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|header1 = Series | |||
|header3 = Original Broadcast Date | |||
|header5 = Cast | |||
|header7 = Format | |||
|label10 = Preceded by: | |||
|label11 = Followed by: | |||
|data8 = [[:Category:Absurd Monologue|Absurd Monologue]], [[:Category:Narrative Monologue|Narrative Monologue]], 54 / 57 minutes | |||
|data4 = January 7, [[:Category:1996|1996]] | |||
|title = [https://www.joefrank.com/shop/eye-in-the-sky Eye In The Sky][https://www.joefrank.com/streaming/shows/?jfsearch=Eye%20In%20The%20Sky] | |||
|data6 = [[Jack Kornfield]], Joe Frank | |||
|data10 = [[Iceland (Part 2) (Remix)]] | |||
|data11 = [[Three Shingles]] | |||
|data2 = [[Somewhere Out There]] | |||
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''That sigalert continues out in Chino Hills on the Corona expressway.'' | |||
'''Eye In The Sky''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[Somewhere Out There]]. It was originally broadcast on January 7, [[:Category:1996|1996]]. A longer version was broadcast as part of the series [[The Other Side (Series)|The Other Side]].<ref>[http://list.jfwiki.org/pipermail/joe-frank-email-list-jfwiki.org/2023-September/000144.html Bill Milosz of the email list writes that the original version has no Jack Kornfield.]</ref> | |||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
0:00: 'Tortoise' - Higher Intelligence Agency | |||
1:10: Joe reports the traffic problems in LA's freeways from the | |||
traffic helicopter: biohazard spill, explosion, overpass collapse, | |||
overturned school bus on fire, airplane crashed, striking hospital | |||
workers, looters, mad shooter... (lots of buses overturned)<ref>Most of the | |||
street geography is accurate, but one helicopter couldn't have covered | |||
as much area as Joe does on one trip. Joe says an RV fell | |||
into Crystal Lake on the Golden State near Glendale Crystal Lake is near | |||
the 39 north of Glendora. The 210 doesn't go through Vernon. Slauson | |||
doesn't run between the San Bernardino and Pomona Freeways.</ref> | |||
11:40: A surface-to-air missile hits Joe's helicopter. He thinks he's | |||
going to die in the crash. He tells us, 'I have a message that I've | |||
been saving for the last moment of my life a piece of wisdom that was | |||
passed on to me by a very, very wise and holy man...' Instead of telling | |||
us the message he gives a long preface. We hear the sound of a crash. | |||
15:50: 'Eyes On You (4 Hero Dollis Hill Blues Remix)' - Santessa<ref name=Year2000>Added in 2000</ref> | |||
16:00: Joe describes checking into a motel. | |||
17:00: When he enters his room he hears a neighbor talking to someone | |||
on the phone. He's rude to the callee. | |||
{{Somewhere Out There | 18:20: Joe lists all the things he has to get done when he gets home, | ||
'I have to clean out the storage bin next to the garage, dust the | |||
Coulomb vanes in the power conversion unit. I have to reschedule my | |||
rumba lessons in order to re-point the surface of my company's cloud | |||
chamber with Teflon because it is both economically and tragicomically | |||
graded...' | |||
The next two sections were added to the later version: | |||
20:20: 'True prayer and love are learned in the hour when prayer | |||
becomes impossible and your heart has turned to stone.' Jack | |||
Kornfield expatiates on learning when things seem impossible.<ref name=Year2000 /> | |||
22:50: Kornfield tells of driving into the city, his daughter Caroline | |||
paying the bridge toll for the car behind them, as an example of | |||
making life beautiful in small ways.<ref name=Year2000 /> | |||
24:40: 'Ai Du' - Ry Cooder and Ali Farka Toure | |||
25:10: Joe lands his helicopter safely, at least for him - a | |||
convent burned down with a few fatalities. He wonders if we've | |||
reached the end times. | |||
29:30: 'I must maintain my sense of humor, my sense of irony, my sense | |||
of the absurd...' He says there's always something good to balance | |||
something bad. | |||
34:40: Joe's back to giving the freeway traffic report, sees a | |||
carjacking in high-speed pursuit. The hijacker is firing at the | |||
police and others. Joe calls it a welcome break for the international | |||
