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Terminal Boardumb => Non-Music Shit => Topic started by: kevin on January 26, 2018, 12:48:12 AM
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Everyone is all tore up about Mark E. Smith, and no offense intended to those who worship at his altar, but radio surrealist/philosopher/innovator Joe Frank passed away on the 15th of this month, and for me personally, he was as influential as almost any musical artist I've ever felt anything for, and more than most. First time I ever heard Can was as background music to one of his monologues. I didn't realize that till many years later, when I was listening to Ege Bamyasi on vinyl, but it was instantly recognizable to me as I'd listened to that particular episode till the tape wore out. If you're unfamiliar with Joe Frank's work, I recommend checking it out pronto. If you're familiar with the movie After Hours, that was ripped off from one of his shows. They played him on WFMU. We used to listen to him in NEWI on NPR late at night on the weekends as we were coming down, it came before or after my neighbor's show Experimental New Nights which showcased ambient and experimental musics from Harry Partch to my old noise band Somnambulist with plenty of new age space music that always sounded good on those early Sunday mornings. It was a revelation and we could never believe our ears (the we was my friend Bill and I, and a couple others, but Bill and I especially were obsessed), they were like magickal dispatches from the beyond. He will be missed.
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I loved hearing him on WFMU, very sad news!
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never heard any of this stuff. as far as i know it never aired in aus. really interested to hear some. where to start?
Everyone is all tore up about Mark E. Smith, and no offense intended to those who worship at his altar, but radio surrealist/philosopher/innovator Joe Frank passed away on the 15th of this month, and for me personally, he was as influential as almost any musical artist I've ever felt anything for, and more than most. First time I ever heard Can was as background music to one of his monologues. I didn't realize that till many years later, when I was listening to Ege Bamyasi on vinyl, but it was instantly recognizable to me as I'd listened to that particular episode till the tape wore out. If you're unfamiliar with Joe Frank's work, I recommend checking it out pronto. If you're familiar with the movie After Hours, that was ripped off from one of his shows. They played him on WFMU. We used to listen to him in NEWI on NPR late at night on the weekends as we were coming down, it came before or after my neighbor's show Experimental New Nights which showcased ambient and experimental musics from Harry Partch to my old noise band Somnambulist with plenty of new age space music that always sounded good on those early Sunday mornings. It was a revelation and we could never believe our ears (the we was my friend Bill and I, and a couple others, but Bill and I especially were obsessed), they were like magickal dispatches from the beyond. He will be missed.
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Some of the first episodes I heard were Bible Stories, Dark End of the Bar and Bible Salesman. There are torrents collecting different eras of his work. Used to have to trade cassettes back in the day and later listen to shitty RealAudio streams so it's the perfect time to get into him.
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The Harry Shearer, Joe Frank, Ken Nordine Sunday Night Talk Block on Chicago NPR was a strong 1, 2, 3 punch. Harry seems a little racist and out of date though. Nordine still rocks the mic.
The first time I heard him, there was a quality about the recording- wikipedia says he records in Dolby and then plays it back without Dolby, but I recall reading something about him manipulating microphone screens or something. The gist was that he was using the mic in a way most engineers would explicitly tell you not to. Anybody know what I'm talking about?
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never heard any of this stuff. as far as i know it never aired in aus. really interested to hear some. where to start?
I stumbled across his stuff in the last 18 months listening to US radio via the internet.