James O’Brien has worn many hats, but I think his best one is independent media producer. He embodies the passion and drive that anyone who wants to produce their own media should look up to.
Starting with Rant Radio, most likely the first 24/7 independent streaming radio station back in January 1999, onto Rant TV which did the same for video in 2003. His projects and passions for internet media were fierce and incredibly independent.
As James has moved through his hobby of creating media, it has led to a kind of dream gig as an independent filmmaker, where he still explores the world for projects that fit his interests.
Host, singer, producer, atari specialist and independent thinker.
Rant Media King
Independent Filmmaker
Atari Aficionado
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PQ Ribber has a long history of creative merry-making, from audio to art, books to bands, PQ has given a creative spin to whatever interests him.
Having roots on “real” (terrestrial) radio, PQ takes that knowledge and puts it to good use on The Overnightscape Central each week, as he shepherds the listener through various other voices as they expound on the topic du jour.
He even protects the earth from outer space wackiness on the Quake Reversal Satellite. While strumming a tune with one of his various bands.
Host, guitarist, bon vivant and all around good guy
Artistic Dynamo
Podcast Aficionado
Sometime Busker
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30:38 – Welcome to Tape Land! On each episode, I’ll present the audio of a cassette tape or historic material from my personal archives.
This episode is part of a sub-project within Tape Land called “Video Phase 2022”. I recently began transferring a ton of old video tapes to digital, and have been posting selections to YouTube. Here, I’ll be releasing the audio tracks of these videos, as well as linking you to the YouTube videos, and The Internet Archive.
The Andy Kaufman Press Conference – Manny’s Video (11/9/08)
Frank Edward Nora had been doing his podcast, The Overnightscape, since 2003. In early 2008, he experimented with a video show called Inramble (subtitled “go on a quick video trip”) which seemed
On Sunday, November 9, 2008, I was the host of the “Andy Kaufman Press Conference” at a hotel in New Brunswick, NJ. The creator of the press conference was a man calling himself Steve Maddox from Indianapolis, IN. He’d been working for years on the Internet to perpetuate the idea that comedian Andy Kaufman faked his death in 1984 and was still alive.
A few months earlier, Steve found my podcast “The Rampler” on Twitter, and contacted me, pretending to be Andy Kaufman. While I was never the biggest Andy Kaufman fan, I found the idea of this guy impersonating him on the Internet to be interesting, so I played along.
He asked me to be the host of the press conference, which I thought would be fun. While several attendees were suspicious that I was in on the whole thing – I was as in the dark as everyone else.
Afterwards, we found out he had recruited his friends and family to put on the press conference. It was meant to add more content to the Internet about Andy Kaufman faking his death, rather than providing any actual information.
This video was filmed by Manny the Mailman. He uploaded it to “Yahoo! Video” – but it was lost when that service shut down. Curt Clendedin uploaded a copy of the video to Vimeo – which I thought was the only copy still available. However, I was about to find a copy of Manny’s original which I downloaded from Yahoo! Video in 2014 (which seems to be slightly better quality than Curt’s version).
You can hear much more of the event in audio on The Rampler #113 (11/9/08).
—Frank Nora, February 2023
Released 2/5/23
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1:57:11 – Frank in NJ and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Coldest day in quite some time, going to Brooklyn to see Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) at Alamo Drafthouse, Sapphire and Steel T-shirt, subway delays, Flea Devil Solitaire, strange playing cards issue, rushing through The Corridor of Losers, Q train, arrived at the theater, it was quite a movie, wandering around Target, wandering around the food hall, Couch of the Seaboard Marathon, ice storm in Texas, Buttercups cereal PEP, reality generation systems, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:57:11)… NY TV MISC. PROMOS AND NEWS 1979 [YouTube], Swimming (Waves Of Experience) by Webmadman [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Movie Trailer – Star Wars (A New Hope) [collection], Paragon Rag by Scott Joplin (performed by Gerlüz) [IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Hot Video Arcade Games Of 1982 [YouTube], Oral Unit by Arbo Sako [FreeMusicArchive, public domain], Future Shock (1972) 5/5 [YouTube], First Wave (Immortal Sun Remix) by Kalumet [Archive.org, CC BY-ND 4.0], WTCG 1978 “Little Rascals & Friends” & Classic Commercials (excerpt) [YouTube], Thunderclock by Tim Maloney [FreeMusicArchive, public domain], ‘The Jokers’ movie ad [Archive.org], 1974 by Plex Auchta [Soundcloud, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], 1990s VHS • Late Night Adult Hotline Commercials Vol 1 60 FPS [Archive.org], Obscured By Lies by Emerald Park [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0].
