I love the idea of miniatures. I remember Fred Frith once doing The Complete Works of Henry Cow in 60 Seconds, and I was honoured to be featured on both volumes of Martin Archer's Network CDs in the 90s, though there the remit was 90 seconds. I often might focus on the Consummate Essence of a Ballad - reducing (say) Earl Brand to its most significant 30-seconds by way of removing the episode from the narrative arc, much as the Surrealists did when they'd go into cinemas for a couple of minutes in the middle of a film and leave before they puicked up on the general plot. I can generally dip into The Archers like this & enjoy about 1 minute a month without having a clue what's going on. It's best that way. Same might be said of Ballads actually.

Scene trom The Cruel Mother - a Homage to Edward Gorey