The Overnightscape Underground

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1:09:08 – Neal discusses sit-com bunk bed envy, takey-offey parachutes versus landy parachutes, a dignified way to kill off libraries, eternal peanuts, where cabaret fits in the grand scheme of things, being a a curtailed feed remnant advisory for returning listeners, fooling yourself with documentaries, Everest without a Walkman, measuring hell-broken-loose levels, steamboats and whitewashing, sitcom bunk bed envy, long distance stewing, casting then the dead parents on Diff’rent Strokes, the right elephant for the job, rebooting Air Crash Investigation, legalities of shooting messengers who happen to be elephants, elephants versus character actors, actor David Kelly RIP, a revised history of storytelling and firelighting, falling by design, penny drop moment for a trainee air crash investigator, statistical probabilities of different species entering a bar, bunk kitchens, failing to remember the word bittorrent, inauthentic endings on travel shows and podcasts, drawing a stairs on volume two of Colliers Junior Classics and more, before assigning the listener an important comprehension exercise as homework.

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1:10:10 – In an 800th episode during which he may have overdone the energy drinks somewhat, (although the Cat Stevens part is true) Neal exposes a gaping loophole for toddler movie producers and discusses merry-go-rounds versus the events depicted in The Deer Hunter (1978), what he learned in his days in a Dublin boxing arena, achieving immortality by outwitting his future self, sit-com revolving door tropes, novel advice for joggers, you could fry an egg on the rocks / stones / sidewalk – if you had an egg (1980s Irish commercial) ukulele talk, a scathing attack on the first four hundred episodes of this series, a hall of mirrors versus a horsehoe-shaped bar, learning from The Walking Dead, self-aware fictional characters on strike, revisiting Short Circuit (1986) versus revisiting Sesame Street, robot windscreen wipers are robots, the chimney revenge woman, Cat Stevens at an accountancy seminar (1994), a contraption to achieve mouth lubrication equilibrium, time machine form factors, Spielberg and Schindler’s charming misunderstanding in a bar, a Netflix branded cereal, what real raw milk does to cereal and more.

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54:37 – Neal discusses the imaginary listener’s secret existential crisis, approximating the taste of grass for the discerning diner, a new way to measure your height, whether crosswords count as relaxation, changing atitudes to chimneys, what’s under your face, the first humans ever to see a bridge, canal tow-path horse height issues, harmonica design mysteries, Lovely Daaaaaaaaaay versus a barking barman, canal tow path issues, demons in undergound systems, a horse’s head versus a railway bridge, impressing a giraffe with our bar licensing system, how giraffes pat you on the head, Lovely Daaaaaaaaaay versus a barking barman, what happens when two “Two cats walk into a bar” stories walk into a bar and more.

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2:25:34 – Frank in New Jersey and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Twiki for sale, missed the bus, Buck Rogers, Star Wars, shitty robots, heading into NYC, Doctor Who, Country Gate Players – It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, Birch beer, Mini Chiclets, food hall, vegan lunch, Travellers, Zuzu’s Petals, wild turkeys, Important Rectangle, book work, Ryan O’Neal dead at 82, Barry Lyndon (1975), Gumby, Balatro, Grace Plaza, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:44:12)… Twitchin’ by God Street Wine [Archive,org, CC BY-NC 3.0], Pen Buying (4/29/00) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Otherworld Intro and Credits [YouTube], Run by Büromaschinen [Upitup Records, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Boy and girl raver line [via Webm8 productions], Reforth Danport (fake Boards of Canada song, origin unknown) [collection], Tomorrowland Viewliner Station (Oldsmobile) [collection], Scrab T (Michel) by Tortue Super Sonic [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0], Jungle Todd Pencil by Another Flask of Weird [Archive.org, CC BY-ND 3.0], Rich Hall – Supermarket Sniglets (1983) [YouTube], Laidback Larry Longboarding by El Pablo [SurfGuitar101.com, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], Dansing Galaxy (intro) by Alex Emanov [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Beta Stormtoon #1 (11/19/01) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0].

