The Overnightscape Underground

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40:14 – Welcome to Tape Land! On each episode, I’ll present the audio of a cassette tape or historic material from my personal archives.

This is quite a find – a recording of an episode of Anything But Monday that hasn’t been previously released! Plus, some other stuff that was on the same tape.

[1] Sounds of the Commons, episodes 1–3, original version, as played on the radio, circa Spring 1986. [2] Additional audio from the recording session. [3] Production audio from the Little Frankie Nora song Galaxy Reel from Shatter Cider (circa 1987). [4] Previously unreleased section of an Anything But Monday show, on WMNJ at Drew University in Madison, NJ, Monday, March 31, 1986 – notes: cultural enrichment, Mike’s injury, Pablo Picasso, instant weather, WMNJ News Brief, Word of the Later in the Morning (Cozy, Counterproductive, Counterrevolutionaries), Truly Tasteless Jokes, First Phone Call, We Put You on the Air, Reid Fleming, World’s Toughest Milkman, This Is What We Think of “Progressive Music”, Superdog, Pablo Picasso, Autism PSA, profane vowels, Frank Sinatra, Emergency Broadcast System, another PSA, Frank broadcasting alone, Carson hasn’t shown up for his show, The Alan Parsons Project. (Audio from an Italian langauge instructional tape, that was originally on the tape, can be heard in-between some of the segments.)

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3:09:44 – Dave in Kentucky is joined by Eddie Murray (at 44:01), Chad Bowers (at 1:10:21) and Frank Edward Nora (at 2:21:16) for a discussion of various and sundry bodily functions.

Next month’s topics: Borders, Barriers & Boundaries. Record about one, two or all three of these and send audio files or links to DaveKY at mail.com by the deadline: 6pm Central Time on February 10, 2025.

Show art: Automat (1927) by Edward Hopper (1882-1967) depicts a sneaky time traveler listening to the Overnightscape Central in an automat while cleverly concealing her air buds with her hat brim.

Opening theme: “It’s Central Time Again” (2024) by Dave in Kentucky and Suno.ai (v3.5). Bumper music: “Hypothetical Station Wagons” (2023) from The Blotto Observer by Tree Bag Ask (Frank Edward Nora and a MadPlayer). Closing theme: “Noise Rebellion” (2024) by Eddie Murray and Suno.ai (v3).

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International license. Attribution: by Dave in Kentucky & Guests.

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1:29:31 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Jersey City memories, Kalki 2898 AD (2024), commuting memories, weather anomalies and recycling, mystery road, R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 (1998), Towel Volcano, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 48:54)… Enter The Wolf Clan by Cyber Wolf Clan [Archive.org, CC BY-SA 3.0], Kim Fowley ‘Underground Animal’ LP Promo [Archive.org], Spacewolf by Matt Oakley [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Monster Vitamins Commercial starring Vincent Price [YouTube], No Werewolf by Allah-Las [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Middlesix – The Werewolf of Washington (1973) [Archive.org], Only the Strange Remain by The Other Ones (Live at Darien Lake Music Center on 2000-09-03) [archive.org], KTTV-TV11 (1971) Wolfman Movie Breaks…. [Obsolete Video/YouTube], I’m A Wolfman For You by Al Hotchkiss [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 2.5], U.S. Air Force – “Airwolfesque” (Commercial, 1985) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Sunburnt Werewolf by Tequila Moonrise [FreeMusicArchive, CC0 1.0], WMBD Channel 31 – Nightmare Theater – “Werewolf of London” (Opening, 1961) [FuzzyMemories.TV].

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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2:07:27 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: The Marx Brothers movies, A Night at the Opera (1935), Zeppo, Kitty Carlisle, Howard Stern, The Hindenberg, got the quarter in the cake, American Women 2023 Quarter – Jovita Idar, Fiona Apple, Tape Land 176 – On Noyage – Drive to Phillipsburg Mall (2/23/90), Videocassette 209, Giant Prop Shampoo Bottles Exhibit, Ashe Punk Arcady, Disney Treasure, fandoms, EPCOT, drones, world theories, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:27:03)… GTE The inner universe [YouTube], The Wolverine by John Philip Sousa (performed by “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band) [public domain], McCall’s Magazine Kitchen – Cake decorating demonstration [Prelinger, public domain], Photos and Images by Brady Arnold [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], WWF Royal Rumble (Data East, 1994) [PinMAME], Epic Champ by L’homme Manete [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Lamb’s March by John Philip Sousa (performed by “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band) [collection], PowerMac Card – Boot [collection], Magazine by The Proper Ornaments [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0].

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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1:34:30 – Welcome to Tape Land! On each episode, I’ll present the audio of a cassette tape or historic material from my personal archives.

Barely out of the 1980s, I was 22 years old, recently graduated from college, living at home with my parents in Bridgewater, NJ, and making vastly complex, vague, and delusional plans for some kind of entertainment system project called “Noyage”. I made a series of tapes called “On Noyage” describing these ideas, in a deraged fever dream fashion. Amazingly, over the years, this bizarre, delusional project eventually morphed into something real and worthwhile – Onsug Radio.

– Frank Edward Nora, January 5, 2025

Notes: 10:45 AM, Friday, February 23, 1990, Bridgewater, NJ, in the car, hello to myself in the future, heading to a mall in Phillipsburg, NJ, slow drivers, Noyage, Nomadi, Noyage Earth, The Hollow Fantasia, The Zope of Halfevil, should it be a game?, Interweb, Rt. 22 West, 32 miles to Phillipsburg, quadrants and maps, places I used to work, looking for coffee, Lafayette College, business plans, Bagelsmith, coffee, (Tastykake) Chocolate Junior, parking spaces, new shopping centers, Tetris, the inside network is going to be the wave of the future, computerized networks, arrival at Phillipsburg Mall, freelance, “Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father”, 2:02 PM, Lego Pirates, Skyfox for Mac, encyclopedia salesman, Road Fighter, driving back, more business ideas, Some Berry Basalt of Brine, “mental clip art”, Red Alley Earth, artwork, wax sculpture, video effects, Throatripper, Super Objects, band naming service, NomadiNews Catalog, Nomadi Ubiquity, desktop publishing, coffee at 7-11, skidded, printing business idea, library, Beatles tapes, The Macintosh Bible, books within books within books, sever ties, plans.

Previously:
On Noyage (2/14/90) 1:34:56 [212]
Tape Land 105 – On Noyage 7 (3/23/90) 1:34:35 [940]
Tape Land 159 – On Noyage – Tape 2 – Plus Dreams (Feb. 1990) 1:33:40 [972]

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2:11:42 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Trash can drama, hand soap, Singles (1992), Edward Hopper synchronicity, The Cocoanuts (1929), Blue Grass Blues by Original Memphis Five (1924, public domain), Inrocker Wheelie 2, Theme Restaurants by Michael Kaplan (1997), Night Gallery (1969–1973), Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006-2007), Break My Stride dream, Frute Brute Playing Cards, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:30:42)… Pastime with Good Company (vocal samples from dwsChorale) by Romahichi [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], June by 30x [Archive.org, MNMN RECORDS NETLABEL, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], New Beat Transmission by Frame [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Showtime 1981 program promos [YouTube], Goof by Binärpilot [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Bad Girls (Gottlieb, 1988) [PinMAME], America First by John Philip Sousa (performed by “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band) [collection], The Hugga Bunch (1985) (excerpt) [YouTube], I’m Thinkin by Smersh [collection].

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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2:37:21 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Enter 2025, 4 nights of Phish at Madison Square Garden in NYC, Penn Station, Doganay Hot Fermented Black Carrot Juice Salgam, Richard Dreyfus, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006-2007), video tip, Mr. Holland’s Opus (1995), Bloom County, That Sound Game, going to the shows, Jimmy Carter dead at 100, USA Today, Fuinunwo, Father Time, sink, tire pressure, tow truck driver funeral, Tweezer Reprise, and much more…plus the Other Side (at 1:55:36)… Natasja Scotch by The Search [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 2.5], countdown by tim.kahn [Freesound, CC BY 3.0], WFLD Channel 32 – Newstalk with Wanda Wells – “Psychology and the Vote” (Part 1, 1984) (excerpt) [FuzzyMemories.TV], WMAQ Channel 5 – NewsCenter5 – “ElectroNewsMusik” (Ending, 1976) [FuzzyMemories.TV], history of Cineplex Odeon Theatres–Coming Attractions (1985-1997) (excerpt) [YouTube], Nite-Owl [FuzzyMemories.TV], Woodstock 89 – Mountain Madness (8/16/89) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], 70’s Ads: The San Pedro Beach Bums ABC TV Spot [YouTube], TV Guide ‘Bicentennial’ Commercial (1975) [YouTube], Fuzzy Daupner’s First Live Show, at LoveSexy in Hoboken, NJ, 10/13/00 (excerpt: Possible Calhoun, Weird Highway, The Armixhony of Conrad, Sliding Gardens) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Xmas Vibrations by Karibean [EardrumsPop, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Polar Bear Man by Polar Lion [Onsug], Lite Brite Toy Commercial 1970 [YouTube], Telluric Undercurrent by Revolution Void [Jamendo, CC BY 3.0], WGN Channel 9 – Saturday Matinee – “Abbott & Costello Meet the Mummy” (Opening, 1982) (excerpt) [FuzzyMemories.TV], The Games of Starcade – Buck Rogers [YouTube], 1974 – PeopleMover Tour – Go Go Goodyear [collection], G39-05-New Year’s Eve by craigsmith [Freesound, CC0 1.0], Jean Shepherd – Year One Poster (1970 “Cuckoo Eye”) [collection].

