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.
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
6:02:31 – The Jive (Adam Majdecki-Janicki, Attribution NC 4.0 International), One Minute Beatniks (A.J. Kaufmann, Attribution NC 4.0 International), Fishing Day (Shambles Constant, field recording from 10/12/1987), Amazing (Georgia, Attribution NC SA), WSLS/NBC commercials – 10/23/1987 (from archive.org), New Colors To The Dawn (Charles Rice Goff III, Attribution NC ND 4.0 International), Time Thing (Shambles Constant, field recording from October 1987), Imaginary Places (Sideflip, Attribution NC ND 3.0), The Supernatural (One Day of February, Attribution SA 3.0), Letterman – Chris Elliott is Jay Leno – 10/2/1986 (from YouTube), Lum and Abner: Lum Forgot To Buy Insurance (7/16/1935), Jumping Money (Blasting Trout Overbite, Attribution 3.0 U.S.), Ochre Landscape (Poodleplay Arkestra, Attribution NC ND 3.0), equus caballus kuriakon (Fortyone, Attribution NC 4.0 International), KBCI/CBS commercials – 1/26/1992 (from archive.org), WABC Dan Ingram October 1961 scoped radio aircheck (from archive.org), To Surf (Luna Lenina, Attribution NC ND 3.0), Mom Interview/Pete Interview (Cassette Tape) (from archive.org), 19XX Cassette – Blank Tape 15 (kids playing radio excerpt) (from archive.org), Credentials (Mosstone, Attribution NC ND 3.0), Sweet Shining (Circarama, Attribution NC 3.0), Lum and Abner: Abner Makes Lum Miserable (7/17/1935), High School Variety Show ’92 (Shambles Constant, field recording from 5/1/1992), Adoring You (Paul Whiteman, 1924, public domain), Stunningly Beautiful (Clare Dowling, Attribution NC SA 2.0 England & Wales), Lum and Abner: Business With Squire (7/18/1935), The Frankenstone (The Frankenstone, Attribution NC SA 3.0), 1983 Saturday Morning Commercials and Smurfs bumpers NBC (from archive.org), World of your own (Dr. Mindflip, Attribution NC ND 3.0), Purple Blooming Clouds (Stereoshape, Attribution NC ND 4.0 International), I Got A Feeling (Beatles cover) (Band of Heathens Live at Waterloo Records on 9/9/2009, Attribution NC), I Want To Rock (Logan Whitehurst and the Jr. Science Club, Attribution NC ND 2.5 Canada), Supercell (Taker 51, Attribution SA 3.0), KFI Jack Armstrong 5/23/1980 scoped radio aircheck (from archive.org), Fibber McGee and Molly: The Abandoned Jalopy (3/1/1949), Heading West (A.J. Kaufmann, Attribution NC ND 4.0 International), Bingo Bongo (Tempestine, Attribution NC ND 3.0), inventions (Telegraph 909, Attribution NC ND 3.0), Lum and Abner: A New Business Venture (7/19/1935), KIRO/CBS commercials – 11/2/1988 (from archive.org), Rat and Cat (Frau, Attribution NC SA 3.0), Be(Re)incana (Semakbelukar, Attribution NC SA 3.0). BCC 043.
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.
posted by Shambles at 12:05 pm filed in Feb24,Shambles
2:34:54 – Frank in NJ and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Bedknobs & Broomsticks (1971), bedding and sleep, SMERSH, Ween, phone can’t connect, AT&T network outage, psychic pressure, innocent psychic bystander, entertainment spaces with a cinema, The Meanderer in the city, subway, wandering the old stomping grounds, demos, Carmine Street, Coca-Cola Spiced, Phish in Mexico, Mozilla Hubs shutting down, Foon, stop motion owl, violence vs. exploration, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:54:09)… Scorpion Surf by The Twang Twisters [SurfGuitar101.com, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], Nixon – Apollo 11 Phone Call [collection], John Silver (from Eagle Mall Suite) (Live at House of Blues, Chicago (4/30/02)) [Archive.org], Weekend with the Babysitter (1971) trailer [YouTube], Orange Room by The Prefab Messiahs [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], MOOG Schaefer Beer Commercial [YouTube], Chap Stick Lip Treat Flavor Gloss with Suzy Chapstick (Commercial, 1979) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Ladybug Castle by Rolemusic [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY 3.0], The Games of Starcade – Crystal Castles [YouTube], John Peel’s Final Perfumed Garden, 14th. August 1967 (segment 3-3) [collection], Whistler Mountain (sample) by Rene Splinter [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], lets play traveling circus by tim.kahn [Freesound, CC BY 3.0], WMAQ Channel 5 – Saturday Night Live – “Gould & Numan” (Excerpt #2) & SCTV – “Goodbye America” (Partial Opening, 1980) (excerpt) [FuzzyMemories.TV], The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet [YouTube], Dinner in Grand Central by Shuwen Zhang [IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library, CC BY-NC 4.0], WFLD Channel 32 – The Six Million Dollar Man – “The Bionic Woman: Part 2” (Commercial Break #2, 1978) (excerpt) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Video Newsletter (Convenience Stores) (Ideas Ideas) [Archive.org], Hunch by Focal Point [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], Klondike Kat #1 Honor At Steak (excerpt) [YouTube], Hodgepodge Lodge (excerpt) [YouTube], Gravity [via Webm8 productions], Telemann – 18 Canons Mélodieux (part 6, perfomed by Michel Rondeau) [IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library, CC BY-NC 4.0].
