The Overnightscape Underground

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3:23:19 – Frank in NJ and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Hotel coffee, weekend trip to Cooperstown, NY, bus driver lost, Jack White outdoor concert at Brewery Ommegang, long lines, mud, hostility, Manhattanhenge, cloves, driving around New York State, weird signs, chairs, depressing malls, Nexus, Cutting Crew, dueling elevator, movie review (Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)), Roseanne, Fenimore Museum, Expulsion from Eden, The Farmers Museum, Cardiff Giant, Empire State Carousel, basket weaving, roadkill, Baseball Hall of Fame, Woodstock, newspaper boxes, Ben Bolt Index, Starbucks, Las Vegas, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:42:47)… Tell Him Now by Yop [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Drunken Sailor by Roger McGuinn [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Dark Horse by Bella Ruse [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Dos Lagos by Nctrnm [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY 4.0], WFLD Channel 32 – The Three Stooges – “Uncivil Warriors” (Commercial Break #3, 1978) [FuzzyMemories.TV], WGN Channel 9 – When Movies Were Movies – “Union Pacific” (Commercial Break #1, 1979) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Sweet Caress by Kookooo Kitchen [EardrumsPop, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], MuchMusic Environment with VJ Steve Anthony (1991) [YouTube], Saxonia Surf by Chartophylacium [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], CBC ad break 1981 part 2 [YouTube], CBS Network – The American Girls (Promo, 1978) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Treasure by Rodd Keith [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Genesis – Apollo Eight – 24 Dec 1968 [Archive.org, public domain].

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

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2:21:12 – Frank in NJ and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: The functioning copy of the world inside your head, the pleasurable initial phase of a creative project, Winston Churchill, dreams, bumblebees, Zagtock Baffled, Thievery Corporation, David Byrne, dental insurance, flea rangers, Diner City Nights, ATM vestibules, 1970s America, temporary dental information cards, tap dancing, sea lions, Arsenal Museum, Cardiff Giant, Boruto, video fun, hard drives and archives, Tears For Fears, amphibious assault vehicle, Howard Dean, cruise control, timelines, reality weirdness, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:40:45)… Beublin Extras 2 – Introduction to “The Flint Orwell Program” [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], WBBM Channel 2 – Noonbreak – “Weather with Harry Volkman” (Segment & Break, 1978) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Cow Song by Piper Zimmerman + Friends [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Algo ouvín tra-las vides by A Magnifique Bande dos Homes sen Medo [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Psychedelic Generation by Kazuki [Ektoplazm, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], WMAQ Channel 5 – NewsCenter5 At 10pm (Promo, 1977) [FuzzyMemories.TV], It Began In Africa by Bod [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], Kentucky Fried Chicken Training – Using the STAR System [collection], Little Okie [YouTube].

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

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2:48:52 – Frank in NJ and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Imagine a basketball, squirrels, Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Rick Wakeman, prog rock, Cosmic Coolatta, Shake ‘n Bake, Starbucks, Internet cafes, human birdhouses, Kola Superdeep Borehole, Real People, The Real Comedy of Skip Stephenson, The Flat Earth Society, deep mysteries of the universe, Hearthstone nerfs, competing viewpoints and subtle tricks, General Foods International Coffees, pine-flavored coffee, ammonia Coke, mystery lyrics at the end of My Own Way by Duran Duran, 45 between 6th and Broadway, 3,000 year old Chinese poetry (Decade Of Lu Ming), 7-up, Rampo Patcho, Photomania, Pacha Mama, Peggy-O, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:05:51)… Going Blind by The Sway [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], WLS Channel 7 – Who’s On Call? (Opening, Break & Excerpt, 1979) [FuzzyMemories], CP Air 1983 [YouTube], Redolence of Love by Sudharshan Varadarajan [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], CBC Promos 1978 [YouTube], Wild Palms Trailer 1993 [YouTube], Winter Error by LukHash [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], TRIBAL DEEP by SEVERYN [SoundCloud, CC BY 3.0], Funk For Ghang by Tevellus [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Flowers Of Rio Branco By Brett Van Donsel [Soundcloud, CC BY 3.0], I Don’t Know Where I’m Going by MyVirtualBand Members [MyVirtualBand (defunct), CC BY 2.0], Erica Ehm in Much Music Environment [YouTube], NY-TV SATURDAY COMMERCIAL BLOCK 1973 [YouTube], SHOWTIME promos 1985 [YouTube].

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

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45:33 – Welcome to Tape Land! On each episode, I will be presenting the audio of a cassette tape from my collection. It’s a way to help motivate me to digitize more of my archives.

