On The Edge (Remix)

On The Edge (Remix)[1]

Series
The Other Side (Series)
Original Broadcast Date
11/28/1999
Cast
Joe Frank
Format
Absurd Monologue, 1 hour
Preceded by:	Holy Land
Followed by:	Predator

When I first came to L.A. I lived in a hotel on the beach.

On The Edge (Remix) is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series The Other Side (Series). It was originally broadcast on November 28, 1999.

Synopsis

• A woman who dates veterans from successively earlier wars.
• A toast to war. Contempt for peace. Sounds of war.
• A man talks about covering May Day peace demonstrations as a journalist. His photographer goes nuts when he sees feminist protesters. Getting trapped by cops, rescued by a woman in an apartment above. Sounds of protest.
• Joe is picked up by a hippie wearing bells while hitchhiking across the country, argues with truck drivers, gets into a chase.
• What is death; what if the expression "bought the farm" were literally true?
• Annoyances: waiting in line at supermarkets and post offices, athletes today, teenage dance shows. "What's the point of freedom if you don't let it debase you?"
• Reading positive, self-help style advice in a desperate shouting voice.
• What if "gone fishing" were true?
• Annoyances: messes in public bathrooms, litter in movies, pan-handlers.
• Death as hotel paradise.
• "Death is..."

Music

• "Evening Tango" - Roger Eno (from Voices, 1985) | YouTube

• "Rejoicing" - Oregon (from Moon And Mind, 1979) | YouTube

• "Paradise" - Sade (from Paradise, 1988) | YouTube

• "Caso" - Ambitious Lovers (from Greed, 1988) | YouTube

• "Can't Run But" - Paul Simon (from Rhythm Of The Saints, 1990) | YouTube

Shared material

• I'm Not Crazy
• Warheads
• Why I Don't Love You Anymore

Miscellanea

This program is different from the original On The Edge.

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