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The Overnightscape #781 (5/31/09) 12.33 (4:20:00 / 238 MB)
The Overnightscape Underground – May 2009 – Track 33
“Your Late Night Broadcast” online at onsug.com
Created by Frank Edward Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com) in New Jersey, USA
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Tonight’s subjects include: Recording the show all day long… snack and beverage reviews, etc…
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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 #780 (5/17/09) 12.21 (1:29:00 / 81.7 MB)
The Overnightscape Underground – May 2009 – Track 21
“Your Late Night Broadcast” online at onsug.com
Created by Frank Edward Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com) in New Jersey, USA
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Frank’s father, Frank Ralph Nora is on the show!
Tonight’s subjects include: Recent audio releases, haircut, baby raccoon, area code 779 in Illinois, area code 780 in Alberta, Repo Man, Thomas Dekker’s message about Terminator, Wolfram Alpha, “The Alzheimer’s Project”, “Anvil: The Story of Anvil”, Frank’s father, Frank Ralph Nora, on the phone… driving through Idaho, visiting Uncle Bob in Montana, Ron Paul, militias, George Ford sentencing, phobia of someone putting their seat back in front of you on an airplane, and The Hegelian Dialectic.
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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 #779 (5/9/09) 12.11 (1:24:00 / 77.1 MB)
The Overnightscape Underground – May 2009 – Track 11
“Your Late Night Broadcast” online at onsug.com
Created by Frank Edward Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com) in New Jersey, USA
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Tonight’s subjects include: First episode is a while, the studio trashed, calendar, statues, mushrooms, the testing of the phone system, The Rampler business cards, vodka reviews (“Skyy Infusions All Natural Cherry”, “Absolut Mango”), movie trailers, Andy Kaufman “The Greatest Story Ever”, review of the new Star Trek movie (spoiler alert!), Rush “The Weapon” live with Count Floyd, trying to view a multimedia CD-ROM magazine from 1995 called “Go Digital” but not having much luck, acid jazz, nudity, and Battletech.
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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

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.

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The Overnightscape #778 (3/29/09) 10.37 (1:36:00 / 88.1 MB)
The Overnightscape Underground – March 2009 – Track 37
“Your Late Night Broadcast” online at onsug.com
Created by Frank Edward Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com) in New Jersey, USA
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Tonight’s subjects include: Throwing out expired review items. Part 2 – finishing the job. ((more description coming))
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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 #777 (3/27/09) 10.34 (30:00 / 27.7 MB)
The Overnightscape Underground – March 2009 – Track 34
“Your Late Night Broadcast” online at onsug.com
Created by Frank Edward Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com) in New Jersey, USA
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Tonight’s subjects include: The Sixth Anniversary of The Overnightscape, Part 2 of 2 ((more description coming))
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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 #776 (3/26/09) 10.33 (30:00 / 27.8 MB)
The Overnightscape Underground – March 2009 – Track 33
“Your Late Night Broadcast” online at onsug.com
Created by Frank Edward Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com) in New Jersey, USA
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Tonight’s subjects include: The Sixth Anniversary of The Overnightscape, Part 1 of 2 ((more description coming))
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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

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!!

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The Overnightscape #775 (3/8/09) 10.8 (1:21:28 / 74.7 MB)
The Overnightscape Underground – March 2009 – Track 8
“Your Late Night Broadcast” online at onsug.com
Created by Frank Edward Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com) in New Jersey, USA
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Tonight’s subjects include: Throwing out expired review items. ((more description coming))
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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 #774 (3/1/09) 10.1 (2:30:00 / 137 MB)
The Overnightscape Underground – March 2009 – Track 1
“Your Late Night Broadcast” online at onsug.com
Created by Frank Edward Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com) in New Jersey, USA
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Tonight’s subjects include: Frank’s father, Frank Ralph Nora on the phone. ((more description coming))
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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

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:

http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/30438

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The Overnightscape #773 (2/15/09) 9.28 (57:00 / 52.3 MB)
The Overnightscape Underground – February 2009 – Track 28
“Your Late Night Broadcast” online at onsug.com
Created by Frank Edward Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com) in New Jersey, USA
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Tonight’s subjects include: Frank is still sick and his voice is shot, medicine review (“Buckley’s Cough Mixture”), ammonia, studio is a mess, disoriented, TV shows (“Terminator”, “Dollhouse”, “Heroes”), disturbing conspiracy theories, SSX3 on PS2, dnL, fever dreams, time travel, time sickness, WFMU, driving to Jersey City, iTunes, area code 773 in Chicago, pinball, germs, Laser Focus magazine, What is a Hologram?, Edmund Scientific Catalog, owning a laser, geniuses in the neighborhood, being smart and yet stupid at the same time, couscous and Trader Joe’s Indian Fare palak paneer, The Recent Dreams 2, Entertainment Weekly, the continued unnecessary use of “www” in URLs, Neil Gaiman, Gwyneth Paltrow, American Idol, Beanworld, comic books, dream (“Underground City”), a paparazzi on the bus, fake vintage guitars, guitar playing, and a tabula rasa.
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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 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!

