The Overnightscape Underground

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7:52:01 – Frank and Denice in Italy and Austria, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Vegan breakfast buffet, Merano 2000, cable cars up the mountain, big perception, Null Zero, Whisky Bruichladdig, Boba Fett, Smash Mouth singer dead at 56, Alps, next morning, motionless clouds on the mountaintops, Herbie Hancock, other worlds, Trautmannsdorf Castle Botanical Gardens, Touriseum, Empress Sissi, on the veranda later, David Letterman dream, MSG dream, Euro coins, forest bathing, highway rest stop Q8, shopping mall Twenty in Bolzano, Brenner Pass Rest Stop, arrived at our hotel in Innsbruck, having beer in Innsbruck, vegan burger and fries from Swing Kitchen, next morning on the balcony, the murmur of the crowd, morning walk around Innsbruck, at the airport for the ride home, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 7:10:52)… Too much vine, whiskey and coke by Johannes Hopfner [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Ottawa Ontario 1980 [YouTube], 6AM by Cobra Neon Defender [Archive.org, CC BY 4.0], Cube Banter 2 [collection], Escape by Büromaschinen [Upitup Records, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], 1984 Beatrice Commercial [YouTube], Blooming madness by Mr.Smiff [Archive.org, CC BY-ND 4.0], Wiley (excerpt) [collection], You Will Return by Allister Thompson [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Ingrid Schumacher, CHUM-FM Toronto (11/29/80) (excerpt) [Airchexx], Short and Sweet by Richard St. Clair [IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Chez Bob’s Get Back at School 83 by Another Flask of Weird [Archive.org, CC BY-ND 3.0], Peninsula Alive by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY 4.0], The Arcade Ambience Project: 1983, by Andy Hofle (excerpt) [textfiles.com].

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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2:58:27 – Frank and Denice in Italy, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Leaving Venice, one more Vaporetto mixup, farewell to the old earbuds, hello new earbuds, train to Venice Mestre, car rental, arrival in Longarone, meeting my relative Sara, Vajont Dam disaster, exploring the church, going over to Dogna (the town my grandfather is from), meeting friends and relatives, dinner, looking back on the day, next morning, The Great Dolomites Road, Bob Barker dead at 99, Jimmy Buffett dead at 76, what pleases the observer, arrived at La Vimea (the vegan hotel) and we are in room 209, vegan dinner, thoughts on the veranda, Harvest for the World, 1957 Chrysler Crown Imperial, gazing at the sea of stars, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:17:17)… Tosche Station [YouTube], You Are A Monster by Monroeville Music Center [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY 3.0], H.O.T.S. (1979) (Trailer) [YouTube], Mother Goose by John Philip Sousa (performed by “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band) [collection], Pineapple [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], anna’s tambourine by jackpearson [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Paul McCartney Interview (excerpt) [collection], Surfin Guru: SG101 Remix by SyndicateOfSurf [SurfGuitar101.com, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], Solar energy, the great adventure (1978) (excerpt 3) [Archive.org], Telemann – 18 Canons Mélodieux (part 1, perfomed by Michel Rondeau) [IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library, CC BY-NC 4.0], Walt Disney World Delta Promo Video 1993 (excerpt) [YouTube], Pistachio Ice Cream Ragtime by The Piano Lady [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Summer School (1987) (Trailer) [YouTube], Grass Girl by The Zombie Drivers [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Theda Bara Speaking 1936 [YouTube], Tarpeian Rock by Protomartyr [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Genesis – Apollo Eight – 24 Dec 1968 [Archive.org, public domain], 2018-05-19 by Zalyx [Freesound, CC0 1.0], HBO Sign-Off (1979) (excerpt) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Variatio 19 a 1 Clav. [The Open Goldberg Variations, played by by Kimiko Ishizaka, public domain], Cube Banter 9 [collection].

