November 22, 2025

NERD NOISE RERUNS: C1E60 - "Listener Picks - vol. 2" (orig released 12/23/2021)

3 hours 39 minutes

2025 Rerun Notes:

In anticipation of this month's incoming C1E99: "Listener Picks - vol 3", we are rerunning both previous installments of the Listener Picks trilogy this month!

Today's rerun is the second installment, from December of 2021 And it is less of a sequel per se, and more of an omake (that is, more of an "outtakes" episode). While vol 1 was 40 tracks long and selected by 18 contributors, their total body of contributions was not 40, but instead, an absolutely insane 100!! Well, even in 2025, we'd never do an episode 100 tracks long! Such a mixtape could possibly hit 5hrs long, which is too long even for St. John! :-D

So, what I did instead in 2018 was take the 100 and narrow it down to 40, with the 60 track remainder kept in reserve, intended for a Channel F "F-isode" to immediately follow as a bonus and feature the remaining 60. This bonus was to feature Trey Johnson of the NintenDomain and W.A.R.T. Radio podcasts as co-host, and be in the original format of W.A.R.T. Radio as a "return the favor" tribute to Trey in return for W.A.R.T. changing formats to match the NNR format. It was also going to feature an interview with a composer, spearheaded by Trey.

But schedules did not align, and so the F-isode never happened! Today's rerun, eventually released years later in 2021 as a numbered "official" Ch 1 episode is essentially what that F-isode would've been - only with no interview (scheduling conflicts). Trey would still go on to co-host with me, though.

Lastly, as always: all the usual caveats about how much worse my production quality was back in 2021 than it is today, and not to judge the current state of NNR production quality by this rerun. If you are new, and this is your first exposure to NNR, and you enjoyed the content, but were put off by the production, either go back and listen to a recent episode, such as C1E98 or C1E96....or perhaps even better, keep your eyes peeled for C1E99, which is basically this all over again, but at 2025's far improved production quality standards!

In fact, in this case, the situation is even worse! My side of the recording session with Trey was lost, and so we had to fallback on his side of the Zoom call for my voice, where I was using a super cheap wireless headset. So my voice quality sounds especially terrible. My apologies if any of that detracts from this otherwise excellent and joyous outing!

And with that, please enjoy the very non-standard-formatted - Listener Picks - vol 2, thanks again to Trey for lending his voice and talents in joining me to make this one happen, and please keep an eye out for the trilogy's incoming 3rd (and final) installment!

Cheers!

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Original Show Notes:

Today’s Broadcast is C1E60, for Theme Thursday, December 23rd, 2021 - our final episode of our very non-standard two-year long “Season 4”. So it is fitting that we’d end such a wildly non-standard season - filled with primarily wildly non-standard content already - with such a dramatically non-standard Channel 1 episode. Today’s episode abandons the customary Channel 1 “great big music block” mixtape format for a modified take on the original W.A.R.T. Radio format, featuring Trey Johnson of Nintendomain / W.A.R.T. Radio and St. John. Today’s episode is also a “Lost Level”, as it was originally intended to be a Channel F bonus “F-isode” to supplement “C1E40 - Listener Picks - vol. 1” from December 2018, and was intended to release right after it, in a nearly identical presentation to what you receive today. As such, today’s broadcast shall be “Listener Picks - vol. 2”. All music, other than the background music for the speaking portions was curated by listeners of the show, and are the roughly 60 remaining unused tracks from the pool of roughly 100 that were offered up for C1E40 in 2018, of which only 40 were used.

p.s. We apologize for the uncharacteristically poor audio quality on St. John's speaking voice. Details available upon request, but the short version is that John had technical difficulties on his end of the recording with "the good mic", but fortunately, we had a lower-quality backup recording on Trey's end over Zoom using St. John's built-in laptop mic. The sound quality is diminished, but the content is still preserved.

Note: All Speaking Portions originally produced in December 2021 by St. John

01: Intro

Timestamps: 00:00:00 - 00:05:18

Runtime: 05:18

Emceed by: Trey and St. John

02: Phillip Vaughn Music Block

Timestamps (Including Introduction): 00:05:18 - 00:24:00

Runtime (including introduction): 18:42

Timestamps (Music Block-Only): 00:07:30 - 00:24:00

Runtime (Music Block-Only): 16:30

Number of Tracks: 8

Emceed by: Trey

Intro Runtime: 02:12

Track Selection by: Phillip Vaughn

Produced by: St. John

Run-Order by: St. John

Originally Produced in: 2018

Intro - 00:05:18

a)Title – TMNT – NES – JunFunahashi - 00:07:30

b)Final Dungeon – Zelda II – NES – Akita Nakatsuka - 00:09:19

c) Title Screen – Aero the Acrobat – SNES – Fox Productions - 00:10:32

d)Zombie Panic – Zombies Ate my Neighbors – SNES – Joe McDermott - 00:12:11

e)Fool's Play (Puppet Show) – Secret of Evermore – SNES – Jeremy Soule - 00:14:22

