The Overnightscape Underground

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(53:53) Meet Chad Bowers. He’s the guy that sounds like he escaped from a Texas mental institution when he podcasts. Oh wait, no, that’s Jimbo. I think Chad is the one who plays it straight and then twists the story enough to where you are go, “What the hey?” Yeah, that’s the guy.

Anyway, whoever he is, he recently answered a mess of odd questions for Jimbo. Partake with this audio as if this were Bayou-spicy all-you-eat-seafood.

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intro .. finding the Onsug .. via iTunes .. Frank Nora’s thoughts = Chad’s thoughts .. found during free time .. synchronicities .. started listening in 2007 .. trying to listen from Show #1 .. Frank hasn’t changed but production has .. Frank’s changing the show numbering .. describing Frank and impressions .. Hawkeye Pierce from MASH .. large, gracious person .. spending time with Frank .. laid back .. familiar .. Mobile, Alabama .. French Mobile ..  “the South is a place where you’d have to live to understand things (the South)” .. spirit that binds us (Onsug) together .. synchronicity .. road trips .. seating during the road trip .. trips to Connecticut .. tourist attractions .. Richie Rich and comic books .. “Are you boys are on drugs?” .. strange, unusual, funny stories .. learning comedy from the mentally ill .. comedy balance is the believable + mentally disturbed thoughts .. early influences: TV shows watched as a child .. Happy Days (Fonzie) .. neighbor girl who ate raw meat .. cartoons .. Bozo the Clown (Chicago) .. big fan of Johnny Carson and Tonight Show .. watched him with contrast adjusted and volume low .. wanted to be Johnny Carson .. magazines .. older brother was an influence .. appreciation for art .. the moving mosaic .. The Killing Fields .. X Files .. David Lynch films .. Star Wars .. Sid and Marty Kroft theme park .. documentaries and viewing films .. Class Clown? .. monkey bars kiss memory .. office assistant in school .. hated physical education .. value of being close to school faculty .. mimeograph machine .. Chad’s joke of the day .. growing up in the deep South in the 1970’s and 80’s .. hurricane .. Mardi Gras .. fog .. picnics at the graveyard .. race relations were better then .. and worse off now .. dream of a new America after WWII .. another fall coming? .. growing up in the South shaped Chad’s humor .. Chad’s granddad .. he could make a tragic story funny .. a celebration of the strange .. storytelling with ‘hypertruth’ .. Dallas is full of superficial people .. important life lessons from granddad .. spicy seafood .. bathroom errors after seafood parties .. lack of knowledge of BBQ baloney! .. foods of Mobile .. bread, butter and sugar .. pecan pie .. seafood .. an island to yourself .. Mobile Bay .. rainy and foggy .. magic on the causeway bridge .. history haunts Mobile .. running the sound board for his older brother’s band .. special privileges as a member of the ‘Rotting Reagans’ .. loving elevator music (is he kidding or not?) .. various bands Chad likes, most start with ‘The’ .. re: BBQ baloney .. another list of bands Chad enjoys .. The Cure .. he’s a ‘Vic and Sade‘ fan! .. couldn’t understand Vic .. PQ Ribber and the Overnightscape Central .. PQ is good .. the large Chick-o-Stick candy .. the Chick-o-Stick song by Chad!! .. Joe Cain Hot Sauce .. in honor of Joe Cain and his history .. author Richard Brautigan .. Chad says goodbye .. ♫ CHAD YOU’RE SO NORMAL

License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/). Attribution: by Jimbo and Chad Bowers – more info at onsug.com

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(1:03:22) The one and only Eddie Murray of Cloud Base 44 joins Jimbo (on the porch?) for an interesting look into the life of an Onsug monologist.

