The Overnightscape

The Overnightscape

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The Overnightscape episodes

  • The Overnightscape 2306 – Clown Cars & Pocket Machines (3/6/26)

    1:44:22 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Waiting for the snow to melt, Florida, the cats, gave up on Best Guess Live, TextSavvy, California Fantasy Lies, hippo dream, sun trash synchronicity, The Firesign Theatre, Dope Humor of the Seventies, Duke of Madness Motors, Clown Cars & Pocket Machines, thought experiments, time travel, flat tire, combined washer dryer, Rave Racer (Namco, 1995) on Switch 2, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:03:44)… Phone Song by Kekernon [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], Javagore by Javagore [Dogmazic, CC BY-NC-SA 2.5], Plateau Video Rule Set (1991) [YouTube], Herculoids 1 [collection], Behind the Wheel by Doug Rice [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], I Don’t Want to Get Married (I’m Having Too Much Fun) by Billy Murray & Ed Smalle (1925) [Archive.org, public domain], Every Day by Guitari [collection], lets play secret book.wav by tim.kahn [Freesound, CC BY 3.0], Clara Bow Sends A Message [YouTube], La estrella de Fomalhaut by Jaime Heras [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Bronson Pinchot on Good Morning, America – 12/30/87 [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

    1 hr 45 min
  • The Overnightscape 2305 – Then & Now (3/4/26)

    4:10:47 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: SpaceX rocket launch – will I see it from my darkened kitchen?, a day and a night later, lunar eclipse, sound of the distant highway, the walk to the bus stop, Iran, snacks, Port Authority Bus Terminal, Gate 209, deeper narratives, The Firesign Theatre, next day, Peggle Nights, Then & Now, The Addams Family Musical: School Edition, hanging out at a diner late into the night, Tape Land 195 – Thoughts on OSOA (11/9/02), Perfect Gambler, Get Carter (1971), Oral Unit, microSong Challenge, Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game, AI show notes fail, National Lampoon Radio Hour, If You Had Wings Film Clip, W.C. Fields blacklight poster, more Firesign Theatre stuff, weird vision, it’s a server in a desert, Gnosticism, pondering the inponderable, pandering to a small audience, Night Minerals, Richard Nixon, “just pretend I wasn’t home”, Stuff Yer Face, New Brunswick, NJ, first house I lived in was torn down in 2017, Kraan, TextSavvy with Scott Rogowsky, meta-schtick, Of Raving Warpings, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 3:30:17)… God Hates Penguins by MyVirtualBand Members [MyVirtualBand, CC BY 2.0], karina 02 abril 2007 [YouTube], Night Hole Breakers by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], You Don’t Know Jack Volume 2 [collection], My Cosy Corner Girl by Billy Murray (1904) [Archive.org, public domain], D’Cuckoo Live PPC_2 [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

    4 hr 11 min
  • The Overnightscape 2304 – O… Snug! (2/26/26)

    3:02:03 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Owls as cartoon characters, Tape Land 148 – Early Echoes Fusing (1988), Video Loaf, Claymation, Slant, AI, O… Snug!, AI show notes (for The Overnightscape 827: Muskington VR (10/17/11)), new archive strategy, Nirvana, In Bloom music videos, dancers in rock bands in the early 90s, Dead At 21 (1994), Adam Scott, article about shows on MTV from 1994, the history of cable television, disorganization, Obliviana Super Occult Amusement, Tape Land 194 – On Noyage: Part 2 (+ dreams) (2/21/90), Pebbleswitch, living in a daydream, Mrs. Claus dream, Kamek dream, hot sauce packets, haircut, Room 2304, Din Tai Fung, Carrie-Anne Moss, State of the Union, politics, Rush Limbaugh, Bob Grant, deterioration, “it’s all so tiresome”, hedge recovery, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:21:14)… CNBC from Podcast Expo 2005 [YouTube], Raeggaebirds by Reggaeneration [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], CB Radio is anyone out there? by Brad Detchevery [Archive.org, CC BY 2.5], Finally!!! Morgan’s Tarot review!!! [YouTube], Stuttering John interviews Billy Crystal [collection], SHOWTIME promos (Thursday, May 24th 1984) [YouTube], Titina (1925) by Billy Murray (1925) [Archive.org, public domain], The Child by Doug Rice [Rainbowland, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Mutual 1939 – Attempt to broadcast to Mars [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

