From salo99 at verizon.net Thu Nov 1 01:37:49 2007 From: salo99 at verizon.net (Robert) Date: Thu Nov 1 00:39:15 2007 Subject: [joe-frank-list] Things online reminding me of Joe Frank References: <8C9E251FBF3E582-A3C-16@Webmail-mg16.sysops.aol.com> <892314.38812.qm@web52504.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <002301c81c62$7d0d5e60$2f01a8c0@OLD> Sounds like a great show. At The Dark End of the Bar (the Caribbean vacation) is my favorite of all his works. I've listened to it so many times - so evocative, always gives me a warm, blissful feeling. I'm guessing there's a high degree of autobiographical truth in it. I think I'd be very satisfied to have created one thing in my entire life as beautiful as that. My favorite part is the cosmic opium-induced reflections about life and reality he has on the ship, before Reed does his thing, sneaky old bastard :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "mike hurst" To: "Joe Frank Mailing List" Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 11:50 PM Subject: RE: [joe-frank-list] Things online reminding me of Joe Frank Yes, I thought Joe Frank's show in LA was really incredible and I am surprised not more of a "to do" about it on this list. It may have been better than the show I saw him perform in Costa Mesa several years ago but very different. I hope there is a recording of this somewhere. I am assuming so. It would be a shame not to have one. As mentioned Joe had a full backing band that was made up of virtuoso jazz musicians who played repetitive ostinatos just like the radio show. I was struck that a band with (I think) 6 talented players would have such great dynamic interplay with Joe to create such a low key backdrop most of the time and then swell into a brief, louder passage on cue when Joe would stop talking (just like the radio show). Certainly Lenny the pawn shop owner who soloed uncontrollably at every opportunity would not have fit in to this band. The content was classic Joe Frank like what you hear on the radio show. I haven't heard all of Joe's shows by any means but some of it was classic stories like the one about him getting seduced by the man in the Caribbean while on vacation with his family. The first story was about an affair the narrator had with a nurse from Mt. Shasta and since there was an internet chat room and viagra mentioned in the story, this seems like it is possibly a new story to me (at least since the KCRW days that I am familiar with). The narrator of this story also talked about his son and daughter and I don't think I've heard Joe talk about that before, but of course I don't really know if it was about Joe himself (or if it ever is, etc.) THere were some repeated "chorus" refrains that Joe spoke rhythmically and monotonously (not quite singing them). Sometimes a couple of the backing band members would join in unison. I don't think I can recall anything in the radio shows I've heard where he does this either. It made me think of "beatniks" for some reason that I can't really explain. At the end a really soulful lady joined him and sang a few choruses about a "blue room" which was a great ending. She had a great voice and improvised really soulfully around the theme. Again, I assume that someone got this on tape... I'd love to know where I can hear it again. --Mike Hurst-- ----------------------------------------> Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:39:34 -0700> From: ghastly_fop@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [joe-frank-list] Things online reminding me of Joe Frank> To: joe-frank-list@armory.com>> I'd love to hear more about the contents of the> performance! Has anyone taken any pictures?>> --- karenladeeda@aol.com wrote:>>>>> hi.>>>> I went to two of the shows in la.? It was really>> intimate and strange.? Nice to have a band behind>> joe.?>>>> The content of the show was a trip.? it almost felt>> like a goodbye letter.? Joe seemed so much more>> frail then he did a few years back.? night and day.?>> at the same time, it seemed like he made his current>> health position part of the performance.? never sure>> of where one started and the other ended.>>>> Karen>>>> -----Original Message----->> From: Levent >> To: Joe Frank Mailing List>> >> Sent: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 4:11 pm>> Subject: Re: [joe-frank-list] Things online>> reminding me of Joe Frank>>>>>>>> Nice, this will be good, especially considering>> joefrank.com doesn't appear to be coming back>> anytime>> soon.>> How much patience are we supposed to have this time?>>>>>> --- B T wrote:>>>>>>>> Hey folks,>>>>>> Doesn't look like much is going on online here.>> I'm>>> sure many have gone to see>>> JF live in LA this month... any reports, picts?>>>>>> Been roaming online and found some stuff that are>>> JF-esque. Unsure if the>>> artist knows JF, but nonetheless. Thought the>>> Frankophiles would be interested.