Introduction
Between September, 1983 and May, 1984, my friend David and I made a series of cassette tapes for another friend, named Deneane, who was spending a year in Finland as an exchange student. On the "A" side of the tapes, David and I performed goofy skits and stories. On the "B" sides, I'd record audio diaries about my life as a seventeen-year-old boy in Canton, Ohio.
Over those nine months, the nature of the tapes, and the relationships they chronicled, changed dramatically.
Eighteen year later, I came across the tapes and listened to every one. They reveal a rare and intimate glimpse back in time. This piece features exerpts from those recordings and offers my reflections on what I heard.
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