    3 hr 3 min
  • The Overnightscape 2303 – Snowmageddon Perspective (2/24/26)

    2:15:20 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Snowmageddon Perspective, angry snow, a massive tree branch fell, next day, hedge damage, snow plans, timelapse video, Alamo Drafthouse controversies, commercial deterioration, Yonkers Dandy, Mazenweed and The Puppets of the Van, listener email (Becky from California), arcade synchronicity, San Bernadino, Blue Oyster Cult, Bugonia (2025), conspiracy theories, Iron Maiden – Somewhere in Time (1986), Alexander the Grape, If You Had Wings Film Clip, Gallagher auction, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:34:47)… Five Nine Seven Eight by Virt [Ubiktune, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Way Back In Colon Town by Billy Murray (1907) [Archive.org, public domain], HBO promos, 2/27/1988 [archive.org], Don’t Fall Asleep by The Sunshine Factory [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], TVOntario Bits and Bytes intro 1983 [YouTube], My Love by The Sunshine Factory [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Drunken Sailor by Roger McGuinn [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Summer School (1987) (Trailer) [YouTube], Chatting About Meditative Music [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-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

    2 hr 16 min
  • The Overnightscape 2302 – Office Chair Wheel Phantasie (2/20/26)

    2:24:11 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Star Wars, General Veers, Blake’s 7, Super 8mm films, rain, pinball art, pu-erh tea, news from Britain, Slant, tariffs, garage dream, moon dream, Office Chair Wheel Phantasie, bus observations, The Mandalorian and Grogu trailer, Jing Soda, picture books, The Flight of Dragons by Peter Dickinson (1979), Mythopoeikon by Patrick Woodroffe (1976), Unicorn by Tyrannosaurus Rex (1969), Chariots of Silk Cat Black (The Wizard’s Hat), Budgie, tricky trays, Now of Now – a new show on Onsug, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:43:35)… Good Night by Radioactive.Cake [Ektoplazm, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Ridiculous Fortune by Fuzzy Daupner [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], The New Sound Of Music 1979 (part 4) (excerpt) [YouTube], Filler by Jon Logan [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Melody Canyon by Büromaschinen [Upitup Records, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Night Cave by Kevin MacLeod [incompetech.com, CC BY 3.0], Googy-oo by Ada Jones & Billy Murray (1909) [Archive.org, public domain], SEGA “Galileo Factory” [YouTube], Mini Tarot Cards by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY 4.0], Fox Valley Center – “Antique Showcase” (Commercial, 1983) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Black Paint by Garmisch Partenkirchen [blocSonic, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], The Happy Hugger (Commercial Offer, 1980) [FuzzyMemories.TV], GO!GO!GO! by Emerald Park [blocSonic, CC BY-NC-ND 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

    2 hr 25 min
  • The Overnightscape 2301 – Seaboardesque (2/17/26)

