Long ago, I was active in cassette tape trading circles. One of the more amazing tapes that I received was a tape of what sounded like the writings of a completely insane person read by what sounded like a professional newsreader with library music playing in the background.
I had no idea what the hell this tape was - the person who sent it to me has no idea either, it had been copied and sent so many times. As the years passed, I came to learn that these ramblings of Mr. Francis E. Dec, that were recorded by a disk jockey named Boyd Britton. There are a few places on the web where the curious might find these audio files, but I am delighted to see this page: an amazing cornucopia of info on the late Mr. Dec, with the original audio files, the rants transcribed and illustrated, more rants that were not part of the underground tape and an awful lot of biographical info.
As the content of the rants is a bit on the extreme side, the link is to the opening disclaimer so you can get the full effect of the site. When you get in, head straight to the "rants" section, click on "Rant #3: 'Worldwide Open Secret,'" and as you listen to the sound file imagine what it was like to get that via a cassette tape labelled "Listen to this" that was mailed to you by a complete stranger.
I'm not sure, but I think the music in the background to this particular one is from the soundtrack to Goldfinger, by the way.
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