1:17:19 – Onsug Saloon continues with another selection of random clips from the entire Onsug Radio archive. This one explores some of the darker, weirder, and out of context corners of the collection. Enjoy!
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
4:11:12 – Welcome, hosts and listeners of The Onsug radio universe, to come and join a freeform chat in video, which will be released in audio. The Exit Ramp continues for another amazing group show.
Host Frank from The Overnightscape is joined by Chad from Chadcast, Simon from Nevada, Jan Erik from Norway, Frank’s brother John, Eddiefrom Ireland, Jefferson from Philadelphia, Bob LeMent from Morning Commute, Doc Sleaze from his various shows, Dave in Kentucky from his various shows, and Nate in Wisconsin.
Zoom AI quick recap: The meeting began with participants sharing personal stories and discussing historical figures, including Mark Twain and Don Imus, while exploring topics like underground entertainment and media fragmentation. The conversation then delved into philosophical discussions about reality, intentions, and prayer, before transitioning to technology-related topics including video games, AI advancements, and audio technology in documentaries. The group concluded by discussing various cultural and historical topics, including changes in retirement security, workplace culture, and the evolution of underground and alternative movements, while also sharing personal experiences with gaming and music.
Zoom AI summary topics: Preserving Legacy Through Personal Stories, Exploring Media, Tech, and Philosophy, Intentions and Reality Connections, Entertainment and AI Discussions, Documentary Insights and Cultural Analysis, Technology, Travel, and Lifestyle Updates, Exploring History and Technology, Entertainment Trends and Nostalgia, Mainstreaming of Underground Entertainment, Game Development Update, Retirement Shifts and Cultural Evolution.
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 & Guests – more info at onsug.com
1:03:07 – Welcome to Tape Land! On each episode, I’ll present the audio of a cassette tape or historic material from my personal archives.
In December 2002 I was lost in the weeds of a multitude of ideas surrounding my projects Obliviana Super Occult Amusement and Bluffcosm.com. Amazingly, a few months later, I dropped most of these ideas and started my show The Overnightscape – which is still going today, 22 years later!
– Frank Edward Nora, July 21, 2025
Notes: Sunday, December 1, 2002, Nutley, NJ, in my Jeep, driving down to my storage unit in Iselin, NJ, computer monitor issues, Thanksgiving, The Strokes, wedding, Obliviana, Jalopy Radio, Bob from Static Radio, Internet audio shows, The Amazing Randi, supernatural claims, Dashic Deeds, Obliviana Super Occult Amusement, cigar, Jalopy Audio, Old Time Radio, audio games, The New Computerized Audio Entertainment, Bluffcosm, Oblviana Wander Radio, Welcome to the Weasel Village Mall, bypassing big media, Blufftoon Time, streaming options, MP3.com, Bluffcosm CDs, Live365, show ideas, 209, Stormjaunting, Forge of Wander, Glyph, Your Fonosta Device, playing cards, arrived at storage, The Famous Cameracorder, The Move, Obliviana system, Best Buy, Toys “R” Us, Pearl Paint, cigar disintegrated, on my way home now, Fonostagon, radio station, KIVO, new website, Dashic Deeds, Weird New Jersey ad, Bluffcosm, people drive funny.
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
1:18:28 – Onsug Saloon continues from last week’s experimental show Onsug Radio Shuffle Mode. It’s in the same format, with random 209 second clips from the entire Onsug Radio archive, shuffled, each introduced by a computer voice. The first clip is chosen from the shuffle, so things get off to a good start, but the rest are completely random, from a pool of over 259,000 clips. This time, the set of clips are updated to include the complete archive up to last month, June 2025. Like last time, I think it’s better not to include show titles, as the titles are spoken in the audio. But I will include a reference list which will allow you to find the shows in need be. I really like how this one turned out, just like last time, and I intend to continue with this experiment.
Onsug Saloon was originally a short-lived project that began ten years ago, in July 2015. It was a chat room where random Onsug Radio shows would be played on a live stream, 24/7. The name came to mind, and I thought it would be a great name for this new project.
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
3:13:04 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: There were these gods living in a hotel, Tenet (2020), I’ve a Need, Owl, commercials, The Secret of NIMH (1982), save scumming, eye of a needle, Severe Repair, creativity, Dealowl, I Overflow, Man, Donkey Kong Bananza, Popeye, Howard Johnson’s, Don Imus, rough commute, current events, Phish in Philly, Amish in bus terminal, my morsel, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:32:14)… Ice Town by Fuzzy Daupner [collection], Sign Of The Malls by Fuzzy Daupner [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Mark Linn-Baker and Bronson Pinchot at the Fanboy convention in Knoxville Tennessee (7/11/25) [X.com], Archipelago’s The Open Show – Week 3 [collection], Plain Runner by Antti Luode [anttismusic.blogspot.com, CC BY 3.0], Strange Music 1 by misha64u [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], Ivy Vine 1 (from The Carrie Michel Show #21 – Celebrities (11/15/12)) [Onsug, BY-NC-ND 3.0], GLUE Ep. 2 “Ponch” [YouTube], Tequila Sunrise by Oleg O. Kachanko [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], Alexander’s Ragtime Band by Billy Murray (1911) [Archive.org, public domain], The Shock of the New: The Mechanical Paradise (1980) (excerpt) [Archive.org], EDB interviewed by Zoogz Rift, 1984 [Earth Dies Burning].
