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Iceland Part 2 (original)

By Logan Rogers on November 21, 2020 in

American culture in decline. We are witnessing the triumph of darkness over the forces of light, Joe announces founding a new religion now in development with his show being the radio ministry. “The Mecca, the Holy See, of our new religion.” Discusses the possible iconography of the religion and merchandise as he solicits donations. Lila […]

Iceland Part 1 (original)

By Logan Rogers on November 21, 2020 in

Joe lists a series of irritations Joe suffers from his girlfriend, Lila’s habits. He discovers love letters to her from an Icelandic professor. Joe predicts and describes a horrific future for the Earth. We hear a series of entries from Joe’s travel book: Revolution Plaza in Buenos Aires. A bus ride in Puerto Madrin in […]

3-Pack: Iceland 1, 2, 3 (original)

By Logan Rogers on March 27, 2020 in

The complete three-hour series consists of a variety of interweaving motifs in each of the three parts: An account of Joe’s difficult relationship with Lila; Joe stumbles on love letters to her from a former college teacher, Professor Vogel. Entries from Joe’s travel books as he recounts experiences from various parts of the world: onboard […]

Selections from Work in Progress

By Logan Rogers on July 10, 2013 in

We’ve compiled some of our favorite stories from shows produced from 1986 to 1992. One track, ‘War Lover’ contains the segment about War and Peace that aired on NPR last year. Total Duration: 56 min ‘Arthur and Eleanor’ – Rent-a-Family ‘War Lover’ – I’m Not Crazy ‘Lynchpins’ – Performer ‘Heart and Soul’ – The End […]

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Reviews of Joe’s Work

"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

"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

"Radio's Prince of Darkness Rules the Freeways. [Frank is] alternately dark, bizarre and very funny - but always hard to turn off."

The Wall Street Journal

"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

"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

"Frank wanders deeply into the unconscious, producing Dionysian stories with a fairy-tale intensity whose effect is often funny, disturbing and deeply memorable."

Salon Magazine

"Joe Frank's often bizarre scenarios for the mind are decidedly offbeat radio fare...part surreal satire, part bizarre meditation, part fever dream."

Los Angeles Daily News

"Joe Frank is a singular voice in radio. What he has done is hypnotic, psychotic, neurotic, sad, terrifying, and some of the funniest stuff I have ever heard anywhere. I can't think of another radio performer who has come close to achieving this kind of alchemy."

Charlie Kaufman, filmmaker

"Frank [is] the apostle of radio noire... His free-form radio dramas... are sometimes moving, often funny, but always manage to confound the listeners' expectations. A maestro of verité, Frank exploits the power of radio..."

Rolling Stone

"Although commonly categorized as radio drama, Frank's work bears very little resemblance to the stagy artifice of plays performed over air. Frank wanders deeply into the unconscious, producing Dionysian stories with a fairy-tale intensity whose effect is often funny, disturbing and deeply memorable."