The Overnightscape Underground

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43:46 – In case you were wondering where the podcast has been, we are here to tell you that rumors of it’s demise have been greatly exaggerated! That’s right, Gunkcast is back for 2021 with an old school style rollicking road adventure for the show! Join Smidge and his two sons as they trek from Chicago back East to Washington D.C. & through to NYC. From the turnpikes of PA, to Gettysburg, to the nation’s capital, side journeys to Baltimore & Philadelphia, & finally NYC! This episode has it all!

Some random teaser notes for this episode: old school GPS technology still works, the turnpike tunnels of PA, Smidge’s sons re-brand his podcast, Gettysburg & finding the abandoned (zombie apocalypse) Eisenhower house, the big D.C. tour, Arlington Cemetery, Fort McHenry, the “Rocky Steps” in Philadelphia (& not seeing the Liberty Bell), the big NYC tour, Port Authority, Times Square, the Soup Nazi, Central Park, Lennon/Strawberry Fields, Rockefeller Center, the Staten Island Ferry, Uptown vs. Downtown, giant underground mall, & the emotionally overwhelming 911 Memorial. So much happened during this eventful road expedition that we are making this a two-part episode (for which the 2nd part includes a BIG surprise meetup)!

Also to note, Smidge’s current band The GMO’s provide the soundtrack to this episode for your quality music entertainment! Featured are tracks from their latest 2021 e.p. called Superspreader (as well as bonus studio outtakes and live performances)! Further musical inclusions are classic & well-placed snippets from indie bands The Pulsars & Skanatra.

Also, please share the love and listen to some of our favorite podcasts at: Onsug, Static Radio, The Hustle, & Rock Solid. A special intro tribute was done in this episode to the legacy of legendary podcaster Sam (from Insignificast & The Not New Review podcasts). He also is remembered and discussed extensively in a Static Radio episode done earlier this year (for which a group of us podcasters convened to take part in)… Farewell Sam.

License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Attribution: by Smidge Kurdlebaum – more info at onsug.com or trashcanrock.com

Released August 2021 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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1:29:41 – Welcome to Tape Land! On each episode, I’ll present the audio of a cassette tape or historic material from my personal archives.

Anything But Monday Show, WMNJ Madison-Chatham, 2/12/88, 2:00 AM to 8:00 AM. Chaos in the studio, Frank’s soldering concept, vulgarities, snowstorm, record bonfire, the weather report, tax PSA, Pat Robertson for President, The Berlin Wall, “war is hell, so you have to blow up pigs and eat them”, The Best of ABM – “Their Finest Hour” cassette for $4, new ABM Magazine, Mike’s Rambo quotes, The Pus Harvesters, The Evil Cart, Tibetan Buddhism, music break, 3:00 AM, tax PSA, Chex Mix, snow is from outer space, how radio works, The Shadow Traffic, ski resort PSA, calling information, phone call from Chatham, The Mark Ashton Radio Show, Ashton Obsequiousity Hour, acting out words, The Thesauraus Five Minutes, “disturbed”, “dole”, Bob Relief, “jinx”, “whammy”, “jest”, if the World Trade Center fell down, making coffee out of snow, growing water, You Are Dirt, g-forces, undead philosophy professors, bad words, utopia, The Christian Death and David B. Pestilence Show, Hades and Poseidon, Grim Reaper, box of metal, “when you’re tokin’ out you need good music”, St. Jude’s PSA, 4:20 AM, Contact Helpline PSA, Tolley 3rd all-night partyers, the whistling of our teakettle, karma, The Physics Phil Song, Planned Parenthood PSA, more music, freezing in the studio, Magic Report, caffeine, up on a soapbox, “clarity, kindness, and insight… and purpose”.

