Is Chucky the creepiest talking doll to ever utter words? Created by screenwriter Don Mancini, the possessed doll of the Child's Play movie franchise took on a new life when voiced by actor Brad Dourif. Well move over Chuckster, Thomas Edison had you beat by a hundred years. Read More...

Tags: Edison, Doll, Talking doll, Phonograph, Wax cylinder

If we look back over the last 140 years of sound recording, it seems that formats come and formats...come back. I've written many times in these newsletters about nearly dead technologies that seemingly get resurrected out of nowhere, such as the vinyl record, the cassette, and AM radio. The younger generations are partly responsible for breathing new life into these old formats, but most stand on their own merits. Read More...

Tags: Phonograph, Wax cylinder, Record, LP, Cassette, Vintage