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Sunday, March 17, 2024

Tape Land 173 – Anything But Monday – The Fish Tank of Death (1989)

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38:38 – 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 “Tape Land Video”.

Tape Land Video 173 – Anything But Monday – The Fish Tank of Death (1989)

00:00 – Segment 1 (date unknown, but it’s somewhere between 2/4/89 and 4/16/89) – Mike and Frank at the Anything But Monday Magazine office in Caldwell, New Jersey. They discuss the prizes for their crossword puzzle contest, including The Fish Tank of Death. Since there is a tie, they perform a complex tie breaking coin flipping process invented by Frank.

28:14 – Segment 2 (4/16/89) – Mike and Frank at the Anything But Monday Magazine office in Caldwell, New Jersey. Frank is trying to set up the camera so they can both be on screen at once, but he can’t figure it out. There does exist a video of them both facing the camera and talking to their future selves, but that’s another video… hopefully coming soon to Tape Land Video…

35:55 – Segment 3 (5/7/89) Frank visit Mike at his security job, sitting in his car by the side of the road in Pequannock, New Jersey.

Released 3/17/24

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

Internet archive link: https://archive.org/details/Tape_Land_Video_173-Anything_But_Monday-The_Fish_Tank_of_Death-1989

posted by Frank at 12:32 pm filed in Frank,Mar24  

Saturday, March 16, 2024

Tape Land 172 – Little Frankie Nora – The First Recording Session (12/31/86)

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45:25 – Welcome to Tape Land! On each episode, I’ll present the audio of a cassette tape or historic material from my personal archives.

New Year’s Eve… December 31, 1986… I’ve just set up my recording studio, consisting of a Casio SK-1 sampling keyboard, an old black & white TV set, a tape deck, a tape recorder, and a microphone mixer. Some of the recordings on this tape would wind up as songs on the official Little Frankie Nora tape releases – all of which have already been released in the Onsug Radio archive.

Released 3/16/24

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

posted by Frank at 9:48 am filed in Frank,Mar24  

Saturday, March 16, 2024

Onsug Radio – Archive Previews (2024-03-16)

28:02 – This is an experimental recording for the Onsug Radio broadcast. It features a computer voice hosting random archive clips.

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 Onsug Radio Hosts – more info at onsug.com

List of clips:

Overnightscape Central – No Longer – (7/4/11) – 33/34
ABM Unplugged: Comic Con (10/10/13) – 23/29
Overnightscape Central – Comic Strips – (8/22/11) – 20/33
Iggy and the Smart Guys – 3/3
ug: Month in Review – January 2023 (2/10/23) – 36/53
Hey Everybody, it’s Jimbo! – Special: 5th Chat with PQ – 089 (2/15/16) – 04/12
The Paunch Stevenson Show – Episode 135 (6/29/09) – 02/26
Overnightscape Central – Wide Open (2/2/21) – 11/55

posted by Frank at 7:59 am filed in Frank,Mar24  

Friday, March 15, 2024

The Overnightscape 2100 – Plaza Rummy (3/15/24)

3:20:14 – Frank in NJ, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Beautiful afternoon, cruise ship entertainer Erica McTell and her team, Baffling Job, monolith in Wales, Static Radio trivia show, Plaza Rummy, 2099, 2100, Blamnoom, Flea Devil Solitaire, in the dark, the comfort of belief, what is Earth, next morning, dreams of a different Nineteenth Century, PQ’s journey, Fortnite, the metaverse, Second Life, Aer City Pack X-Pac, Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story, Remembrance in Premonition – The Biting Reality – EP (2024), “Steve Jobs and the Apple Computer Revolution” auction, Golf on Mars, paper towels, bird, rummy idea, St. Patrick’s Day, Onsug Radio stuff, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:39:52)… Mark Kermode and Katie Puckrik Glastonbury 1994 [YouTube], EDB interviewed by Zoogz Rift, 1984 [Earth Dies Burning], 1975 Mattel Michael and Melinda Young Sweethearts dolls TV commercial Ads [YouTube], Largess Rope by Brady Arnold [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (read by SV) [LibriVox, public domain], Benson & Hedges 100s Letters [Archive.org, 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

posted by Frank at 1:13 pm filed in Frank,Mar24  

Tuesday, March 12, 2024

The Overnightscape 2099 – Here Diagonally (3/12/24)

