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1:02:23 – Eddie is back with another episode of The Wool Gathering.

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3:56:54 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Phrivl: superhero Righto, Dance of the Living Image India Pale Ale, fluorescent lights, Happy Workers, Amy’s PR disaster, dishwasher saga continued, The Evil Farm video release, Betamax transfers, Japanese Animation, a deep dive into The Evil Farm (January 1987), video energy, Banned From The Universe, new hand lotions (BWC Lotion, Walrus Oil Loggers Hand Salve, Mythical Hand Lotion), Beard and Lady, card game memory, Meetups, the year 2002, Monty Python, Kit Sebastion, Alt?n Gün, Carol Cleveland, the Turkish alphabet, NJ weed update, Tippi Turtle, Rock-N-America, reality is an option, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 3:12:50)… Before Houseboat by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY 4.0], Shanghai Sideshow by Elixir [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Perun’s Stones (feat. Svarica) by Lunar Dawn [Ektoplazm, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0], Moments are Moments by The Saint Valentine State [EardrumsPop, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Blow The Man Down by Roger McGuinn [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], The Coo Coo by Roger McGuinn [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Scott Joplin’s New Rag by Scott Joplin (performed by Gerlüz) [IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Tripping by Paul Lisak & After The Ice [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Kingpin (Capcom, 1996) [PinMAME], WSNS Channel 44 – Illinois State Lottery – Super Shot (Part 3, 1976) [FuzzyMemories.TV].

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1:06:43 – Eddie is back with another episode of The Wool Gathering.

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26:05 – 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 Evil Farm (January 1987)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEfCCs-nWFg

In January 1987, in Somerset County, NJ, Frank learns of creepy local urban legends such as “The Pigwoman’s Castle”, “The Glowing Grave”, and “The Devil Tree”. He decides to make up one of his own, “The Evil Farm”, and film a movie about it with a group of local teens. In basements, bowling alleys, shopping centers, fast food restaurants, movie theaters, supermarkets, parking lots, and beyond, the mystery unfolds… and takes a tragic turn…

Frank was on a “Jan Term” break from college, and decided to make a movie. His childhood friend Chris, through the music scene, was friends with a group of teens from the area who would hang out at various locations, and who were more than willing to participate in the filming. The plot involves the group visiting the real “Pigwoman’s Castle” and “Devil Tree”, then the fictional “Evil Farm”. Hugo turns evil and starts murdering people. Charlie then confronts and kills him, ending his murder spree. The real value of the project, though, was documenting these New Jersey teens at their various hangouts. 

This version is based on the original released video version – though very few copies were ever distributed. It was originally divided into 21 sections based on tarot cards, each using commercial music clips. I decided to remove these to allow the scenes to seamlessly flow together. Also, the opening titles, end credits, and the horse-riding scene used commercial music, which I replaced with my own “Little Frankie Nora” music, recorded at the same time as the movie. The end credits used strobe lights, which I removed by doing my best to make static frames.

This is the first time it’s been released on video on the Internet, though in 2000, I produced an audio version completely re-conceived from the raw footage. I do plan on releasing an expanded video version at some point, including as much of the raw footage as possible.

There are dozens of people in the movie – but the core group is Chris, Hugo, Charlie, and Pete. These are the four in the signature image, in the field with The Devil Tree.

