The Overnightscape Underground

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1:15:33 – Continuing the experiment of random Onsug listening! Taken from the complete Onsug Radio archive of over 15,000 hours, here are 22 random 3.5 minute clips! It’s quite a cross-section of stuff that you can experience in the archive!

Ref: 201-04, 602-66, 404-46, 232-22, 133-20, 212-061, 116-24, 223-1, 990-28, 412-15, 987-25, 141-11, 771-215, 905-03, 910-02, 904-28, 960-11, 231-087, 117-07, 407-31, 306-07, 113-29.

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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3:14:29 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Noise pollution, Ocean Gate Day, cardboard boat races, soundboard prank calls, opening some vintage trading card packs (Desert Storm, Decision ’92, Supercinema), Paul Tsongas, Crossfire, Mojo Nixon, concert plans, alternate plans, Washington D.C., going to all the malls in NJ, Kinnelon Mall, Howard Stern Show in 1998, Hazel, Deluxe Fuxley Corporate Archives, Freaky Reserve, The Maltese Bippy (1969), Dickinson’s Witch Hazel, show naming process, Xando/Cosi, anagrams, Cyberpunk 2077 AutoDrive, fire pit, satellites, Alien Earth, Doctor Who, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:33:46)… It’s On With Alexa Chung – Gerard Butler //Sneak Peek Season 2 Premiere October 19 2009 (excerpt) [YouTube], The Consumer Information Catalog (PSA, 1978) [FuzzyMemories.TV], ACG Commercial (from Comedy Central – Break 5) [collection], Oral Unit by Arbo Sako [FreeMusicArchive, public domain], Van 3 by Bumbard [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], WFLD Channel 32 – Super Cartoon Sunrise (Opening, 1984) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Video Devil Jr. Station ID #1 (3/3/01) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], WLS Channel 7 – Eyewitness Newsbrief With Joel Daly (Bumper Promo, 1980) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Steven Spielberg’s ‘1941’ – radio advert for 1980 UK movie release [YouTube], Twice Upon a Time Cartoon Theatre Promo [YouTube], lets play secret book.wav by tim.kahn [Freesound, CC BY 3.0], Cube Banter 9 [collection], Advertise on Chillin’ FM [via Webm8 productions], BILITIS 1977 London radio advert [YouTube], Advert for Chillin’ FM [via Webm8 productions], Donna Rice – No Excuses [collection], Nixon calling Kissinger (1972-04-16_Nixon_022-153) [collection], Drive The Night by Point [Ektoplazm, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], Bunker Hill by Billy Murray (1905) [Archive.org, public domain], Overnightscape Central – Obscure For Sure (7/16/12) (excerpt) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], AFRS Saigon – Coup Curfew (11/02/63) [collection], The Comedy Channel Higgins Boys & Gruber Rachel Sweet Alan Havey + More [YouTube], STAR WARS THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK stereo radio advert London 1980 [YouTube].

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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4:05:50 – Dave in Kentucky is joined by Eddie Murray (at 1:00:10), Chad Bowers (at 1:54:19) and Frank Edward Nora (at 3:13:30) for a four-hour talkfest about General Information, Major Concerns and Private Thoughts. If you fail to discover at least a kernel of truth in all this, we will consider administering corporal punishment justified!

Next month’s topics: A Person, a Place and a Thing. Record about one, two or all three of these and send audio files or links to DaveKY at mail.com by 6pm Central Time on September 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). Closing theme: “Noise Rebellion” (2024) by Eddie Murray and Suno.ai (v3).

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Onsug Radio Update – July 2025 Added

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3:00:15 – Frank in NYC and New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Yoga, void moon, Mercury Theater, a dashboard for reality, slated for demolition, Dr. Cantrip, cans, Italy, Weird Little Highway: Ride (8/7/25), creativity, the storytelling engine, Whychock Revival, flowerpots, Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band – New Threats From the Soul (2025), psychedelic infusions in music, Native Tongues, lyrics, Forest for the Trees, The Armixhony of Conrad, Doctor Who, Agharta Thursday of the Corporate Arts, Miles Davis, ultra obscure font Draco III, Acid cigar, tiki bars, earthquake, reality, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:06:12)… Smoothie mod by Don Paterson (DatE) [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 2.5], The ABC Sunday Night Movie – “Convoy” (Opening, 1981) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Council Fire by Eddie K & Richard [SurfGuitar101.com, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], Weird Little Highway: Ride (8/7/25) [Onsug Radio, CC BY 4.0], The Cascades by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY 4.0], The Jim Henson Hour – InnerTube Pilot (Restored Version) (excerpt) [YouTube], If You Can’t Sing the Words You Must Whistle the Tune by Billy Murray (1915) [Archive.org, public domain], Chat with John Lennon (12/12/68, BBC Radio 1 “Night Ride with John Peel) [collection], Televisi by The Upstairs [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], NEVER BUILT Disney Theme Park Called Disney’s America (1993) (excerpt) [YouTube], Little Frankie Nora – Bumper Tape Galaxy Reel (1987) (excerpt) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Palmolive Commercial With Linda Cook [YouTube].

