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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=781333923-20022007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>If you can be 68 or 69 and still be a member of the
"hipoisie" (a word I like and haven't heard before, btw), surely JF is a member
of that group, no? At least as much as IG is? Agree that IG's
presentation is sometimes annoying; also agree that TAL's appeal is more
mainstream (as Shakespeare's and Bach's and Picasso's and Lennon's and
Dylan's are, among others); also agree that we should move
on.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=781333923-20022007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>So here's a question: I love JF's shows from his last three
series. I'm less familiar with the earlier stuff, partly because when I
try to get into it, I can't as much. Not sure why. I'm especially
interested in the improvised/highly edited "radio plays"; can someone recommend
their favorite among those? -- S.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> joe-frank-list-bounces@armory.com
[mailto:joe-frank-list-bounces@armory.com] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>billmilosz@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 20, 2007 6:17
PM<BR><B>To:</B> joe-frank-list@armory.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> [joe-frank-list]
TAL<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN contentEditable=false style="DISPLAY: inline-block"></SPAN>Well,
let's not spend too much time bashing <SPAN class=correction
id="">TAL</SPAN>. I agree, there's a <SPAN class=correction
id="">hipper-than-thou</SPAN> condescending <SPAN class=correction
id="">vibe</SPAN> that comes thru from some of the contributors, but there is
also some good stuff, even occasionally some REAL GOOD stuff like the audio
journal of the kid from Afghanistan. </DIV>
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<DIV>My own personal bias is that I really dislike any of the segments actually
narrated or told by Mr. Glass, his idea of what might be interesting to the
world at large shows more self fascination than I can tolerate.</DIV>
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<DIV>I also agree that there is an "<SPAN class=correction id="">NPR</SPAN>
blandness imprint" to <SPAN class=correction id="">TAL</SPAN> to a degree, and
the show doesn't push categorical boundaries like Joe <SPAN class=correction
id="">Frank's</SPAN> shows have, and so on. <SPAN class=correction
id="">TAL</SPAN> is a story anthology, a decent one, told from the point of
the post-modern <SPAN class=correction id="">hipeoisie</SPAN> and isn't an
experiment in <SPAN class=correction id="">nonobjective</SPAN> radio the way
<SPAN class=correction id="">Joe's</SPAN> work often is.</DIV>
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<DIV>So, maybe let's leave <SPAN class=correction id="">discussion</SPAN> and /
or bashing of <SPAN class=correction id="">TAL</SPAN> for other <SPAN
class=correction id="">fora</SPAN> and get back to Joe....</DIV>
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