Actionable Offenses, a collection of indecent and illegal phonograph recordings from the 1890s, recovered from the Edison Archives and now available on CD. (Edit: I scooped the New York Times!)
Old Lewd America
June 23rd, 2007 · 2 Comments
Tags: Asides · Gilded Age · Old Weird America · Technology
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1 Adam // Jun 26, 2007 at 1:05 pm
This really cracks me up, it feels too good to be true. I’m sure that when Dr. Watson came running to help Mr. A.G. Bell, he got flashed then kicked in the ass for being a pervert. A man will find a way to abuse a new technology, especially at the expense of another man.
2 cafe curtains girl // Apr 4, 2008 at 5:44 pm
Definitely. If 100 men decide not to abuse something that can be abused, there will be that one who will corrupt them all. Human nature…
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