The Overnightscape Underground

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Join Mike in the studio late on a Saturday night…

Where he burns a bourbon-whisky scented candle he made, and wonders when the American “boy” becomes the American “man”. Perhaps it’s when he gets his first Boy Scout Handbook? Or maybe when he finds out the Boy Scouts are a sham? 

Also: memories of the Boy Scouts (all I got from it was a first place medal for the Pinewood Derby, a competition I cheated at); why I quit the Boy Scouts of America; the “manly” art of chandlery (candle making); Mancaves, and the modern obsession with being a “man” in the Teddy Roosevelt/Ernest Hemingway-sense; Sinclair Lewis’s Babbitt novel explored the notions of the American man as a role and facade; Music Break*; the waning days of summer; announcement this week that my 20 year high school reunion will be held in September, but I probably won’t go; signs of aging; a trip to the Video Street Video Store**; another Criterion haul from the Barnes and Noble (Medium Cool, Salesman — both 1969).

*Music Break: “Man Outta Town” by Forget the Whale; “Phone Book and Rotary” by Derek Clegg (album: “The Middler”). All music is played under a Creative Commons License (Attribution, noncommercial, no derivatives) and is available at the Freemusicarchive.org. 

Video Street Video Store: “Boy Scouts of America” Newsreel (1939); “Super Dave Osbourne’s Wrecking Ball Stunt”

Check out the complete Video Street Video Store playlist here!

Check out the website over at mikeboody.com/themidnightcitizen, with links to old episodes on Archive.org, and join the Facebook page! …“Will this stunt be more dangerous than when you tried to mate with the blue whale?”

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50:58 – PQ saw the Zack Snyder cut of Justice League!! Musical selections from those Evlises!! Vic and Sade are back and it’s Christmas 1941!! The New 52 and other assorted drivelene prevails!!

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2:16:36 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Cinnabon memories, cinnamon stratagems, The Love Guru (2008), The Gong Show, Matthew Sweet – Altered Beast (1990), bright light in the hallway incident, National Hot Dog Day, expanded house dream, space, Phrivl format with meta levels, shampoo update, troubleshooting computer audio, PySol Fan Club edition – Shisen-Sho, continents, book update, schmerltzs, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:35:53)… Movimiento Robotico by Danubio Rodriguez [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Hot To Trot (1988) [YouTube], System 80 by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY 4.0], lets play secret book.wav by tim.kahn [Freesound, CC BY 3.0], Jack Tar by John Philip Sousa (performed by “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band) [collection], Disk Wars with Chimps and Chains [YouTube], Somos Aire by Gain [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], EVERETT CONKLIN 1974 [YouTube], Paranormal Pair O’ Pants by The Nourishment [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0], BAIN de SOLEIL commercial [YouTube], Dark Star (1974) – Trailer (en) [YouTube], Pine Apple Rag by Scott Joplin [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US], Xenon (Bally, 1979) [PinMAME], Blacksmith For The Stars (1959 circa) (excerpt) [A/V Geeks, public domain], beanbag fight by simon_mathewson [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0], ELKMONT VALLEY SOLAR ENERGY: Elkmont Rural Village [FedFlix, public domain].

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1:36:08 – Frank Edward Nora and Doc Sleaze join PQ Ribber for a triangular view of systems!!

Next: Public Service Announcements

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3:27:54 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: In the everything old is new again department, another “New Coke” controversy is upon us, a Starbucks gutted, Phish couch tour, Grateful Dead, airport question, surveys, Phrivl game – Fooncosm, Hazy Transit, mystery Phrivl, semi-epic weekend, book update, The Cosm, origins of The Onsug, the last odd day (till 3111), Jack and Jill synchronicity, Rockaway Townsquare Mall, Goldthread Turmeric Radiance, Marcade, The Mini Car Show (9/18/99), Escape the Mystery Room, Space Target X, The CD Store, Nektar, Books-A-Million, Dean’s Natural Food Market, De La Calle! Tepache, Autechre, kitten situation, Titan A.E. (2000), Eden Shake, Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021), Crisis on Infinite Earths (Arrowverse), canonicity, Cosmos Bluff, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:46:57)… Street Time NYC – Track 1 by Randy Antley [collection], Rayovac commercial (from WBBM Channel 2 – The CBS Late Movie – “The Darker Side Of Terror” (Commercial Break, 1981)) [YouTube], Fashion Queen by Kulor [Ubiktune, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], The Living Seas – Fish Info [collection], Masugra by MyVirtualBand Members [MyVirtualBand (defunct), CC BY 2.0], My Chauffeur (1986) [YouTube], Epic by Radioactive Sparrow [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0], Magic Cap Cellphone Demo August 1995 (partial) [YouTube], Fall Lightly by Stanleybirch [collection], Voyager – Puppet Motel [YouTube], 80 mn (Original Mix) by Avanea [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Novo DanUp – Sabor a Popcorn [YouTube], Bitutions by Peachy Moonshine [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0].