>>>>>> Enjoy!>>> Bob>>> Portland, now>>>>>> MOMMAQATSI by John Bresland (mom's voicemails,>>> pretty nice!)>>> http://youtube.com/watch?v=bQGYkqDa-cI>>>>>> Big Boy - Part 1 by John Bresland (muse, voice>> tone,>>> and style like JF-- I>>> would definitely check out a museum if this was>>> playing in the background.)>>> http://youtube.com/watch?v=bQGYkqDa-cI>>>>>> The Seinfeld Analog by John Bresland (just>>> interesting)>>>>>> http://english.uiowa.edu/nonfiction/media/seinfeld.htm>>>>>> Godfrey Reggio - "Evidence" (unrelated to JF, but>> if>>> you like the Qatski>>> trilogy, you'll like this one.)>>> http://youtube.com/watch?v=vuI_nCADnW0>>>>>> __________________________________________________>>> Do You Yahoo!?>>> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam>>> protection around>>> http://mail.yahoo.com>>> _______________________________________________>>> Joe Frank Mailing List>>> joe-frank-list@armory.com>>>>>> http://www.armory.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/joe-frank-list>>>>>>>>> __________________________________________________>> Do You Yahoo!?>> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam>> protection around>> http://mail.yahoo.com>> _______________________________________________>> Joe Frank Mailing List>> joe-frank-list@armory.com>>> http://www.armory.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/joe-frank-list>>>>>>> ________________________________________________________________________>> Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check>> out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com>>> _______________________________________________>> Joe Frank Mailing List>> joe-frank-list@armory.com>>> http://www.armory.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/joe-frank-list>>>>> __________________________________________________> Do You Yahoo!?> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around> http://mail.yahoo.com> _______________________________________________> Joe Frank Mailing List> joe-frank-list@armory.com> http://www.armory.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/joe-frank-list _________________________________________________________________ Help yourself to FREE treats served up daily at the Messenger Caf?. Stop by today. http://www.cafemessenger.com/info/info_sweetstuff2.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_OctWLtagline_______________________________________________ Joe Frank Mailing List joe-frank-list@armory.com http://www.armory.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/joe-frank-list From roymeo.joe at brokenoffcarantenna.com Thu Nov 1 11:34:02 2007 From: roymeo.joe at brokenoffcarantenna.com (roy crisman) Date: Thu Nov 1 11:40:18 2007 Subject: [joe-frank-list] Things online reminding me of Joe Frank Message-ID: <200711011140.aa08465@deepthought.armory.com> That seduction scene is a part of "The Queen of Puerto Rico". My partner got him to sign her copy of the book of the same name at the last show in September. roymeo At 01:37 AM 11/1/2007, you wrote: >Sounds like a great show. At The Dark End of the >Bar (the Caribbean vacation) is my favorite of >all his works. I've listened to it so many times >- so evocative, always gives me a warm, blissful >feeling. I'm guessing there's a high degree of >autobiographical truth in it. I think I'd be >very satisfied to have created one thing in my >entire life as beautiful as that. My favorite >part is the cosmic opium-induced reflections >about life and reality he has on the ship, >before Reed does his thing, sneaky old bastard :) > > >----- Original Message ----- From: "mike hurst" >To: "Joe Frank Mailing List" >Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 11:50 PM >Subject: RE: [joe-frank-list] Things online reminding me of Joe Frank > > > >Yes, I thought Joe Frank's show in LA was really >incredible and I am surprised not more of a "to >do" about it on this list. It may have been >better than the show I saw him perform in Costa >Mesa several years ago but very different. > >I hope there is a recording of this >somewhere. I am assuming so. It would be a shame not to have one. > >As mentioned Joe had a full backing band that >was made up of virtuoso jazz musicians who >played repetitive ostinatos just like the radio >show. I was struck that a band with (I think) 6 >talented players would have such great dynamic >interplay with Joe to create such a low key >backdrop most of the time and then swell into a >brief, louder passage on cue when Joe would stop >talking (just like the radio show). Certainly >Lenny the pawn shop owner who soloed >uncontrollably at every opportunity would not have fit in to this band. > >The content was classic Joe Frank like what you >hear on the radio show. I haven't heard all of >Joe's shows by any means but some of it was >classic stories like the one about him getting >seduced by the man in