The Overnightscape Underground

51:11 – Relatively nice morning walking on ice, the weather out west, cactuses and scorpions, cut myself on ice and snow, weird news of a vertical car crash in New Jersey, Fringe, American Idol, Fiat 500, playing with snow, barroom brawls in 70s variety shows, corn dog breakfast, The Daily, Egypt, fake news, dullness of dream stories, context, wind chimes, bird talk, Mr. Children update, Japanese pop music, Onsug Music Clubhouse, second thoughts about the music show, new name, did I say that out loud?, the universe as pure information, The White Stripes broke up, vague names for food places, the joyous carbs, the music radio idea thwarted by several things, time loops, the conspiracy theories may not be true, the news media exaggerates the snow, TheTrashCollector.com, old paperbacks, Super Bowl, beer tasting, Archer Farms Dill Pickle Cashews, how do you change things when you start off on a new time loop?, the manipulation of reality?, diamond district at night, unidentified droning noise, cement mixing, nitrogen canisters, hockey store, Arena Football, and the music channel.

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Released February 2011 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts.

1:21:57 – The weather is  horrible, ice pellets and tree shelter, angry bus driver, classical music, Overnightscape Central, The Overnightscape as a place we enter hosting or listening to shows, an exploration of th night, the basic mystery of life, singer in the Corridor of Losers, finding The Overnightscape, Jean Shepherd, the authority, Creative Commons, media companies, subway, fashionable blind kid, a cinnamon roll and the universe, in defense of the ending of the movie “Blue Velvet” (1986), college professor, National Enquirer, David Lynch, mechanical robin, Boz Scaggs, understanding the 20th Century, finished watching Fringe – Season 1, Kolchak, alternate reality, mythologies, Onsug – January 2011, sirens, tomorrow, the next morning – Groundhog’s Day, the ice storm last night, strong hedges, different clothes, umbrella, time loop holiday, acthogs, January total, new website layouts, Corridor of Loser, Mr. Children – Supermarket Fantasy, Brian Jude and Rob Usdin met Weird Al Yankovic at the Princeton Marketfair mall, personal branding, more video billboards, Akuku Danger, Google Art Project, night again, in a weird mood last night, coconut water craving, fruit juice obsessions, Sun Chips, bus terminal alternate reality, superhero game Antebellum / Otherjers, annoying people, terminologies of the archive, people listening in the far future, The Night Pool, the siren mystery, cigars, 48th Street, night versions, Spotify, early 21st Century nostalgia, Virgin Megastore, Virgin Cola, amazing Flickr account “JasonLiebig”, Marathon Bar, Curlywurly, cool scans, Foxs News, records printed on cereal boxes, Super Sugar Crisp, Count Chocula Goes To Hollywood, Just Pack Konbu-Ame kelp candy, Times Square, what would I say to the me from 2000?, Obliviana, exploring the brand new subway entrance at 11 Times Square, and a strange new  escalator announcement.

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Released February 2011 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts.

1:17:15 – The New Overnightscape Studio, Codamagger Lullabies music show, Twiggy, weirdness of memories, Sarje is back, goose crossing, old listeners coming back to the show, Hyperkinetic, the way the show used to be, opening a package from Anthony from California, the package of questions, Disney Theme Park Collector Packs, The Bottle of Things, Star Wars, sidewalk skull picture, record number of shows released in one month, context challenges, jump to Monday morning, chipotle flakes, chemtrails, scalability, crowdsourcing, reaction to show title “Virgin Ears and Virgin Eyes”, new Hoover, bus stop faux pas, violent phrase, the virtual world as a prison, Philip K. Dick “Exegesis”, determinism, what the hell is a regular world, bus pass, subway noises, Lost ending, accidental subway riding recording, building Ikea stuff while watching documentaries on NetFlix on Wii (Beer Wars, Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work, Bret “The Hitman” Hart: Wrestling With Shadows), dowels, Marilyn Monroe, wrestling, WWF, computer graphics, the most famous Albertan, cheap lunch, alarm, Fringe, blowing into your Nintendo, octagonal room, video of toys, last week’s episodes of American Idol, Simon Cowell, my history with Apple Macintosh computers, a computer frozen in time, old FireWire 400 hard drives, Zip Disks, resource forks, SCSI memories, Sherlock, the green iTunes, Eric’s Cascade, computer archaeology, and more chemtrails.

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Released January 2011 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts.

