The Overnightscape Underground

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2:09:57 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Hotel implosion, new computer games, Pinball FX, Doom: The Dark Ages, Andor, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), 2222, palindromes, Space Duel, tech levels, HBO Max, Spike TV, The Comedy Channel, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:29:01)… coccyx by jaffar [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Big Blue Marble – Series Open Montage [YouTube], Two Prairies Cafe by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY 4.0], A Song for Two in the Night by Eduard Mörike [LibriVox, public domain], Obscured By Lies by Emerald Park [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], WFLD Channel 32 – Keyfax Nite-Owl Service – Promos (1981) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Alligator Moon Suite by Robert Hunter (live at My Father’s Place on 1978-05-28) [Archive.org], Home Sweet Home [collection], Morris Is Different by Multisex [collection], Prairie Fire (7/11/96) (part D – Wienermobile) [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Two Blue Eyes by Billy Murray (1908) [Archive.org, public domain], MOONRAKER 1979 two London radio adverts [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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3:10:49 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Banana freakout, pothole repair, new gaming laptop (Asus Rog Strix Scar 18 (2025)), Pinball FX, Cyberpunk 2077, Google Stadia, PQ update, American Dream mall, Coin Pusher Casino, Dastardo, Bandersnatch, and so it begins… AI movies, the real world, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:29:55)… People Are Funny Critters by Walt Garrison [YouTube], Dansing Galaxy (intro) by Alex Emanov [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], ABM Nov 22, 1987 (excerpt) [collection], Eagle Mall Suite by Robert Hunter (Live at Fast Lane, Asbury Park, NJ (2/7/80)) [Archive.org], Sound Filmstrip: “Mr. Peters’s Watermelons” [Archive.org], Your Way by Scrap Heap [Archive.org, public domain], Grab Me Nicely (11/9/89) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], On the Old Fall River Line by Billy Murray (1913) [Archive.org, 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

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2:48:03 – Dave in Kentucky reviews the 1973 West German TV miniseries World on a Wire and the 1999 American movie The Thirteenth Floor, as well as the 1964 novel on which they were both based, Simulacron-3 (a.k.a. Counterfeit World), after which he is joined by his wife Luna in Kentucky (at 28:30) for her comments on the Chinese edition of Simulacron-3, followed immediately by a pertinent A.I. song Dave generated using Suno.ai, after which he is joined by Eddie Murray (at 37:40), Chad Bowers (at 1:20:24) and Frank Edward Nora (at 1:53:52) for their various and sundry views on simulation, speculation and revelation.

Next month’s topics: The Scientific, the Unscientific and the Pseudoscientific. 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 June 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). Featured song (and surprise coda): “Nick the Revelator” (2025) by Dave in Kentucky and Suno.ai (v4). 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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2:56:15 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Umbrella, new pope, Switch 2 pre-order, Moog Messenger, Flea Devil updates, ghost kitchens, Mister Agave utensils, The Prisoner Puzzle with Patrick McGoohan, Pope Leo XIV, new laptop, Behind the Rocks, Zope, wannabe polymath, creativity, Pixies, Laphroaig Cairdeas on the rocks, Andor, Darth Vader, Ardnahoe Distillery, cassette tapes, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:15:39)… Feel It Down by MOPI [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], WYCC Channel 20 – “First Broadcast” (Part 1, 1983) (excerpt) [FuzzyMemories.TV], MCEscher by Büromaschinen [Upitup Records, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Night Lights: How Retroreflectivity Makes Our Roads Safer (excerpts) [FedFlix, public domain], The Cave of Time by Monroeville Music Center [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY 3.0], Space Station Mary [collection], Clown by Digi G’ Alessio [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Shooting the Rapids Deluxe – Zaccaria Pinball [collection], Congrizzle 4evzzz by The Very Most [EardrumsPop, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Focus on Expo – one inch master – Aug. ’86 (August 1986) (excerpt) [Archive.org, CC BY 3.0], It’s a Lotta Bologny by Billy Murray (1923) [Archive.org, public domain], Mindscape – An Audio Adventure From Data Age! (excerpt) [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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Fusebox 266: “ORANGE LIES MATTER”

25:45 – COLD OPEN: “Toothpaste Tariff” :: Show Open :: Have A Nice Trip :: Orange Lies Matter :: Mad As Hell! :: Iowa Wants Answers! :: Fusebox Liner :: Grindhouse Resurrection Magazine Spot 3 :: Don’t Be That Guy: “The Jargon Jerk” :: Fusebox Liner ID: “Golfing In Greenland” :: Tariff Troubles :: An Open Letter To Democrats :: Fusebox Liner ID :: A Grindhouse Minute: “The Candy Snatchers” (1973) :: Show Close.

Moon-faced grinning thanks to our contributors on this one; Jeff Pollard and Gregory Wilson. Thanks as well to 42nd Street Pete for another dip into the grimy depths of Grindhouse cinema.

