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Landing Strip in the Jungle, A

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Joe’s visit to Sri Lanka leads to an odd relationship with a beggar boy. A drug overdose culminates in the realization that ‘life is meaningless.’ Time spent in a tropical country under colonial domination. A dreamlike monologue montage. Joe presides over the ‘Survivor of the Year’ competition featuring individuals who have survived harrowing experiences. Life on the lower East Side of Manhattan.

Series: Work in Progress
Show Type:
Cast: Lester Nafzger, Fred Coffin, Arthur Miller, Joe Frank
Air Date: 1986
Digital Audio Bit Rate: 128kbps

Category: Work in Progress.

5.00 out of 5

1 review for Landing Strip in the Jungle, A

5 out of 5

Andrew Castillo (verified owner) – February 22, 2019:

Possibly my favorite show of them all, along with “Lies,” “Islands” and “Road To Hell.” The fourth-world soundtrack from the likes of Eno/Byrne, Jon Hassell and Michael Brook is perfect, and the segments are a perfect balance of absurd yarns, rambling surrealist soliloquies, earthy anecdotes and freewheeling panel discussions. This was my first exposure to Joe Frank, and it has never left my mind.

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Series: Work in Progress
Show Type:
Cast: Lester Nafzger, Fred Coffin, Arthur Miller, Joe Frank
Air Date: 1986
Digital Audio Bit Rate: 128kbps

5.00 out of 5

1 review for Landing Strip in the Jungle, A

5 out of 5

Andrew Castillo (verified owner) – February 22, 2019:

Possibly my favorite show of them all, along with “Lies,” “Islands” and “Road To Hell.” The fourth-world soundtrack from the likes of Eno/Byrne, Jon Hassell and Michael Brook is perfect, and the segments are a perfect balance of absurd yarns, rambling surrealist soliloquies, earthy anecdotes and freewheeling panel discussions. This was my first exposure to Joe Frank, and it has never left my mind.

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"You don't have to close your eyes to appreciate Joe Frank's dense audio universe cascading out of your radio. It helps, though, because there are so many layers - of sound, philosophy, of reality-coursing through his dramas... Come to think of it, after awhile, you won't want to close your eyes because in Frank's short stories for the radio, the tension and pathos are as enveloping as they are intriguing... "

The Washington Post

"Mixing bizarre monologues, multi-sequenced dramatic vignettes and mock-solemn critiques, [Joe Frank's work] is both sophisticated and surreal. A sizable cult has been growing around Frank...a rare radio talent."

The Village Voice

"[Joe Frank is] the most imaginative, literate monologist in radio today... If a microphone could capture the nether recesses of the modern psyche, it would sound like Frank's absurd comical excursions: Radio Vertigo."

The Village Voice

"The perfect Joe Frank experience is driving down an unfamiliar highway alone at night. You turn on your radio and are greeted by a lush, resonant voice that lulls you into a seemingly simple tale of love: a man at an airport saying goodbye to his wife over the phone, which abruptly turns into a vision of betrayal, alienation and death - often from obscure disease - all brought about by some profound personal failing, which is redeemed at the last moment by a nearly transcendent moment of joy."

Salon

"To me, he's what radio is really for... his show makes me think he's getting to some great truth... so completely captivating and just unlike anything else."

David Sedaris, writer

"I came upon Joe Frank's work by accident a number of years ago while driving to my home in the Napa Valley late at night. I couldn't believe the originality and sheer brilliance of what I was hearing. From that moment on I became a dedicated Joe Frank fan. Joe Frank's shows raise the most interesting and enduring questions in new and original ways and are consistently thought-provoking and very funny."

Francis Ford Coppola, filmmaker

"In an arena in which formats are sacrosanct, Joe Frank has charted new territory with his literate, frequently bizarre, wildly funny essays and parodies... He can be funny, poignant, serious and off the wall - sometimes within the framework of the same piece. Unique is one word to describe it. Brilliant is another."

Los Angeles Times

"[Frank] travels in the emotional landscape of Bergman and Fellini; there's a tension and sense of mystery halfway between Kafka and Chandler... and a satiric edge worthy of Firesign Theatre and Woody Allen... No one else in radio is doing what Frank does."

The Washington Post

"[Joe Frank] is one of the great, original radio performers. He's created a sound and style for himself - a complete aesthetic that's entirely his own. I first heard him when I was 19 and it changed everything for me. His work demonstrated the intensity and emotion that the medium is capable of; ingenious…fantastic."

Ira Glass, This American Life

"Joe Frank is an invaluable warrior who stands in defense of our fears, our vanities and our forever-eroding sense of ourselves. He transforms the everyday banality of the human comedy into an inspired weirdness that feeds on pathos and irony, and feels a lot like revelation. Sartre would have called it nausea; Frank makes it art."

Spin Magazine

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Landing Strip in the Jungle, A

Series: Work in Progress

Show Type:

Cast: Lester Nafzger, Fred Coffin, Arthur Miller, Joe Frank

Air Date: 1986

Digital Audio Bit Rate: 128kbps

1 review for Landing Strip in the Jungle, A

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Product Description

Series: Work in Progress

Show Type:

Cast: Lester Nafzger, Fred Coffin, Arthur Miller, Joe Frank

Air Date: 1986

Digital Audio Bit Rate: 128kbps

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Landing Strip in the Jungle, A

Series: Work in Progress

Show Type:

Cast: Lester Nafzger, Fred Coffin, Arthur Miller, Joe Frank

Air Date: 1986

Digital Audio Bit Rate: 128kbps

1 review for Landing Strip in the Jungle, A

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Product Description

Series: Work in Progress

Show Type:

Cast: Lester Nafzger, Fred Coffin, Arthur Miller, Joe Frank

Air Date: 1986

Digital Audio Bit Rate: 128kbps

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