The Overnightscape Underground

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01:04:00 – Automated system accents, how time affects tone, the crossover episodes done so far, working within constraints, North Arm Cove, the Australian housing bubble, Blu Ray players, Breaking Bad, Internet, Kings Comics, manga version of Big Hero 6, Barakamon, tokens we carry of societal membership (wallets, keys, phones), fiat currencies, Australian expats in Singapore, what we accept as normal, PayPass, why that new Mascot street was already being ripped up, why Ubuntu server, in search of the perfect (cheap) bag, and Fairy Tail!

Recorded in Sydney, Australia. Licence for this track: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0. Attribution: Ruben Schade.

Released December 2015 on Rubénerd and The Overnightscape Underground, an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts.

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UPDATE: As pointed out by Jimbo, the wrong episode got uploaded! Fixed.

53:00 – A follow–up episode in Overnightscape Underground spirit to the latest Radio Free Shambles. Topics include podcast driving, libraries selling books and DVDs, ice and roller skating, George Harrison, physicals and checkups, Sherlock Holmes adaptations, Rubénerd Show 21 from 2005, and pouring to beat the band!

Recorded in Sydney, Australia. Licence for this track: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0. Attribution: Ruben Schade.

Released November 2015 on Rubénerd and The Overnightscape Underground, an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts.

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53:00 – Needless highs from sugary food, tomato soup, listener feedback (Jimbo, Manny, Chad Bowers, Dave Willanski, Doc Sleaze), the Fleet Card, Cabcharge, editing Wikipedia, Uber versus taxis, online scammers, motivation needs to come from within, potable and portable water, missing packages, Windows 8, user interface context, Powershop, fridges, and where’s all our power going!?

Recorded in Sydney, Australia. Licence for this track: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0. Attribution: Ruben Schade.

Released November 2015 on Rubénerd and The Overnightscape Underground, an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts.

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55:00 – A follow–up episode in Overnightscape Underground spirit to Doc Sleaze’s latest audio emissions on the network. Topics include looking back, British royalty in Australia, comedy shows and tired sci-fi origin stories (from Sleazecast 10); the expensive and surly proprietors of corner shops (from the latest Overnightscape Central); and his tongue in cheek look at stalking, with reality TV stars and online (from Sleazecast 9). Also includes a bonus correction from Doc regarding the etymology of soccer!

Recorded in Sydney, Australia. Licence for this track: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0. Attribution: Ruben Schade.

Released November 2015 on Rubénerd and The Overnightscape Underground, an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts.

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54:34 – Drinking water, fear of forgetting things, keycards living in apartments, Singaporean reception desks, HDBs, sovereign wealth funds, cinematic masks, 007 Spectre, the Stars (Trek, Gate, Wars), Marvel’s Hawkeye, manga, difficulty getting into comics, the Star Trek reboot, The Undiscovered Country, reserved HTML status codes, creepy car park music, disappointing vegetarian breakfasts, unified theory on hand dryer training (the Dyson AirBlade and AirBlade V), the New South Wales HSC, scary tutour billboards in Sydney’s Epping station, societal pressure to study at all costs, government funding private schools (wait what?) and some awesome FleetCard 80s graphics!

Recorded in Sydney, Australia. Licence for this track: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0. Attribution: Ruben Schade.

Released November 2015 on Rubénerd and The Overnightscape Underground, an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts.

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34:03 – A follow–up episode in Overnightscape Underground spirit to Manny’s most recent Special Delivery episode. Topics include internet trolls, autumn leaves and apple trees, early holiday decorations, fantasy sports leagues and Onsug meetups!

Recorded in Sydney, Australia. Licence for this track: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0. Attribution: Ruben Schade.

Released November 2015 on Rubénerd and The Overnightscape Underground, an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts (this one notwithstanding).

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01:01:45 – Drivers who think we can see them, scary storm clouds of doom, swords are superior to guns, truck drivers on one–way streets, building and wrecking kerbs, silly workplace “wellness” articles, family moves, the Australian Housing Bubble, the DeLonghi Magnifica coffee machine, Age of Empires II on Steam, fond game memories, Bali and Lombok, philosophy about travel and boredom, and the last Australian to hear of Tame Impala!

Recorded in Sydney, Australia. Licence for this track: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0. Attribution: Ruben Schade.

Released November 2015 on Rubénerd and The Overnightscape Underground, an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts (this one notwithstanding).

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01:00:36 – Car park music, mixing 80s synths with jazz, Spandau Ballet, working at what you love, obsessively researching, KVMs, The Paradox of Choice, shipping to Australia sucks, the Ideapad 100s, Sonnet IDE cards for ancient PowerMac G3s, overcast days, sunburn, going to the Sepang GP in Malaysia, only having enthusiasm for motorsport, hiking, Adelaide, power board boxes, OfficeWorks, cable boxes, shredders, early 1990s childhood TV nostalgia (TMNT, Fireman Sam, Postman Pat, Superted), purchasing and returning an evil monitor stand, and why British power plugs are superior, damn it!

Recorded in Sydney, Australia. Licence for this track: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0. Attribution: Ruben Schade.

Released November 2015 on Rubénerd and The Overnightscape Underground, an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts (this one notwithstanding).

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01:00:00 – Join me on a train trip to Sydney to have a coffee, then the train trip back! Random topics include office space, NABERS (?), venture capitalists, spring hay fever, cubicles, Perl, introversion, what could have been, space and perceptions, commutes, squeaky carriages, not travelling between doors, grade separation, New York schist and Sydney sandstone, junk food for vegetarians, chicken salt, Brands Essence of Chicken, apple flavoured Yakult, Starbucks, light rail, Americanos and long blacks, train platforms, losing wallets or phones, Tiles, micro-obsession with Canned Heat, and how to irritate hipsters.

Recorded in Sydney, Australia. Licence for this track: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0. Attribution: Ruben Schade.

Released October 2015 on The Overnightscape Underground, an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts (this one notwithstanding).

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55:27 – Cicadas, overhead planes, show 300 feedback, powers of two, the Airbus A380, Wings, unusual clouds, light patterns, abandoned tennis courts with floodlights, Dave Chappelle as Rick James, couldn’t care less about celebrities, Dôme coffee chain in Perth and Singapore, childhood lessons about trusting the media, Chinese whispers, multimedia encyclopaedia CD-ROMs, citing Wikipedia, Apple IIc, squirrels, 1980s GUIs, nonsense about why Windows 9 was skipped, Mac OS 8.6, and my decade-long adventure with a “dead” PowerMac G3!

Recorded in Sydney, Australia. Licence for this track: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0. Attribution: Ruben Schade.

Released October 2015 on The Overnightscape Underground, an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts (this one notwithstanding).