This week I describe meeting my friend James at a Hyde Park party.

In this episode I describe my low income life of 1988. This included an early morning job unlocking buildings on the University of Chicago campus using a little known passageway that went from Cobb Hall to the Business School.

This week we here a message from my friend Rekha, and I recount an incident driving through Wisconsin.

This week I discuss volunteering for Southend Musicworks, an organization led by Leo Krumpholz that brought alternative music to Chicago from 1987 to 1994.

This week's episode contains a longer than usual message from my friend Joel.

This week I play my sixth outgoing message.

This week's messages is the third from my mom.

In this week's message I talk about going to see Edward Wilkerson's Eight Bold Souls at Salon of Modalisque and Hal Russell's NRG Ensemble at Lower Links in September of 1988.

This week we here a song from Chris Pearson, fellow member of folk/punk/noise band Open Sauce.

This week I discuss going to see Sun Ra at the 1988 Chicago Jazz Festival.