The Overnightscape Underground

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2:40:25 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Nintendo Switch 2 release day, Mario Kart World, my Nintendo history, Howard Johnson’s, Donkey Kong, location scout update, intrusions of fiction, garbage pickers update, Rainbow Road, realness, sports, The Mets, scotch, old days of podcasting, Airport Comfort, protesting, phone service, interestingness, Dr Pepper, Halfevil Graphics, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:59:13)… Dreaming by Antti Luode [anttismusic.blogspot.com, CC BY 3.0], The Hunt for Yellow October (from Train Crap & Blood #08 – Cartoons (9/1/91)) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], LOOK AT CHILD MENTAL HEALTH IN FILMS (excerpt) [FedFlix, public domain], Stop-N-Go commercial (from Video Newsletter (Convenience Stores)) [Archive.org], MUSHROOM FIELDS OF THE NORTH STAR by Xaviant Haze [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], Commercial – William Shatner – Commodore Vic 20 [collection], Come Take a Trip in My Airship by Billy Murray (1905) [Archive.org, public domain], College of Automation (Commercial, 1981) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Magic Sand by Wham-O (Commercial, 1981) [FuzzyMemories.TV], [Mego 2-XL] General Information 1 – Track 1 [Archive.org], Cum-Bac Rag by Polar Lion (May 2010) [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

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Fusebox 267: “MOOD POISON”

30:51 – Show Open Vinylized! :: Clean Up on Aisle 4 :: A Simpler Time? :: The Vinyl Rant :: It Can’t Really Last :: Fusebox Liner :: Grindhouse Resurrection Magazine Spot 7 :: Fusebox Liner ID :: Have You Heard The Good News? :: Bonus Added Feature Of Extra Added-Ness :: A Grindhouse Minute: “The Losers” (1970) :: Show Close.

Clean bill of thanks to our contributors on this one; Erin Lehn for exquisite ID pronouncements and 42nd Street Pete for another dip into the grimy depths of Grindhouse cinema.

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2:24:12 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Powerwashing debacle, noise pollution, pollen, ice, show derailed by film location scout, nursing, The Exit Ramp #63 – Cloakings Amuse, Doctor Who – “The Reality War”, The Florida Keys, new book cover ideas, the campfire, Supervan (1977), Tape Land 184 – ONS “Fails” 2012, Occupy Wall Street, Charles Bukowski, The Fantastic Journey, Loretta Swit dead at 87, The Mandela Effect, Port Authority dream, Phantom Ragtag – Ivory Raygun, Men at Work, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:43:35)… Wonder Why by McDonat [Archive.org, CC BY-NC 4.0], Khaki by Who Ha [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Yellow Frog Legs by Five Starcle Men [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], JORDACHE COMMERCIAL [YouTube], My God Those Legs by Smersh [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], The Wave Beyond by Dash McIvor [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], He’s a College Boy by American Quartet with Billy Murray (1910) [Archive.org, public domain], WFLD Channel 32 – Newstalk with Wanda Wells – “Psychology and the Vote” (Part 1, 1984) (excerpt) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Patraque by Nicoco [Dogmazic, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Just Pants (Commercial, 1978) [FuzzyMemories.TV], October 3, 1984 Showtime promos [YouTube], Iridium Elements by Xaviant Haze [Jamendo, CC BY-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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4:49:44 – Welcome, hosts and listeners of The Onsug radio universe, to come and join a freeform chat in video, which will be released in audio. The Exit Ramp continues for another amazing group show.

Host Frank from The Overnightscape is joined by Michael Feir from Canada, Jefferson from Philadelphia, Chad from Chadcast, Ann from Suffern, NY, Jan Erik from Norway, Becky from Bi-Coastal Becky, Doc Sleaze from his various shows, Frank’s brother John, Dave in Kentucky from his various shows, and Simon from Nevada.

Notes (from Zoom AI summary): Alien Contact in Science Fiction, Historical Cigars and Modern Comparisons, Global Conflicts and Cultural Dynamics, iOS Accessibility Features Overview, Time Travel, Camping, AI Discussions, Conspiracy Theories and Sci-Fi Shows, PlayStation and Gaming Evolution, Doctor Who and Eurovision Discussion, Streaming, Films, and Psychic Insights, Global Issues and Personal Reflections, Music, Travel, and Cultural Recommendations, Camping and Pynchon Discussion, Philosophical and Cultural Discussion.

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 & Guests – more info at onsug.com

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Join Mike in the studio late at night.

