The Overnightscape 1891 – Gambling Dream (3/4/22)
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5:00:02 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Fey Hunting, Vectrex, Maze King, the feeling of playing early video games with abstract graphics, gambling dream, lotteries, NJ gas pump law, Games Magazine #11 (May/June 1979), The New Games, “tar” in cigarettes, Cyberchess, Fischer Spassky Chessmate, slide cards, Edict Zero – FIS, The Greenhouse index cards, The Compleat Weird University, Guardians of Justice, more mazes, mezcal review (Bozal Mezcal Artesanal Espadin Barril Ensamble), the next morning, the news, ancient plastic dragon boxes, breakfast sandwiches, video work, the fictional selves, a coin with coins inside it, shifting timelines, what pleases the experiencer, gamboling, Eckha/Halma, Popeye Magazine, Bandai card games from 1981, Dr. Slump, The Nolans, Ajinomoto noodles, REO Speedwagon, Entex 3-D Escape! 1000 Mazes, Escape From Devil’s Castle, Matchbox W.A.C.K.O., CBD, what we can know (the experiencer and the generator of the experiences), Maze Escape Classic, word theories, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 4:19:14)… Perfect Gambler by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Classic 1970’s Television: 1970 Promo for ABC-TV’s Friday Line-Up [YouTube], Stop by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY 4.0], Lyndhurst Trailer Park (1984) [YouTube], Trouba by Steve Gunn [FreeMusicArchive, BY-NC-SA 3.0], Scrabble Brand SENSOR, Electronic Word Game (Commercial, 1979) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Telemann – 18 Canons Mélodieux (part 14, perfomed by Michel Rondeau) [IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library, CC BY-NC 4.0], Run Joe Run – Season One [YouTube], Kingston City Limits by Antti Luode [anttismusic.blogspot.com, CC BY 3.0], Mego’s Slik Silver [YouTube], Anomaly by Vasim [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], Stop-N-Go commercial (from Video Newsletter (Convenience Stores)) [Archive.org].
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4:20:24 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Andy Rooney’s toupee, wild weekend, ABM Show – Episode 11, Route 1 South memories (Menlo to Quaker Bridge), gas station saga, Dr Pepper & Cream Soda, Wheels of Pure Opal, Sprinly Paprika Spinach Salad with Baked Tofu & hemp Hearts, world events, alternate timelines, vegan lunch incident, 209, ABM writing, B. J. and the Bear, Sheriff Lobo, Ivory Wheels/Rosewood Track, opal coins, cat food, Mike’s dungeon gaming room, Rodecaster Pro, weird ice storm, a spike in situational energy, bellows, Stone Karaoke Box, Space Force Air-Soft, Hyperspace Gaming, Springbok popcorn playing cards, merman emoji, Peacemaker, Best Western and Best Eastern Motels logos, Camacho Coyolar Robusto, two white wires vision, Free Guy (2021), Phrivl: Cheapo Time Tours, Hunter’s Suites, Terence McKenna – Timewave Zero, Shpongle, February in review, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 3:39:48)… Miami Call by Herr Doktor [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Turkey in the Straw by United States Air Force Band [Archive.org, public domain], All I Have Is Time by Jonah Dempcy [Jamendo, CC BY 3.0], THE MOVIE CHANNEL promo (1984) [YouTube], 1977 CHEVROLET PROMOTIONAL FILM “1977 CHEVY K5 BLAZER” [Archive.org], Outtakes from the Leo Burnett/Philip Morris Recruitment Video [Archive.org], Mandelbrot [collection], Frederick Street dance studios [via Webm8 productions], Weird October Spirit [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Bluffcosm Banter #1 (4/29/00) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Polar Lion – Bolo Rag (May 2010) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Recording of IBM 7094 singing “A Bicycle Built for Two (Daisy)”, 1961 [textfiles.com], micronauts 1: circa ’77 [YouTube], Rush [via Webm8 productions], Poison Ivy Rag by Polar Lion (using midi from pianola.co.nz) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0].
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2:07:01 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Fictional alternate. worlds, Red Alley Earth, United Areas of Baskonontana, New Phocturnan Felty, Silicon Beach SuperPaint, dreams, Phish, Magic Carpet font, Capcom Fighting Collection, world news, soundcheck jam, Mr. Crunch, Fumkark Friday, ABM Show, atomic weaponry, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:26:11)… Since 1984 by Atomik Circus [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], Superstar Limo [YouTube], Rift Now by Dj Ciruzz [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], The Sure Thing (Trailer, 1985) [YouTube], “Surf Rocker” – Royalty Free Stock Music by ZSquid [SoundCloud, CC BY-SA 3.0], Advertise on Chillin’ FM [via Webm8 productions], Subchannel Beds Abandoned by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Superchannel July 1983 [YouTube], Sassafras by mGee [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Sound Filmstrip: “A Cup of Coffee” [Archive.org], Ram It Up Their Snout by Astrometrics [blocSonic, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], Steel Dawn (1987) trailer [YouTube].
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