The Overnightscape Underground

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7:45:33 – 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 Moodbruck, my series of notes on the Overnightscape system.”

I used to record audio notes on the various ideas I was working on, which were not meant for release. However, in retrospect, these are very interesting recordings, and I feel they fit perfectly into Tape Land. This series of recordings is about the idea for a version of a project called “Nightstation”.

Though it’s now 13 years later, Nightstation continues to be an enigma to me. It’s a project that has never been fully realized, though it always seems to have so much potential. However, many of its multitudinous versions and ideas have informed my main project, Onsug Radio.

—Frank Edward Nora, Feb. 8, 2025

Notes:

4/26/12, 6:14 PM, Thursday, Rainy late afternoon, 40th Street, NYC. Searching for ideas. Nightstation with Frank: Southbound, vision, speaking from the heart, a flow of personality information into the future, digital preservation, transcending time and space, visit another world, a new kind of medium, going on a journey, magical energy, patching in, Weasel Village Mall, Nightstation domain names, Audiodicals.

4/27/12, 6:44 PM, Friday, in Central Park, by the pond, Richard Gere, the new Nightstation idea, baby crocodile, the wind stirring the surface of the pond, The Rampler, issues of control, Rampler Commons, databases, Weasel Village Mall vision, patches, the Nightstation idea – a new kind of broadcasting.

4/30/12, 9:40 AM, popularity, an idea not owned by anyone, nightstation.com domain, Nightramp, The Great Recycle, patching in to Nightstation, “I miss the smart people”, weird sound, perception, “Trapped in the Cracks”, traffic light box, audio gifts for the future, I Ching, 7:01 PM, on Broadway by 11th Street, getting the subway at 8th Street.

5/1/12, 6:27 PM, nightstation.com, delving into the Nightstation idea, frustrated, the virtual studio, Pontiac Aztec.

5/3/12, at the bus stop, Nightstation has been heavy on my mind, the header, in the city, concept of a “show”, later, giving directions, struggling with the idea, Zagnut, Jean Shepherd.

5/8/12, in NYC, walking crosstown, the idea from last week – Nightstation as a radio station transcending time and space, mainstream DJs, protection from mockery, “no facade” radio, print on demand book, the platform, 6:04 pm, 5th Ave. and 59th St, Nightstation – The Book, randomness.

5/10/12, morning, new idea for Nightstation, patches as playlists, Nightweek, 1Q84.

5/17/12, 8:57AM, Deep in the Heart of Nightstation, sunny morning, Texas songs, yellow roses, Nightstation is suspended with no certain future, transcending time and space, The Overnightscape 876: Jugo De Paraguas (5/16/12), day world vs. night world, leaf blowers, patching in, Port Authority Bus Terminal, god smock, subway, the trouble with “anything goes”, subtle graffiti, more annoying noises, Stereolab, dividing people into groups, 3rd Ave., Nightstation idea is evolving, flaws in the system, station identity, festival booth aspect, “extreme audiobook”, Abu Dhabi, your unique situation, introduction to and rules of Nightstation.

5/18/12, 5:54 PM, “Oceana Plaza” (Madison at 54th), nightstation.com domain name auction, Nightpool, alarm, Obliviana, the trip aspect.

6/4/12, at my bus stop in New Jersey, conditions needed to release this recording, the ongoing saga of Nightstation, horrible umbrella, audio streaming, on the bus, music, agonizing over the nightstation.com domain name auction, Port Authority Bus Terminal, I won the auction!, more thoughts on Nightstation, Times Square, Nightweek.

6/8/12, 8:45 AM, a tribal subtext in radio, short features, the grand loop with exits, subversive but comfortable, station identity, premier and secondary tiers, repetition, more ideas.

6/14/12, the status of Nightstation, finally got nightstation.com, music, tonal shift, patching in, interesting locations, tonally consistent.

6/26/12, 6:01 PM, latest version of Nightstation, “what can a night of audio be”, doors, the word on the door is “Frangipani”.

6/27/12, 9:49 AM, 42nd St. at 7th Ave., beautiful morning, a breezy, cool summer morning, some thoughts on Nightstation, an imaginary radio station broadcasting in the night, presenting an audio gift to all the people of the future, getting to know you, we want your real personality to shine through, Creative Commons, non-commerciality, music, guidelines.

7/2/12, morning, bus stop, my latest idea for Nightstation, new sunglasses – Oakley Jupiter Squared, the acticity of patching in, context.

7/3/12, just left work, where I’m at, Macho Condor, Nightstation is on hold.

7/5/12, afternoon/evening, some notes on the system, difficult time with Nightstation, fuel for the meanderings of the narcissistic mind, what can a night of audio be, day world vs. night world, topics, movie?, yoga, go, complete works.

Previously:
Tape Land 100 – Moodbruck #1 (8/5/10)
Tape Land 104 – Moodbruck – Greetings (3/16/12)
Tape Land 107 – Moodbruck: Nightweek Notes (9/22/11)
Tape Land 137 – Moodbruck Ideation – The New Nightstation (Feb-Mar 2012)

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