The Overnightscape Underground

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01:23:35 – A tribute to the last few episodes of The Overnightscape. Topics include wood veneer dishwashers and TVs, moving to Chatswood, when I started listening to The Overnightscape, Lunar New Year, abandoned cityscapes in the real world and in simulations, nostalgia for space, gift giving, Gateway 2000, gaming business models, Fate/Grand Order, and the Carlton Branch… plus Side B (at 01:03:56)… opening production credits for A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)[VCD], The Computer Chronicles – Windows 3.0 (1990)[Archive.org], Hypothetical Institute theme (2019)[Podcast], Clark and Dawe, The Front Fell Off (1991)[YouTube], Cantonese Golden Harvest bumper (1986)[VCD], Digital Flotsam episode 54, baseballs and music (2004)[Archive.org], tech5 episode 38 on early Microsoft magazines (2007)[Podcast], Prospects by Chris Juergensen (2005)[Archive.org, Creative Commons 2.5 Attribution], Rising Bubbles sound loop from Apple Logic (2007), introduction to construction of the Sydney Harbour Tunnel (1992)[YouTube], and my first MadPlayer recording (2005)[Archive.org].

Recorded in Sydney, Australia. Licence for this track: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0. Attribution: Ruben Schade.

Released February 2019 on Rubenerd and The Overnightscape Underground, an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts; this one notwithstanding.

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37:38 – Welcome to Tape Land! On each episode, I’ll present the audio of a cassette tape from my collection. It’s a way to help motivate me to digitize more of my archives.

In 1993, Mike and Frank briefly brought back Anything But Monday Magazine in a bizarre “packet” format, for one issue – with virtually no distribution. On this tape, they write the introductory “Words of Wizdumb” section, at Mike’s place while he’s cooking pasta.

License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Attribution: by Frank Edward Nora – more info at onsug.com

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2:29:31 – Frank in NJ and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Daikon radish matchsticks, cooking, talents, pasta in the early 90s, basement print shop, business failure, Activision, Infocom, maniacal laughter, polarization, holography, Russian Doll, Miracle Workers, The Good Place, skating rink message, invasion, timelines, Vans, skateboarding, noodles, cigarillos, defunct Memphis sports teams, southbound, Lionize Parhelion, Blue Jay Way, Sony Square, Eat Chic vegan chocolates, Valentine’s Day, Duran Duran, Flying Tiger, Bottle of Yellow Things, gigantic Bluestone Lane, Barnes & Noble, Union Square, Stereolab, Forbidden Planet, The Strand, mass-market paperbacks, Peter Duluth Mysteries, Steely Dan, apocalypses, a siren of interholographic fascination, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:51:55)… St. Louis Tickle by Heftone Banjo Orchestra [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-SA 4.0], Sand by musicfornothing [Soundcloud, CC BY-ND 3.0], Middlesix – The Magic Sword (1962) [Archive.org], WFLD Channel 32 – Lost in Space (Promo, 1977) [FuzzyMemories.TV], WFLA Channel 8 – Channel 8 Reports (Part 2, 1965) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Hooray for Reading – “Bad Times of Irma Baumlein” (#9, 1979) [FuzzyMemories.TV], CBC The National intro (Wednesday August 17, 1983) [Retrontario, YouTube], The space occult something bySkiz0t3knia [Soundcloud, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Leblon by Kevin MacLeod [incompetech.com, CC BY 3.0], top 100 scary logos part 2 [YouTube].

License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Attribution: by Frank Edward Nora – more info at TheOvernightscape.com