[joe-frank-list] Things online reminding me of Joe Frank

roy crisman roymeo.joe at brokenoffcarantenna.com
Thu Nov 1 11:34:02 PDT 2007 

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" <mrdubway at hotmail.com>
>To: "Joe Frank Mailing List" <joe-frank-list at armory.com>
>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 at yahoo.com> Subject: Re: 
>[joe-frank-list] Things online reminding me of 
>Joe Frank> To: joe-frank-list at armory.com>> I'd 
>love to hear more about the contents of the> 
>performance! Has anyone taken any pictures?>> 
>--- karenladeeda at 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>>>>>> 
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