The Overnightscape Underground

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Join Mike back in the studio on a Saturday night.

This week: some audience participation! What was your worst job interview ever? For me, it was that time I got detained for peddling coupon books in a federal building. I should’ve done more to heed the number 4, a bad sign for good fortune.

The interviews lately haven’t been that bad on my most recent run of unemployment. I mean, there’s no job yet, but at least no police have been called.

Meanwhile, I keep on yo-yoing around town, delivering food for food, and doing the best at it I can, despite, well… Let’s just say that when you make house calls, ordinary customers are not ordinary people.

Also, thanks to audience participation, I find a likely answer to why there’s no 4th floor at the university hospital. In true click bait fashion, it’s not what you think!

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2:48:03 – Dave in Kentucky reviews the 1973 West German TV miniseries World on a Wire and the 1999 American movie The Thirteenth Floor, as well as the 1964 novel on which they were both based, Simulacron-3 (a.k.a. Counterfeit World), after which he is joined by his wife Luna in Kentucky (at 28:30) for her comments on the Chinese edition of Simulacron-3, followed immediately by a pertinent A.I. song Dave generated using Suno.ai, after which he is joined by Eddie Murray (at 37:40), Chad Bowers (at 1:20:24) and Frank Edward Nora (at 1:53:52) for their various and sundry views on simulation, speculation and revelation.

Next month’s topics: The Scientific, the Unscientific and the Pseudoscientific. Record about one, two or all three of these and send audio files or links to DaveKY at mail.com by the deadline: 6pm Central Time on June 10, 2025.

Show art: Automat (1927) by Edward Hopper (1882-1967) depicts a sneaky time traveler listening to the Overnightscape Central in an automat while cleverly concealing her air buds with her hat brim.

Opening theme: “It’s Central Time Again” (2024) by Dave in Kentucky and Suno.ai (v3.5). Featured song (and surprise coda): “Nick the Revelator” (2025) by Dave in Kentucky and Suno.ai (v4). Closing theme: “Noise Rebellion” (2024) by Eddie Murray and Suno.ai (v3).

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2:56:15 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Umbrella, new pope, Switch 2 pre-order, Moog Messenger, Flea Devil updates, ghost kitchens, Mister Agave utensils, The Prisoner Puzzle with Patrick McGoohan, Pope Leo XIV, new laptop, Behind the Rocks, Zope, wannabe polymath, creativity, Pixies, Laphroaig Cairdeas on the rocks, Andor, Darth Vader, Ardnahoe Distillery, cassette tapes, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:15:39)… Feel It Down by MOPI [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], WYCC Channel 20 – “First Broadcast” (Part 1, 1983) (excerpt) [FuzzyMemories.TV], MCEscher by Büromaschinen [Upitup Records, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Night Lights: How Retroreflectivity Makes Our Roads Safer (excerpts) [FedFlix, public domain], The Cave of Time by Monroeville Music Center [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY 3.0], Space Station Mary [collection], Clown by Digi G’ Alessio [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Shooting the Rapids Deluxe – Zaccaria Pinball [collection], Congrizzle 4evzzz by The Very Most [EardrumsPop, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Focus on Expo – one inch master – Aug. ’86 (August 1986) (excerpt) [Archive.org, CC BY 3.0], It’s a Lotta Bologny by Billy Murray (1923) [Archive.org, public domain], Mindscape – An Audio Adventure From Data Age! (excerpt) [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

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Fusebox 266: “ORANGE LIES MATTER”

25:45 – COLD OPEN: “Toothpaste Tariff” :: Show Open :: Have A Nice Trip :: Orange Lies Matter :: Mad As Hell! :: Iowa Wants Answers! :: Fusebox Liner :: Grindhouse Resurrection Magazine Spot 3 :: Don’t Be That Guy: “The Jargon Jerk” :: Fusebox Liner ID: “Golfing In Greenland” :: Tariff Troubles :: An Open Letter To Democrats :: Fusebox Liner ID :: A Grindhouse Minute: “The Candy Snatchers” (1973) :: Show Close.

Moon-faced grinning thanks to our contributors on this one; Jeff Pollard and Gregory Wilson. Thanks as well to 42nd Street Pete for another dip into the grimy depths of Grindhouse cinema.

