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3:02:52 – Frank in New Jersey and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Listening party later today at Rough Trade Below in Rockefeller Center for the new Boards of Canada album Inferno, “You Look Mabus”, religion, showbiz, 1979, Backrooms (2026), visions, Gravity’s Rainbow, constructed world, higher dimensional geometry, the template of experiential cognition, the difficult lunch, X-12 video version, Arcane Parkways, Onsug book organization, heading up to the event, The Strawberry Alarm Clock, Rockefeller Center, toy store, the event, after the event, walking down 49th Street, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:21:52)… ALL ABOUT YOU – WHAT HOLDS YOU UP? (1974) (excerpt) [YouTube], Fear Is Nothing New by Jim Guittard [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Tobacco and the Bicentennial [Archive.org], You’re With A Creep by Protomartyr [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Middlesix – The Lost Missile (1958) [Archive.org], Laut und Bunt by Zehntausend Deutschmarks [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], Zithro to the Max by Shnabubula [Ubiktune, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Introspection Trilogy – Part 1 by Eidolon [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Northern Winds by Brady Arnold [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Down By the Winegar Woiks by Billy Murray & Aileen Stanley (1925) [Archive.org, public domain].

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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3:01:59 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Candy review (Dr Pepper Cotton Candy, A&W Root Beer Cotton Candy), Boards of Canada & Inferno, Hare Krishna synchronicity, organizing Onsug, The Amazing Digital Circus, Dungeon Crawler Carl, stop motion animation, Mad God (2021), archive news, dish-wallahs article, the experiential factor, Where’s My Fortune Cookie? by Phil Proctor & Brad Schreiber, trash bag and fortune cookie incident, human aspects, having to go back to high school dream, “Owl, jester and robot in diner at night planning interdimensional trip.”, The Route to Dimension X-12, Shuffle Mode, Videoheaven (2025), and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:21:29)… I am not an atomic playboy [YouTube], 4-butte-1: A lesson in archaeology (1967) (excerpt 2) [Archive.org, public domain], The Games of Starcade – Calipso [YouTube], TV Guide ‘Bicentennial’ Commercial (1975) [YouTube], Here I Am by MyVirtualBand Members [MyVirtualBand (defunct), CC BY 2.0], Future Cop/Three’s Company promo [Archive.org], Corner Band by Antti Luode [anttismusic.blogspot.com, CC BY 3.0], Shooting the Rapids Deluxe – Zaccaria Pinball [collection], Fast Turtle by Anamanaguchi [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], The Hen and the Cow by Billy Murray (1920) [Archive.org, public domain], Magnavox – “Price Breakthrough” (Commercial, 1980) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Ice Town by Fuzzy Daupner (live backwards at Tierney’s Tavern in Montclair, NJ) (6/28/01) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], “PNG III” (2002) [www023-16 “Ghost Maps” LP] by Vector Burn [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], New Wave Theatre (intro) [collection], ElectronicAfricaLoop by Dodgy C [Freesound, CC0 1.0], Innocence recruiting [via Webm8 productions].

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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2:31:09 – Frank on the road in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Off to Rockaway to see Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026), Highway Rituals, Lock ‘n’ Chase, moods, coffee, Onsug Archive, motor went crazy, obscure/lost fonts (Dingaling, Rocket Gothic), National Geographic hologram issue (December 1988), lost my way again, my review of the movie, Boards of Canada, the trailers, walking around the mall, pinball, Sushi Burrito, food court, Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 8: A Parade of Horribles, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:50:46)… Highway 94 by Blue Dot Sessions [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC 4.0], CityPulse – Electronic Superhighway [Teresa Roncon] (1993) [YouTube], Follies of 1911 by Polar Lion [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Blue Optic TV commercial (from CityTV commercial block 1984) [YouTube], The Mexican Hovercraft by Fuzzy Daupner [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Fyffe Alabama UFO Report (Headline News, 1989) [collection], En Route (ou Enfin! Le Défilé Capsule de Temps va au Centre de Contrôle) by Monroeville Music Center [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY 3.0], Place Sounds – Port Authority Bus Terminal (NYC-7/17/07) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Easy Street by Billy Murray (1905) [Archive.org, public domain], top 100 scary logos part 7 [YouTube], Route 53 to Africa by Samsara/Yidakivoices Dream Sound Theater [Jamendo, CC BY-ND 3.0], Newsweasels 10-Second Promo (1994) [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

