The Overnightscape Underground

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51:28 — Neal adds some colour to the parable of the boy who cried wolf, wonders what it’s like to run a combine harvester, tears the so-called leaping Salmon down a peg, reinvents cut-out activities in children’s comics, highlights one job missing from every school careers day and considers cave based wardrobe design, mouth based cave design, unsatisfying tree houses, whether soup is eaten or drunk, flying fishing boats, roots and foundations, letting your AI assistant clean your brain, how tow paths helped scoults discover knots, the case for amphibious bicycles, how Star Trek ruined the traditional Two Cats Walk into a Bar story, loops on TikTok, how Roy Orbison cried wolf and more.

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1:07:22 — Neal “remembers” a twenty minute nuclear catastrophe on Ireland’s east coast, compares your cat to an anthropomophic Mars rover, invents the virtual hotel room, probably fails to change your mind about backpacks on trams, recounts his unique challenges as a teenage Queen collector and discusses library sandwich inhalation memories, Owls on Napster, understanding dog whistles. a terrifying bucket, movie “The Walk” (2015), sheet music for whistlers, virtual whistling, earworms in the animal community, how dogs get earworms, life as a non whistler, sheet music for whistlers, skiffle orchesras, briefcase kids, how train windows predict the future, partialy defending earphone non-use, logistics of using Irish government issued iodine tablets, whether Dublin’s Anna Livia radio once did a War of the Worlds style nuclear drama, skiffle bands in space, vacuum cleaners in space, Mother Nature’s human diamond turducken, a very good reason to get back to the living room, maximising your podcast listening without risking electrocution, a plagiarism prevention safeguard, Nicholas Parsons and more.

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52:50 — Neal discusses the logistiics of handling raw chicken on bathroom visits, an experiment for your next ATM visit, workplace pneumatic tube messaging etiquette, an AI veterinary assistant versus a talking dog, a carpet-based vacation concept, improving your child’s scream accuracy, getting bitten at a sleepover, vinyl records, vinyl floor-covering, a urinal advisory for Dublin’s Blackrock Shopping Centre, this podcast in the newspapers, what replaced the dodo, making messenger birds less messy, queues versus dotted lines, a dog mismeasuring speed, navigating a whale’s insides, healing a whale from within, ancient bile medicine, CD changers versus coal cellers versus car doors, a partial defence of dogs and bats, opposite Columbus mnemonics for US kids, the Nordic Noir crime dramaas craze, Bang Bang and other street characters of Dublin’s past, U2 versus Aslan, Scooby Doo reboots and more.

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56:02 — Neal discusses beaches spontaneously turning to concrete, a parent’s head replacement disclosure dilemna, a busman’s holiday in jail, the case for going nowhere slowly, alien visitor respitory concerns, home expansion slot systems, garage modules, attic rooms, defining a shed, beech house owners, parental supervision from a beach-adjacent mountain, billionairre hot air balloon bouncing, dark times on children’s TV shows, Record Breakers (BBC), Roy Castle, Roy Castle, Norris and Ross McWhirter, owning headphones in prison , memorable childhood insect death, recognising a power washer, flood cleanup sock confidence, the gap between sea and space, airship interior mysteries, orvilles, space boats and the horizon, how sand insects outwit humans in fights, selling cigarettes to a cat for editorial balance, choosing cigarettes for visiting dignitaries in 2025, a cat reveals Pope Benedict Emeritus XI’s cigarette branding fandom and more.

