[joe-frank-list] David Franks

[russellbell at gmail.com]

	David Franks is the crazy preacher leading that unfortunate
woman (man?) on a crazy prayer in 'A natural disaster' (re-used in
'Prayer' and 'Holy land') and the guy who deals in mysticism in 'Bible
stories' (re-used in 'Dreamland: a compilation').

	He was a crazy character in real life.  The 'Baltimore Sun'
published this obituary
https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2010-01-17-1001160067-story.html

	Andrei Codrescu eulogized him on 'All things considered'
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123747163

	A friend eulogized him in 
http://welcometobaltimorehon.com/crabtown-observed-9-footlong-farewell-on-film

	When 'Hearing voices' included one of his calls in an episode,
https://hearingvoices.com/2008/12/hv040-spirit-world/ , host Barrett
Golding explained:

	'Larry Massett, the narrator, gave the tape to Joe (they're
old friends) a long time ago.  Larry got the tape from poet Andrei
Codrescu, who got the tape from someone else, and that's where the
provenance ends.'

	The page has a discussion; some objected to the call.  One
wrote that Franks was the Tarot card reader (must have been
'Hotline'); it sounds like his style but not his voice; joefrank.com
doesn't list him in the cast.

russell bell