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4:14:39 – Frank in New Jersey and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Mini heatwave, fire chief, Tape Land Video, Video Loaf, VHS Forever on Criterion, Videoheaven (2025), video rental stores, massive morning detour through Secaucus Junction, Penn Station, subway, VHS logo font (Lee), Roxy Music, grand Central, Marilyn Monroe, In the Credits of MTV’s House of Style in 1989, synchronicities, Cherry Coke gold bar, Shock Treatment (1981), HMV, Blockbuster, Japan, major personal mystery – “some silly, some not”, AI, The Comeback, TV shows, Talking Heads, Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord, Forza Horizon 6, Meyers Manx, Intersloopy, Cindy Crawford, organizing Onsug chronologically, Polar Lion Compendium, premiere of A Bunch of Rags by Polar Lion, major personal mystery – “some silly, some not – solved!, Who Spooked Rodney? (1978), RND synth, HOP WTR Double Hopped, nicotine, They Are Gutting a Body of Water, the monkey news, Mopho, Swatch Royal Pop madness, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 3:33:51)… Orson Welles on American Imperialism (The Dick Cavett Show, 7/27/70) [YouTube], Lies Incorporated by A_dontigny [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Twin Peaks Georgia Coffee Commercial FULL MINISERIES HD [YouTube], Too much vine, whiskey and coke by Johannes Hopfner [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], EPCOT Energy Exchange Audio Clip [YouTube], If Mr. Boston Lawson Has His Way by Billy Murray (1905) [Archive.org, public domain], Innocence corrsepondance [via Webm8 productions], Transit Shivers by Fuzzy Daupner (live at Tierney’s, 2/20/01) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Middlesix – New Whychock Revival (5/3/26) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], Walking With The Sun by Minnie Tempel [Soundcloud, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], 1978 NBC Promo Quark CPO Sharkey [YouTube], Tears Of Sky by Spell 336 [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], MESA VERDE 1975 [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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2:56:03 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: The new garbage crew, can robots eliminate garbage, Forza Horizon 6, new book work, hey mac, Lynch/Oz (2022), Wizard of Oz synchronicities, Linda’s Coffee Pot, walnuts and pistachios, always windy for recycling, Other Side synchronicity, demolition progress, Rex Reed dead at 87, The Gong Show, celebrity movie reviewers, Blue Velvet (1986), closed tabs, Stereolab, fixing a toilet, Secret Passage, Tomy Pocket Games, Tomy Pocket Mate World Travel, The New Pop Explosion, Nakano Broadway, Entertainment Destinations book, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:15:37)… Shrink Magic (Commercial, 1975) [FuzzyMemories.TV], You Can Not Knock Me Down by Jim Guittard [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], J.S. Mill (A Small Remix) by NoidBoy [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Hard to Believe by WK [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], The Firesign Theatre Radio Hour Hour – Episode 09 – Everyone In New York Is A Communist (excerpt) (3/22/70) [collection], Dailysonic65: Do you know where that toothbrush has been? (07/13/05) (opening) [collection], Krystall Eye by Dominique B [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], minutewaltz (1964, Dan Smith’s PDP-1 Music Collection) [textfiles.com], Fire and Ice Movie Trailer [YouTube], I’m On the Water Wagon Now by Billy Murray (1904) [Archive.org, public domain], KNBC-4 1970- The NBC Comedy Theater, Very Rare Promo [Obsolete Video/YouTube], 6AM by Cobra Neon Defender [Archive.org, CC BY 4.0], Gleaming the Cube (1989) Trailer [YouTube], 1983 – Bain de Soleil [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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2:38:01 – Frank in New Jersey and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Two personal mysteries solved last night, one major (book from which song titles from my 1987 tape were taken: There Is a River: The Story of Edgar Cayce (1942)), and one minor (forgotten font Ter Gast), what a card!, Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 8: A Parade of Horribles, House of Spells, 42nd Street, The Exit Ramp, time travel, shadow puppets, Rockefeller Center, 1970, other selves, record store, Starcastle, Dear Starship Tricksters, Andy Kaufman, W.C. Fields, Boards of Canada – Inferno listening party, chamber music, Triumph – Just A Game (1979), Fraunces font, 40th Street, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:57:25)… Hare Krishna in Blues Bossanovar by Teo Vincent IV [IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0], 1971 – GAF Viewmaster with Jodie Foster and Henry Fonda [YouTube], Someday I’ll Find Out by Guitari [collection], Chez Bob’s Get Back at School 83 by Another Flask of Weird [Archive.org, CC BY-ND 3.0], The Shell Shock Shake by Polar Lion (using midi from pianola.co.nz) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Food Doesn’t Fly – Lunchroom Manners [A/V Geeks, public domain], I’m the Night by Culttastic [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Middlesix – Mutiny In Outer Space (1965) [Archive.org], Pick ‘Em Up Silas Lay ‘Em Down Zeke by Cal Stewart with Billy Murray and the American Quartet (1919) [Archive.org, public domain], Prairie Fire – May 19, 1994 (edit) [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Pacific Rim by Los Surfvivers [SurfGuitar101.com, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], 1967 Commercial breaks from ”To Tell the Truth” (Break 2) [Archive.org, public domain], Abandoned Shipping Lanes by Cousin Silas [BFW Recordings, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], WTHR Channel 13 – “NBC-Style Station ID” & Promo (1979) [FuzzyMemories.TV].