Tonight, a real experimental episode as we cross over into June, and I do my first live show in over 2 years! Of course, you’re downloading it, but still… Witness the drama as I attempt to engineer a livestream while clumsily monologuing about bullies, 90s self-help videos for kids hosted by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Teddy Roosevelt, and memes from World War II featuring Kilroy, the perpetual schlemiel of late 20th century pop culture. You know the drawing — I didn’t until yesterday, but everybody else I talk to seems to.

Later, I drink a toast to Loretta Swit, “Hot Lips” Houlihan on “M*A*S*H”, who died this week at 87… and two more toasts to other recently passed folks George Wendt and Simpsons composer Alf Clausen leaves me a little too flighty to talk about Thomas Pynchon’s first novel V…but I do it anyway.

Also…we’re bringing MUSIC BREAKS back to the show! Tonight, enjoy a back-to-back serving of music by Caühaüs and our favorite band from New Jersey, Forget the Whale!

“Rednecks with White Faces” by Caühaüs (CC-BY)

Slow Dancing with Your Ghost” (CC-BY-NC)

And…I’m excited to take you back down to the Video Street Video Store, where we’ll check out a double feature of tapes on how to get a date in the 90’s!

“Looking for Love: Dating in the 90’s!” (1995)

“Computer Chronicles: Cyber Dating” (1997)

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

Watch Video of this episode over at Youtube | @the_themidnightcitizenpodcast

…and be sure to join the Facebook page and find me on Instagram! …”Kiss my Hot Lips!”

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

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3:35:32 – Welcome to Tape Land! On each episode, I’ll present the audio of a cassette tape or historic material from my personal archives.

Here’s a collection of “failed” segments recorded for my show The Overnightscape in 2012, which I decided at the time to set aside and not release.

In some cases, as I recall, I was just not feeling it, and figured it would be better to start over. In other cases, I must have felt I was going too far on a particular topic.

In any case, it was quite fun listening to the segments, now 13 years later. Enjoy this audio which is being released here for the first time!

– Frank Edward Nora, 5/31/25

Notes:

0:00:00 – 3/28/12 – The Promenade Shops at Clifton, Times Square, vague areas of New Jersey, lifestyle centers, the 2008 economic decline, The Overnightscape Underground Archive, cigar, Three Card Monte, ume riceballs, social engineering, “worthful”, day world vs. night world entertainment, bear sculptures, what to do, weird antenna, must have rained before, rooftop park.

0:27:45 – 5/1/12 – Monthly bus pass, weird customer, weird day, Occupy Wall Street, economic theories, protesters in Bryant Park, intentions, ruling the world.

0:43:37 – 6/19/12 – Homeless guy with Pillsbury Doughboy bathrobe in front of the Port Authority Bus Terminal, Juneteenth, Overnightscape Central, King of Prussia Mall, The Marx Brothers, occult symbolism, Disney’s New Amsterdam Theatre, coffee prices, Times Square, arts festival, art scam, The Emperor’s New Clothes, cement mixers, America’s Got Talent, schemes and scams.

1:18:38 – 7/5/12 – Winston comedy video, tobacco archive, demolition, planned obsolescence.

1:31:23 – 7/17/12 – Vans in the ’70s, coin pusher games, Supervan (1977), dreams, sunglasses, Macaron Cafe, Barris Kustoms, The Gong Show Movie (1980), MAS*H.

1:55:33 – 7/20/12 – I was on TV last night (Access Hollywood and Project Runway) as a face in the crowd, watching TV, game show laws.

2:03:24 – 7/26/12 – Checked the radar, got my umbrella.

2:04:23 – 7/27/12 – 209th day of the year, London Olympics begin, New York City tried to get these Olympics, Innsbruck, Austria, violence and cash, costumes, puppets, broken touchscreen, personal space, the mysteries of “Mac”, history of 209, Grand Central Station, debt, PEP (past editing paranoia), King Aroo.

2:41:36 – 8/16/12 – Screaming Yellow Zonkers are back, The Skatebirds, Lidsville, The Beat Generation
CD box set, Ladytron, accents are like piercings for letters, Project Greenlight, The Battle of Shaker Heights (2003), occult symbolism, Olympics closing ceremony, Pink Floyd, conspiracy theories, violent comic books, violent video games, more consopiracy theories.

3:23:37 – 8/17/12 – Conspiracy theories, plastic surgery, Bowling Green, subway sounds, World Trade Center sphere sculpture, 9/11, Olympics closing ceremony.

