Join Mike for his first show of 2025. On a cold, dark night in the suburbs of Birmingham, AL, he sits under a broken heater, blowing breath into the lonesome abyss, those thoughts preserved for eternity, or as long as Substack and the Internet Archive exist…
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1:34:30 – Welcome to Tape Land! On each episode, I’ll present the audio of a cassette tape or historic material from my personal archives.
Barely out of the 1980s, I was 22 years old, recently graduated from college, living at home with my parents in Bridgewater, NJ, and making vastly complex, vague, and delusional plans for some kind of entertainment system project called “Noyage”. I made a series of tapes called “On Noyage” describing these ideas, in a deraged fever dream fashion. Amazingly, over the years, this bizarre, delusional project eventually morphed into something real and worthwhile – Onsug Radio.
– Frank Edward Nora, January 5, 2025
Notes: 10:45 AM, Friday, February 23, 1990, Bridgewater, NJ, in the car, hello to myself in the future, heading to a mall in Phillipsburg, NJ, slow drivers, Noyage, Nomadi, Noyage Earth, The Hollow Fantasia, The Zope of Halfevil, should it be a game?, Interweb, Rt. 22 West, 32 miles to Phillipsburg, quadrants and maps, places I used to work, looking for coffee, Lafayette College, business plans, Bagelsmith, coffee, (Tastykake) Chocolate Junior, parking spaces, new shopping centers, Tetris, the inside network is going to be the wave of the future, computerized networks, arrival at Phillipsburg Mall, freelance, “Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father”, 2:02 PM, Lego Pirates, Skyfox for Mac, encyclopedia salesman, Road Fighter, driving back, more business ideas, Some Berry Basalt of Brine, “mental clip art”, Red Alley Earth, artwork, wax sculpture, video effects, Throatripper, Super Objects, band naming service, NomadiNews Catalog, Nomadi Ubiquity, desktop publishing, coffee at 7-11, skidded, printing business idea, library, Beatles tapes, The Macintosh Bible, books within books within books, sever ties, plans.
Previously: On Noyage (2/14/90) 1:34:56 [212] Tape Land 105 – On Noyage 7 (3/23/90) 1:34:35 [940] Tape Land 159 – On Noyage – Tape 2 – Plus Dreams (Feb. 1990) 1:33:40 [972]
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
2:11:42 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Trash can drama, hand soap, Singles (1992), Edward Hopper synchronicity, The Cocoanuts (1929), Blue Grass Blues by Original Memphis Five (1924, public domain), Inrocker Wheelie 2, Theme Restaurants by Michael Kaplan (1997), Night Gallery (1969–1973), Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006-2007), Break My Stride dream, Frute Brute Playing Cards, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:30:42)… Pastime with Good Company (vocal samples from dwsChorale) by Romahichi [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], June by 30x [Archive.org, MNMN RECORDS NETLABEL, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], New Beat Transmission by Frame [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Showtime 1981 program promos [YouTube], Goof by Binärpilot [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Bad Girls (Gottlieb, 1988) [PinMAME], America First by John Philip Sousa (performed by “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band) [collection], The Hugga Bunch (1985) (excerpt) [YouTube], I’m Thinkin by Smersh [collection].
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
1:24:41 – ONSUG hosts – Mike Boody (The Midnight Citizen) and Chad Bowers (Chadcast /TITFOS) meet up for lunch in Birmingham AL, the day before the day before 2025. A nice talk catching up over lunch is had for the first hour or so, and then, a tribute to Franks’ The Other Side, with another, Other Side.
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 Chad Bowers – more info at titfos.tumblr.com or onsug.com.
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2:37:21 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Enter 2025, 4 nights of Phish at Madison Square Garden in NYC, Penn Station, Doganay Hot Fermented Black Carrot Juice Salgam, Richard Dreyfus, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006-2007), video tip, Mr. Holland’s Opus (1995), Bloom County, That Sound Game, going to the shows, Jimmy Carter dead at 100, USA Today, Fuinunwo, Father Time, sink, tire pressure, tow truck driver funeral, Tweezer Reprise, and much more…plus the Other Side (at 1:55:36)… Natasja Scotch by The Search [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 2.5], countdown by tim.kahn [Freesound, CC BY 3.0], WFLD Channel 32 – Newstalk with Wanda Wells – “Psychology and the Vote” (Part 1, 1984) (excerpt) [FuzzyMemories.TV], WMAQ Channel 5 – NewsCenter5 – “ElectroNewsMusik” (Ending, 1976) [FuzzyMemories.TV], history of Cineplex Odeon Theatres–Coming Attractions (1985-1997) (excerpt) [YouTube], Nite-Owl [FuzzyMemories.TV], Woodstock 89 – Mountain Madness (8/16/89) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], 70’s Ads: The San Pedro Beach Bums ABC TV Spot [YouTube], TV Guide ‘Bicentennial’ Commercial (1975) [YouTube], Fuzzy Daupner’s First Live Show, at LoveSexy in Hoboken, NJ, 10/13/00 (excerpt: Possible Calhoun, Weird Highway, The Armixhony of Conrad, Sliding Gardens) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Xmas Vibrations by Karibean [EardrumsPop, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Polar Bear Man by Polar Lion [Onsug], Lite Brite Toy Commercial 1970 [YouTube], Telluric Undercurrent by Revolution Void [Jamendo, CC BY 3.0], WGN Channel 9 – Saturday Matinee – “Abbott & Costello Meet the Mummy” (Opening, 1982) (excerpt) [FuzzyMemories.TV], The Games of Starcade – Buck Rogers [YouTube], 1974 – PeopleMover Tour – Go Go Goodyear [collection], G39-05-New Year’s Eve by craigsmith [Freesound, CC0 1.0], Jean Shepherd – Year One Poster (1970 “Cuckoo Eye”) [collection].
