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13:52 – Blind Duncan’s Blues by Arthur Jaz (aka Shambles)
This is my first novel, Blind Duncan’s Blues, which I completed in 2004 and am now releasing here upon an unsuspecting public. Blind Duncan’s Blues is a novel consisting of interrelated short stories about a boy named Duncan Pierce. It covers various incidents in Duncan’s life, ranging from the age of eighteen months through about eleven years. There are eighteen chapters in all, which will be released sporadically on Onsug.com. Read by the author.

There are certain autobiographical elements to this book, but they mainly consist of general impressions of what it was like to be a child in the early 1980s in Illinois. I never had an older brother who made me eat cat food; my parents had a much happier and stronger marriage than Duncan’s own folks; none of my teachers ever made me wear a dunce cap. The situations that arise for Duncan from being in a large family (as well as a dysfunctional one) I had to either steal from other people’s experiences or fictionalize entirely.

However, I did start writing stories at an early age, and I did play Santa Claus one year in the Christmas program. Most of the rest is fictionalized.

I am currently working on a sequel, Bentleyville Tigers, which will be completed one of these days.

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Attribution: by Arthur Jaz (aka Shambles) – more info at onsug.com

Released February 2012 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts.

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4:20 – Blind Duncan’s Blues by Arthur Jaz (aka Shambles)
This is my first novel, Blind Duncan’s Blues, which I completed in 2004 and am now releasing here upon an unsuspecting public. Blind Duncan’s Blues is a novel consisting of interrelated short stories about a boy named Duncan Pierce. It covers various incidents in Duncan’s life, ranging from the age of eighteen months through about eleven years. There are eighteen chapters in all, which will be released sporadically on Onsug.com. Read by the author.

There are certain autobiographical elements to this book, but they mainly consist of general impressions of what it was like to be a child in the early 1980s in Illinois. I never had an older brother who made me eat cat food; my parents had a much happier and stronger marriage than Duncan’s own folks; none of my teachers ever made me wear a dunce cap. The situations that arise for Duncan from being in a large family (as well as a dysfunctional one) I had to either steal from other people’s experiences or fictionalize entirely.

However, I did start writing stories at an early age, and I did play Santa Claus one year in the Christmas program. Most of the rest is fictionalized.

I am currently working on a sequel, Bentleyville Tigers, which will be completed one of these days.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License.
Attribution: by Arthur Jaz (aka Shambles) – more info at onsug.com

Released February 2012 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts.

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2:00:35 – It’s sprinkling, bizarre mood, pop culture, having trouble compiling audio material, Blind Duncan’s Blues, choosing a CD to review, Collider by The Sam Roberts Band, Creative Commons, driving to the dentist, need to replace two tires, the smokers’ sidewalk, listening to my earlier episodes, Get Him to the Greek, medical reimbursement, update on bad server experience, gum decay, System of Inequalities (Rachel and Skye, Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike), a historic Onsug event, February 23rd, Bloomington High School yearbook from 1923, magazines and newspapers from the 1920s, crappy cover on my 1991 yearbook, elevator ride, spacey, three things, Olive Garden, Is Not Does (NOW, Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0), Family Fun Night cancelled, might go to a movie, Jennifer Aniston, allowance, Third Sunday Market, trying to keep weight off, now showing, Wanderlust review, Michaela Watkins, previews for two Jason Segel movies, Wild Nights Shuttle Limo, lucid dreaming, remembering dreams, the 1922-23 Bloomington High basketball season. Theme song: Simple Pleasures (Henry Homesweet, Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 England & Wales).

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Released February 2012 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts.

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1:49:41 –
Anybody’s Guess #31: Radio Free Shambles (10-15-11) (1:49:41)
She knows the routine, Getting On A Train (Girl Boy Moog, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs), Nothing Rhymes With Window (Blasting Trout Overbite, Attribution 3.0 United States), Friday Night Sociable (Lum and Abner, 1933), Jackie’s cat impression, Stage 1, Vol. 1, Track 8 (Burnt Bacon, Right – Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States), Live Country Music (Tim G. Frisbee, Attribution 3.0 United States), Is Halloween Evil (ChicagoScope Podcast, Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States), Saturday Night (Cryo Remix) (Stocker, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs), dream world, Montreal Burger Report Episode 72 (Montreal Burger Report, Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Canada), Razzazza Mazzazza (Edison Concert Band, Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0), Heart of Glass (Daniel Lindeberg with Greta Rootstein, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs), my default state, Ajeb Bu Das The Hay Yhe (Tenzing Womgmo, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs), American Girls Americast #32 (Those American Girls, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States), Gravity (Deirdre & Conor, Attribution 3.0 United States), Shoppers (James Patrick Kelly, Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States), The Slob Was Right (Dirtman, Attribution 3.0 United States).

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Released February 2012 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts.