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5:54:17 – Frank in NJ and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Metaverse dream, wanderlust, oil change, Dave and Buster’s, Southern Living, cool drive to the comic shop, 7-11 from the 80s, Willowbrook Mall, Elevator Action Invasion, Total Wine, Hobby Lobby, slob art, religion, Desert Door Texas Sotol, the next day, “love’s a grown up god”, back to Route 23, Israfel by Edgar Allan Poe, coffee, gas, cheese try, Babybel Plant-Based Cheese Alternative, the next day, playoff games, fonts, surreal drive, astral plane, dimensions, record lack of snow, D&D OGL fiasco, AI, automation, utopian dreams, Morningstar Commune, PEP (The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe), A Sleuth of Abzarby, Nomadi Entertainment, My Swell Dinner Party, Reviews: Another Top Five Worst Movies on Videotape, the next day, shootout dream, plot armor, timeline interestingness, nihilistic thoughts in the morning, Cindy Williams dead at 75, Andy Kaufman, Has-Been Corner, faded bus rickets, store weirdness, Indian grocery, Haldiram’s All in One Mixture, bus came way early, parking lot incident, Poscamp 2023, breakfast questions, Wednesday Addams actress Lisa Loring dead at 64, Grand Central Madison, Starbucks clock, vegan lunch, Sidecar Seating Area, payphone, thoughts on abzarby, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 5:13:45)… Lady and the Rocket (excerpt) [archive.org, public domain], Fantasy Of Mine by Elegic Landslide [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Mappy (Namco, 1983) [MAME], So Loud! (Re-Edited) by Romahichi [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], The Games of Starcade – Time Pilot [YouTube], Approaching Sector X by Welcome To Büromaschinen [Upitup Records, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Newsweasels 10-Second Promo (1994) [collection], I’m Having Trouble Concentrating by MyVirtualBand Members [MyVirtualBand (defunct), CC BY 2.0], Maryland Public Television circa 1970’s Ident [YouTube], First Date by Leslie Hunt [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Twice Upon a Time Cartoon Theatre Promo [YouTube], So Slow by Simon Mathewson [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0], Donna Rice – No Excuses [collection], 8 Bit No Tamashi by LukHash [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Kim Fowley ‘Underground Animal’ LP Promo [Archive.org], Jazzin Particles by Fortadelis [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0].
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2:29:10 – Frank in NJ and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Today has new computer and new train station, old computers, dynamite, Kemoni Mahjong, heavy wind, Huckleberry Hound, LIRR, Sapphire and Steel, first visit to Grand Central Madison (the train station under the train station), vague evacuation, unexpected vegan lunch, Another Turn of a Painted Corner, beverage review (Kin Euphorics – Lightwave), new french fry formula, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy reconsidered, Times Square Hum, Pink Panther, weird clues, Broadway shows, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:48:44)… Surfing The Grand Serotonin! Mix III by The Lost Planet Shamen [SurfGuitar101.com, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], Grand Lizard (Williams, 1986) [PinMAME], Yell Love by Page27 [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 2.5], Grand Forks – Columbia Mall commercial (1980) [YouTube], Dinner in Grand Central by Shuwen Zhang [IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library, CC BY-NC 4.0], Malibu Grand Prix Commercial [YouTube], Horse Cop Coffee Leaf by Choston Bands & Junkard Sane [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Google your way to a wacky office [YouTube], Hunt for Green December by Antti Luode [anttismusic.blogspot.com, CC BY 3.0], Sound Filmstrip: “A Cup of Coffee” [Archive.org], Third by The Grass Stainz [Archive.org, CC BY 3.0], Secret ‘Man Cave’ Discovered Below Grand Central Platform, 3 MTA Employees Busted (9/25/20) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Chopin – Grande valse brillante in E flat major, Op. 18 (perfomed by Olga Gurevich) [Musopen, public domain].
