2:43:07 – Frank in NJ and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: The fear of public speaking, large mixed-use development, Annie Oakley and Thomas Edison, local celebrities, bus stop, Flea Devil update – Zonk Out, PLNT Burger hoarding, supernatural information, baseball store, shabby, UrbanSpace, vegan ramen, depressing seating area, The Quavering Now, eerie feelings, Phrivl: Timeline Nuke Guy TV show, The Prisoner, Andor, Times Square, Hole, space crimes, Celebrity Skin, Take 5, Millennials, comic book store, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:oo:14)… Dead End by Dorcel [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], ONE MILLION YEARS BC trailer [Archive.org, public domain], Distance by Baroni One Time [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Marbella Vice – Picmatic 1994 [YouTube], anxious darlin’ by Tinmouth [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], 1950 – Roller Derby – the Jolters vs the Westerners (excerpt 9) [Archive.org, public domain], Up, Up and Away (Major Scale) by The Paparazzi [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], 1-900-FUN-MATE (Commercial, 1991) [collection], More Indian Beats by Antti Luode [anttismusic.blogspot.com, CC BY 3.0], 1965 scientist claims the moon is plasma, landing on it won’t be possible | RetroFocus [YouTube], Telporsyndrome by A_dontigny [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Mr. Wise Guy (excerpt 17) [Archive.org, public domain], Another One by The Red Crayon Aristocrat Club [Jamendo, BY-NC-ND 3.0], Novo DanUp – Sabor a Popcorn [YouTube], Someday I’ll Find Out by Guitari [collection], Reagan & Gorbachev 1985 – “Friends” [collection], Concrete Nipples by AMANDA [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0].
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
3:04:51 – Frank in NJ, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Card table spaceship, reality show, the machine, see into that other city, higher dimensional geometry, 1985 video, mystery 124, psychic phenomena, hoodie deliveries, Casa de Montecristo, Acid Nasty cigar, Reagan dream, Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? (1969), Anthony Newly on The Tonight Show in 1983, Ronald Reagan on The Tonight Show in 1975, Flea Devil Solitaire, Wield of Transit, blue hair, Popcorn Coffee update, Abbey Scroll,Halloween, Akatsuki, sunglasses lost (and found), The Wizard of Speed and Time (1988), The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022), politics quote, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:24:15)… Gladiolus Rag, Scott Joplin by Colin Newcomer [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], The Games of Starcade – Bega’s Battle [YouTube], Instrospection Trilogy – Pt. 2 by Doug Rice [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], TV Pixxx [collection], Cuba Libre by Oleg O. Kachanko [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], Charles Nelson Reilly – Bic Banana Ad [YouTube], Godzilla vs. The Good, The Bad & The Ninja Turtles in Outer Space (They Be Fightin’) by Partners In Wonder [collection], I am not an atomic playboy [YouTube], Leaky Tiger by Antti Luode [anttismusic.blogspot.com, CC BY 3.0], Radio waves (new) [via Webm8 productions], Omphalus by A_dontigny [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Theda Bara Speaking 1936 [YouTube], Pente by Tone Poets [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Long Island Railroad Train [freesound.org, CC0], Persian Lamb Rag by Heftone Banjo Orchestra [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-SA 4.0], New Wave Theatre (intro) [collection], Interlude for Gigeras Babies by Achecorporation [Dogmazic, CC BY-NC-SA 2.5].
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
2:23:59 – Frank in NJ, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Bashed in the side of the head, book sale, lanternfly incident, Anthony Newly, Irwin Allen’s Alice in Wonderland (1985), Area of Hope, zip tie memory, goat tragedy, Flea Devil Solitaire update (3 Zonkers, Royalties), popcorn coffee, new music (Fauness, Drugdealer, Guided By Voices, King Gizzard the The Lizard Wizard), concert dream, Judy Mach 7, Deucedly Dank, The Hobbit (1977), sense of individuality, what pleases the observer, The Peripheral, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:43:41)… Joan Collins & Anthony Newley PT 1 Of 5 Rare Interview Rare Footage & Recordings. (excerpt) [YouTube], defective unit III by idealist [broque.de, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0], HBO Intro – Behind the Scenes [YouTube], Chiptune 01 – Last Chip Standing by Chewrafa [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 2.5], Irwin Allen’s Alice in Wonderland Part 1 of 2 – CBS Special Movie Presentation 12/09/1985 (excerpt) [YouTube], Ladybug Castle by Rolemusic [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY 3.0], Martin Denny : Exotica Music – Interview / Documentary. [YouTube], Locust Avenue by Choston Bands & Junkard Sane [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0].