Released 8/20/21

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2:40:30 â€“ Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Potato Obscure, been in movies, geography, fairies in space, Tetris Effect: Connected, Motter Tektura, Bleeding Edge trailer 2013, lost arrogance, crushing mediocrity, ElectroPaint, Dead & Company on tour, Grateful Dead history, Revolutionary Hamstrung Blues, traditions of the recent past, phantom rain in the backyard hawk caught chipmunk, ghost kitchen “restaurants”, more fake stuff, new Facebook “metaverse”, my dream cassette, Radioactive Fish Tennis at 8:00, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:00:10)… Arcadia – The making of the Videos – Election day – 1985 (excerpt) [YouTube], WGN Channel 9 – When Movies Were Movies – “Union Pacific” (Commercial Break #1, 1979) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Khaki by Who Ha [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Melody Canyon by Büromaschinen [Upitup Records, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Renee Zellweger Develops Spicy New Series [Dailymotion], Skeletons and Spirits by Allison Crowe [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Little Frankie Nora – Welcome to the Weasel Village Mall – Side 1 (1987) (excerpt) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Chap Stick Lip Treat Flavor Gloss with Suzy Chapstick (Commercial, 1979) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Rock Around the Apocalypse by Single Bullet Theory [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Evening Disco by Nameless Dancers [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0], Destroy All Monsters American International Pictures – opening and end credits [YouTube].

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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32:51 – Join Ruben as he takes an evening lockdown socially-distancing stroll as he discusses UniSA campus nostalgia in Adelaide, adventures with side effects, a freezing family holiday to Germany in the early 2010s, and an extended discussion on the merits and flaws of contemporary electronic microwave oven appliance design affordances (I think Dire Straits did a song about that, though in significantly fewer words. Custom kitchen deliveries, and all that).

Recorded in Sydney, Australia. Licence for this track: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0. Attribution: Ruben Schade.

Released August 2021 on Rubenerd and The Overnightscape Underground, an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts; this one notwithstanding.

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2:21:27 – Chad Bowers!! Frank Edward Nora!! Special contribution from the Meanderer!! PQ Robber officiates this cozy combined look at comfort!!

Next: Cartoonland

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Overall attribution by PQ Ribber , all other hosts appear courtesy of themselves. Released August 2021 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts presenting  an array of talk-driven programs that are inspired by the Magic of the Human Voice!

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2:05:03 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Mosquito airplane, Philip K. Dick, pickles, weasel shirt, Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride, the comfort of malls, Jean Shepherd, night people, Afghanistan, Willow (1988), FZappa20 Phish recaps, radio undefined, gas meter inspector, Phantasmal Tickets synchronicities, Magic Pipelines, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:24:39)… Carl Sagan introduces the library of Alexandria [YouTube], Amou Baleke by Umoja [Budabeats, CC BY-NC-ND 2.5], US Army Song (The Caissons Go Rolling Along) by The United States Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps [FreeMusicArchive, public domain], Prairie Fire – March 10, 1994 (edit) [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], We are the change (original mix) by Danubio Rodriguez [Jamendo, CC BY-ND 3.0], welcome to our fairy world [Freesound, CC BY 3.0], Nobody by Wendal [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0], Theda Bara Speaking 1936 [YouTube], Time Flux by Revolution Void [Jamendo, CC BY 3.0], Skyhawk Beach by Blue Wave Theory [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-SA 4.0], Monica Seles – No Excuses jeans TV commercial ad – 1991 [YouTube], (Interlude) by Cosmic Analog Ensemble [Upitup Records, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Good Seasons commercial (from Virginia Slims San Diego (April 22, 1985)) [Archive.org], WFLD Channel 32 – Eight O’Clock Movie – “The Best Of Benny Hill” (Opening & Break, 1982) [FuzzyMemories.TV], RE/Search magazine plug from IRS The Cutting Edge 1986 reseach V. Vale [YouTube].

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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29:05 – Once it appears that Abraham and Sarah’s “miracle baby” Isaac will survive to become a legitimate heir, Abraham sends the secondary heir and his mother the maid packing, then is shocked to find out that Isaac is scheduled to be the entree at the Yahwelians’ next barbecue, with Abraham serving as grillmaster. Abe’s predicament is compared to that of Job, as well as to that of the Gregory Peck character in 1976’s The Omen. Was Abraham’s Kierkegaardian “leap of faith” justified by virtue of the absurd, or was it unjustifiable by virtue of the insane?

Show art: Sacrifice of Isaac (1602) by Caravaggio (1571-1610), Public Domain.

