1:23:18 – Dave in Kentucky is joined by Eddie Murray (at 20:16) and Frank Edward Nora (at 38:45) to talk about the past, the present and the future. Here’s a link to the paper referenced in Eddie’s segment.
Next month’s topics: Guardrails, Cocktails & Chemtrails. Record about one, two or all three of these and send audio files or links to DaveKY at mail.com by 6pm Central Time on December 10, 2026.
Show art: Drug Store (1927) by Edward Hopper (1882-1967) suggests the wide variety of wares, medicinal and otherwise, available on the dark corner of the internet known as the Overnightscape Central.
Theme songs: “Jazz Central” (2024, 2026) and “Jazzy Goodbye” (2026) by Dave in Kentucky and Suno.ai (V6-mini). Closing credits scripted by Dave in Kentucky and read by Suno Speech V6 Beta.
3:34:56 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Palisades Center Mall, next day, mystery sticker, Sleap Drassy, two days later, The Exit Ramp, sticker mystery solved, Crumpler Bags, CQ (2001), Megalopolis(2024), Megalopolis Unbound, Songs in the Key of A.I. #5 – “The Onsug is an Archive”, Afterlore, New Whychock Revival Micro, A Volt Offside, Letraslut, Scud Race, Wanszai, decompilations, spelunkr.tv, Judge Dredd pinball, GTA VI, The Three Weasels, next day, weird dreams, Russell Brand, scam calls, David Walliams, Little Britain, door to door salesmen, another scam call, Outrunners, Metropolis Street Racer, radio stations in video games, replacing windshield wipers, Takeover 2, Overtake, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:54:01)… Xmas Vibrations by Karibean [EardrumsPop, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Madrigal by George Sterling [LibriVox, public domain], TRIBAL DEEP by SEVERYN [SoundCloud, CC BY 3.0], 1988 Sid & Marty Krofft’s Redeye Express & Shattered Innocence CBS Promo [YouTube], Jimminy Gee by Billy Murray (1924) [Archive.org, public domain], New Whychock Revival Micro by Frank Edward Nora read by Microsoft David [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], Chaos in Development by Brady Arnold [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Van 2 by Bumbard [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], Crow Bean Running by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY 4.0], Space 1999 TV Toys 1975 [YouTube], beanbag fight by simon_mathewson [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0], Gregorian Spring by Karibean [EardrumsPop, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], fuzzydaupnerclips [collection], Newsweasels [YouTube], TV Magic Set with Marshall Brodien (Mostly Complete Commercial, 1975) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Arcade Theme #4 by tyops [Freesound, CC BY 3.0], New Whychock Revival Micro by Frank Edward Nora read by Azure Emily 2.1 [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], Hollywood Capers (edit) [Archive.org, public domain], Surfing In The Woods by Karibean [EardrumsPop, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], HBO intro (1982) [YouTube], RE/Search magazine plug from IRS The Cutting Edge 1986 reseach V. Vale [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
4:22:58 – Welcome, hosts and listeners of The Onsug radio universe, to come and join a freeform chat in video, which will be released in audio. The Exit Ramp continues for another amazing group show.
Host Frank from The Overnightscape is joined by Dave in Kentucky from his various shows, Jefferson from Philadelphia (in a non-speaking role), Michael Feir from Canada, Ann from Suffern, NY, Simon from Nevada, Jan Erik from Norway, Doc Sleaze from his various shows, Peter Litkey from The Three Weasels, and Nate in Wisconsin.
Zoom AI generated topic summary: AI Technology, Philosophy of Simulation Reality, Elizabeth Holmes Documentary, Book Discussion and Current Events, Russell Brand and TV, Self-Driving Technology, Time Travel Hypothetical Scenarios, Self-Driving Car Technology, AI Costs and Implementation Concerns, Electric Vehicles and Entertainment, Alien Theories and Space Exploration, Failed Cruise Business, Wikipedia Challenges and New Jersey, Savvy Game Show, Political Party Strategy, Political and Cultural Discussion.
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2:17:22 – 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 21: ORANGE UNIVERSE, CUPLINE 22: I LOVE BAILEY CONG, and CUPLINE 23: PILN OF SCREW RIDGE, read by computer voice “Azure Harper MAI-Voice-2.1”.
