The Overnightscape Underground

1:40:48 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Celebrities at a quarry, Captain Marvel, cool flea market, cruise ship, dark spirits, presidential video at a park back in time, light rail weirdness, snow, a mall and two hotels in Las Vegas, dangerous elevator, The Partridge Family’s store, Mrs. Partridge told me off, dangerous ledges, Drew Struzan, tiny Russian character, Rob Reiner dead at 78, North (1994), Jean Stapleton, The World Mystery Retail History, Information about The Onsug Archive, Onsug Radio Pocket Edition Indexes, Mp3tag, scripting, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:00:20)… Quásar by Miguel Duque [Arch...

2:48:24 – Three listener-recorded airchecks from December 1938, recorded off the air from WHBI (Hoyt Brothers Incorporated) in Newark, New Jersey, 1250 on the AM dial. By this time, Father Coughlin’s radio program, at one point a weekly live broadcast on CBS, had been reduced to purchasing airtime on individual stations.

Note that the show art is not the image of the actual Father Charles E. Coughlin, but is rather an AI image generated at freegen.app and subsequently altered and modified by Dave in Kentucky using Paint.

1:31:43 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Unidentified loud noise, amber Mason jars too big, new coins for the “Semiquincentennial”, health concerns, Mercury Dime, Journeyman (2007), the golden age of time travel TV shows, Ramble Flunk, luxury condos, Jimmi Simpson, Kevin McKidd, Ancient Rome, Pseudolus by Plautus, Latin, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 50:48)… ON TV – Orson Welles at The Magic Castle (1978) [LOST Special] (excerpt) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Witches A Through Z by Cagey House [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0], The Lucifer Complex (excerpt 8) [Archive.org, public domain], Garbage on the road by Tadd Euro [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], Jo...

3:38:17 – Dave in Kentucky is joined by Eddie Murray (at 46:41), Chad Bowers (at 1:20:39), Mike Boody (at 2:35:47) and Frank Edward Nora (at 3:00:01) for an in-depth discussion about the things that annoy us, amuse us and amaze us.

Next month’s topics: The Automatic, the Enigmatic & the Systematic. Record about one, two or all three of these and send audio files or links to DaveKY at mail.com by 6pm Central Time on January 10, 2026.

Show art: Night Windows (1928) by Edward Hopper (1882-1967) depicts our sneaky time traveler from the automat after she has returned to her room and is gettin...

52:28 – Doc Sleaze demonstrates the truth of the old tech adage ‘Garbage in, Garbage Out’ with this broadcast. We ask, is the Anti-Christ near, or is he already here and senile? Are you on the ‘Hate Express’ and think that even modern psychos are too ‘politically correct’? All these questions might be answered. Or they might not. Plus, breaking news, B-movies and a strange reminiscence about a lost Dr Who Story. Includes:

Alfred Ballcock Presents ¦ Anti Christ or Just a Deluded Old Man? ¦ Random Movie Trailer (in German) – ‘The Two Missionaries’ (1974) ¦ Thought For the Day ¦ Garbage In, Garbage Out ¦ Excommunication...

1:50:02 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: The Nightstation Room idea, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Onsug Radio Shuffle Mode, synchronicities, Unplugged: A Board Game Cafe, Brian Auger and the Trinity with Julie Driscoll, The Incredible String Band, Lawn Club, Barcade FiDi, Game Beat, Absolutely Rose Street (1994), TV Guide, Under the Silver Lake (2018), what3words, Mulholland Drive – Diner Scene, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:09:41)… Jester Earth by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY 4.0], Time Desolation by Plastic People [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], 4-butte-1: A lesson in archaeology (excerpt 3) [Archive.org, public domain], Leopold Records commercial...

4:04:30 – It’s a special edition experiment! Instead of the usual 22 clips, this time we’re doing 70, without the computer voice introducing each clip. Also, the audio is a lo-fi mono, similar to old AM radio, which stimulates the mind differently. I listened to the whole four hours, and it’s quite a trip!

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

Ref: The Overnightscape 1241: Red Baron vs. Keystone Kops (12/12/15) – 27/49. Overnightscape Central – R Crumb (2/9/15) – 18/23, The Overnightscape 807: The Mushroom (8/11/11) – 17/39, The Overnightscape 2191...