f)The Ancient Battleground – King's Field 2 - PS1 – Sound Kids Corp. - 00:16:39

g)The East Village – King's Field - PS1 – Koji Endo - 00:18:20

h)Decisive Battle with Magus – Chrono Trigger – SNES – Yasunori Mitsuda and/or Nobuo Uematsu - 00:21:15

03: Eric Barks Music Block

Timestamps (Including Introduction): 00:24:01 - 00:39:45

Runtime (including introduction): 15:44

Timestamps (Music Block-Only): 00:27:00 - 00:39:45

Runtime (Music Block-Only): 12:45

Number of Tracks: 2 (Fewest of the Day)

Emceed by: St. John

Intro Runtime: 02:59

Track Selection by: Eric Barks

Produced by: St. John

Run-Order by: St. John

Originally Produced in: 2018

Intro - 00:24:01

a)Hellwalker– DOOM (2016) – Multi – Mick Gordon - 00:27:00

b)Cyberdemon - DOOM (2016) – Multi – Mick Gordon - 00:32:04

04: Chris Randazzo Music Block

Timestamps (Including Introduction): 00:39:43 - 00:48:12

Runtime (including introduction): 08:29

Timestamps (Music Block-Only): 00:41:15 - 00:48:12

Runtime (Music Block-Only): 06:58 (Shortest of the Day)

Number of Tracks: 3

Emceed by: Trey

Intro Runtime: 01:31

Track Selection by: Kris Randazzo

Produced by: St. John

Run-Order by: St. John

Originally Produced in: 2018

Intro - 00:39:43

a)Chapter 2 – PAC PIX – DS – Yoshinori Kawamoto - 00:41:15

b)Goin Across Town – Tin Star – SNES – Chris Jojo, Matthew Cannon and/orSuddi Raval - 00:43:33

c)Drifting Brother – Balloon Kid -GameBoy – Hirukazu "Hip" Tanaka - 00:45:43

05: Adam Huisman Music Block

Timestamps (Including Introduction): 00:48:11 - 01:05:20

Runtime (including introduction): 17:09

Timestamps (Music Block-Only): 00:50:41 - 01:05:20

Runtime (Music Block-Only): 14:38

Number of Tracks: 6

Emceed by: St. John

Intro Runtime: 02:31

Track Selection by: Adam Huisman

Produced by: St. John

Run-Order by: St. John

Originally Produced in: 2018

Intro - 00:48:11

a)Blood Dragon Theme – Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon – PC / PS3 / XB360 - Power Glove - 00:50:41