Wow… just wow. Revisiting Severe Repair, 30 years after I wrote most of it, has been a real roller coaster ride. This section was awesome, and once again, my memories of it have faded so much that it was like reading it anew. I had totally forgotten that Lemon, Granticaine, and Zoipin wound up in Gnoboslast. I really enjoyed that part. And the computer chat featuring Fake Cerquaine’s sister Hester was quite interesting as well. And Piln of Screw Ridge, after the brief scene with Piln, was a story I must have written when I was much younger… great stuff. Once again, I wish my younger self would have kept at it, because there’s so much great stuff in Severe Repair. But I do plan on continuing it in Weird Little Highway, already in progress… it’s funny that a character, Sleap Drassy, was trying to pierce Gnoboslast to see what’s outside of her reality… which she knew could destroy the universe… and then… the universe was effectively destroyed, when I stopped writing it. So I think Sleap will return in the next Weird Little Highway… to see what’s outside of the Severe Repair universe…
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2:33:09 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Underground pinball, Tabak Especial Red Eye, Death Star, Onsug Radio Surf, naughty synchronicity, Trey from Phish on Howard Stern, election results, Rush at Sphere, Legion (2017–2019), Flight of the Conchords, Thomas Pynchon novels (Shadow Ticket, Mason & Dixon), show art, Red Eye, Starblade (1991), Starblade : Operation Blue Planet, mattress tag crimes, 7-Eleven Mahjong Tiles, The Uncollected Pynchon, Nobody’s Cool by Lotion (1995), album Incision by Venus Beads (1991), album Emotion Lotion by Top (1991), Dominator by Human Resource (1991), Owl (I Can See You Mix) by Indo Tribe (1991), Future Sound of London, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:52:28)… MCEscher by Büromaschinen [Upitup Records, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Captain Wink’s Circular Potato Chains by Another Flask of Weird [Archive.org, CC BY-ND 3.0], H.O.T.S. (1979) (Trailer) [YouTube], WFLD Channel 32 – Sci-Fi Cinema (Promo, 1971) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Chickenman – Theme Song [Archive.org], The Cannonball Run 1981 London UK stereo radio advert [YouTube], Electronic Engineering by Katharine Priegues [SoundCloud, CC BY 3.0], Girl in Gold Boots (trailer, 1968) [Archive.org, public domain], Drop of Honey by musicfornothing [Soundcloud, CC BY-ND 3.0], High Tide ’77 (fake Boards of Canada song, origin unknown) [collection], Instrospection Trilogy – Pt. 2 by Doug Rice [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Behind the Wheel by Taxi Dancer [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], The Rung Tape (excerpt) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], Sky Hunter by Jack Hertz [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], “Street-Time N.Y.C.” (1988) – Track 4 by Randy Antley [collection], Chillin’ FM rave info [via Webm8 productions], Blood Lillies by William H. Reitz;Pryor (1911-07-28) [archive.org, public domain], Jimbo Jambo by Billy Murray (1922) [Archive.org, public domain].
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
2:17:36 – I recently added a new “surf” feature to The Onsug Random Radio Button, which plays a new random clip from the archive every 2 minutes and 9 seconds. I figured I’d record a sessions with this feature, and it came out great!