1:13:38 – Continuing the experiment of random Onsug listening! Taken from the complete Onsug archive of nearly 16,000 hours, here are 22 random 3.5 minute clips! Somehow, there’s one repeat clip from last episode, which seems incredibly unlikely, but is still within the realm of possibility. Also, there’s an unbelievable synchronicity, from my most recent episode of The Overnightscape.

Ref: 712-43, 771-230, 902-23, 124-29, 702-14, 631-01, 952-24, 823-094, 141-21, 102-03, 224-16, 411-39, 703-45, 226-01, 541-05, 138-16, 202-30, 686-033, 121-42, 101-18, 129-22, 946-19.

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 Fran...

2:52:24 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: 80s gift shop, ancient supermarkets, ancient drug stores, reincarnation, world questions, Venture (Exidy, 1981), dreamlike/liminal games on ColecoVision, Fax (Exidy, 1983), little boxes with fantasy art (company may be called “Plactory”), What Child Is This, religion, Deep Drape, Mean Estate, Ramp’n’patch, the Christmas deer, Fire Corn Real Japapeño Popcorn, photocopies, penny shortage, half-pennies, banking, leaf blowers, Pluribus, Phish at Sphere in April 2026, Heaven Knows, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:12:14)… Arcade Theme #4 by tyops [Freesound, CC BY 3.0], Burger Chef – “King Kong Glasses” (Commercial, 1977) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Cosmos: War of the Plan...

Fusebox 273: “MERRY CRAPMUS”

30:23 – Cold Open :: Jingle Hell :: Coughing Up Lungs :: Another End Of The Year Clip Show :: Live From Suicide Salley’s :: From FSBX 267: Vinyl Vexations :: From FSBX 263 Hot Wired Mice :: From FSBX 262 More About Elevenses :: From FSBX 264 Some Political Musings :: Special Bonus! “Let’s have A Zombie Mall Xmas” :: Special Thanks And Show Close.

Cream-filled  thanks to our contributors; 42nd Street Pete , Erin Lehn , Jodi Lorimer, Sabra May, Joe Medina, Laurence Overmire, and Gregory Wilson. Huge thanks as well to our friends at “Suicide Sally’s” for hosting the festivities once again!

Hugely big thanks to Gr...

2:03:18 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Things are a bit discombobulated at the moment, new dishwasher, table lost in mail, building the console, Dopapod, appliance madness, doing the dishes by hand, Todoist, Hobosesh, Onsug Radio Shuffle Mode, building the table, finagle the wires, Wholier – Multi for Plant-Based People, Contac Cold Medicine, Zab’s Hot Sauce – Original & St. Augustine Style, Doctor Who, Black Friday, allons-y, The Chair Company, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:22:21)… Puppets [Archive.org], Army Blue by American Quartet with Billy Murray (1913) [Archive.org, public domain], Fraternity Vacation (1985) [YouTube], Patch180110c • Guillaume by Aut...

1:40:35 – It’s the 20th Anniversary Episode!!!:

1:17:01 – Continuing the experiment of random Onsug listening! Taken from the complete Onsug archive of nearly 16,000 hours, here are 22 random 3.5 minute clips! Did you know, given the size of the archive, we could do over 12,000 episodes like this without ever repeating a clip!

Ref: 761-20, 772-32, 702-14, 914-44, 703-58, 912-29, 999-01, 989-52, 943-11, 919-06, 140-13, 951-11, 996-06, 451-69, 981-35, 134-16, 972-29, 451-38, 409-48, 621-085, 136-31, 501-08.

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

46:21 – The Pan Dimensional Poop Chute – it’s a revolution in waste disposal! Just dump your effluent in Narnia! Doc Sleaze explores this and other technological innovations, such as the joy of seX, brought to you by Elon Musk. Plus, is heaven too woke? Creating the illusion of politics for the extremists. The truth behind those Russian drones. Also, mondo movies as reactionary art, breaking news and a strange reminiscence about time travel and John Lennon. Includes:

The Illusion of Politics ¦ Newsbreak – Who is Bubba? ¦ Heaven’s Too Woke ¦ Random Movie Trailer – ‘I’m For the Hippopotamus’ (1978) ¦ Commercial Break: Smoogle Stealth...

