show moves right along at a good clip. I especially liked the 60's San Fransisco "street terrorizing" comedy team. The segment on the theramin was a bit thin - seemed like maybe it was just a time-filler. (Might be because I recently heard a fascinating half-hour doco about the instrument.) I enjoyed this program very much, but would not call it experimental.