2:08:28 – Frank in NJ, plus the Other Side. Topics include: The white brush stroke, A Little Slice of Oblivion Tequila, similarities, Amber, pinball shirt, paper towels, Here Diagonally, Connect Four, Universal Epic Universe, The Overnightscape 1547: Pesk (11/15/18), The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature, 3,000 year old story “The Marriage of Martu”, the last K-Mart in New Jersey closed last year, The Overnightscape 1937 – Weasels of Nuclear Ambition (8/14/22), Cirque Ingenieux by Kitaro (1997), The Silk Road (TV series, 1980-81), and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:27:44)… E07 Travel by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY 4.0], Chez Bob’s Back at School 82 by Another Flask of Weird [Archive.org, CC BY-ND 3.0], Oakbrook Center – “What I Want For Christmas” (Commercial, 1981) [FuzzyMemories.TV], He’s Stupid [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Pizza Hut Families Rule by Five Starcle Men [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], The Games of Starcade – Calipso [YouTube], Nuprin, Jimmy Connors vs. Michael Chang, 1991 [YouTube], Newsweasels Promo (1994) [collection], Repo Man TV Version – Buzz Aldrin [collection], Mandelbrot [collection], The Adventures of Mabel – Chapter 1 – The Green Lizard [LibriVox, public domain], Howard Stern WNBC Opening [collection], Chill House (History Of House) by Coruscate [ccMixter, CC BY 3.0], Vision of the Wild (1990) (excerpt) [FedFlix, public domain], HBO May 1981 preview & bumpers [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

posted by Frank at 1:47 pm filed in Frank,Mar24  

Monday, March 11, 2024

Overnightscape Central – Morning Coffee, Evening Drinks & Other Minor Vices (3/11/24)

3:17:30 – Dave in Kentucky is joined by E-Squared from Discord and The Exit Ramp (at 1:20), Eddie Murray of The Wool Gathering (at 50:42) and Frank Edward Nora of The Overnightscape (at 2:32:39) for a discussion of the minor vices in which we sometimes indulge, as well as the usual digressions about aliens.

Next month’s topics: Utopias, Dystopias and Other Possible Worlds. Record about any or all of these and send audio files or links to DaveKY at mail.com by 6pm Central Time on April 10, 2024.

Show art: “The Noordermarkt by Night” (1840) by Petrus van Schendel (1806-1870) depicting “night people” typical of the Overnightscape Underground.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International license.

Attribution: by Dave in Kentucky. Other contributors “appear” courtesy of themselves.

posted by Dave at 6:38 pm filed in Dave,E-Squared,Eddie,Frank,Mar24,OvernightscapeCentral,ramplers  

Monday, March 11, 2024

The Exit Ramp #53 – Mu Shampoo (3/11/24)

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4:20:53 – 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.

Host Frank from The Overnightscape is joined by Michael Feir from Canada, Dave in Kentucky from his various showsJan Erik from Norway, Jefferson from PhiladelphiaSimon from Nevada from Scary Stories, Nate in WisconsinAnn from Suffern, NY, and Doc Sleaze from his various shows.

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 & Guests – more info at onsug.com

posted by Frank at 1:02 pm filed in Frank,Mar24  

Friday, March 8, 2024

The Overnightscape 2098 – Spring Fling (3/8/24)

3:44:28 – Frank in NYC and NJ, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Xi’an Famous Foods, book store, record store, Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express, Rockefeller Center, go to some stores, pompous stores, heading up to Marble Hill, Brooklyn Cannery Root Beer, Cult Crackers, chat, the past, the train back, third rail litter, reality, French, State of the Union, Times Square, mirror ball suit synchronicity, annoying band, the next day, Melter Pluto, industrialo, Spring Fling, 1970s commercial interior design, chord synchronicity, new backpack, Rolling Stone, Disappearer, interdimensional travel, The Overnightscape 1418: Eclipse Episode (8/21/17), Holy Grail, Data Age Mindscape, Bugs, time, creativity and relationships, Cruise to the Edge T-shirt, The Krofft Supershow, Three Dog Night, Xanadu (1980), Kubla Khan: or A Vision in a Dream, tofu shrinkflation, Ramp Fiction, creativity, solar salesman?, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 3:03:38)… Kotti by Texel [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Abe Rezny Discussing HOLOGRAMS with Mike Douglas & Twiggy – 1977 [YouTube], The Thumb by Cédrik S [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Get a (Second) Life! [YouTube], Ventricular Pavement by Thiaz Itch [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Vintage TV Logos [YouTube], Peter Ivers “Slap the Ginkels” Spiel – New Wave Theatre 1982 [YouTube], When Waves Trying to Catch a Marvel by Antony Raijekov [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Hot Moves (1984) Trailer [YouTube], Eko the High Wizard by Andrey Avkhimovich [Jamendo, CC BY 3.0], WFLD Channel 32 – Super Cartoon Sunrise – Popeye Hour (Partial Break #2, 1979?) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Congress Hall by John Philip Sousa (performed by “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band) [public domain].