1:32:54 – Super Trance – In My Dreams Forever (Ozan Yarman (Ph.D), Attribution NC ND 3.0), Let It Flow (Frenchie, Attribution NC SA 3.0), Money (Pink Floyd cover) (ktfu, Attribution NC SA 3.0), Insert 2 Coins (Captive Portal, Attribution NC SA 3.0), Je Swinga (Elvii Marten, Attribution NC SA 4.0 International), Movie Trailer – Batman – Spanish Trailer 1966 (Demolition Kitchen Video, Attribution NC ND 4.0 International), Mr. Moonlight (Dr. Feelgood and the Interns cover) (Little Lenny, from archive.org), woodland jam with Stewy and Adam (A Tiny Window, Attribution NC SA 4.0 International), Waiting For ELO (Autoclamp, Attribution NC SA 3.0), Poor Pauline (Billy Murray, 1914), Lucid Dreaming (Shambles Constant, audio journal entry from 6/1...

1:25:12 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Hot sauce and vitamins lost in the mail, Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Cyber Monday, vegan meal, Flip 7, office light, Trailer Park, Clint Eagar “Abstracts” postmodern prints, The Beatles Anthology, Morristown Pinball Wizard, Surf’s Up, building furniture, fiber optics, Jack White, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 44:23)… An early interview with Mark Hamill aka Luke Skywalker (excerpt) [YouTube], “Ragtag Embassies” by Tree Bag Ask (1/13/08) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], WSET Channel 13 – News 13 (Preview, Break & Opening, 1977) [FuzzyMemories.TV], A Dollar a Dance by Taxi Dancer [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Techy2 Stuff (circa 2006) [collection], On Our...

2:09:18 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008-2009), decades, new TV, Onsug personality Peter Bernard passed away last month, 209, The Midnight Citizen concludes with episode 300, Dopapod, Amarok by Mike Oldfield (1990), endings, the dripping faucet, next day, Are We Not Drawn Onward To New Era, fake palindrome, hot sauce and vitamins delayed, new faucet, new TV installed, Pluribus, The Chair Company, I Think You Should Leave, alternate timeline comic shop, memories from alternate timelines, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:28:50)… Leaving Sector X – Equinox by Büromaschinen [Upitup Records, CC BY-NC-SA 3...

1:51:45 — Join Mike in the studio for the last time…maybe?

After 15 years and 300 shows, it all ends tonight. Bring out your drink of choice and make a toast with me as I say goodbye to this weird, wonderful podcast that’s been, altogether, not a bad way to document all the ups and downs of a random guy’s life in this world.

Hear all about the show’s origins, the various stops-and-starts along the way, and, in the true spirit of randomness that The Midnight Citizen’s all about, take some hard digressions with me into an e...

1:20:42 – Continuing the experiment of random Onsug listening! Taken from the complete Onsug archive of nearly 16,000 hours, here are 22 random 3.5 minute clips! This is another good one, presenting a dizzying array of Onsug audio delights!

Ref: 131-07, 979-10, 611-30, 411-05, 949-17, 305-09, 105-085, 907-28, 971-26, 951-10, 922-12, 1003-11, 140-18, 904-16, 1011-11, 621-099, 911-16, 771-240, 914-29, 984-40, 991-11, 919-03.

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

2:50:37 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Depressing seating areas, a new theory of liminality, other worlds, dimensionality, bus people, The Beatles Anthology 4, Carnival of Light, class action lawsuit, Gully System Grotto, gully synchronicities, The Overnightscape 1398: Colt’s Tooth Ditch (6/13/17), Grateful Dead, pasta mishap, imaginary tattoo, Return to Burnt Island, weird perception, new TV, Doctor Who, The Sandman, The Witcher, Flea Devil update, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:09:47)… Van 4 by Bumbard [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], skatebirds – intro (hour version) [YouTube], 1984 Beatrice Commercial [YouTube], Believe by Qsign [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], 1985 – Commercial – Orville Redenbacher Gourmet Popping Corn & Microwave...

