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Latest revision as of 10:10, 29 October 2024
Series | |
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WBAI And NPR Playhouse | |
Original Broadcast Date | |
1980 | |
Cast | |
Joe Frank | |
Format | |
Narrative Monologue, 31 minutes | |
Chronology | |
Preceded by: | The Eighty Yard Run |
Followed by: | The Rare Recording |
Purchase |
The first day I arrived in Sri Lanka I checked in at an odd looking hotel, an Islamic Holiday Inn.
White Elephants is a program produced by Joe Frank for NPR in 1980.
It was rediscovered and released on Joefrank.com in 2020.
Synopsis
- This show begins with Joe's Sri Lanka material from A Landing Strip In The Jungle
- Then turns to the ruined suburban family material from Stories For Nothing
- Then returns to Joe traveling in Sri Lanka from A Landing Strip In The Jungle
- A young man walking in the woods with his friends, all stoned, sees arrows whistling past.
- Beggars in Tibet and Nepal.
- An alternative high school in Somerville, Massachusetts.
- A private tour of a cathedral.
Music
This is an incomplete record of the music in this program. If you can add more information, please do.
- "Raga Gara" - Ravi Shankar (from Ragas Hameer & Gara, 1979) | YouTube [Intro]
- "Yemaya, Sister Of The Fishes" - Alive! (from Alive!, 1979) | YouTube [18:18]