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Onsug Radio 932 – Incoming Shows November 2018

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19:12 – 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.

Unintelligible conversation in a car. Subway. By a road. Zipper. Walking. On a bus. Nature sounds. Walking. Cars driving by. Thunderstorm. Phone call. Power strip. Bus lane security.

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3:57:44 – Frank in The Overnightscape Studio, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Journey to the Staten Island Mall, junk in life, mattress, Can’t Take It With You, Shpongle, EDC tops, Rhode Island, weird times on Staten Island, Bonzo Dog Band, Horace Batchelor, Corridor of Losers, new Cortlandt Street station, Staten Island Ferry, arrival at the mall, Hearthstone, tater tots, Dave and Buster’s, XR, Tomy Waterfuls Ring Toss arcade game, Master A Million 2.0, incense review (Satya Superhit Nagchampa), I Ching, orgone pyramids, Spalding Gray, Toyah, Tubular Bells, magician Ricky Jay dead at 72, Mother’s New Mineral Dream, reading the story “The Alien Conspiracy” from A Life of Word and Sound by Michael Feir, Special Olympics, palindromic episode numbers, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 3:17:38)… WMAQ Channel 5 – Off the Wall (Opening & Break, 1977) [FuzzyMemories.TV], To Omar Khayyam by Clark Ashton Smith [LibriVox, public domain], Life Is a Lark at Willow Grove Park [Prelinger, public domain], Jack Tar by John Philip Sousa (performed by “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band) [collection], Sounds of the Commons (Alternate Audio) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], 1967 Commercial breaks from ”To Tell the Truth” (Break 1) [Archive.org, public domain].

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6:14 – Dave from Wisconsin talks about his tribute to Jimbo, published in the “Tribune and Georgian” newspaper.

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2:36:07 – Frank in The Overnightscape Studio, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Line Friends bag, kipple drawer, putting away the cat stuff, The Overnightscape Studio, Tree Bag Ask – The Background, incense, lava lamp, listen all night anytime, George Jones, 8-track tape (Gryphon – Red Queen to Gryphon Three), living room concerts, Tape Land 71 – God’s Ass I & II (Mid 1990s), 2XL, Cut and Shoot, TX, Buc-ee’s, village idiot dream, Of Concoctions Calico, InSight Mars Lander, failed song epic, Wacky Packages Old School 7, conspiracy theories, Sir Grapefellow and Baron Von Redberry cereal, Dave from Wisconsin – remembering Jimbo, Onsug Radio Handbook, controversial card game Artifact coming out tomorrow, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:55:49)… La descente by Demoiselle Döner [FreeMusicArchive, public domain], El Jaguar by The Surge! [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Alligator Moon Suite by Robert Hunter (live at My Father’s Place on 1978-05-27) [Archive.org], Symbols by Clark Ashton Smith [LibriVox, public domain], Nightstation – Sarsaparilla (excerpt – Pinball Corner – Truck Stop) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Powhatan’s Daughter by John Philip Sousa (performed by “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band) [collection], WLVI Channel 56 – The Benny Hill Show (Ending & Partial Break, 1979) [FuzzyMemories.TV], 1967 Commercial breaks from ”To Tell the Truth” (Break 2) [Archive.org, public domain], A Dream of Fear by George Sterling [LibriVox, public domain], Thougtless Desire by Organoid [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0].

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1:33:46 – 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.

God’s Ass was an audio project I briefly worked in in the mid 1990s – probably sometime from 1994 to 1996. The idea was to collect my old childhood recordings (from the 70s and 80s) and repackage them as a kind of weird audio experience – actually quite similar to this current Tape Land project.

On a Maxell XLII 90-minute cassette, side 1 is labeled “GOD’S ASS I”, and side 2 is labeled “GOD’S ASS II”. There may be more God’s Ass tapes – though I’m not sure. As I continue forward with the Tape Land project I’ll find them if they exist.

On the name “God’s Ass” – it was the name of a song on the sixth and last “Little Frankie Nora” album, “Ending the Era with Calm Music” from 1987 (see Tape Land 23). It was also the name of a poem from my “Abaxial Usufruct” collection from a few years later (available in the Onsug Radio Vault ZIP in Channel 202).

The tape itself contains segments from a variety of tapes – many of which I have yet to encounter in the Tape Land project…

[0:00:00] A Saturday afternoon in the Mid 1980s. The original tape had “Alvin and the Chipmunks” music, with us recording over it, but also using it as part of our parody of MTV. We read from the newspaper – comic strips, soap opera recaps, etc. – which could date this audio more precisely with more research. Then you hear a younger me talking about the Chipmunks music, and attempting to do the chipmunk voice by talking slow and paying it on fast forward.

[0:19:33] Random stuff: TI-99/4A data, Herculoids?, Odd Couple, 2XL.

[0:21:37] Montana 1980 (Part One) (previously released in Onsug)

[0:27:52] March 3, 1984. John talks about the situation. Then he reads from a Star Trek game book.

[0:34:19] DRAGONMAP. I’ve been trying to find this audio for a long time. It’s a parody of Spinal Tap, circa early 1985. Interviewing the band Arrowhead about their new album “Dragonmap”. Playing clips from The Herculoids, The Little Rascals, and a Disney record. Imitating Merv Griffin. Listening to Montana 1980 Prelude (previously released on Onsug).