2:53:31 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Romance of trucking and vans on the 70s, CB radio, Doctor Who, Space Truckers (1996), editing the past, Psion Series 3a, Dennis Hopper, anniversary in NYC, Chelsea Piers, parking incident, Campbell Apartment, cigar stores, The Original Soupman, Beyond Sushi, Waiting For Godot, another parking incident, The Beast in Both Worlds, Tahitian Village shirt, Duran Duran, Burgess Meredith and Zero Mostel in Waiting for Godot from 1961, Infinity Nikki , Shuffle Mode, PriorCaster, Tape Land, Flea Devil update, Nouvelle Vague (2025), and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:12:44)… Fresh beats [via Webm8 productions], Alice In...

38:51 – Welcome to Tape Land! On each episode, I’ll present the audio of a cassette tape or historic material from my personal archives.

Notes: 12/31/00, 11:19 pm, going into the new millennium, tradition of making tapes on New Year’s Eve, 11:53 pm, big snowstorm yesterday, countdown with my in-laws, Happy New Year!, entering the 21st Century / Third Millennium, fireworks, the year 2001, phone calls, calendars, Bluffcosm, playing Phase 10.

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

1:13:54 – PriorCaster, by Bob LeMent of Static Radio and Morning Commute, seeks to document the people who were the pioneers of audio on the internet.

Mike listened to podcasts in the early days of the new media’s life, but didn’t find the things he wanted in it. Until he heard The Overnightscape Underground, here was the thing he was looking for, and by finding that thing, he found a community.

Late-night rambles on multiple topics were definitely in his wheelhouse; things were just getting interactive at this time online, and Mike thought this was the ti...

51:41 – PriorCaster, by Bob LeMent of Static Radio and Morning Commute, seeks to document the people who were the pioneers of audio on the internet.

Ted Ganchiff decided in the late 90’s to take the road less travelled with a site called Give Me Talk!, making everyone a talk show host of their own program with audio on the internet. 

To say Give Me Talk was ahead of it’s time would be an understatement, it was a concept that would come to be but not under his direction.

Give Me Talk was an inspire...

1:18:31 – Continuing the experiment of random Onsug listening! Taken from the complete Onsug archive of nearly 16,000 hours, here are 22 random 3.5 minute clips! This time I revamped the backend system, and found a new computer voice to use. This one has a great variety of Onsug content, as usual!

Ref: 1011-11, 126-41, 998-36, 602-58, 922-60, 407-21, 965-29, 921-27, 942-02, 252-09, 964-11, 752-25, 133-05, 996-14, 969-47, 907-28, 502-08, 811-005, 102-38, 801-145, 984-12, 982-05

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

2:02:22 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Podcast Expo 2006, Here is a piece of… “Portable Night” (thanks to Escapist for the pic), artifacts of The Overnightscape, balconies, showing up, We Are Rewind Cassette Player, new Tortoise album Touch, Flea Devil Ltd., Doctor Who: The Stones of Venice, septarian, polychrome jasper, labradorite, crokinole, overarching, persona, Scott Joplin, Maple Leaf Rag, De La Soul, George Winston, John Fahey, new cat fountain, joy of cancelled events, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:21:37)… Golden Champale – “The Bold One” (Commercial, 1979) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Private Party Announcement (Golden Horseshoe) [collection], b6 [textfiles.com], Gold...

2:20:54 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: New cassette player, dosa, changing company names, new Flea Devil minimum score rule, Cruel solitaire, Lumines Arise, Zaccaria Pinball, The Wool Gathering Omnibus, solar flares, hemp ban, Couch Galleon Thoughtwave, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, The White Stripes, Warren Zevon, I was on The Pep Talk podcast again, auroras, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:40:12)… CBS Network – The American Girls (Promo, 1978) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Banana Bread by Zebra Mussel [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], Nintendo Gamecube – 4Z Boot [collection], I Like You, Lil, For Fair by Billy Murray (1903) [Archive.org, public...

10:20:40 – The Wool Gathering returns!!

