The Overnightscape Underground

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2:37:01– Frank in NJ and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: VHS or Beta, Irma, AI, news panic, pursuit of weirdness in the 20th Century, jazz, Larry Coryell – Offering (1972), Emily Remler, Jaco Pastorius, Montreal, The French language, Club 78, Creative Commons, burrito hassle, Dr. Smood, Twin Peaks theories, hypopompic headline, Philip K. Dick, Sonic Mania, “Bob Ross” quarter, Canadian coins, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:56:36)… Going Places (excerpt) [Archive.org, public domain], The What by Dublin Duck Dispensary [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], anna’s tambourine by jackpearson [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Letras Rojas by Perro Ciego [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Start It Off by Hot Fiction [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Smoothie mod by Don Paterson (DatE) [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 2.5], So Does an Automobile (excerpt) [Archive.org, public domain], Beatles Press Conference (5/14/68, Americana Hotel, New York) [collection], Psychedelic Sensation by PROJECT Exploration [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], I’m Here to Help by Will Kouf [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], WMAQ Channel 5 – Sorting It Out – “Buffalo Farm” (Excerpt, 1975?) [FuzzyMemories.TV].

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5:46:09– Join Frank and his wife Denice as they explore the city of Montreal, Canada. Topics include: Arrival at the hotel, vegan restaurants, brutalist architecture, subway, Biodome, Montreal Tower, Biosphere, casino, lost in the tunnels and malls, exploring the underground city, mint skulls and herb scissors, modern art museum, Twin Peaks finale, Mount Royal, Mile-End neighborhood, Old Port, Ferris wheel, Old Montreal, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 5:05:48)… Neon Skies by Lee Rosevere [Archive.org, CC BY-NC 3.0], Memory by Spinefish [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], No Werewolf by Allah-Las [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], WSNS Channel 44 – Adventures Of Superman – “No Holds Barred” (Commercial Break, 1977) [FuzzyMemories.TV], WMAQ Channel 5 – Weekend (Opening, 1979) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Wild Wild Planet (1965) Trailer [YouTube], What Love Can Do Without by Bullette [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 2.5], Bronson Pinchot AMLA Interview 11-3-89 – pt. 2 of 2 [YouTube], Becky Vanilla by Eric Matchett [Archive.org, public domain], Sunbeam Busters by Bound of Reflection [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Burger Chef – “The Mariner” (Commercial, 1977) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Dusty Tennis Sports Set by Kenner (Commercial, 1975) [FuzzyMemories.TV].

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1:31:31 – Frank in NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Trash vandal, new Toys “R” Us, retail memories, Sonic Mania, Twin Peaks, Phish, my 10th anniversary on Facebook, Street Fighter, ultra obscure font Swath, Oval, Ovaltine, Ovaltune, Montreal, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 50:12)… NYC Area TV Ads From The 80’s [collection], Food Doesn’t Fly – Lunchroom Manners [A/V Geeks, public domain], WFLD Channel 32 – Chicago Blitz Vs. Tampa Bay Bandits (Promo, 1983) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Motor Map International (Commercial, 1975) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Trouba by Steve Gunn [FreeMusicArchive, BY-NC-SA 3.0], Party Camp — Movie Trailer (1987) [YouTube], Metropolis Street Racer | 100.4 THE UNDERGROUND (excerpt) [YouTube], Tell Me What I Want by Isolated Atoms [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY 2.0], LORILLARD PROGRAM TAPE 2 (excerpt2) [Archive.org], Since 1984 by Atomik Circus [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], Invisible Walls by Revolution Void [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0].

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2:46:11 – Frank in NJ and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: The neon signs in cyberpunk street scenes, Phish, boxing, gambling, optimism and delusion, tulpas, Hurricane Harvey, crushed dreams and what could have been, The Dark Tower, Barnes & Noble, Utah, Nirvana – Nevermind, Transparent Days – West Coast Nuggets, daydreams degenerated, Sonic Mania, Zaccaria Pinball, Twin Peaks, Game of Thrones, Dark Matter, Rick and Morty, What Happened to Monday, Hammer of Yesterday, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:05:32)… Hola Hola Bossa Nova by Juanitos [Jamendo, CC BY 3.0], WGN Channel 9 – Saturday Matinee – “Abbott & Costello Meet the Mummy” (Opening, 1982) (excerpt) [FuzzyMemories.TV], CINEMAX promos (December 2nd, 1985) [YouTube], CNBC from Podcast Expo 2005 [YouTube], Konstrukteur by Blame [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Nanakorobi Yaoki by Kumaneko [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], Bluffcosm Banter #3 (7/9/00) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], A Fistful Of Time by Atomik Circus [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], flex by Pobedia [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Apollo 11 Launch [collection], Acaba by FUNCTION X2DS [Archive.org, CC BY-ND 3.0], Morris Is Different by Multisex [collection], NBC Network – “Red Hot Dragons & Real People” (Promos, 1980) [fuzzymemories.tv], Track 07 by Flexor [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Screen Test (1985) [YouTube], Focus on Expo – one inch master – Aug. ’86 (August 1986) (excerpt) [Archive.org, CC BY 3.0].

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41:20 – 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.

