The Overnightscape Underground

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3:39 – Just in time for Halloween, a song partially inspired by the Frankenstein story, done in the style of a Broadway musical.

[Verse]
A horde of screaming Luddites
Come streaming up the hill
Their torches shine like floodlights
Their pitchforks aim to kill
With torches and with pitchforks
Their ranks go marching by
They’re coming for the rich folks
Developing A.I.
[Chorus]
These friends of Ludd
Are out for blood
And blood is in their eyes
This sabot squad
Will sabotage
The looming threat, A.I.
[Verse]
These Luddites are so fearful
They fear all things to come
They’re giving us an earful
But what they say is dumb
They’re fearful for their hobbies
They’re fearful for their jobs
And so they’re forming lobbies
And so they’re forming mobs
[Chorus]
These friends of Ludd
Are out for blood
And blood is in their eyes
This sabot squad
Will sabotage
The looming threat, A.I.
[Bridge]
But if A.I. is a monster
It’s due to how it’s trained
And since it’s trained by humans
Its flaws come from their brains
And since the brains of humans
Are mostly brains of fools
How can we blame the monsters?
A.I.’s are only tools!
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse]
A horde of sabotagers
Come streaming up the hill
A bunch of stupid codgers
Whose object is to kill
They’re whipped into a frenzy
There’s fire in their eyes
They’re fired up by the whimsy
Of dangerous A.I.
[Chorus]
These friends of Ludd
Are out for blood
And blood is in their eyes
This sabot squad
Will sabotage
The looming threat, A.I.

License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). Attribution: by Dave in Kentucky and Suno V6-MINI – more info: onsug.com & Suno.ai.

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34:52 – Another trip ‘After Hours’ to meet the medium who claims to be able to match you up with your perfect spirit lover via his dating seances, before we drop into some late-night radio talk debating whether Haitian immigrants eat pets or raise zombies. The-Man-in-the-Pub, meanwhile, recalls that ‘Hijab Halloween’, when his friend claimed to have become the target of trick-or-treating suicide bombers. A top secret report reveals some disturbing facts about US executions – is the electric chair creating super-charged, revenge-seeking, zombies? We also drop in on the WKNR Evening News for a discussion of a possible trick-or-treat assassination plot against President Trump, before intrepid reporter Charles Coalshed investigates the truth behind reports that raw sewage being dumped in Britain’s rivers is creating a strange – and squelchy – new lifeform.

Written and Produced by Doc Sleaze

After Hours was created using FreeTTS, ChatGPT Reader and Google AI Studio. Sound effects by Freesound Community via Pixababy.com. Music: ‘The Wavering Theramin’ versions 1 & 2 by Cosmiczebra via Suno.ai. Opening theme ‘Twilight Static’ and closing theme ‘Twilight Sunder’ by Doc Sleaze via Freemusic.ai.

License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Attribution: by Doc Sleaze more info at TheOvernightscape.com. Released October 2026 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and clever hosts presenting unique programs, historic archival material, and nocturnal audio.

