V/A - Analog America

"Kelly and Morgan specialize in answering machine cassettes, which they say often reveal the essence of what it means to be human and, in particular, American. "Growing up, I loved Charles Kuralt's America, and I've always loved This American Life," says Morgan. "And I've watched over and over Andrei Codrescu's documentary Road Scholar, about marginalized culture in America. I'm sort of obsessed with this type of thing."In March the two pared their huge collection down to 32 favorites and released them on CD. Analog America: A Four Course Meal of Found Sound is a compilation of conversations, messages, greetings, arguments, phone transactions and church meetings — all gleaned from random people's old cassettes. The recordings are organized into four categories: Family & Friends, Work, Hobbies and Religion." - Houston Press Music