The Overnightscape Underground

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3:44:28 – Frank in NYC and NJ, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Xi’an Famous Foods, book store, record store, Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express, Rockefeller Center, go to some stores, pompous stores, heading up to Marble Hill, Brooklyn Cannery Root Beer, Cult Crackers, chat, the past, the train back, third rail litter, reality, French, State of the Union, Times Square, mirror ball suit synchronicity, annoying band, the next day, Melter Pluto, industrialo, Spring Fling, 1970s commercial interior design, chord synchronicity, new backpack, Rolling Stone, Disappearer, interdimensional travel, The Overnightscape 1418: Eclipse Episode (8/21/17), Holy Grail, Data Age Mindscape, Bugs, time, creativity and relationships, Cruise to the Edge T-shirt, The Krofft Supershow, Three Dog Night, Xanadu (1980), Kubla Khan: or A Vision in a Dream, tofu shrinkflation, Ramp Fiction, creativity, solar salesman?, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 3:03:38)… Kotti by Texel [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Abe Rezny Discussing HOLOGRAMS with Mike Douglas & Twiggy – 1977 [YouTube], The Thumb by Cédrik S [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Get a (Second) Life! [YouTube], Ventricular Pavement by Thiaz Itch [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Vintage TV Logos [YouTube], Peter Ivers “Slap the Ginkels” Spiel – New Wave Theatre 1982 [YouTube], When Waves Trying to Catch a Marvel by Antony Raijekov [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Hot Moves (1984) Trailer [YouTube], Eko the High Wizard by Andrey Avkhimovich [Jamendo, CC BY 3.0], WFLD Channel 32 – Super Cartoon Sunrise – Popeye Hour (Partial Break #2, 1979?) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Congress Hall by John Philip Sousa (performed by “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band) [public domain].

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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4:08:07 – Frank in NJ, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Passengers at the brewery, prog rock, Big Big Train live in Rutherford, NJ, the chat continues, new Digital Edition of the Onsug Radio Book, radio camaraderie, prog cruise, Weird Highway, Joey Ramone synchronicity, gnostic ideas, summary, next day, thieving, asking the right questions about the Mandelbrot Set, mathematics and reality, another synchronicity, cat visit, Indoor Ankh Fiesta, 70s pop occultism, Oakley SubZero, The IT Crowd synchronicities, Blue Milk synchronicity, Laeticia Sadier, Guided By Voices, puzzle, server costs, Lego memory, card game salt, Electroportis, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 3:27:39)… Beatles Press Conference (5/14/68, Americana Hotel, New York) [collection], Street Time NYC – Track 1 by Randy Antley [collection], Laserium – 1977 [YouTube], Ear to the Roar by Esther Bowinkle [collection], Sharon Gless – 2 on the Town interview, 1982 [YouTube], Chaos by AMANDA [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], The Arcade Ambience Project: 1983, by Andy Hofle (excerpt) [textfiles.com], Advertise on Chillin’ FM [via Webm8 productions].

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 244: “ABSURD A TROIS”

34:10 – Pulling The Levers Of Reality, Taking An Absurd Dive, Fusebox Liner, Grindhouse Resurrection Magazine  Spot 8, Tragic Journals: “The Portrait Artist”, Fusebox Liner: Got Bolts?, Some Absurdist Film Recommendations: Brazil (1985), The Forbidden Zone (1978), The Magic Christian (1969), Eraser Head (1977), The Collective Shorts Of Jan Swankmajer, Cemetery Man (1994), The Fusebox Interview: “Christine Lassiter Part 1”, Show Close

Absurdly wonderful thanks to our contributors for this edition of the show; Christine Lassiter and Gregory Wilson

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Released March 6, 2024

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5:57:33 – Frank in NJ and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Pluckemin, Fotomat, driving around New Jersey, Alexei Sayle’s Stuff, This Old Engine, The People’s Almanac #3 (1981), Casey Jones synchronicity, “Fotomat Drive-Thru Movies”, I Go Pogo (1980), Howland Owl, The Phantom Menace, Fortnite, Altered TCG, the next day, the next few days, Big Big Train, The Mighty Boosh, The Young Ones – Bambi, The IT Crowd, streaming anxiety, Onsug Radio book files, the original 35 LaserWriter fonts, Palatino, The Song that Doesn’t End, abandoned movie theater, Bolero Snort Brewery, Wayfaring Strangers, Clearly Canadian – Mountain Blackberry, Apple Music Favorites List this week, 2000 Bluffcosm review on Listen.com, My Breakfast with Blassie, Grateful Dead Live at Hollywood Bowl on 1972-06-17, Watergate, Richard Lewis dead at 76, Kate Bush – Sat in Your Lap – Official Music Video, Transglobal Underground – Lookee Here, Natacha Atlas, Suzanne Ciani, next day, halo of delusion, Boqueria truck, cheap gas?, Cracked Ice, asking AI about places called Missouri, Leap Day, Port of New York Authority, Bachdenkel, AI aggravation, taco putty, vegan lunch, Rockefeller Center, perception, expensive attraction, Xi’an Famous Foods, tofu, heading up to The Bronx, ticket confusion, at my brother’s place with his cats, Moss – Sea Moss Beverage – Pure and Mango Ginger, back to the train station, Balatro, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 5:16:25)… C-60’s by ElectroLatrine [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Sony Metreon Marketing Video [YouTube], Strange Music 1 by misha64u [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], Earth Station – WorldKey Information Service [collection], Cream Soda Weekly by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY 4.0], WFLD Channel 32 – Sunday Showcase (Break #6, 1986) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Super Showbiz Star by Clementines [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0], SHOWTIME promos (Thursday, May 24th 1984) [YouTube], Muzak to Twiddle your thumbs by by Antti Luode [anttismusic.blogspot.com, CC BY 3.0], Parks Canada – Yukon Territory (from CBC 1985) [YouTube], TV Guide commercial 09-07-79 [YouTube], Valley Of Rain by Smooth [Archive.org, 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

