Listening to Rigel Crockett's soft spoken voice reading his reflections on sailing, racism, maritime history, oyster fishing, and more..is a journey. A very long meandering journey which probably hold up better in print. The story is quite moving, but the narrative trajectory changes course more than did Columbus on his early voyages.
This is clearly from a book or print effort that could translate to radio with more attention to production, and lots of editing. It's a great story, but it's not the best radio story in it's current state. In a check of Rigel's website, the same piece is available as a podcast, which may make it more listenable, but at it's current length of 17 minutes ( including the 3 minute music out ) it may be a journey too far... at least for the radio.
This is an incredibly moving piece which flawlessly blends together the histories of race, sailing, prohibition, drugs, and the criminal justice system. In doing so, it challenges some of the stereotypes we have, not only of race but of how race relates to sailing, north and south, and leisure. The choice made to sing song lyrics was a surprising and unique one. At times, I wondered whether it might be good to have background music, but I understand why it was not included. The only thing that keeps me from giving the piece five stars is that at times it's obvious the producer is reading from a script. Other than that, I highly recommend a listen, not only for radio lovers but also for people looking for a new viewpoint on old topics.
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Michael Johnson
Posted on May 25, 2006 at 02:24 PM | Permalink
Review of Surrender
Listening to Rigel Crockett's soft spoken voice reading his reflections on sailing, racism, maritime history, oyster fishing, and more..is a journey. A very long meandering journey which probably hold up better in print. The story is quite moving, but the narrative trajectory changes course more than did Columbus on his early voyages.
This is clearly from a book or print effort that could translate to radio with more attention to production, and lots of editing. It's a great story, but it's not the best radio story in it's current state. In a check of Rigel's website, the same piece is available as a podcast, which may make it more listenable, but at it's current length of 17 minutes ( including the 3 minute music out ) it may be a journey too far... at least for the radio.
David Ivanick
Posted on April 25, 2006 at 11:15 PM | Permalink
Review of Surrender
This is an incredibly moving piece which flawlessly blends together the histories of race, sailing, prohibition, drugs, and the criminal justice system. In doing so, it challenges some of the stereotypes we have, not only of race but of how race relates to sailing, north and south, and leisure. The choice made to sing song lyrics was a surprising and unique one. At times, I wondered whether it might be good to have background music, but I understand why it was not included. The only thing that keeps me from giving the piece five stars is that at times it's obvious the producer is reading from a script. Other than that, I highly recommend a listen, not only for radio lovers but also for people looking for a new viewpoint on old topics.