The Overnightscape Underground

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33:25 – Recorded August 28, 2011.

Hanging outside my condo during the “eye” of Tropical Storm Irene, slowdown on The Overnightscape Underground, progress with The Miracle Man investment documents, new fundraising campaign at http://tinyurl.com/mmfund2, recapping the past month, the family’s doing well, getting ready for September, planning my new Law of Attraction/Law of Abundance podcast, turning 40, my birthday celebrations, Zach’s Towne Pub in Secaucus, my father came up from Florida, I officiated my mother’s wedding, return to Amy’s Omelette House, made it through the storm okay, Manny the Mailman’s basement flooded. Feature Segment: Melanie’s story of the day David was born.

Theme music: “The Chasing Game” by Friday’s Child.

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23:38 – Recorded August 2, 2011.
Join me, Jacob, my sister Karen and her kids Megan and Evan as we recap the day we had at Sesame Place in Langhorne, PA. But first a few of my fellow podcasting friends welcome my new son David into the world – Neal from Into Your Head (by request of Manny the Mailman), Kay and Abi from Exposed, and Overnightscape Central master of ceremonies PQ Ribber.

Theme music: “The Chasing Game” by Friday’s Child.

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27:13 – Join me on a warm & pleasant evening in Times Square, NYC as I recap Harry Potter: The Exhibition at Discovery Times Square! Topics include Harry Potter, and all things related to the books, movies & exhibit. The exhibit is open until early September, so if you’re a fan of the books and movies, this is a must see!

Theme music: “The Chasing Game” by Friday’s Child.

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31:42 – Recorded June 18 & 26, 2011.

It’s been a while – been keeping really busy between taking care of my wife, who is currently on bed rest, the boy, who just finished Kindergarten, a busy work schedule, “The Miracle Man” progress and other projects. I didn’t even have time to do post production until a few days after recording this…

In this episode, I take you along on two interesting gigs – first a long bus ride up to Lake George, NY – a great resort town where I march in a huge Fireman’s convention parade with the Tappan Zee Bridgemen, then a long drive south to Wildwood, NJ where I officiated a wedding. Topics include multiple units of the band, Six Flags Great Escape, marginal placenta previa, changing the baby’s “due” date, Jacob Celebrity Fashion Show and the Boys & Girl’s Club, camping in Wildwood in 1989, had a video gig in Queens, drove through 4 out of the 5 boroughs of New York City, scouting the beach, Ontario license plates in Wildwood, enormous Ferris wheel, The Skyscraper, don’t go to Seaside, finding a fenced pathway up a sand dune, Jacob’s iPod Touch takes better pictures than my phone, waiting to hear back from a famous actor for “The Miracle Man,” putting investment documents together, a brief review of the latest CD from “Weird Al” Yankovic, “Alpocalypse,” I may start a new regularly published podcast on the Law of Attraction.

Theme music: “The Chasing Game” by Friday’s Child.

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1:05:12 – After several months of promoting this event, listen along as my friends Kati, Lynda, Tammy and I – and about 2,000 others – walk for 18 miles from Cadman Plaza in Brooklyn, up the Brooklyn Promenade, over the Brooklyn Bridge, past Ground Zero, around the tip of Manhattan, through Battery Park City, up the Hudson River, over to Sixth Avenue, down Broadway, then back over the Brooklyn Bridge to Cadman Plaza as we raise both money and awareness for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention! Discussion topics include Mariel Hemingway in the Opening Ceremony, Kati’s brother Michael and my step-brother Allan, my grandfather’s death and what it still means to me today, the recent passing of Dr. Jack Kevorkian, is suicide ever justified, suicide and older men, Blue Marble Ice Cream, the film The Jonestown Defense, talking with a man whose 22 year old son took his life in February, I left stuff in the car, The Freedom Tower and the 9/11 Memorial, passing by the mile markers and questioning the accuracy of their placement, the Staten Island Ferry, I used to work at 17 State Street with Frank Nora’s sister-in-Law Carrie Ann Carol, the film Keeping the Faith, midnight snack at Pier 96, promoting the film In Montauk by Kim Cummings and the band HOT BREAKFAST featuring Jill Knapp and Matt Casarino, talking to street people, caffeine makes you dehydrated, reading the list of names of those who have sponsored my walk, luminarias, closing ceremony.

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Theme music: “The Chasing Game” by Friday’s Child.

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32:12 – Weird day! Global earthquakes shaking corpses out from the grave…

Just kidding, of course. Today we take a look at how Harold Camping “creatively” came up with this date as Judgment Day, grocery shopping, my son’s new iPod & my “new” G5 and the saga of my blood sugar.

MAKE A DONATION FOR THE OUT OF THE DARKNESS OVERNIGHT WALK AT: http://tinyurl.com/ootdobj

Theme music: “The Chasing Game” by Friday’s Child.