Notes: The Overnightscape 1328: Wobble (10/9/16) started at 14:23, Into Your Head – Show 618: Clergy Dog (9/11/12) started at 14:03, Gunkcast 50: Gunkcast Does The Hustle (Part 2) (October 2017) started at 1:28:31, Gunkcast Thanksgiving Special (Flashback): Punk Talk 2010! (11/24/17) started at 00:00, The Overnightscape 1616: Dormouse Ho (7/16/19) started at 1:48:08, Macho Condor Palms (2/18/25) started at 1:36:21, Across the Pond – Episode 40 (6/16/12) started at 07:53, Radio Free Shambles: Tongue Twister (9/17/17) started at 21:17, The Overnightscape 2321 – Escape 1,000 Mazes (4/28/26) started at 2:12:48, The Paunch Stevenson Show – Episode 003 (11/14/05) started at 04:45, The St. Paul Skyline (with Sarjé) – Memory is a kind of time travel, too (4/12/10) 27.23 started at 32:19, Radio Free Shambles: Red Carpet Corridor (5/14/16) started at 2:09:43, New Midnight Cassette 12 – DirtyDnB (2012) started at 06:19, Mr. Headvisit’s Pinball Infinitude (3/2/14) started at 4:47:01, Overnightscape Central – Radio Thoughts – (2/6/12) started at 1:44:12, The Overnightscape 1479: 2018 the Year in Weasels (3/25/18) started at 3:48:50, The Overnightscape #569 (12/4/06) started at 1:01:47, The Overnightscape 1486: On the Corner of the Cosmic (4/17/18) started at 1:54:48, The Night Pool #17 (1/29/16) started at 1:09:26, The Overnightscape 1673 – Pollution Solution (1/31/20) started at 2:49:23, BUG OUT – Sprawling – (2/18/12) started at 23:00, Gasohol (12/3/11) (Frank) started at 23:13, MMCTV EP0208 – Legend of the Lion King (3/4/09) started at 29:36, The Overnightscape 1410: Museum of the Haunted Elevator Dream (7/25/17) started at 1:58:17, Overnightscape Central – Beatles Movies (7/15/19) started at 1:04:24, The Overnightscape 2199 – Headvisiting the Slip (2/25/25) started at 2:09:29, Bus Stop Double Step Back (FN 1/21/10) 24.15 started at 09:02, The Rampler #142 (12/12/08) 7.30 started at 08:55, Post-Arlen Monologix 29: Downcome – Part 01 – The Uglyscape (3/17/23) started at 18:08, The Friday Maze #6: McDonald’s Memories (10/22/17) started at 1:02:43, The Overnightscape 853: Rental (1/29/12) started at 03:52, The Overnightscape 915: Planets and Wizards (9/25/12) started at 08:38, SHEPS – Why I’m Leaving Radio – Mar 23 1977 – (2/09/11) started at 17:32, The Meanderer (October 2024) started at 12:27:40, Overnightscape Central – Sitcoms (10/18/23) started at 1:46:41, The Overnightscape 1911 – Midrungesque (5/13/22) started at 1:11:46, The Overnightscape 1454: Island of Lost Doormats (12/26/17) started at 34:27, The Overnightscape 1221: Help Mr. Ragtime (10/2/15) started at 3:22:41, The Overnightscape 2126 – Time Express (6/14/24) started at 18:37, ABM Show – Episode 11 (2/26/22) started at 43:10, Overnightscape Central – Beatles For Sale (2/17/23) started at 21:39, Overnightscape Central – Strange People (6/8/15) started at 05:06, The Meanderer (8/17/22) started at 4:25:21, The Overnightscape 2310 – Miami, FL (3/20/26) started at 3:40:06, Sneaky TT Epic (August 2015) started at 5:27:41, The Frank Nora Time Machine – Hosted by Jimbo – 020 (6/6/15) started at 35:18, Radio Free Shambles: Apartment Days, Part 1 started at 48:16, Blufftoon Time #2 (Part 5 of 7) (7/15/01) started at 45:46, Overnightscape Central – Top Ten (11/19/19) started at 1:22:06, Highway 209 Mississippi started at 2:54:20, The Overnightscape 1884 – Humorless & Wasted, but Still Beautiful (2/8/22) started at 1:48:44, The Arcade Game Auction (3/16/02) started at 1:21:31, ug: The Malls (9/21/09) 20.16 started at 1:03:59, Overnightscape Central – Political (7/10/18) started at 32:08, The Overnightscape 1532: Road Octo (9/25/18) started at 21:38, Doc Sleaze: That Elusive Christmas Spirit (12/23/25) started at 28:32, The Overnightscape 1686 – Just Between Clues II (3/17/20) started at 1:22:14, Doc Sleaze: The Grave Digger’s Ball (10/31/24) started at 45:41, The Overnightscape 1184: Torque Arcade (5/27/15) started at 28:36, The Overnightscape 871: Texas II (4/9/12) started at 1:31:01, The Midnight Citizen 24 — “Alabama” started at 11:36, The Rampler #89 (10/10/08) started at 11:32, The Overnightscape 1953 – OnsugBox Rocks! (10/6/22) started at 1:55:38, The Overnightscape 821: Blue Milk Room (9/27/11) started at 51:00, The Overnightscape 981: Journal Square Daydream (6/21/13) started at 1:00:35.