License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Attribution: by Eddie Murray – more info at onsug.com

THE FUSEBOX INTERVIEW : Napoleon Murphy Brock and Nick Chargin : 01:06:18

Join us for a delightful interview with Napoleon Murphy Brock, Frank Zappa’s frontman during the 1973 -75 years. Arguably, one the most beloved bands non the Zappa universe. He’s featured on albums like “Over-nite Sensation”, “One Size Fits All”, “Bongo Fury”  and “Roxy and Elsewhere”

Joining Napoleon is bandleader of the truly wondrous 14 piece Zappa tribute ensemble, “The Stinkfoot Orchestra” Nick Chargin who talks about the origins of this band and how he and Napoleon got together in the first place.

Thanks to the power of 10 to our gu...

3:43:06 – Dave in Kentucky is joined by a man called Q (at 4:34), Eddie Murray (at 1:06:32), Chad Bowers (at 1:42:16), Mike Boody (at 2:50:03) and Frank Edward Nora (at 3:09:34) for a magnum opus about anniversaries, birthdays and holidays, in no particular order.

Next month’s topics: The Annoying, the Amusing & the Amazing. Record about one, two or all three of these and send audio files or links to DaveKY at mail.com by 6pm Central Time on December 10, 2025.

Show art: Automat (1927) by Edward Hopper (1882-1967) depicts a sneaky time traveler listening to the Overnightscape Central in an automat while cleverly...

3:55:52 – Welcome, hosts and listeners of The Onsug radio universe, to come and join a freeform chat in video, which will be released in audio. The Exit Ramp continues for another amazing group show.

Host Frank from The Overnightscape is joined by Jefferson from Philadelphia, Michael Feir from Canada, Simon from Nevada, Jan Erik from Norway, Peter Litkey from The Three Weasels, Bob LeMent from Morning Commute, Ann from Suffern, NY, Mike Boody from The Midnight Citizen, Doc Sleaze from his various shows, and Joe Gipson from Comicversal.

Zoom AI quick recap: The group discussed various entertainment and cu...

2:00:12 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: 33? Revolutions per Monkee, Brian Auger and Julie Driscoll, new T-shirts, tariffs, weird energy, solar storm, Mercury Retrograde, town hall, The Prophet’s Song, Music from the Balcony, drainage, Ippudo, new cocktail, Herbal Hibernal, the patterns of the universe, lost song The Hobo March by F. O. Gutman, election results, Pluribus, subscription scam, delivery incident, Jim Henson auction catalog, movie props, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:19:41)… Atari Space Invaders cartridge 1980 London radio advert [YouTube], The Grand Old Rag by Billy Murray (1906) [Archive.org, public domain], ABC Network – The Flintsto...

Fusebox 272: “GRIFT FOR THE MILL”

32:44 – Show Open ::  That Thing You Do :: Orange Lies Matter :: The Grift That Keeps On Grifting :: No KIngs And We Mean It :: Fusebox Liner :: Grindhouse Resurrection Magazine Spot 3 :: Fusebox Liner ID: “Got ICE?” :: 90,000 Square Foot Grift :: Portland Is Fine :: No Dough Means No! :: Have You Heard The Good News?: Cards Against Humanity Wins Settlement :: Have You Heard The Good News?: Signs Of The Times :: Have You Heard The Good News?: MIT and Harvard Score Big :: Have You Heard The Good News?: Oklahoma Throws(out)The Book :: Have You Heard The Good News?: Walking The Right P...

2:38:55 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Election Day, Nouvelle Vague (2025), Breathless (1960), Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seburg, Le Drugstore, celebrity deaths (Donna Jean Godchaux (78), Dick Cheney (84), Diane Ladd (89), Diane Keaton (79), June Lockhart dead (100), Ace Frehley (74), Jane Goodall (91)), Secret Lair Countdown Kit: An Encyclopedia of Magic, Hearthstone: Across the Timeways, Timethief Rafaam deck, The Faction Paradox Protocols, canon, World Series, Weird Advisory, Pancakes & Pajamas, Sleepwear Bonfires, timeline manipulation, Nami Nori, Lackawanna Plaza, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:58:27)… Octopus by Mystic Morrison Visions [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0], Kraft Parkay Margarine Commercial (1974) [YouTube], Earth Station – WorldKey Information Service [collection...

