My pet rat Albert died in fall of 1988.  He was buried in an empty lot behind Bret Harte Elementary School.

My pet rat Albert died in fall of 1988. He was buried in an empty lot behind Bret Harte Elementary School.

30 Albert Died Today (outgoing 10)

This podcast will play and discuss old phone answering machine messages.  In the late 1980s, while living in Chicago, I selected certain messages to be duplicated using a double cassette recorder.  Playing them back leads me to explore the intersection of personal history and the larger social and cultural context through the lens of an outdated technology.
New episodes will be posted Sundays.

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This podcast will play and discuss old phone answering machine messages. In the late 1980s, while living in Chicago, I selected certain messages to be duplicated using a double cassette recorder. Playing them back leads me to explore the intersection of personal history and the larger social and cultural context through the lens of an outdated technology. New episodes will be posted Sundays.

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