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
2:33:39 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Mysterious basketball, intense vegetable maintenance, Walt Disney animatronic, Onsug Radio Shuffle Mode, pickup truck people, Disco City Antiques, Phish in South Carolina, Tweezer Reprise, car insurance, Hate The Radio, the underground, Invisible Ink Underground, manga, Edens Zero, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:52:56)… Ice (live) by The Forced Oscillations [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Chinese film (1966) (excerpt) [FedFlix, public domain], The Third Degree by Mola [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], The Evil Farm (Episode 10 “End”) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], The Host (Lampé Remix) by Alic [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], George’s Bluffcosm Promo (3/28/01) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], Everything is Peaches Down in Georgia by American Quartet with Billy Murray (1918) [Archive.org, public domain], Bluffcosm Banter #3 (7/9/00) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], 4 by Kangmey [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Virginia Slims San Diego (April 22, 1985) [Archive.org].
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
1:18:28 – Onsug Radio Shuffle Mode is an experimental continuation of previous project Onsug Radio Previews, from 2023–2024. That one had a semi-random, but curated, set of show clips, each 209 seconds long (3:29), and each introduced by a computer voice.
This new concept uses the same set of clips (the full Onsug archive up to Sep. 2023), but has a different computer voice, talking faster and just saying the show title. It’s also fully random (except for a first clip, which is chosen from random options).
I like how this one turned out, and I’m planning on doing more episodes in the near future. It’s a great way to listen to Onsug Radio, getting a cross-section of everything within the archive.
(Since the show titles and clip numbers are spoken in the audio, I won’t include them here. But the one without a title, due to a tag issue, was The Meanderer (7/21/21).)
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
3:55:22 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: See Rock City, nursery rhymes, Ruby Falls, fridge magnets, airplanes, neon coffee sign, Norfolk, place pronunciations, Daily Listening, AI, mind-boggling theories, visions of an alien city, next day, went to see Superman (2025) first thing in the morning, cinema hassles, my review from the mall parking lot, the mall, filler arcs, Pura Vida Miami, Okay Toscanini, The Flintstones, Pebbles, The History of Fairyland Caverns, nursery rhymes, Mid-Century vibes, the 3D field, The Standard Biergarten, ski shot, Phish in Columbus, Ohio, new crawlspace lock, soap operas, K-Pop, Severe Repair, Roger Miller, Doctor Who, the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful, 1980: Graham Chapman Reviews M*A*S*H, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 3:14:01)… Black & White by Elegic Landslide [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Hollywood Hot Tubs (1984) [YouTube], Foul Rift One by Frank Edward Nora [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], He’s Stupid [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Catch It by hit the center [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], Impossibles – Frankenstein Jr. – Opening Titles [YouTube], Scott Joplin’s New Rag by Scott Joplin (performed by Gerlüz) [IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], 1968 AMC AMX in Goodyear Tire Commercial Paul Frees Voice over version B [YouTube], Not Because Your Hair is Curly by Billy Murray (1906) [Archive.org, public domain], Simon Le Bon 1985 [YouTube], Third Wave by Kalumet [Archive.org, CC BY-ND 4.0], Video Newsletter (Convenience Stores) (Ideas Ideas) [Archive.org], The Old Opening by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY 4.0], Roller Boogie TV spot 1980 [YouTube], Interlude for Gigeras Babies by Achecorporation [Dogmazic, CC BY-NC-SA 2.5].
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
1:19:24 – A new show from Onsug Radio hosts Mike Boody (The Midnight Citizen) and Chad Bowers (Chadcast /TITFOS) – Birmingham Pizza Review part 2 – SLICE. They talk about all manner of things and say a few words about the pizza they are consuming at pizza restaurants around the greater Birmingham, Alabama area.
IIn this episode: TDR, a lack of spirit, that demon luck, raisins, pizza
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 Chad Bowers – more info at titfos.tumblr.com or onsug.com.
4:07:19 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: The crawlspace lock, deck, bolt cutters, The Consumer Information Catalog – Pueblo, Colorado, next day, walk around block, limo discomfort synchronicity, The Rampler, cause and effect reversed, obscure Italian crackers, H-E-B, Butt, Hearthstone’s “$158” pet dinosaur, ranch water, Sparkling Lavender Lemonade, Liquid Death – Rootbeer Wrath, heptagon spiral, DiscMaster 2, Real Men (1987), Anthony Newley, The Clash, Phish in Boulder, Colorado, bands starting with W, Phish cover songs from the 19th Century, Maple Leaf Rag, Ardnahoe, Superman, interview, brainwashing, the evil setlist thread, spider incident, city vision, Goose, red plastic spoon, future topics, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 3:26:33)… escape by The Dog Above [Jamendo, CC BY 3.0], Caution: Adolescents at Risk (1991) (excerpt) [FedFlix, public domain], Variatio 11 a 2 Clav. [The Open Goldberg Variations, played by by Kimiko Ishizaka, public domain], Seneca Glass (excerpt) [FedFlix, public domain], Tiddle-Dee Winks (At All the Men) by Billy Murray (1920) [Archive.org, public domain], WBBM Channel 2 – It’s Worth Knowing with Mary Jane Hayes (Opening, 1980) [FuzzyMemories.TV], The God of Speed by The Silence Industry [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], When the Circuit Breaks: America’s Energy Crisis (1975) (excerpt) [Prelinger], La Manchaha And The Gunfighter by Blood Reef [SurfGuitar101.com, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], Way to Go! Special (Part 6, 1980) (scouting) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Invitation Rag by Polar Lion [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], The Beatles interviewed by Kenny Everett – chat (6/6/68) [collection], Ashine by Blindmoore [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], Eye Magazine ad [Archive.org], Octopus by Mystic Morrison Visions [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0], Declaration of Independence (excerpt) read by William Edward Compton (KCAC,7/4/70) [Archive.org].
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