4:25:38 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: “It can tell us a lot about the security state, without going too deep down the rabbit hole.”, Affinity by Canva, software design tools, Guandan, return of Mr. Pibb, haircut, cricket, Vago Elote Mezcal, Mischief Night, The Jim Henson Company 70th Anniversary Auction, Count Angeles Contraption, Pop-Up Video, the sweet spot of history, Halloween, Affinity crashed, The Midnight Citizen to end with next episode #300, is the universe trying to tell us something, biorhythms, Gravity’s Rainbow, The Movie Special, finally saw the movie Nashville (1975), Ronee Blakley, my Tiki Taxi Driver “co...

19:20 – Vincent Price and Peter Lorre crawl out from their catacombs to disinter a trio of sleazy scary stories from the musty archives of ‘The Sleaze’. Join them to listen to three tales from the seamier side of horror: ‘The Ghost Gropers’, ‘Split Sexuality’ and ‘Flushed With Fear’.

Tremble as we uncover a disturbing new paranormal craze gripping Britain’s youth, as they try to raise the spirits of deceased and disgraced celebrity sex offenders. Will they be groped from beyond the grave?

Shudder as our paranormal agony aunt, the Reverend Leonard Fanny, advises a mad medic who seems to b...

After a long day of grading papers and driving for dollars, I crashed out on Saturday night and slept right through my scheduled live show. But no worries, join me in the car on Sunday morning as I deliver food to the good, hung-over people of Birmingham, AL.

Later that night, sit with me outside to celebrate the milestone of what I’m choosing to believe those thousands of screaming, cigar-puffing folks were cheering on in Tuscaloosa on Saturday Night. That’s right, I finally finished “Gravity’s Rainbow”! — a book it took me 12 years – and just as many tries...

2:44:10 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: “Your fog, apple, and soaps are desperate.”, hypnopompic hallucinations, the expulsion of expired dreams, going to the doctor, watched a recreation of missing Doctor Who episode “The Smugglers” from 1966, EPCOT Main Entrance Medley – mystery finally solved?, Christina’s World, Incredible String Band – Licorice update, poem preview, road rage incident, Cantina of Laser Printers, Smile Sessions by The Beach Boys, upcoming elections, Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica, Aer Simple Kit, Pairs: Tak Edition, Doctor Who news, inland runner, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:03:30)… 2 AM by MyVirtualBand Members [MyVirtualBand (defunct), CC BY 2.0...

49:19 – Halloween comes early for Doc Sleaze – are dark occult forces at work two doors down? Are Antifa agents planning to use pumpkins as weapons of terror? Ash Dieback and Diane Butz take a ‘Deep Dive’ into the story of the ‘Hallucinogenic Halloween’ that blighted and English town, while Doc Sleaze investigates the Second Coming of sinister God-bothering kiddie influencer Charlie Kirk. What, too soon? Nah, it’s never too soon to take down a ‘bad hombre’ like Kirk. Plus, why hasn’t the US died of shame over Trump’s second term? Doc Sleaze recalls the shame he felt when Boris Johnson was...

1:58:10 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Heat, Onsug book cover revisions, The Motherlode of Listening Pleasure, air plant funeral, dinosaur theme park selling all their dinosaurs, World Series, repair, information lifestyles, World Gateway Area Loop (11/25/09), EPCOT area loop thought lost is found, cold medicine, new Phish shirt, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:17:27)… The Honored Dead by John Philip Sousa (performed by “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band) [public domain], Dial-a-Centaur by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY 4.0], Cube Banter 5 [collection], Casey Jones (take-12 Come everybody if you want to hear) by American Q...

2:56:17 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: The last Howard Johnson’s, now closed and a different restaurant, busy times overview, cold medicine, Shpongle – Live At Red Rocks (2014), a package from Australia, Shindig! Magazine, Popisme, jar shatter, working at a store, dosas, vegan, Betty Booze, HVAC issues, Pokémon Legends: Z-A, next day, thermodynamics, technical issues, World Series, Saratoga Springs, the occult, bagel incident, protest, politics, Lake Desolation, drones, dead mall ecstasy, the pinball place Arcade Archaeology, Granny and the Gators, Time Fantasy, energy exchange, early morning cold medicine run, breadhead, WEQX, Rough Trade Below, Biohazard, listening...

Join Mike in the studio late on a Saturday night.

