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To celebrate the 7th Anniversary of The Overnightscape, I have launched a new website: FrankNora.com
On this site, you can listen to my entire radio archive in a convenient, web-based player – all of The Overnightscape, The Rampler, The Overnightscape Underground, and a whole lot more! There’s never been an easier way to listen to the archive – which currently stands at 1,865 tracks with 1,618 hours of audio (67.4 days).
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I came up with the idea for The Overnightscape on Thursday, March 13, 2003. I was on my way home from work in NYC, riding the PATH train back to NJ. Here’s exactly what I wrote on my Palm Pilot:
3/13/03 6:54 pm
non-meta half-hour talk show, just me
3/13/03 7:03 pm
the overnightscape
nightscans
I went home, set up my recording system, and started recording the show at around 9:55 PM – less than 3 hours after I wrote down my idea for the show and its name (wow, just think, it could have been called Nightscans…) What I recorded was The Overnightscape Beta #1 – the first of two test shows I did before releasing the first official episode two weeks later.
Hear these and all the rest on FrankNora.com!
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After a bit of chaos in the past few years, The Overnightscape has evolved into The Overnightscape Underground – still essentially the same, but with a slightly different configuration.
It’s been 7 years, and the pleasantly insane rambling is still going strong – and getting more insane all the time!!!
Enjoy the archive!
Calling All Listeners (12/6/09) 23.9 (1:05:15 / 60 MB)
The Overnightscape Underground – December 2009 – Track 9
“Your Late Night Broadcast” online at onsug.com
Created by Frank Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com) in New Jersey, USA
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Frank in The Overnightscape Studio. Sending out a transmission on all channels – letting former listeners know that things are continuing on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com… search “onsug” on iTunes / iPhone to subscribe). History of the shows, snow, Artisan Market, church basement, Bye-Bye Box, bands, creativity, playing games and watching videos, to-do list, The Young Ones, Oban single malt Scotch, audio clip from government video “Safety Series: Offenders and Defendants with Mental Disorders” (2005), The Weather Channel int he old days, FedFlix collection, coverage of “The Decade” in the magazine Entertainment Weekly, Y2K bug, 9/11. economic crash, Beyonce, Harry Potter, Pixar, old and out of touch, Polish candy review (Solidarnosc Plum in Chocolate), The Rampler on WFMU, Japanese pen review (Tombow Airpress), bubble gum review (Hubba Bubba Glop – Strawberry Gush), Pinball Corner (Vector (Bally, 1982), Bazooka Joe memories, Second Life, Rustic Soaps, After Dark, and please continue.
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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 Frank Edward Nora – more info at onsug.com
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The Overnightscape Underground – September 2009 – Track 2
“Your Late Night Broadcast” online at onsug.com
Created by Frank Edward Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com) in New Jersey, USA
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37:35 / 34.7 MB -Frank in The Overnightscape Studio in Northern New Jersey, with an announcement about the future of his various radio shows. Here’s a basic overview of what’s going on:
The Rampler with Frank Edward Nora (on WFMU) will continue.
The Overnightscape Underground will continue.
OnsugBox is nearing completion.
The Overnightscape and The Rampler are now ended, and will not continue. However, just about everything that these shows represent is being continued on the WFMU show and in the Underground.
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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 Frank Edward Nora – more info at onsug.com
The Rampler is now a regular weekly show on WFMU!
Tonight at 2:00 AM (the early morning of Saturday, June 27, 2009) is the official premiere of my show “The Rampler with Frank Edward Nora” on WFMU.
This comes after a lot of hard work, first doing a number of test shows, and then doing three fill-in shows on the air, over the past few months.
The show is a combination of NYC street recordings, just like the regular Rampler, and also me live in studio – somewhat reminiscent of The Overnightscape (I may even use a MadPlayer!)
The show is going to be on for the next 16 weeks on WFMU’s Summer Schedule, with the last show of the Summer being on October 10. After that, it is quite possible the show will continue on WFMU, but not guaranteed.
HOW TO LISTEN
You can listen over the radio airwaves in the NYC area on 91.1 FM. It is also broadcast on WMFU (90.1 FM) in Mount Hope, upstate New York. And of course, it will be streamed live at WFMU.org.