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51:48 – PQ presents some even-scarier-than-he-anticipated American History, thanks to Librivox Volunteers!! Musics from Evlls!! He watches a Hercules movie!!

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2:47:33 – Welcome to Tape Land! On each episode, I’ll present the audio of a cassette tape or historic material from my personal archives.

Even now, 12 years later, I look back on the summer of 2009 with cringe and awe. It was a time of chaos for my radio projects – which ultimately resulted in the birth of The Onsug as we know it today – a vital, unique group project. This recording, “Hazy Transit”, was done in the heart of the crisis – and it’s never been released before. It’s tough to listen to, as I was delving into my deepest thoughts, fears, and hang-ups on the matter. But the good news is that something wonderful came out of that dark and confusing time.

Note: back then, I pronounced Onsug as “own-sug”, but since then have settled on the pronunciation “on-sug”.

Notes: [Monday, August 31, 2009 in NJ and NYC] Exploring a new idea in the world of audio, stand-alone works vs. series, the podcasting craze of 2005, OnsugBox, The Rampler, history of my shows, WFMU, The Rampler Limited, bagel twists, spray paint, Dasani display, conspiracy theories, ATM, In The Box, “Ticket Ordeal”, 855, 1423, I Ching, vague lofty goals, audiobooks, current plans, a time of transition, Dressed For Success, my state of mind, Obliviana, Oceana fountain, origin of The Rampler, vague memory of a bookstore, like a therapy session, keeping control, cosmic situations, self-analysis, ending many of my projects, rare books, annoying flute, thinking about ending The Overnightscape Underground [thankfully this didn’t happen], subway, feels good, [Thursday, September 3, 2009 in NYC], self-analysis, depressing music in the morning, Barnes & Noble, Maui Tacos, The Compleat Strategist, creative projects, old podcasting sites, [Friday, September 4, 2009 in NYC], doing WFMU show #11 tonight, doing the show is a lifestyle, dead possum, finding the way forward, spiderweb, “Mongolian Seating Area”, “scape mode”, healthy ideas, rough trip, Station Unlimited, The Rampler Supplementary Feed, moving forward with something new, useful strategies.

Released 7/19/21

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4:35:55 – 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 Onsug discussion covering current events, technology, society, pop culture, and much more! This time, host Frank from The Overnightscape is joined by PQ from Quaquaversal Satellite and Overnightscape Central, Marc and Jeff (in his first Exit Ramp appearance) from Fusebox, Eddie from The Wool Gathering, Jan Erik from Norway, Doc Sleaze from his various shows, Dave in Kentucky, Joe Gipson from Comicversal, Mike Boody from The Midnight Citizen,  and Chad from Chadcast.

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1:59:50 — Join Mike on the balcony of his hotel room in Florida and on the steps outside his apartment after a very long and fulfilling trip to Savannah, Georgia and Amelia Island, Florida.

Also, enjoy some bonus audio of the complete tour of the Sorrel-Weed House, reportedly the most haunted house in America*. Listen, if you dare!

Show Notes: Sitting on the beach in Florida with my wife, testing a makeshift windscreen for my Zoom recorder; relaxing with a cigar on the porch of either the oldest hotel in Florida or America (the literature on the Florida House Inn is contradictory) after a very stressful plumbing nightmare with our hotel room; recalling my last trip to Amelia Island with my family in 1995, where I climbed off our second floor balcony to pet a cat, and my mother got us lost for four hours looking for a Denny’s; the 1996 summer Olympics and the amorphous, asexual mascot, Izzy; the stress of coming home after a long trip; relaxing at home with a cigar and whisky; recalling my trip to Savannah, Georgia and the book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1994) that made it famous; Savannah is supposedly the most haunted town in the country; recalling our tour through the Sorrel-Weed House, supposedly the most haunted house in Savannah; my adventure riding a horse past the famous tree from Forrest Gump (1994); how movies can implant artificial memories of having been someplace before; visiting Fort Pulaski on Tybee Island; eating at the Old Pink House; good to be home.

*If you believe in that sort of thing.

Check out the website over at mikeboody.com/themidnightcitizen, with links to old episodes on Archive.org, and join the Facebook page! …

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30:27 – Against the backdrop of rapidly-declining lifespans, the epic soap opera of Abram and his wife Sarai unfolds. After enriching themselves by pimping and hoeing to the rich and famous, they engage a surrogate mother to produce an heir, but that is not what their alien overlords had in mind. What was the nature of the plague visited on Pharaoh’s house due to his dalliance with Sarai? What was behind the Yahweh Elohim’s insistence on circumcision? What was the significance of Hagar the maid’s encounter with El-roi the angel? Listen and learn.

Show art: Hagar, Ishmael and El-roi by Anton Robert Leinweber (1845-1921), Public Domain.

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