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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4:05:03 – Frank and Denice in Italy, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Morning in Dorsoduro (Venice, Italy), prach Bellini’s at Harry’s Bar, lucid dreaming, San Marco Square, St. Mark’s Bell Tower, St. Mark’s Basilica, Pala d’Oro, lunch on the Square, The Doge’s Palace (by Mike Oldfield), vegan gelato, Rialto Bridge, stop for a beer, liminal residential area at night, La Tecia Vegana (vegan restaurant), table lamps, up early to go see a movie at the Venice Film Festival (The Penitent – A Rational Man (2023)), Lido, Boz Skaggs, Murano, Burano, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, the boat back, vegan risotto, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:23:05)… Sabrina by Büromaschinen [Upitup Records, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Spiro Agnew – “Pampered Prodigies & Professional Pessimists” [collection], The Breakup Song by The Life of Brine [SurfGuitar101.com, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], Cube Banter 7 [collection], Eagle Mall Suite by Robert Hunter (Live at Boston University (9/24/80)) [Archive.org], ABC Fall promos 1976 [YouTube], Greasing Wheezer by Smersh [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Cosmos: War of the Planets (excerpt 3) [Archive.org, public domain], Caution2 by The Other [One on Twoism].

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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3:36:53 – Frank and Denice in Italy, plus the Other Side. Topics include: At Barsentum in Putignano, Italy, for Fab and Sarah’s wedding, a magic of a dance, on the drive back to Bari, next morning, Phish, One Piece, Triggiano, Alex the Parrot, downtown Bari, next day, taking the Frecciarossa (bullet train) up to Venice, heavy rains at Burning Man, Flower Bombs, Flea Devil Solitaire, Bologna, Rock and Pop trains, arriving in Venice, some burden of luggage, Venice Film Festival, Aggro Dr1ft (2023), sneaky time travellers, got the wrong boat, finally got to the hotel, beers on a quiet canal, psychic visions of Venice, wandering the alleys, vegan pizza, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:55:59)… Council Fire by Eddie K & Richard [SurfGuitar101.com, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], lets play secret book.wav by tim.kahn [Freesound, CC BY 3.0], Psychedelic Crater by Kevin MacLeod [FreePD.com, public domain], Untamed World outro 1970s [Retrontario, YouTube], Venture – “Save with Style” (Commercial, 1982) [FuzzyMemories.TV], The Games of Starcade – Solar Fox [YouTube], Godzilla vs. The Good, The Bad & The Ninja Turtles in Outer Space (They Be Fightin’) by Partners In Wonder [collection], Shogun Warriors and Godzilla from Mattel (Commercial, 1978) [FuzzyMemories.TV], About Red Riding Hood by Red Princess [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Cube Banter 6 [collection], Corrona Jag – Synaesthete vs Bogans (1982) by Tom Hogan [SoundCloud, CC BY 3.0], CRUISING 1980 London radio advert [YouTube], red room by garden of earthly delight [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 2.5], Sears Bank & Trust – “Fastest Bank in Town” with Bobby Hull (Commercial, 1979) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Travel Agency by Escape [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], 1975 Mattel Sunshine Family Pets and Their World set TV commercial [YouTube].

Show art photo by Denice Nora, stylized by Jerry A. Greene.

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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5:30:07 – Frank and Denice in Germany and Italy, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Arrived at Munich airport in Germany, Jo Ann Pflug, wandering around the airport, finished at the house, Mike Oldfield, metal theory, chaos, duck wing bones, Flea Devil Solitaire Rules, languages, arrived at Bari airport in Italy, arrival at the amazing apartment in an old movie theater, Flower Burger, Cantini font, outside on the roof, outdoor movie theater, awkward coffee shop, exploring the Old Town, Bari Castle, Greek restaurant, Adriatic Sea, Basilica San Nicola, cafe, Bari Cathedral, no boat tours, empty museum, Maria delle Sgagliozze, pumo, “beer hall”, Stars, Blue Sky Wheel, fake Charlie Brown music, orange moon, Pasta Assassina, outdoor movie theater, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 4:49:01)… Dos Lagos by Nctrnm [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY 4.0], The Living Seas – Journey to Seabase Alpha [collection], Catch It by hit the center [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], TV continuity clips from 17th November 1969 – Take three Girls and more.. [YouTube], The Crusader by John Philip Sousa (performed by “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band) [collection], 1981 Spaceport Employee Training Video Pt 2 [YouTube], 21st Century by Sons Of Apache [Soundcloud, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], 1977 79 Commercials Mt Airy Lodge, WOR, Yoo Hoo [YouTube], System 80 by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY 4.0], Cube Banter 1 [collection].

