The Overnightscape 1458: Onramp (1/9/18)
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2:11:47– Frank in NJ and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Old digital watch, dry air, battery crust, tinkers, gadget lust, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Dunkin’ Donuts to eliminate artificial dyes, falling ice, The Overnightscape Underground Catalog, depressing deli gutted, Mr. Bing, localvores, Dollar General, Jolt Cola, snoozing videos of fluids and trapped animals on Facebook, bus issues, Casino Mage Cataclysm, social guilt, winds of change, coping mechanisms, cop door, Ennuivia, time travel show Travelers on Netflix, oatmeal, van magazines of the 70s, Wff’n Proof, Boonie Bus, Onramp, Yellow Submarine, Times Square, the future, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:31:00)… The Business of Pleasure (excerpt) [Archive.org], NBC Pine Canyon is Burning promo 1977 [YouTube], True Colors by Fortadelis [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Salty Suite by The Woofers [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], The Race Forever by Monroeville Music Center [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY 3.0], Hawk The Slayer – Trailer [YouTube], Gimme by Christine [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], No Sounds by Ironfield [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], RE/Search magazine plug from IRS The Cutting Edge 1986 reseach V. Vale [YouTube], UFO Party by MrJuan [Jamendo, CC BY 3.0], The Jim Henson Hour – InnerTube Pilot (Restored Version) (excerpt) [YouTube], MindCocktail by The_E.K.-303 [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], escape by The Dog Above [Jamendo, CC BY 3.0].
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
The van culture is intriguing. I haven’t found much online written about its demise. I can think of the factors such as the end of the 70’s, and this having an entirely different feel than the 80’s, but that is a story of what happened, not why.
– I think enforcement of drunk driving laws and the liability of drinking in a parked van still getting you a DUI may be a factor.
– The teenage male fantasy of the van upon its realization quickly created a very negative image of the van
– Higher gas prices
– Difficulty of cleaning puke and other fluids from shag carpeting
Comment by Chad Bowers — January 11, 2018 @ 6:58 am