The Overnightscape Underground

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1:18:28 – Onsug Saloon continues from last week’s experimental show Onsug Radio Shuffle Mode. It’s in the same format, with random 209 second clips from the entire Onsug Radio archive, shuffled, each introduced by a computer voice. The first clip is chosen from the shuffle, so things get off to a good start, but the rest are completely random, from a pool of over 259,000 clips. This time, the set of clips are updated to include the complete archive up to last month, June 2025. Like last time, I think it’s better not to include show titles, as the titles are spoken in the audio. But I will include a reference list which will allow you to find the shows in need be. I really like how this one turned out, just like last time, and I intend to continue with this experiment.

Onsug Saloon was originally a short-lived project that began ten years ago, in July 2015. It was a chat room where random Onsug Radio shows would be played on a live stream, 24/7. The name came to mind, and I thought it would be a great name for this new project.

Ref: 211-42, 951-12, 308-06, 686-059, 109-11, 967-01, 305-01, 1001-08, 958-15, 451-75, 601-07, 1007-08, 791-18, 905-23, 903-09, 922-17, 712-41, 142-09, 691-18, 914-32, 117-10, 410-23.

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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3:13:04 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: There were these gods living in a hotel, Tenet (2020), I’ve a Need, Owl, commercials, The Secret of NIMH (1982), save scumming, eye of a needle, Severe Repair, creativity, Dealowl, I Overflow, Man, Donkey Kong Bananza, Popeye, Howard Johnson’s, Don Imus, rough commute, current events, Phish in Philly, Amish in bus terminal, my morsel, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:32:14)… Ice Town by Fuzzy Daupner [collection], Sign Of The Malls by Fuzzy Daupner [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Mark Linn-Baker and Bronson Pinchot at the Fanboy convention in Knoxville Tennessee (7/11/25) [X.com], Archipelago’s The Open Show – Week 3 [collection], Plain Runner by Antti Luode [anttismusic.blogspot.com, CC BY 3.0], Strange Music 1 by misha64u [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], Ivy Vine 1 (from The Carrie Michel Show #21 – Celebrities (11/15/12)) [Onsug, BY-NC-ND 3.0], GLUE Ep. 2 “Ponch” [YouTube], Tequila Sunrise by Oleg O. Kachanko [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], Alexander’s Ragtime Band by Billy Murray (1911) [Archive.org, public domain], The Shock of the New: The Mechanical Paradise (1980) (excerpt) [Archive.org], EDB interviewed by Zoogz Rift, 1984 [Earth Dies Burning].

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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2:33:39 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Mysterious basketball, intense vegetable maintenance, Walt Disney animatronic, Onsug Radio Shuffle Mode, pickup truck people, Disco City Antiques, Phish in South Carolina, Tweezer Reprise, car insurance, Hate The Radio, the underground, Invisible Ink Underground, manga, Edens Zero, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:52:56)… Ice (live) by The Forced Oscillations [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Chinese film (1966) (excerpt) [FedFlix, public domain], The Third Degree by Mola [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], The Evil Farm (Episode 10 “End”) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], The Host (Lampé Remix) by Alic [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], George’s Bluffcosm Promo (3/28/01) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], Everything is Peaches Down in Georgia by American Quartet with Billy Murray (1918) [Archive.org, public domain], Bluffcosm Banter #3 (7/9/00) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], 4 by Kangmey [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Virginia Slims San Diego (April 22, 1985) [Archive.org].

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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1:18:28 – Onsug Radio Shuffle Mode is an experimental continuation of previous project Onsug Radio Previews, from 2023–2024. That one had a semi-random, but curated, set of show clips, each 209 seconds long (3:29), and each introduced by a computer voice.

This new concept uses the same set of clips (the full Onsug archive up to Sep. 2023), but has a different computer voice, talking faster and just saying the show title. It’s also fully random (except for a first clip, which is chosen from random options).

I like how this one turned out, and I’m planning on doing more episodes in the near future. It’s a great way to listen to Onsug Radio, getting a cross-section of everything within the archive.

(Since the show titles and clip numbers are spoken in the audio, I won’t include them here. But the one without a title, due to a tag issue, was The Meanderer (7/21/21).)

Ref: 965-14, 919-02, 961-39, 941-01, 960-14, 964-38, 944-06, 961-33, 902-04, 901-18, 920-03, 905-05, 941-09, 905-20, 906-12, 939-35, 972-16, 906-08, 918-25, 911-02, 908-08, 903-06.