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
2:33:30 – Frank in NJ, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Unit pricing, Sunday, Tape Land 164 – The Compleat Polarized Worlds (Summer 1985), Alive From Off Center, Curly Geckos Musing, foggy, reality suspicions, trash can motion, The Power of the Doctor, Flea Devil Solitaire update, Russell Brand, Phrivl: The Reality Jamboree, Phrivl: The Seaweed Brunch, Bell Atlantic, talking points, Silicon Beachcomber, Billy Beck System, Discmaster, The Box, Beck, the 1990s, Metal Hall of Fame, tofu time, House of the Dragon, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:52:57)… Chiptune 02 – Spacechip by Chewrafa [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 2.5], The Happy Hugger (Commercial Offer, 1980) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Single Ride by BOREA [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], Gleaming the Cube (1989) Trailer [YouTube], What Kind Of Human by Gino Pertot [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], GTE Commercial from 1987 [YouTube], Sonar Despierto by Zifhang [blocSonic, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Colin Hay of Men at Work MTV interview – 8/12/85 [YouTube], Nock by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY 4.0], TWILIGHTS LAST GLEAMING stereo radio advert London 1977 [YouTube], Strange Music 1 by misha64u [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], The Making Of Luxor Las Vegas Documentary 1993 (1/4) [YouTube], H8 U by LukHash [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0].
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
7:53:48 – 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 Compleat Polarized Worlds (Summer 1985)
“Polarized Worlds” is a Doctor Who fan film made by a group of teens in Bridgewater Township, NJ, in the summer of 1985. Thought lost, director Frank Edward Nora found a Beta copy of the original over 36 years later, and released it online in December 2021.
“The Compleat Polarized Worlds”, at nearly eight hours long, is the entire contents of the two VHS tapes they used to film the movie. It includes numerous takes and bloopers of all the scenes, the cast and crew goofing around, “behind the scenes” interviews, a number of conceptual videos inspired by art films, and other miscellaneous stuff. It’s a fascinating real look into the world of Generation X teenagers in the mid-1980s.
The audio of most of this was released as “Video Kids 85” on The Onsug between 2007 and 2009. But this is the first time the video version has been released.
Released 10/23/22
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 onsug.com
[0:00:00] John as Cyril in basement [0:00:23] Testing the camera in Frank’s father’s office [0:00:54] Figuring out the camera in the basement [0:03:17] Getting ready for filming, back porch and back yard [0:27:42] Making of Doctor Who, rehearsing, back yard [0:43:02] Hanging out in the basement [0:58:35] Conceptual Video: The Chair, basement [1:05:17] Conceptual Video: Rat Music, basement [1:13:23] Charles talking about Nova Scotia [1:14:09] Scene 7 filming, Jim’s back yard [1:16:34] Scene 9 filming, Jim’s back yard [1:25:05] Scene 10 filming, basement [1:36:04] Frank’s grandmother Evelyn, TV room [1:36:49] Audio overdub test, basement [1:37:24] Comic books, basement [1:39:04] Conceptual Video: New Wave Corner, basement [1:45:58] John and Chris, basement [1:52:36] Doctor Who TV broadcast [1:55:52] Conceptual Video: Cat Hyme, basement [2:01:01] Conceptual Video: Chris Live, basement [2:09:22] Conceptual Video: New Wave Corner 2, basement [2:14:36] Conceptual Video: Name That Definition, basement [2:21:55] Alpha Flight comic books [2:24:33] Scene with Frank as The Black Guardian [2:25:47] Intermission [2:27:11] Ginger the Cat, back porch [2:30:33] Credits Sequence work [2:33:52] Ginger the Cat 