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Show notes: Why does improvisational theatre get such a bad rap? Two improv-themed shows on Netflex: “Middleditch and Schwartz†and “Don’t Think Twiceâ€; the history of improv and negative impressions; the time I embarrassed myself in an improv class with the Second City (it still makes me cringe to this day); lightning struck a tree outside my house this week; Music Break*; a toast to Regis Philbin, who passed away this week at 88; “Live with Regis and Kathy Lee†and “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?â€; cool guys in 80’s films; Video Street Video Store**; hindsight is 2020, like the year.
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2:51:36 – Welcome to Tape Land! On each episode, I’ll present the audio of a cassette tape or historic recording from my collection. It’s a way to help motivate me to release more of my archives.
On this tape, Frank interviews his grandmother, Betty Nora, about family history, at her house in New Brunswick, NJ, on Saturday, March 9, 2002. Frank is 34 and Betty is 92 at the time of the recording. Frank called his grandparents Nanny and Nonno. The story goes, they were meant to be called Nonna and Nonno (Italian for grandmother and grandfather), but as a yound child, Frank pronounced Nonna as “Nanny†and it stuck in the family.
They talk about a wide range of subjects, especially Betty’s memories of growing up in a coal mining town in western Pennsylvania. Also of note on the tape are the origins of Frank’s visit to the town, later in 2002, to meet and talk to Betty’s brother Ralph (that tape upcoming in Tape Land). Also, Frank talks about starting to listen to old Jean Shepherd tapes every day, which would lead, a year later, to the dawn of The Overnightscape.
Notes: Brothers and sisters. Bella the dog. Little country school called Dry Run. Newspapers. Nieces and nephews. The next generation. Clock chimes. Parents. Aunts and uncles. Bootlegger. Indoor bathroom. Italy. Avalanche. Marriages. Grandparents. Carriage maker. Weaver. Great-great-great grandfather. Time for the novel. House hit by lightning. Sharing. Sears Roebuck Catalog. Man in the Moon. Kids in the army. Laundry. Citizenship test. Teachers. Jobs. Pennsylvania. New Jersey. Ice cream. Civilian Conservation Corps. Plan for the “Ralph†tape. Kissinger. Union Carbide. Dinosaur eggs. Trained a crow. Early morning coal miners, parade of lights. The day Uncle Frank died in the coal mine in 1927. Giant rocks in the woods. Wells. Books for the kids. Hard workers. Telephone. Flies in the brandy. Taking Bella outside for a walk. Listening to Jean Shepherd every day for the past month or so. Bought her parents a washing machine and a radio. First record she heard. Routes to school. Fake ghost. Snow. Juniata College. Hiking club. May Queen. Teaching Latin. Lindbergh. The Great Depression. KDKA. The movies. Cartoon bee sting. Ice cream parlours. Sleeping fox. Teaberries. Rattlesnake. The Giant’s Tree. Baptism. Nasty priest. Changing times. Religion. The Andrea Yates case in the news. The dark side of human nature. Uncle Gigi. Belluno. Balbi. Dogma. The first train in Longarone. Computers. Current events. NYC. WTC. 9/11. The Crazy Cottons. End of WWI.
Released 7/25/20
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2:57:43 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Storm-tossed recycling, day 133 of the crisis, harshness of human culture, United Nations Gardens, the past changing, world mysteries, George Winston – Harmonica Solos (2013), Perry Mason on HBO, Breathless (1960), Le Drugstore, World TeamTennis, arcologies and utopian architecture, Phrivl – First Omnium-Gatherum Burrow, Seattle Kraken, AI, weird bell, Modern Pinball NYC closing, time travel dream, Entourage, bowling ball worry coins, The Hobbit, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:17:17)…Make Your Own Magic (1989) (excerpt) [YouTube], John Silver (from Eagle Mall Suite) (Live at House of Blues, Chicago (4/30/02)) [Archive.org], Iggy and the Condemned Man [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous Opening [collection], It’s Alright (I Don’t Mind) by Copper Man [collection], Matt Headroom [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], We’ll Be There Too by Teo Vincent IV [IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0], What Can We Do (vocal Karine Tharreau) by Yvalain [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], From High To Low by Hot Stroke [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Your Life Alone by TWEED [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], Hello Peru by Stanleybirch [collection], West Side Love by White Collar Criminals [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0].