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37:04 – In a small, yet perfectly formed, edition, Doc Sleaze finds himself ‘Baffled’, both by the failed Leonard Nimoy TV pilot and Russ Meyer’s unhistorical sex slave romp, before being distracted by some beach party/haunted house action. Plus: the politics of dementia, frustrating dreams and more. Includes:

Disappointment in Dreamland ¦ ‘Baffled’ (1973) Trailer ¦ Movie in Brief – ‘Baffled’ (1973) ¦ ‘How to Stuff a Wild Bikini’ (1965) Trailer ¦ Stuffing Invisible Bikinis ¦ Ghost in the Invisible Bikini’ (1966) Trailer ¦ Movie in Brief – ‘Black Snake’ (1973) ¦ ‘Black Snake’ (1973) Trailer ¦ Demented Politics

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 Feb 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.

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6:43:37 – The Pusher (Chenard Walcker, Attribution NC), KZBS 98.9 Oklahoma City radio aircheck – October 1988 (excerpt) (from archive.org), Lost In (Sideflip, Attribution ND 3.0), Chasseur d’images (Sucrepop, Attribution NC ND 2.0 Fr.), Street Coffee (Daniel Matzinas, Attribution 4.0 International), Calmer than you are (Jane van Noise, Attribution NC SA 4.0 International), The Scarlet Claw – movie trailer (from archive.org), monsters of pop (granlab, Attribution NC ND 4.0 International), HBO Break 12/31/1979 (from archive.org), Alena instr (P.U.H. aka Staraya Derevnya, Attribution NC SA 3.0), 78 Acetate – Kid doing mock gangster radio drama (archive of James Treese, from archive.org), Shameless Pop Song (She Blonde Swede Live at The Hot Java Cafe on 2/7/2003, Attribution NC), KXTL-40 commercials – 8/20/1985 part 1 (from archive.org), Les rues de Singapour (Sucrepop, Attribution NC ND 2.0 Fr.), Glenn Miller Orchestra (Another Flask of Weird, Attribution ND 3.0), Steaming Cappuccino (Shambles Constant, complete cassette tape recorded 1997-1999), Meet Me In The Something True (The Rope River Blues Band, Attribution NC SA 3.0 U.S.), Pure (Lightning Seeds cover) (She Blonde Swede Live at The Hot Java Cafe, Attribution NC), How to Keep a Job (1949 public domain film) (from archive.org), Turkish Oath (Snot Patties, Attribution 3.0 U.S.), Eyes are Dry (Bat Lenny, Attribution ND 3.0), Weekend at Bernie’s 2 (The Badger Theater Answering Machine, Attribution NC ND 4.0 International), KBTV/ABC Commercials – 8/30/1981 part 1 (from archive.org), Have a Little Fun (Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians, 1924, public domain), Icecream Youth (Stromble Fix, Attribution NC SA 3.0 Germany), Ramblings Episode 886: Sir Paul (Keith Hughes, Attribution NC ND 3.0), Artificial Life (Risky Summerbee, Attribution NC SA 3.0), The Music In You (The Kyoto Connection, Attribution 4.0 International), The Event at Connie Link (Shambles Constant, field recording from 8/18/2013). BCC 044.

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 February 2024 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and clever individuals who say stuff and record it and let other people hear it.

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1:11:35 – The Incredible True Facts of Space presents a whimsical and surreal narrative that intertwines various themes, such as cats cooking spaghetti, elevator safety, aliens, and dimension travel instructions. It includes anecdotes about cats, Italian food references, and philosophical musings.

The commercial breaks within the text, advertise Elevator World Magazine and introduce peculiar concepts like traveling to another dimension using an elevator. The narrative also touches on topics like kite-making, batteries, and the Titanic sinking. The story weaves together a tapestry of eccentric characters and events, creating a unique and imaginative reading experience.

Chad website: www.titfos.com

Attribution: by Chad Bowers – more info at titfos.tumblr.com or onsug.com.

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2:35:44 – Frank in NJ and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: West Virginia, show caves in Pennsylvania, heading into NYC to meet Brendan (The Meanderer), symbolism, time killers, Times Square, meeting Brendan in Bryant Park, Grand Central and the train station under the train station, Rockefeller Center, vegan lunch, owl news, back Times Square, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:54:32)… Parks Canada – Yukon Territory (from CBC 1985) [YouTube], Newsweasels 10-Second Promo (1994) [collection], Bedknobs and Bruises by Smersh [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Koyaanisqatsi (1982) Trailer [Archuive.org], Terrapin Station Suite (Complete) performed by August West (Live at Frodo’s Place, Jacksonville, Florida, 5/24/11) [Archive.org], Frag-Fraggo [collection], Super Bagman (Stern, 1984) [MAME], Apollo 11 Launch [collection], lets play traveling circus by tim.kahn [Freesound, CC BY 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