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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3:28:54 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: New Boards of Canada single Introit / Prophecy At 1420 MHz, 16mm projectors, nuts, worshipping, Deadwood Sweet Jane cigars, the gift, The Terminator, Chainsaw Man, Fantasy Island, Bond villains, Star Trek, Section 405 shirts, the birds, Theme Restaurant Design, Entertainment Destinations, genetically engineered glowing flowers, plane incident, Korg Monotron Delay, going into space, Ozric Tentacles, Foghat, Strawbs, acid folk, drugs, The Ultimate Resonance, cloisters, The Ultimate Resonance, 250 channels in Onsug Radio, UFOs, timeline manipulation, Counterpart, disclosure, outlandish theories, the Atlantis music theory, theory nostalgia, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:46:58)… OnsugBox Intro Music – “Interlude 1500” (10/18/09) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Helium Buffalo MH Episode 3 (excerpt) [Archive.org, CC BY-ND 3.0], I Wonder Who Wished Her On Me by Billy Murray (1915) [Archive.org, public domain], Nixon – Apollo 11 Phone Call [collection], Helium Moon by Olde Men on Acid [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Of Soldiers And Altars [FedFlix, public domain], Locust Avenue West by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY 4.0], I Am God by Little Frankie Nora (1987) [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

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3:39:44 – Frank in New Jersey and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Boards of Canada tickets, base 36, my epic poem New Whychock Revival, vehicles, Dadaism, Times Square Skywalk, James Bond, The Monks, Middlesix of the poem, The Reality Siren, conspiracy theories, vertical hold, time warps, Reason mastering, The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026), Rabbit r1, Mr. Pibb, next day, movie review, Mad Mike’s 60th, Spirit Airlines, the dollhouse, what pleases the observer, episode 2323, Cylinder Harvest, politics, hell in a hand basket, new Boards of Canada single Introit / Prophecy At 1420 MHz (coming tomorrow), Mark T. Wendell Tea Company – Hu-Kwa Tea, door to door salesman, weird dog dream, board meeting, The Ice Capades, Nat E. Dred, The Rasta Gourmet, Fangus, Videoheaven (2025), Night Wander Archetype, “the trick was to surrender to the flow”, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:58:59)… Boo Ga Loo by Limbo Deluxe [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], Only the Strange Remain by The Other Ones (Live at Darien Lake Music Center on 2000-09-03) [archive.org], Enter The Wolf Clan by Cyber Wolf Clan [Archive.org, CC BY-SA 3.0] , Repo Man TV Version – Buzz Aldrin [collection], Cube Banter 2 [collection], The Reality Machine by Monroeville Music Center [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY 3.0], Transcenter – The Bird (and Robot) Show [collection], Beautiful Doll, Goodbye (1913) by American Quartet with Billy Murray [Archive.org, public domain], Newsweasels 10-Second Promo (1994) [collection], Digital Concerto by Antti Luode [anttismusic.blogspot.com, CC BY 3.0], WMAQ Channel 5 – Ending of The Big Event – “Rooster Cogburn,” Break & NewsCenter5 Update (1979) [FuzzyMemories.TV].

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