Notes: [00:00] Opening Titles (song: Sojourn X by Little Frankie Nora) [00:27] Bunch of people, basement hangout, Charlie’s house, Raritan (note: on TV, end of Genesis video Land of Confusion) (key quote: “There’ll be no zooming in”) [00:49] Hanging out at the bowling alley, Somerville Circle (key quote: “Hey baby wanna make some movies?”) (note: video game Express Raider (1986)) [02:35] Talking about The Evil Farm, shopping center, Somerville Circle (key quote: “You hear about what’s goin’ on up at the farm?”) [3:39] Weird sounds, Hess gas station, Rt. 22, Bound Brook [03:45] Evil school bus, behind a high school, Somerville [04:09] Annoying the staff, and talking about The Evil Farm, Burger King, Somerville (note: “smoking area” sign) (key quote: “We should go up to that place, where we heard that scream tonight, that’d be sick”) [05:49] Hijinks, bowling alley bathroom, Somerville Circle [6:26] Mocking religion, a campfire in the woods somewhere [07:05] Interviewing a random person (who I knew from the comic book store) about The Evil Farm, outside Somerville Circle movie theater [07:16] Asking for opinions about The Evil Farm, street corner, Raritan, near Charlie’s house [08:24] Hijinks and Evil Farm talk, Pathmark supermarket, Somerville (key quotes: “Stay away from the evil chickens!”, “Whoah dude, sick man!”) [09:37] Ranting about The Evil Farm and the end of the world, Martinsville Inn parking lot (key quote: “People gonna die! You’re gonna die! You’re all gonna fuckin’ die!”) [11:15] Horse ride, shopping center, Somerville Circle (song: Acid Snow by Little Frankie Nora) [12:15] Trying to take down a street sign, Allen Rd. and Somerville Rd., Basking Ridge (note: Frank’s BMW 2002 is briefly visible) [13:02] Driving past and yelling at the “Nazi Camp”, Allen Rd., Basking Ridge (another example of an urban legend – it was actually the somewhat controversial but non-Nazi “Sons of Liberty Farm”) [13:14] Weird observations in the dark at The Evil Farm (a farm in Branchburg near Pete’s house that we decided was The Evil Farm (possibly because Pete heard a woman screaming there previously)) [14:36] Recalling creepy discoveries, Buttermilk Falls, Washington Valley Park [16:08] Investigating “The Pigwoman’s Castle”, 10 Mill St., Raritan (web page about the castle: http://www.dupontcastle.com/castles/nj_unk10.htm) [18:14] Hugo starts to turn evil at the group investigates The Devil Tree in Basking Ridge [19:56] Hugo’s first murder, outside bowling alley, Somerville circle (key quotes: “Go down on the ground, man.”, “Look up at him. Look up at him.”) [20:34] Drug deal and Hugo’s second and third murders, by the Raritan River, behind “The Pigwoman’s Castle”, Raritan [21:48] Chris, at home, in Martinsville, experiences a power failure, goes to the basement to investigate it, and is killed by someone or something [23:37] In a final showdown, Charlie kills Hugo to put an end to his murder spree, Martinsville Inn parking lot [24:30] close-up of a crystal, filmed in Frank’s basement in Martinsville [24:34] end credits (song: Demolition Curve by Little Frankie Nora)

Released 1/23/22

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

Internet archive link: https://archive.org/details/Tape_Land_Video_150-The_Evil_Farm-January_1987

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31:24 – Welcome to Tape Land! On each episode, I’ll present the audio of a cassette tape or historic material from my personal archives.

“Mad” Mike and Frank Nora “Master of the Airwaves” are back on the air after being kicked off for bad behavior the previous semester. Notes: Blender, Your Living Hell, 8:00 AM, back on the air after a long exile, Drew Security Parking PSA, Frank’s job at the birth control factory, Nomadi Entertainment, Shaddap You Face, Dan Murphy – Time Traveller, Mattress PSA, progressive music, dedications, requests, The Dead Animal Storage Lab, Weather Promo, our video, norms, mores, and folkways, Frank’s art project, Aviation Recovery Team, phone calls, high school art class.

Released 1/22/22

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1:13:02 – Eddie is back with another episode of The Wool Gathering.