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The Overnightscape #772 (2/1/09) 9.3 (1:54:00 / 104.5 MB)
The Overnightscape Underground – February 2009 – Track 3
“Your Late Night Broadcast” online at onsug.com
Created by Frank Edward Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com) in New Jersey, USA
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Tonight’s subjects include: The Super Bowl, The Terrible Towel, The Rampler, went back in time, going insane, Groundhog Day, memories of the future, area code 772 in Florida, The Overnightscape Underground, test show, WFMU, Howard Stern and Tetris, The Easy Winners, show art, dark yellow, beverage accessory review (“Teroforma Whisky Stones”), liquor review (“The Balvenie DoubleWood 12 Years Old”), Vermont Soapstone, the test (stones, ice, neat), taking a picture, alcohol, E-Z Pass, toll roads, personal freedoms, politics and conspiracies, mashed potato semi-review, Google meltdown, Barney Google, old comic strips, flea market, Michael Phelps smoking pot, drugs, caffeine, nicotine, alcohol, cigars, pipes, cigarettes, personal responsibility, degradation of the human spirit through ugly and meaningless modern art, blank paintings, vegetarian Italian sausage sandwich, IM from Eddie, Ashley Tisdale, Steelers, Birthday 1977, the song “Drunken Rampler” by J. Wiz, time travel, Super Bowl ads, Bob Dylan, John Belushi, people getting thrown out of windows, appeal of The Rampler, shoddy cartoon mouse with crappy flamethrower, arcade video game review (Pop Flamer (1982)), gadget review (Playaway audiobook of Neil Gaiman’s “Anansi Boys”), Tori Amos, Heroes, and eating some Eight O’ Clock Coffee.
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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 #771 (1/25/09) 8.48 (1:51:00 / 101 MB)
The Overnightscape Underground – January 2009 – Track 48
“Your Late Night Broadcast” online at onsug.com
Created by Frank Edward Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com) in New Jersey, USA
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Tonight’s subjects include: Had a nap, Tetris and Howard Stern, Tetris “The Grand Master” and Tetris controversies, super hot chili, Epson 770, show art, audio clipping, beverage review (Mountain Dew AMP Energy – “Overdrive” (cherry)), cliche website, BMX and snowboarding, yo mama battle, Starlog Magazine #18 (December 1978), Metagaming MicroGames, The Fantasy Trip, the magic feeling from 1978 to 1982, everything changed in 1983, Doctor Who, Star Wars, Galactigon 78, time travel, long defunct stores (“Supersnipe Comic Book Emporium”, “Warriors, Wizards & Robots”), old bookstores, gruff but lovable comic book store owners, the movie “Starcrash”, Starlost, food preview (“Reser’s Fine Foods – Potato Express – Red Skinned Mashed Potatoes”), beverage review (Mountain Dew AMP Energy – “Traction” (grape), “Relaunch” (orange)), maltodextrin, starch, “Mountain Dew” becomes “Mtn Dew”, Mountain Charge, “no heeling”, Frank’s new card game “Perfect Gambler” (a variant of Shufflin’ Jamboree), dice game Fonjo Foon, Tally-Ho Viper playing cards from Ellusionist.com, silver bar under bed, Teroforma Whisky Stones, Vermont Soapstone, RetailMeNot.com, coupon code, Entenmann’s candles, the cats climbing behind the drawers, chemtrails, Sonic the Hedgehog music project, Marble Garden Zone, snack review (“Dare Vinta Squares”), Roger Zelazny’s Amber series of books, Vinta Bayle, “The Great Book of Amber”, audio from the American Express Pavilion (an overview of the New York 1964-65 World’s Fair), time travel, and the egg that was at the fair.
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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 #770 (1/25/09) 8.47 (1:15:00 / 68.8 MB)
The Overnightscape Underground – January 2009 – Track 47
“Your Late Night Broadcast” online at onsug.com
Created by Frank Edward Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com) in New Jersey, USA
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Tonight’s subjects include: Desktop Neon fell, Number Gossip, the number 770 rings a bell somehow, history of the 770’s, exurbs, the 1000 hour mark, The Rampler, finding the exact 1000 hour mark in The Rampler #176, time math, imitating myself, IM from Eddie from Conspiracast in The Philippines, “Timothy”, homemeade vegetarian Egg McMuffin for second breakfast, third breakfast – cereal review (“Golden Crisps” (formerly known as “Super Sugar Crisp”), Sugar Bear, animation cel, Inramble, looking at different pieces of garbage, looking on YouTube, Sugar Bear’s enemies, eyebrow hair, code, dark yellow, Silk Soymilk Plus, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, the history and current status of TV Dinners, ZZ Top, memories of eating TV Dinners, Blender Magazine’s “The CD We’re Totally Gay For”, The Coffee Disaster, horseshoe, Caribou Coffee Granola Bars, dirty microphone, Pepsico rebranding, Mountain Dew Voltage, Carbona Stain Devils, dream book “Lotion & Belle”, relish stains, annoying environmentalism, “green” mania, global warming, the Ecology Flag from the 70s, and the edge of consciousness.