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
1:51:48 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Dirt malls, the holiday season, Phish at MSG, Paul Rand, In-In, Pop Culture–Food–Tech–Occult, buy ice, synchronicities (Jerrold box, Brach’s, Ali Baba’a Camel, Flat Duo Jets), After Hours (1985)), A Serious Man (2009), Gilda (1946) starring Rita Hayworth, A Hard Day’s Night (1964), Doctor Who – Joy to the World, barrel synchronicity, drones, NJ water with weird taste, Flip 7, Livingston Mall update, superlistening: the book, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:11:31)… Psychic Farmers by Faradize [Ektoplazm, CC BY-NC-ND 2.5], The Devil Rode Out (4/25/02) by Robert Hunter [Gravity’s Rainbow compilation, Archive.org], K-Mart – “White and Bright Sale” (Commercial, 1979) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Old Chicago – “Monsters of the Midway” (Commercial, 1979) [FuzzyMemories.TV], HBO Intro – Behind the Scenes [YouTube], Motorcycle Boy by Slave [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Weird Little Highway: The Mall (12/27/24) [Onsug Radio, CC BY 4.0], The Last Starfighter 1984 radio advert for UK cinema release [YouTube], Sonar Despierto by Zifhang [blocSonic, 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
27:30 – COLD OPEN: “Jingle Hell” :: Introducing Sassy May Rider :: Take It Away Marc and Milt :: A Slight Technical Difficulty :: We Now Rejoin Our Program Already In Progress :: Clips Away! :: From FSBX 241: “Hurkle Durkle” – Iko Finds A Bug :: From FSBX 243: “Epiphilation” – Hamster Sized Issues :: From FSBX 256: “IYKYK” – The Ol’ Switcheroo :: From FSBX 256: “IYKYK” – “Acronemia” :: From FSBX 257: “Ackamarakas”- That One Guy :: From FSBX 257: “Ackamarakas” – Mosquito of Destiny. :: From FSBX 256: “IYKYK” – “Physics” :: From FSBX 256: “IYKYK”- The Small Print. :: SHOW CLOSE
Seasonal thanks to our contributors on this one; Sabra May for holiday hilarity. Also, end of the year gratitude to everyone who has conspired with us on our humble program:
2:15:33 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Insert Coin, Gorf (Midway, 1981), Synchronicity (Visionary Software, 1989), Avondale Bridge, the holidays and Phish, Tape Land, Nightstation Ride One, Nightstation Ride Two, Vampire Survivors, drones, timelines, alien contact, 1929 entering the public domain on Jan. 1, The Cocoanuts (1929), The Marx Brothers, The Brox Sisters, cold, Lincoln Highway synchronicity, flashlight synchronicity, Mystery P.I. – The Vegas Heist, snow and salt, superlistening: teatime, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:33:23)… A Billion Years Ago by The Special Pillow [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], El Jaguar by The Surge! [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Fifth Element by MyVirtualBand Members [MyVirtualBand (defunct), CC BY 2.0], Hypergirl Battlesquad by Kulor [Ubiktune, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Eliminators (1986) – Trailer HD 1080p [YouTube], George Interviewed by Tommy & Dick Smothers (11/15/68, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour) [collection], Hawk The Slayer – Trailer [YouTube], NATO Defense (Pacific Novelty, 1982) [MAME], Omiya station Departure melody [YouTube], Thief (Pacific Novelty, 1981) [MAME], Video Newsletter (Convenience Stores) (Ideas Ideas) [Archive.org], WGN Channel 9 – When Movies Were Movies – “Union Pacific” (Commercial Break #1, 1979) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Wizards (1977) 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
39:21 – Here at last! Doc Sleaze’s much delayed Christmas Special! In the great British tradition of seasonal special episodes, most of it is really a regular episode, but with tinsel and lights on. But all the ingredients of Christmas are here: sex in the kitchen, religious arguments and suggestions for rehab. Plus, Doc Sleaze dreams of a woke Christmas, special guest Jerry Springer weighs in on the virgin birth and we have a series of extracts from the English language version of director Carlo Spagnotti’s seminal 1973 shockumentary ‘Mondo Christmas’. Not to forget the festive family films – a German knocker-fest and giant monsters. Includes:
Jerry Springer on the Immaculate Conception ¦ ‘We Wish You a Merry Christmas’ ¦ Woke Christmas ¦ Mondo Christmas (Part 1) ¦ Bashing the Archbishop ¦ Random Movie Trailer – ‘The Vampire Happening’ (1971) ¦ Mondo Christmas (Part 2) ¦ Sex and Lies in the Kitchen ¦ Movies in Brief – ‘King Kong Escapes’ (1967) inc Trailer ¦ Mondo Christmas (Part 3) ¦ Rehabilitating Monsters ¦ Mondo Christmas (Part 4) ¦ Carol Singers Rebuffed ¦ ‘We Wish You a Merry Christmas’ (Reprise)
A Merry Christmas to one and all!
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 2024 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.