2, basement [2:35:14] Doctor Who TV broadcast (no sound) [2:36:59] Title Sequence work [2:41:21] Chris overdub [2:44:25] TARDIS arrival scene, back yard [2:48:11] Waiting for people to arrive, back porch [3:01:53] Scene 1 filming [3:09:17] After filming, back porch [3:12:06] Preparing for filming, back porch [3:20:40] TARDIS scene filming, back yard [3:27:20] Morglif scene filming (Scene 10), basement [3:38:27] Doctor and Terry scene filming, basment [3:44:05] Scene 12 filming, basement [3:52:44] Chair, basement [3:53:00] Scene 12 filming continues, basement [3:55:41] Discussing the script, basement [3:56:30] Before filming, back porch [3:57:09] Tumella scene filming, back yard [3:58:37] Terry shot scene filming, back yard [4:02:13] Morglif scene filming, basement [4:07:14] Random ape scene [4:07:56] Szalzo scene filming, basement [4:17:34] Scene 5 filming, basement [4:18:36] Conceptual Video preparation, John and Chris, basement [4:25:05] Conceptual Video: Led Zeppelin, basement [4:31:51] Tarzan? [4:34:05] The Nuclear Movie [4:43:29] Black Guardian scene, basement [4:48:40] Scene 16 filming, basement [4:54:07] Preparing to film, Lynn’s back yard [4:57:17] Polarized World scene filming, Lynn’s back yard [5:00:47] Scene 16 filming, Lynn’s back yard [5:28:48] TARDIS scenes, Jim’s back yard [5:33:28] Interview with Lynn, Jim’s back yard [5:34:46] Aquila & Tumella scene filming, Jim’s back yard [5:38:53] Cyril shooting Terry scene filming, Jim’s back yard [5:45:15] Ginger the Cat, back yard [5:46:11] Fun before filming, back yard [5:50:54] Scene 2 filming, back yard [6:01:03] White Guardian scene filming, Jim’s back yard [6:13:32] Chris overdubbing a sitcom [6:15:50] John and Chris overdubbing TV shows [6:18:28] Tumella scene filming, back yard [6:38:09] Jim’s Introduction, basement [6:39:22] Morglif and Black Guardian scene filming, basement [6:40:44] Portal scenes filming, basement [6:47:12] Doctor and Morglif scene filming, basement [6:58:08] Cyril and Morglif scene, basement [7:00:22] Alternate Reality filming, back yard [7:13:12] ARGH – a whole day of filming lost, basement [7:15:53] Ending scene filming, basement [7:25:09] Terry Regeneration scene filming, back yard [7:26:42] Chair & Robe scene, back yard [7:30:15] Ending scene filming continued, basement [7:37:21] Open Credits filming, back yard [7:38:28] Correcting a negative scene that was filmed in positive [7:39:17] Credits effects work [7:44:01] Opening Titles [7:45:23] Doctor Who TV footage [7:50:59] Glynnora Productions Presents [7:53:11] Doctor Who
4:07:33 – Frank in NJ, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Computer game dream, cold medicine, Liz Truss resigns, unwell turtle dove, lost worlds of software, Duane Blehm, Discmaster, Post Malone on Magic Arena, Clerks III (2022), sports, delusions, drugs, telephone and elevator dream, creativity and self-obsession, bad coffee, Old Soap, new soap (Baylis & Harding – Goodness – Oud, Cedar & Amber), Jean-Michel Jarre – Oxymore, innovation can be annoying but it’s necessary, Flea Devil Solitaire update, A Christmas Story Christmas, looking backwards at greatness with mediocrity, Andor, Shinedoe – Freedom Riders, morphic resonance, lip balm review (Hurraw! Lip Balm – Vanilla & Orange, Moon, Unscented, Coconut Mint & Lemongrass, Coconut, Coffee Bean, Licorice, Root Beer), Montana, The Peripheral, Kick-Ass (2010), Ready Player One (2018), thoughts on metaverse, Strawberry Alarm Clock, tricky trays, what pleases the observer, Generation X, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 3:26:21)… Impossibles – Frankenstein Jr. – Opening Titles [YouTube], Crumbling Castle by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard [Bandcamp, CC BY-ND 3.0], The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot [Poetic Duets, LibriVox, public domain], Ascen (fake Boards of Canada song, origin unknown) [collection].
