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47:19 – Welcome to Tape Land! On each episode, I’ll present the audio of a cassette tape or historic material from my personal archives.

This episode is part of a sub-project within Tape Land called “Video Phase 2022”. I recently began transferring a ton of old video tapes to digital, and have been posting selections to YouTube. Here, I’ll be releasing the audio tracks of these videos, as well as linking you to the YouTube videos, and The Internet Archive.

Weird University (1986)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzfseA0tUSY

In 1986, “Mad” Mike and Frank Nora “Master of the Airwaves”, not satisfied with just doing their comedy radio show “Anything But Monday”, decide to produce a video series based on a fictional version of their college called “Weird University”. With their new personas “Franco Wolfini” and “Iggy Szalzo”, they investigate and report on interesting students, the dining hall, campus security, a nearby supermarket, and much more… plus, strange happenings on a Weird Halloween. This is the “best of” edit that was made available for mail order (VHS or Beta), though few copies were sold.…

There were three episodes of Weird University. They were shown in the university center. This edit draws from all three episodes, but leaves some stuff out. The Compleat Weird University, coming soon, will include much more.

Released 2/21/22

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 onsug.com

Internet archive link: https://archive.org/details/Tape_Land_Video_154-Weird_University-1986

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30:38 – The Biblical soap opera continues, with Laban in hot pursuit of Jacob and his family. Once he catches up, Rachel proves herself to be a clever smuggler, whereupon a treaty establishes a demilitarized zone. Jacob happens upon an encampment of the gods, and wrestles with one of them until dawn. Esau greets Jacob’s party with a force of four hundred men. Dinah is defiled, but her defiler wants to make an honest woman out of her, which requires that he and the other men of his country submit to genital mutilation. Say what??

Show art: Jacob Wrestling with the Angel (1639) by Bartholomeus Breenbergh (1598-1657), 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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1:03:37 – Familiar Foreign Bodies presents the long-awaited ‘Qualities of a Tolteca Sorcerer 6’!! The third phase of our tribute to Henry Morgan features a 1987 appearance on the Steve Allen radio show!! Entertainium prevails!!

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Attribution by PQ Ribber

Released February 2022 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel based on a freeform monologue style, presenting diverse and fascinating hosts who craft thought-provoking, unique transmissions for now, and all future times!

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1: 37:36 — Join Mike in the studio late on a Saturday night…

…where he recalls the time he scammed himself a free pizza from Domino’s (unsuccessfully), and talks about “Inventing Anna”, a Netflix series showcasing the millennial scam culture. Also, more scams of the rich and famous, and another trip to the Video Street Video Store!

Check out the detailed show notes here.

*Music Break: “Slipping Away” by Jack Adkins; “Idiot Revival” by Blood Lontra. All music is played under a Creative Commons License (Attribution, noncommercial, no derivatives) and is available at the Freemusicarchive.org. 

Video Street Video Store: “What is a Yuppie”/Yuppies in London (1987); Music Channel Promo – TV-61, Phoenix Arizona.

Check out the complete Video Street Video Store playlist here!

Nightcam: Venice Beach – Los Angeles, CA

Check out the website over at mikeboody.com/themidnightcitizen, with links to old episodes on Archive.org, and join the Facebook page! …”It happens sometimes. People just explode. Natural causes.”

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike US License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released February 2022 on The Midnight Citizen and The Overnightscape Underground.

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4:18:27 – 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!

It’s a wide ranging discussion covering current events, technology, society, pop culture, and much more! This time, host Frank from The Overnightscape and The Three Weasels is joined by Martin in Silicon Valley, Jerry A. Green from Houston, Frank’s brother John, Nate in Wisconsin, Jefferson from Philadelphia, Doc Sleaze from his various shows, PQ from Quaquaversal Satellite and Overnightscape Central, Becky from Bi-Coastal Becky, and Jan Erik from Norway.

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 & Guests – more info at onsug.com

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1:11:42 – Mysterious Grogu!! Music from Azure Attorney and Evlis!! We continue our look at Henry Morgan with an January 1922 edition of his radio show!! LOTS of YouTube and music babble!! PQ Ribber is your drivelier!!

