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Danny, the little boy (played by Danny Lloyd) in the film The Shining(1980), has an invisible friend named Tony: another little boy who lives in Danny's mouth. To differentiate between himself and Tony, Danny modulates his own voice and animates a finger to indicate the change of persona. In an early scene, Danny stands at the bathroom mirror pleading with the prophetic Tony to tell him why he doesnt want to go to the Overlook Hotel for the winter. Finally Tony reveals to him why with the vision of a torrent of blood exiting a Lift.
Tony's outpouring on everything wrong in the world; past, present and future seems to extend indefinitely within tony B: the overlook re-mix. Tony's voice is in fact the mixed and modulated voice of Tony Biggs (102.7 FM Triple R, 9am - 12pm Fridays, On the Blower) to sound like a creepy little boy. Tony begins his talk-back based program each week somewhat provocatively with the end theme music from the movie Talk Radio(1984) in which the main character, a Talkback Radio Star, is assassinated by a disagreeable listener. Tony has a certain distaste for the iPod revolution in which human interactivity is lost so his lingering presence as an mp3 recording here is something of a misnomer: now a lost voice from the other side - the residue of his search for a spirited discussion remains as an uneasy stand-in for elevator music. <<