The Overnightscape Underground

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Join Mike in the studio late on a Friday night, where he screams all his innermost thoughts, desires, and shame into the void of a social media platform…and no, it’s not Substack. Also, what is it with Substack? Why do they only show people what you do when you say nice things about them? More paranoia linked to the tech industrial complex.

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Join Mike in the studio, where he recounts a tense haircut he recently had. Everything was fine until he suggested to the salon’s owner he install a barber pole out front to drum up new business. There was a deafening silence, and things went down hill from there.

Also, petty tyrants go global, the U.S. hopes to establish a homeland for tourism, and Moe’s rebrands itself an “outlaw” in the Burrito space. Now go out there and get a little queso on your chin!

Watch The Midnight Citizen Vlog every Monday on YouTube and Substack! And be sure to join the Facebook page and find me on Instagram! …”You’re a Meme Man? Speak English, boy!”

***Listener Note: In this episode, I refer multiple times to Apple’s “Think Different” campaign of the 1990’s and early 2000’s as “Crash Different”. I don’t know why; I guess because it was so heavily satirized, most notably by my friend Hunter Cressell, who went viral for this video he made pre-YouTube.***

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4:47:25 – 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  Simon from Nevada, Michael Feir from Canada, Ann from Suffern, NY, Chad from Chadcast, Jefferson from Philadelphia, Jan Erik from Norway, Mike Boody from The Midnight Citizen, Bob LeMent from Morning Commute, Peter Litkey from The Three Weasels, Joe Gipson from Comicversal, and Doc Sleaze from his various shows.

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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3:00:08 – Odd Duck Improv – Home Shopping (camcorder footage) (Neil C. Obremski, Attribution NC ND 4.0 International), Freeway (Kurt Vile, Attribution NC ND 3.0), drum and horn quintet 2 (Bruce Miller, Attribution NC ND 3.0), Hey Hey Brother (Frenchie, Attribution NC SA 3.0), Beverly Hills Cop 3 (The Badger Theater Answering Machine, Attribution NC ND 4.0 International), Shh! You’ll Wake It (Youth Movies, Attribution NC ND 3.0 U.S.), Televisi (The Upstairs, Attribution NC SA 3.0), Awesome 80’s TV Commercials from WNBC New York – June 1985 (from archive.org), Bob & Ray: Summer AFRTS #539 (ca. 1957), Down on the Corner (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover) (Melcher Tschiemer, Attribution NC 3.0), Brown Eyes, Why Are You Blue (Nick Lucas, 1925, public domain), Movie (MyCatIsGreen, Attribution NC ND 3.0), Crash Test Congo (V, Attribution NC ND 4.0 International), Jim and Kelsie at Hollywood Tully’s Coffee (camcorder footage) (Neil C. Obremski, Attribution NC ND 4.0 International), Rocker Seven (Blasting Trout Overbite, Public Domain), Child Space (Spacebirds, Attribution NC ND 3.0), Say Brother – Cab Calloway 1983 TV Trailer (from archive.org), Moonlighting 1985 TV Trailer (from archive.org), Churn (Shambles Constant, field recording from 2/7/2012), KIRO/CBS commercials – 1/4/1992 (from archive.org). BCC 049. I’m back.

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 2025 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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2:58:36 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Bus to up north, cat wheel update, throwing out trash cans, the end of garbage and money, Dungeon Crawler Carl, nature of creativity, The Urth of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe (1987), PEPs / Mandela Effect, Adam Curtis documentaries, ALSO Magazine, Halfevil Graphics, Search for the Emperor’s Treasure (1981), Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves open beta, Overwatch 2 brings back loot boxes, Julius Shulman: Modernism Rediscovered, Inherent Vice (2014), golden ages, a cooldown in novelty, Kentucky, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:18:06)… Pure Energy [via Webm8 productions], Newsweasels 10-Second Promo (1994) [collection], Gift Star coupons for cigarettes (1968) [archive.org], TVOntario Magic Shadows intro 1982 [YouTube], WLS Channel 7 – Ending of AM Chicago, Rebuttal, and Opening of Happy Days (1976) (excerpt) [FuzzyMemories.TV], MST3K on The Comedy Channel (4/14/90) (Break 7) [YouTube], Saigon By Night by Antti Luode [anttismusic.blogspot.com, CC BY 3.0], Hoppy, the Bunny: Background for Reading and Expression [Prelinger, public domain], Northern Express by Longman [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], National Express Safety Announcement by hyderpotter [Freesound, CC BY 3.0], Level 3 : Run on the expressway by Komiku [FreeMusicArchive, CC0 1.0].