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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3:55:22 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: See Rock City, nursery rhymes, Ruby Falls, fridge magnets, airplanes, neon coffee sign, Norfolk, place pronunciations, Daily Listening, AI, mind-boggling theories, visions of an alien city, next day, went to see Superman (2025) first thing in the morning, cinema hassles, my review from the mall parking lot, the mall, filler arcs, Pura Vida Miami, Okay Toscanini, The Flintstones, Pebbles, The History of Fairyland Caverns, nursery rhymes, Mid-Century vibes, the 3D field, The Standard Biergarten, ski shot, Phish in Columbus, Ohio, new crawlspace lock, soap operas, K-Pop, Severe Repair, Roger Miller, Doctor Who, the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful, 1980: Graham Chapman Reviews M*A*S*H, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 3:14:01)… Black & White by Elegic Landslide [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Hollywood Hot Tubs (1984) [YouTube], Foul Rift One by Frank Edward Nora [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], He’s Stupid [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Catch It by hit the center [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], Impossibles – Frankenstein Jr. – Opening Titles [YouTube], Scott Joplin’s New Rag by Scott Joplin (performed by Gerlüz) [IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], 1968 AMC AMX in Goodyear Tire Commercial Paul Frees Voice over version B [YouTube], Not Because Your Hair is Curly by Billy Murray (1906) [Archive.org, public domain], Simon Le Bon 1985 [YouTube], Third Wave by Kalumet [Archive.org, CC BY-ND 4.0], Video Newsletter (Convenience Stores) (Ideas Ideas) [Archive.org], The Old Opening by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY 4.0], Roller Boogie TV spot 1980 [YouTube], Interlude for Gigeras Babies by Achecorporation [Dogmazic, CC BY-NC-SA 2.5].

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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2:54:15 – Dave in Kentucky is joined by Eddie Murray (at 24:50), Chad Bowers (at 1:12:04) and Frank Edward Nora (at 1:56:45) for a discussion of the decades, centuries and millennia of our past, present and future.

Next month’s topics: General Information, Major Concerns & Private Thoughts. 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 August 10, 2025.

Show art: Automat (1927) by Edward Hopper (1882-1967) depicts a sneaky time traveler listening to the Overnightscape Central in an automat while cleverly concealing her air buds with her hat brim.

Opening theme: “It’s Central Time Again” (2024) by Dave in Kentucky and Suno.ai (v3.5). Closing theme: “Noise Rebellion” (2024) by Eddie Murray and Suno.ai (v3).

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International license. Attribution: by Dave in Kentucky & Guests.

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4:07:19 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: The crawlspace lock, deck, bolt cutters, The Consumer Information Catalog – Pueblo, Colorado, next day, walk around block, limo discomfort synchronicity, The Rampler, cause and effect reversed, obscure Italian crackers, H-E-B, Butt, Hearthstone’s “$158” pet dinosaur, ranch water, Sparkling Lavender Lemonade, Liquid Death – Rootbeer Wrath, heptagon spiral, DiscMaster 2, Real Men (1987), Anthony Newley, The Clash, Phish in Boulder, Colorado, bands starting with W, Phish cover songs from the 19th Century, Maple Leaf Rag, Ardnahoe, Superman, interview, brainwashing, the evil setlist thread, spider incident, city vision, Goose, red plastic spoon, future topics, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 3:26:33)… escape by The Dog Above [Jamendo, CC BY 3.0], Caution: Adolescents at Risk (1991) (excerpt) [FedFlix, public domain], Variatio 11 a 2 Clav. [The Open Goldberg Variations, played by by Kimiko Ishizaka, public domain], Seneca Glass (excerpt) [FedFlix, public domain], Tiddle-Dee Winks (At All the Men) by Billy Murray (1920) [Archive.org, public domain], WBBM Channel 2 – It’s Worth Knowing with Mary Jane Hayes (Opening, 1980) [FuzzyMemories.TV], The God of Speed by The Silence Industry [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], When the Circuit Breaks: America’s Energy Crisis (1975) (excerpt) [Prelinger], La Manchaha And The Gunfighter by Blood Reef [SurfGuitar101.com, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], Way to Go! Special (Part 6, 1980) (scouting) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Invitation Rag by Polar Lion [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], The Beatles interviewed by Kenny Everett – chat (6/6/68) [collection], Ashine by Blindmoore [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], Eye Magazine ad [Archive.org], Octopus by Mystic Morrison Visions [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0], Declaration of Independence (excerpt) read by William Edward Compton (KCAC,7/4/70) [Archive.org].