54:41 – Seventh major snowstorm, skull pattern in the snow and ice on the sidewalk, weather control, last night’s Clusterflux, Samuel Smith’s Organic Cider, The Knot, woke up in the middle of the night feeling ill, Alka-Seltzer, parking difficulties, power meter icicles. the icicles strike back, snow day, radio experiment, production note, pop culture and infrastructure, rice pasta, serious icicles, woman wearing veil, music radio, The Stone Roses, Onsug Music Clubhouse, Codamagger Lullabies, police scooters, 25th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, hand wringing, having to act a certain way after a disaster, jokes, hypnotic music, Space Shuttle conspiracy theory, disasters, staring at a lava lamp, Fringe, 2/17/09, critical breakfast error, end prohibition, elevator fear, photocopies, snowing again, a half a bagel, chili cheese falafel burger at Crisp, Zen Burger, Zin Burger, Le Frite Kot, fancy flavors, “Savannah” Blueberry Dum-Dums, Jim Shore Statler and Waldorf Disney Traditions figurine, slush, fortunate broom disposal event, Dreacast Crazy Taxi on the big screen TV, Tower Records, Popcorn Mania, the curse of the escalator gods, heading over to Williams-Sonoma, Time Warner Center, checkout annoyances, pompous attitudes, fancy restaurants, panic attack, Salvador Dali statues, sick from a strong cigar, walking into a glass door, excessive packaging, and the explanation for the pomposity of the rich.

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Released January 2011 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts.

53:18 – Unexpected snow, Hipgnosis album cover designs, Wish You Were Here, Spotify, Rail Crossing Emergency?, collecting and storing all the data of civilization, benevolent world government, creating a virtual world simulation of the past based on all this data, total immersion in such a system, the state of dreaming, weird dreams, interested in the past, Tron Legacy, the pan flute, virgin ears and virgin eyes, Atari VCS, the historical record, 2892, megalomania, newsstand, a possible explanation for the lack of success, a lot of theories, induced dream state, dream logic, to be a winner, want to go to Williams-Sonoma to get Crushed Chipotle Chili, the kind woman who was friends with someone famous who used to get me chipotle flakes, Led Zeppelin album “Coda”, Syd Barrett, HipgnosisCovers.com, Ashra album “Correlation” with suggestive cover, the spice store does not have chipotle flakes, bacon peanut brittle, caramel macchiato, fire place roast misread, squash, the Onsug Music Radio idea, music licensing issues, mixed feelings, commercial music vs. Creative Commons music, evil music companies, Overnightscape Bulletin Board, darknets, and going to play some video games.

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Released January 2011 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts.

1:22:35 – More snow, weather control, chemtrails, Overnightscape Central, some of Wayne’s complaints, people who don’t say hello back, Kill Bill, guitar, scooters, bell, recording and editing, smell, Debbie Gibson vs. Tiffany, artificial conflict, temping at factories and warehouses, Debbie Gibson stalker guy, making deliberately bad movies, raiding the 20th Century for content, the forgotten green medicine was… Novahistine! (thanks Escapist), Bob Grant is still on the radio, pointless politics, dialectical thought control, pasta, The Astronauts were a real band, Baja, Popcorn Indiana Buffalo Cheddar, Evol Wraps – Veggie Curry, microwaving annoyances, Newsburp.com, forum death, fake Brazilian doll collector, computer rental, Starbuck wifi, the new Overnightscape Bulletin Board, more snow coming, Vanilla, building Ikea furniture, new TV, what box to hook up to the TV?, HDMI cable, Trader Joe’s Brandy Beans, ABM Magazine scans, young and innocent, watching football games, annoying TV commercials, heavy kitty litter, childhood football helmet, feline depression, and a small clip mystery.

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Released January 2011 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts.

1:11:28 – The surf band “The Astronauts”, rescued by a monkey, Tarot cards, absolutely freezing this morning, strange smokestack phenomenon, tattered open flag, the Ohio quarter, aviation successes, anthem syllables, subway, sign collecting, pre-worn-out blue jeans and guitars, Aja, new time slot on Luver.com, lapsed domain names, dark mirrors, weird haircut, failed projects, Archive.org, Soundcloud, relative temperatures, rumor of magazines Wizard and Toyfare ceasing publication, the early Internet, many sirens, freezing and louds, theory about stuff from the 90s, Combo Magazine, infostimulation, non-sports cards, collectible card games, avtion figures, bootleg squash videos, type catalogs, lost fonts, confusion south of Times Square, remembering and theorizing about the time period of August 2008 to October 2009 where I felt like I was in a “time loop”, theories of what might have caused the tome loop, alternate timelines/realities, quartet, one day in February 2009, The Rampler, changing events in a timeline, Andy Kaufman, WFMU, Sean Hannity, escalator awkwardness, insanity, the world as a computer simulation, building an online community, megalomania, rest room talk, the TV show “Fringe”, alternate timeline storyline, personal madness, mental stress, and the idea of meeting the me from the other timeline where a massive economic crash occurred in February 2009, and the interdimensional hard drive exchange.

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Attribution: by Frank Nora – more info at onsug.com

Released January 2011 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts.