The Overnightscape Underground

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1:33:40 – Welcome to Tape Land! On each episode, I’ll present the audio of a cassette tape or historic material from my personal archives.

“On Noyage” is a series of tapes I recorded in 1990, in a weird kind of mental haze, about a bizarre and convoluted amusement system called Noyage, which was related to a larger entertainment concept called Nomadi. These ideas eventually became a project called Obliviana, which I worked on for years, until finally giving up on it in 2003. In retrospect, it almost seems like I was tuned in to ideas from another world, not meant for this one. In any case, in 2003 I started my show The Overnightscape, which has been a much healthier creative outlet.

This is part 2 of the first On Noyage session, with me driving up to Rhode Island in the middle of the night (and also some dreams, recorded later). The first tape was released on Onsug 12 years ago – “On Noyage (2/14/90) 1:34:56 [212] [released 3/22/10]”. I released a later tapein the series 3 years ago – “Tape Land 105 – On Noyage 7 (3/23/90) 1:34:35 [940] [released 7/20/19]”. I plan on finding and releasing the entire series of tapes, eventually.

Notes: Starting tape 2, driving to Rhode Island, Feb. 14, 1990, 4:27 AM in Connecticut on Rt. 95 by Exit 71, the word “Nomadi”, theories, communication, objects, aspects of the system, flea market crap, biblia rasa, Bauble and Node, Soho Natural Cream Soda, tape recording, Jargon / Flicker / Plash / Node / Dossier / Spin / Thrust / Bauble / Focus, Future Frank, the shape of Noyage, Noyagers/Nomads, aspect of Nomadi, Rivets, arrived at my brother’s apartment in Rhode Island, The Hollow Fantasia can be written, 5:34 AM, later… 9:52 PM, Friday Feb. 16, 1990, dreams, bed, beach, trail, children, I was in The Beatles, BMW 2002, hanging out with Ringo, difficult phone calls, store, I looked like a young Calvin Coolidge, accusations, card overlays, Casio keyboard, 4:11 AM – go to 7-11, later… Feb. 18, 1990, 6:18 AM, dreams, zillions of different characters, cop car, Tomy Pocket Games, girl, word games in a trailer, palindromes, computer art version of Zope, later… continuing from the Noyage tape two ahead of this, hypnagogic scene: God wanted me to apologize, going to a mall, Feb. 23, 1990, 10-11 AM, job interviews, Total Chaos, Marcy, working on my own things on my own terms in my own way, Noyage, Red Alley Earth, Some Berry Basalt of Brine, Zope on the computer, Zope Home, the original Kra Wen Gib gang.

Released 3/24/22

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3:40:49 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Shufflin’ Jamboree, magicians, Now Flea Devil Solitaire Is Even Better, game development process, Practicing an Art is a Kind of Shelter, The Exit Ramp #32 – 70s Movies, philosophical debate, reiterating the rules, deodorant survey, 11:11 by Doug Rice, Edict Zero – FIS, Earth Hour, Nutley in the news, Fred Allen, It’s in the Bag! (1945) – trailer, Pantone 109C, the Mannheim Steamroller mug, Omaha, Interlock by Stereolab, Kristoff Criollo Robusto, flea jump, more 70s movies, The Boatniks (1970), and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:58:31)… Surrender by Stanleybirch [collection], Alka Seltzer 2 by Jean Shepherd [collection], 11:11 by Doug Rice [Rainbowland, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Wild Palms Trailer 1993 [YouTube], The Song Remains (6/11/03) by Robert Hunter [Gravity’s Rainbow compilation, Archive.org], A Wine of Wizardry by George Sterling [LibriVox, public domain], Naked Street by Cosmic Analog Ensemble [Upitup Records, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Invasion of the Bee Girls (excerpt 3) [Archive.org, public domain], Arcade Theme #4 by tyops [Freesound, CC BY 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

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5:02:25 – 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!

For the first time on The Exit Ramp, we have a specific topic – 70s Movies! Host Frank from The Overnightscape is joined by PQ from Quaquaversal Satellite and Overnightscape Central, Nate in Wisconsin, Mike Boody from The Midnight Citizen, Jan Erik from Norway, Peter Bernard, Dave in Kentucky from his various shows, Chad from Chadcast, Joe Gipson from Comicversal, Jefferson from Philadelphia, Bob LeMent from Morning Commute, Doc Sleaze from his various shows, and Matt from Scotland.