audience. Some encourage the hijacker. He has a book deal, is | |||
negotiating TV rights, endorsement deals. Joe says it shows how | |||
people can succeed in America. When he runs out of gas, Johnny | |||
Cochran is there to defend him; CNN covers it live, lets the hijacker | |||
speak. | |||
39:50: Joe describes a luxurious yacht. An explosion sinks it. The | |||
evacuation is disorganized. | |||
43:00: Joe reflects on the turn of events of the yacht's passengers, | |||
that disasters make everything that seemed important before | |||
meaningless. | |||
47:40: 'We seem to be going round and round the same particular set of | |||
phrases aren't you getting bored?' Joe asks his interlocutor to see | |||
him in person, talk it out. | |||
50:10: Joe's giving the freeway traffic report again. The freeways | |||
are empty, perfect for a trip. The fire that consumed half the city has subsided. | |||
There's a cyanide spill on the Pasadena Freeway. Everyone is relaxing: 'People seem to have reclined | |||
wherever the mood is overtaking them. They're lying on their backs | |||
crowded around fountains, in the parks, just relaxing on sidewalks, | |||
stretched out at the entrances to buildings.' | |||
52:10: Joe describes an epic traffic jam that covers the whole of Los | |||
Angeles county into the neighboring counties.<ref>The geography in this segment starts off completely wrong. I haven't parsed the whole thing. Don't use it for directions when you visit.</ref> | |||
54:50: 'Tortoise' - Higher Intelligence Agency | |||
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;"> | |||
<div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;">Legacy Synopsis</div> | |||
<div class="mw-collapsible-content"> | |||
Joe is a helicopter traffic man reporting on bizarre disaster scenes in Los Angeles. Checking into a hotel and overhearing phone conversations. A list of chores that spirals into pseudo-technical nonsense. Kornfield: life force, paying the toll for the car behind you. Joe survives a helicopter crash and has only one eye. Preparing for the end of the world. Joe reports on a police chase. Watching a ship sink. Empty roads after a chemical spill. A traffic report that degenerates into an endless stream of Los Angeles streets. | |||
</div></div> | |||
== Music == | |||
{{Tortoise (Higher Intelligence Agency)}} [Intro] | |||
{{Eyes On You (4 Hero Dollis Hill Blues Remix) (Santessa)}} {{Added music}} [15:51] | |||
{{Ai Du (Ry Cooder / Ali Farka Toure)}} [24:37] | |||
== Additional credits == | |||
The original broadcast credits (read by Joe) state: "Edited and mixed by [[Theo Mondle]], with music production by [[Bob Carlson]]. Created in collaboration with [[David Rapkin]]. Special thanks to Jennifer Ferro." | |||
The later (The Other Side) broadcast version credits state: "Created in collaboration with [[David Rapkin]]. With Joe Frank and Buddhist teacher [[Jack Kornfield]]. Mixed by JC Swiatek. Production assistance: Esmé Gregson." | |||
==Miscellanea== | |||
* The version of this program currently available on [https://www.joefrank.com Joefrank.com] is the later The Other Side version, despite being labeled Somewhere Out There. | |||
* The original version has an additional ~1m20s of outro music with credits. | |||
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== External links == | |||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RyHef8AAzs Eye In The Sky] (YouTube) | |||
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== Commentary == | |||
Can the half of the phone conversation at 47:40 be the other half of the phone conversation at 17:00?[[User:Arthur Peabody|Arthur Peabody]] ([[User talk:Arthur Peabody|talk]]) 04:04, 5 September 2023 (PDT) | |||
== Footnotes == | |||
[[Category:Absurd Monologue]] | [[Category:Absurd Monologue]] | ||
[[Category:Narrative_Monologue]] | [[Category:Narrative_Monologue]] | ||
[[Category:David Rapkin]] | |||
[[Category:Jack Kornfield]] | [[Category:Jack Kornfield]] | ||
[[Category:1996]] | |||
[[Category:Somewhere Out There]] | |||
[[Category:Show]] | |||
[[Category:Show_by_date|19960107]] {{Airdate|airdate=1996-01-07}} | |||
{{Series|series=Somewhere Out There}}{{Cast|cast=[[Jack Kornfield]], Joe Frank}} |