The Overnightscape Underground

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1:36:00 – Join Smidge as he welcomes very special guests Rick Valentin & Rose Marshack to the show. They are the husband & wife team who are the core of the legendary Indie Rock band the Poster Children! Hear the story of their band which started on the local college scene of Champaign-Urbana (Illinois) in the mid-to late 80’s. From the beginning they made it their goal to write & record the music they are passionate about and to play live shows. They strived for longevity and not to fall victim to the corporate music machine which started snatching bands up (especially during the Grunge/Alt Rock explosion of the 90’s). The tragedy was that many of those bands had their brief moment in the sun only to be unceremoniously dumped & forgotten. But by staying true to their music & figuring out how to survive making a living at it, Poster Children have weathered the (at many times turbulent) music scene over the course of 3 decades!

So tune-in for the first part of our conversation with Rick and Rose. Many fascinating stories abound in this interview and you are in for a real treat here (especially if you are any kind of music fan)! We will be back with the second part of this interview very shortly!

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Released October 2020 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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3:17:55 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Golden milk and black licorice, scrimshaw, day 203 of the crisis, ammonia flavoring, debate, election, Lazertüth, frozen breakfast, video of walking around Tokyo at night, Shibuya-kei, Fantastic Plastic Machine – Luxury (1999), J1 Gold, Hirao Masaaki – Miyochan (1959), squirrel situation, Love Letter From Canada, Zany Engine, 3400 days ago, Robert Hunter – Tales Of The Great Rum Runners (1974), Fantasyland dream, Onsug Radio Shuffle, bus stop, fishing for donuts, other worlds, weird conspiracy theories, Volkswagen Beetles, Google TV, exploring ideas, wandertainment, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:37:33)… Huckleberry Finn by Polar Lion (using midi from pianola.co.nz) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Resurrection by Curious [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Hot Moves (1984) Trailer [YouTube], Coral Doll by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY 4.0], Tribes by Frame [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Bossanova Mazurka by Teo Vincent IV [IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0], Danger Time! by Partners In Wonder [collection], Recording of IBM 7094 singing “A Bicycle Built for Two (Daisy)”, 1961 [textfiles.com], Anttis instrumentals – Miami Lice by Antti Luode [anttismusic.blogspot.com, CC BY 3.0], P.M. Magazine – on the VCR Market, 1984 [YouTube], Concentration by Satori [Upitup Records, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Radio Movie Spots 45rpm – Fillmore [Archive.org, public domain], Mr. Headvisit’s Pinball Infinitude (3/2/14) (excerpt 39) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 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