b)Roller Mobster – Hotline Miami – Multi - Carpenter Brut - 00:53:41

c)Hills of Destiny (Past) – Messenger – Multi –Rainbowdragoneyes - 00:57:13

d)Hills of Destiny (Future) - Messenger – Multi –Rainbowdragoneyes - 00:58:36

e)Positive Force – VVVVVVV – Multi - Magnus Pålsson - 00:59:59

f)Kyoto – Tree of Knowledge – PC98 –Yogurtbox - 01:02:46

06: Michael "Nestrogen" Raisner Music Block

Timestamps (Including Introduction): 01:05:19 - 01:15:44

Runtime (including introduction): 10:25

Timestamps (Music Block-Only): 01:07:51 - 01:15:44

Runtime (Music Block-Only): 07:52

Number of Tracks: 9

Emceed by: Trey

Intro Runtime: 02:33

Track Selection by: Nestrogen

Produced by: St. John

Run-Order by: Nestrogen

Originally Produced in: 2019

Intro - 01:05:19

a)Title Screen – Super Hyperactive Ninja – Multi –Nestrogen - 01:07:51

b)Story Theme – Super Hyperactive Ninja - Multi –Nestrogen - 01:08:23

c)Level Select – Super Hyperactive Ninja – Multi –Nestrogen - 01:08:53

d)Main Boss Theme – Super Hyperactive Ninja – Multi –Nestrogen - 01:09:17

e)Tower 4 Hyperactive – Super Hyperactive Ninja – Multi –Nestrogen - 01:10:36

f)Tower 5 Main – Super Hyperactive Ninja – Multi –Nestrogen - 01:11:32

g)Tower 6 Main – Super Hyperactive Ninja – Multi –Nestrogen - 01:12:35

h)Final Boss Theme – Super Hyperactive Ninja – Multi –Nestrogen - 01:13:37

i)Game Clear Theme – Super Hyperactive Ninja – Multi –Nestrogen - 01:15:03

07: Jeshua Lack Music Block

Timestamps (Including Introduction): 01:15:44 - 01:40:07

Runtime (including introduction): 24:23

Timestamps (Music Block-Only): 01:19:12 - 01:40:07

Runtime (Music Block-Only): 20:55

Number of Tracks: 10

Emceed by: St. John

Intro Runtime: 03:28

Track Selection by: Jeshua Lack

Produced by: St. John

Run-Order by: St. John

Originally Produced in: 2018

Intro - 01:15:44

a)Ending – Sonic 2 – Genesis – Masato Nakamura – 01:19:12

b)In-Game Theme – Adventures of Lolo – NES – HidekiKanazashi – 01:20:25

c)Stage Theme 1 – Dino Riki – NES – Takeaki Kunimoto – 01:22:17

d)Bridge 05 – Hack Sign – PS2 –Norikatsu Fukuda – 01:25:10

e)Spider Dance – Undertale – multi – Toby Fox – 01:25:54

f)Prologue – Shining Force – Genesis – Masahiko Yoshimura – 01:29:46

g)Save Room – Resident Evil 2 – PS1 – Masami Ueda – 01:31:00

h)Primal Eyes – Parasite Eve – PS1 – Yoko Shimomura – 01:32:50

i)Time's Scar – Chrono Cross – PS1 – Yasunori Mitsuda – 01:34:57

j)Casino – Sonic 2 – Genesis – MasatoNakmura – 01:37:18

08: Electric Boogaloo Music Block

Timestamps (Including Introduction): 01:40:07 - 02:20:42

Runtime (including introduction): 40:35

Timestamps (Music Block-Only): 01:44:13 - 02:20:42

Runtime (Music Block-Only): 36:29

Number of Tracks: 13 (Most of the Day)

Emceed by: Trey

Intro Runtime: 04:06

Track Selection by: Electric Boogaloo

Produced by: St. John

Run-Order by: St. John

Originally Produced in: 2018

Intro - 01:40:07

a)Paint Dance (Menu Music 4) – NBA Live 98 – Multi –Traz Damji - 01:44:13

b)Try 2 Luv U – DDRMAX2 - PS2 – Sota Fujimori - 01:47:15

c)Introducing Challenge – Cosmic Smash – Arcade / Dreamcast – Kazunori Ito, Todd Okawa, Toshi Masuda, and/orKeitarou Hanada – 01:48:31

d)Ruined Paths – Gravity Rush – PS4 /PSVita – Kohei Tanaka - 01:50:56

e)Freezing Moment – Hover Racing – PS1 – Hiroaki Omori and/or Tooru Kawakami - 01:54:20

f)Valley of Autumn – Rapid River – Arcade – Yoshie Arakawa - 01:56:16

g)Prime #5 –Echochrome – PSP / PS3 – Hideki Sakamoto - 01:59:16

h)Eternal Move –Spindizzy II – X68000 – Toshiya Yamanaka and/or Tetsuya Nakano - 02:02:31

i)BGM 5 –Blockout – Arcade – Unknown - 02:07:13

j)Kinchu(Main Menu) – Hot Shots Golf – PS1 – Motoi Sakuraba - 02:09:35

k)Hanglider– Pilotwings 64 – N64 – Dan Hess - 02:12:59

l)Reach for the Top (Clay Court) – Windjammers – Neo Geo CD –Seiichi Hamada, Tomoyoshi Sato, and/or Masaki Iwasaki - 02:15:54

m)Girl of Power - Border Down – Arcade / Dreamcast – Yasuhisa Watanabe - 02:18:07

09: Amber Pearey Music Block

Timestamps (Including Introduction): 02:20:41 - 03:01:34

Runtime (including introduction): 40:53

Timestamps (Music Block-Only): 02:24:19 - 03:01:34

Runtime (Music Block-Only): 37:15 (Longest of the Day)

