The Overnightscape Underground

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2:34:19 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Supermarket strategies, day 82 of the crisis, recent developments, Tree Bag Ask, bum pear, HBO Max, Re:Zero – Starting Life in Another World, mystery cigar update, cigar review (Drew Estate Java Red), Space Force, New Jersey towns, space mouse, The Mouse That Roared, economic concepts, up on a soapbox, The Mouse on the Moon (1963), sitting around the fire pit with Denice, The Exit Ramp – Fire Pit, beverage review (Flying Embers Hard Kombucha – Ginger & Oak), radio patent, A Neverending Late Night Broadcast, radio stations in video games, La Capitana, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:54:00)… Back to 1987 (face a) by fspee [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 2.5], WJPC The New 95 AM – “Win a Superstar Supercar” (Commercial, 1982) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Smell The Trance by Alexander Stein [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], Donna Rice – No Excuses [collection], I’m A Fool by Wead [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Morris Is Different by Multisex [collection], Random Encounter In The Cereal Aisle by Spheres of Chaos [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], The Pharaos Theme by The Pharaos [Archive.org, public domain], Introspection Trilogy – Part 1 by Eidolon [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], 1958 – Van Cliburn returns from Moscow [YouTube], Scorpion Surf by The Twang Twisters [SurfGuitar101.com, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], Dreams by Brady Arnold [Archive.org, 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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2:12:37 – In this episode:

• celebrity deaths (Kirk Douglas, Roy Horn, Kobe Bryant, Little Richard, Brian Dennehy, Howard Finkel, Lee Fierro, Honor Blackman, Max Von Sydow),
• old Nickelodeon cartoon Spartakus,
• crappy sci-fi movie Saturn 3 (1980) starring Harvey Kietel, Kirk Douglas and Farah Fawcett,
• badly dubbed Netflix series Dark,
• Wheel of Fortune episode with Weird Al, Little Richard, and James Brown (YouTube video),
• how Bond film Thunderball (1965) got remade as Never Say Never Again (1983),
• the non-Stan Lee created The Avengers British spy show,
• Tom Cruise wants to go to space (for real this time),
• politics schmolitics,
• Corey Feldman’s disastrous documentary My Truth,
• Scott Schwartz calls out Feldman’s lies (article link),
• old TV and movie casts reuniting on video chats,
• War Stories series on Ars Technica – Prince of Persia rotoscoping (YouTube video),
• old school video game engines,
• From Bedroom to Billions (2014) â€“ a UK computer gaming documentary,
• homebrew games lacking proper physics,
• ONSUG’s The Exit Ramp (podcast link),
• Rob’s guitar tutorials return! (YouTube link),
• keeping somewhat busy during quarantine,
• and Nintendo data leak featuring console design secrets.

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Attribution: by Greg and Rob – more info at paunchstevenson.com

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40:16 – The world of ‘Brucesploitation’ uncovered, featuring multiple Bruce Lees, the most bizarre Hong Kong fake Bruce Lee films, modern ‘Brucesploitation’ and the phenomenon’s Western equivalents, including:

The Clones of Bruce Lee (1980) – including trailer ¦ Birth of the Dragon (2017) Trailer ¦ Will the Real Bruce Lee Please Stand Up? (Part One) ¦ Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993) Trailer ¦ Will the Real Bruce Lee Please Stand Up? (Part Two) ¦ The Dragon Lives Again (1977) ¦ Exit The Dragon, Enter The Tiger (1976) Trailer ¦ Virtual Necrophilia ¦ Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth (1976) Trailer

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 May 2020 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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3:49:17 – Bringing together hosts from the vast audio universe of Onsug, 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, Frank from The Overnightscape hosts the show at night with his wife Denice, sitting around their fire pit, evoking, at some level, the ancient days of storytelling around a campfire. Joining them are PQ from Quaquaversal Satellite and Overnightscape Central, Ruben from Australia (from The Rubenerd Show), Dave in Kentucky from his various shows, Becky from Bi-Coastal Becky, Simon from Nevada from Scary Stories, Joe Gipson from Comicversal, Frank’s college pal Matt Mason, Bryan and Peter from The Three Weasels, Mike Boody from The Midnight Citizen, Jan Erik from Norway, and Frank’s brother John.

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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25:23 – Not knowing a place till you leave it, the fascinating triangular windows of the old Belle Vue in Singapore, faded knock-off Lego blocks, Albert Einstein’s travels, finding new coffee shops, apothecary tables, government posters, a 1990s-era glass foyer, and a borderline rant on my butterfly Apple keyboard. Recorded early May 2020.

Recorded in Sydney, Australia. Licence for this track: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0. Attribution: Ruben Schade.

Released May 2020 on Rubenerd and The Overnightscape Underground, an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts; this one notwithstanding.

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58:37 – Join Dave in Kentucky for an examination of the first half of Father Charles E. Coughlin’s Golden Hour of the Little Flower from May 9, 1939, entitled “Propaganda at Work”. Topics include: British propaganda for two World Wars, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, the Neutrality Acts of the late 1930s, cash-and-carry, Schoolhouse Rock’s “I’m Just a Bill”, Social Justice magazine, the sinking of the Lusitania, Karl Goetz, Wellington House, David Knight, Capt. B.H. Lidell Hart’s book series The Next War, Sidney Rogerson’s Propaganda in the Next War, John F. Kennedy, Edward Bernays, Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd., Senator Gerald Nye, Pearl Harbor, Confessions of a Nazi Spy, Edward G. Robinson, Paul Lukas, Eddie Murphy, Mussolini’s definition of Fascism, the National Association of Broadcasters, Marsh v. Alabama (1946), Keeper of the Flame, Katharine Hepburn, Charles Lindbergh, Philip Roth, The Plot Against America, HBO and other Hollywood smear factories.

