The Overnightscape Underground

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4:17:14 – 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 Jefferson from Philadelphia, Dave in Kentucky from his various shows, Nate in Wisconsin, Simon from Nevada, Chad from Chadcast, Peter Litkey from The Three Weasels, Jan Erik from Norway, Sam from Wisconsin (Sinister Purpose), Doc Sleaze from his various shows, and Ann from Suffern, NY.

Zoom AI generated topic summary: AI Show Notes Implementation Challenges, The Button Web App Development, Health and Audio Archive Updates, Cultural and World Event, Secret Societies in Film, Gravity’s Rainbow, Historical and Political Technology, AI and Gaming, Evolution of Gender Roles, Evolving Work and Economic Systems, Community and Cultural Dynamics, Music History and Trends Discussion, Cultural and Political Discussion, British Newspapers and Media, Technology and Content Regulation.

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 & Guests – more info at onsug.com

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3:33:55 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Shaver Hall, vegan ramen, septarian, Dragon Magazine, retail memories, Sam Flax, ThinkGeek, Tatsumi Mooks, System 7 (1991), Macintosh, desk accessories, HQ Trivia, Best Guess Live, Savvy, Gravity’s Rainbow, The Joe Schmo Show (2003), Spike TV, Discmaster, Marshall McLuhan, Barricade, Snake 97, American Flagg!, New Coke executive dead at 90, Max Headroom, AI conversations, Push The Onsug Random Radio Button, comedians, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:53:12)… Max Gunther by Antti Luode [anttismusic.blogspot.com, CC BY 3.0], Mushy love letter by tim.kahn [Freesound, CC BY 3.0], Cucumber Lotion by The Bombers [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 2.5], Existence [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Revolutionary Hamstrung Blues by Grateful Dead (Live at Cumberland County Civic Center on 1986-03-27, taped by Joe D’Amico) [Archive.org], GHIRARDELLI CHOCOLATES, FASHION, MAX HEADROOM (1986) (excerpt) [Fedflix, public domain], Biomythos by Revolution Void [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Max Headroom COKE (1986) [YouTube], Paranormal Pair O’ Pants by The Nourishment [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0], WTTW Channel 11 – Doctor Who – “The Max Headroom Pirating Incident” (1987) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Khaki by Who Ha [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Mission Hill Karai-Pantsu (spicy pants) [YouTube], Strange Music 1 by misha64u [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], Just Pants (Commercial, 1978) [FuzzyMemories.TV], cruisin by pink [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Commercial – Max Headroom Interviews Pepsi [collection], The Little Chauffeur by Billy Murray (1906) [Archive.org, public domain], Doxa Sinistra – The Other Stranger (sample sources) [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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2:43:13 – Dave in Kentucky is joined by Eddie Murray (at 22:32), Chad Bowers (at 52:14) and Frank Edward Nora (at 1:45:27). The usual suspects are all present and accounted for in body, mind, and spirit.

Next month’s topics: Scofflaws, Nutcases and Sociopaths. 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 October 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). All other clips are either fair use or public domain.

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3:37:30 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Lamppost scene, Mr. Moneybags, moth, torpor, A View From Space, Gravity’s Rainbow, 25th anniversary of 9/11, conspiracy theories, Aldous Huxley on the Ultimate Revolution (1962), The Joe Schmo Show (2003), metafiction, Gnosticism, timeline corrections, early morning missions, Kraan Live (1975), True Stories (1986), Spalding Gray, the artistic ’80s, Severe Repair: The Broken Text – Audiobook Part 4, a metaphor for metafictionality, Weird Little Highway: The Laser Printer Thing, the Riemann Hypothesis, prime numbers, holography, Phish at Dick’s, Lanterns, Onsug Random Radio Buttom search function, Existence, The Magic Village, Poughkeepsie, sundogs, monks, nesting immersion, veil of forgetfulness, dancing with ideas, Space Fidgit, shooting galleries, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:56:38)… welcome to our fairy world [Freesound, CC BY 3.0], TV Guide ‘Bicentennial’ Commercial (1975) [YouTube], I am not an atomic playboy [YouTube], Story Book Ball by Billy Murray (1918) [Archive.org, public domain], Dreamland (5/2/97) by Robert Hunter [Gravity’s Rainbow compilation, Archive.org], Advert for Innocence [via Webm8 productions], Using A Scrambler [collection], Maryland Public Television circa 1970’s Ident [YouTube], Weird Little Highway: The Laser Printer Thing (9/6/26) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], Rich Little’s Robin Hood (1982) – Special Featured on HBO in February/ March 1983 Part 1 (excerpt) [YouTube], The White Plume by John Philip Sousa (performed by “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band) [collection], The Games of Starcade – Dragons Lair [YouTube], Nite-Owl [FuzzyMemories.TV], Future Cop/Three’s Company promo [Archive.org], Monroeville Mall 1970s TV spot [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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31:03 – Thinking aloud about thinking, projects, and projects to manage thinking that end up doing the opposite. At least, I think? Also times in which it’s dangerous to eat peanut butter, and the best life advice I’ve ever received.