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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 #769 (1/25/09) 8.46 (1:04:00 / 58.7 MB)
The Overnightscape Underground – January 2009 – Track 46
“Your Late Night Broadcast” online at onsug.com
Created by Frank Edward Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com) in New Jersey, USA
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Tonight’s subjects include: Area code 769 in Mississippi (made a mistake last episode – 768 is actually unassigned), been two weeks since the last episode, Pop-Tarts, breakfast review (Nature’s Path Organic Frosted Toaster Pastries – Cherry Pomegran”), H.W. Kellogg’s sick ideas on masturbation, listener email from the past (Dan, March 2005), upsetting people, coffee, New England EyeOpener Blend, coffee grinder, Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Covered Espresso Beans, eating some ground coffee, layoffs at Starbucks, expensive coffee, snow in the United Arab Emirates, show art, what’s been going on in The Overnightscape Underground, The Rampler, WFMU, gimmicks, what is creativity?, context and perceived audience, old school cereals, Cocoa Krispies ChocoNilla, Snap Krackle Pop, cereal characters, Cinna-Graham Honey-Combs, YouTube recommended? videos, music video “Nothing Natural” by Lush, Miki Berenyi, creativity, a taste of fame, Doctor Who, The Honeycomb Hideout, doing research on Sugar Bear in the supermarket, Super Sugar Crisp, Golden Crisp, Sugar Smacks, Dig ‘Em Frog, Super Sugar Crisp commercial, obscure and dirty Atari 2600 games, Postopia.com, Fruity Pebbles, The Flintstones, Post Cereals, inventing cereal, Postum, and getting sick.
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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 #768 (1/11/09) 8.19 (1:30:00 / 82.5 MB)
The Overnightscape Underground – January 2009 – Track 19
“Your Late Night Broadcast” online at onsug.com
Created by Frank Edward Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com) in New Jersey, USA
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Tonight’s subjects include: Area code 768 in Mississippi, pagers, fax machines, cellphones, pronunciation of “Nevada”, October 2008 issue of Esquire Magazine with the world’s first e-ink cover, vitamins, kona blend, Adam Ant, male fragrances, plastic bag incident, remembering the long-lost Manhattan restaurant chain “Emerald Planet”, the video game sounds effects in “The Wrestler”, Nintendo, glory days, Atari 2600 games (Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, Ms. Pac-Man), Sente arcade video game music (Stocker, Mini-Golf, Gimme A Break, Name That Tune), Maple Leaf Rag, Cleopatra’s Fortune, Beatles songs in Name That Tune, Mr. Sasha the Cat, drinking some Macallan 12 year old single malt Scotch whisky right out of the bottle, losing it, decadence, random games on MAME (Macho Mouse, Star Gladiator II, The King of Fighters 2000), the bouncing cheat, notes from the supermarket, The Sentinal Cookie Collection, World Harbors Buccaneer Blends, Frank in 2000, the old song “Fra Diavolo”, Cherry 7 Up Antioxidant, Dr. Robert, Night Lightning Teeball, Alanis Morissette, DokoDrop, Tropicana rebranding, Weekly World News insert in The Sun, and a little more whisky.
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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 #767 (1/11/09) 8.18 (1:13:00 / 66.9 MB)
The Overnightscape Underground – January 2009 – Track 18
“Your Late Night Broadcast” online at onsug.com
Created by Frank Edward Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com) in New Jersey, USA
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Tonight’s subjects include: Countdown to Mercury Retrograde, Holly from Land of the Lost, sound effect, Google’s new favicon, existing and proposed pictures and things on the walls of The Overnightscape, Contemporary Resort, popcorn sign, three grandparents, Lost, Star Castle and Moon Patrol marquees, horseshoe, the drunk painting, Little Nemo comics, Doo Dads, a bag of nasty little cookies, snack review (“B. Lloyd’s Cajun Premium Sweet Salty and Hot Mixed Nuts”), neon signs, time travel, a map of the 1939 New York World’s Fair, opening a mysterious package from New Mexico, another mask from The Andy Kaufman Press Conference, TheNathanMcCoy on Twitter, a guide to getting MAME (Multi Arcade Machine Emulator), Firefox laserdisc game, Congo Bongo, food review (Lamb Weston Home Browns (microwavable hash browns)), snow, area code 767 in The Commonwealth of Dominica, the world’s second largest boiling lake, parrots, Boeing 767. and reciting all the items that are in the review box on the cassette deck.
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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