The Overnightscape Underground

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1:53:10 – Intro, “Fight to the Death” by Bryyn ~4:18 (Jamendo.com – http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/), mood for music, creative commons, editing out commercial music, Stonebridge Ranch Christmas Tree Lighting event, alien invasion on recording, “Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24” by Trans-Siberian Orchestra (Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License), “It’s Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas” by Meredith Willson (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License), “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” by Thurl Ravenscroft (Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License), “What Christmas Means to Me” by Cee-Lo Green (Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License), mean drivers, childhood rabbit story, single at the Christmas event, onsug.com window sticker, wrong street, oral surgery, busy days and nights, 12-21-12, new era, 2012 prediction came true!, Texas liquor stores, Unicard, stitches, data entry, Christmas themed audiobooks, “Dashing Through the Snow” by Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark, “The Christmas Train” by David Baldacci, The Cat Who series by Lilian Jackson Braun, The Stephanie Plum mysteries by Janet Evanovich, The Agatha Raisin mysteries by M.C. Beaton, “What Child is this (feat. Jasmine Tea)” by vvsmusic ~2:58 (Jamendo.com), “Jingle Bells” by Maya Filipic ~3:03 (Jamendo.com), Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde, Christmas trees and cats, jewelry, Latrice Royale fame – upcoming event in San Antonio, road trip, Special Guest segment, listener feedback about onsug.com, Day Care Christmas Show event, experiences with children, headache, holiday spirit wishes, “Very Merry Christmas” by Devyn Rose ~3:38 (Jamendo.com)

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Released December 2012 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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1:24:06 – The Games of Starcade – Pop Flamer [YouTube], Tapes Of Wrath (Part 2, 1983) (excerpt) [FuzzyMemories], Carvel Ice Cream – “Tom Turkey Cake” (Commercial, 1984) [FuzzyMemories], mondo mod 2 (excerpt) [YouTube], The Ties That Bind by Jennifer Avalon [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], WFLD Channel 32 – Weather Alert (1978?) [FuzzyMemories], Iwaki station Departure melody [YouTube], Velamints Licorice Ice (Commercial, 1982) [FuzzyMemories], Rock Flowers Doll Commercial [YouTube], McCall’s Magazine Kitchen – Cake decorating demonstration [Prelinger, public domain], Woodworld by Magic bread [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Barruada Ga Ga (Instrumental) by Brecule [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Gold Wings (Gottlieb, 1986) [PinMAME], The Krofft Supershow (1976) – Ep. 11 – Part 1 of 5 (excerpt) [YouTube], Radio London In Colour [YouTube], Dolores Project archaeology, Archeaological excavation, McPhee Reservoir area (1978) (excerpt) [FedFlix, public domain], Introduction Insects by Dragon [FreeMusicArchive, BY-NC-ND 3.0], 1978 NBC Promo Quark CPO Sharkey [YouTube], WMAQ Channel 5 – Rock World (Part 1, 1980) [FuzzyMemories], WLS Channel 7 – Who’s On Call? (Opening, Break & Excerpt, 1979) [FuzzyMemories], Epcot El Rio del Tiempo World Showcase [YouTube], MUSHROOM FIELDS OF THE NORTH STAR by Xaviant Haze [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], Cigarette TV Ads – Minor Brands – Spring [Archive.org], Monument by Dieter Werner [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], WGN Channel 9 – The Science Fiction Film Awards (Opening, 1978) (excerpt) [FuzzyMemories].

License for this compilation: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Attribution: by Macho Condor – more info at onsug.com. Audio included under Creative Commons, public domain, or fair use (in the context of this non-commercial work).

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1:47:08 – Frank in NYC… 209 coat check, the 12/12/12 concert, Nirvana reunion, walk down Broadway, and much more. F1884

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3:26:17 – Frank in NYC and NJ… starting with a bizarre encounter in “Oceana Plaza”, then a visit to MoMA, then to a rainy Times Square, theories of timelines ans reality manipulation, then the next day in The Overnightscape Studio, with macaroni and cheese and how powder review, listening to the start of the show, “The Riddlers” – failed game show pilot from 1977 hosted by David Letterman, analysis of the celebrity panel on the show (Jo Anne Worley, Robert Urich, Joyce Bulifant, Michael McKean, Debralee Scott), pinball corner (Monte Carlo (1987), Mousin’ Around’ (1989), and how to become a celebrity in the 70s.

F1883

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1:43:53 – Frank in NYC on a messed-up episode. F1882

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3:29:00 – Conceived of as an entry for “Reuse Aloud” on basic.fm, The Overnightscape Grand Shuffle consists of over 1,200 random 10-second sound segments from the entire run of The Overnightscape so far.

Spanning from the first episode on March 27, 2003 to Episode 931: Granny Takes A Trip from November 28, 2012 (just a few days ago), the archive contains over 42 days worth of audio. This was split into over 350,000 10-second MP3s, which were then loaded into iTunes, and it took iTunes over 24 hours to process all the MP3s. From there, a 209-minute random smart playlist was made, and then played and recorded in real time.

The resulting work is a dizzying trip of constantly changing yet strangely consistent ideas and topics, people and places. Synchronicities and weird thematic trends surface and submerge over the course of three and a half hours. It’s a very different yet very familiar listening experience, maddening and soothing, mundane and insane all at once. Enjoy.

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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43:41 – Listen to the first part of this story: Ghost Cake Unbodied: Finding an Ally. In this episode, Megan and Rachel set out to discover more about the mysterious Mr. Smith and find their missing friends. But are they getting in over their heads? Maybe…listen to find out! For information about the show, go to theunbodied.com. Enjoy!

License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Attribution: by Geoff Sink – more info at theunbodied.com and onsug.com

Released November 2012 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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2:08:46 – Frank in NJ and NYC, talking about snow, Star Wars, Christmas light poster, the 300 gates, subway, past editing paranoia, phone crash, Skyfall, Nightstation shutdown, Pocket Overnightscape, Peep Show, NYC Pod Squad, soba noodles, Thai fail, John Peel’s last Perfumed Garden on Radio London (August 14, 1967), Purple Gang, living mannequins, grannies, aunts, and so much more. F1881

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

The Overnightscape Underground Archive (on archive.org) contains 4,491 tracks, totaling over 160 days of audio, and 192 GB of data.

Pocket Overnightscape is the same exact archive at a lower bitrate to save space, currently at 39.3 GB.

The current archive is organized by month, which means it’s been very difficult to isolate a specific show – until now! I’ve spent a lot of time sorting through the files to come up with the new version of Pocket Overnightscape, which is now fully organized.

I’ve created a new website with a built-in file browser to explore the archive, and download files. This browser also lets you listen to the tracks. Go to:

pocket.overnightscape.com

This is just a temporary interface, but it works quite well (except for a few bugs) and it allow you to see an overview of the entire archive. In the future I’d like to create something similar but with more features.

Let me know what you think!

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1:42:28 – Frank in NYC, walking down Broadway, from 14th Street to Houston Street, then shifting to West Broadway and beyond. Remembering landmarks both lost and remaining, and pondering what is and what could have been. F1880

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