    2:45:22 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Rock boat, Livingston No. 331, chronoscopes, timelines theory, is it all stories, explanations, computer backup, flash drive and SSD prices have increased dramatically, snow melting, nut.com order, macadamia nuts, Thomas Dolby, new music for the cars, Howard the Duck (1986), The Warp Subheadquarters, Weird Little Highway, Tape Land 193 – The Audio Field Trip Zero (10/20/01), Snow Crash (1992), new eyeglasses (Oakley Sway Bar 0.5), Slant from Simon Tatham’s Portable Puzzle Collection, wheels dream, digital watch, Seaboardesque, AI, Round 1 at Menlo Park Mall, opening ceremony, TextSavvy, upcoming trips, Zope Comics at https://franknora.com/stash/Last_Obliviana_Site/content/obliviana/ZopeTV/001/index_001.htm, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:04:42)… Cosmos: War of the Planets (excerpt 27) [Archive.org, public domain], Erica Ehm in Much Environment. [YouTube], Gentlemen Without Weapons Interview [YouTube], MST3K on The Comedy Channel (4/14/90) (Break 4) [YouTube], ABC’s Wide World of Entertainment Promo [TV Obscurities], Too Much Mustard by Polar Lion (using midi from pianola.co.nz) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], X’s & O’s (Bally, 1984) [PinMAME], Micronauts Rocket Tubes By Mego (Commercial, 1979?) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Devil’s Darning Needle by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY 4.0], Chat with John Lennon (12/12/68, BBC Radio 1 “Night Ride with John Peel) [collection], Metropolis Street Racer | 100.4 THE UNDERGROUND (excerpt) [YouTube], Freckles by Billy Murray (1919) [Archive.org, public domain], Carl Sagan introduces the library of Alexandria [YouTube], Bravoesque by Copper Man [collection], The Evil Farm (Episode 2 “Cop”) [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

    2 hr 46 min
  • The Overnightscape 2300 – Look Around, It’s Been Here For Awhile (2/13/26)

    4:10:33 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: A phantom EPCOT, pinball auction, new time travel method, The Peripheral (2022), Kick-Ass (2010), health concern update, Kick Man (1981), Sinistar (1982), Voltan Escapes Cosmic Doom (1979), more on the time travel idea, conspiracy theories, Look Around, It’s Been Here For Awhile, the pinball auction is live, I won “The Bally Game Show Pinball Machine Original Sketches, Color Designs, & Production Art Lot of 9 (Bally, 1990)”, AI, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 3:29:48)… WMAQ Channel 5 – NewsCenter5 – “ElectroNewsMusik” (Ending, 1976) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Pioneer Express by Jennifer Avalon [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Nite-Owl [FuzzyMemories.TV], history of Cineplex Odeon Theatres–Coming Attractions (1985-1997) (excerpt) [YouTube], Meta-Ph-List (1997) (excerpt) [collection], The Fantastic Food Factory [YouTube], Video Devil Jr. Station ID #1 (3/3/01) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Oral Unit by Arbo Sako [FreeMusicArchive, public domain], Repo Man TV Version – Shove Off [collection], Pulse FM advertising [via Webm8 productions], NBC Fantastic Journey promo 1977 [YouTube], Take Us To The Nearest Starbase by Astrometrics [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC 4.0], TV Guide commercial 09-07-79 [YouTube], That’s the Fellow I Want to Get by Billy Murray (1910) [Archive.org, public domain], WFLD Channel 32 – Newstalk with Wanda Wells – “Psychology and the Vote” (Part 1, 1984) (excerpt) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Mazenweed 1 [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

    4 hr 11 min
  • The Overnightscape 2299 – Swisspassported (2/11/26)

    2:15:14 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Crazy winter, on Sunday some of my pipes froze and one burst, circuit breaker, AI getting much more capable, version history, bus mishaps, transit meltdowns, new socks (Bombas), new glasses (Oakley Sway Bar 0.5), Super Bowl, Pokemon ad, K-Pop, Bad Bunny, politics, Swisspassported, the Phish subreddit, TIFU, Sanford & Son, Device Ember, Roger Excoffon, Excoffon Book, Cassandre font, pinball auction, Tape Land 192 – Poison Liqueur & Witchcraft Magazines (11/9/01), Stormtoon, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:34:29)… WFLD Channel 32 – The Three Stooges – “Uncivil Warriors” (Commercial Break #3, 1978) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Oodles Of Noodles (Commercial, 1979) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Ultraverse Commercials (Firearm, Prime, Hardcase, Wrath) [YouTube], Still Stuck by Asaguare [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], E07 Travel by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY 4.0], Up In a Cocoanut Tree by Billy Murray (1903) [Archive.org, public domain], Rat Music / The Chair (from The Compleat Polarized Worlds (Summer 1985)) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], GTE PHONE COMMERCIAL Perry Como Special 1975 (excerpt) [YouTube], Rainmaker Jam by August West (Live at Main Stage Hemp Fest II – The Hempire Strikes Back!!! on 2010-07-10) [Archive.org], Brown 2nd Fun & Wrestling (11/9/85) (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