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3:07:57 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Temp mailman, robots, talk about dandelion, sow thistle, TV, I appeared The Pep Talk podcast about Andy Kaufman, disheartening cosmic bureaucracies, professional wrestling, K-Pop, epiphanies, supernatural information, nice surprises, The Great Gatsby, Megatouch Maxx Crown, new compilation: The Clinger Sisters – Havin’ A Good Time, Kaptain Kool and the Kongs, Bert Sommer, Vagabond Submersibles, General Cinema, another door-to-door salesman, Newark Airport meltdown, Waiting for Godot on Broadway with Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, GTA 6, Tower Unite, Jill Sobule dead at 66, The Fixx, The Studio, operating systems, stealing ideas, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:27:07)… Recording of IBM 7094 singing “A Bicycle Built for Two (Daisy)”, 1961 [textfiles.com], The Prince of Persia by Metastaz [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC 4.0], Advertise on Chillin’ FM [via Webm8 productions], Steven Spielberg’s ‘1941’ – radio advert for 1980 UK movie release [YouTube], Boo Ga Loo by Limbo Deluxe [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], Persian Lamb Rag by Heftone Banjo Orchestra [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-SA 4.0], WFLD Channel 32 – Super Cartoon Sunrise (Opening, 1984) [FuzzyMemories.TV], FORCE 10 FROM NAVARONE 1978 London radio advert [YouTube], 224 by Pepino Psyco [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], No Sounds by Ironfield [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], Inramble 131 – Public Phone 2000 (4/18/08) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], The Bluffcosm 5-Minute Vacation From Sanity #2 [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], En Route (ou Enfin! Le Défilé Capsule de Temps va au Centre de Contrôle) by Monroeville Music Center [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY 3.0], Give My Regards to Broadway by Billy Murray (1905) [Archive.org, public domain], Edict Zero Minute 8 [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Churchill – Riddle, Mystery, Enigma [collection], Mas Que Nada by Danny Snyder [SurfGuitar101.com, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], Firebird by Büromaschinen [Upitup Records, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], c1 [textfiles.com], THE CASSANDRA CROSSING 1977 London radio advert [YouTube], Moonlight On The Ganges by Polar Lion (using midi from pianola.co.nz) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], 6 by Kangmey [Dogmazic, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0].

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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4:32:45 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Expensive animal figurines, ants, Las Vegas, vegan options, Carlos & Albert, door to door salesman, an experiment in niceness, mobygratis, Crazy Taxi shirt, Slipstream: Blue Hour, OutRun, spider rescue mission, video game expansion dream, Mall of America ’94, Pogs ,wrong number, Anti-Barney, cinema rides, quinine, holograms, decades, mental records of things, horrific animals, Andor, Varada Sethu, Mondomensional, Mondo films, Ruth Buzzi dead at 88, Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, The Peculiar Manicule, Phantasmal Tickets: The Art of The Overnightscape, Twice Upon a Time View-Master, Led Zeppelin – Moby Dick, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 3:51:20)… Reward Le Fin by Mach FoX [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], WFLD Channel 32 – Wonder Woman – “The Girl From Islandia” (Commercial Break, 1981) [FuzzyMemories.TV], A Million Miles to Go by Unicorn Star-Gazer [Archive.org], Jump by Uikhtor [Jamendo, CC BY 3.0], Jordache Commercials (excerpt) [YouTube], Coffee House by Dan Tindall [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Another Glass Of Melonade by Vernon Lenoir [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Haze Jeans by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY 4.0], You Can Have Broadway by Billy Murray (1907) [Archive.org, public domain], Press Conference Voice 2 [collection], The Wind Blows High (6/18/04) by Robert Hunter [Gravity’s Rainbow compilation, Archive.org].

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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48:05 – As a new age of American fascism dawns, Doc Sleaze explores his theory that the US elected a psychopathic fascist as president because they are a nation of psychopaths. The Doc also gives short shrift to media attempts to rationalise the chaos of the Trump administration, lectures the UK press on its inability to grasp the principles of democracy and looks into the UK right’s obsession that foreign criminals are ‘crowding out’ indigenous villains. Plus, we get a preview of where the US is heading via some news from the future and look at low budget seventies exploitation movies. Patrick Stewart is on hand to soothe outraged American listeners (yeah, I know that nobody ever listens to these shows) with his dulcet tones. Includes:

Patrick Stewart Reassures Americans ¦ Target: Trump ¦ ‘The Ultimate Warrior’ (1975) Trailer ¦ Movie in Brief – ‘The Ultimate Warrior’ (1975) ¦ News From the Future ¦ Psycho Nation ¦ More News From the Future ¦ ‘They Come Over Here, Stealing Our Crimes…’ ¦ ‘Malibu High’ (1979) Trailer ¦ Forgotten Film – ‘Malibu High’ (1979) ¦ News From the Future Again ¦ Democracy Misunderstood ¦ ‘No Means No…’ ¦ Rationalising the Irrational ¦ The Wisdom of Patrick Stewart

License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Attribution: by Doc Sleaze more info at TheOvernightscape.com. Released Mar 2025 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.