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Released February 2022 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel based on a freeform monologue style, presenting diverse and fascinating hosts who craft thought-provoking, unique transmissions for now, and all future times!

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3:26:45 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: The attic window, weirdly warm and breezy, CAO Flathead 660, pandemic reflections, mysteries of 209, The Hitcher (1985), Year of the Dragon (1985), The Hitchhiker (TV series), Owyn Elite Pro – No Nut Butter, Alakazam Oaks, Circus of Power, Last Action Hero (1993), beans and tofu memory, Edict Zero – FIS, Profit (TV series), Murder One (TV series), Douglas Trumbull dead at 79, Sy Sperling died in 2020, Alamo Drafthouse, The Ovrstreet Comic Book Price Guide to Lost Universes, CBD Oil, KOF XV, Maxim font, world of illusion, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:46:17)… Gospelgoose(step) by Sans Blanc [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Schmerler Ford – “With A Voice Like Mine” (Commercial, 1980) [FuzzyMemories.TV], The Mexican Hovercraft by Fuzzy Daupner [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], The Games of Starcade – Pop Flamer [YouTube], Dear Old Southland by Polar Lion [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Monsanto’s House Of Plastics [collection], Going Places (excerpt) [Archive.org, public domain], Orchard Games by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY 4.0], Dear Courtney (Part 1) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Dear Courtney (Part 2) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Dear Courtney (Part 3) [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

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3:10:18 – A gathering of weirdos, perhaps beings us ONSUG legends!! Doc!! Eddie!! Chad!! Frank!! PQ!!

Next: Writes

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Attribution by PQ Ribber

Released February 2022 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel based on a freeform monologue style, presenting diverse and fascinating hosts who craft thought-provoking, unique transmissions for now, and all future times!

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3:11:19 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Hanging out with the puppet people, Horizons, plastic fruit, Westward HO!e in One, manifest destiny, dwarf planets, America’s 250th “Sestercentennial”, Snapple, root beer chewing gum, American Freedom Train, Phrivl: Interdimensional Mansons, bubble light synchronicity, The Compleat Evil Farm, Tato Skins, Ziggy, Bowlerama, Chatterbox, credit cards, Pluto Return, Gonggong, Dr. Mazzei update, Ignatius Wallops, Weird University, Phish Mexico streams, chocolate cigar, Super Bowl XVI, “crypto” commercials, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:40:42)… Sky Rockets Rag by Polar Lion [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], CHiPS pull over HR Pufnstuf ! S01EP08 [YouTube], Sarequ (fake Boards of Canada song, origin unknown) [collection], At The Movies – Blade Runner, etc. (1982) [collection], Gimme by Christine [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Chillin’ FM going legal [via Webm8 productions], Shuffle On by zinger & Lunchquake [Ubiktune, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], STEAM ENGINE TRAIN NOSTAGLIA – 1975 [YouTube], Bronze barrels of ammonia by Dead Planet Surfers [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], MESA VERDE 1975 [YouTube], Three Figures by The Maravines [Archive.org, public domain]. 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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1:36:40 – Welcome to Tape Land! On each episode, I’ll present the audio of a cassette tape or historic material from my personal archives.

The title says it all – the majority of this tape consists of extremely boring conversations on a train. The tape is labeled “6/22/02-7/27/02 – Good Stuff!!! NYC etc.”, though it seems to start on July 10. I don’t clearly remember now 20 years later, but I think I was trying to capture the sound of a train ride (in this case, from Delawanna to Hoboken in NJ) – with the train sounds, announcements, overheard conversations, etc. It’s an interesting historical audio reference, if nothing else. There’s also a very weird guy on the subway, and me talking about my Obliviana project (which I would finally let go of the following March, when I started The Overnightscape) in my Jeep during a thunderstorm.

Notes: Unknown music, boring conversations on a train, Wed. July 10, 2002, 9:46 AM, subway, weird guy, busker, guys talking about something, papers, lots of people, on a bus?, more boring conversations on a train, PATH station?, thunderstorm, Fri. July 19, 2002, 5:44 PM, went to the MacWorld Show, sitting in my Jeep at the Delawanna Station, my progress in Obliviana, Dashic Deeds, the 8 subdivisions, motor sound, inside?

Released 2/14/22

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 onsug.com