52nd City

Worth it. Worth it. GO!

It is one hour that you really should not miss. The Mad Art Radio Hour. I saw it tonight and it was highly entertaining. The Martian Hunter was played by the excellent George Malich and was a very well done skit combining the elements of old time gum-shoe detective stories with modern art hyperbole, including hilarious sarcasm about art critics. Former cop Ron Buechele expertly played an Irish police sergeant. The sound effects, executed by Eric Hall and Jeremy Brantlinger, were fantastic. The I Love Sylvia skit, a spin off of I Love Lucy, included especially fun exchanges between poets Sylvia Plath, played by Sarah Jones, and Anne Sexton, played by Soozi Hall. Doug Golden was a very convincing and bombastic Ted Hughes. What made the hour really enjoyable was the attention to detail. The room was more intimate than I’ve ever experienced it. The “applause” and “on air” signs were a great touch. Swing Set provided musical accompaniment and they were the perfect choice. All the details added up to a really special evening. Local establishments, such as Schlafly, The Royale, and Lemmons, sponsored the show and Jaime Gartelos wrote the ads and jingles, with the most memorable and entertaining being for the divorce attorneys Knight and Tomich. The entire program was very well planned out and I cannot recommend highly enough. By the end of the night I was inspired to try my hand at writing a radio show—although I’d love to see more from Gartelos and fellow writer James Foehner. Only $5 and just one hour on a Friday night. Tomorrow’s program is being recorded by KDHX and will be broadcast on Brett Underwood’s The No Show, midnight on Thanksgiving. Doors 7pm/Show 8pm. This kind of thing is really what makes St. Louis special folks. Don’t miss it. More at Mad Art.