This show is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Attribution: by Dave in Kentucky – more info at onsug.com and sermons.blog.

This episode, along with all other episodes of SERMONS, is also available at sermons.blog.

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3:56:20 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: I tried to start the show talking about rivers, but it led to a dead end, sequence of events in 1977, Quark (TV show, 1977-78), a hallway of doors references, The Clinger Sisters, Kim Fowley, Florida Festival shirt, porch session, if there’s a river that’s important to me, bailing out, insect and bird sounds, rye whiskey, the noise floor, living along a river, weird energy today, forgetting dreams, Japan dream, Sharon Stone living secretly in Japan as a pirate, retro Japanese Mountain Dew logo, being unnoticed, going to the mall in Rome, New Monk’s Teeth, young sunflower, The Beatles, crescent moon, relaxed vibe, great alcohol beverages, De La Soul regain control of their early albums and they’ll be on streaming, streaming holdouts, Bill Bruford, Gryphon, the music industry, end porch session, it’s a marina, Trancers (film series), The KLF, Historic Brawl, Dimensia, Vista Golf, felt bins, chaos, Galactic Starcruiser, Mike Oldfield, John Cleese, Stormtoon Origins, Welcome the Infostation, robot skyscraper, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 3:14:23)… Say Hi by Wead [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], T.A. by Camelot [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Modern Problems (1981) Trailer [YouTube], Solar energy, the great adventure (1978) (excerpt 1) [Archive.org], Rag Spacetime by Jazzaria [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], Final Tomorrow Show w/ Chevy Chase attacking NBC and Rex Reed [YouTube], WBBM Channel 2 – Hunter – “The Costa Rican Connection” (Opening, Preview Breaks & Ending, 1977) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Fridays 5/23/80 opening [Archive.org], 94-Piece Jumbo Beanie Baby Set – 1998 (Don West) [YouTube], Invitation Rag by Polar Lion [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Modern Problems (1982) movie review – Sneak Previews with Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel [YouTube].

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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1:35:07 – Welcome to Tape Land! On each episode, I’ll present the audio of a cassette tape or historic material from my personal archives.

In the fall of 2001, I had two major projects – Obliviana, a kind of occult entertainment system, and Bluffcosm.com, an Internet radio project. With short-lived project Stormtoon, I attempted to combine the two. While it didn’t go very far, I think it helped me see that combining the two sides was not worthwhile – and little over a year later I completely gave up on Obliviana and started The Overnightscape – which has led to The Onsug of today.

Note that for Bluffcosm, I would do “audio mining” which was bringing a tape recorder everywhere to capture weird or interesting audio to include in audio segments. That’s what you’re hearing on the first and later part of the tape.

Monday 10/22/01, “audio mining” (ranting in bathroom, inside somewhere, subway, street, beggar, on a train, weird singing, siren, trains going by, fire safety talk, jackhammer, train going by, subway, car starting), Sunday 11/3/01, Frank talking about Obliviana, Stormtoon, computer being repaired, audio in 1980, 9/11, Fuzzy Daupner broke up, details of Stormtoon, 209, Fortunoff, Willowbrook Mall, audio content, flexibility, back to “audio mining” (train, inside various places, on a train, sirens, announcement, construction sounds, street, child babbling on subway, outside somewhere), Friday 11/9/01, 8:48 AM, my apocalyptic dream (an alcoholic beverage called “Poison” from Scandinavia, end of the world, volcanoes off the coast of Georgia, trapped by polar bears and a lion in Washington state, a zen monastery in Japan, driving around at dusk looking at Christmas lights covering things, the lion enemy across a river, where the polar bears live, misunderstandings with the polar bears and more volcanoes, earthquake news, escape from the creatures, advice in Japan).

Released 8/12/21

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2:09:32 – Frank Edward Nora!! Doc Sleaze!! Chad Bowers!! Blurry monolugues and fun digressions!! PQ Ribber is your Master of Ceremonies!!

Next: Comfort

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License.

Overall attribution by PQ Ribber , all other hosts appear courtesy of themselves. Released August 2021 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts presenting  an array of talk-driven programs that are inspired by the Magic of the Human Voice!