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intro .. Trampler Sampler: the Underground’s beginning .. Bob Lement .. Living in the Republic of Ireland .. Southeast England .. and all the other places .. Cloud Base 44’s name origins: airplane stuff and computer clouds and perspective .. Eddie’s musical career .. playing in a band .. drums .. punk band .. learning the guitar .. tinkering on the piano .. it’s complicated and messy recording music .. sound engineering .. music is a fun thing .. writing music .. messing around/hobby .. Eddie hopes to play his original music in a future CB 44 episode .. widening the musical pallet .. co-creating music with Jimbo .. thoughts about Frank Nora‘s amazing tenacity, dedication and accumulation of material and ideas .. Frank’s perspective .. in another world, the Onsug is the best thing ever .. meeting Frank, the superstar! .. ordinary guy .. the Onsug is about those recording – not the listener .. freedom .. the Onsug is between the extremes of radio/podcasting .. Frank’s The Overnightscape and his changing opinions .. speaking our minds on the Onsug .. it takes bravery to speak your mind on a show .. down time thoughts: having a normal life and not being concerned about recording .. pursuing other hobbies .. missing Bob Lement and his chilled show .. Jimbo is funny .. PQ Ribber and old-time radio .. feeling rundown – energy sucked out of you .. particular energy needed to record .. the zeitgeist and recording .. David Gray .. John Martyn .. sick of The Beatles, Stones .. liking the new music .. all music, including frequencies .. U2 .. hip hop .. other music likes .. Eddie claims to have “expressed all” on his shows .. an open person .. a brief history of Eddie’s life and interests .. life in Ireland .. Scotland .. New York, LA, Philippines .. glad to see Ruben Schade back .. spiritual things .. conspiratorial things .. the afterlife .. the afterlife of animals

Produced by Eddie Murray.

License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/). Attribution: by Jimbo and Eddie Murray – more info at onsug.com

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1:54:09 – Frank in NJ and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Landscape architecture, elaborate signs in industrial parks in the 90s, computer game streaming services, Times Square in the 80s, light bulbs, The Wonder 500, cassettes at Urban Outfitters, Plane Crazy, TV review (Grease: Live), De La Soul, The Fixx, convenience store, red eyes, The Night Pool, Alka-Seltzer Plus D, go, lottery, candy review (Payday Snack Bites), Trident Layers Swedish Fish Gum, Times Square, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:20:46)… Ascen (fake Boards of Canada song, origin unknown) [collection], Electronic Engineering by Katharine Priegues [SoundCloud, CC BY 3.0], Train passing really close in Romania, Bacau. [freesound, felix.blume, CC0 1.0], Woodsy Owl PSA Collection 1965-1985 [Archive.org, public domain], Here I Am by MyVirtualBand Members [MyVirtualBand (defunct), CC BY 2.0], I’ll Just Rock by MyVirtualBand Members [MyVirtualBand (defunct), CC BY 2.0], The Stars and Stripes Forever by United States Army Band [Musopen, public domain], Tobacco and the Bicentennial [Archive.org], WBBM Channel 2 – It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (Opening & Break, 1976) [FuzzyMemories.TV], All I Have Is Time by Jonah Dempcy [Jamendo, CC BY 3.0].

License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Attribution: by Frank Edward Nora – more info at TheOvernightscape.com

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(36:57) Jimbo again uses his own tip and delves into the plentiful subject pool used by PQ Ribber’s The Overightscape Central and yaks about a myriad of interesting topics. He invites other hosts to check the Onsug Guide and do the same about topics that interests them.

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intro .. Stories About Food (burnt BBQ chicken) (salmon croquettes with syrup) (Chef Boyardee pizza) .. Writing (a bad writer) .. Escapism (Perry Mason) .. Death .. Strange Film (The Trial) .. Things We Like (going to bed early) (getting up early) (internet) (USA Today) (all things baseball) (soft drinks) (sandwiches/hamburgers) (Chinese/Japanese food) (old tv) .. Classic Horror (Universal films) .. Great TV Moments (My Three Sons – Peter Tewksbury) .. Saturday Morning Schedules (WB cartoons) (Shazam/Isis) .. Current Favorites (Life Below Zero) (Antiques Roadshow) .. Pizza (grilled pizza) (Mr. Cheese) (Shakey’s) (various chains)

License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/). Attribution: by Jimbo – more info at onsug.com

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2:43:47 – Clara!!  Simon Returns!!  Chad!!  Frank!!  Jimbo!!  Ruben!!  Doc!!  A multi-visioned look at Terrible Film!!  PQ Ribber is your host!!

Next:  Open (pick your own topic)

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License.

Overall attribution by PQ Ribber , all other hosts appear courtesy of themselves.

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(41:42) – Jimbo takes one of his own tips and does a program using various old topics from The Overnightscape Central.

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intro .. Odd Jobs (wearing a t-shirt at the State Fair) (electrician’s apprentice) .. The Wishing Well (take back things said on phone with ex-girlfriend) .. Football (Super Bowl memories) .. Snacks from the Past (Vienna Sausages) (dried beef) (Maraschino cherries) (fried pies) (donuts) (homemade popcorn) .. Influence (John Denver) (The Cars) (Weird Al Yankovich) (Frank Zappa) (Devo) (PQ Ribber) .. Danger (certain electrical death) (swallowing a Jolly Rancher) .. Night (June bugs) .. Museums (NFL Hall of Fame and Lou Groza) (Norman Rockwell Museum) .. Pick Your Own (building a computer that powered my MIDI, 1993)

License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/). Attribution: by Jimbo – more info at onsug.com

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21:27 – Clark and Dawe, fronts of tankers falling off, fronts of financial systems falling off, fronts of cars falling off, fronts of moose (mooses? moosii?) falling off, and other related ruminations. This episode would have been longer, but the front fell off.

