HV040- Spirit World
HV/Series/Episode/ Work by: Carmen Delzell · Larry Massett · Ceil Muller
HV040- Spirit World
Hearing Voices from NPR®:
040 Spirit World— Angels on the Line
Host— Larry Massett of Hearing Voices
Airdates— 12/03/2008 – 12/10/2008
Spirit World (53:00 mp3):
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Paranormal sound-portraits (photo: © Rachael Anne Ryals):
A preacher/prank-caller conjures “Alice of the Spirits” (6:07 & 8:07).
Carmen Delzell samples the “Ritual Magic” (4:09) of a voodoo Santera, soaks in a spirit bath; she prays for sex, adventure, and central heat.
Ceil Muller visits the town of “Cassadega” (2:16) Florida, known as “The Psychic Center of the World.”
And host Larry Massett spends “A Night on Mt. Shasta” (25:04).
The narrator says he doesn’t know who does the opening piece, “Alice of the Spirits.” But isn’t that classic Joe Frank?
Larry Massett, the narrator, gave the tape to Joe (they’re old friends) a long time ago. Larry got the tape from poet Andrei Codrescu, who got the tape from someone else, and that’s where the provenance ends.
Ah – then Joe must have used it too, because I’m sure that I first heard it on his show. Thanks for the response.
Yes, Joe did use it, a couple times. In his show Prayer:
http://jfwiki.org/index.php?title=Prayer
and in an hour called Holy Land:
http://jfwiki.org/index.php?title=Holy_Land
we probably should have mentioned that.
This tape was the work of audio artist David Blake who used to call up people to mess with them when he lived in New Orleans.
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