[0:59:03] Nova Ravenwood. Story about pirates, Loch Ness Monster, Puff the Magic Dragon, Star Trek, Lord of the Rings, etc.

[1:09:43] Manhattan Project documentary, us talking in the background.

[1:15:00] TV – Learning Disabilities PSA, commercials (Life Savers, Neet, Bain De Soleil)

[1:16:36] Stereo Test #47

[1:17:22] Twilight Zone stories (Pickle Story, Green Light Story).

[1:23:24] June 24, 1983, Christmas Music, Interview with Chris, Hitchhiker’s Guide.

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2:15:32 – Frank in The Overnightscape Studio, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Police incidents, Magic Arena, KeyForge, Artifact, The Strand, The Sot-Weed Factor by John Barth, St. Mark’s Place, Pommes Frites, fidget toys, Toy Tokyo, Japanase toy review (Re-Ment Nostalgic Diner), The Bottle of Things, The Bottle of Yellow Things, Pageant Books, Tower Records, Love Baby by Fortran Five, Blick Art Materials, Knotel, R-Train incident, Tikobinsi, mystery ale, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:35:05)… Benson & Hedges 100s Letters [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Polymerase by The Gasman [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], At The Movies – Blade Runner, etc. (1982) [collection], Puppets Dangling by Jacco Gardner [SoundCloud, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], The Sorrow of the Winds by Clark Ashton Smith [LibriVox, public domain], Who Cops Out? [Prelinger, public domain], I Can’t Tell You Why I’m Smiling by Bullette [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 2.5], Boy and girl raver line [via Webm8 productions], The Saturday Superstar Movie – Promo [YouTube], The Free Lance by John Philip Sousa (performed by “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band) [collection], Turkey in the Straw by United States Air Force Band [Archive.org, public domain].

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3:00:55 – Frank in NJ and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: The snow Thursday, automobiles, technology, Oscar Mike Jeep, bald eagle dream, Mitsubishi, Blue Man Group, E-Walk memories, the restored Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, California smoke, cleaning my room, new Goethals Bridge, new FAO Schwarz in Rockefeller Center, Pret, Century Perception, the year 2000, driving to Brooklyn, Sears, batteries, Taco Bell Cantina, The Nude Party, Jack White, rough drive home, Married… with Children, Grim Jack, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:20:30)… 3Com “Audrey” [YouTube], New York Hippodrome by John Philip Sousa (performed by “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band) [collection], Friends (Live) by Jenni Potts [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Xmas 1973 Mike (1973) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Prairie Fire – May 19, 1994 (edit) [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], The Child Artist [Archive.org], TV continuity clips from 17th November 1969 – Take three Girls and more.. [YouTube], Song by Clark Ashton Smith [LibriVox, public domain], Tareyton Rather Fight than Switch pet shop commercial [Archive.org].

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6:12 – 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.

I vaguely recall recording this in the studios of WMNJ at Drew University, probably in 1986. It was recorded to tape, not broadcast live. It may have been a test for me doing a music-based show. As there are only a few songs, I must have quickly given up on the idea.

I edited out all but the beginning and end of each song for copyright reasons (except the W. C. Fields bit).

Songs: Theme From Rocky And Bullwinkle by Birdsongs Of The Mesozoic, William Tell Overture by Spike Jones, W. C. Fields, Genesis Ch.1 V.32 by The Alan Parsons Project.

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2:59:31 – Frank in NYC and NJ, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Phone scams, magazine subscriptions, Count Chocula, Wacky Packages Old School, winter storm, Mr. Jesse, Brooklyn, Stan Lee dead at 95, heavy metal, FAO Schwarz, Zany Brainy, Magic Arena, KeyForge, Gnostic Genesis, bus terminal madness, gave up trying to get my bus and went to see a movie (Fantastic Beasts 2: The Crimes of Grindelwald), the bus terminal weird and abandoned, commuters restless as they can’t decide which bus to make it, the ride home, Pesk, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:18:33)… Symbiosis at EPCOT Center (excerpt) [YouTube], Floatin’ Down to Cotton Town by American Quartet [FreeMusicArchive, public domain], The Beatles Interviewed By Kenny Everett – Chat #1 (BBC Radio, The Kenny Everett Show) (6/6/68) [collection], Rooms by Portrayal [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY 4.0], National Express Safety Announcement by hyderpotter [Freesound, CC BY 3.0], KTLA Channel 5 [Los Angeles, CA] – The Snipets – “Acorn Whistle” (1980) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Siskel & Ebert At the Movies 1985 – Purple Rose of Cairo [YouTube], anna’s tambourine by jackpearson [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], WCIU Channel 26 – The Warren Freiberg Show (Part 3, 1981) [FuzzyMemories.TV], The Science Fiction Film Awards (Part 10, 1978) [FuzzyMemories.TV], System 80 by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY 4.0], Durango-Silverton RR Dec 01 by BoilingSand [Freesound.org, CC BY 3.0], US Army Song (The Caissons Go Rolling Along) by The United States Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps [FreeMusicArchive, public domain], End of Day 2 Synth by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Cascades by Torben “Metal” Hansen [Ubiktune, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0].

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