The interactive playlist will be active, where you can leave comments and chat with everyone. Just go to WFMU.org when the show is on for a link to the playlist.
I will also be experimenting with streaming live video on UStream at this link: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/rampler
The videos will be recorded for viewing anytime.
I also plan on taking phone calls, though probably a little later in the show.
Here is the page for The Rampler on WFMU. Once the show is complete, it will be archived there. I also plan on releasing an archive here on ONSUG.
See you all tonight!!
I will be on the air on WFMU for the third time, tomorrow night/Sat. morning (4/25/09) from 2:00 AM to 6:00 AM, New Jersey time. I will be filling in for “Zzzzzzero Hour with Bill Mac”.
You can listen over the radio airwaves in the NYC area on 91.1 FM. It is also broadcast on WXHD (90.1 FM) in Mount Hope, upstate New York. And of course, it will be streamed live at WFMU.org.
The interactive playlist will be active, where you can leave comments. Just go to WFMU.org when the show is on for a link to the playlist.
Though it was a bit tricky last time, I do plan on taking phone calls again, at some point during the show.
Hope to see you all there!!!
(Here is the page for The Rampler on WFMU. Once the show is complete, it will be archived here.)
I will be on the air on WFMU for the second time, tomorrow night/Sat. morning (4/4/09) from 2:00 AM to 6:00 AM, New Jersey time. I will be filling in for “Zzzzzzero Hour with Bill Mac”.
You can listen over the radio airwaves in the NYC area on 91.1 FM. It is also broadcast on WXHD (90.1 FM) in Mount Hope, upstate New York. And of course, it will be streamed live at WFMU.org.
The interactive playlist will be active, where you can leave comments. Just go to WFMU.org when the show is on for a link to the playlist.
I do plan on taking phone calls at some point during the 4 hour show, as well.
Hope to see you all there!!!
Here is the page for The Rampler on WFMU. Once the show is complete, it will be archived here.
Six years ago today, I had already done two “Beta” versions of The Overnightscape (on March 13, 2003 and March 20, 2003). On March 27, 2003, I did the very first official episode of the show… The Overnightscape #1 (hear it here).
So, this Friday, March 27, 2009, will be the 6th Anniversary of The Overnightscape. But this year things are a little different…
Doing The Overnightscape is very time-consuming. Often, I will spend an entire weekend working on the show. This became ingrained in my lifestyle and it has detracted from the rest of my life in many ways. This is coupled with the fact that even with all the effort, the show has only achieved a moderate success, in terms of audience and recognition.
In light of this, last August I began an experiment to see if there would be a way to do The Overnightscape in a way that would not have such an impact on my life. Thus began The Rampler.
The idea was to record in NYC during my walk back and forth from the Port Authority Bus Terminal to my job on 3rd Ave. The idea was to record and then release, with no post-production at all. The MP3 file recorded on the Edirol R-09 was the file that was released. All that would be needed would be to add tags to the MP3 file.
So I started this experiment, and it took off in a way I never imagined. Whereas the show is essentially the same as The Overnightscape, The Rampler became an exciting new variation on the theme for me.
In the seven months since The Rampler began, things have been changing. Slowly, I have been moving toward de-emphasising the studio aspect of my Internet radio show work. This was the original intent behind the development of The Rampler.
But… the original idea was that at some point, once the experiment was proven a success, “The Rampler” name would be retired, and it would be renamed “The Overnightscape”… thus The Overnightscape would continue on in this new form, with less of an impact on my life. However, The Rampler became something very distinct and new and unique…
So, The Rampler will remain The Rampler. This leaves the fate of The Overnightscape somewhat uncertain. Certainly, I am not going to be doing The Overnightscape on a regular basis anymore. But I don’t know that it would need to be “shut down” either.
Right now, I am in the middle of this whole process. I know it might be kind of a “clean break” to end The Overnightscape on the 6th Anniversary. But that sounds so… severe. Especially in light of the fact that The Overnightscape lives on more vital than ever as The Rampler!!