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

posted by Frank at 2:26 pm filed in Frank,Mar24  

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

The Overnightscape 2097 – Indoor Ankh Fiesta (3/6/24)

4:08:07 – Frank in NJ, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Passengers at the brewery, prog rock, Big Big Train live in Rutherford, NJ, the chat continues, new Digital Edition of the Onsug Radio Book, radio camaraderie, prog cruise, Weird Highway, Joey Ramone synchronicity, gnostic ideas, summary, next day, thieving, asking the right questions about the Mandelbrot Set, mathematics and reality, another synchronicity, cat visit, Indoor Ankh Fiesta, 70s pop occultism, Oakley SubZero, The IT Crowd synchronicities, Blue Milk synchronicity, Laeticia Sadier, Guided By Voices, puzzle, server costs, Lego memory, card game salt, Electroportis, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 3:27:39)… Beatles Press Conference (5/14/68, Americana Hotel, New York) [collection], Street Time NYC – Track 1 by Randy Antley [collection], Laserium – 1977 [YouTube], Ear to the Roar by Esther Bowinkle [collection], Sharon Gless – 2 on the Town interview, 1982 [YouTube], Chaos by AMANDA [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], The Arcade Ambience Project: 1983, by Andy Hofle (excerpt) [textfiles.com], Advertise on Chillin’ FM [via Webm8 productions].

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

posted by Frank at 5:40 pm filed in Frank,Mar24  

Friday, March 1, 2024

The Overnightscape 2096 – This Old Engine (2/29/24)

5:57:33 – Frank in NJ and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Pluckemin, Fotomat, driving around New Jersey, Alexei Sayle’s Stuff, This Old Engine, The People’s Almanac #3 (1981), Casey Jones synchronicity, “Fotomat Drive-Thru Movies”, I Go Pogo (1980), Howland Owl, The Phantom Menace, Fortnite, Altered TCG, the next day, the next few days, Big Big Train, The Mighty Boosh, The Young Ones – Bambi, The IT Crowd, streaming anxiety, Onsug Radio book files, the original 35 LaserWriter fonts, Palatino, The Song that Doesn’t End, abandoned movie theater, Bolero Snort Brewery, Wayfaring Strangers, Clearly Canadian – Mountain Blackberry, Apple Music Favorites List this week, 2000 Bluffcosm review on Listen.com, My Breakfast with Blassie, Grateful Dead Live at Hollywood Bowl on 1972-06-17, Watergate, Richard Lewis dead at 76, Kate Bush – Sat in Your Lap – Official Music Video, Transglobal Underground – Lookee Here, Natacha Atlas, Suzanne Ciani, next day, halo of delusion, Boqueria truck, cheap gas?, Cracked Ice, asking AI about places called Missouri, Leap Day, Port of New York Authority, Bachdenkel, AI aggravation, taco putty, vegan lunch, Rockefeller Center, perception, expensive attraction, Xi’an Famous Foods, tofu, heading up to The Bronx, ticket confusion, at my brother’s place with his cats, Moss – Sea Moss Beverage – Pure and Mango Ginger, back to the train station, Balatro, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 5:16:25)… C-60’s by ElectroLatrine [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Sony Metreon Marketing Video [YouTube], Strange Music 1 by misha64u [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], Earth Station – WorldKey Information Service [collection], Cream Soda Weekly by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY 4.0], WFLD Channel 32 – Sunday Showcase (Break #6, 1986) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Super Showbiz Star by Clementines [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0], SHOWTIME promos (Thursday, May 24th 1984) [YouTube], Muzak to Twiddle your thumbs by by Antti Luode [anttismusic.blogspot.com, CC BY 3.0], Parks Canada – Yukon Territory (from CBC 1985) [YouTube], TV Guide commercial 09-07-79 [YouTube], Valley Of Rain by Smooth [Archive.org, 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

posted by Frank at 4:45 am filed in Feb24,Frank  
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