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== Music ==  
== Music ==  
{{Always Returning (Brian Eno) }}
* "New Island Midnight" - Dr. John (from ''Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack'', 1981)
* "Strange Love" - Haruomi Hosono With Friends Of Earth ‎(from ''S-F-X'', 1984)
{{Time and the River (Fred Simon) }}
{{Time and the River (Fred Simon) }}
{{Always Returning (Brian Eno) }}


== Commentary ==
== Commentary ==

Revision as of 15:13, 12 February 2021

Highways West[1]
Series
Work In Progress
Original Broadcast Date
1986
Cast
Joe Frank
Format
Serious Monologue, Narrative Monologue, 1 hour
Preceded by: Tell Me What To Do
Followed by: Nightride

"Lenny's a big, tall, curly haired man with glasses."

Highways West is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series Work In Progress. It was originally broadcast in 1986.

Synopsis

The owner and employees of a pawn shop. An ideal day to enjoy the outdoors, backed with ocean sounds (?) and electronica. Two friends scam an airport suitcase claim, drive a car across the country and lose their money gambling, and begin running drugs. Stories of people who work on the loading dock.


Interesting Facts

  • This is a 60 minute program. There is rumored to be a 30 minute version with the same title.


Music

  • "Always Returning" - Brian Eno (from Apollo, 1983) | YouTube
  • "New Island Midnight" - Dr. John (from Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack, 1981)
  • "Strange Love" - Haruomi Hosono With Friends Of Earth ‎(from S-F-X, 1984)

Commentary

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External Links

Work In Progress

Another Country (Part 1) | Another Country (Part 2) | Another Country (Part 3) | At The Border | Bad | The Best | Building A Church | Case Studies | Cocktails Before Dinner | Dear Annie | The Dictator (Part 1) | The Dictator (Part 2) | The Dictator (Part 3) | Dreamland | Dreams Of The River | El Cholo (In The Beginning) | Emerald Isle | Emergency Room | Five Part Dissonance | Great Lives | Great Lives (Remix) | He Hesitated | Highways West | Home | Iceland (Part 1) | Iceland (Part 2) | Iceland (Part 3) | I'm Not Crazy | In The Dark (Part 1) | In The Dark (Part 2) | In The Middle Of Nowhere (Part 1) | In The Middle Of Nowhere (Part 2) | In The Middle Of Nowhere (Part 3) | Islands | A Kiss Is Just A Kiss | A Landing Strip In The Jungle | Let Me Not Dream | Lines | The More I Know You | Nausea | Night (Remix) | Night (Part 1) | Night (Part 2) | Nightride | No Show | On The Edge | A Pact With God | Performer | Photography | The Policemen's Ball | Pretender | Rain | Redneck Rounder | Rent A Family (Part 1) | Rent A Family (Part 2) | Rent A Family (Part 3) | Road To Hell | Rose | Sleep | Stories For Nothing | The Street | Summer Notes (Remix) | Talking About Love | Tell Me What To Do | Thank You, You're Beautiful | To The Bar Life | The Truth About Women (Part 1) | The Truth About Women (Part 2) | Two Babes | When She's Asleep, She Looks Like An Angel | Why I Don't Love You Anymore | Words