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3:38:33 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Direct Flights to Groovy Ghost Town, walking around the block, intermittent fasting, discarded CRT TV, watering the cement, Photo-Lettering’s One Line Manual Of Styles (1971), Papirtis Shish-Ka-Bob Heavy, Papirtis Pussycat, Benfatto Eerie Solid, printing technologies, lost media, acronyms, House Industries, Cooper Nouveau, listener email (Steve Dupont), en dashes and en dashes, typographic rules, Barryville synchronicity, time distortions and perceptions, can half cognate, Shifty (2025) by Adam Curtis, Amarok (1990) by Mike Oldfield, indulgent speculation, Phish in Pittsburgh, Acid Cigar, Clinique, shaving, gamebooks.org, Taletwisters: The Storm (1982) by Anne Schraff, BR?Z Amplify Watermlon Uplifting Lime Tonic, Ilegal Mezcal 1-4-24 Dice, root beer, Fujifilm X half Digital Camera, Postmodern Architecture: Less is a Bore (2020) by Owen Hopkins, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:57:25)… Heck (7/23/14) by Robert Hunter [Gravity’s Rainbow compilation, Archive.org], They Start the Victrola (and Go Dancing Around the Floor) by Billy Murray (1914) [Archive.org, public domain], Umberella by Brady Arnold [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], NATO Defense (Pacific Novelty, 1982) [MAME], Scary TV Logos [YouTube], Paul & Ringo Interviewed by Tony Palmer (5/23/68) [collection], Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F (perfomed by Willhoite) [Archive.org, public domain], The Exit Ramp #18 – In a Cantina (1/17/21) (excerpt) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Tell Him Now by Yop [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Magic Journeys 2D (excerpt) [YouTube], Cooling by Ignition880 [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0].

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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3:20:20 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Watering the cement, heat wave, driveway finally fixed, hose issues, Tartaria, defunct casino shirt, en dashes, Phish opening weekend in New Hampshire, spam call, lanternfly nymphs, garbage truck update, Iran, religion, Bluffcosm CDs (2000–2001), Yeowww! Catnip Pollock Fish Cat Toy, PQ update, Conover Avenue, True Goes Shopping (March 1967), mail order monkeys, HQ Trivia (2017–2020), Quibi (2020–2020), and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:39:16)… Take Us To The Nearest Starbase by Astrometrics [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC 4.0], Cube Banter 11 [collection], Starbase Gambler by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Soundbreak.com [YouTube], Paraworlds by A_dontigny [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Starblade (Namco, 1991) [MAME], I’ll Do It All Over Again by Billy Murray (1914) [Archive.org, public domain] ELKMONT VALLEY SOLAR ENERGY: Elkmont Rural Village [FedFlix, public domain], Starbase Actresses by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY 4.0], Space 1999 – Destination Moonbase Alpha opening [Archive.org], To You by Black Math [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Video & Film logos of the 1970s & 1980s Part 3 [YouTube], Chocobeat by Zipp [Archive.org, CC BY-NC 3.0], Hardcore FM [via Webm8 productions], UFO Party by MrJuan [Jamendo, CC BY 3.0].

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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59:21 – Welcome to Tape Land! On each episode, I’ll present the audio of a cassette tape or historic material from my personal archives.

Back when Bluffcosm started in March 2000, some aspects of technology were very limited. For example, the amount of storage space allotted to web hosting accounts was miniscule, to the point that MP3 files, even a few minutes long, were too large to be hosted. The now long-defunct MP3.com provided a solution – they would host, for free, a handful of MP3 files. While geared towards music, this was perfect for the surreal comedy of Bluffcosm.

One service they offered was to create audio CDs from the MP3s hosted on the site. These were able to be ordered and produced on-demand.

I created two of these CD releases for Bluffcosm – the second of which, “Dear Courtney” – is presented here.

While all of these audio tracks are already available in the archive, this is the first time they are being made available in the original CD track order. Also, in the show art are high-res photos of all parts of CD package.

Track listing:

1. Montana 1980 (Prelude) [1:51]
2. Bluffcosm Promo Insane [0:30]
3. Dear Courtney (Part 1) [7:07]
4. News From Civilization [2:03]
5. Kathy Jones [0:33]
6. Beublin 13: The Royal Mall [13:53]
7. Road to Truro [1:52]
8. Cooper [17:29]
9. Bill Jorgensen [3:58]
10. The Evil Farm (Distilled Highlights) [10:01]

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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1:00:02 – Welcome to Tape Land! On each episode, I’ll present the audio of a cassette tape or historic material from my personal archives.