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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2:35:15 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: NJ Transit meltdown, corridor, “magic minute” in Congress, Smiling Friends, dry ice, okra, new doorknob, sneaker and tire prints in the cement, quick adventure to Rockaway Townsquare Mall, Route 46, Route 66, Crazy Eddie, Flagship Radio Shack, Phillips 66, fireworks, pompous town, Fame, slight synchronicitues, Five Guys, The Smurfs, at the mall, occult books, pinball, video games, Blackout tournament (with myself), wandering around the mall, grapefruit, When will the Yellow Submarine arrive?, food court, to outrun the storm, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:54:07)… So Slow by Simon Mathewson [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0], Stunt Rock (1978) Theatrical Trailer [YouTube], The Forced Oscillations – Acids (Tbilisi-89 Mix) [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], KFMB TV8 KCET-28 (1975) Sat Night At The Bijou _ KFMB News [Obsolete Video/YouTube], Intrus Mental The big Re-Masterage by SFT [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], WAVE Channel 3 – Celebrity Sweepstakes (Opening, 1975) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Fourtha Losta (lyrics by Frank Edward Nora, music by Suno AI 3.5, non-commercial use) (6/14/24) [collection], Commercial – I Want My MTV [collection], When You Drop Off at Cairo, Illinois by Billy Murray (1916) [Archive.org, public domain], In The Box #03 (7/21/09) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Beat Surf by Rev Mike [SurfGuitar101.com, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], Dailysonic74: The ship sinks no matter what (08/03/05) (opening) [collection], Rack ‘Em Up! by Danny Snyder [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Private Lessons (1981) (Trailer) [YouTube], R’lyeh Beckons by Space God Ritual [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-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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2:36:16 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Mongolian Seating Area, depressing/liminal seating areas, walk around block, frost flame, fasting, teas, fads, China Cat Sunflower, King’s X, Christian rock, sunflower and C.S. Lewis synchronicities, Google – Meet AI Mode, finally got Conkdor in Mario Kart World on Switch 2, riichi mahjong, Phish in Austin, The Electric Eye Abides Yer Fame, fidget spinner, superhero dream, space madness dream, squirrel peril, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:54:13)… African tribal drums, beat 3 by peridactyloptrix [Freesound, CC0 1.0], akustic-efects by Jee-co [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Comfort Me by Stanleybirch [collection], Vaughn Bode Toronto Comic Con 1974 Part 1 (excerpt) [YouTube], Little Red Riding Hood and the Monsters (1965) Movie Trailer “The K Gordon Murray Presentation” [YouTube], Name That Tune (misc 2) [MAME], Dateline Walt Disney World – The Disney Decade, 1990 [YouTube], Blow The Man Down by Roger McGuinn [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Train passing by in the Wirikuta Desert (Mexico, SLP) [freesound, felix.blume, CC0 1.0], Deep Cover by The Surfside IV [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Maple Leaf Rag (1899, Zachary Brewster-Geisz) by Scott Joplin [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US], The Lucifer Complex (excerpt 27) [Archive.org, public domain], In Washington by Billy Murray (1907) [Archive.org, public domain], Thief (Pacific Novelty, 1981) [MAME].

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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3:38:33 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Direct Flights to Groovy Ghost Town, walking around the block, intermittent fasting, discarded CRT TV, watering the cement, Photo-Lettering’s One Line Manual Of Styles (1971), Papirtis Shish-Ka-Bob Heavy, Papirtis Pussycat, Benfatto Eerie Solid, printing technologies, lost media, acronyms, House Industries, Cooper Nouveau, listener email (Steve Dupont), en dashes and en dashes, typographic rules, Barryville synchronicity, time distortions and perceptions, can half cognate, Shifty (2025) by Adam Curtis, Amarok (1990) by Mike Oldfield, indulgent speculation, Phish in Pittsburgh, Acid Cigar, Clinique, shaving, gamebooks.org, Taletwisters: The Storm (1982) by Anne Schraff, BR?Z Amplify Watermlon Uplifting Lime Tonic, Ilegal Mezcal 1-4-24 Dice, root beer, Fujifilm X half Digital Camera, Postmodern Architecture: Less is a Bore (2020) by Owen Hopkins, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:57:25)… Heck (7/23/14) by Robert Hunter [Gravity’s Rainbow compilation, Archive.org], They Start the Victrola (and Go Dancing Around the Floor) by Billy Murray (1914) [Archive.org, public domain], Umberella by Brady Arnold [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], NATO Defense (Pacific Novelty, 1982) [MAME], Scary TV Logos [YouTube], Paul & Ringo Interviewed by Tony Palmer (5/23/68) [collection], Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F (perfomed by Willhoite) [Archive.org, public domain], The Exit Ramp #18 – In a Cantina (1/17/21) (excerpt) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Tell Him Now by Yop [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Magic Journeys 2D (excerpt) [YouTube], Cooling by Ignition880 [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-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