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4:41:08 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: The red car, palm trees, Onsug Random Radio Button work, spam call, frustrating technological situation, 777 by 777 (1992) (System 7), The Inventor, winter, Farmer’s Almanac, gambling, next day, code name: Project Rambling Spearhead, Into Your Head, Tape Land 209 (Video 17) – Video Feedback FX (11/14/89), Tape Land 210 – Severe Repair: The Broken Text – Audiobook Part 9 – Cupline 18 (10/24/26), UPS, string, Origins Trading Card Game, Charles Stross’ Empire Games trilogy, delusions, creativity, Trey from Phish to appear on Howard Stern, brainwashing, politics, I Go Pogo, mobiles, DANCING DEADHEADS 1988, The Hobbit, battery issue, gas leak, completely random memories (Roman marble bust at The Met), reincarnation, information, new hose, Walter Koenig dead at 90, Susan Saint James dead at 80, Desktop Publishing Bureau, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 4:00:20)… Spaghetti Jungle by The Cholla [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], T.V. Tonite with Ron Hendren – 10/8/82 –”Two of a Kind” (AIRS 10/9) – CBS [collection], The Games of Starcade – Astron Belt [YouTube], The Beatles Interviewed By Kenny Everett – Chat #3 (BBC Radio, The Kenny Everett Show) (6/6/68) [collection], Truckstop Bathroom by KieranJosephTaylor [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Anti-Popstar by The Feelds [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Philips CDi Todd Rundgren MTV Music News Aug 11, 1993 [YouTube], Paddy Duffy’s Cart by American Quartet with Billy Murray (1912) [Archive.org, public domain], “Street-Time N.Y.C.” (1988) – Track 2 by Randy Antley [collection], Evolution by Teo Vincent IV [IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0], Apollo 8 – First Closeup Account Of Moon’s Surface [collection], IUMA on CNN (3/9/1994) [YouTube], Optigan TV Commercial [YouTube], Chez Bob’s Back at School by Another Flask of Weird [Archive.org, CC BY-ND 3.0].

License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Attribution: by Frank Edward Nora – more info at onsug.com

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3:27 – From my personal adventures as an Uber driver. True story, swear to the gods. Alternate title: “The Bimbo in the Backseat”.

[Verse]
Picked this girl up in an Uber
And she thought I was a goober
She said “Sir, would you turn off the A/C please?”
Well, I thought I’s gonna pass out
And I shoulda throwed her ass out
Cause she’s freezin’ when it’s eighty-five degrees
[Verse]
Shoulda said, “Cut me some slack, girl”
There’s some switches in the back, girl
With which you can turn it off or up or down
Yes, I really shoulda said it
But I didn’t, and regret it
I switched off the A/C unit like a clown
[Chorus]
Well, believe it or not
I was havin’ a good day
Now she’s makin’ me hot
But not in a good way
Yes, believe it or not
I was havin’ a good day
But she’s makin’ me hot
And not in a good way
[Verse]
Well, next thing I know this bimbo
She said, “Please roll down my window”
I unlocked it and she rolled it down herself
Sounded like a helicopter
And I really could have popped her
Cause this heat and noise was harmful to my health
[Verse]
Then the bimbo in the backseat
She starts groovin’ to a back beat
As she’s listening to music on her phone
I had no idea what is it
But the lyrics were explicit
And she knew the words and had to sing along
[Chorus]
Well, believe it or not
I was havin’ a good day
Now she’s makin’ me hot
But not in a good way
Yes, believe it or not
I was havin’ a good day
But she’s makin’ me hot
And not in a good way
[Bridge]
Oh, the bimbo in the back seat
Well, she drove me to distraction
As I hauled her through the back streets
I could get no satisfaction
Yes, the bimbo in the back seat
Oh, she drove me to perdition
And I bet she had a rap sheet
And a medical condition
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse]
After more than half an hour
I felt like I had to shower
Cause the words were oh so nasty, don’t you know
There were F words, there were N words
There were “Baby, stick it in” words
Fifteen minutes left and ten more miles to go
[Verse]
And she never changed the station
Till we reached our destination
She switches off her phone and then she slides out
So I turn back on the A/C
And I’m thinking she’s so crazy
I give her just one star inside my rides app
[Chorus]
Well, believe it or not
I was havin’ a good day
Then she’s makin’ me hot
But not in a good way
Yes, believe it or not
I was havin’ a good day
Till she’s makin’ me hot
And not in a good way

License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). Attribution: by Dave in Kentucky and Suno V6-MINI – more info: onsug.com & Suno.ai.

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1:53:40 – Welcome to Tape Land! On each episode, I’ll present the audio of a cassette tape or historic recording from my collection. It’s a way to help motivate me to release more of my archives.

Continuing the audiobook version of my “failed science fiction novel” Severe Repair. This time: CUPLINE 18: A ROAD MAP OF ARCTICA, read by computer voice “Azure Harper MAI-Voice-2.1”.