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
2:41:32 – Frank in NJ, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Hackers dream, rain delay, dreams continue, The Rings of Power, Service Station Villain, the charm of the fantasy genre in the early years, Andor, House of the Dragon, Marvel Snap finally released, baseball history, aroundsquare modular copper Knucklebone, conspiracy stuff, Coin Pouch weapon charm, eye getting better, Bleach is back, Phrivl: casino table game Tricksy Tell, The Power of The Doctor, Yankees-Guardians ALDS Game 5, RightRice Risottos, Cleveland lost, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:56:25)… WMAQ Channel 5 – Sign-On, “Meditations” & Opening of “The Health Field” (1982) [fuzzymemories.tv], Gold River chewing tobacco | 1982 tv commercial [YouTube], WGN Channel 9 – Sunday Matinee – “The World of Hans Christian Andersen” (Opening, 1977) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Ice Town by Fuzzy Daupner [collection], Bobby Fuller Four – KHJ Big Kahuna Theme [Archive.org], Palm Vision – Beauties (Original Mix) by PalmVision Official [Soundcloud, CC BY 3.0], Riunite Wine (Commercial, 1980) [FuzzyMemories.TV], WMAQ Channel 5 – NewsCenter5 Update, Break & Today Excerpt (excerpt) (1975) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Opening sequence to the 1980s NBC show Real People [YouTube], Helium Moon by Olde Men on Acid [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Space Drugs by Ant_DK [Jamendo, CC BY 3.0], Good Night by Radioactive.Cake [Ektoplazm, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Clara Bow Sends A Message [YouTube], North Point Mall ?????????? by The VHS Dreams Foundation [Soundcloud, CC BY 3.0], Vintage 70’s “Calgon Take Me Away” commercial [YouTube], Emotion by Rock-80s [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], The Endless Corner by Harmonic Defiance [blocSonic, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0].
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
2:04:56 – Frank in NJ, plus the Other Side. Topics include: 7-11, Uber, midnight snack, storm coming, Stereolab, Ghost Power, zomes, utopian architecture, Preview Channel update, the year of this episode, New Jersey Hall of Fame, Henry Ford, Technopagan, Night Versions Two, exploring Overwatch 2 maps, Marmite, nuclear war, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:22:34)… RAILROAD RAG by ARTHUR COLLINS, Ed. Bimberg (1911-07-28) [archive.org, public domain], Hodgepodge Lodge (excerpt) [YouTube], Electronic Sound by Emorej [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], TVOntario promos 1983 [YouTube], Global Communication by Frame [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Comic books: Seduction of the innocent? [CBC], Seven and the Ragged Tiger song (pitch corrected) [YouTube], Feds (1988) (Trailer) [YouTube], Grain of Earth in Sand by 80N35 [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Fly Me (1973) Trailer [YouTube], Second Day Blues by The Heavens [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Robot Jox Trailer (1989) [YouTube], River Blindness by Head Vs. Wall [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0].
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
3:12:11 – Frank in NJ and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Solar saleswoman returns, HVAC, Ramon Bueso Genesis The Project, utopian visions, Rick and Morty, The Technological Singularity, seeing Stereolab in Brooklyn tonight, time travel technique, The Compleat Polarized Worlds, Mumbly, eye issue, lens wipes, wizard birds, Oracle of the Alpha, I Have Hotel Called Identical Parkway, The Munsters (2022), Angela Lansbury dead at 96, Kanami – Let Hair Down, PATH train on truck, subway art, arrived in Williamsburg, at the venue, Blue Jazz TV, Stereolab, amazing show, made the 11:40 bus somehow, walk home from the highway, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:30:30)… LOOK AT CHILD MENTAL HEALTH IN FILMS (excerpt) [FedFlix, public domain], City Lounge by Dee Yan-Key [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0], OUTPOST ODYSSEY PINBALL (1995) [archive.org], Oskari the Heimfanker by Madbrain [Ubiktune, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Private Lessons (1981) (Trailer) [YouTube], Lazer Beams by Josh Armistead [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY 4.0], Hollywood Capers (edit) [Archive.org, public domain], Anarchy by Cosmic Kingsnake [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], Raiders of Galaxy (1985) (excerpt) [Archive.org], Cohen Method by Tab & Anitek [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0].
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
2:15:27 – Frank in NJ, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Casino dream, dreaming while awake, mall animal rides, Dream Warriors, beer hall, varnish dream, Overwatch 2, Flea Devil Solitaire update – Piggy Bank, the seven modes of the major scale, Blue Oyster Cult – Madness to the Method, Howard Stern, The The, OnsugBox Rocks!, satellite radio, The Munsters (2022), town hall, commuter account, C.P.E. Bach, am I too aware of the sweet misery of the 9:20 bus, Jax, groundhog, aspects of sensory memory, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:33:40)… Tan Line Fever (Demo) by PolloGuitar [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], MTV Music News/ Rare Early MTV Music Video with VJ Martha Quinn June 16th, 1982 (excerpt) [YouTube], Mikado March by John Philip Sousa (performed by “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band) [collection], February 11, 1984 Showtime promos [YouTube], Blood Lillies by William H. Reitz;Pryor (1911-07-28) [archive.org, public domain], Selling to Serve: The In-Flight Path to Better Passenger Care [Archive.org], De-construction by Luis Zunel [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0].
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
