Portishead – We Carry On

Midnight Voicejail

Today there is Burning Man. Burning Man emerged as part of The Cacophony Society. The Cacophony Society emerged as part of The Suicide Club. And pat of The Suicide Club was Voicejail.

Before the Internet, entirely outside of bulletin boards, not even part of the cassette culture, Voicejail was a group of voice mail telephone numbers. People would call the voice mail and leave a message. They would also hear a message, perhaps made up of messages that other people had left, often made up of original ephemeral audio collages.

One of the voicejailers, Phineas Narco, recorded some of the Voicejail. Here is Phineas’ recording of Mr. 1:15 explaining how he found Voicejail entirely by accident…

Joi Lansing – The Silencer

Kenton Slash Demon – Ore

Visage – The Pleasure Boys

After being refused at a dance club owned by members of Visage, Gary Numan wrote “These boys of pleasure are nothing more than faggots.”