License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Attribution: by Frank Edward Nora – more info at onsug.com

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29:45 – If there is only one God, why are we commanded not to serve any others? If God knows everything already, what new information can tests of faith give him? If he is all-powerful, why doesn’t he just destroy the competition and be done with it? And if he is totally benevolent, why does he destroy so many people? Dave in Kentucky poses the questions, but you’ll have to provide your own answers.

Show art: “Baalites” (1896-1902) by James Tissot (1836-1902), Public Domain.

Theme music: Unknown hymn used as the theme music for Father Coughlin’s radio show in the 1930s, Public Domain, performed by Dave in Kentucky (2021), Public Domain Dedication.

This show is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Attribution: by Dave in Kentucky – more info at onsug.com and sermons.blog.

This episode, along with all other episodes of SERMONS, is also available at sermons.blog.

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2:33:10 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Vegas the Cat’s hiding spots, weird stuff going on yesterday, holiday party, RJ synchronicity, Widow Jane, money damage, eye roll, Cityanna, a truck from another dimension, AI artwork, celebrity deaths (Sandra Day O’Connor (93), Shane MacGowan (65), Norman Lear (101), Denny Laine (79), Ralph Cirella (58)), The Moody Blues, Fat Choy, The Boy and the Heron (2023), I’m Told I Had A Good Time – The Mickey Dolenz Archives – Volume One, Brian Auger, summer stock, Starship, The Weasel Village Mall Parking Deck, gently interested in but not overly interested in what it could have been, Serenity Sticks (fidget toy), Flaviar ‘The Lost Art of Distillation’ Advent Calendar, Wyoming Whiskey, Steely Dan – Turn That Heartbeat Over Again (lyrics realization), drugs, Christmas tree, random music, liquor store, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:52:37)… Energy Cushion by Bob Powell [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Starblade (Namco, 1991) [MAME], King Edward VIII – Abdication Speech (1936) [collection], Sky Rockets Rag by Polar Lion [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], CHiPS pull over HR Pufnstuf ! S01EP08 [YouTube], BARKER – LES POUPEES DE PARIS [collection], IUMA on MTV – November 1994 [YouTube], MTV The Big Picture – 1991 Showscan & Imax [YouTube], Puppet…Rockford, Illinois 1983 [YouTube], Hands Across the Sea by United States Army Band [Musopen, public domain], L’eggs Sheer Energy (Commercial, 1976) [FuzzyMemories.TV], ELKMONT VALLEY SOLAR ENERGY: Elkmont Rural Village [FedFlix, public domain], Lobby Energy 2 by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY 4.0], 1982 World’s Fair Energy Express Theme Song [YouTube], My Chauffeur (1986) [YouTube].

License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Attribution: by Frank Edward Nora – more info at onsug.com

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2:00:30 – Frank in New Jersey and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Estate sale, cat names, going to work in NYC, earworm, Brooklyn Charmers, Phish at Sphere, Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God, playing cards, Candle, Telehack, za’atar, new Peter Gabriel album i/o, Tiger Tiger, soy sauce mess, updates to the archive page, life as a video game, fake liquor, Blue Sunshine, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:20:01)… Condors Don’t by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY 4.0], Caution: Adolescents at Risk (1991) (excerpt) [FedFlix, public domain], Dancing by Jahzzar [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], WSNS Channel 44 – everybody’s movie – “Holy Matrimony” (Commercial Break, 1976) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Palosmojao by Onofre Borneo [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Glastonbury Festival 1994 – news report 4 [YouTube], The Golden Circle by Spheriot [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], The Sounds of Communicore [collection], Superdiscount by John May Bull [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Home-tune [via Webm8 productions], Sunlight Puzzle by Saturday Index [One on Twoism].

License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Attribution: by Frank Edward Nora – more info at onsug.com