Movies discussed: Two-Lane Blacktop (1971), The Conversation (1974), Mean Streets (1973), The Shootist (1976), The Missouri Breaks (1976), Taxi Driver (1976), Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970), The Omega Man (1971), Little Big Man (1970), Enter the Dragon (1973), Blazing Saddles (1974), Young Frankenstein (1974), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), They Might Be Giants (1971), Movie Movie (1978), MASH (1970), The Hospital (1971), Network (1976), Dirty Harry (1971), Fantastic Planet (1973), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), Phantom of the Paradise (1974), The French Connection (1971), Death Wish (1974), The Mechanic (1972), Mr. Majestyk (1974), Galaxy Express 999 (1979), The Long Goodbye (1973), Quintet (1979), Zardoz (1974), Deliverance (1972), Gator (1976), Smokey and the Bandit (1977), Robin Hood (1973), One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975), The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975), Superdad (1973), Moment by Moment (1978), Get Carter (1971), Zachariah (1971), White Line Fever (1975), Every Which Way but Loose (1978), Convoy (1978), The Star Wars Holiday Special (TV Movie 1978), Moonraker (1979), Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974), The Holy Mountain (1973), The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), Eraserhead (1977), Hardware Wars (Short 1978), The Wizard of Speed and Time (Short 1979), The Devils (1971), Lisztomania (1975), Tommy (1975), F for Fake (1973), Assault on Precinct 13 (1976), Halloween (1978), Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), Shampoo (1975), Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), Life of Brian (1979), Real Life (1979), The Lickerish Quartet (1970), Flesh Gordon (1974), King Kong (1976), The Poseidon Adventure (1972), The Towering Inferno (1974), Airport (1970), Jaws (1975), Being There (1979), Harold and Maude (1971), The Return of the Pink Panther (1975), Love and Death (1975), Annie Hall (1977), Sleeper (1973), Manhattan (1979), Van Nuys Blvd. (1979), Car Wash (1976), Supervan (1977), The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), A Boy and His Dog (1975), Damnation Alley (1977), The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977), Starcrash (1978), Mitchell (1975), 1941 (1979), Duel (TV Movie 1971), The Sugarland Express (1974), Carry on at Your Convenience (1971), The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976), A Woman Under the Influence (1974), Mikey and Nicky (1976), Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw (1976), Three Women (1977), Apocalypse Now (1979), Star Wars (1977), Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977), Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix (1975), The Olsen Gang in Jutland (1971), Three Days of the Condor (1975), Harry in Your Pocket (1973), The Midnight Man (1974), Marathon Man (1976), The Parallax View (1974), Dawn of the Dead (1978), Eyeball (1975), Gates of Heaven (1978), The Deer Hunter (1978), Town Bloody Hall (1979), The Doberman Gang (1972), Mad Max (1979), Alien (1979), Dark Star (1974).

Bonus! Movies on my list that we didn’t get to: Heavy Traffic (1973), Sorcerer (1977), Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970), The Phantom Tollbooth (1970), Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971), The Point (1971), The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park (TV Movie 1972), Journey Back to Oz (1972), The Year Without a Santa Claus (TV Movie 1974), The Hobbit (TV Movie 1977), Wizards (1977), Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979), The Boatniks (1970), Escape to Witch Mountain (1975), Treasure of Matecumbe (1976), Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977), Hot Lead and Cold Feet (1978), The Black Hole (1979 film), The Muppet Movie (1979), Logan’s Run (1976), Silent Running (1972), Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979), The Late Great Planet Earth (1978), Future Shock (Short 1972), The Incredible Melting Man (1977), Barry Lyndon (1975), Murder by Death (1976), Let It Be (1970 film), Toomorrow (1970), That’s Entertainment! (1974), Capricorn One (1977), Battlestar Galactica (1978), Z.P.G. (1972), Laserblast (1978), Phantasm (1979), Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979).

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56:14 – Eddie is back with another episode of The Wool Gathering.