Fuzzy Daupner (Carrie Engdahl–vocals & guitar, Rob DiCaterino–drums, Phil Mould–bass) live at Loop Lounge in Passiac, New Jersey, on Friday, May 18, 2001. For this show, they were joined by guest guitarist Sam Romero from the band Stanleybirch.

Setlist: soundcheck (Only Saw Trucks, The Us Hounds), Pent Breeze, Possible Calhoun, Deluge of Primacy, Sliding Gardens, Crazy Plonto, Pregnant Skateboard, Video Niflheim, The Filmography of Ann B. Davis.

License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Attribution: by Fuzzy Daupner – more info at TheOvernightscape.com

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3:02:06 – Frank in NJ and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Weird situations in dream Upstate New York, Macau casinos, Luxor in Vegas in ’95, severe unexplained bus delays, customer service, strange guy on bus, Sleeping Beauty, Singapore Post, Video Loaf, Brooklyn Ramen, Moog Grandmother, Granny Takes a Trip, street fair, crystals, Grand Central, awkward water fountain, Japanese beverage review (Suntory Green Dakara), Japanese snack review (Tohato Caramel Corn Puff – Macha Milk), Vanilly Crunch, weird yellow guns, Onsug Guide, future explorers of The Onsug audio universe, utopian dreams, Ozric Tentacles album Waterfall Cities (1999), Orbital, Times Square Design Lab, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:20:48)… A Rural Community: Holtville, Alabama (1945) [FedFlix, public domain], Aspects of Game Captaincy by P.G. Wodehouse [LibriVox, public domain], Freescape by Büromaschinen [Upitup Records, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Das Madchen by Single Bullet Theory [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0] ,Tomorrows World 17th Feb 1993 [YouTube], Precious Time by Farmertan [Jamendo, CC BY 4.0], Drunken Sailor by Jennifer Avalon [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Digya by Kevin MacLeod [incompetech.com, CC BY 3.0], WFLD Channel 32 – Neil Sedaka Special (Promo, 1978) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Witches A Through Z by Cagey House [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0], Dialing Web TV [collection], Pathfinder: Brand Portfolio Mapping in the new BAT (2001) [Archive.org], Manor Care Nursing Center – “See What a Nursing Center Can Be” (Commercial, 1978) [FuzzyMemories.TV].

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

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3:27:01 – Frank in NJ and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Toys of the junkyard, capsule machines, Shenmue, Flea dream, comedy patios dream, cribbage, Las Vegas, BB King Blues Club and Grill shut down, cigarillos, debauchery, morphogenic field theory, corvids, the basement, feral cats, orgone pyramid, rhino art, paperweight company, God and disconnection, Music Under New York, TV Series Tarot, I Ching, fulfillment centers, nuclear war, seating areas, orientations, snack review (Lavva Original Whole Food, Plant-Based Yogurt), beverage review (Llanllyr Source Fiery Ginger Beer), The Rolling Stones, Roxy Music, Westworld, The Americans, tritium keychains, tobbaconists, economic theories, umbrellas, NJ highways, Motor in the Disk of May, Morgul the Friendly Drelb on Laugh-In, Doritos Blaze, Times Square in the rain, universal basic income, Blaze On, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:44:04)… Bubble Bath Aftermath by virt [Ubiktune, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], C Channel – Music intro (1983) [YouTube], U.S.D.A. – Woodsy Owl – “Who Will?” (PSA, 1983) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Wizards (1977) trailer [YouTube], Profile in Anger Trailer 1984 [YouTube], Chinese film (1966) (excerpt) [FedFlix, public domain], The Corvair in Action (1960) [Prelinger], Motorcycle Boy by Slave [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Square Pickin’ by SLiVeR [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Disappearing Act by Bullette [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 2.5], 80’s Commercials Ontario Vol 181 – CITY-TV Channel 79 [YouTube], MainSquare by Jahzzar [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-SA 4.0].

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

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30:52 – Welcome to Tape Land! On each episode, I will be presenting the audio of a cassette tape from my collection. It’s a way to help motivate me to digitize more of my archives.

In 1987, at age 19, I set up a rudimentary recording studio in my parents’ basement. I created six albums of music as “Little Frankie Nora”: Die!, The Good War (Tape Land 57), Demolition Curve (Tape Land 52), Original Tin (Tape Land 51), How Do You Feel About the Job? (Tape Land 44), and Ending the Era with Calm Music (Tape Land 23). I compiled the best of these to create two official cassette releases: Welcome to the Weasel Village Mall and Bicentennial Cane, which had very limited distribution. These two, along with the Shatter Cider EP, have been released on the Onsug Archive. However, the individual “albums” have never been released before now.