A mysterious tape in my collection, this one has a variety of stuff on, recorded in the 80s. There are some long stretches where you can hear vague sounds in the distance. Also, some interesting bits taped off radio and TV.

Notes: cat meowing, vague sounds, Crazy Eddie commercial, kids talking, The Chocolate War, vague sounds, whistling, vague sounds, “hey Frank I fixed the videotape recorder”, WPST radio, vague sounds, more radio, TV, The Brady Bunch, vague sounds. Some music edited out.

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1:31:02 – 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.

I used to do “audio mining” in NYC, recording the ambient sounds of commuting, hoping to catch some interesting stuff. That’s how this tape begins. Then I go on a random drive, and talk about my creative projects…

(Monday 8/13/01) Beggar on train, riding on the bus, subway, street, (Friday 8/17/01) Frank in Jeep talking about things, (Sunday 8/26/01) Wayne Hills Mall, Dragon Magazine Archive, Waldenbooks, driving, end of the quest, Trader Joe’s, Obliviana, Bluffcosm, Ringwood Manor, New York State, Sterling Forest, audio ideas, passing by the Renaissance Faire, Greenwood Lake, getting gas, Mike Nesmith, abandoned comic shop, Route 23, Kinnelon Mall, Kakeout Connection, Veggie Heaven, more audio ideas, (another day), subway, (Tuesday 8/28/01) answering machine, (Wednesday 8/29/01) NYC, dream, beggar on train, singer, subway, (Tuesday 9/4/01) bus stop, 209.

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55:14 – Rob returns!

In this episode:

• Live from the Lenwich!,
• Karate Kid returns with Ralph Macchio and William Zabka,
• dumb 1980’s school fundraisers and the trash you got as prizes,
• Ticket Center at the Willowbrook Mall in the 1990s,
• Will Rob finally meet Willie Aames?,
• Stan Lee critiquing Rob Liefeld and Todd McFarlane (YouTube Video),
• Scott & Todd WPLJ morning zoo show with Scott Shannon and Todd Pettingil,
• voice roles of Neil Ross and Jack Angel,
• ridiculous Game Boy accessories,
• Monster Mania recap with Lanza,
• and meeting Jonathan Ke Quan and Ethan Embry!

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

Released June 2017 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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2:41:04 – Frank in NJ and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: 66th Street dream, Dirt Devil, artist colony, current events, far-out theories, Underdog Lady, soup, Dice, Defenders, Campers Stock Up at the Garner State Park Grocery Store, 07/1972, Post Toasties, time travel, The Rockford Files, Bob Seger, No Quarter, Dolcetto Petites – Cookies & Cream Wafer Bites, Melt, the fireplace dream, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:00:41)… Premonitions: The Fantasy by Bobb Trimble [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Party Zone Pinball Promo Video [YouTube], Future Shock (1972) (excerpt) [YouTube], You Foxy Lady by Happy Elf [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC 3.0], Ja Se Jatkuu Viel by Electric Sheep Blowjob [Jamendo, CC BY 3.0], This Noise by Innvivo Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Little Friend by Sungod Abscondo [Jamendo, CC BY 3.0].

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2:23:48 – Frank in NJ and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Ready for the eclipse this afternoon, the eclipse watching scene in Bryant Park, post-eclipse burrito, Jerry Lewis dead at 91, water filter fail, Holy Grail, Disappearer, Ozark, Tape Land, supermarket coffee machine, Rick and Morty, Game of Thrones, Twin Peaks, Bugle Boy Jeans, Kitchen Kabaret, Zoo, and much more.. plus the Other Side (at 1:43:04)… Heart of Medieval by Butterfly Tea [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Weird October Dreamer [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], House Report by NICOCO [Dogmazic, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Agnew Resigns [collection], Exploding Toads by MyVirtualBand Members [MyVirtualBand (defunct), CC BY 2.0], And I Love You by Guitari [collection], The Games of Starcade – Astron Belt [YouTube], Mary 1978 Excerpt [YouTube], African by Vladimir Sterzer [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], Main Street- Audio Tour for the Blind [collection], Orange Room by The Prefab Messiahs [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Ukelele Lady by Polar Lion [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], The Wave Beyond by Dash McIvor [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Destroy All Monsters American International Pictures – opening and end credits [YouTube], JFK – “We Face A Challenge In Berlin” [collection].

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1:34:46 – 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.

1/31/90, airplane ride to West Germany, ghost grid, morning dew, giant train from Montana, grandmother rescue, quantum theories of the tape, need a job, talking to myself in the future, horrible white pizza, Tubular Bells, Pepsi, supermarket coffee machine, audio ideas, Ginger the cat, Lewis Carroll maze, reading dreams on the computer, printer, singing made-up song, speaking in tongues, talking some crazy stuff, 2/1/90, Total Chaos – Typewriter Oil, Taffy the cat, 2/2/90, magic orange bottle, smokestack engineers, continental bang, gifted children, meteor cube, The Beatles, weird rainbow explosions in the sky, radiation, great poem,  the voice, sampling keyboard songs, Donohue, 2/3/90, TV, supermarket teleportation, travel, grassy cliff, in a rock band, walking around, David Letterman, girl who turned into air.

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