Comments on: Voicemails from hundreds of strangers answering a secret question http://boingboing.net/2012/12/05/voicemails-from-hundreds-of-st.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 04:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Max Hawkins http://boingboing.net/2012/12/05/voicemails-from-hundreds-of-st.html#comment-1600963 Max Hawkins Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198411#comment-1600963 Great project! I think the telephone is the most intimate medium out there—listening to these recordings is like hearing a secret from a friend. It reminds me of the work of Joe Frank, who was on public radio for a number of years. His show The Other Side consists mostly of telephone conversations with friends cut with philosophical, often absurd monologues. The result is intimate and haunting: http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/jf/jf101107karma_3 Great project! I think the telephone is the most intimate medium out there—listening to these recordings is like hearing a secret from a friend.

It reminds me of the work of Joe Frank, who was on public radio for a number of years. His show The Other Side consists mostly of telephone conversations with friends cut with philosophical, often absurd monologues. The result is intimate and haunting:

http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/jf/jf101107karma_3

]]> By: gellfex http://boingboing.net/2012/12/05/voicemails-from-hundreds-of-st.html#comment-1600527 gellfex Thu, 06 Dec 2012 23:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198411#comment-1600527 This was pioneered by a music producer named Steve Stein in the 80's on a "telephone based radio show" he called "Ralphies Bop City". He used a tape voicemail machine and asked a question, and then would edit the responses, put them on the "outgoing" message with the next question. It was often brilliant. He's archived some on his site His explanation  http://www.steinski.com/blog/ralphies_bop_city_pt_1/ great question: The holidays are here, and it's family time, so please tell us about your weirdest relatives.  http://www.steinski.com/blog/ralphies_bop_city_pt_5/ This was pioneered by a music producer named Steve Stein in the 80′s on a “telephone based radio show” he called “Ralphies Bop City”. He used a tape voicemail machine and asked a question, and then would edit the responses, put them on the “outgoing” message with the next question. It was often brilliant. He’s archived some on his site

His explanation  http://www.steinski.com/blog/ralphies_bop_city_pt_1/

great question: The holidays are here, and it’s family time, so please tell us about your weirdest relatives.  http://www.steinski.com/blog/ralphies_bop_city_pt_5/

]]> By: eric kam http://boingboing.net/2012/12/05/voicemails-from-hundreds-of-st.html#comment-1599967 eric kam Thu, 06 Dec 2012 13:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198411#comment-1599967 that is better than the luck I had with my Daughters Google voice account. Somehow her number was being promoted as the "call to complain" number for the 2012 Republican Primary Campaign.   http://tech-ho.blogspot.com/2012/02/robocall-voicemail-log.html Like your results better that is better than the luck I had with my Daughters Google voice account. Somehow her number was being promoted as the “call to complain” number for the 2012 Republican Primary Campaign.  
http://tech-ho.blogspot.com/2012/02/robocall-voicemail-log.html
Like your results better

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