This is the first album, “Die!”. On the tape case label it says “Produced Dec. 31, 1986 to Jan. 1, 1987” – so it was actually started in 1986. The main instruments I used were a Casio SK-1 sampling keyboard and a small black-and-white TV set. The first track was clearly influenced by Laurie Anderson, who I was a fan of at the time.

Track list: Left or Right (:58), Gilligan’s Nightmare (:52), Radio and Television (1:51), What (:46), Bag of Garbage (:45), At Night (2:40), Baby Rats (:39), Hoobert Heever (1:26), Platinum (:44), Thunder Lizard (1:00), Die! (1:50), New Year (1:20), Chapter Ten (:32), Floating Man (1:15), Kill the Small One (Part I) (:29), Box (:16), Doctor Sand (1:17), Charlie (:37), Napalm Baby (1:37), Bad Street Theme (Part I) (:18), Speedy Delivery (3:25), Old Lang Zyne (:40), It’s a Cruel World (:44), Lines (2:17), Mary Ann (:01).

License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Attribution: by Frank Nora – more info at TheOvernightscape.com

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31:50 – Welcome to Tape Land! On each episode, I will be presenting the audio of a cassette tape from my collection. It’s a way to help motivate me to digitize more of my archives.

In 1987, at age 19, I set up a rudimentary recording studio in my parents’ basement. I created six albums of music as “Little Frankie Nora”: Die!, The Good War, Demolition Curve (Tape Land 52), Original Tin (Tape Land 51), How Do You Feel About the Job? (Tape Land 44), and Ending the Era with Calm Music (Tape Land 23). I compiled the best of these to create two official cassette releases: Welcome to the Weasel Village Mall and Bicentennial Cane, which had very limited distribution. These two, along with the Shatter Cider EP, have been released on the Onsug Archive. However, the individual “albums” have never been released before now.

This is the second album, “The Good War”, recorded in early 1987 (January, most likely). The main instruments I used were a Casio SK-1 sampling keyboard and a small black-and-white TV set.

Track list: Too Much (:50), Flash (:47), Infinity (:25), Some Other Time (1:47), Days (1:18), Kill the Small One (Part II) (1:19), Doodoohoe (:40), Hack (:25), Retard (:39), Bad Sreet Theme (Part II) (:22), The Report (:21), Storm Season (1:16), The Good War (:38), Dance to the Hills (1:05), Done For (:23), Three (:17), You Are (:40), Moral Obligation (1:04), That Thing (:24), Murder in Martinsville (:29), Miracle (:31), Well, We Got ‘Em! (:57), Synchola (1:33), Food Grouper (2:16), Barbarians (4:22), My Motor Sang (2:20), Mom’s Pet Slug (1:09), Relax (:34), Monsters (:50).

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50:17– Join Eddie on The Wool Gathering.

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Released May 2018 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts.

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4:10:06 – Frank in NJ and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Stabbed in the neck with toothpicks, Gorilla Tape, windshield wipers on headlights, calling people “Mac”, long wait for the bus, tiny crystal ball, Elmhurst Milked Walnuts, weirdos at the bus stop, Reba, Phish, Grateful Dead, dismantling your toys, ancient grains, ice cream social, flat wooden spoons, was paper, Jukewand, dog barking, a commuter flipped out, long ride in, coffee mirage, adventure plan, grandparents’ basement, model train sets, stepping inside a picture, rampling genre, magic buses, Explore Islands Philippines, trumps of Amber, heading out on the adventure, mid-century modern, Ministry of Tomorrow, subway, World Trade Center, Little New York mystery, petrichor, Winter Garden, 5 Years Ago, ginger shot ritual, Kor Shots – Black Magic, ferry to Jersey City, Light Rail, Hoboken, teenage 70s-80s heavy metal / fantasy aesthetic, Kor Shots – Vitality, Darkscorch Canticles, Gloomhaven, Dungeon Degenerates, Tarot Goblinko, weird road, time travel and UFOs, future snacks, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 3:26:18)… Mindscape – An Audio Adventure From Data Age! (excerpt) [collection], Anti-Popstar by The Feelds [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], VIDEO FEVER – Games People Play from ABC news LA about arcade video games recorded in 1982 [YouTube], Mattel Electronics Intellivision PlayCable Adapter commercial [YouTube], A Million Miles to Go by Unicorn Star-Gazer [Archive.org], Street Musicians by J. Koho [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], WDW Monorail Spiel 16 by Jack Wagner [collection], Inimaginable by Invid Mind [Ektoplazm, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0], Kentucky Fried Chicken Training – Dear Gabby Advice Column [collection].

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