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3:07:57 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Temp mailman, robots, talk about dandelion, sow thistle, TV, I appeared The Pep Talk podcast about Andy Kaufman, disheartening cosmic bureaucracies, professional wrestling, K-Pop, epiphanies, supernatural information, nice surprises, The Great Gatsby, Megatouch Maxx Crown, new compilation: The Clinger Sisters – Havin’ A Good Time, Kaptain Kool and the Kongs, Bert Sommer, Vagabond Submersibles, General Cinema, another door-to-door salesman, Newark Airport meltdown, Waiting for Godot on Broadway with Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, GTA 6, Tower Unite, Jill Sobule dead at 66, The Fixx, The Studio, operating systems, stealing ideas, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:27:07)… Recording of IBM 7094 singing “A Bicycle Built for Two (Daisy)”, 1961 [textfiles.com], The Prince of Persia by Metastaz [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC 4.0], Advertise on Chillin’ FM [via Webm8 productions], Steven Spielberg’s ‘1941’ – radio advert for 1980 UK movie release [YouTube], Boo Ga Loo by Limbo Deluxe [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], Persian Lamb Rag by Heftone Banjo Orchestra [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-SA 4.0], WFLD Channel 32 – Super Cartoon Sunrise (Opening, 1984) [FuzzyMemories.TV], FORCE 10 FROM NAVARONE 1978 London radio advert [YouTube], 224 by Pepino Psyco [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], No Sounds by Ironfield [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], Inramble 131 – Public Phone 2000 (4/18/08) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], The Bluffcosm 5-Minute Vacation From Sanity #2 [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], En Route (ou Enfin! Le Défilé Capsule de Temps va au Centre de Contrôle) by Monroeville Music Center [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY 3.0], Give My Regards to Broadway by Billy Murray (1905) [Archive.org, public domain], Edict Zero Minute 8 [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Churchill – Riddle, Mystery, Enigma [collection], Mas Que Nada by Danny Snyder [SurfGuitar101.com, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], Firebird by Büromaschinen [Upitup Records, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], c1 [textfiles.com], THE CASSANDRA CROSSING 1977 London radio advert [YouTube], Moonlight On The Ganges by Polar Lion (using midi from pianola.co.nz) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], 6 by Kangmey [Dogmazic, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0].

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

Onsug Radio Update – April 2025 Added

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Join Mike on a rainy night in the suburbs of Birmingham, AL, as he sits in his parents’ garage, freshly unemployed, and ponders the next big move.

Really, instead of making any definite decisions, I get hung up on spotting “The Club” security bar on the steering wheel of somebody’s late model POS in a Walgreens parking lot — probably the first time I’ve seen one since the 90’s. Gets me thinking about why they stopped making them, or why they apparently still do, given their inherent security flaws — like, for instance, being ridiculously visible.

Also, didn’t Heather Graham have a Club in that movie Swingers? I investigate.

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4:32:45 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Expensive animal figurines, ants, Las Vegas, vegan options, Carlos & Albert, door to door salesman, an experiment in niceness, mobygratis, Crazy Taxi shirt, Slipstream: Blue Hour, OutRun, spider rescue mission, video game expansion dream, Mall of America ’94, Pogs ,wrong number, Anti-Barney, cinema rides, quinine, holograms, decades, mental records of things, horrific animals, Andor, Varada Sethu, Mondomensional, Mondo films, Ruth Buzzi dead at 88, Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, The Peculiar Manicule, Phantasmal Tickets: The Art of The Overnightscape, Twice Upon a Time View-Master, Led Zeppelin – Moby Dick, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 3:51:20)… Reward Le Fin by Mach FoX [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], WFLD Channel 32 – Wonder Woman – “The Girl From Islandia” (Commercial Break, 1981) [FuzzyMemories.TV], A Million Miles to Go by Unicorn Star-Gazer [Archive.org], Jump by Uikhtor [Jamendo, CC BY 3.0], Jordache Commercials (excerpt) [YouTube], Coffee House by Dan Tindall [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Another Glass Of Melonade by Vernon Lenoir [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Haze Jeans by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY 4.0], You Can Have Broadway by Billy Murray (1907) [Archive.org, public domain], Press Conference Voice 2 [collection], The Wind Blows High (6/18/04) by Robert Hunter [Gravity’s Rainbow compilation, Archive.org].

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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57:20 – By decree of Donald J Trumper, this is a politics free edition. Well, maybe. This time around, Doc Sleaze’s natural scepticism is put to the test as he ponders as to why he has never been invited to join the local coven and why weird phenomena never happen to him, either. Also included, an excursion into classic British smut and the sexual orientation of the Tate brothers. Little Miss Strange brings us some entirely deniable celebrity scandal and gossip in ‘Total Bollocks’ and we drop in on edition of ‘Action Business Bulletin’ to examine the impact of US tariffs. Plus a couple of slimy monster movies discussed. Includes:

Donald J Trumper’s Content Guarantee ¦ Natural Born Sceptic ¦ Forgotten Film – ‘From Beyond’ (1986) Including Trailer ¦ Total Bollocks with Little Miss Strange ¦ Local Evil ¦ Action Business Bulletin – Monster Markets ¦ It Definitely Didn’t Happen to Me ¦ Forgotten Film – ‘Hunchback of the Morgue’ (1972) Including Trailer ¦ More Total Bollocks with Little Miss Strange ¦ Getting Straight (Out of the Closet) ¦ ‘Carry on Camping’ (1969) Trailer ¦ Authentic British Smut ¦ Sid James Has the Last Laugh

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 Apr 2025 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.

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2:32:19 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: New Lyndhurst train station, 9/11, new Japanese Dr Pepper shirt, Tape Land 183 – Hemisinister Review from OsoaWeek (1994–2002), Permanent Daylight Saving Time, Pet Gravity Speedy Sprint Ball, Jonas Brothers, Andor, Doctor Who, The Battle Computer Is Engaging Warp Engines, Sinistar, Llamasoft “I, Robot”, screensavers, Ozric Tentacles – Live Underslunky (1992), rom dumping, Game Town, Mario Kart World hype, Phish snubbed by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Return to Oz (1985), mind control, Piper Laurie, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:51:04)… It’s Moonlight All the Time On Broadway by Billy Murray (1910) [Archive.org, public domain], Al Beasley Arcadia Service (Rt. 1, VA) from The Motor Excursion Ruffians #2 – Part 8 (4/5/03) [Onsug, 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