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

I wanted to make the rules of Flea Devil Solitaire more accessible, so I’m making this post. I do think that a video demonstrating the game would be more effective in teaching the game, and I may do that in the future. For now, here are the rules:

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1:53:03 – Frank in NJ, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Box buying issues, smoking a pipe, Flea Devil “Hangout”, American Oz, new roads, Italy trip, Grateful Dead Live at Avalon Ballroom on 1969-04-05, Mercury Retrograde, Stroll of Encoding, ball and chain, Xenotilt, Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, The Peripheral cancelled, Ahsoka, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:11:49)… All Things Kookie by Damaged Gods [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Helium Buffalo MH Episode 3 (excerpt) [Archive.org, CC BY-ND 3.0], Circle Square episode from 1980 (excerpt) [YouTube], Ginchy by The Surfside IV [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Welcome to the future: Less work, more play [CBC], Arriving at the Studios [collection], Pick-Up (1975) Trailer [YouTube], The Final Mantra by Unicorn Star-Gazer [Archive.org], Idiot Raven Second Hand Store by Another Flask of Weird [Archive.org, CC BY-ND 3.0], Nixon calling Kissinger (1972-04-16_Nixon_022-153) [collection], The Chrysanthemum by Scott Joplin (performed by Gerlüz) [IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Monkey Storm Highway by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY 4.0].

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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1:00:00 – Eddie’s The Wool Gathering

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

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3:26:18 – Frank in NJ, plus the Other Side. Topics include: At the house, gloxinia, books by my brother and sister, a few days later, things I was hoping to find, home movies, Ajax, half hulls, cable TV, a tyranny of lampshades, half hulls, Onsug Radio – Test 1, Flea Devil update, Ahsoka, Clerks, catbox powerwashing, stuff at the house, puppet storybooks, National Geographic World (September 1980), Vegimals, Freemountain Hats, The Neatos and the Litterbugs in the Mystery of the Missing Ticket, my old Wacky Packages, Map of Wall Drug, The Fantastic World of the Portuguese Sardine, junkyard, housing complexes, Phish, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:45:46)… Tablas and Sitars by Antti Luode [anttismusic.blogspot.com, CC BY 3.0], WLS Channel 7 – Ending of Saturday Night Movie, Reflections and Station Sign-Off (1977) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Phone Song by Kekernonr [Archive.org, CC BY-SA 3.0], Superstation WTBS – Movie 17 – “Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things” (Opening & Break, 1980) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Plastic Plastic by The Home Phonema [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Overnight Models (1976) Trailer [YouTube], Celestial Mechanix by Damaged Gods [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], grocery store training film 1989 (3/3) [YouTube], Photos and Images by Brady Arnold [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], Wild Palms Trailer 1993 [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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3:57:07 – Onsug Radio is a growing collection of over 14,000 hours of audio shows, meant to be preserved into the far future in the form of a book. For anyone who encounters this book, the first thing they will hear is a top-level “broadcast” which plays clips from the entire archive, with a host providing commentary.

To create this broadcast, I split the archive into 209-second (3:29) clips – 228,150 at the time of this writing. My original thought was to randomize them, but then curate from the random clips. However, as this test shows, a purely random stream of these clips actually sounds great – no curation needed.

This then is 70 random clips, with no hosting, as a test of concept. I was very pleased with how this sounds. The next step will be to incorporate host commentary.

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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