Number of Tracks: 9

Emceed by: St. John

Intro Runtime: 03:38

Track Selection by: Amber Pearey

Produced by: St. John

Run-Order by: St. John

Originally Produced in: 2018

Intro - 02:20:41

a)Got Well Soon – Life Is Strange – Multi - Breton - 02:24:19

b)Build that Wall (Zia) – Bastion – Multi – Darren Korb - 02:29:07

c)Mother, I'm Here (Zulf) – Bastion – Multi – Darren Korb - 02:34:28

d)Mt Moon –Pokemon Red / Blue / Yellow – Gameboy – Junichi Masuda - 02:36:41

e)Lavender Town –Pokemon Red / Blue / Yellow – Gameboy – Junichi Masuda - 02:39:36

f) Koe – Fatal Frame 3 – PS2 – Ayako Toyoda - 02:42:30

g)Chou – Fatal Frame 2 –XBox – Ayako Toyoda - 02:47:56

h)Obstacles – Life Is Strange – Multi – Syd Matters - 02:53:34

i)To All of You – Life is Strange – Multi – Syd Matters - 02:56:55

10: Trey Johnson Music Block

Timestamps (Including Introduction / Outro…duction?): 03:01:34 - 03:20:16

Runtime (including introduction etc): 18:42

Timestamps (Music Block-Only): 03:03:23 - 03:19:28

Runtime (Music Block-Only): 16:05

Number of Tracks: 5

Emceed by: Trey [and “Deku Scrub”]

Intro 1 Runtime: 01:20

Intro 2 Runtime: 00:27

Outro Runtime: 00:50

Total Intro/outro Runtime: 02:37

Track Selection by: Trey Johnson

Produced by: St. John

Run-Order by: Trey Johnson

Originally Produced in: 2018

Intro 1 - 03:01:34

Intro 2 - 03:02:55

a)To Break the Curse (Past) – The Messenger – Multi –Rainbowdragoneyes - 03:03:23

b)Signs of Love – Shin Megami Tensei Persona 4 – PS2 –Shouji Meguro - 03:07:08

c)Battle –Pokemon Sun and Moon – 3DS - Hitomi Sato, Go Ichinose, and/or GAME FREAK - 03:10:03

d)Section 2 BGM – Silver Surfer – NES – Tim and/or Geoff Follin - 03:12:45

e)Sunshine Coastline – Ys VIII:Lacrimosa of Dana – Multi – Hayato Sonoda, and/or Takahiro Unisuga - 03:16:15

Outro - 03:19:25

11: Outro

Timestamps: 03:20:16 - 03:30:06

Runtime: 09:50

Emceed by: Trey and St. John

12: Blooper Reel

Timestamps: 03:30:04 - 03:39:08

Runtime: 09:04

Featuring: Trey and St. John

Total Episode Runtime: 03:39:08

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Background Music – during speaking portions (tracks selected and extended by St. John in 2020):

01 Intro: In-Game Theme – Lunar Battle – iOS / Android – Unknown

02 Vaughn: 5AM – Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Switch -

Yasuaki Iwata, Yumi Takahashi, Shinobu Nagata, Sayako Doi, and/or Masato Ohashi

03 Barks: Kara Kara Bazaar (Desert Oasis) – LoZ: Breath of the Wild – WiiU / Switch – Hajime Wakai, Manaka Kataoka, and/or Yasuaki Iwata

04 Randazzo: Shinto Shrine – Tobal No. 1 – PS1 – Masashi Hamauzu

05 Huisman: Ninja Theme 4 – 198X – Multi – Yuzo Koshiro

06 Nestrogen: Sector 4 (AQA): Aquatic Level Control Zone – Metroid Fusion – GBA – Minako Hamano and/or Akira Fujiwara

07 Lack: Overflow – Streets of Rage 4 – Multi – Groundislava

08 Boogaloo: Jungle – Wolfchild – Genesis – c: Martin Iveson / a: Matt Furniss

09 Peary: Sakado Shops – Zelda: Wand of Gamelon – CD-i – William Havlicek and/or Tony Trippi

10 Johnson: Legacy [Episode 3 Town Square Edit] – Saturday Morning RPG – Multi – Vince DiCola

11 Outro: Results Theme – Metroid Prime – GameCube – Kenji Yamamoto

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A very special thanks to Trey Johnson of Nintendomain and W.A.R.T. Radio for joining me for this very special episode! You can find Trey and the gang’s shows at www.nintendomainpodcast.com, nintendomain.libsyn.com, or https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nintendomain/id1055861408, as well as on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Final Production produced using Ardour 6 / Audacity 2.42 in Ubuntu Studio 21.10. Elements produced before April 2020 produced instead in GarageBand on macOS, and 2020 production elements produced using earlier versions of Ardour and Ubuntu Studio.

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