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2:53:04 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Planetariums, the unexpected rain, the fourth dimension, Laserium, neighborhood of geniuses, many questions on a gloomy Thursday, Planetarium Projector Museum, Edict Zero – FIS, ’72 Review at Higher Ground on Flymachine, Soundbreak.com, Sunflower Bean, Pink Talking Phish, crossword synchronicity, Trans Am, We Found Where The Dune Buggies Were Parked, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:12:48)… Van Nuys Blvd. (1979) trailer [YouTube], Earth Tribe by Charly2n [Dogmazic, CC BY-NC 2.0], Rosko (Bill Mercer): A “Trip” Into Progressive Rock – 102.7 WNEW-FM New York (12/16/70) (excerpt) [Airchexx], Thougtless Desire by Organoid [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Chillin’ FM rave info [via Webm8 productions], Xmas Vibrations by Karibean [EardrumsPop, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], WBBM Channel 2 – Double Dare – “Hong Kong King Con” (Preview, Opening, Breaks & Ending, 1985) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Make Me a Sergeant (an’ Gimme the Booze) by Smersh [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], X’s & O’s (Bally, 1984) [PinMAME], The Nonpareil by Scott Joplin (performed by Gerlüz) [IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], MOOG Schaefer Beer Commercial [YouTube], Suburban Withdrawl by Lee Rosevere [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC 3.0], Magic Sand by Wham-O (Commercial, 1981) [FuzzyMemories.TV]. 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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3:46:02 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Actions of a robin and a snipe, year twenty begins, Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job, door idea, surreal comedy archetypes, The Breakfast Club (1985), The Throatripper, Mannheim Steamroller, hot chocolate mug, Nine Pebble Detector On! (plus annotations), Nine Pebble Detector On! (plus annotations), Mannheim Steamroller Exclusive Collection, Throatripper song, John Cleese, 1995, The Balbitype Twentysix, 90s brands, Butternut Mac & Cheez, main street dreams, CAO America cigar, oaky nuances, oaktag, the discussion, Grand Chronology, Nightweek, town borders, last two Kmarts in NJ, Cosmologica, Starcastle, cat colony, obscure documentaries, Indiana Jones pinball, Mary Jones soda, Kamakiriad by Donald Fagen, The Alleyman’s Tarot, reminiscing about revisiting, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 3:05:20)… Dansing Galaxy (intro) by Alex Emanov [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], The Swinging Cheerleaders (1974) TV Trailers – Color / 1:35 mins [YouTube], Sunset Boulevard by Sunset Boulevard [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], MTV Alternative Music Report 1992 [YouTube], Long Live Sivinanda (Inside Looking Out) by The Green Circles [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Tomorrows World 17th Feb 1993 [YouTube], Roller_skate by Jahzzar [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-SA 3.0], The Comedy Channel Commercial Break 1991 (1_2) [YouTube], WorldToday (Original version) by Herbata [LibreCommeLair, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0], Aura [via Webm8 productions]. 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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1:01:57 – 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.

Video Rooftop NYC (5/15/89)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TEr695vOjA

On the roof of 170 Thompson St. on May 15, 1989, facing south, looking down Thompson St., from W. Houston St. to Prince St. and beyond. This was meant to be a piece of video art, which you could play on a TV set and feel like you were on an NYC rooftop. After the first few minutes where I am setting it up, the view does not change. There are subtle sights and sounds to notice throughout.

Released 3/13/22

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

Internet archive link: https://archive.org/details/Tape_Land_Video_158-Video_Rooftop_NYC-5-15-89

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47:40 – Welcome to Tape Land! On each episode, I’ll present the audio of a cassette tape or historic material from my personal archives.

In 2011, PQ and I tried to set up a streaming station that was legally licensed to play commercial music. Tentatively called “Onsug Music Clubhouse”, the project never got off the ground due to the cost and complexity of setting it up. I only recorded this one test broadcast for the project.

“Codamagger” was an super-masculine fake brand I invented, mentioned on The Rampler #363 (8/24/09), along with art for the logo:

“Codamagger Lullabies” was originally a song in one of my music projects, Choston Bands & Junkard Sane – Oval Bay (EP). The idea was that a “Codamagger” was a pistol, and being pistol-whipped and knocked out by it was a “Codamagger Lullaby”, in the slang of some fictional alternate world.

I played the DJ clips from this on The Overnightscape 797: Orange Egg Lotion (7/10/11), but for this release I kept a few seconds from the beginnings and endings of the songs, to give a better idea of what the original sounded like.