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1:02:15 – Spontaneous recording, the police box dream, mini-golf, barbershop chorus concert of Beatles songs, Gasping for Airtime, Jay Mohr’s Christopher Walken impression, Mohr’s SNL backstage stories, Mike Myers, stealing material from another comedian, Morwenna Banks, Janeane Garofolo, my comedy geekness, Skeeter as my alter ego, acting, Rev. Tooker in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Elwood in Harvey, changed major from theatre to English, writing, more on Mohr, baseball, comparing writing to audio recording, my back, putting songs in episodes, daily format idea, license plates, special releases, Radio Free Shambles, preserve old cassettes, lottery ticket, a 209 sighting, scrounging for food, two abandoned audio projects, leftover Pizza Hut pizza. Theme song: Simple Pleasures (Henry Homesweet, Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 England & Wales).

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Attribution: by Shambles – more info at onsug.com

Released February 2012 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts.

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53:05 – Nightstation is sleeping, new boss, Star Trek Voyager: Pathways, Atari joysticks, On the Dark Side, I lost four pounds, weird vibes at work, mild winter, only one power outage in three years, counting steps, my plans for special releases on Onsug outside of The Shambleshow, The Chicago TARDIS Experience, Janet Fielding, people with cell phones, Bug Out, PQ Ribber, Friday afternoon, Hibachi Grill, groundhogs, The Phantom Menace in 3D, Oscars, Cinemania, Chain Camera, what the hell’s a learning pack?, sitting alone in the van, buffet, mellow. Theme song: Simple Pleasures (Henry Homesweet, Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 England & Wales).

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Attribution: by Shambles – more info at onsug.com

Released February 2012 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts.

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44:44 – My medical update, codeine didn’t help, Onsug stuff, Nightstation stuff, luck, reading Star Trek Voyager: Pathways, Deep Space Nine, Embargoed (Edit) (Blasting Trout Overbite, Attribution 3.0 United States), Whitney Houston died, Charlie Brown Valentine special, Jackie and I play games on the Atari Flashback console. Theme song: Simple Pleasures (Henry Homesweet, Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 England & Wales).

Special notes:
1. This episode was recorded with intention of being released on February 13th in keeping with the “thirteen” theme, but it was all ready to go and I didn’t know if I’d get time on February 13th to release it, so I just figured screw it, I’ll release it now on the 12th.
2. When it was all compiled, this episode’s run time was 44:43, so I added one extra second of silence after the closing theme so that it would come out to 44:44 in honor of Eddie and his show Cloud Base 44.
3. In earnest hope that PQ Ribber won’t mind, I have borrowed a small section of BUG OUT Episode Ten (from the Magic Island portion), which has been altered significantly and can be heard at the very, very end of this episode.
4. I’m going to take a few days off from recording in order to recharge my creative faculties. There may or may not be another Shambleshow this week, but I plan to return to the two-a-week schedule next week for sure.

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Attribution: by Shambles – more info at onsug.com

Released February 2012 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts.

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1:01:50 – Tina Fey, my cyst and me, playing games on the Atari Flashback console, Semiasy (Goto80, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs), playing more games on the Atari Flashback console. Theme song: Simple Pleasures (Henry Homesweet, Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 England & Wales).

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License.
Attribution: by Shambles – more info at onsug.com

Released February 2012 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts.

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57:51 – Fogtastic, grrrrumpy, Eighteen Eyes, don’t want to be associated with Illuminati, had to go back home for badge, Atari Flashback, spontaneous split personality shows up, small meltdown, things that I’m good at, Stars (Ether, 1996), deleted the bit I recorded while in a weird headspace, heading for thrift shop, making sound collages, Pepsi, felt burned out yesterday, my adventure in the thrift shop, Gone With the Wind screenplay book, don’t drop the recorder!, cop cars, the town in Vic and Sade was based on Bloomington, three werewolves and one Power Ranger. Theme song: Simple Pleasures (Henry Homesweet, Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 England & Wales).

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License.
Attribution: by Shambles – more info at onsug.com

Released February 2012 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts.

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1:05:43 – Changes at work, bad restaurant experience with the snooty server, my diet, bought two Star Wars novels, Gasping for Airtime, Jay Mohr, Paul Brittain leaving SNL, characters played by Paul Brittain, nephew of Bob Newhart, getting a headache, owww!, Jackie pulled her loose tooth, taking medicine, In Sleep and Waking Dreams (Daniel Vincent, Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0), next morning, stayed home from church, Buster Keaton short comedy films from the Thirties, echo effect of multiple TVs at Meijer, werewolves vs. Power Rangers, Our Gang, Little Rascals in color, Monkees videotape, Unidentified Flying Oddball, classic comedy kick, Eighteen Eyes sound collage, bowling. Theme song: Simple Pleasures (Henry Homesweet, Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 England & Wales).

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License.
Attribution: by Shambles – more info at onsug.com

Released February 2012 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts.