Summary
The sounds of an empty apartment, the last tape of a loved one, the bootleg VHS tapes that helped inspire a musical movement and an erotic audio audition are at the heart of this edition of Short Cuts. Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about significant recordings that have impacted people's lives.
That DAT Produced by Natalie Kestecher
The Stains Featuring Diane Lane and Allison Wolfe Produced by Allyson McCabe
Sound Portrait of a Flat Produced by Jessica Gordon Braye
A Place for Us Featuring Tricia Davies Nearn Produced by Alan Hall
Production Team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2019.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio Podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | Hello, I'm Jacey Long and welcome to shortcuts. |
| 0:08.7 | What do you think? |
| 0:11.5 | I've been making my own audio recordings since I had my daughter, |
| 0:20.6 | just periodically of tickling her or hearing her singing. |
| 0:25.0 | Is that what you do? |
| 0:28.9 | I agree. |
| 0:31.4 | Are you tickling? |
| 0:33.4 | It's so lovely making my daughter love. |
| 0:36.4 | And I should say it's profoundly easier than being on stage. |
| 0:42.1 | A, you have access to the resource of tickling, |
| 0:45.5 | which is not acceptable in the public sphere. |
| 0:51.3 | But B, you can really get a lot of mileage out of, you know, raising your eyebrows up and down, for example. |
| 0:57.8 | You could do that for 10, 15 minutes and still get absolutely perfect laughs from it. |
| 1:02.6 | So as a professional comedian, it's really, really great. |
| 1:06.3 | And obviously, it's more delightful than any laughter I've ever received in my life professionally. |
| 1:11.6 | It's wonderful. |
| 1:13.6 | This is Shortcuts, Brief Encounters, True Stories, Radio Adventures and Found Sound. |
| 1:23.6 | Today, press record. |
| 1:26.6 | The front door. The front door. |
| 1:29.0 | The doorbell. |
| 1:32.8 | Morning birds in the distance. |
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