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
25:20 – Hamster-Sized Distractions, Epiphilation In Our Modern Times, Fusebox Liner, Grindhouse Resurrection Magazine Spot 7, Fusebox YouTube Promotion, A Twisted Epiphilation, Twisted Epiphanies: “Resignation” Written And Narrated By Ret Tillman, Hot Wire Of Science: “Mysterious Black Eggs From The Deep”, A Vegetable By Any Other Name Would Sound As Sweet, Fusebox Liner ID: Banana Slugs, A Grindhouse Minute With 42nd Street Pete: “Insatiable” (1980), Show Close
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3:03:35 – Frank in NJ, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Halogen bulbs, site hosting issues (somewhat) resolved, new crisis: book files, Belize Mandela Effect, Coca Cola Spiced, Tape Land 171 – Scrawlwalk to NY with Pete (7/28/02), re-watching The Mighty Boosh, Matt Berry, Robots in Disguise, 2009 weirdness, cannabis seltzer, True Detective: Night Country, my old curves intersecting symbol system, The Works of The Many Franks, Station, Ultra City Smiths, Balatro full release, zucchini dream, The People’s Almanac, Little Britain, Phish in Mexico, all those Day-Glo freaks who used to paint the face, they’ve joined the human race, some things will never change, The Supergrass (1985), I Was Today Years Old, Crazy Taxi, noclip.website, the hiccups, going cheap, office humor sign, raccoon situation, domesticated animals, the stories we are ell ourselves, P.M. Dawn, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:22:21)… The Evil Farm (2-Minute Version) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Lies Incorporated by A_dontigny [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Coca Cola Pavilion (Al Fisher) [collection], The Coffee Pioneers by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, public domain], This is Coffee (1961) [Prelinger, public domain], Horse Cop Coffee Leaf by Choston Bands & Junkard Sane [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Epoch-Man (Partial Commercial, 1982) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Shatter Cider Suite (1987) by Little Frankie Nora [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
3:07:26 – Welcome to Tape Land! On each episode, I’ll present the audio of a cassette tape or historic material from my personal archives.
Notes: On double speed, Scrawlwalk, Stormjaunt, July 28, 2002, Obliviana Day, the 209th day of the year, Trick Sojourn 33, Little Adventure, Madison, NJ, train station, Scrawlwalk Record, 2:40 pm, Apple Soho store T-shirt, The Evening’s Entertainment, For Joey, Dashic Deeds, Obliviana Super Occult Amusement, WTC Ground Zero, lock your chemical boxes, the future, the year 2020, the train arrives, info-leg, confused on the train, sunglasses, cellphones, Bad Hallway, Video Game Connections closing, Frank’s superhero murder dream, music, transit, garbage, packaging, arrived in Hoboken, waiting for the ferry, prisoners, politics, The Love Boat, on the ferry, at Ground Zero, 9/11, Lower Manhattan, cars, waiting for the ferry, back, comedy, Big Brother, Los Angeles, the ferry back, time travel, knots, Mickey Mouse Club, beeping, back to Hoboken, play Monopoly on the Palm Pilot on the train, Beavis and Butthead, Maplewood, Frank wins Monopoly, switching at Summit, the train back to Madison arrives, double tape length, Minion Van Hall.
Note: this recording was played in segments on Nightstation – Would (12/23/11). But this is the first time this important Weasel tape has been given a proper release.
Released 2/17/24
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
2:59:49 – White Watches (Open Work Stocking, Attribution NC SA 3.0), Madame Pompadour (Kaplan’s Melodists, 1924, public domain), Lum and Abner: Abner Believes Lum Cheated Him (7/12/1935), Duh, Winning! (Shorthand Phonetics, Attribution NC SA 3.0), Magnificent (Tom 7, public domain), KCBS/CBS Commercials – 1/24/1990 (from archive.org), You Bet Your Life – 1950-1952 outtakes (from archive.org), High Enough (Damn Yankees cover) (Dondero High School A Capella Choir (Attribution NC), Sadistic Archivist (Tom 7, public domain), The Ugly Side of Me (Frenchie, Attribution NC SA 3.0), Bettie Page, Love Machine (The Stratosonics, Attribution NC SA 3.0), Just Like Heaven (The Cure cover) (She Blonde Swede Live at Cafe 828 on 4/26/2003, Attribution NC), Radio Free Shambles (#106): Set Sail (4/5/2017) (Shambles Constant, Onsug, Attribution NC ND 3.0), Lum and Abner: Lum’s Theater Burns Down (7/15/1935), Party Aversion (Miekko, Attribution NC ND 3.0), Daylight Faders (Lake Holiday, Attribution NC SA), Lizard and Fish (Logan Whitehurst and the Jr. Science Club, Attribution NC ND 2.5 Canada), WGN commercials – 5/14/1986 (from archive.org), Thank God For Wednesday (And Minus The Bear (And Glee)) (Shorthand Phonetics, Attribution NC 2.5 Malaysia). BCC 042.
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.
posted by Shambles at 1:15 pm filed in Feb24,Shambles
30:44 – Were all men brothers, or only fellow Israelites? What precautions needed to be taken to prevent unintentional crop hybridization? Why was it inadvisable to plow with an ox and an ass? How important was policing the latrine when the commanding officer was in camp? Dave in Kentucky addresses these and other important questions.
Show art: “Native of Palestine Working with an Ox and an Ass, Holy Land” (c. 1895), colorized, photographer unknown, Public Domain.
Theme music: Unknown hymn used as the theme music for Father Coughlin’s radio show in the 1930s, Public Domain, performed by Dave in Kentucky (2021), Public Domain Dedication.