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3:45:00 – Frank in NJ, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Light & Magic (TV Mini Series 2022), Star Wars (1977), having fun in the 70s, Dazed and Confused (1993), special effects crew, “Superkids II: The Mystery of the Tristand” (Grarph Productions, 1982), house flipping, Zippo lighters, Mad God (2021), senior trip, toga party, Grarph Productions, The Compleat Inramble (2008), TubeMogul, Pepsi Gift Monster, Led Zeppelin, Sapphire & Steel (TV Series 1979–1982), Pamir Salgam (Fermented Carrot Juice), Balbitype SVG, Corning Museum of Glass, Dazed and Confused (1993) Official Trailer, Riichi Mahjong, AKB48, humble locations for entertainment production, Ion Storm, Nightstation (strip mall version), metaverse locations, imaginary radio station, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 3:04:07)… Computability (Steve Allen and Jayne Meadows’ Computer Video) (excerpt) [YouTube], Deepsco by Cybarasta [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Nixon – Apollo 11 Phone Call [collection], Maple Leaf Rag by Polar Lion (using midi from pianola.co.nz) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], THE LEGACY 1979 London radio advert [YouTube], Hill & Gully Run (10/9/97) by Robert Hunter [Gravity’s Rainbow compilation, Archive.org], Big Dipper – Radio Interviews 02 by Demolition Kitchen Video (excerpt) [Archive,org, CC BY-ND 4.0], Dreaming by Antti Luode [anttismusic.blogspot.com, CC BY 3.0], Chris Shirley goes to Farrell’s at the Brunswick Square Mall [YouTube], Telemann – 18 Canons Mélodieux (part 14, perfomed by Michel Rondeau) [IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library, CC BY-NC 4.0].
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5:09:49 – Welcome to Tape Land! On each episode, I’ll present the audio of a cassette tape or historic material from my personal archives.
This episode is part of a sub-project within Tape Land called “Video Phase 2022”. I recently began transferring a ton of old video tapes to digital, and have been posting selections to YouTube. Here, I’ll be releasing the audio tracks of these videos, as well as linking you to the YouTube videos, and The Internet Archive.
Frank Edward Nora had been doing his podcast, The Overnightscape, since 2003. In early 2008, he experimented with a video show called Inramble (subtitled “go on a quick video trip”) which seemed perfect for the rapidly growing online video world. Filming in Midtown Manhattan and elsewhere, the first 26 episodes suffered from poor quality, as he was filming on his Palm Treo 680. He soon got a Flip Video Ultra, which was used for the rest of the series. Lack of interest led Frank to slow down on the project. On 8/8/08, he tried to revive the series, only to find the Flip Video Ultra had stopped working. Taking this as a sign, Frank gave up on Inramble and soon started the next chapter of his audio journey, “The Rampler”. 142 episodes of Inramble were released, plus 11 that were not released at the time. The Compleat Inramble includes all these videos.
Released 1/22/23
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2:54:05 – Frank in NJ and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Board games of my youth, liquor store window, Inramble, 42nd St., vegan Babybel cheese, Pouring Discontinued Flavors Into The System, existence, Google Stadia closes down, The Overnightscape 20th Anniversary Voicemail System – (949) ONS-20TH, the story of the show art, MiniFreak V, more plans for the 20th, The Beatles – Help! (1965), 1st Annual Tired Wired 100 (September 1996), Alice In Chains MTV Unplugged, Water Joe, Robert Drasnin’s Voodoo! series of albums, Synthetic Pleasures (1995), mezcal reviews – Leyenda Puebla & El Sarao Oaxaca, Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986), and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:13:35)… Kingston City Limits by Antti Luode [anttismusic.blogspot.com, CC BY 3.0], Pennington Road [collection], New 2005 (fake Boards of Canada song, origin unknown) [collection], The Exit Ramp #18 – In a Cantina (1/17/21) (excerpt) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], The Secrets by Bullette [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 2.5], WDW Monorail (1998) [collection], Khaki by Who Ha [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Rastan (Taito, 1987) [MAME], Unidentified Rag Medley by Polar Lion (using midi from pianola.co.nz) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Stuttering John interviews Billy Crystal [collection].
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