The Overnightscape Underground

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1:42:36 – Welcome to Tape Land! On each episode, I will be presenting the audio of a cassette tape from my collection. It’s a way to help motivate me to digitize more of my archives.

I had completely forgotten about this tape! It’s the first tape I made with my new tape recorder, at the start of my first Internet radio project, Bluffcosm. It mostly consists of ambient audio of NYC – including walking through the original World Trade Center and playing video games at some now long-lost Times Square arcades!

Notes: Wednesday, March 15, 2000, 6:55 PM, Park Row, NYC, just got a new tape recorder, officially kicking off the “Age of Bluffcosm”, ambient sounds of the city, microphone test, World Trade Center, subway, 50th Street, Times Square, cigar, Laser Park Arcade, Crazy Taxi, Broadway City Arcade, Port Authority Bus Terminal, buying a snack, giving directions, Thursday, March 16, 2000, 10:00 AM, on the bus, more ambient sounds of the city, subway, Varick Street, got coffee from Jack, auto reverse, elevator, arrived at work.

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2:13:31 – Frank on The Overnightscape Porch, plus the Other Side. Topics include: A rainy Friday, mattress shopping, scam calls, customer service nightmare, outdoor planters, carnival sedum tile, Ikea Billy, Alexander’s Mural, Stereolab, whole bean coffee review (Folger’s 1850 Black Gold, Cafe Grumpy El Salvador Malacara B Red Bourbon), chewing gum review (Juicy Fruit Mixies Gum), Fortnite Playground mode, Wheels Today, car stickers, snack review (Kitchen & Love – Cauliflower Quick Meal – Peruvian Vegetable Ceviche), and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:32:13)… Earth Station – WorldKey Information Service [collection], PSA – Woodsy the Owl – Littering Louse [collection], grocery store training film 1989 (3/3) [YouTube], The Perfect Planet by Monroeville Music Center [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY 3.0], Screwballs (1983) trailer [YouTube], Warzaw Express by The Pharaos [Archive.org, public domain], Blue Bayou Restaraunt (Complete) [collection], Hibernacion by Jaime Heras [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Movimiento Robotico by Danubio Rodriguez [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Worldkey Information Systems [YouTube], Screen Test (1985) [YouTube], Single Rotations Of Love (‘The Singles’ version) by In Isolation [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], history of Cineplex Odeon Theatres–Coming Attractions (1985-1997) (excerpt) [YouTube], Yell Love by Page27 [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 2.5], Octopus by Mystic Morrison Visions [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0], ONE MILLION YEARS BC trailer [Archive.org, public domain], Surfin Simon by Crazy Aces [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], World Of Motion – 23 – ‘Speed Tunnel #2’ [collection].

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1:44:58 - Frank Edward Nora, the Artist Shaman, Q, and Doc Sleaze share their thoughts on the elusive topic!! PQ Ribber hosts!!

Next: Political

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Released June 2018 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and clever hosts presenting unique programs, historic archival material, and nocturnal audio

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3:21:02 – Frank in NJ and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: The Fourth of July Eve, The Sestercentennial, The Revolutionary War, British Airways slogan, fireworks now legal in New Jersey, St. Elmo’s Fire, dreamlike party, new shoes, AT&T, African dust, Toys “R” Us is finished, Best Buys stops selling CDs, poem, The Meanderer, Gilbert O’Sullivan, dental humor, civility, epic noodle bowl, TV shows (Goliath, 12 Monkeys, Timeless), Onsug logo, Wild Audio, self-effacing humor, Dead & Company, Dark Star > El Paso > Dark Star, Grateful Dead, Menlo Park, weird conspiracies, heavy rain, Lucifer Rising, insect hassle, Les Rythmes Digitales, Black & Mild Jazz cigars, West 38th Street, Overwatch hamster, Oneohtrix Point Never, “cool” shops, America, trash cans on fire, stupidity, Space Force, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:38:36)… Malibu Beach Trailer 1978 [YouTube], Clara Bow Mysteries & Scandals (excerpt) [YouTube], Robert Morely for British Airlines [YouTube], Rad Racer by Atomicos [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-SA 4.0], Toronto, 1970s [YouTube], Video & Film logos of the 1970s & 1980s Part 3 [YouTube], Little Frankie Nora – Bumper Tape Galaxy Reel (1987) (excerpt) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Ramp Fiction – Magic Smup [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Arrival of the Amphibious Kinkajou by Choston Bands & Junkard Sane [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], The Mini Car Show (9/18/99) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0].