Notes (songs edited out): We Love Dancing by Arling & Cameronn Your Name Is Snake Anthony by Medeski, Martin & Wood, Can You Dig It (Alternate Version) by The Monkees, Church Of The Poison Mind by Culture Club, Blues Beach by Steely Dan, Resurrection by The Demons Of Negativity, DJ 1, Galvanize (feat Q-Tip) by The Chemical Brothers, Makin’ Memories from Journey Into Imagination, Bottled Up by Devo, Stalag 123 by Big Audio Dynamite, Lucifer Sam by Pink Floyd, I Want To Be A Hulkamaniac by Hulk Hogan & The Wrestling Boot Band, DJ 2, Front Row by Alanis Morissette, ’84 Pontiac Dream by Boards Of Canada, Chant Of The Wanderer by The Sons Of The Pioneers, Satanic Rites of Drugula by Electric Wizard, The Bell (Edit) by Mike Oldfield, What Are Those Things (With Big Black Wings) by Roger Miller, DJ 3, Smoke Rings by Laurie Anderson, Star Shpongled Banner by Shpongle, Black Dog (Live) by Led Zeppelin, The Modern Age by The Strokes, Song From The Wood by Jethro Tull, Come and Play in the Milky Night by Stereolab, DJ 4, John Cleese: Is He Funny? by Human League, Caught A Lite Sneeze by Tori Amos, The Analog Kid by Rush, Look Out, There’s A Monster Coming by Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Los Angeles by Frank Black, The Juggler’s Song by Incredible String Band, DJ 5.

Released 3/12/22

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3:38:34 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: The unexpected cutting down of a tree, cardboardpocalypse, 19th Anniversary of The Overnightscape, Michael Nesmith & The Second National Band, recycling miracle, The Compleat Weird University (Fall 1986), The Rampler Mini Radio, Indiana Jones pinball, Phish Flatbed Jam, SOG PowerLock TiNi, Disney mall bathroom dream, battery charger, stinkbug in the garbage, Courtney Cox on forgetting, cigar delivery, green stain mystery, Super-Team Family: The Lost Issues, tin synchronicity, Tin Man’s oil can up for auction, Richard Nixon autographs, Apollo 2001, Gurkha Centurian Double Perfecto, reflections on 19 years, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:58:05)… The Hobbit Filmstrip [Archive.org], Strictly Underground album [via Webm8 productions], Hollow Summer by Extent of the Jam [Ubiktune, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Wall Street (1982, Century Electronics) [MAME], Name That Tune (misc 3) [MAME], Jesus Build A Highway by The Preacher [Archive.org, public domain], Going Blind by The Sway [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], Orange Room by The Prefab Messiahs [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], top 100 scary logos part 4 [YouTube], The San Pedro Beach Bums & Soap 1977 ABC Promo [YouTube], CITYPULSE – CN RAIL REBRANDING TO VIA (1978) [YouTube]. 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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3:36:17 – 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 Weird University (Fall 1986)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj1tT34nab4

In 1986, “Mad” Mike and Frank Nora “Master of the Airwaves”, not satisfied with just doing their comedy radio show “Anything But Monday”, decide to produce a video series based on a fictional version of their college called “Weird University”. With their new personas “Franco Wolfini” and “Iggy Szalzo”, they investigate and report on interesting students, the dining hall, campus security, a nearby supermarket, and much more… plus, strange happenings on a Weird Halloween.

This “Compleat” version includes all the raw footage from the three half-hour episodes of Weird University, plus lost, deleted and bonus scenes.

There are some sections of silence, including 10 seconds at the start. I decided to keep these in the audio version, so that the timestamps below would remain accurate.

[0:00:00] Titles
[0:00:10] Weird Lifestyles with Iggy Szalzo – Bart Phillips: The Biggest Stud on Campus
[0:03:44] Sights of the Uncommons
[0:17:24] Weird Lifestyles with Iggy Szalzo – Branson Stringfellow: Condemned Man on Campus
[0:25:32] International Lampoon’s French House
[0:27:30] Weird Lifestyles with Iggy Szalzo – Shannon O’Shannahan & Gil Mannings: The Smartest Guys on Campus
[0:35:53] Dorm of the Dead
[0:38:07] Weird Vice
[0:47:56] Shopping with Franco
[1:08:16] Rough Boys
[1:25:20] The Texas Eggbeater Massacre
[1:34:02] Deleted Scene: Don’t Read and Drive
[1:36:39] A Weird Halloween: The Hitchhiker
[2:08:18] A Weird Halloween: The Dreamer
[2:45:59] A Weird Halloween: The Beast
[2:56:32] A Weird Halloween: The Spirit
[3:01:50] Deleted Scene: Matt Headroom
[3:03:13] Bonus Scene: The Gauntlet Players
[3:03:41] Bonus Scene: The Arkanoid Player
[3:05:41] Bonus Scene: The D&D Players
[3:10:49] Lost Scene: Franco & The Soviet Defectors
[3:24:17] B-Roll
[3:33:09] Weird University Theme Song by Smersh

Released 3/10/22

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

Internet archive link: https://archive.org/details/Tape_Land_Video_156-The_Compleat_Weird_University-Fall_1986