    2 hr 16 min
  • The Overnightscape 2298 – Vino (2/6/26)

    2:35:38 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Completely random memories, Aeron chair lottery, Say Say Say – Villains & Vigilantes association, BASIC game you type into your computer, Gatorgum, There, Royal Crown Draft Premium Cola, winter continues, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Winter Olympics, Super Bowl, health concern update, Internet radio / podcast shock jock type shows I used to know (NHB Radio, Hate the Radio, MAACP), Anything But Monday Show, Vino, Bullock’s Fashion Island, Rad Mobile, Gale Racer, The Muppet Show, Blakes 7, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:55:18)… Rock: It’s Your Decision (1982) (excerpt) [YouTube], Mark and Darrell Show Survival Guide Episode 5 (10/26/04) [OpenPodcast.org], The Coffee Pioneers by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, public domain], Riding NYC Subway Car Sound [soundbible.com, public domain], Oldskool video jingle by jobro [Freesound, CC BY-NC 3.0], Faah-Roh by Tevellus [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Advert for Innocence [via Webm8 productions], Buckaroo Banzai 1984 Deleted Opening Scene [Archive.org], Fisher-Price Fire Station (Commercial, 1980) [FuzzyMemories.TV], In Timbuctoo (1905) by Billy Murray [Archive.org, public domain], Workout Video Logos [YouTube], Go To Shoe Town [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], 1982 dodge rampage commercial [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

    2 hr 36 min
  • The Overnightscape 2297 – Palace Rumpus Mask (2/3/26)

    2:05:44 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Snowfall aftermath, black cherry spill, Pure Prairie League, Cocteau Twins, YouTube Music, Men Without Hats, interdimensional travel, The Fixx, Freudiana, The Alan Parsons Project, Gentlemen Without Weapons, 100 Worst Characters of All Time, Premiere League Football, Laff-A-Lympics updates, Palace Rumpus Mask, the pandemic, frog dream update, Mr. Rogers, The Muppet Show, Against the ’70s, Bob Grant, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:25:16)… Going Astray (Original Radio Edit) by Domenico Pandolfo aka TheTranceMaster [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], The Dominion commercial [collection], H8 U by LukHash [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], The Fonz Pinball (Commercial, 1977) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Texas Foxtrot by Polar Lion (using midi from pianola.co.nz) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Shogun Warriors and Godzilla from Mattel (Commercial, 1978) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Across the Danube by John Philip Sousa (performed by “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band) [public domain], 1975 Mattel Sunshine Family Pets and Their World set TV commercial [YouTube], In a Year or So (The Glass Web) by Thee Stag Knights [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Chap Stick Lip Treat Flavor Gloss with Suzy Chapstick (Commercial, 1979) [FuzzyMemories.TV], I Luv Ronald McDonald by The Sbirros [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], The Games of Starcade – Astron Belt [YouTube], I Sent My Wife to the 1000 Isles by Billy Murray (1916) [Archive.org, public domain], 1974 – PeopleMover Tour – Go Go Goodyear [collection], Telemann – Fantasy in C (perfomed by Paul Arden-Taylor) [Musopen, public domain], Anton advert 2 [via Webm8 productions], Nawal’s Song by Roy Smiles [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], Commercial the doll dawn 1970 ‘ s [YouTube], Electric Garden by SuperNova [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 2.5].

    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

    2 hr 6 min

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