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55:12 – Welcome to Tape Land! On each episode, I will be presenting the audio of a cassette tape from my collection. It’s a way to help motivate me to digitize more of my archives.

In 1987, at age 19, I set up a rudimentary recording studio in my parents’ basement. I created six albums of weird music as “Little Frankie Nora” (previously released on Tape Land).

The studio consisted of a tape deck, a tape recorder, a mixer, a microphone, an old black-and-white TV set, and a Casio SK-1 sampling keyboard. My method of recording was to record to tape, then play along to that tape to the other recorder, allowing for a kind of rudimentary multitrack recording.

“Bumper Tape Galaxy Reel” is one of those temporary “bumper” tapes – with a bunch of song fragments and pieces – along with some material never heard on the main “albums”. It’s very interesting to listen to.

At one point on the tape (23:54), I say “Galaxy Reel, stand by”. As I recall, Galaxy Reel was a collection of my old Super 8mm animated movies, which was part of a compilation video I released. I think this was the music I played in the background of the silent films. But the music also became part of a tape called “Shatter Cider” or “Shatter Cider Suite” (available in the archive).

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2:27:08 – Frank in NJ and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Acorns and mushrooms in the morning, heat wave, Flea Devil, toy licensing dream, Grand Central restaurant, pointless magic, grits, railroads, By Chloe, Goliath, Paul Williams, Rockefeller Center, Turkish water, H.R. Pufnstuf, new headphones, thoughts on the genre, Better Call Saul, HQ Trivia, The Gong Show, Erase A Pylon, the human condition, nuclear keychain, Philadelphia, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:46:23)… HBO Sign-Off (1979) (excerpt) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Chiptune 02 – Spacechip by Chewrafa [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 2.5], Beraloids by Ross Adey [One on Twoism], Mars Attacks by Spacebirds [Archive.org, CC BY-NC 4.0], Miami Intro by Waveman [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], Dark Dreams by Vaders Orchestra [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], Diamond Lady (Gottlieb, 1988) [PinMAME], Mexican Ice Truck by Gulf of Brass [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Storm by Eidolon [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Dancing Tiger by Damscray [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], The Mind – Benders: LSD and the Hallucinogens (1970) (excerpt) [Fedflix, public domain], Carvel Ice Cream – “Tom Turkey Cake” (Commercial, 1984) [FuzzyMemories.TV], The Garden Weasel With Jerry Baker (Commercial, 1980) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Burger Queen – “Try Our Specialty: Fried Chicken” (Commercial, 1978) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Autopia / Announcements / Area Sounds (Chevron) [collection], ABC Saturday morning 1971 [YouTube].

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3:04:49 – Frank in NJ and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: The effect of memory foam on dreams, Kevin Costner’s Toy Time dream, bigfoot run, Christopher Cross, the daily commute, Nickelodeon Universe, American Dream, Sesame Street, puppet universe dream, Jason of Star Command, Kitchen & Love Quick Meals, the delivery of the memory foam bed, beverage review (BluePrint Organic Grass Monkey), Flea Devil solitaire, Shufflin’ Jamboree, time telegrams, power strip paranoia, vacuum repair, Astra playing cards, sample game of Flea Devil, Tiresias synchronicity, TV shows (Westworld, 12 Monkeys, Bosch, The Gong Show), soccer, reincarnation, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:23:52)… Mother Goose by “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band [collection], WFLD Channel 32 – “Field-Style Fall Back” (1981) [FuzzyMemories.TV], SPOT2 [collection], Dusk by The Scallions [blocSonic, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Rock Flowers Doll Commercial [YouTube], Marvel Comics – “Summer Escape” (Commercial, 1981) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Chez Bob’s Halloween 82 by Another Flask of Weird [Archive.org, CC BY-ND 3.0], Mr. Wise Guy (excerpt 3) [Archive.org, public domain], CHANNEL 3: MOSCOW (1986) (excerpt) [Fedflix, public domain], Midnight Madness 1980 TV trailer [YouTube], WFLD Channel 32 – Chicago Blitz Vs. Tampa Bay Bandits (Promo, 1983) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Simon Le Bon – Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran) MTV Guest VJs 1983 [YouTube], Tobacco and the Bicentennial [Archive.org], El Jaguar by The Surge! [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], The Pharaos Theme by The Pharaos [Archive.org, public domain], The Rhythm of Life by WK [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Colossal Rick’s Cafe by Another Flask of Weird [Archive.org, CC BY-ND 3.0].