Recorded in Sydney, Australia. Licence for this track: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0. Attribution: Ruben Schade.

Released February 2016 on Rubénerd and The Overnightscape Underground, an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts.

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2:18:27 – Explore the massive audio archive of The Overnightscape Underground in random 20-minute patches, hosted by Frank Edward Nora.

Stash codes in this episode:

091-065
096-100
069-206
108-111
078-122
087-086

License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Attribution: by Onsug Hosts – more info at TheOvernightscape.com

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(45:30) A bit of a coincidence spurs Jimbo into action; he made this podcast to seize upon the inspiration. He insists he’s not an expert but he provides a bunch of tips and personal opinions about the art of podcasting that he’s learned since he began doing it three years ago.

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it’s a privilege to podcast .. had recorded a ‘tips’ podcast on Saturday .. saw a Mike Boody Periscope video on podcasting (Saturday night) .. physical and mental art of podcasting .. not an expert .. have picked up some tips .. my indoor equipment: laptop, 50″ TV, Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, Wavepad software, Tascam recorder, tripod, no longer monitor myself, keyboards (music) .. explaining how I meant to use the keyboards .. using websites for sound effects .. mental aspects of podcasting .. using notes, taking notes .. rampling without notes .. a talent? .. talking to the microphone .. Sharpie marker .. try not to go over an hour .. trying not to go over 50 minutes .. setting the bar at 40 minutes .. 30 minutes is better .. 4 hours = better be important .. reasons why I wouldn’t listen .. not trying to hurt your feelings .. **I am your biggest fan** .. I _try_ to listen to every podcast .. editing is the most important thing you can do .. you’re an idiot if you just slap your show online .. if you have something to say and are entertaining you are worth listening to .. but if you don’t edit… .. not being open .. my biggest mistake .. I’ve made these mistakes – learn from my/your mistakes .. production value (Fusebox and Marc Rose) .. learn from Marc Rose .. nobody here can match Fusebox .. tell stories (real or unreal) .. descriptive rampling .. learning from Frank and Ruben Schade .. PQ Ribber’s schtick (weird stuff) .. your show doesn’t have to be ALL YOU .. turn the mike on someone else .. something different is exciting .. humor .. jealous of Ruben’s shows .. Fusebox production is not unattainable .. Eddie Murray’s enjoyable production .. time constraints .. thank you all/PQ for the Overnightscape Central .. turn your mike on other podcasters .. ask silly questions (for a fun show) .. when you get in a rut, diversify .. re-using old Central topics .. talk about music, movies, television .. the importance of show notes .. provide show notes! .. no show notes for my first 2 months on the Quakquaversal Satellite .. lots of stuff there no one knows about .. it’s important to listen to other’s shows on the Onsug .. leave comments for others! .. discouraged by lack of comments .. my outside box for podcasting: portable recorder #2, my tiny flexible tripod, gripper, get a kit, dead cat (wind cover) _needed_ for recording outside, pad and marker, colored stickers, power cord, extra batteries, flashlight and clip-on light with bendable neck .. difference in recording outside than inside .. edit out looking up websites .. _remember_ – I AM YOUR BIGGEST FAN and I appreciate you, so take this (tips/criticism) in the spirit it is meant to be taken

The Jimbo Store is Open!

License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/). Attribution: by Jimbo – more info at onsug.com

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1:51:00 – Join Mike in the studio on a Saturday night. Topics include: a tale of two Volvos — my dilapidated, broken-down S60 and its immaculate doppelganger in the same neighborhood; reflections on slacking this week while my wife has been out of town; a glimpse into mirror universes; audio clip from the “Halloween” marathon with friends Jason and Brad; review of “Steve Jobs” (2015); Author Douglas Coupland and philosophies on Generation X, labeling; live Periscope and tutorial on podcasting; Microsoft Windows ’95 training video with Mathew Perry and Jennifer Anniston; review of CNN doc “High Profits” (2015), and; much more!

Music for this episode from the New Midnight Cassette System by Frank Edward Nora (Creative Commons License 1.0 Universal). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License Non-commercial Share-Alike License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released January 2015 on The Midnight Citizen and The Overnightscape Underground.