The Overnightscape Underground

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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

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3:37 – A new show where I’ll be sharing songs I have created with the Suno A.I. (I write the words; Suno writes the music and creates the show art.) First up is a song called “Other People’s Timelines”.

[Verse]
It seems that all my kinfolk
Have long since turned to dust
Both womenfolk and menfolk
The weak and the robust
And all my friends and rivals
Have moved on from this realm
The lack of their survival
At times can overwhelm
[Pre-chorus]
But other people may have timelines
Where they survive, while I have passed
In other worlds with different guidelines
With other futures, other pasts
[Chorus]
I’ve died in other people’s timelines
But this is one where I’ve survived
Twixt life and death there is a fine line
So I’m just glad that I’m alive
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse]
Your fathers and your mothers
May leave you all too soon
Your sisters and your brothers
In graveyards may be strewn
Your uncles and your cousins
May leave you quite alone
They’re dying by the dozens
And soon they’ll all be gone
[Pre-chorus]
But all these people may have timelines
Where they survive, while you have passed
In other worlds with different guidelines
With other futures, other pasts
[Chorus]
You’ve died in other people’s timelines
But this is one where you’ve survived
Twixt life and death there is a fine line
So just be glad that you’re alive
[Bridge]
If timelines abound
They’re all still around
And they may be mourning our passing
And if this is true
What should we then do?
The answer is there for the asking
[Chorus]
We’ve died in other people’s timelines
But this is one where we’ve survived
Twixt life and death there is a fine line
Let’s just be glad that we’re alive

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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6:03:10 – Frank in NYC and New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Wall Drug bookmarks, American Truck Simulator, Expo ’74, simulation, walking around Midtown Manhattan, cults, later on the porch, Julius Motor Double Album, hypernormalization, recycling, 1990, Kelly Clarkson, Empire Games, weird feeling, Mr. Robot, Halt and Catch Fire, cultural trends, next day, Butte, Our Lady of the Rockies, driving through Montana in the game, data centers, NIMBY, Eisenhower Parkway, Rockefeller Center underground exit, Severe Repair – Cupline 17 – Foreman Ittener Pier, updates, Super El Niño, The Born Loser, Le Botaniste, AI, VirtualCity Magazine from 1995, EFX, Synthetic Pleasures (1995), next day, Montana speed limits, finally reached Wall, SD in the game, chainsaw art, cyber culture, Rod Stewart, Push The Onsug Random Radio Button, New Whychock Revival Window, A Wine of Wizardry, New Whychock Revival Deluxe, playing Savvy, Del Hinkley, Puppet Armageddon, “Kukla, Fran and Ollie”, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 5:22:41)… ‘It’s Not Nice To Fool Mother Nature!’ Chiffon Commercial 1974 [YouTube], Ripple Boogie by Simon Stålenhag [Ubiktune, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Beachballs (1988) (Trailer) [YouTube], “Street-Time N.Y.C.” (1988) – Track 10 by Randy Antley [collection], Dive to the Edge of Creation (excerpt 2) [YouTube.com], Oh, You Silv’ry Bells by Ada Jones & Billy Murray (1913) [Archive.org, public domain], The Galaxy Club, Belvue, WA [Archive.org], Psychedelic by SEATTLE RAIN [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], California Gothic by Hella Vader [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], T.V. Tonite with Ron Hendren – 10/6/82 –”Tucker’s Witch” – CBS [collection], New Whychock Revival Window [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], The Secrets Of Christmas by Out Of Orion [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Robert Morely for British Airlines [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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1:47:38 — While I’m in-between producing shows or whatever, enjoy one of the random recordings I’ve been posting on my Spotify feed since the last episode of my podcast, The Midnight Citizen, back in November 2025.

On this episode, join me on a low-key bar hop through sleepy Wabasha, where I hobble along the Mississippi River after leaving Slippery’s, attempting to suppress acid reflux like a real Grumpy Old Man. Hear my gassy thoughts on the 1993 comedy that dethroned Native American history and bald eagles as Wabasha’s chief claim to fame, investigate an old building that was once home to a mysterious benevolent society, and crawl otherwise aimless through the empty streets of a town that one local told me was “one big rest home.”

But, wait! There’s more!

Join me in Minneapolis the next night, where I start out in the parking lot of an old apartment building where Mary and Rhoda could’ve lived 50 years ago, then make my way back to the hotel courtyard, meditating on everything from mall cops to reality TV, and that weird thing that happened to me this week when I got a call from the police, notifying me that they’d recovered my stolen motorcycle from nearly three years ago.

…And that’s all for this one, but don’t worry, Mike will return soon in…

“Dispatch from the Mall of America”

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike US License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released October 2026 on Spotify and The Overnightscape Underground.

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3:04:50 – 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 17: FOREMAN ITTENER PIER, read by computer voice “Azure Harper MAI-Voice-2”.