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5:02:47 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: 7-11, concrete ramp, ancient dreams, Onsug Random Radio button updates (surf mode, etc.), wicker, stucco, sharing random clips, Babar, daylight saving time, finished The Merchant Princes series of books by Charles Stross, Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon, Afterlore, Tape Land 211 – Severe Repair: The Broken Text – Audiobook Part 10 – Cuplines 19 and 20 (11/1/26), gas leak, mosquitos, Drew Estate Ultimate Infused Mega-Sampler, Tabak Especial Café con Leche, John Leeson (voice of K-9) dead at 83, Hamburgers special (April 2, 1974), human creativity, Switch, next day, pumpkin men, Tricksy Starlanes, Babylon Sisters, Midweek Circle, American Truck Simulator Road Trip Mode, The Archway in Nebraska, Song Within A Song, Coco Key Water Resort Omaha, Ancient Dreams, surf, 209, Prince of Peace Pu-Erh Tea, health food store, Expo ’74 shirt, completely random memories (flavored rice in the 1970s), ACID Opulence 3, Election Day, freedom of speech, space telescope to crash to Earth, The Leisure Alternatives Catalog (1979), cults, presidents, the future, the unknown breakthrough, NY77: The Coolest Year In Hell, dusk vs. twilight, navigating timelines, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 4:22:30)… Them never love the flowers (Jambassa rmx) by Dub One! (Germany) [lclweb.org, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0], Diner City Revival by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY 4.0], Insomnia dance factory [via Webm8 productions], There’s No Place Like Home (When There’s No Place Else to Go) by Billy Murray (1913) [Archive.org, public domain], Circle Square intro 1980s [YouTube], “Street-Time N.Y.C.” (1988) – Track 9 by Randy Antley [collection], Mail Boxes Etc. – Jeremy’s MicroBatch Ice Creams [collection], Eye Magazine ad [Archive.org], Puppet…Rockford, Illinois 1983 [YouTube], Archipelago’s The Open Show – Week 16 [collection], Griff’s Pylons by Another Flask of Weird [Archive.org, CC BY-ND 3.0], Don’t Start Believin’ by Bullette [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 2.5], T.V. Tonite with Ron Hendren – Evergreen: Milking the Stars (Oct. 4–8, 1982) [collection], February 17-18, 1986 HBO promos [YouTube], Exotic (Royalty Free Music) by PeriTune [Soundcloud, CC BY 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
2:17:22 – 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 19: THE MILDRED CORK and CUPLINE 20: CLOWN CENTAUR ARCHITECT, read by computer voice “Azure Harper MAI-Voice-2.1”.
You know, it’s been quite a trip revisiting Severe Repair by having a computer voice read it. As I wrote most of it around 30 years ago, much of it has faded from memory, so it’s almost like hearing it for the first time. As much as I loved the last two entries in this series, this one was back to me cringing and questioning my younger self. Why all these tangents? Why not continue the main storyline? While these two Cuplines have some redeeming qualities, overall it just leaves me shaking my head… why the heck couldn’t I have just focused on the main storyline, and finished one book’s worth of story? As it is, these two Cuplines were very hard to listen to at times. I’ve grown and changed as a person, and I can’t imagine writing some of this stuff now. But… once again, it’s not called a “failed science fiction novel” for nothing…
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3:33:01 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Completely random memories (talking to people about Second Life), metaverses, American Apparel, Neverland, Origins Trading Card Game, viral videos, The Overnightscape #644 (10/26/07), bus incident, movie email, Patrick Stewart dead at 86, AI, The Ballad of East and West, next day, future police dreams, Shock Treatment (1981), Future Policeman Urashiman, interdimensional travel, information management, 777, the nitrogen tanks that used to be on street corners in NYC, The Rise and Fall of Plasma TVs, logo, the Onsug Random Radio Button embedded on the Old Highway Notes website, Phish, “technology”, Inner Tube, SCTV: The Greatest Show You’ve Never Heard Of, Pope vote, World Series, Savvy, Ali G: Who Iz I? (2026), pi, 1971 Farmer’s Almanac, National Enquirer (1981/09/29), and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:52:24)… La Manchaha And The Gunfighter by Blood Reef [SurfGuitar101.com, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], Return to Never by BFJazz [Jamendo, CC BY-ND 3.0], Superstation WTBS – Movie 17 – “Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things” (Opening & Break, 1980) [FuzzyMemories.TV], CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND stereo radio advert London 1978 [YouTube], Everybody Rag With Me by American Quartet with Billy Murray (1915) [Archive.org, public domain], Adventures In Babysitting Trailer [YouTube], T.V. Tonite with Ron Hendren – Evergreen: TV and the Presidency (Oct. 4–8, 1982) [collection], Syd Barrett Interview Part 2 [YouTube], “Street-Time N.Y.C.” (1988) – Track 3 by Randy Antley [collection], Dailysonic83: Foil lined walls keep you safe (08/26/05) (opening) [collection], Cosmos: War of the Planets (excerpt 3) [Archive.org, public domain], Cartoon – SuperFriends Intro (with Wendy & Marvin) [collection], Cream Soda Weekly by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY 4.0], I’m an alien by Spintronic [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 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
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
