The Overnightscape Underground

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1:31:31 – Frank in NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Trash vandal, new Toys “R” Us, retail memories, Sonic Mania, Twin Peaks, Phish, my 10th anniversary on Facebook, Street Fighter, ultra obscure font Swath, Oval, Ovaltine, Ovaltune, Montreal, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 50:12)… NYC Area TV Ads From The 80’s [collection], Food Doesn’t Fly – Lunchroom Manners [A/V Geeks, public domain], WFLD Channel 32 – Chicago Blitz Vs. Tampa Bay Bandits (Promo, 1983) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Motor Map International (Commercial, 1975) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Trouba by Steve Gunn [FreeMusicArchive, BY-NC-SA 3.0], Party Camp — Movie Trailer (1987) [YouTube], Metropolis Street Racer | 100.4 THE UNDERGROUND (excerpt) [YouTube], Tell Me What I Want by Isolated Atoms [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY 2.0], LORILLARD PROGRAM TAPE 2 (excerpt2) [Archive.org], Since 1984 by Atomik Circus [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], Invisible Walls by Revolution Void [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0].

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

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40:16 We were asked by members of the audience to interview Jimbo. Questions range from favorite cars of his youth to items beyond the scope of your imagination. Learn among other things (about Jimbo):

✔️ What’s the story behind longest you’ve gone without sleep?
✔️ What is a quirky fear that you have?
✔️ What was your worst fear, and greatest surprise in life?
✔️ Can you name every vehicle you have owned and or driven for a while?
✔️ What is a fictional character that you wish were real?
✔️ What is a favorite childhood activity you wish you could do now?
✔️ What is your favorite mode of transportation and what do you like about it?
✔️ Can you tell me about a home project or hobby that didn’t go well at all?
✔️ What was the moment you knew you were in love with your spouse?
✔️ What question would you have after awakening from a 100-year sleep?
✔️ Can you come up with a TV station that does not exist but should exist?

Find out what the fuss is all about. Fun fact for this interview: Oysters can grow on trees.

Attribution by Chad. Guests appear courtesy of themselves.

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Released August 2017 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a free-form monologue style, with diverse and very clever hosts presenting unique programs, historic archival material, and nocturnal audio.

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(11:07) Australia’s Ruben Schade braves the flu to talk about “whatever” in this brief ONS Central Addendum.

Attribution by Jimbo. Guests appear courtesy of themselves.

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Released August 2017 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a free-form monologue style, with diverse and very clever hosts presenting unique programs, historic archival material, and nocturnal audio.

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1:04:55 – The orthopedics place, The Ugly Little Boy by Isaac Asimov, time travel novellas, bike trails, glare in the clouds, saving my eclipse glasses, I want to be more flexible, pet store, Andy from Parks & Recreation, I’m So Tired as sung by Michael Caine, Paul McCartney on Sirius XM, Debbie Gibson, junior high, tourist trap, can’t go swimming, watching Storage Wars and Hee-Haw at Mom’s house, Monday morning, bus stop, my old dream of writing full-time, people asking me about getting the cast off, the walking boot. Recorded 8/27/17 and 8/28/17. RFS 139.

License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Attribution: by Shambles Constant, Falling Cow Productions – more info at onsug.com
Released August 2017 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts.

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2:46:11 – Frank in NJ and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: The neon signs in cyberpunk street scenes, Phish, boxing, gambling, optimism and delusion, tulpas, Hurricane Harvey, crushed dreams and what could have been, The Dark Tower, Barnes & Noble, Utah, Nirvana – Nevermind, Transparent Days – West Coast Nuggets, daydreams degenerated, Sonic Mania, Zaccaria Pinball, Twin Peaks, Game of Thrones, Dark Matter, Rick and Morty, What Happened to Monday, Hammer of Yesterday, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:05:32)… Hola Hola Bossa Nova by Juanitos [Jamendo, CC BY 3.0], WGN Channel 9 – Saturday Matinee – “Abbott & Costello Meet the Mummy” (Opening, 1982) (excerpt) [FuzzyMemories.TV], CINEMAX promos (December 2nd, 1985) [YouTube], CNBC from Podcast Expo 2005 [YouTube], Konstrukteur by Blame [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Nanakorobi Yaoki by Kumaneko [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], Bluffcosm Banter #3 (7/9/00) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], A Fistful Of Time by Atomik Circus [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], flex by Pobedia [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Apollo 11 Launch [collection], Acaba by FUNCTION X2DS [Archive.org, CC BY-ND 3.0], Morris Is Different by Multisex [collection], NBC Network – “Red Hot Dragons & Real People” (Promos, 1980) [fuzzymemories.tv], Track 07 by Flexor [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Screen Test (1985) [YouTube], Focus on Expo – one inch master – Aug. ’86 (August 1986) (excerpt) [Archive.org, CC BY 3.0].