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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1:51:48 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Dirt malls, the holiday season, Phish at MSG, Paul Rand, In-In, Pop Culture–Food–Tech–Occult, buy ice, synchronicities (Jerrold box, Brach’s, Ali Baba’a Camel, Flat Duo Jets), After Hours (1985)), A Serious Man (2009), Gilda (1946) starring Rita Hayworth, A Hard Day’s Night (1964), Doctor Who – Joy to the World, barrel synchronicity, drones, NJ water with weird taste, Flip 7, Livingston Mall update, superlistening: the book, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:11:31)… Psychic Farmers by Faradize [Ektoplazm, CC BY-NC-ND 2.5], The Devil Rode Out (4/25/02) by Robert Hunter [Gravity’s Rainbow compilation, Archive.org], K-Mart – “White and Bright Sale” (Commercial, 1979) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Old Chicago – “Monsters of the Midway” (Commercial, 1979) [FuzzyMemories.TV], HBO Intro – Behind the Scenes [YouTube], Motorcycle Boy by Slave [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Weird Little Highway: The Mall (12/27/24) [Onsug Radio, CC BY 4.0], The Last Starfighter 1984 radio advert for UK cinema release [YouTube], Sonar Despierto by Zifhang [blocSonic, 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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2:15:33 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Insert Coin, Gorf (Midway, 1981), Synchronicity (Visionary Software, 1989), Avondale Bridge, the holidays and Phish, Tape Land, Nightstation Ride One, Nightstation Ride Two, Vampire Survivors, drones, timelines, alien contact, 1929 entering the public domain on Jan. 1, The Cocoanuts (1929), The Marx Brothers, The Brox Sisters, cold, Lincoln Highway synchronicity, flashlight synchronicity, Mystery P.I. – The Vegas Heist, snow and salt, superlistening: teatime, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:33:23)… A Billion Years Ago by The Special Pillow [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], El Jaguar by The Surge! [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Fifth Element by MyVirtualBand Members [MyVirtualBand (defunct), CC BY 2.0], Hypergirl Battlesquad by Kulor [Ubiktune, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Eliminators (1986) – Trailer HD 1080p [YouTube], George Interviewed by Tommy & Dick Smothers (11/15/68, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour) [collection], Hawk The Slayer – Trailer [YouTube], NATO Defense (Pacific Novelty, 1982) [MAME], Omiya station Departure melody [YouTube], Thief (Pacific Novelty, 1981) [MAME], Video Newsletter (Convenience Stores) (Ideas Ideas) [Archive.org], WGN Channel 9 – When Movies Were Movies – “Union Pacific” (Commercial Break #1, 1979) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Wizards (1977) trailer [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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2:42:38 – Frank in New Jersey and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Parametric Buffer, black coat, Sonic Superstars Infinity Nikki, snaps, drones, blissful ignorance Tramp, pedestrian plaza rules, insurance reasons, vegan sandwich, smart pocket watch, Pura Vida Miami, PEPs (Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004), Masayoshi Takanaka – The Rainbow Goblins – 1981), Thums Up, Is Everybody In, symbolic content, The Shining (1980), bathroom code, The Strand, theme restaurants, The Game Awards 2024, superlistening: doodle, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:01:27)… Too Long by The Silence Industry [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0], Walkspace by Brady Arnold [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], Red Light by Dragon [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], 1977 New Mickey Mouse Club Mouseketeers (excerpt) [YouTube], ACG Commercial (from Comedy Central – Break 5) [collection], Hill & Gully Run (10/9/97) by Robert Hunter [Gravity’s Rainbow compilation, Archive.org], Shooting Expo Area Sounds [collection], Swaying – Ndntst feat. Mxe Przmo [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Jungle Todd Pencil by Another Flask of Weird [Archive.org, CC BY-ND 3.0], Underwater Flash by The Cholla [SurfGuitar101.com, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], DJad – Sitarial by Funny Death [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], Spaghetti Jungle by The Cholla [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], Quadra AV – Boot [collection], KTTV-TV11 (1974) Late Night News/ Nightwatch Theatre Open [Obsolete Video/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