Stoner

Stoner[1]

Series
The Other Side
Original Broadcast Date
7/22/2001
Cast
Larry Block, David Rapkin, Debi Mae West, Zak Block, Jack Kornfield, Joe Frank
Format
Karma Style, 58 minutes
Preceded by:	Margarita
Followed by:	Men Of The Cloth

"I stepped into a gob of spit on the floor of his room last night."

Stoner is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series The Other Side. It was originally broadcast on July 22, 2001.

Synopsis

• Jack Kornfield: Accounts of Japanese solders left behind in WWII. Struggles of the self and being lost.
• Larry: Odd jobs - alternative payments.
• David Rapkin: arriving into a war torn town.
• Kornfield: Sitting and falling in love and an upwelling of emotions.
• Debi Mae West: Sodas are bad, relationship with a man married to get another women a green card.
• Kornfield: "A Zen master's life is a continous mistake."
• Debi: Controlling herself to keep the relationship.
• Kornfield: Awareness/mindfulness as medicine
• David: Might have chosen to be a merchant marine.
• Kornfield: Alternating stories of loving kindness and beauty with teachings of Dharma.

Music

• "Romantic Love" - DJ Cam (from Mad Blunted Jazz, 1996) | YouTube [0:20]

• "Sex" - The Necks (from Sex, 1989) | YouTube [16:34]

• "Spiritual Healing" - Toots Hibbert (from Spiritual Healing, 1983) | YouTube [29:34]

Miscellanea

• Larry writes a poem about a Bonnard painting, The Terrace at Vernonnet, in this episode. You can see it here at The Met's website. - Brandonnn