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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41:08 – Guest host Patrick Stewart introduces another selection of thoughts from Doc Sleaze, which include an exploration of just where British newspapers get their stories from, why AI generated entertainment would be good for your mental health and a digression into toilet humour. Plus, a Spanish monster movie and some European cinematic eroticism examined. All accompanied by interludes of Patrick Stewart relating some of his favourite acting memories. Includes:

Patrick Stewart Introduces the Show ¦ Artificial Entertainment ¦ ‘The Sea Serpent’ (1985) trailer (in Spanish) ¦ Movie in Brief – ‘The Sea Serpent’ (1985) ¦ Patrick Stewart on Swearing ¦ Toilet Humour ¦ Patrick Stewart on ‘The Love Boat’ ¦ Confidential Sources ¦ ‘Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade’ (1978) trailer (in Italian) ¦ Forgotten Film – ‘Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade’ (1978) ¦ Patrick Stewart on Pornography ¦ Conspicuous Non-Conformism ¦ Patrick Stewart Closes Out the Show

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 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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14:22 – Bit of a weirder one today; talking about the time last week when the trolls won! But I got some amazing feedback and some help, so maybe there are lessons here I can pass on. Have you heard of this thing called the block button? I should do that! Thanks again, will be a more normal episode next time.

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

Released February 2025 on Rubenerd and The Overnightscape Underground, an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts; this one notwithstanding.

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3:06:07 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Faerie on the shoe incident, invisible beings, SNL50 – 50th anniversary of Saturday Night Live, SNL50 Concert, ABM at SNL 15th, Starbucks dream, Dungeon Crawler Carl series, Macho Condor Palms (2/18/25), A View From Space, Onsug Radio 811 – The Obtuse Angle, The 1988 Anomaly Theory, Elon Musk on AI, yyxy, Morningstar Commune, Bridget St. John, So Have We, A Hard Day’s Night (1964), Theda Bara in the news, free speech, Rainforest Cafe at Menlo Park Mall closing, WATMM forum shutting down, computer simulation, save scumming, Earth addicts, Jacksons, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:24:48)… Out Of by Little Frankie Nora [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Powerlush by Sluttrigger [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Route One (1976) [FedFlix, public domain], Welcome to Xenon [YouTube], Ripple Boogie by Simon Stålenhag [Ubiktune, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], ABC Fall promos 1976 [YouTube], NBC Lineup Promos 1978 [YouTube], The Mental Saloon Intro [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], The Overnightscape 784Ff Ghost Office 5/29/11 (excerpt) [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

Onsug Radio 811 – The Obtuse Angle

“A man with one functional brain cell expounds upon life, liberty and the pursuit of coherence.”

“Steve Dupont was known for his rants on the Obtuse Angle podcast. After publishing his debut novel Therein Lies the Problem in 2007, Steve left the literary world behind, returning to graduate school and ultimately becoming a Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist.”

Steve Dupont, from Birmingham, Alabama, produced his podcast, The Obtuse Angle, from May 2005 to June 2007. After the show ended, Steve pursued a new career as a registered dietitian. You can still find him today at stevedupont.com

In those early days of podcasting, I was a fan of The Obtuse Angle, and Steve also listened to my show, The Overnightscape. We would mention each other’s shows, send in comments and emails, and occasionally record audio for the other show.

A few months back, I thought of The Obtuse Angle and started looking to see if any of the episodes were preserved. I was immensely pleased to find that a near-complete archive had been posted to The Internet Archive by archivist “apphands” in December 2021. I found few early episodes which were missing, in another archive posted by archivist Sketch the Cow in March 2019. Then, using the Wayback Machine, I was able to build a full list of episodes, along with show notes. In the end, the archive was complete, except for four episodes. If anyone has copies of these episodes, let me know, and I will add them to the archive.

I contacted Steve Dupont, and he gave his blessing to this new collected archive of The Obtuse Angle.

The show fits in extremely well with the other shows here in Onsug Radio, and I am thrilled to preserve The Obtuse Angle for future generations.

– Frank Edward Nora, 2/17/25

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6:07:38 – Macho Condor is a concept show, last heard over 10 years ago, which helped inspire the creation of the Other Side of The Overnightscape.

I recently thought of the idea of listening to a whole month’s worth of Other Sides, and I chose May 2024, because it contains a very special audio piece called “Audio Collage Poetry Soundscape” which I was thinking of. (It also starts with a space launch, and ends with cavemen learning to fly, very “2001”.) And at around 6 hours, it relates to the concept of “what can a night of audio be?” So I figured I’d bring back Macho Condor for this one-off release.

Previous Macho Condor editions were called Deluxe, Gold, and Julius – so for this one I wanted another kind of superlative identifier. I chose “Palms”, partially inspired by the TV show “Wild Palms”, and also the whole “vaporwave” vision of a fake 1980s with palm trees. And, I suppose, the invocation of exotic places the phrase “Palms” suggests.

So this then is a collection of all the Other Sides from May 2024, from The Overnightscape episodes 2114–2122. Recontextualized as a “night of audio” it makes for quite an interesting listen of night comfort and mystery.

License for this compilation: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Attribution: by Macho Condor – more info at onsug.com- see show notes for license and attribution info for all the individual tracks