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1:00:53 – Dave in Kentucky begins yet another new series, in which he plays some blues, expresses some views, and reviews some of his favorite things, including in this episode: the Generac whole-house standby generator, the Nutrisystem-D Uniquely Yours Plan for Men, Bragg’s Organic Apple Cider Vinegar (with the Mother), the 9mm Glock 19 Gen5 and Glock 43X, the Smith & Wesson .380 M&P Shield EZ, the Crimson Trace LaserGuard Green Laser, the LaserMax Guide Rod Laser, Azula gunbelts and holsters, and the Duluth Trading Company Longtail Tees.
Attribution by PQ Ribber. – all hosts maintain ownership of their individual segments.
Released July 2020 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a free-form monologue style, with diverse and clever hosts presenting unique programs, historic archival material, and nocturnal audio.
3:13:48 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Brass flashlight patina, day 131 of the crisis, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard concert delayed to October 2021, sideboard delivery ordeal, a one-box cardboardpocalypse, Jimmy Buffett, mahjong green dragon T-shirt, Portals: A Kosmische Journey through Outer Worlds and Inner Space, Dark, grits, Costco, Tajin Clasico Seasoning, chemtrail context, Sear Zear Pzeer, Nub Connecticut, Geese Chasers, border collies, Rupert Sheldrake’s theories of morphic resonance, major philosophical questions, the stone chair, gazebo time, United Nations Garden, merged alternate timelines, Atlantic City, Roger Miler, Margaritaviile, Cheeseburger In Paradise, Saturday morning cartoons, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:33:31)… The Bluffcosm 5-Minute Vacation From Sanity #3 [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Soul Swims by Brady Arnold [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], The Living Seas – Preshow (United Technologies) (excerpt) [collection], Been There… Done That by The Surge! [SurfGuitar101.com, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], Starbase Gambler by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Orbits Per Second by Teo Vincent IV [IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0], You Are On Track by Jim Guittard [SoundCloud, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Lo fi by aoriste [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Living in a Child’s Dream (Masters Apprentices) by Even [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Rachel Sweet starring in The Sweet Life [YouTube], Beublin 14 – The Party (Season Two – 1991) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0].
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1:25:00 — Join Mike in the studio late on a Saturday night.
Show notes: Kids drinking from glass bottle cokes elicit angry reactions from the old guard; generation gaps; it seems like my friends and I are just grown-up children, or maybe not; Cuyahoga Valley National Park, which I visited last year and thought was so beautiful,, is otherwise known as “Helltown, USA†due to urban legends of monsters and satanic cults; Music Break*; “Unsolved Mysteries†returns to Netflix in a very stripped-down, non exploitative, and boring form; Video Street Video Store**; ending the show abruptly due to audio issues.
This episode experienced some major audio issues. The music is mixed way louder than it sounded on my headphones. Thank you for your patience, and I will continue to work these bugs out and come out with a cleaner show next week.
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1:09:54 — Join Mike on the porch late on a Tuesday night.Â
Show Notes: Sitting on the porch at 11:55 pm, waiting for my paycheck to come in; doing podcasts this summer; going to the Grand River Drive-In and seeing Jurassic Park, the number 1 film at the box office this week, 27 years after its release; the amazing films of 1999; my strategy for seeing “R†rated films before I was 17; Criterion Collection sale at Barnes n’ Noble starts this week (all Criterion movies are 50% off); Slacker (1991), and the non-participant films of Richard Linklater; slacker culture and arrested development.
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