I love this piece starting with the first note of the organ from the Doors song “Light My Fire.” The narrator (Casey Brackett) starts off by saying a whim to look through the personals ads in her local newspaper leads to the creation of the piece. Brackett is very sarcastic throughout the piece about the different people who have personal ads, which leads to a whimsical and funny piece. She calls up some of the personal ad authors and records their voice mail. A computer voice reads out the facts, including age and astrological sign; this computer’s voice is very sensual. I wonder if the computer has a personal ad, too? Some people on the personal ads page you want to know, and some should just be avoided like the plague. All in all, it is the oldest story in the world, of people lookin’ for love.
Review of Personals
Adrian Boyes
Posted on September 07, 2005 at 05:14 PM
I love this piece starting with the first note of the organ from the Doors song “Light My Fire.” The narrator (Casey Brackett) starts off by saying a whim to look through the personals ads in her local newspaper leads to the creation of the piece. Brackett is very sarcastic throughout the piece about the different people who have personal ads, which leads to a whimsical and funny piece. She calls up some of the personal ad authors and records their voice mail. A computer voice reads out the facts, including age and astrological sign; this computer’s voice is very sensual. I wonder if the computer has a personal ad, too? Some people on the personal ads page you want to know, and some should just be avoided like the plague. All in all, it is the oldest story in the world, of people lookin’ for love.