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2:09:55 - Cali Dingo!! Frank Edward Nora!! Chad Bowers!! Doc Sleaze!! A look at the communications contraptions we have known as telephone!! PQ Ribber is your host!!

Next: Almosts and Maybes

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1:30:48 – Welcome to Tape Land! On each episode, I will be presenting the audio of a cassette tape from my collection. It’s a way to help motivate me to digitize more of my archives.

Another episode of my college radio show, Anything But Monday, with co-host Mad Mike.

Notes: Midnight and time for the show, George Carlin, The Mailman’s Nightmare, Word of the Day (coaster), hyping the game show, security incident – Mike’s car was towed, fire is a lifeform, Brady Bunch Trivia, Horticulture Scholarship PSA, The Bacchae of Euripides, Loch Ness Monster, George Bush announces he’s running for president, Wet Ones get you stoned, the game show – “You’ve Got Nothing To Lose”, the contestants (Deirdre, Steve, Cullen, Georgia), Bus Trip PSA, pinball secret – Party Animal, squirrel puppets theory, anthropomorphizer theory, star drainer theory, Chrysanthemum PSA, security chief incident – “I WAS THERE!”, weight room incident, The English Guys at Home, Joe Isuzu, The Chuckle Patch, Oingo Boingo, the name Jennifer, Canine Companions PSA, George Carlin again, Bryan reads the New Jersey Giraffes PSA, giraffe theories, Professor Von Tortureterror.

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2:45:37 – Frank in NJ and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Cincinnati Magazine, August 1986, page 77, the fading of memory, mythical people, Depeche Mode, Cornflake Girl, Legion, mansions for two, falling by the wayside, Bible quote, Dreadful Embarrassment, VR, creative mojo, memory foam mattress, longest day, take a little trip back with Father Tiresias, prophet humor, Observer’s Notebook, Doughnut Plant, gods, cold brew coffee, Grateful Dead live at Bickershaw Festival, Wigan England, 5/7/1972, talk to the animals, Spring by the Wayside, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:05:05)… Crystal Cave by Lampé [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], BenMVBPromo [collection], Chat with John Lennon (12/12/68, BBC Radio 1 “Night Ride with John Peel) [collection], NBC The Godfather Saga intro with Talia Shire 1977 [YouTube], Powerlush by Sluttrigger [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Commercial – William Shatner – Commodore Vic 20 [collection], WFLD Channel 32 – Monstrous Movie – “I Was A Teenage Frankenstein” (Opening, 1981) [FuzzyMemories.TV], GHIRARDELLI CHOCOLATES, FASHION, MAX HEADROOM (1986) (excerpt) [Fedflix, public domain], 120 minutes Kevin Seal and Dave Kendall 1988 [YouTube], Lyly by Violeta Päivänkakkara [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], 1971 – GAF Viewmaster with Jodie Foster and Henry Fonda [YouTube], Tomorrowland Viewliner Station (Oldsmobile) [collection], NBC Pine Canyon is Burning promo 1977 [YouTube], It’s a Dub by The Flykicks [Archive.org, public domain], Deep Cover by The Surfside IV [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], WBBM Channel 2 – Partial Commercial Break (1976) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Trouba by Steve Gunn [FreeMusicArchive, BY-NC-SA 3.0].

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