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Joe Frank


Born 1939
Strasbourg, France
Show Work In Progress, In The Dark, Somewhere Out There, The Other Side
Station(s) WBAI, KCRW, NPR
Country U.S.
Website Official Website

Joe Frank is an American radio personality, known best for his engaging, often philosophical, humorous and sometimes absurd monologues and radio dramas. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Strasbourg (Strasbourg stʁazbuʁ Alsatian: Strossburi,; Straßburg) is the capital and principal City of the Alsace région WBAI, a part of the Pacifica Radio Network, is a Non-commercial, listener-supported Radio station, broadcasting at 99 KCRW (899 MHz FM) is a Public radio station broadcasting from the campus of Santa Monica College in Santa Monica California The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. A monologue is an extended uninterrupted speech or poem by a single person His radio programs "span contemporary concerns with humor, insight and irony and are matched by a mastery of modern production techniques. "[1]

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Early Life

Joe Frank was born August 18, 1938 in Strasbourg, France near the border of Germany. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Strasbourg (Strasbourg stʁazbuʁ Alsatian: Strossburi,; Straßburg) is the capital and principal City of the Alsace région Being Jewish, his family fled Nazi Germany and moved to New York City in 1938. Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers The City of New York His father died shortly after.

In his twenties, Frank studied at Hofstra University in New York and later at the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Hofstra University is a private Nonsectarian, Coeducational institution of higher learning located in the Village of Hempstead and the hamlet of Uniondale New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The Program in Creative Writing, more commonly known as the Iowa Writers' Workshop, at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa is a graduate-level Frank taught English literature at the Dalton School in Manhattan when he became interested in the power of radio. The Dalton School, originally called the Children's University School, is a private University-preparatory school on New York City 's Upper East [2]

Early Radio Career

In the 1970's Frank started volunteering at Pacifica Network station WBAI in New York, doing experimental radio involving monologues, improvisational actors, and live music during late night free-form hours. Pacifica Radio is a network of five independently operated non-commercial listener-supported Radio stations in the United States that is known for its progressive WBAI, a part of the Pacifica Radio Network, is a Non-commercial, listener-supported Radio station, broadcasting at 99 New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous In 1978 he moved to Washington DC to serve as a co-anchor for the weekend edition of National Public Radio's All Things Considered, his first paying radio job. All Things Considered (ATC is a news radio program in the United States broadcast on the National Public Radio network

During this period he wrote, performed in, and produced 18 dramas for NPR Playhouse which won several awards. NPR Playhouse was a series of Radio dramas from National Public Radio.

KCRW 1986-2002

In 1986, on the invitation of Ruth Hirschman [Seymour] the general manager of NPR's Santa Monica affiliate KCRW, Frank moved to Santa Monica, California where he wrote, produced and performed in his own weekly hour-long radio program, "Joe Frank: Work In Progress. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) KCRW (899 MHz FM) is a Public radio station broadcasting from the campus of Santa Monica College in Santa Monica California "

While at KCRW, Frank received several awards including a Peabody Award and two Corporation for Public Broadcasting Awards, one for his acclaimed three-part series "Rent-a-Family. The George Foster Peabody Awards, better known as simply the Peabody Awards, are annual international awards for excellence in Radio and Television broadcasting The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB is a private non-profit corporation created by an act of the United States Congress and partially funded by the United States " Frank was also a Guggenheim Fellow. Guggenheim Fellowships are American grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who

Joe Frank continued to work at KCRW until 2002, and his work evolved as evidenced by the diverse series he produced starting with Work in Progress, then In The Dark, followed by Somewhere Out There, and finally The Other Side. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.

Radio Programs

Frank's radio programs are at times dark and frequently ironic, employ a dry sense of humor, and sincere delivery of ideas or stories which are patently absurd. Subject matter often includes religion, life's meaning, death, and Frank's relationships with women.

Frank's voice is distinctive, resonant, authoritative, and - because of his occasional voice over work - often oddly familiar. At the 2003 Third Coast Festival he explained that he was "recording in Dolby and playing back without it -- which created Joe's now familiar intimate and gritty sound". [3]

Adding to the atmosphere of Frank's monologues are edited loops of instrumental music from sources as diverse as Miles Davis, Tangerine Dream, Air and Antonio Carlos Jobim[4]. Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26 1926 &ndash September 28 1991 was an American Jazz Trumpeter, Bandleader, and Composer. Tangerine Dream is a German Electronic music group founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. Temperature and layers The temperature of the Earth's atmosphere varies with altitude the mathematical relationship between temperature and altitude varies among five Antonio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim ( January 25, 1927 in Rio de Janeiro &ndash December 8, 1994 in Brazil) also

The repetitive music and dry, announcer like delivery of Frank are sometimes mixed with recorded phone calls with actor/friends such as Larry Block and Arthur Miller, broken into "acts" over the course of each hour long program.

"The Other Side" series included excerpts from Buddhist teacher Jack Kornfield's Dharma talks at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices Jack Kornfield (born 1945 was trained as a Buddhist Monk in Thailand, Burma and India and has taught Meditation worldwide A Dharma talk ( Japanese: Hōjo) is a public discourse on Buddhism by a Buddhist teacher In an interview on KPFA's the Morning Show, Kornfield was asked about working with Joe Frank. KPFA (941 FM) is a listener-funded Progressive talk radio and music Radio station located in Berkeley California, broadcasting to the Kornfield explained that although he had never met or talked to Joe Frank or heard his show, he didn't mind Frank using the lectures and that many of his meditation students had found Kornfield through the show.

Other Work

2002-Present

Since 2002, Frank has performed on stage in Chicago at the Chicago Art Institute, in San Francisco at the Great American Music Hall and in Los Angeles at Largo and other venues. The Art Institute of Chicago is one of America's premier Fine art museums The Great American Music Hall is a concert hall in San Francisco California.

In 2003, Joe Frank was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Third Coast International Audio Festival. The Third Coast International Audio Festival ( TCIAF) is a celebration of the best feature and documentary audio work heard worldwide on the radio and the Internet

His body of work (over 230 hours) continues to be aired on many NPR stations in the United States. The entire archives, along with Joe Frank film shorts and other extras, are available by subscription to his web site.

Frank continues to write new work for the stage and his web site.

Inspiration to Other Artists

Franks body of work has inspired a variety of other artists including:

Voiceover and Acting Work

Joe Frank has done voice over work for commercials including Zima, and Saturn Corporation. The term voice-over refers to a production technique where a non-diagetic voice is broadcast live or pre-recorded in Radio, Television, Film, Zima is a lightly-carbonated Alcopop beverage made by the Coors Brewing Company. Saturn is a division of the General Motors Corporation and a brand of Automobiles It was established on January 7, 1985. He was the voice of the computer in Galaxy Quest and provides voiceover for:

He also had a small acting role in "The Game" [7]

Awards

During NPR Playhouse[8]

During Work In Progress

External links

References

  1. ^ Peabody Awards Website - search for Joe Frank
  2. ^ March 7, 2000 Salon.com article by Susan Emerling.
  3. ^ Joe Frank's site on the 3rd Coast Festival reception
  4. ^ Joe Frank Music Page
  5. ^ The Sound of Young America
  6. ^ Real Time Art Project Site home of Interactive Frank, a project by Jeff Crouse
  7. ^ Joe Frank FAQ on WFMU
  8. ^ WFMU bio
  9. ^ Guggenheim Fellowship site
  10. ^ ThirdCoast audio archive site
Jeff Crouse is an American artist and hacker /creative technologist (b
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