the Caribbean while on >vacation with his family. The first story was >about an affair the narrator had with a nurse >from Mt. Shasta and since there was an internet >chat room and viagra mentioned in the story, >this seems like it is possibly a new story to me >(at least since the KCRW days that I am familiar >with). The narrator of this story also talked >about his son and daughter and I don't think >I've heard Joe talk about that before, but of >course I don't really know if it was about Joe himself (or if it ever is, etc.) > >THere were some repeated "chorus" refrains that >Joe spoke rhythmically and monotonously (not >quite singing them). Sometimes a couple of the >backing band members would join in unison. I >don't think I can recall anything in the radio >shows I've heard where he does this either. It >made me think of "beatniks" for some reason that I can't really explain. > >At the end a really soulful lady joined him and >sang a few choruses about a "blue room" which >was a great ending. She had a great voice and >improvised really soulfully around the theme. > >Again, I assume that someone got this on tape... >I'd love to know where I can hear it again. > > > >--Mike Hurst-- > >----------------------------------------> Date: >Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:39:34 -0700> From: >ghastly_fop@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: >[joe-frank-list] Things online reminding me of >Joe Frank> To: joe-frank-list@armory.com>> I'd >love to hear more about the contents of the> >performance! Has anyone taken any pictures?>> >--- karenladeeda@aol.com wrote:>>>>> hi.>>>> I >went to two of the shows in la.? It was really>> >intimate and strange.? Nice to have a band >behind>> joe.?>>>> The content of the show was a >trip.? it almost felt>> like a goodbye letter.? >Joe seemed so much more>> frail then he did a >few years back.? night and day.?>> at the same >time, it seemed like he made his current>> >health position part of the performance.? never >sure>> of where one started and the other >ended.>>>> Karen>>>> -----Original >Message----->> From: Levent >> To: Joe Frank >Mailing List>> >> Sent: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 4:11 >pm>> Subject: Re: [joe-frank-list] Things >online>> reminding me of Joe Frank>>>>>>>> Nice, >this will be good, especially considering>> >joefrank.com doesn't appear to be coming back>> >anytime>> soon.>> How much patience are we >supposed to have this time?>>>>>> --- B >T wrote:>>>>>>>> Hey folks,>>>>>> Doesn't look >like much is going on online here.>> I'm>>> sure >many have gone to see>>> JF live in LA this >month... any reports, picts?>>>>>> Been roaming >online and found some stuff that are>>> >JF-esque. Unsure if the>>> artist knows JF, but >nonetheless. Thought the>>> Frankophiles would >be interested.>>>>>> Enjoy!>>> Bob>>> Portland, >now>>>>>> MOMMAQATSI by John Bresland (mom's >voicemails,>>> pretty nice!)>>> >http://youtube.com/watch?v=bQGYkqDa-cI>>>>>> Big >Boy - Part 1 by John Bresland (muse, voice>> >tone,>>> and style like JF-- I>>> would >definitely check out a museum if this was>>> >playing in the background.)>>> >http://youtube.com/watch?v=bQGYkqDa-cI>>>>>> The >Seinfeld Analog by John Bresland (just>>> >interesting)>>>>>> >http://english.uiowa.edu/nonfiction/media/seinfeld.htm>>>>>> >Godfrey Reggio - "Evidence" (unrelated to JF, >but>> if>>> you like the Qatski>>> trilogy, >you'll like this one.)>>> >http://youtube.com/watch?v=vuI_nCADnW0>>>>>> >__________________________________________________>>> >Do You Yahoo!?>>> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has >the best spam>>> protection around>>> >http://mail.yahoo.com>>> >_______________________________________________>>> >Joe Frank Mailing List>>> >joe-frank-list@armory.com>>>>>> >http://www.armory.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/joe-frank-list>>>>>>>>> >__________________________________________________>> >Do You Yahoo!?>> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has >the best spam>> protection around>> >http://mail.yahoo.com>> >_______________________________________________>> > Joe Frank Mailing List>> >joe-frank-list@armory.com>>> >http://www.armory.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/joe-frank-list>>>>>>> >________________________________________________________________________>> >Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta >check>> out free AOL Mail! - >http://mail.aol.com>>> >_______________________________________________>> > Joe Frank Mailing List>> >joe-frank-list@armory.com>>> >http://www.armory.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/joe-frank-list>>>>> >__________________________________________________> >Do You Yahoo!?> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has >the best spam protection around> >http://mail.yahoo.com> >_______________________________________________> >Joe Frank Mailing List> >joe-frank-list@armory.com> >http://www.armory.