This is a great piece. I heard it on NPR and wrote Ian Shoales to find out where to find it again. It's not breathtaking, but given that I have a 14-year old daughter who uses text messaging and instant messaging a lot, and can hardly speak in whole words anymore, I found his parody of shortened text messages quite amusing. What is our world coming to when we teach our kids to speak in broken acronyms and abbreviations? Shoales hit it right on the head, with a wonderful twist related to the Jesus theme.
I recommend this to anyone interested in a good laugh.
Another reviewer used the word, 'pithy', and I couldn't agree more, pithy, with a machine gun delivery. Dennis Miller for Public Radio. Not appropriate for all stations in the spectrum, but for those stations where it would work, it could be very popular. The overall tone is instantly recognizable, and with regular airings of this artist's work, could develop a familiarity that listener's would come to look forward to, if effectively programmed.
Ahh. It's great to have Ian back. I really missed him. This peace is really funny and reminds me of some of my favorite pieces from the I Gotta Go anthology.
Having listend to this and a few others on the site I'd say they're read slightly too fast, even compared with classic Ian.
The piece is short, quick, and amusing. Ian's speedy verbal interpretations of text-messaging are performed with aplomb, providing ample payoff to this essay.
Comments for Wt Wd Jss Do?
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Other pieces by Merle Kessler
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Carl Binder
Posted on January 10, 2005 at 02:24 PM | Permalink
Review of Wt Wd Jss Do?
This is a great piece. I heard it on NPR and wrote Ian Shoales to find out where to find it again. It's not breathtaking, but given that I have a 14-year old daughter who uses text messaging and instant messaging a lot, and can hardly speak in whole words anymore, I found his parody of shortened text messages quite amusing. What is our world coming to when we teach our kids to speak in broken acronyms and abbreviations? Shoales hit it right on the head, with a wonderful twist related to the Jesus theme.
I recommend this to anyone interested in a good laugh.
Curt Mathies
Posted on June 10, 2004 at 07:20 PM | Permalink
Review of Wt Wd Jss Do?
Another reviewer used the word, 'pithy', and I couldn't agree more, pithy, with a machine gun delivery. Dennis Miller for Public Radio. Not appropriate for all stations in the spectrum, but for those stations where it would work, it could be very popular. The overall tone is instantly recognizable, and with regular airings of this artist's work, could develop a familiarity that listener's would come to look forward to, if effectively programmed.
Shayne Weyker
Posted on March 18, 2004 at 07:55 PM | Permalink
Review of Wt Wd Jss Do?
Ahh. It's great to have Ian back. I really missed him. This peace is really funny and reminds me of some of my favorite pieces from the I Gotta Go anthology.
Having listend to this and a few others on the site I'd say they're read slightly too fast, even compared with classic Ian.
Amy O'Leary
Posted on March 12, 2004 at 05:05 PM | Permalink
Review of Wt Wd Jss Do?
The piece is short, quick, and amusing. Ian's speedy verbal interpretations of text-messaging are performed with aplomb, providing ample payoff to this essay.