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== Music == | == Music == | ||
{{Music-Stub}}{{Unidentified|id=unknown synth pad intro}} | {{Music-Stub}}{{Unidentified|id=unknown synth pad intro}} | ||
{{First Light (Harold Budd - Brian Eno)}} | {{First Light (Harold Budd - Brian Eno)}} [21:22] | ||
{{Dark Eyed Sister (Harold Budd - Brian Eno)}} | {{Dark Eyed Sister (Harold Budd - Brian Eno)}} [41:19] | ||
== Shared material == | == Shared material == | ||
* [[A Death In The Family]] | * [[A Death In The Family]] | ||
== Additional credits == | |||
The original broadcast credits state: "Technical production by Tom Strother." | |||
== Miscellanea == | == Miscellanea == | ||
Revision as of 04:20, 26 March 2021
| Series | |
|---|---|
| WBAI And NPR Playhouse | |
| Original Broadcast Date | |
| 1985 | |
| Cast | |
| Joe Frank | |
| Format | |
| Serious Monologue, 61 minutes | |
| Preceded by: | Bedtime Stories |
| Followed by: | When She's Asleep, She Looks Like An Angel |
The development is called The Fountains...
A Pact With God is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series WBAI And NPR Playhouse. It was originally broadcast in 1985.
Synopsis
- Joe narrates a home movie documenting a visit to his parents.
- A repeated passage: diving in the ocean, racing through country roads at night and driving into a telephone pole. Thunder as the voice of Joe's father. "He'd speak softly, if he could."
- A man Joe's parents admire suffers from a brain disease, degenerates, and is institutionalized.
- The life of Joe's mother, and her youth in Europe.
- Freddy's illness.
- Making a deal with god; jogging to prevent Freddy from having cancer.
Music
This is an incomplete record of the music in this program. If you can add more information, please do.
- "First Light" - Harold Budd & Brian Eno (from Ambient 2 (The Plateaux Of Mirror), 1980) | YouTube [21:22]
- "Dark Eyed Sister" - Harold Budd & Brian Eno (from The Pearl, 1984) | YouTube [41:19]
Additional credits
The original broadcast credits state: "Technical production by Tom Strother."
Miscellanea
- The text from this program is re-recorded with different background music in A Death In The Family.
- Portions of this material were performed live in NYC in October 2011.
Commentary
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