A collection of thrift store cassettes, tape fragments from the street, and vinyl oddities.
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“Power Animal Retr. 6-7-96”
Location: Boscobel, WI
I found this during my time at the ACRE artist residency this July. The participant’s full name is mentioned (I only left her first name in the post). I did some quick research and found out that she lived in Boscobel and died last year at the age of 61 from cancer. This tape is a power animal retrieval session she had in 1996.

This tape seems to be a woman recording her significant other snoring. She gets caught at the end.
Location: Chicago, IL 2011

A man’s recorded letter to the village board & some sort of pilot’s training text/vocabulary.
Location: Waukegan, IL 2010

“Erin’s 3rd Birthday” // Excerpt #2
Erin is interviewed by her uncle on her third birthday.
Location: Lake Villa, IL 2010

The last segment of an audio letter.
Location: Chicago, IL 2010

Location: Chicago, IL 2011

Location: Chicago, IL 2011

First Fruits - Coniah Music
Location: Waukegan, IL 2009

Here is a audio excerpt and image of my sound installation from the exhibition Wow and Flutter: Dynamic Range in Analog Art at Johalla Projects in Chicago.
The sound clip was recorded by Joe DeCeault for a segment on WBEZ’s program Eight Forty-Eight. Unfortunately my clip didn’t make the final cut. Listen to the segment here.

I found this in a tape deck I purchased. It seems to be a home recording of a DJ. Part of it is a remix of “Perfect Drug” by Nine Inch Nails.
Location: Crystal Lake, IL 2011