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.

Show art: Father Coughlin making an emphatic point. Note the early hands-free microphone, circa 1930s.

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2:20:51 – Old cassettes, businesses opening on a limited basis, getting an antibody test, curbside service from Shannon’s, mysterious symptoms, my hair is a gift?, company re-entry, I want to skip ahead to 2021, ease back into “normal” life, taking a walk, talking to your past self about the pandemic, my friend was bullied by gas station employee, Disneyworld reopening in July, fence around playground equipment, 30 Day Film Challenge, Julie Nolke video, what you take for granted, kids not deterred by the fence, recent RFS episodes using old recordings, my daughter’s a teenager, Week 11, Kaidan ghost story movie, black cats, recorded a lot in 2011, library summer reading program, audio journal, how my interest in recording started, horror movie previews on Kaidan DVD, Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, meant to get up early, workload, The Frank Nora Show, co-worker is retiring, more about summer reading program, not close enough to speaker, masks, Lenny Kandell Smart Aleck by Ellen Conford, indifferent to the recent Star Wars movies, nervous, bittersweet moment, outdoor seating, restaurant tent destroyed overnight, not going to dinner with friends, after the antibody test, when I started doing quarantine, tentative dates announced, overtime, fifth anniversary of Radio Free Shambles coming up. RFS 238. Recorded 5/27/20 through 5/29/20.

License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Attribution: by Shambles Constant, Falling Cow Productions – more info at onsug.com
Released May 2020 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with a plethora of diverse and fascinating hosts and a myriad of exciting programs.

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1:34:02 — Join Mike in the studio for the first time in three years.

Show Notes: Why I was once suspected of being a mad bomber at the Statue of Liberty; Life During Quarantine (teaching, reading, sleeping, attending events like funerals in alternate ways); somehow my job has brought me back to the Midnight Citizen studio; Music Break*; Reading a “You’re Welcome” letter from President Trump; Supplementing income during Covid time with Doordash, Postmates — well, I got fired from Doordash, and I’ll tell you the story; Jurassic Park book (1990); Video Street Video Store**; “Tales from Viscauga, AL”: this week, Senior Mac Nix refuses to graduate in obscurity, and decides to pull off an epic prank for his school to remember him by.   

*Music Break: “Last of the Frontiersmen” by Dark Meat; ”Bad Prescription” by Physical Plant; “Machinery” by Eddy

**Video Street Video Store: 1990 Sam Goody “Wrap It Up” commercial; Ames Department Store Asset Protection Awareness training video; Penn and Teller MonsterVision segment.

Backing music for tonight’s episode: Petti Music Studios (CCO 1.0 Universal, attribution, non-commercial, share-alike).

Check out The Midnight Citizen back-issues at Archive.org, and the Livestream of tonight’s show.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share-Alike US License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released May 2020 on The Midnight Citizen and The Overnightscape Underground.

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3:22:22 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Where are the mystery cigars?, day 77 of the crisis, recycling, composting, religion, lawn care, vegan tuna and iffy tomato slices on criminal bread, video surveillance of the recent past, Roku screensaver, Scoob! (2020), Scavenger Century, female cardinal, bird intelligence, Noice, ear/nose trimmer, ground bees, quasi-bald, enter weird park via cul-de-sac, crisis observations, nuclear war, SpaceX launch, LOONA’s Go Won is godmother to Elon Musk’s son X Æ A-12, zaniness, space travel, MTV, Knob Creek Twice Barreled Rye, listener email (Jeff the Rickshaw Driver), Nintendo Switch upstate, Tetris 99, Lonely Mountains: Downhill, Panel de Pon, CrystalLibraStar, the mystery cigars arrive, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:42:39)… Sneak Previews [collection], Way To New Start by Synth Dimension [Archive.org. CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Variatio 30 a 1 Clav. Quodlibet [The Open Goldberg Variations, played by by Kimiko Ishizaka, public domain], Dream Review #01 (3/4/08) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Relook From the Cloud by Brady Arnold [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], John Interviewed by Kenny Everett (1/27/68) [collection], Ragtime Serenade by Richard St. Clair [IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Another Ten Years by Wead [Archive.org, 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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50:57 – Here’s another tape from my past, this one recorded during my sophomore year of college, toward the end of my time as a theatre major. I only had about three weeks left. Most of this tape was released as the central focus of The Shambleshow #20: Actors, but in remastering it I discovered that there were a few sections that for whatever reason were not included in that episode and that I had forgotten about. The title on the cassette is Archives, Part One, and I know there was a Part Two recorded the next day (4/14/94) but I have not been able to find it so I am assuming it is lost. RFS 237. Recorded 4/12/94 and 4/13/94.

License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Attribution: by Shambles Constant, Falling Cow Productions – more info at onsug.com
Released May 2020 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with a plethora of diverse and fascinating hosts and a myriad of exciting programs.