The Overnightscape Underground

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3:49:59 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: I got Covid and can’t go to see Phish, parachute dream, Jonathan Miller – The Body in Question, Beyond the Fringe, Peter Sellers, fencing puppets, Connections, ACDelco AA batteries, Sears, atheism, dialctics, sour curtain, A Great Deal More Revealed, surrender to the flow, Phish – The Lizards, Rebel Moon (2023), technology making things more difficult, DNF Duel, flooding, watching the 12/28 Phish show at home, Brady Bunch dream, flight to White Plains, The Chocolate War, Mr. Burns, a post-electric play, next day update, birch beer, next day, Onsug Radio book published!, Phish show last night, Tom Smothers dead at 86, Galliano L’Autentico Liqueur, more about the book, The Krampus, Love & Murder, more about The Great Race (1965), leftover fettuccine, tonight’s Phish show, Say She She, Laphroaig Quarter Cask, trying to get better at Riichi Mahjong, after midnight, weird dreams, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 3:08:51)… My Straw Hat – Mix 3 by MyVirtualBand Members [MyVirtualBand (defunct), CC BY 2.0], The Jim Henson Hour – InnerTube Pilot (Restored Version) (excerpt) [YouTube], First Things First by Sleeping Policemen [EardrumsPop, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], STEAM ENGINE TRAIN NOSTAGLIA – 1975 [YouTube], Ruben Ranzo by Roger McGuinn [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Time Express – Pilot – “Garbage Man/Doctor’s Wife” – W/O/C – April 26th, 1979 (excerpt) [YouTube], Night Cave by Kevin MacLeod [incompetech.com, CC BY 3.0], Second Sight (1989) (Trailer) [YouTube], Weird Highway by Fuzzy Daupner [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Our Gang (Little Rascals) – School’s Out (1930) (excerpt) [public domain], Great Scott by K Rother [Bandcamp, CC BY-SA 3.0], Reactor (Gottlieb, 1982) [MAME], Garbage on the road by Tadd Euro [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0].

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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2:23:19 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: The Rung Tape, Christmas, poker, Ridgewood, anagrams and acronyms, Leisure Cassette System, Huge Pattern, Turn The Page, Belle & Sebastian, Hurricaner, shower curtain, sour curtain, windshield conundrum, Doctor Who – The Church on Ruby Road, A Hard Day’s Night (1964), The Great Race (1965), The Party (1968), City Heat (1984), Radio Shack synchronicity, intersection incident, Linkee!, Boscov’s, gambling, Peppermint Payout, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:40:33)… The Rung Tape [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0].

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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Fusebox 239: “Seasons Pleadings””

28:30 – Show Intro, Season’s Sneezings, Timo’s Holiday Awful-ring, A Pause In The Disaster, Clip From Fusebox 219: “The Frankenstein Martini”, Clip From Fusebox 214: “Brain Organoids”, Clip From Fusebox 229: “Meet Kyle The Kinkajou”, Clip From Fusebox 217: “Color Bars”, Fusebox ID, Grindhouse Resurrection Spot 3, Fusebox Liner ID, Clip From Fusebox 229: “WTF! Florida Top 10 List”, Clip From Fusebox 220: “Morning Ramen”, Clip From Fusebox 223: “Iko And Milo Go Droning”, Show Close, POST ROLL: “Cue Disaster”.

A holiday-sized gift box of thanks to our contributors for this past season of shows; Rob Askew, Elizabeth Bok, Scott Campbell, Nick Chargin, Pete Chiarella, Kevin Cooke, Callem Deering, Leslie Jane, Stuart Krug, Nico Lane, Erin Lehn, Jodi Lorimer, Kenzie Main, Erica Maity, Daniel Marshall, Sabra May,  Nancy McDonald, Joe Medina, Evan Moriwaki,  Sam A.Mowry, Eric Newsome, Dre O’Brien, Laurence Overmire, Sarah Robertson, Kim Stafford,  Mike Vaughn,  Derek Welch, Mago Weston and  Gregory Wilson.

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51:59 – Join Doc Sleaze at Christmas, as he falls prey to the madness of seasonal shopping, says ‘no’ to festive parties, revisits a lost world and gets annoyed at political ignorance. Plus, Sammy Davis Jr! Peter Lawford! Together in a pair of swinging London movies! Includes:

Christmas Bells ¦ Apparently, Christmas is Coming ¦ Nineties Christmas TV Ads ¦ The Lost World Found Again ¦ ‘The Lost World’ (1960) Trailer ¦ An Idiot’s Guide to British Politics – Again ¦ Forgotten Film – ‘Salt and Pepper’ (1968) (including trailer) ¦ Another Batch of Nineties Christmas TV Ads ¦ The Season of Saying ‘No’ ¦ Forgotten Film – ‘One More Time’ (1970) (including trailer) ¦ More Nineties Christmas TV Ads ¦ The Madness of Christmas Shopping ¦ Christmas Bells