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

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(2:43:01) Just… whatever!

Your host Jimbo presents WHATEVER! He and fellow ONSUGgers have skits and the Week in Review; Eddie Murray makes a rare Central appearance and talks about wanting a sailboat, among other things! Chad Bowers is… doing WHATEVER! Dave Duckert talks about… WHATEVER! Frank Edward Nora has a grab bag of audio clips for our listening pleasure!

You’re all invited to be a part of next week’s show; you can tell us all what’s on your mind about the following topic: Embarrassment

Please have your contributions sent to Jimbo by 🕖 7 pm EDT, September 4, 2017. If you know Jimbo’s e-mail address, send your contribution there. Otherwise, send your contributions to onsugcentral@gmail.com.

A very special thanks to Shambles Constant and to Milt “Mort” Kanes for lending their voices to skits on this show. And to Marc Rose for all of his help!

Attribution by Jimbo. Guests appear courtesy of themselves.

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1:00:50 - Expanded weekend edition features a 1948 entry from Quiet Please – Meet John Smith, John!!  New music from The Familiar Foreign Bodies – Brother!!  (Also some dandy gems from the vault, including the Big Hit ‘Russians’!!) Peter Bernard addresses the Topictrons that Jimbo sent for him!! A bit of babbling about some of the Quality Comics of the Golden Age, too!!

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Attribution by PQ Ribber. Peter Bernard appears courtesy of Heroical Masterings and appears by special consent.

Released August 2017 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

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41:20 – Welcome to Tape Land! On each episode, I will be presenting the audio of a cassette tape from my collection. It’s a way to help motivate me to digitize more of my archives.

A mysterious tape in my collection, this one has a variety of stuff on, recorded in the 80s. There are some long stretches where you can hear vague sounds in the distance. Also, some interesting bits taped off radio and TV.

Notes: cat meowing, vague sounds, Crazy Eddie commercial, kids talking, The Chocolate War, vague sounds, whistling, vague sounds, “hey Frank I fixed the videotape recorder”, WPST radio, vague sounds, more radio, TV, The Brady Bunch, vague sounds. Some music edited out.

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

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1:31:02 – Welcome to Tape Land! On each episode, I will be presenting the audio of a cassette tape from my collection. It’s a way to help motivate me to digitize more of my archives.

I used to do “audio mining” in NYC, recording the ambient sounds of commuting, hoping to catch some interesting stuff. That’s how this tape begins. Then I go on a random drive, and talk about my creative projects…

(Monday 8/13/01) Beggar on train, riding on the bus, subway, street, (Friday 8/17/01) Frank in Jeep talking about things, (Sunday 8/26/01) Wayne Hills Mall, Dragon Magazine Archive, Waldenbooks, driving, end of the quest, Trader Joe’s, Obliviana, Bluffcosm, Ringwood Manor, New York State, Sterling Forest, audio ideas, passing by the Renaissance Faire, Greenwood Lake, getting gas, Mike Nesmith, abandoned comic shop, Route 23, Kinnelon Mall, Kakeout Connection, Veggie Heaven, more audio ideas, (another day), subway, (Tuesday 8/28/01) answering machine, (Wednesday 8/29/01) NYC, dream, beggar on train, singer, subway, (Tuesday 9/4/01) bus stop, 209.

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55:14 – Rob returns!

In this episode:

• Live from the Lenwich!,
• Karate Kid returns with Ralph Macchio and William Zabka,
• dumb 1980’s school fundraisers and the trash you got as prizes,
• Ticket Center at the Willowbrook Mall in the 1990s,
• Will Rob finally meet Willie Aames?,
• Stan Lee critiquing Rob Liefeld and Todd McFarlane (YouTube Video),
• Scott & Todd WPLJ morning zoo show with Scott Shannon and Todd Pettingil,
• voice roles of Neil Ross and Jack Angel,
• ridiculous Game Boy accessories,
• Monster Mania recap with Lanza,
• and meeting Jonathan Ke Quan and Ethan Embry!

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Attribution: by Greg and Rob – more info at paunchstevenson.com

Released June 2017 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts.