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Fusebox 239: “Seasons Pleadings””

28:30 – Show Intro, Season’s Sneezings, Timo’s Holiday Awful-ring, A Pause In The Disaster, Clip From Fusebox 219: “The Frankenstein Martini”, Clip From Fusebox 214: “Brain Organoids”, Clip From Fusebox 229: “Meet Kyle The Kinkajou”, Clip From Fusebox 217: “Color Bars”, Fusebox ID, Grindhouse Resurrection Spot 3, Fusebox Liner ID, Clip From Fusebox 229: “WTF! Florida Top 10 List”, Clip From Fusebox 220: “Morning Ramen”, Clip From Fusebox 223: “Iko And Milo Go Droning”, Show Close, POST ROLL: “Cue Disaster”.

A holiday-sized gift box of thanks to our contributors for this past season of shows; Rob Askew, Elizabeth Bok, Scott Campbell, Nick Chargin, Pete Chiarella, Kevin Cooke, Callem Deering, Leslie Jane, Stuart Krug, Nico Lane, Erin Lehn, Jodi Lorimer, Kenzie Main, Erica Maity, Daniel Marshall, Sabra May,  Nancy McDonald, Joe Medina, Evan Moriwaki,  Sam A.Mowry, Eric Newsome, Dre O’Brien, Laurence Overmire, Sarah Robertson, Kim Stafford,  Mike Vaughn,  Derek Welch, Mago Weston and  Gregory Wilson.

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Fusebox is produced by Marc Rose, Milt Kanes, Jeff Pollard, and Regina Carol, 

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Released December 27th, 2023 

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51:59 – Join Doc Sleaze at Christmas, as he falls prey to the madness of seasonal shopping, says ‘no’ to festive parties, revisits a lost world and gets annoyed at political ignorance. Plus, Sammy Davis Jr! Peter Lawford! Together in a pair of swinging London movies! Includes:

Christmas Bells ¦ Apparently, Christmas is Coming ¦ Nineties Christmas TV Ads ¦ The Lost World Found Again ¦ ‘The Lost World’ (1960) Trailer ¦ An Idiot’s Guide to British Politics – Again ¦ Forgotten Film – ‘Salt and Pepper’ (1968) (including trailer) ¦ Another Batch of Nineties Christmas TV Ads ¦ The Season of Saying ‘No’ ¦ Forgotten Film – ‘One More Time’ (1970) (including trailer) ¦ More Nineties Christmas TV Ads ¦ The Madness of Christmas Shopping ¦ Christmas Bells

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 Dec 2023 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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2:17:57 – Frank in New Jersey and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Dryer incident, National Geographic, heading in to NYC, garbagemen, S.O.B. (1981), Blake Edwards, Julie Andrews, Barnes & Noble, UrbanSpace, Grand Central Dining Concourse, cause and effect, Ornery Wend, Reiner Black, The Tricentennial, bus terminal later on, walk home from the highway, Grateful Dead Live at Avalon Ballroom on 1969-04-05, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:37:25)… Keeping Step with the Union by John Philip Sousa (performed by “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band) [public domain], WTHR Channel 13 – “NBC-Style Station ID” & Promo (1979) [FuzzyMemories.TV], WMAQ Channel 5 – NewsCenter5 Update, Break & Today Excerpt (excerpt) (1975) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Illinois Tool Works 1 – Jean Shepherd [collection], Commercial – William Shatner – Commodore Vic 20 [collection], Magic Sand by Wham-O (Commercial, 1981) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Mego’s Slik Silver [YouTube], Ontario Educational Communications Authority ID (John DeLazzer) (1973) [YouTube], Arcade Theme #4 by tyops [Freesound, CC BY 3.0], RE/Search magazine plug from IRS The Cutting Edge 1986 reseach V. Vale [YouTube], Ellen Feiss #2 Apple Switch Commercial [YouTube], Chat with John Lennon (12/12/68, BBC Radio 1 “Night Ride with John Peel) [collection], Partita No. 3 in E Major (Bach) by Gordon Rowland [Musopen, public domain], Alligator Moon Suite by Robert Hunter (live at Rio Theater on 1978-03-04) [Archive.org], Weird by StatueOfDiveo [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Release To The Flow by Teo Vincent IV [IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0], 1982 – Tron – Trailer [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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4:45 – The Overnightscape Central is returning as a monthly show in January 2024. Press Play for full details. The January topics will be “Fast Food, the Occult, and Other Bad Ideas.” Talk about one, two or all three topics and get your mp3 files to DaveKY at mail.com by hook or by crook. Deadline is 5pm Central Time (natch) on January 10, 2024, but much earlier submissions are encouraged and appreciated.

Show art: “The Noordermarkt by Night” (1840) by Petrus van Schendel (1806-1870) depicting “night people” typical of the Overnightscape Underground.

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Attribution: by Dave in Kentucky. Other contributors (if any) appear courtesy of themselves.