Wow, I really enjoyed listening to this one. More than any other section so far, my memories of it have faded so much since I wrote it around 30 years ago, that it was like reading something I’ve never read before. And it’s just one long section of the same story. The story of Prince Ferrajalt and Hilltop Jone Rallity and the Stormbolthouses and Lunatether and the Tock Hounds… damn, I was really on a roll back then. It’s upsetting to think that with so much potential, I just gave up on Severe Repair… it could have been something great. Who knows, maybe I can get back to it… I think I will, even if it’s just to complete a few storylines in a limited way.

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

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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3:49:11 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Trying to find my dorm room 222 in the dream, Phish in Alabama, Room 222, audio from my dream, Moog One, American Dream mall, yo look a Ferris wheel, fender bender, Kraan Live (1976), Sharpie S-Gel pens, Zope, Severe Repair, drinks, parking, evil clown, wish, firing squad, wandering around the mall, french fries for lunch, flower character, Dandy’s World Gardenview Experience, dioramas, H-Mart, Nongshim Vegan Gourmet Spicy Shin Noodles, Further Brown Roads of the Lost Universes, United Colors of Benetton, synchronicities, The Mini Car Show, Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) 20th Anniversary, Shannara, The Merchant Princes #6 – The Trade of Queens, Red Caboose closed, televangelist Jim Bakker dead at 86, Repo Man (1984), religion, muliple personas, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 3:08:25)… From Maine to Oregon by John Philip Sousa (performed by “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band) [collection], T.V. Tonite with Ron Hendren – DAILY PROMOS (Oct. 4–8, 1982) [collection], US Army Song (The Caissons Go Rolling Along) by The United States Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps [FreeMusicArchive, public domain], The Sounds of Communicore [collection], Freight Train Sound [soundbible.com, public domain], episode of ultra rare TV show News Weasels on E! Entertainment Television (1994) [collection], The Way to Kiss a Girl by Billy Murray (1903) [Archive.org, public domain], b3 [textfiles.com], Advert for Chillin’ FM [via Webm8 productions], Oral Unit by Arbo Sako [FreeMusicArchive, public domain], NBC Fantastic Journey promo 1977 [YouTube], Bluffcosm ID #2 (7/31/03) [Onsug, 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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36:07 – There’s a Hippopotamus on the Roof Eating Cake. Also brewing a caffeinated beverage, the fact we can still run and program old things (I know, right?), visual novels, ScummVM, the PalmPilot, 35 mm photo slides from Hong Kong in the 1950s, Tame Impala’s Deadbeat album, Calliope Mori from Hololive’s Deadbeats, and using Navidrome to self-host our own music streaming site. Recorded Friday 9th October 2026.

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

Released October 2026 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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2:20:11 – Dave in Kentucky is joined by Eddie Murray (at 34:38), Chad Bowers (at 1:02:19) and Frank Edward Nora (at 1:29:00) to talk about scofflaws, nutcases and sociopaths.

Next month’s topics: The Past, the Present & the Future. 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 November 10, 2026.

Show art: Night Windows (1928) by Edward Hopper (1882-1967) depicts our sneaky time traveler from the automat after she has returned to her room and is getting ready for bed, where she will listen to more of the Overnightscape Central before going to sleep.

Theme songs: “The O.C. Theme Remix” (2024, 2026) and “Goodbye Till Next Month” (2026) by Dave in Kentucky and Suno.ai (v4.5).

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3:45:48 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: How could I have missed this road, back from Texas, Gate Infinity, Savvy, Pan’s Labyrinth 2006), The Cabin in the Woods (2012), simulation theory, Phase Cop, Severe Repair, Gnosticism, Michael Graves: Buildings and Projects 1990-1994, postmodern architecture, Paradice Hotel and Casino design, Las Vegas, religion, consciousness, next day, Digger (2026) review, trailers, Lanterns, Mandela effect, Tape Land 206 – Severe Repair: The Broken Text – Audiobook Part 7 – Cuplines 15 and 16, Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche, Benny Hill, Buc-ee’s t-shirt, Wander Radio, Obliviana Wander Radio Mini Preview #1 (4/18/02), AI images, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 3:05:08)… WSNS Channel 44 – T.H.E. Movie – “You and Me” (Partial Promo, 1976) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Ol’ Charlie Falks by A_dontigny [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], On the Party Line by Billy Murray (1917) [Archive.org, public domain], Laserium – London laser show – radio ad 1979? [YouTube], Manipulating Reality (excerpt from The Rampler #315 (6/11/09)) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], A Trip to Caravanserai by Dzabownia Project [Archive.org, CC BY-SA 3.0], Wall Street (1982, Century Electronics) [MAME], FANTASIA 1979 re release in stereo London radio advert [YouTube], 70’s Ads: The San Pedro Beach Bums ABC TV Spot [YouTube], 1978 NBC Promo Quark CPO Sharkey [YouTube], Talkin’ Last Bard Blues by Gregory Schwartz [Archive.org, CC BY-SA 3.0], CBS Network – The American Girls (Promo, 1978) [FuzzyMemories.TV], WGN Channel 9 – In Search Of (Promo, 1980) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Tailor Brook Sauna by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY 4.0], Craven Menthol commercial (from Cigarette TV Ads – Canadian Brands) [Archive.org], Running by Zack and Hope [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