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1:19:11 -Once again, I take to the airwaves on WMSC-FM for my old college radio show, The Cellular Toaster on WMSC-FM’s Alumni Takeover! Sadly, my partner in the show, Jill Knapp, was unable to join me in the festivities. This year it was mostly about the music. Here I present a sample of the show, playing only snippets of non-podsafe stuff (under Fair Use), and all of the permissible tunes in their entirety. Here’s the set list of the entire show:

INTRO
Featuring “Une fanfare a Saint-Germain” by students of Aldor and “Fun Zone” by “Weird Al” Yankovic

SET ONE:
Tenacious D – “Tribute” – Tenacious D
Sifl & Olly (featuring Chester) – “Stolen Holiday” – Sifl & Olly Songs of Season 1
The Party Party – “Sunday Bloody Sunday” – ThePartyParty.com
The Presidents of the United States of America – “We’re Not Gonna Make It” – The Presidents of the United States of America

SET TWO:
Adam Sandler – “Four Years Old” – What’s Your Name?
Mucky Pup (as Billy & the Boingers) – “U Stink But I ♥ U” – Billy & the Boingers
Jimmy Fallon & Bruce Springsteen – “Whip My Hair” – Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

SET THREE:
“Weird Al” Yankovic – “Perform This Way” – Alpocolypse
Kate Winslet & “Weird Al” Yankovic – “I Need a Nap” – Dog Train
Your Mother – “I’ll Be Mellow When I’m Dead” – The Weird Al-Bum

RALPH THE WORD GUY
New words for the English Speaking World: Detomify, Nerk and Rexting
Featuring music from “Bananas” by Marvin Hamlisch

SET FOUR:
Industrial Jazz Group – “Big Ass Truck” – Leef
The Evelyn Situation – “Secretaries and Their Bosses (Coffee)” – Somewhat Remastered Evelyn
JDL – “MTV” – JDL

SET FIVE:
The Dead Milkmen – “Some Young Guy” – The King in Yellow
The Dead Milkmen – “Stuart” – Beelzebubba
The Dead Milkmen – “In Praise of Sha Na Na” – Metaphysical Graffiti

SET SIX:
Friday’s Child – “The Connection” – DigitalCafeTour.com
Secret Gossip – “Midnight Freak” – DigitalCafeTour.com
The Fave – “Let It Out” – DigitalCafeTour.com
Peter Blood – “Osama’s Daughter” – DigitalCafeTour.com

SET SEVEN:
They Might Be Giants – “Clap Your Hands” (Live) – TMBG.com
They Might Be Giants – “Can’t Keep Johnny Down” – Join Us
They Might Be Giants – “Particle Man” (Live Beatlesque Version) – TMBG.com

SET EIGHT:
Derek Nicoletto – “Hustler with a Rescue Plan” – Kind Ghosts
Natalie Gelman – “Just Someone” – Natalie Gelman
Hooray for Everything – “1970’s Children’s Comic” – Sitting in a Tree

SET NINE:
The Rutles – “Get Up and Go” – All You Need Is Cash
The Mop Tops – “Hava Nagila” – A Hard Day’s Day

OUTRO
Featuring “Chicken Rhythm” by Slim Gaillard

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56:58 – Today I met up with my friend Kati Gegg at Washington Crossing State Park in Titusville, NJ, as we did a training walk for our upcoming participation in Out of the Darkness Overnight – an 18-mile walk over the course of one night in New York City. Net proceeds benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, funding research, education, and awareness programs – both to prevent suicide and to assist those affected by suicide. Today’s topics include turning the radio down through toll booths, April Fool’s Day idea for next year, this year I changed my Facebook profile name to Sherman Nyrphryeizhenyrphglergryr and lost 10 friends (but gained one back), soon approaching an Academy Award winner to play Morris Goodman for “The Miracle Man,” baby names for Boy #2, Pinky Dinky Doo and her Little Brother Tyler, Big Kev’s Geek Stuff, Exposed with Kay and Abi, The Tobolowsky Files, Neal from Ireland in Newark, mailing the rest of the Miracle Man t-shirts, meeting up with Manny the Mailman, Kati’s participation in last year’s Out of the Darkness Overnight walk in Boston, walking slower is a harder workout, issues being a suicide survivor, warning signs of suicide, Revolutionary War reenactment, getting stuck in traffic on Christmas for the reenactment of Washington’s Crossing, visiting center, losing the Blue Dot Trail, air raid sirens, random telephone pole in the middle of a field, living in Lancaster, PA, Spring House, burrito lunch at Gabriel’s II pizzeria, correction to BJS002: learning disability is not considered to be related in any way with VACTERL association.

MAKE A DONATION FOR THE OUT OF THE DARKNESS OVERNIGHT WALK AT: http://tinyurl.com/ootdobj

Theme music: “The Chasing Game” by Friday’s Child.

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Revolutionary War reenactment.

There’s a part of the recording that didn’t make it into the episode due to technical difficulties where we read part of this sign…

…and had this view of the part of the Delaware where Washington crossed.

Crazy tree.

Spring House.

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Theme music: “The Chasing Game” by Friday’s Child.

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1:14:33 – Listen to this two-day adventure as I deliver T-shirts to friends who contributed to “The Miracle Man!” Day 1 topics include the first non-Frank Nora ONSUG recording at The Overnightscape Studio, commenting on my similarity to Bob Lament’s car, working for UPS, Chad from Chadcast, working at a movie theater, Paterson is flooded, getting pulled over by a cop, spending all day at Dunkin Donuts & the mechanic’s, delivering shirts to Rishard in Hawthorne, Liese in Pompton Lakes & Nicole in Boonton, driving past flood waters. Day 2 topics include Shaun Hollinger in Maplewood, Audiodicals, Overnighscape Central, meeting up with Manny the Mailman, Debbie in Jackson, 80’s Prom Night at Webster Hall, Great Adventure vs. Six Flags, Stephen in Howell (my hometown), Lynda in Farmingdale, meeting my mom in Little Silver, Liz in Aberdeen, getting a flat tire, Gina Sideris & Little Kids Rock, Ma & Pa Harney, my last bit of news hasn’t come in yet… what is it? Find out tomorrow!

Theme music: “The Chasing Game” by Friday’s Child.