I Can Hear You: A Time Capsule About a Time Capsule

Exploring “I Can Hear You” by They Might Be Giants. An antique recording commenting on 1996 technology that has since become history.

The back cover of the advance promotional release of Factory Showroom, with “I Can Hear You” tucked near the end of the track list.

Wizardry in Wax

Generally speaking, my understanding of how sound works with our ears is decent. Waves traveling at varying lengths, follicles in our ears that feel those waves and send signals to our brains to interpret the …