Damn, just like last Cupline, a really, really enjoyed listening to this one. Must have been around 30 years ago that I wrote it, and I must not have revisited it for a long time, because some stuff came as a surprise to me. This is a very different sort of section… it continues with Daptin Gone in his Warhome having to drive a million miles down Twicvion Lane… and he decides to create a “real life” for himself, winding up here on this world, circa 1996, living in Jersey City and working in NYC. He works for this guy Comma, who is a parody of myself. I really loved this section, and once again, I’m angry at my younger self that I just gave up on the book… it’s so good at times, that if I had continued, it seems I could have made something of it. When I talk to people about it, they say I could still return to it… but of course, easier said than done… but as I mentioned last time, I do think I will have to continue it, in some way…

Find the text version of the full book here: severerepair.com

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2:32:09 – The final installment of Poisonville contains still more murder, gore, death and destruction, with little or no redeeming social value, presented by an anonymous, antiheroic protagonist who is arguably just as bad as the bad guys he’s up against.

Public domain text by Dashiell Hammett, as originally published in Black Mask magazine in February 1928. Music by Dave in Kentucky and Suno V6-MINI, except “Killer Serials Theme” and “Alcoholic Commie”, which use Suno v4.5. Show art generated by Suno.

1. Blood Simple / Gin & Laudanum
2. Somebody Killed Your Girlfriend
3. The Jerk that Killed Her
4. What Happened to the Icepick?
5. Dan, Dan, the TB Man
6. Not in a Good Way
7. The Shit has Hit the Fan
8. A Walk in the Dark
9. A Satchel Full of Pipe Bombs
10. Why Did All the Men Love Dinah?
11. The Op Doesn’t Know
12. All Red Herrings
13. Alcoholic Commie

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2:02:16 – Welcome to Tape Land! On each episode, I’ll present the audio of a cassette tape or historic material from my personal archives This episode is part of a sub-project within Tape Land called “Tape Land Video”.

Tape Land 209 (Video 17) – Video Feedback FX (11/14/89) [released 10/24/26]

On Tuesday, November 14, 1989, in my parents’ basement in Martinsville, NJ, I connected my VHS camcorder to the TV set, and pointed the camera at the screen. This produced an amazing variety of video feedback effects. The tape is around two hours, but unfortunately the microphone cut out about halfway in, so my running commentary was lost. Earlier in the tape I mentioned how these graphics would go well with my “Little Frankie Nora” music, so I decided to play my 1987 album “Ending the Era with Calm Music”, also recorded in the same basement, under the video effects.

– Frank Edward Nora, October 24, 2026

License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Attribution: by Frank Edward Nora – more info at onsug.com

Internet Archive link: https://archive.org/details/Tape_Land_209-Video_17-Video_Feedback_FX-11-14-89

