here is what the Boston Globe had to say about radio pü today in
the Go! section of their entertainment :
Family hour
Everybody sing along: ''I love you/You love me/Now it's time to get nas-ty.''
Ross Hamlin, the demented mind behind Radio Pu, takes aim at loathsome
children's icon Barney tonight as part of his postmodern radio show at
the Milky Way Lounge. Hamlin has carefully studied a scene from the kiddie
show and gives it a sinister hue with a live overdub. Actually, sinister
doesn't quite capture what Hamlin has in mind for poor Barney. ''I transcribe
all the music, sound effects, and text from the charming Barney gang,
as well as camera pans, cuts, and close-ups. Then I rewrite it all, with
new text that corresponds to the timing and gestures of the original,''
he says. We'd like to describe the new scene for you, but because Go!
is a family column, those sorts of off-color words don't exist in our
lexicon. Hamlin's ribbing is less ''Death to Smoochy'' and more ''What's
Up, Tiger Lily?'' Other skits on the bill tonight include ''Baywatch Revere''
and ''Messiah Technical College (40 day/40 night program).'' The merriment
starts at 9; $5.
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