Frankie's DEMF set a couple years ago was just horrible. He was much better at the afterparty last year. There's a funny story about how they managed to get him to the venue. But Frankie at least came to play last year. I have a cool photo I took with my very low-fi cellphone camera which kind of suits his low-fi track style.
The stories about the Storm parties are deservedly legendary. I have friends who really were there. Frankie is one of a kind. I'll always appreciate Frankie for wearing a UR t-shirt for the pic in his big interview in DJ Times magazine in about 1997 (sadly the archives don't go back that far online) -- the one for "mobile DJs" that somehow managed to snag cover interviews with the likes of Carl Craig, Frankie and Joey Beltram. In Joey's interview they asked him about IDM. "Intelligent techno?" he said. "I don't do that. I do stupid techno!" Fred
