Driveway Moments

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 18, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Npr National Public
• ASIN: B0000YEEF8
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #140,257 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Amy's Answering Machine

2. Killing With Kindness

3. Nutcracker Dreams

4. His Father

5. My Dad the Ex-Con

6. Animal Sex Advice by Dr. Tatiana A.K.A. Olivia Judson

Disc: 2

1. Sweet Potato Queen's Latest Dish

2. My So-Called Lungs

3. Hitching a Ride With Junior McGhee

4. Santa-Land Diaries

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

44 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I really had a driveway moment with this CD, October 2, 2004

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Sardan (Round Rock) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Driveway Moments (Audio CD)

This CD is a wonderfully eclectic collection of some of the best stories of NPR. A "driveway moment" is when there is something so compelling on the radio that you sit in your driveway, listening, rather than leave the car.

That's exactly what happened to me when I heard "My So-Called Lungs." It's indescribably touching, and I was left with tears streaming down my face, in awe of how the young girl making this audio diary could be so brave.

The stories span an almost unbelievable arc of emotion, from the drama of the story I just mentioned, to David Sedaris's Santaland Diaries, which is so hilarious that it's commonly played every Christmas on NPR stations across the country.

This is a suberb CD. Listen to it on a long road trip, and I guarantee the miles will just fly by, you'll be so absorbed in these stories. I have just ordered Driveway Moments 2--if it's half as good as this one, it'll be well worth it.

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars NPR has the best programming, January 23, 2005

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Joachim's Training "Joachim's Training" (nyc) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Driveway Moments (Audio CD)

There is no other radio station that has better programming than NPR. The creativity, humour and complexity of their stories gives them a head up on all other media outlets. This CD is poignant, funny and interesting. The stories really do hold you in the car and in your driveway. There were times where we had to pullover because the story was so funny. In other situations there was not a dry eye in the car. I highly reccomend this CD. Although, "Driveway Moments 2" 2005 is not nearly as good. In fact I was completley dissapointed in the sequal.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars NPR gives "moments" period, July 19, 2005

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JACK "bookophile" (HOUSTON, TX, United States) - See all my reviews
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I cannot write enough to praise the radio essays that have been broadcast regularly on NPR. I've been a fan for the past four or five years. So, I not only have "driveway" moments, but "parking lot" moments, "at home after work" moments; you name it. If NPR is on my radio, I literally find I cannot leave my car.

My only regret was the CD didn't contain the complete broadcast of the amusing "Santaland Diaries."