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 Dec 2023 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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2:17:57 – Frank in New Jersey and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Dryer incident, National Geographic, heading in to NYC, garbagemen, S.O.B. (1981), Blake Edwards, Julie Andrews, Barnes & Noble, UrbanSpace, Grand Central Dining Concourse, cause and effect, Ornery Wend, Reiner Black, The Tricentennial, bus terminal later on, walk home from the highway, Grateful Dead Live at Avalon Ballroom on 1969-04-05, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:37:25)… Keeping Step with the Union by John Philip Sousa (performed by “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band) [public domain], WTHR Channel 13 – “NBC-Style Station ID” & Promo (1979) [FuzzyMemories.TV], WMAQ Channel 5 – NewsCenter5 Update, Break & Today Excerpt (excerpt) (1975) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Illinois Tool Works 1 – Jean Shepherd [collection], Commercial – William Shatner – Commodore Vic 20 [collection], Magic Sand by Wham-O (Commercial, 1981) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Mego’s Slik Silver [YouTube], Ontario Educational Communications Authority ID (John DeLazzer) (1973) [YouTube], Arcade Theme #4 by tyops [Freesound, CC BY 3.0], RE/Search magazine plug from IRS The Cutting Edge 1986 reseach V. Vale [YouTube], Ellen Feiss #2 Apple Switch Commercial [YouTube], Chat with John Lennon (12/12/68, BBC Radio 1 “Night Ride with John Peel) [collection], Partita No. 3 in E Major (Bach) by Gordon Rowland [Musopen, public domain], Alligator Moon Suite by Robert Hunter (live at Rio Theater on 1978-03-04) [Archive.org], Weird by StatueOfDiveo [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Release To The Flow by Teo Vincent IV [IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0], 1982 – Tron – Trailer [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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4:45 – The Overnightscape Central is returning as a monthly show in January 2024. Press Play for full details. The January topics will be “Fast Food, the Occult, and Other Bad Ideas.” Talk about one, two or all three topics and get your mp3 files to DaveKY at mail.com by hook or by crook. Deadline is 5pm Central Time (natch) on January 10, 2024, but much earlier submissions are encouraged and appreciated.

Show art: “The Noordermarkt by Night” (1840) by Petrus van Schendel (1806-1870) depicting “night people” typical of the Overnightscape Underground.

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Attribution: by Dave in Kentucky. Other contributors (if any) appear courtesy of themselves.

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2:28:20 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Plaza 46, strip mall and arcade memories, returning a broken game, returning some shoes at the mall, Phish Sphere tickets fail, making progress in the book, cigarillos, exploring the house I grew up in, now empty and soon to be sold, more errands on Chimney Rock Road, cemetery, chemdog, Route 22, whiskey advent calendar, Balcones Lineage Texas Single Malt, ticket prices, The Exit Ramp, Jean Shepherd, Onsug Radio book proof ordered, mystery album, seaweed oatmeal, one sister world, Adios Casa, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:47:38)… Spy Real High (ft. Quarkstar) by Admiral Bob [CCMixter, CC BY-NC 3.0], Change the Fairy Tale by Unfactory [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Computer and Console Boot Sounds Compilation [Archive.org], I’m Not Tal Farlow by Another Flask of Weird [Archive.org, CC BY-ND 3.0], connectland by Greg Tcorp [Jamendo, CC BY-ND 3.0], Theme from Land Surveyor, Part 5: Traversing (1992) [FedFlix, public domain], 1974 PeopleMover Tour – Fantasyland [collection], Sharyne & Cheryl New Zealand Trip (Part 1) [Archive.org, CC0 1.0], ElectronicAfricaLoop by Dodgy C [Freesound, CC0 1.0], New York Hippodrome by John Philip Sousa (performed by “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band) [collection], Vision of the Wild (1990) (excerpt) [FedFlix, public domain], welcome to our fairy world [Freesound, CC BY 3.0], Rad Racer by Atomicos [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-SA 4.0], So Loud by Stereoshape [Bandcamp, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Limboland [collection], Tailor’s Proverbs (7/20/91) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0]. 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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4:55:26 – Welcome, hosts and listeners of The Onsug radio universe, to come and join a freeform chat in video, which will be released in audio. The Exit Ramp continues for another amazing group show.

Host Frank from The Overnightscape is joined by Dave in Kentucky from his various shows, Jefferson from Philadelphia, Jan Erik from Norway, Michael Feir from Canada, Roel from The Netherlands, Doc Sleaze from his various shows, Martin in New Jersey, Nate in Wisconsin, and Bob LeMent from Morning Commute.

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 & Guests – more info at onsug.com

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2:00:02 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Stitcher, non-commerciality, Magic Arena, Hearthstone, weird west, Marvel Snap, Flea Devil Solitaire from Onsug Radio, making progress on the book, the house, Phish tickets, Steamboat Willie entering the public domain in a few weeks, surcharge change, SMISKI Good Idea, 209, QDOBA, Zengo, night, the ride home, America 250, this year, time weirdness, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:19:08)… Conquer Of Hamster Mountain by Lee Rosevere [CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], The New Age (1994) Trailer [YouTube], Dexception by Büromaschinen [Upitup Records, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Symbiosis at EPCOT Center (excerpt) [YouTube], Velvet (main theme) by Virgil M. [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], The Great Race (1965) trailer [YouTube], You’re With A Creep by Protomartyr [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Roger Ebert reviews Shock Treatment (1981) [siskelandebert.org], Variatio 5 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav. [The Open Goldberg Variations, played by by Kimiko Ishizaka, public domain], Paul & Ringo Interviewed by Tony Palmer (5/23/68) [collection], Fire in the Mountains by Astrometrics [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC 4.0], Beta Stormtoon #2 (11/22/01) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Nock by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY 4.0].

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