[joe-frank-list] 'A tour of the city' act 1

Mon Feb 8 15:46:44 PST 2021

2:50: Guy with German-ish accen talks about suicide. 'Each of us has
contemplated suicide...'

This is Brother Theodore, a strange character, he used to appear on
Letterman a lot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brother_Theodore

6:20: A fellow with a German-ish accent (sounds like a different guy)
remembers winter in Erfurt.  A woman broke her leg
skiing.

This one is Tim Jerome, doing a rarely heard variation of his eastern
european guy.

Voltgen is indeed Arthur Miller

17:30: Someone (German-ish accent) tells about Glemp (sp?) who had a
camera...
This is Tim Jerome

24:40: The first fellow with a German-ish accent recalls the soldier who
attacked the enemy armed with only a can opener...
Brother Theodore again

He also makes a memorable appearance as the Messiah in The Decline of
Spengler

-Sean

On Sat, Feb 6, 2021, 10:46 AM <russellbell at gmail.com> wrote:

>         Joe (using second person) tells about landing in a plane,
> looking down on the city.  Pilots land the plane safely despite engine
> failure.  Joe compares how the city looks on the ground with how it
> looked from the air.
>
>         2:50: Guy with German-ish accent (Tim Jerome?) talks about
> suicide.  'Each of us has contemplated suicide...'
>
>         4:20: Joe describes walking along Vladek (sp?) avenue.  A guy
> (Larry Block?) begs change; a woman invites his attention; squatters
> live in vacant lots; chickens and goats graze.
>
>          6:20: A fellow with a German-ish accent (sounds like a

different guy) remembers winter in Erfurt. A woman broke her leg

skiing.
>
>         7:20: A woman recalls dinner, seeing an acrobat with no arms
> and legs in San Nemo; she was engaged to John.
>
>         8:10: A man remembers the summer they (apparently he and a
> woman) went to the sea.
>
>         9:00: Joe tells about the star worshippers, their equipment,
> their gowns, dancing to drums.
>
>         9:20: Voltgen, founder of Electricist (sp?) religion (Arthur
> Miller?), one of the many sects that have sprung up in the city, talks
> to Alex, a novice; he explains Electricism, ruminates on darkness and
> light.
>
>         12:00: Joe tells of Voltgen ushering Alex into a worship
> service.  Voltgen leads a service, which features a large filament,
> culminates with electrical arcs.
>
>         14:40: Alex arrives home; his wife Eva (Barbara Sohmers)
> greets him.  They have a drink.
>
>         17:30: Someone (German-ish accent) tells about Glemp (sp?) who
> had a camera, took pictures of everything.  At the end of the season
> he took his film to the lab, which destroyed them, leaving only
> memories.
>
>         18:30: Joe tells of the rain falling on everyone in the
> streets.
>
>         19:00: Eva tells what she did during the day to Alex.  He
> bathes her.  (Accompanied by 'Peace piece' (Bill Evans)).
>
>         20:20: Joe tells of a fellow walking on a mountain path, who
> sees a speck rising above the desert.  It turns into a giant wave that
> forms the shape of giant white horses, then a giant man.
>
>         21:50: Having prepared Eva's bath, Alex puts her in the water.
> (She can't walk.)  She wonders why they haven't made love in months,
> wonders if he still wants her.
>
>         24:40: The first fellow with a German-ish accent recalls the
> soldier who attacked the enemy armed with only a can opener, suggests
> he may have been suicidal, not heroic.
>
>         25:30: Alex recalls returning to the same hotel by the sea
> years later.
>
>         26:20: Joe tells of a helicopter flying overhead, a man in a
> phone booth.
>
>         27:10: Joe describes images of the city at night, the
> tree-folk, the people of the law (who recite laws that sound like
> parody Leviticus).
>
>         28:40: Joe tells of 'wrestling' matches, the first between a
> caveman with a tree and a baron who weighs 2,695 stone (about 20
> tons), the second between a giant beetle and an Irish washerwoman.
>
>         32:20: Joe tells of a convoy of army trucks outside; a
> presidential address follows.
>
>         34:10: Eva tells Alex he talked in his sleep last night.  She
> wants him to tell her how he feels, he's gone so much.
>
>         35:10: Joe describes the picaresque, cites classical examples,
> wonders where modern heroes travel.
>
>         36:00: Alex tells of walking through the city, wondering where
> he's going.  Voltgen responds, tells him he has to give up on love.
>
>         38:40: Voltgen gives Alex a hooded gown, leads Alex into the
> temple, leads a service, accompanied by choral chanting, inducts Alex
> into Electricism.
>
>         42:00: Olga (Marilyn Casky), Alex's other wife, talks about
> Alex spending time at Voltgen's temple, says he'll leave it as he's
> left all the other sects he's joined.
>
>         43:00: A fellow leaves an ominous message on their phone.
> Olga's scared, Alex says it's nothing.  They argue.
>
>         45:00: Vorst tells of driving a few days ago, saw 2 children
> making earthcakes near their hut, recalls a song from his childhood,
> hums it for us.
>
>         46:20: 'Sometimes I sign out a chopper...' Vorst looks at
> girls sunbathing on the roof.
>
>         47:10: Eva hears the helicopter, asks Alex what it's doing;
> it's looking into their window.
>
>         49:30: Vorst calls on citizens to report strangers to the
> authorities.
>
>         50:10: Alex tells of physicians treating some woman.
>
>         51:20: Vorst talks about burying oneself up to the neck to
> stay warm during the winter.
>
>         Year: 1984
>
>         Cast: Alan Hunter, Marilyn Casky, Barbara Sohmers, Arthur
> Miller, Brother Theodore, Mark Hammer, Joseph Palmieri, Clark Gordon,
> Larry Block, Sharon Dennis-Wyeth, Richard Bauer, Tim Jerome, and Joe
> Frank
>
>         Music: 'Brothers of darkness - sons of light' (Popul Vuh),
> 'Flowered knife shadows' (Harold Budd), 'On land' (Brian Eno), 'Remote
> viewing' (Tangerine Dream), 'Six marimbas' (Steve Reich), 'Peace
> piece' (Bill Evans), 'Music for mallet instruments, voices and organ'
> (Steve Reich)
>
> russell bell
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