2006apr13. The Panopticist has a good summary of radio personality Joe Frank, and also a link to one of his tracks, “Eden.” I first heard Joe Frank while wandering around Burning Man in 1995 or 1996, it’s all mushed together as I was afraid it would be. I think I was with someone at the time, and we both stopped, listening to this mesmerizing voice explaining something that was beyond hilarious and just lovingly fucked up beyond comprehension and we were eating it up, getting our brains fried both from the outside by the sun and inside by Mr. Frank. And of course I forgot about it for a few years and then one day I’m listening to the William Orbit track “Montok Point” and I’m screaming “THAT’S THE GUY THAT’S THE GUY.” See if you can find that track for yourself, it’s in my semi-heavy rotation list right now. It doesn’t really give you the whole Joe Frank experience, it’s actually an excerpt from a longer piece. I’m sorry to hear about his medical problems, certainly.
