Tape Land 158 – Video Rooftop NYC (5/15/89)
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1:01:57 – 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 “Video Phase 2022”. I recently began transferring a ton of old video tapes to digital, and have been posting selections to YouTube. Here, I’ll be releasing the audio tracks of these videos, as well as linking you to the YouTube videos, and The Internet Archive.
Video Rooftop NYC (5/15/89)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TEr695vOjA
On the roof of 170 Thompson St. on May 15, 1989, facing south, looking down Thompson St., from W. Houston St. to Prince St. and beyond. This was meant to be a piece of video art, which you could play on a TV set and feel like you were on an NYC rooftop. After the first few minutes where I am setting it up, the view does not change. There are subtle sights and sounds to notice throughout.
Released 3/13/22
License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Attribution: by Frank Edward Nora- more info at onsug.com
Internet archive link: https://archive.org/details/Tape_Land_Video_158-Video_Rooftop_NYC-5-15-89
3:28:52 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Mind control water, gas prices rising, smoke detector incident, new door, Tales of the Dervishes by Idries Shah, ancient stories, the oral tradition, weird vision, The Food of Paradise, electrical sound, rental nightmare, Edict Zero – FIS, The Compleat Weird University, video black, mystery image, 1986, New York Deli Potato Chips, Artie Shaw, purple synchronicity, Jeremy’s MicroBatch Ice Creams – Purple Passion Pills, mass market paperbacks, mystery name (“Alfred Juan Gross Fiolly MD8”?), forgetting, MTV dream, Phrivl: Interdimensional Commute, turtle doves, olives, Mission: Impossible, suspicious survey, inspired by Laurie Anderson, consciousness, UFOs, revelations, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:48:16)… 12th Street Rag by Polar Lion [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], American Express Pavilion (Epilogue) [collection], Friends (Live) by Jenni Potts [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], coccyx by jaffar [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Street Musicians by J. Koho [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Kathy Jones [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Middlesix – The Phantom Planet (1961) [Archive.org], Bell System ad (early 1980s) [YouTube], 1983 Wausau Center Mall commercial [YouTube], Latin Nightbug by Lee Rosevere [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC 3.0], Thinkabout (Ending Credits, 1979) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Name That Tune (misc 2) [MAME], Sweet Caress by Kookooo Kitchen [EardrumsPop, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Jean Shepherd – Year One Poster (1970 “Cuckoo Eye”) [collection], Mego’s Slik Silver [YouTube], Stop-N-Go commercial (from Video Newsletter (Convenience Stores)) [Archive.org], Happy Shadow by Crazy Aces [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Sand by musicfornothing [Soundcloud, CC BY-ND 3.0].
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5:00:02 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Fey Hunting, Vectrex, Maze King, the feeling of playing early video games with abstract graphics, gambling dream, lotteries, NJ gas pump law, Games Magazine #11 (May/June 1979), The New Games, “tar” in cigarettes, Cyberchess, Fischer Spassky Chessmate, slide cards, Edict Zero – FIS, The Greenhouse index cards, The Compleat Weird University, Guardians of Justice, more mazes, mezcal review (Bozal Mezcal Artesanal Espadin Barril Ensamble), the next morning, the news, ancient plastic dragon boxes, breakfast sandwiches, video work, the fictional selves, a coin with coins inside it, shifting timelines, what pleases the experiencer, gamboling, Eckha/Halma, Popeye Magazine, Bandai card games from 1981, Dr. Slump, The Nolans, Ajinomoto noodles, REO Speedwagon, Entex 3-D Escape! 1000 Mazes, Escape From Devil’s Castle, Matchbox W.A.C.K.O., CBD, what we can know (the experiencer and the generator of the experiences), Maze Escape Classic, word theories, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 4:19:14)… Perfect Gambler by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Classic 1970’s Television: 1970 Promo for ABC-TV’s Friday Line-Up [YouTube], Stop by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY 4.0], Lyndhurst Trailer Park (1984) [YouTube], Trouba by Steve Gunn [FreeMusicArchive, BY-NC-SA 3.0], Scrabble Brand SENSOR, Electronic Word Game (Commercial, 1979) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Telemann – 18 Canons Mélodieux (part 14, perfomed by Michel Rondeau) [IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library, CC BY-NC 4.0], Run Joe Run – Season One [YouTube], Kingston City Limits by Antti Luode [anttismusic.blogspot.com, CC BY 3.0], Mego’s Slik Silver [YouTube], Anomaly by Vasim [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], Stop-N-Go commercial (from Video Newsletter (Convenience Stores)) [Archive.org].
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4:20:24 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Andy Rooney’s toupee, wild weekend, ABM Show – Episode 11, Route 1 South memories (Menlo to Quaker Bridge), gas station saga, Dr Pepper & Cream Soda, Wheels of Pure Opal, Sprinly Paprika Spinach Salad with Baked Tofu & hemp Hearts, world events, alternate timelines, vegan lunch incident, 209, ABM writing, B. J. and the Bear, Sheriff Lobo, Ivory Wheels/Rosewood Track, opal coins, cat food, Mike’s dungeon gaming room, Rodecaster Pro, weird ice storm, a spike in situational energy, bellows, Stone Karaoke Box, Space Force Air-Soft, Hyperspace Gaming, Springbok popcorn playing cards, merman emoji, Peacemaker, Best Western and Best Eastern Motels logos, Camacho Coyolar Robusto, two white wires vision, Free Guy (2021), Phrivl: Cheapo Time Tours, Hunter’s Suites, Terence McKenna – Timewave Zero, Shpongle, February in review, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 3:39:48)… Miami Call by Herr Doktor [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Turkey in the Straw by United States Air Force Band [Archive.org, public domain], All I Have Is Time by Jonah Dempcy [Jamendo, CC BY 3.0], THE MOVIE CHANNEL promo (1984) [YouTube], 1977 CHEVROLET PROMOTIONAL FILM “1977 CHEVY K5 BLAZER” [Archive.org], Outtakes from the Leo Burnett/Philip Morris Recruitment Video [Archive.org], Mandelbrot [collection], Frederick Street dance studios [via Webm8 productions], Weird October Spirit [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Bluffcosm Banter #1 (4/29/00) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Polar Lion – Bolo Rag (May 2010) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Recording of IBM 7094 singing “A Bicycle Built for Two (Daisy)”, 1961 [textfiles.com], micronauts 1: circa ’77 [YouTube], Rush [via Webm8 productions], Poison Ivy Rag by Polar Lion (using midi from pianola.co.nz) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0].
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2:07:01 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Fictional alternate. worlds, Red Alley Earth, United Areas of Baskonontana, New Phocturnan Felty, Silicon Beach SuperPaint, dreams, Phish, Magic Carpet font, Capcom Fighting Collection, world news, soundcheck jam, Mr. Crunch, Fumkark Friday, ABM Show, atomic weaponry, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:26:11)… Since 1984 by Atomik Circus [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], Superstar Limo [YouTube], Rift Now by Dj Ciruzz [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], The Sure Thing (Trailer, 1985) [YouTube], “Surf Rocker” – Royalty Free Stock Music by ZSquid [SoundCloud, CC BY-SA 3.0], Advertise on Chillin’ FM [via Webm8 productions], Subchannel Beds Abandoned by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Superchannel July 1983 [YouTube], Sassafras by mGee [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Sound Filmstrip: “A Cup of Coffee” [Archive.org], Ram It Up Their Snout by Astrometrics [blocSonic, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], Steel Dawn (1987) trailer [YouTube].
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