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4:57:06 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Sidewalk weirdness, The Dropout, AI, Muse, stop-motion owls, World Series, Nash the Slash Rises Again! (2025), 26th Street, Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, The Rampler #277 (4/22/09), hoaxing, the year 209, mystery book delivery, compilation CDs, Orchid Spangiafora – Flee Past’s Ape Elf (1979), Little Frankie Nora, “The Rats in the Walls” by H. P. Lovecraft, motorcycles, Normal Phone, Louisiana chef, Wall Drug bookmarks, next day, another 209, Obliviana Super Occult Amusement, cults and philosophies, New Whychock Revival Window, TV Guide (March 8–14, 1997) with Howard Stern on the cover, Fiona Apple, Eric’s First French Fries, Afterlore, The Meandering Mouse, Thicke Of the Night, SCTV, Foxy Boxing, Maudlin o’ the Night, Half Wits, parody, rally, Sesame Street, audio of me in the ’60s, amazing realization, Buddy and Jim, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 4:16:42)… Telecommunication Breakdown CD ROM [YouTube], Romance Keys by Click Click Click [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY 3.0], Purina Dog Chow ‘Menagerie’ Commercial (1976) [YouTube], T.V. Tonite with Ron Hendren – 10/7/82 –”Cheers” – NBC [collection], “Street-Time N.Y.C.” (1988) – Track 8 by Randy Antley [collection], Weiman Wood Furniture Soap with Shelley Long (Commercial, 1980) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Telemann – 18 Canons Mélodieux (part 17, perfomed by Michel Rondeau) [IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library, CC BY-NC 4.0], WSNS Channel 44 – Monster Rally Movie (Opening, 1976-1980) (Raw Footage) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Magic Smup & Nightstation Revival Deluxe [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], Floatin’ Down To Cotton Town by Polar Lion [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], FroggerArcMainTrackFix [tcrf.net], Thinkabout (Ending Credits, 1979) [FuzzyMemories.TV], UNIVERSE (1976) (excerpt) [Fedflix, public domain], Fido is a Hot Dog Now by Billy Murray (1914) [Archive.org, public domain], Let Me See Your Arms Stretch Out by The Search [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], CFTO NEWS – WEB MANIA ON THE IMDB (1997) [YouTube].

License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Attribution: by Frank Edward Nora – more info at onsug.com

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3:36:28 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: You Can See Everything (2026) review (with spoilers), Elizabeth Holmes, Nathan Fielder, parodies, Wall Drug bookmarks, AI, reality, trailers, Narnia, Led Zeppelin, Tape Land 208 – New Whychock Revival – Version 2, history of the show, listener email (The Overnightscape’s Apprentice), The Overnightscape #582 (3/2/07), Montana 1980 (Part Four) (Summer 1980), Norbit (2007), Yields, Cybercab, Hong Kong Phooey, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:56:00)… 1985 GTE Commercial [YouTube], The Nutcracker Suite: Overture by Léo Lago [Jamendo,CC BY-SA 3.0], MindWarp (Galaxy of Terror, 1981) Trailer [YouTube], Supervan (1977) (Trailer) [YouTube], JORDACHE COMMERCIAL [YouTube], The Allnighter (1987) [YouTube], T.V. Tonite with Ron Hendren – 10/5/82 –”Bare Essence, Part II” – CBS [collection], Magnetspur by Julius Lagerfeld [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], About The Spot (1995) [YouTube], Sunset Julius by Tree Bag Ask’s Leisure Cassette System [Onsug, CC BY 4.0], “Street-Time N.Y.C.” (1988) – Track 5 by Randy Antley [collection], top 100 scary logos part 4 [YouTube], The Whole Town’s Wise by Ada Jones & Billy Murray (1914) [Archive.org, public domain], ELKMONT VALLEY SOLAR ENERGY: Elkmont Rural Village [FedFlix, public domain], Gold or Rock? by The Cholla [SurfGuitar101.com, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], Entrance of the Gladiators (Julius Fucik) by Bensenville Municipal Band [Archive.org, CC BY 3.0 US], Return to Control by Rushjet1 [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], NEVER BUILT Disney Theme Park Called Disney’s America (1993) (excerpt) [YouTube].

License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Attribution: by Frank Edward Nora – more info at onsug.com

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1:53:24 – Welcome to Tape Land! On each episode, I’ll present the audio of a cassette tape or historic material from my personal archives.

This is a new audio version of my book New Whychock Revival. I recently wanted to put together a short version of the book the same length as A Wine of Wizardry by George Sterling. I eventually decided on an excerpt, which ran about 13 minutes. I chose a new computer voice to read it – “Azure Grant MAI-Voice-2.1”. I liked how this voice approached the material, so I decided to have it read the whole thing. In this new version, I added two new poems from Weird Little Highway, 8 and 9, and revised 9 a little. So sit back, relax, and enjoy this Epic Psychedelic Gen Z Poem!

Download a PDF of the book at thinkfang.com

License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Attribution: by Frank Edward Nora – more info at onsug.com