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

Released September 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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2:20:15 – 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 7: HONEYSUCKLE ROVER and CUPLINE 8: IRREGULAR SHIRT, read by computer voice “Azure Harper MAI-Voice-2”.

I wrote Severe Repair something like 20 to 35 years ago (it being 2026 now). Listening to the computer voice read it is a real trip. I’m struck by both how awesome and how truly awful different parts of it are. In this part especially, I really dug some parts, but other parts were very difficult to listen to. Well, it isn’t called a “failed science fiction novel” for nothing. It really is a spectacular failure, which it could never be if it wasn’t full of so much potential, ultimately wasted.

Note that this part contains some adult subject matter.

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

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58:45 – Psycho on the big screen. RFS 302. Recorded 9/5/26.

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Released September 2026 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and clever individuals who say stuff and record it and let other people hear it.

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1:29:03 – In this episode:

• visiting the Long Island Retro Gaming Expo, in Garden City, NY,
• review of Masters of the Universe (2026),
• Lou Scheimer’s pseudonyms,
• rewatching The Real Ghostbusters,
• the time Michael Caine saved Lance Guest from sharks,
• Stan Lee back from the dead as AI,
• what does AI think of the Paunch Show?,
• some Chiller Theatre news,
• Paul McCartney goofs on Bob Dylan,
• Walter Day of the Twin Galaxies Scoreboard,
• David Crane, Garry Kitchen, Dan Kitchen, and John Van Ryzin from Activision/Audacity Games,
• Jay North,
• Throaty Mumbo, a comedic homebrew video game show,
• 8-bit homebrew game advancements,
• Frank Stallone will be appearing at the Paisan Con,
• Ed Begley, Jr. once met John Lennon,
• celebrity deaths of Sam Neill, Robert Carradine, Donald Gibb, Katherine O’Hara, Robert Duvall,
• and a review of Flow (2024).

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Attribution: by Greg and Rob – more info at paunchstevenson.com

Onsug Radio Update – August 2026 Added

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4:17:57 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Cartoon lion family mystery, novelty theory, I Ching, AI hallucinations, Snooper And Blabber, Timewave Zero, daily life across the decades, what pleases the observer, HUMANITY.TXT, The Million Dollar Homepage, Saturday Evening Post to end print edition, reading old issues of The Saturday Evening Post, Minus One-Twelfth, The Mandelbrot Set, human origins, the cosmic information cop-out, Radio Free Shambles returns, In-Between Whatever, Push The Onsug Random Radio Button, Judy Tenuta, Aldi by Port Authority, Southern Grove Pepitas, Swervedriver, House of Spells, bus issues , The Joe Schmo Show (2003), Living the Dream (2004), Fraternity Vacation (1985) trailer, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 3:37:16)… THE CASSANDRA CROSSING 1977 London radio advert [YouTube], Advertise on Chillin’ FM [via Webm8 productions], Garden Tree by Robinson, Freitag And The Lonely Trumpet [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], c1 [textfiles.com], Oldskool video jingle by jobro [Freesound, CC BY-NC 3.0], A Wine of Wizardry by George Sterling (read by computer voice Harper) [1907, public domain], User Friendly (future mix) by Lee Rosevere [Archive.org, CC BY-NC 3.0], FORCE 10 FROM NAVARONE 1978 London radio advert [YouTube], Altered States 1981 radio advert UK [YouTube], WFLD Channel 32 – Super Cartoon Sunrise (Opening, 1984) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Dumb Funk by Dumb Dan [Bevlar User, Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 2.5], Going Off by Little Frankie Nora [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Video Poker by Arbodos [collection], PHILIP MORRIS STAR CIGARETTES I CHRISTOPHER ROBIN COLLINS [Archive.org], Marble Madness II – Silly Race, King of the Mountain Race, High Score Entry (End of Game), King of the Mountain Race [Alternate] [VGMRips], Steven Spielberg’s ‘1941’ – radio advert for 1980 UK movie release [YouTube], Wouldn’t You Like to Have Me for a Sweetheart by Ada Jones & Billy Murray (1908) [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