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3:27:56 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: New chain, jalapeno coconut coffee, interesting videos, Tape Land update, Chemical Bonnie the drink, AI Onsug gobbledygook, Boba Fett, Earth To MTV, Max Q – Monday Night By Satellite, K-Pop, Unusual, Neglected and/or Lost Literature
(https://web.archive.org/web/20201214031117/http://barataria.tamu.edu:80/~baum/literary.html), Literary Obscurities (https://web.archive.org/web/20200116221131/http://barataria.tamu.edu:80/~baum/literarynew.html), the ultra obscure BRAIN PLANT Tetralogy by Davis Meltzer, questions and answers, Letterman dream, Emergency Door, watchlist, cigar time, weird birds in the bush, the revelation of other worlds, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:43:34)… Barrel by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY 4.0], Mexican Ice Truck by Gulf of Brass [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], The Sex Machine Club Spot On WHAT Radio Station [Archive.org], TV Guise 3-19-83 B by Another Flask of Weird [Archive.org, CC BY-ND 3.0], WWF Royal Rumble (Data East, 1994) [PinMAME], Bike Safe. Bike Smart [FedFlix, public domain], Bronson Pinchot AMLA Interview 11-3-89 – pt. 2 of 2 [YouTube], Maybe by MyVirtualBand Members [MyVirtualBand (defunct), CC BY 2.0], Colossal Rick’s Cafe by Another Flask of Weird [Archive.org, CC BY-ND 3.0].

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11:38 – The first in a new series of readings from the Literal Standard Version of the Bible – we begin in medias res with a vague hope of circling back (past Eve and Adam’s).

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5:09:35 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: The vulture and gusts, audio-animatronics, The Alan Parsons Project, shopping malls of New Jersey, Video Phase 2022, Early Echoes Fusing (1988), Shotcut, car keyfob battery replacement, UFOs, theorizing in the morning, K-Pop, the basement project, convenience stores, armchair futurist, Uriah Heep – Easy Livin’ 1972, new listener Scott, a deep dive into Early Echoes Fusing, Chemical Bonnie, Curly Geckos Musing, The Evil Farm, Deathlok and Iron Maiden’s Eddie, action figures, the story of your life, Deptford Mall article, Tap-A-Mall (7/2/01), “Unusual, Neglected and/or Lost Literature”, Rob’s extended comments, commercials from 1985, deodorant history, CNN War in the Gulf (Jan. 16, 1991), Drearian, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 4:28:57)… Cabinentaxi [YouTube], LIVE ManiaTV with Kristen [YouTube], Tripping by Paul Lisak & After The Ice [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], The New Eglinton Square Christmas spot (1983) [Retrontario], Way To New Start by Synth Dimension [Archive.org. CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Newsweasels Promo (1994) [collection], Monroeville Mall 1970s TV spot [YouTube], La estrella de Fomalhaut by Jaime Heras [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Pent Breeze by Fuzzy Daupner [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Little Bird by Bullette [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 2.5], WAVE Channel 3 – Celebrity Sweepstakes (Opening, 1975) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Pallid Underbrush by fluidvolt [Ubiktune, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], The Great Race (1965) trailer [YouTube], Surfing In The Woods by Karibean [EardrumsPop, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Twine Ball Rag by Grant Groberg (performed by Gerlüz) [IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library, 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

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1:02:52 – 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.

Early Echoes Fusing (1988)

https://youtu.be/3lOjQRK9oYI

Early Echoes Fusing is a 1988 compilation of early film and video work by Frank Edward Nora. It was made available by mail order at the time, but very few copies were sold. Now in 2022 it can be seen again.

[00:00] Opening Credits

[01:08] For Joey – Chas and Teddy go on a search for Joey

[12:26] Galaxy Reel – Frank’s old Super 8mm films

[23:22] Rapped on the Knuckles – Mike and Frank’s college hijinks

[27:07] Going Off – Chris and Hugo wait for a blind date

[30:50] Zope’s Animated South American Mishap – cartoon fun

[33:05] Region – Frank’s art film with soup and fast cars

[43:45] Little Frankie Nora – Enter the Wasteland – A Video Album

[55:35] End Credits

[59:39] Weird University Preview

Released 1/16/22

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_148-Early_Echoes_Fusing-1988