Back when Bluffcosm started in March 2000, some aspects of technology were very limited. For example, the amount of storage space allotted to web hosting accounts was miniscule, to the point that MP3 files, even a few minutes long, were too large to be hosted. The now long-defunct MP3.com provided a solution – they would host, for free, a handful of MP3 files. While geared towards music, this was perfect for the surreal comedy of Bluffcosm.

One service they offered was to create audio CDs from the MP3s hosted on the site. These were able to be ordered and produced on-demand.

I created two of these CD releases for Bluffcosm – the first of which, “Audio Stupidity Punks” – is presented here.

While all of these audio tracks are already available in the archive, this is the first time they are being made available in the original CD track order. Also, in the show art are high-res photos of all parts of CD package.

Track listing:

1. Bluffcosm ID #1 [0:08]
2. Existence [0:33]
3. Beublin 8: Bonnie’s Tarantula Farm [7:37]
4. For Joey [6:05]
5. The Mini Car Show [12:26]
6. Beublin 10: Good Morning [1:57]
7. It’s a Tuck-In [2:55]
8. Pebbles [1:50]
9. The Hot Kestrel [8:09]
10. Throat Ripper Scene [18:17]

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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2:52:26 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Space shirts, Portable Night, delivery robots, storms, driving in Manhattan, have a good one, Din Tai Fung, another vegan restaurant closed, C86, Dig Dug New Frontier, post-modern architecture, The Picture of Dorian Gray on Broadway, Nox Arc, swamp green, weird heavy energy, World Trade Center, Hudson Eats, Virgin Megastore, Kinko’s remnant, Boards of Canada, Peep Show, new Port Authority arcade already closed, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:11:51)… Lullabye (Live at Aloha Fest 4) by Aloha Sluts [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], Run by Büromaschinen [Upitup Records, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Home-tune longer version [via Webm8 productions], Gatekeeper by Eidolon [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Yes! We Have No Bananas by Great White Way Orchestra with Billy Murray (1923) [Archive.org, public domain], The Jabberwocky of Authors by Harry Persons Taber (read by Secrets) [LibriVox, public domain], Playing for Keeps by Mur Lafferty – Chapter 1 [Podiobooks, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Miami Intro by Waveman [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], The Easy Winners (Scott Joplin, 1901) by Steel Drum Ragtime [Onsug, public domain], Plastic Plastic by The Home Phonema [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], CS-80V by Lemon Head [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Frank’s Promo for Inspirado Projecto [collection], lets play traveling circus by tim.kahn [Freesound, CC BY 3.0], The New Age (1994) Trailer [YouTube], Otherworld Intro and Credits [YouTube], Press Conference Voice [collection], R. J. Reynolds Sampling (excerpt) [Archive.org], Saturday the 14th Strikes Back Trailer 1988 [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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3:20:20 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: End of an action oriented video game series, a wild Saturday, Andy Kaufman Lives, mug synchronicity, Chromebook shopping, finally unlocked Mirror Mode in Mario Kart World, The Rampler, interestingness, Mexico dream, train dream, Mazenweed, saw The Kills at White Eagle Hall in Jersey City on Saturday, law enforcement, Din Tai Fung, Dorian Gray, Good Night and Good Luck live on CNN, Barrier Funk, whisky, other worlds, limitations, Dirty Harry, jumbo jets, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:39:29)… The Krofft Supershow (1976) – Ep. 11 – Part 1 of 5 (excerpt) [YouTube], Budweiser’s a Friend Of Mine by Haydn Quartet with Billy Murray (1907) [Archive.org, public domain], The Comedy Channel promo (1989) [YouTube], Ducky by Nunun [Archive,org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Voyager – Puppet Motel [YouTube], Stealing the Show by State Cows [Bandcamp, CC BY 3.0], Mego’s Slik Silver [YouTube], Condors Don’t by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY 4.0], Night Flight bumpers [YouTube], Gimme by Christine [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], CINEMAX promos (December 2nd, 1985) [YouTube], The Mexican Hovercraft by Fuzzy Daupner [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], WGN Channel 9 – The Late Movie – “Three Faces West” (Opening, 1980) [FuzzyMemories.TV].

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