The Overnightscape Underground

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2:29 – It’s a song about a hockey team, right? Yeah, that’s the ticket. Words are by Dave in Kentucky, music and show art by Suno.ai (v4.5).

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Fusebox 274: “DEFILED”

25:07- Cold Open :: WTF? :: Show Open :: Remotely Funny :: 12 Years In :: Fusebox Liner :: Grindhouse Resurrection Magazine Spot 9 :: Somewhere In America: Luther P. Higgins ::  Holding The Line On Democracy :: Fusebox Liner ID: We Regret To Inform You :: Don’t Be That Guy: The Anti-Vax Jerk :: Fusebox Liner ID :: Grand Poetic Justice :: Credits And Show Close.

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Released January 7, 2026

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2:01:23 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Mystery solved decades later, job in Clifton in 1994, Nirvana, wee box, soup, Bukowski tapes, Riker Hill Art Park in Livingston, Mon Cherie, Tape Land 190 – Birthday 2001 (October 2001), The Quangle Wangle’s Hat by Edward Lear, new couch, new wallet, new green things, the book cover, chicory, za’atar tea, To Collect Blacklight Posters, Mixue arrives in NYC , China, recycling, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:20:51)… WLS Channel 7 – Fridays (Promo #2, 1980) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Dinner in Grand Central by Shuwen Zhang [IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library, CC BY-NC 4.0], Make the Switch to Textfiles: A Parody [textfiles.com], The Making Of Luxor Las Vegas Documentary 1993 (3/4) [YouTube], WLS Channel 7 – Fridays (Promo, 1980) [Fuzzymemories.tv], 50 Anniversity [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], The Last Starfighter 1984 radio advert for UK cinema release [YouTube], Google your way to a wacky office [YouTube], Central Park Arcade Mt. View CA 1981 [YouTube], Secret ‘Man Cave’ Discovered Below Grand Central Platform, 3 MTA Employees Busted (9/25/20) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], 1972 Herbal Essence Shampoo Commercial [YouTube], K-tel – 24 Greatest Dumb Ditties (Record Offer, 1977) (excerpt) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Nuprin, Jimmy Connors vs. Michael Chang, 1991 [YouTube], World Peace by Antti Luode [anttismusic.blogspot.com, CC BY 3.0], Sony Metreon Marketing Video [YouTube], Any Little Girl, That’s a Nice Little Girl, is the Right Little Girl For Me by Billy Murray (1911) [Archive.org, public domain], WFLD Metromedia Channel 32 – Afternoon Fun – Tom & Jerry (Ending, 1984) [FuzzyMemories.TV].

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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1:25:38 – Welcome to Tape Land! On each episode, I’ll present the audio of a cassette tape or historic material from my personal archives.

Notes: 2:55 pm, Sun. 10/7/01, Belleville, NJ, Columbus Day Parade, celebrating my birthday today, U.S. attacks Afghanistan, later, Martinsville, NJ, made my first tape here 24 years ago (Birthday 1977), Peter, cars, jokes, beer, tour, travel, sports, lawsuit, gunpowder, war, opening gifts, book from 1813, Pocket Ref, wine, eBay, gift cards, Dean Rusk, instant lottery, 9/11, more info on the “Bells & Buttons” song (turns out it was “The Quangle Wangle’s Hat” by Edward Lear, 1877), cats, calling Julie, China, Hungary, dinner is served, candles, singing Happy Birthday, business, birthday cake and ice cream, coffee, flags, Tue. 10/9/01, in a movie theater (probably in NYC) with my brother John to see Mulholland Drive (2001) for the first time, weird hyper people in front of us, our initial reaction to the movie, later at Hoboken Terminal, something that occurs to me, damaged reality, 9/11, Menlo Park Mall, Hollywood Heat pinball, Weird University, Williams Pinball Classics, comics on the subway, world becoming so weird and dreamlike, Severe Repair, cigar issues, waiting for the train, Obliviana Super Occult Amusement, moving forward, enough with these mind games, Audio Territory on the Frontier of Reality.

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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1:20:56 – Continuing the experiment of random Onsug listening! Taken from the complete Onsug archive of nearly 16,000 hours, here are 22 random 3.5 minute clips! This one has some good synchronicities!