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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56:17- Another edition of the best podcast you’ve never bothered listening to! This time around you’ll be missing some ruminations on circuses without animals, unnecessary movie remakes and the madness of King Trump. You’ll also miss Doc Sleaze’s musings on when a hermit becomes a recluse, some hauntingly insane exploitation films and the wild, wild world of tabloid hate. Plus, invaluable advice on how to tell if your neighbour is a witch, while Little Miss Strange has her own celebrity experience and more. So go on, break the habit of a lifetime and actually give it a listen! Includes:

The Circus Comes to Town! ¦ Total Bollocks with Little Miss Strange ¦ The Wild, Wild World of Tabloid Hate ¦ Movies in Brief – ‘The Uninvited’ (1944) inc trailer ¦ Have You Been Shagged by a Spy? ¦ A Hermit’s Life for Me ¦ Commercial Break – Accidents4U ¦ Avoidance Tactics ¦ Celebrity Bollocks with Little Miss Strange ¦ The Madness of King Trump ¦ Forgotten Film – ‘The Black Cat’ (1989) inc trailer ¦ Is Your Neighbour a Witch? ¦ Unnecessary Remakes ¦ Closedown

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 2025 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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2:27:47 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Places I’ve lived, Martians landed, Billy Murray songs on the Other Side, Basic Programming, The Girl With No Name cigar, Mission Hill, TV Dinners, iPod games, Palm OS games, Asteria, Cosmic Wimpout, David Lynch auction, Twin Peaks, High 5 Casino, lost video games, Portugal dream, Jeep Cherokee Briarwood, wood panels, ice cream trucks, Turkey in the Straw, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:46:30)… John Silver (from Eagle Mall Suite) (Live at House of Blues, Chicago (4/30/02)) [Archive.org], Shaun Ryder Happy Mondays Interview on The Word (1992) (excerpt) [YouTube], Gold Fever by The Wind Whistles [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Maclean Hunter Cable 8 Guelph Ontario Sign-off (1989) [Retrontario], Born To Shine by Men In Route [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], David Letterman’s Catch Phrases 1st Edition (1982) [YouTube], African Hunter by Polar Lion [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Yor The Hunter from the Future (1983) trailer [YouTube], Sit Down, You’re Rocking the Boat by Billy Murray (1913) [Archive.org, public domain], CHiPS pull over HR Pufnstuf ! S01EP08 [YouTube], Invisible Walls by Revolution Void [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Diamond Lady (Gottlieb, 1988) [PinMAME], Hands Across The Sea by John Philip Sousa (performed by “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band) [collection], Future Cop/Three’s Company promo [Archive.org].

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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46:05 – Bessie Smith’s first five recording sessions for Columbia Records, which made her a star and got her dubbed the Empress of the Blues. These sessions cover the first half of 1923, and also feature (at the piano) Clarence Williams on the first two sessions and Fletcher Henderson on the latter three.

This show is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International license. Attribution: by Dave in Kentucky. Musical selections and show art are believed to be in the public domain, having been created over 100 years ago.

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3:00:33 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: New Stereolab album Instant Holograms on Metal Film, AI art discomfort, going down to the Jersey Shore for Memorial Day Weekend, Atom Heart Mother by Pink Floyd, lawn care, Take Me Away by Blue Oyster Cult, PEPs (supermarket, house color), TV stuff, chills, A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), Batsto Village, new cereal, collectible cereal boxes, squirrels, vegan restaurant difficulties, card game irregularities, the theoretical narrative, nested simulations to increase the sense of immersion, Doctor Who, The Grand Ragtag Line – Rolling Happenstance, Amazeballs Muckamuck Drifter, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:19:46)… 80s Vibe by FoolBoyMedia [Freesound, CC BY-NC 3.0], Cube Banter 12 [collection], At the Moving Picture Ball by Billy Murray (1919) [Archive.org, public domain], Solar energy, the great adventure (1978) (excerpt 1) [Archive.org], Alligator Moon Suite by Robert Hunter (live at Player’s Tavern on 1978-05-23) [Archive.org], CBS Network – In The News – “Census Forms On Their Way” (1980) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Pour Quoi Royale by Zipp [Archive.org, CC BY-NC 3.0] Bronson Pinchot Interview – 3/22/88 [YouTube], Trip by Aufklarung [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], Nixon Tapes – on the phone with Kissinger – 4/7/71 – 10:35-10:37pm [nixontapes.org], Koala Giraffe by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY 4.0], Professor Owl on Audio-Animatronics (Gulf Oil) [collection].

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