Again, from the depths of the Bechtel dumpster, into which poured many exciting and useful things during the time I worked in their accursed building, comes this spoken word find, "The Convincer". I recall that first I dredged out the box of slides that made up this program, extremely gory and livid color slides of industrial-related injuries, and then later I found the cassette that went with them. I've always enjoyed old-fashioned slideshow audio, with the BEEP after each paragraph, to prompt the operator to the next slide (or if you were really swanky, you had the player that would recognize the beep and run the show by itself). Eventually I got around to digitizing the contents of the cassette, although I only ever got through side one, and now after several moves the tape is gone. I did keep the incredible slides, though. 
So, here now is side one of The Convincer (1960), dealing with injuries to the eye. You can be glad that I don't have the slides here at my current home- the audio descriptions are enough to fill in a mental picture, I think. Yup, eighteen mp3s of good reasons to keep your eye protection ON at all times!
01 A Warning 02 Don't Kid Yourself 03 See Through the Eye 04 Injuries You're About to See 05 Grinding Wheel 06 Chip Away 07 Hot Slag Pop 08 They Were Bothering Him 09 Nail 10 Shattered Before 11 Two By Four 12 Streetware Glasses 13 Steam Hose 14 Acid Splash 15 Chisel Head 16 Pedestal Grinder 17 Like the Ones You've Just Seen 18 Don't Let It!
I thought I should only protect my genital... wow, not my eyes, not my eyes!
Posted by: noizeDemon | March 07, 2010 at 08:26 AM
These will blend in nicely with my Throbbing Gristle playlist.
Posted by: ShadyPale | March 10, 2010 at 12:50 PM
Grinding wheel. Nail. Steam hose. Acid splash. A 2 x 4, even.
Even the titles sound painful.
Posted by: Murray Van Creme | March 13, 2010 at 07:58 PM