Ref: 128-22, 909-48, 611-30, 901-03, 114-18, 781-09, 241-15, 253-05, 403-52, 781-10, 1008-10, 991-05, 1016-14, 116-22, 305-22, 241-04, 115-43, 801-068, 561-24, 950-12, 612-01, 1002-05.

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

Onsug Radio Update – December 2025 Added

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1:30:15 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Welcome to 2026, public domain, Billy Murray, Don’t Bring Lulu (1925), sarsaparilla is everywhere, Buc-ee’s, Quatermass synchronicity, Captain Billy’s Whiz Bang, analyzing a joke from 1922, changing my ring tone, Puzzle and Mystify, Phish at MSG New Year’s Eve, cover SVG, past lives, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 49:16)… Atlantis by Birds of Fire [Dogmazic, CC BY-SA 3.0], National Clothing Fashions – “Be a Disco Star Tonight” (Commercial, 1979) [FuzzyMemories.TV], The International Rag by Billy Murray (1913) [Archive.org, public domain], 7th Portal 3D Ride Attraction [YouTube], Disco Zombies Instrumental by Antti Luode [anttismusic.blogspot.com, CC BY 3.0], JORDACHE COMMERCIAL [YouTube], Doing Eurodisco (Overboard) (ft. Shannon Hurley) by Ic3m4n [ccMixter, CC BY-NC 3.0], Pizza Hut – “Disco Skaters” (Commercial, 1980) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Strieber’s Chariot by Disco Missile [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], WMAQ Channel 5 – NBC Saturday Night At The Movies – “Man From Atlantis II: The Death Scouts” (Opening, 1977) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Numbers by Organoid [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], WARLORDS OF ATLANTIS stereo radio advert London 1978 [YouTube], I’m an alien by Spintronic [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], WSNS Channel 44 – White Sox Baseball – “Disco Demolition Promo & Harry Catches a Foul Ball” (1979) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Going Off by Little Frankie Nora [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Alien From L.A. (1988) [YouTube], Poison Ivy Rag by Polar Lion (using midi from pianola.co.nz) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Galaxy Disco (Commercial, 1976) [FuzzyMemories.TV].

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

Here’s an SVG of the new 2026 version of the Onsug Book cover.

Onsug_Book_2026_Cover.svg

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2:18:40 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: New Year’s Eve Eve, cleaning up the studio, Shindig! Magazine, Phish at MSG, Dream Wheel, Gulliver’s Gate, economics, Weird October Dreamer, Video Loaf, December, Groovy Walking Rover, 209, 1423, Tokyo video, Chongqing Night Walk, Shenzhen video, Buckaroo Banzai review, Onsug Radio Shuffle Mode segment, lost castle memory, lenticular monster card, Merriwold Castle, Judy Tenuta, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:38:17)… Mother Goose by John Philip Sousa (performed by “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band) [collection], Bud by A.J. Kaufmann [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0], Can’t You See I Love You by Ada Jones & Billy Murray (1909) [Archive.org, public domain], high on style by Mob Action [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], The Caravan by Clark Ashton Smith [LibriVox, public domain], Delirium by The Wavers [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], H.O.T.S. (1979) (Trailer) [YouTube], Angevin 120 loop by Kevin MacLeod [incompetech.com, CC BY 3.0], Paul McCartney Interview (excerpt) [collection], Solar energy, the great adventure (1978) (excerpt 3) [Archive.org], Start It Off by Hot Fiction [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Pineapple [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], The Arcade Ambience Project: 1983, by Andy Hofle (excerpt) [textfiles.com], SnarfQuest: Snarf’s New Adventure [Kickstarter], lava by SzentpeÌtery Csaba [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], Tosche Station [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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1:21:06 – Continuing the experiment of random Onsug listening! Taken from the complete Onsug archive of nearly 16,000 hours, here are 22 random 3.5 minute clips! It’s another good one, enjoy the deep dive into the mysterious / mundane!

Ref: 142-18, 541-01, 102-33, 111-051, 959-03, 116-53, 133-24, 139-04, 410-54, 990-38, 942-25, 911-30, 981-22, 811-003, 910-05, 140-02, 602-42, 981-01, 943-05, 999-08, 949-17, 952-08.

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