wait for the beep: a growing collection of found-sounds in the form of answering machine narratives—via Memo of the Air
potatopoty: superlative tubers
yaxety sax: string ensemble performs the 1968 instrumental from Spider Rich and Boots Randolph
the metz address: Philip K. Dick (previously) speaks to an audience in 1977 at a sci-fi convention in France
say taliban, move your minivans: November 2001 Saturday Night Live sketch “Kandahar Dance Party” recirculating to mixed responses
dateline: Merv Griffin’s short-lived 1985 game show Headline Chasers
dear friends of mine, please write a line in this little wash tubbs book of mine—help me keep you in my mind: a comic scrapbook chronicling the Great Depression, via Nag on the Lake’s Sunday Links (lots more to see there)