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/joe-frank-list > >_________________________________________________________________ >Help yourself to FREE treats served up daily at >the Messenger Caf?. Stop by today. >http://www.cafemessenger.com/info/info_sweetstuff2.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_OctWLtagline_______________________________________________ >Joe Frank Mailing List >joe-frank-list@armory.com >http://www.armory.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/joe-frank-list > >_______________________________________________ >Joe Frank Mailing List >joe-frank-list@armory.com >http://www.armory.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/joe-frank-list From boojum at charter.net Thu Nov 1 12:31:30 2007 From: boojum at charter.net (Robert (Sandy) Noyes) Date: Thu Nov 1 12:31:28 2007 Subject: [joe-frank-list] PBS "The War" Message-ID: <472A2992.4080908@charter.net> Did anyone catch a voice over in Ken Burns' "The War" that sounded like Joe Frank?? Or was that someone trying to sound like Joe? It was in a scene-setting monologue about the war in North Africa. From susan.gregg at sbcglobal.net Fri Nov 9 19:01:33 2007 From: susan.gregg at sbcglobal.net (Susan Gregg) Date: Fri Nov 9 18:56:35 2007 Subject: [joe-frank-list] CD Collection(s) Purchase? Message-ID: <003301c82346$00628a80$87532a4b@h9p0s5> Hello all. I live in an area now where I am not able to pick up Joe Frank radio program airings. What is the best source for purchasing good condion used CD collections of his work? Thank you for any and all suggestions. Susan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.armory.com/pipermail/joe-frank-list/attachments/20071109/926eabe7/attachment.htm From billmilosz at aol.com Sat Nov 10 14:02:16 2007 From: billmilosz at aol.com (billmilosz@aol.com) Date: Sat Nov 10 14:02:29 2007 Subject: [joe-frank-list] CD Collection(s) Purchase? In-Reply-To: <003301c82346$00628a80$87532a4b@h9p0s5> References: <003301c82346$00628a80$87532a4b@h9p0s5> Message-ID: <8C9F1FC7D9B1E82-7B0-5BCD@WEBMAIL-MB06.sysops.aol.com> I've never seen any Joe Frank cds or tapes for sale on eBay, but maybe they sell there sometimes. You could put Joe Frank Recordings in the "WANT IT NOW" section of your eBay account.... see? http://pages.ebay.com/wantitnow/about.html?then, if anyone offers them , you will be notified. Curently Joefrank.com offers CDs of all material.? In the past, KCRW used to sell cassette tapes of the programs. -----Original Message----- From: Susan Gregg To: joe-frank-list@armory.com Sent: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 9:01 pm Subject: [joe-frank-list] CD Collection(s) Purchase? Hello all.? I live in an area now where I am not able to pick up Joe Frank?radio program airings.? What is the best source for?purchasing good condion used CD collections of his work??Thank you for any and all suggestions. ? Susan? _______________________________________________ Joe Frank Mailing List joe-frank-list@armory.com http://www.armory.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/joe-frank-list ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.armory.com/pipermail/joe-frank-list/attachments/20071110/8c5949db/attachment.htm From billmilosz at aol.com Thu Nov 29 01:53:14 2007 From: billmilosz at aol.com (billmilosz@aol.com) Date: Thu Nov 29 01:53:21 2007 Subject: [joe-frank-list] Streams are available again at JOEFRANK.COM Message-ID: <8CA0084CB103083-984-4F6F@WEBMAIL-MB21.sysops.aol.com> I see that the streaming shows are available again to JOEFRANK.COM website subscribers, I logged in at http://joefrank.com/subscribe/? and was able to queue up a show and listen to it. Someone over there at the World HQ OF Joe Frank must have been buringing the midnight oil, it's not a rivial matter to recover a site like this after it's host just pulls the plug. ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/text.htm?ncid=aolcmp00050000000003 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.armory.com/pipermail/joe-frank-list/attachments/20071129/154c9b0d/attachment.htm From billmilosz at aol.com Thu Nov 29 01:58:21 2007 From: billmilosz at aol.com (billmilosz@aol.com) Date: Thu Nov 29 01:58:39 2007 Subject: [joe-frank-list] Joe Frank aficionados in Chicago: campaign to bring Quiet Room here Message-ID: <8CA008581FD2AFF-984-4F78@WEBMAIL-MB21.sysops.aol.com> I have it on good authority that if enough interest can be drummed up, that Joe Frank would bring his "Quiet Room" performance here.? It was a smash in L.A. Is anybody on this list affiliated with WBEZ or any other group that might be interested in participating in the whole hosting / promoting? thing so we can get this performance here? Any thoughts? ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. 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