Review of How to carry stuff on a bicycle (deleted)
Great tone. Narrative fits well with background music and has a great pace. This piece is well edited, fun to listen to and very informative. "How to carry stuff..." offers a variety of options and delivers the pros and cons of each. Saftey is also taken into consideration and is very much appreciated by this listener and "Bike Talk" host/producer.
I first heard the full hour of "One Shoe in the Road" after I responded to a short write up about it in Chainbreaker 4. Before airing it on "Bike Talk" in Providence, I listened to the CD seven or eight times and was broght to tears more than once.
The commentary/narration by Don Godwin at the beginning (all of track 1), at the end, and between the stories is really poingnent and reflective. The interviews/stories are cut up and mixed together to give a collage of different bicyce accidents related one element at a time (before, impact, dirrectly following, recovery). The original music and background sounds are well edited and levels are good. Occasional swears throughout, but scrambled for clean radio play.
I can't recomment one segment over another because the entire hour is well worth the listen. National bike to work week is next week (May 15-19) and that gives several stations a great reason to air One Shoe in the Road, but this piece touches on issues beyond bike accidents their aftermath that make it very relevent all year round. Bike to work week attempts to address bicycle commuting issues that OSR effectively brings to light with personal, for the most part tragic, accounts.
Listening is a bit like talking to a wise, older relative. The segment lacks background sounds or music and pauses between statements leave blips of dead air. Beginning and end is bookended by original host show, but intro contains good info. Commentary is good, but takes the tone of a friendly lecture at some points. Overall a good piece, but not very entertaining for most listeners.
Comments by Alexandra Svoboda
Comment for "How to carry stuff on a bicycle" (deleted)
Alexandra Svoboda
Posted on July 26, 2006 at 11:57 AM
Review of How to carry stuff on a bicycle (deleted)
Great tone. Narrative fits well with background music and has a great pace. This piece is well edited, fun to listen to and very informative. "How to carry stuff..." offers a variety of options and delivers the pros and cons of each. Saftey is also taken into consideration and is very much appreciated by this listener and "Bike Talk" host/producer.
Comment for "One Shoe In the Road: Struck Cyclists and Their Stories"
Alexandra Svoboda
Posted on May 11, 2006 at 11:06 AM | Permalink
Review of One Shoe In the Road: Struck Cyclists and Their Stories
I first heard the full hour of "One Shoe in the Road" after I responded to a short write up about it in Chainbreaker 4. Before airing it on "Bike Talk" in Providence, I listened to the CD seven or eight times and was broght to tears more than once.
The commentary/narration by Don Godwin at the beginning (all of track 1), at the end, and between the stories is really poingnent and reflective. The interviews/stories are cut up and mixed together to give a collage of different bicyce accidents related one element at a time (before, impact, dirrectly following, recovery). The original music and background sounds are well edited and levels are good. Occasional swears throughout, but scrambled for clean radio play.
I can't recomment one segment over another because the entire hour is well worth the listen. National bike to work week is next week (May 15-19) and that gives several stations a great reason to air One Shoe in the Road, but this piece touches on issues beyond bike accidents their aftermath that make it very relevent all year round. Bike to work week attempts to address bicycle commuting issues that OSR effectively brings to light with personal, for the most part tragic, accounts.
Comment for "Commentary: Pedal Power"
Alexandra Svoboda
Posted on May 03, 2006 at 08:47 AM | Permalink
Review of Commentary: Pedal Power
Listening is a bit like talking to a wise, older relative. The segment lacks background sounds or music and pauses between statements leave blips of dead air. Beginning and end is bookended by original host show, but intro contains good info. Commentary is good, but takes the tone of a friendly lecture at some points. Overall a good piece, but not very entertaining for most listeners.