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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Join Mike outside on a Friday night.

This week, I’m sitting on the back porch of my folks’ house in suburban Birmingham, AL., gazing out into the serene channel of woods and darkness, wondering why my family chose to live here in the late summer of 1992. I guess I’ve never thought of it before, or, for that matter, why one of our neighbors, the heir to one of the state’s great Department Store fortunes, chose to build his dream house here back in the late 70’s — a dream house that was torn down a couple weeks back after Mr. Pizitz’s passing at 86.

Have a drink with me while I tell you what I know of my former neighbor, a mysterious guy who was kind of like the neighborhood Howard Hughes — aloof and reclusive, but who had a lot to do with the shape and character of Birmingham in the 70’s and 80’s.

Content Warning: It’s not my intention in this episode to misrepresent Merritt Pizitz; everything I say is constructed from my own memory, local myth and conjecture, and the record. You can read the Bham Wiki article on him here.

Later on in the night, I give you the latest on my never-ending quest for meaning (spoiler alert: I’m still searching…), and I break some important news about the future of The Midnight Citizen podcast…

Listen on Spotify and Apple Music: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast…

…and be sure to join the Facebook page and find me on Instagram! “Clearly, doctor, you’ve never been a 13 year old girl.”

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike US License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released August 2025 on mikesbonfire.substack.com and The Overnightscape Underground.

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Fusebox 269: “STUPIDITY TARIFF”

33:11 – Show Open :: A Taco To Go :: Welcome To The Liars’ Club :: Fusebox Liner :: Grindhouse Resurrection Magazine Spot 9 :: Fusebox Liner ID ::  A Smelly Rant :: The Smell Of Grift :: Some Goodwill From Robert Reich :: Have You Heard The Good News: 1) A Breath Of Clean Air  2) Working From Home Big Time  3) Otters Return To Ibera  4) Clean The Air, It’s Now The Law  5) Shrooms of Longevity :: Fusebox Liner ID: Your Healthcare Plan :: A Grindhouse Minute: “The Beast of the Yellow Night” (1971) :: Show Close.

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2:14:49 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Sweet vermouth, ranch water, tobacco, hemp, fire, Subtle Lanterns, Jean-Michel Jarre – Zoolook (1984), Fighting Fantasy books, West Texas, Howard Stern Show on Sirius to end, Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025), trailers, new computer, Onsug Radio Shuffle Mode #4, Sleep No More dream, West Virginia trip, surprise party, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:34:39)… BenMVBPromo [collection], I’m Thinkin by Smersh [collection], The Mind – Benders: LSD and the Hallucinogens (1970) (excerpt) [Fedflix, public domain], Love me in my Mercedes-Benz by Rinzo & The Hey Hey Panthers [Jamendo, CC BY 3.0], Bad Ronald (1974) trailer [YouTube], Purple Whale by Revel at Midnight (2007/03/01 Charlie Johnson Benefit Concert, Arlington High School, LaGrangeville, NY) [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 US], Video Newsletter (Convenience Stores) (Ideas Ideas) [Archive.org], Suddenly It Occurs To Me There’s No Ocean Here by Artificial Intelligence in Texas [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-SA 4.0], Innocence sting 1 [via Webm8 productions], All Over Nothing at All by Billy Murray & Aileen Stanley (1922) [Archive.org, public domain], THE KROFFT SUPERSHOW – Opening Theme (1976) [YouTube], Gold Wings (Gottlieb, 1986) [PinMAME], Where’s My Shoes? by Captain Zig [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 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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1:14:30 – Continuing the experiment of random Onsug listening! I decided to return to the original name, “Onsug Radio Shuffle Mode”, with “The Onsug Saloon” as a subtitle. Once again, we listen randomly to 22 209-second clips from the entire archive. This one I had to record 3 times, since I just got a new computer and everything’s a bit off-kilter. But I am very happy with how it turned out.

Ref: 979-04, 253-03, 1001-04, 622-40, 505-15, 914-01, 232-27, 211-31, 221-06, 751-014, 305-33, 998-11, 980-10, 115-83, 604-48, 950-29, 118-22, 711-04, 712-46, 988-30, 614-10, 132-18.

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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29:26 – In this episode, we dive into the surprisingly gripping saga of cleaning up a cluttered Google Drive. What starts as a mundane task—freeing up storage space—turns into an addictive, game-like quest. We explore the thrill of clicking through hundreds, even thousands, of files, each deletion feeling like a small victory. From old movies and forgotten PDFs to random adverts, outdated flyers, stray components, and mysterious system files, we uncover the eclectic mix of digital relics that pile up over time. The host shares their personal journey, detailing how the process hooks you, pulling you into a compulsive need to clear every last byte. Tune in to hear why this digital purge becomes an obsession you can’t stop until every file is conquered!

Chad website: www.titfos.com

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