The Overnightscape Underground

Lot 104: ONSUG August 2013 - 58 tracks [5235-5292] 57:53:56 - Lo-Fi Loose - Lo-Fi ZIP

Lot 105: Other Side Cask 3 - 28 tracks [5293-5320] 19:05:56 - Lo-Fi Loose - Lo-Fi ZIP

For full archive listings, patch into The Onsug

The Lo-Fi Archive (48 GB) is the same set of tracks as the main archive, but converted to lo-fi 24kbps mono MP3s. It can be downloaded loose or as ZIPs.

Overnightscape Handbook 103 is a PDF that contains detailed information about the archive.

Pocket Overnightscape is a compact edition of the entire archive up to Lot 97.

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It can take a little while for the latest additions to be indexed on Archive.org, so here are direct links:

June 2013

July 2013

The Lo-Fi Archive (47 GB) is the same set of tracks as the main archive, but converted to lo-fi 24kbps mono MP3s. It can be downloaded loose or as ZIPs.

Overnightscape Handbook 102 is a PDF that contains detailed information about the archive.

Pocket Overnightscape is a compact edition of the entire archive up to Lot 97.

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It can take a little while for the latest additions to be indexed on Archive.org, so here’s a direct link to the June 2013 release.

The Lo-Fi Archive (46.2 GB) is the same set of tracks as the main archive, but converted to lo-fi 24kbps mono MP3s. It can be downloaded loose or as ZIPs.

Overnightscape Handbook 101 is a PDF that contains detailed information about the archive.

Pocket Overnightscape , a compact edition of the entire archive up to Lot 97, is complete.

Other Side Cask 2 is a collection of all the Other Sides from March, April, and May 2013.

Other Sides are unique collections of obscure audio and music. Each one was originally released as part of an Overnightscape episode. Here, they are collected on their own. Turn it on and listen all night long…

Andy Kaufman’s Death — And The Faithful Who Say He Faked It

Huffington Post, May 16, 2013

The Lo-Fi Archive (45 GB) is the same set of tracks as the main archive, but converted to lo-fi 24kbps mono MP3s. It can be downloaded loose or as ZIPs.

Overnightscape Handbook 99 is a PDF that contains detailed information about the archive.

Pocket Overnightscape , a compact edition of the entire archive up to Lot 97, is complete.

The Lo-Fi Archive (44 GB) is the same set of tracks as the main archive, but converted to lo-fi 24kbps mono MP3s. It can be downloaded loose or as ZIPs.

Overnightscape Handbook 98 is a PDF that contains detailed information about the archive.

Pocket Overnightscape is complete.

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3:34:14 – Pocket Overnightscape is released! This is the introduction I recorded, and it required a lot more time than I anticipated to tell the story of Pocket Overnightscape, and give an overview of all the nooks and crannies of this little audio universe.

You can listen to and download Pocket Overnightscape on Archive.org:

Pocket Overnightscape – Channel 1 – The Overnightscape

Pocket Overnightscape – Channel 2 – The Rampler

Pocket Overnightscape – Channel 3 – The Frank Nora Show

Pocket Overnightscape – Channel 4 – The Overnightscape Returns

Pocket Overnightscape – Channel 5 – The Underground

Pocket Overnightscape – Channel 6 – PQ Ribber

Pocket Overnightscape – Channel 7 – Ramplers 1

Pocket Overnightscape – Channel 8 – Ramplers 2

And there is a complete backup copy here:

pocket.overnightscape.com (file browser interface)

pocket.overnightscape.com/Pocket_Overnightscape (direct access)

Also, I produced a limited edition of three 64GB flash drives containing Pocket Overnightscape… stay tuned to Overnightscape Central for your chance to obtain one of them!

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 TheOvernightscape.com

Released March 2013 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts.

Check out a preview of Pocket Overnightscape

For the 10th anniversary of the show, I wanted to create a new collection of the complete archive of The Overnightscape Underground. Currently with nearly six month of audio and 5,000 tracks, organized into 97 Lots, and totaling over 200 GB, the main archive on Archive.org is an awesome permanent record, but a bit difficult to navigate.

So, I set out to create a new, compact version of the archive, containing the exact same set of audio. The result is Pocket Overnightscape. And while I still need to work on the guide and the introductory audio, you can preview the main part of Pocket Overnightscape at the above link. The page is a simple file browser with very basic audio playing abilities – so really only appropriate for a preview.

Pocket Overnightscape uses a new “patch” format, which is 12 to 24 hours of audio in a single file, with 20 hours being the target length. It uses the lo-fi MP3 audio format, so each patch is around 200 MB.

The set is organized into 8 channels, each channel containing between 21 and 41 patches, for a total of 225 patches.

So, a listener need only choose a channel, and then choose a patch from that channel to listen to. Patches are similar in length to a longer audiobook. Each track has a computer voice intro and outro, to orient the listener by sound alone.

Most audio players support a function of keeping track of where you last left off listening, to make it easier to listen to a patch over time.

Pocket Overnightscape is 42.4 GB, and can easily fit on a 64 GB flash drive, which currently sell at retail for around $30.

Like a book or a movie, Pocket Overnightscape is a static work. Any audio additions will be done as supplements or a completely new edition. It was a huge personal effort, taking a massive amount of time and energy, but in the end, I think it was worth it.

I will be releasing it to Archive.org in the next few weeks. And I am hoping to produce a limited series of flash drives containing Pocket Overnightscape.

If you want to download some patches, the file browser does have that functionality, or you can browse directly here:
pocket.overnightscape.com/Pocket_Overnightscape/

Note: The name “Pocket Overnightscape” was previously used for the Lo-fi Archive – but now it is exclusively being used for this release. The code name for this project during development was “Overnightscape Tavern”.