So this is what I will be thinking about this week… exactly what to do with The Overnightscape.
Ultimately, The Rampler IS The Overnightscape. Just in a slightly different form.
I’m very excited about the further development of The Rampler… and I hope everyone comes along for the ride!!
Tonight is my first show on WFMU, called “The Rampler with Frank Edward Nora”. It’s a fill-in show – but hopefully I will be back to do more!
The show is tonight (Fri., Feb. 20, 2009) from 11:00 PM to 2:00 AM (New Jersey time). If you are in the Northern NJ/NYC you can tune in to 91.1 FM. Or, listen live online at http://wfmu.org/.
Also, there will be an interactive playlist that is kind of like a chatroom, and I will be checking comments during the show. Just click on “See Playlist and Comments” from the WFMU homepage to get in, once the show has started.
(In case you missed it, this show will be archived and available to hear, both on the WFMU site and also on The Overnightscape Underground.)
UPDATE:
Hear show show and read all the comments on WFMU here:
The Overnightscape and The Overnightscape Underground got kicked out of the iTunes Music Store. Though the feeds were working fine, a WordPress plugin I was using was blocking iTunes from accessing the feeds. I have fixed the problem and re-submitted the feeds to iTunes, so hopefully they will be back and functional soon.
I have a really bad cold and my voice is shot. So I won’t be doing any shows this weekend. But rest assured that The Overnightscape will continue.
Since the last episode of The Overnightscape, there has been a lot of new material released in The Overnightscape Underground.
I will be going live on the radio airwaves this Friday, February 20, from 11 PM to 2 AM, on WFMU, which broadcasts to New Jersey and New York City at 91.1 on the FM dial. You can listen live on the Internet at WFMU.org. The show will be called “The Rampler with Frank Edward Nora”. This is a fill-in slot – but I may be getting a weekly show this Summer. The show will be available as an archive from WFMU, and I plan on releasing it on The Overnightscape Underground as well. The show will feature segments of me walking around NYC, as well as me live in-studio.
So anyway, yes – this is probably going to be the longest delay between episodes of The Overnightscape ever – at least 3 weeks. But it shall return!!
Update 2/15/09: I did a show, so it’s only 2 weeks between shows!
Amazing. Absolutely amazing. This is one of the coolest things anyone has ever done. A video all about The Rampler by Andrea from Croatia. It makes me happy!!
I know I haven’t been doing too many episodes of The Overnightscape lately (more are coming soon)… but there’s a LOT of new stuff on The Overnightscape Underground One feature that I’m really excited about is “The Motor Excursion Ruffians #2″. It’s a road trip with my friend Peter down to Virginia, where we meet up with our friend Bryan. It was recorded on April 4-5, 2003 – right at the start of The Overnightscape (between episodes 4 and 5).
The crazy thing is, this 9-part, 8.5 hour show has never been heard by anyone – until now! I don’t know why it took me so long, but after nearly 6 years, it is finally available for you to listen to!
Here is Part 1. And you can find all 9 parts here. Plus, here a photo gallery of pictures from the adventure.
The Overnightscape Underground – Nov 08 is complete! The grand total is 60 tracks… 55 hours, 23 minutes, and 23 seconds…
I’ve been sick all weekend, so no new episodes of The Overnightscape right now. But there is a LOT of great new stuff in the Underground, so check it out!
New video from AndyKaufmanTV
We are trying to rescue The Overnightcase from Lauren from Pittsburgh.
The Overnightscape Underground – Day 5 is complete! Check it out!
I mentioned on The Overnightscape Underground that I was going to be voting for Frank Moore for president. He heard the show and contacted me, thanking me for my support. He also mentioned the idea of adding The Overnightscape to the lineup of his Internet Radio Station, Luver.com (Love Underground Visionary Revolution). I thought it was a great idea. So, The Overnightscape will now air on Luver 9:30pm-11:30pm on Fridays (Pacific Time). Check this page for info on how to tune in.
Thanks Frank!!
I made a few graphics for the show recently. First, I made a banner for the links page of the Legends and Champions podcast:
Also, I started a group on Facebook for The Overnightscape – come and join! Here is the graphic I made for it:
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