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2:28:20 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Plaza 46, strip mall and arcade memories, returning a broken game, returning some shoes at the mall, Phish Sphere tickets fail, making progress in the book, cigarillos, exploring the house I grew up in, now empty and soon to be sold, more errands on Chimney Rock Road, cemetery, chemdog, Route 22, whiskey advent calendar, Balcones Lineage Texas Single Malt, ticket prices, The Exit Ramp, Jean Shepherd, Onsug Radio book proof ordered, mystery album, seaweed oatmeal, one sister world, Adios Casa, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:47:38)… Spy Real High (ft. Quarkstar) by Admiral Bob [CCMixter, CC BY-NC 3.0], Change the Fairy Tale by Unfactory [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Computer and Console Boot Sounds Compilation [Archive.org], I’m Not Tal Farlow by Another Flask of Weird [Archive.org, CC BY-ND 3.0], connectland by Greg Tcorp [Jamendo, CC BY-ND 3.0], Theme from Land Surveyor, Part 5: Traversing (1992) [FedFlix, public domain], 1974 PeopleMover Tour – Fantasyland [collection], Sharyne & Cheryl New Zealand Trip (Part 1) [Archive.org, CC0 1.0], ElectronicAfricaLoop by Dodgy C [Freesound, CC0 1.0], New York Hippodrome by John Philip Sousa (performed by “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band) [collection], Vision of the Wild (1990) (excerpt) [FedFlix, public domain], welcome to our fairy world [Freesound, CC BY 3.0], Rad Racer by Atomicos [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-SA 4.0], So Loud by Stereoshape [Bandcamp, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Limboland [collection], Tailor’s Proverbs (7/20/91) [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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4:55:26 – 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 Dave in Kentucky from his various shows, Jefferson from Philadelphia, Jan Erik from Norway, Michael Feir from Canada, Roel from The Netherlands, Doc Sleaze from his various shows, Martin in New Jersey, Nate in Wisconsin, and Bob LeMent from Morning Commute.

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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2:00:02 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Stitcher, non-commerciality, Magic Arena, Hearthstone, weird west, Marvel Snap, Flea Devil Solitaire from Onsug Radio, making progress on the book, the house, Phish tickets, Steamboat Willie entering the public domain in a few weeks, surcharge change, SMISKI Good Idea, 209, QDOBA, Zengo, night, the ride home, America 250, this year, time weirdness, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:19:08)… Conquer Of Hamster Mountain by Lee Rosevere [CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], The New Age (1994) Trailer [YouTube], Dexception by Büromaschinen [Upitup Records, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Symbiosis at EPCOT Center (excerpt) [YouTube], Velvet (main theme) by Virgil M. [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], The Great Race (1965) trailer [YouTube], You’re With A Creep by Protomartyr [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Roger Ebert reviews Shock Treatment (1981) [siskelandebert.org], Variatio 5 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav. [The Open Goldberg Variations, played by by Kimiko Ishizaka, public domain], Paul & Ringo Interviewed by Tony Palmer (5/23/68) [collection], Fire in the Mountains by Astrometrics [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC 4.0], Beta Stormtoon #2 (11/22/01) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Nock by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY 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

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1:09:08 – Neal discusses sit-com bunk bed envy, takey-offey parachutes versus landy parachutes, a dignified way to kill off libraries, eternal peanuts, where cabaret fits in the grand scheme of things, being a a curtailed feed remnant advisory for returning listeners, fooling yourself with documentaries, Everest without a Walkman, measuring hell-broken-loose levels, steamboats and whitewashing, sitcom bunk bed envy, long distance stewing, casting then the dead parents on Diff’rent Strokes, the right elephant for the job, rebooting Air Crash Investigation, legalities of shooting messengers who happen to be elephants, elephants versus character actors, actor David Kelly RIP, a revised history of storytelling and firelighting, falling by design, penny drop moment for a trainee air crash investigator, statistical probabilities of different species entering a bar, bunk kitchens, failing to remember the word bittorrent, inauthentic endings on travel shows and podcasts, drawing a stairs on volume two of Colliers Junior Classics and more, before assigning the listener an important comprehension exercise as homework.

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1:10:10 – In an 800th episode during which he may have overdone the energy drinks somewhat, (although the Cat Stevens part is true) Neal exposes a gaping loophole for toddler movie producers and discusses merry-go-rounds versus the events depicted in The Deer Hunter (1978), what he learned in his days in a Dublin boxing arena, achieving immortality by outwitting his future self, sit-com revolving door tropes, novel advice for joggers, you could fry an egg on the rocks / stones / sidewalk – if you had an egg (1980s Irish commercial) ukulele talk, a scathing attack on the first four hundred episodes of this series, a hall of mirrors versus a horsehoe-shaped bar, learning from The Walking Dead, self-aware fictional characters on strike, revisiting Short Circuit (1986) versus revisiting Sesame Street, robot windscreen wipers are robots, the chimney revenge woman, Cat Stevens at an accountancy seminar (1994), a contraption to achieve mouth lubrication equilibrium, time machine form factors, Spielberg and Schindler’s charming misunderstanding in a bar, a Netflix branded cereal, what real raw milk does to cereal and more.

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54:37 – Neal discusses the imaginary listener’s secret existential crisis, approximating the taste of grass for the discerning diner, a new way to measure your height, whether crosswords count as relaxation, changing atitudes to chimneys, what’s under your face, the first humans ever to see a bridge, canal tow-path horse height issues, harmonica design mysteries, Lovely Daaaaaaaaaay versus a barking barman, canal tow path issues, demons in undergound systems, a horse’s head versus a railway bridge, impressing a giraffe with our bar licensing system, how giraffes pat you on the head, Lovely Daaaaaaaaaay versus a barking barman, what happens when two “Two cats walk into a bar” stories walk into a bar and more.

License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International with attribution “Neal from Ireland / IntoYourHead.com”