Tonight, we continue the countdown to Episode 300 — the series finale of The Midnight Citizen. Although, after tonight’s show, I’m not sure I’ll make it that long — this after a FREAK SCARE about an hour into it, when my whiskey toast to Diane Keaton was cut short by a ghoulish face outside the studio, staring in at me. Can Halloween be over? Please?

Music Break: “Get Me a Job” by The Riptones (CC-BY-NC-ND) | “Debris” by Greg Cartwright (CC-BY-NC)

Video Street Video Store: “What’s Happe...

1:58:20 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Jaywalking, street idiots, turn signals, yet another new wallet, cover-photo-work-2023-v2.psd, Davida, retail history, tm:rw, perspectives on the future, Uncharted, novelty items, Brian Auger and Julie Driscoll, Last Ride by Joe Harvey-Whyte & Bobby Lee, The Monkees, get both colorways, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:17:57)… Charley, My Boy by Billy Murray With International Novelty Orchestra (1924) [Archive.org, public domain], WSNS Channel 44 – T.H.E. Movie – “You and Me” (Partial Promo, 1976) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Lorne in the Mirror Reality by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY 4.0], Discount Rosetta Stone So...

1:44:13 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Card table spaceship, contract bridge, Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon,Sheepshead, the other city, dimensions, Cycling Frog Margarita, other worlds, Ancient Lights by Davis Grubb, Ancientighra, lost Jack Kerouac story found, World’s Smallest Boombox, Grateful Dead 6/10/73, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:03:38)… Mountainview Mall Christmas 1984 [YouTube], Hyperfun by Kevin MacLeod [incompetech.com, CC BY 3.0], Frederick Street dance studios [via Webm8 productions], Anything Goes by Doug Rice [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], February 11, 1984 Showtime promos [YouTube], Eagle Mall Suite by Robert Hunter (Live at Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA (Late Show) (2/5...

2:29:54 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: A&S Plaza, vertical malls, holograms, The Crispin Glover Double Feature, next day, getting into the city, Mr. K (2024), next day, No! YOU’RE WRONG. or: Spooky Action at a Distance (2025), political flyer, a creative work and the behind the scenes intermingled, fiction and reality, so many events this weekend, Lush, The Chair Company, baseball playoffs, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:49:21)… PowerMac Card – Boot [collection], Hands Across the Sea by United States Army Band [Musopen, public domain], Rampage by Simmetune [Ektoplazm, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0], All that Matters by Professor...

3:17:05 – Dave in Kentucky is joined by Eddie Murray (at 42:52), Chad Bowers (at 1:13:47) and Frank Edward Nora (at 2:40:09) for some sensational audio about school days, work hours and play time.

Next month’s topics: Birthdays, Holidays & Anniversaries. Record about one, two or all three of these and send audio files or links to DaveKY at mail.com by 6pm Central Time on November 10, 2025.

Show art: Automat (1927) by Edward Hopper (1882-1967) depicts a sneaky time traveler listening to the Overnightscape Central in an automat while cleverly concealing her air buds with her hat brim.

Opening theme: “I...

Join Mike in the studio late on a Saturday night.

Tonight, we begin the countdown to the series finale of The Midnight Citizen show. It’s been a long, strange trip, but after 15 years, I’ve decided to close the curtains and throw up the “Closed” sign for good at episode 300. So, sit back, crack open your tasty beverage of choice, and enjoy these final four late-night rambles!

Music Break: “Promised Paradise” by Emma Acs (CC-BY-NC-ND) | “How Good Can It Be” by XL Kings (CC-BY-NC)

Video Street Video Store: “Dick Tracy: Behind the Badge” (segment) —...

2:09:28 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Hudson Yards, stadiums, Little Spain, Edge, 2WTC, Back to the Future, vertical hold, Vessel, giant pigeon statue, Porchlight, The Shed, Viola’s Room, Sleep No More, Life and Trust, dark rides, 40th High School Reunion, Concept III, Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon released today, Rush returns with a new tour next year, Fanboys (2009), The Monkees, going to see two movies later this week, both with a Q&A with Crispin Glover (Mr. K (2024), No! You’re Wrong (2025)), and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:28:59)… Dick Tracy’s Crimestoppers [collection], C...

3:24:29 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: NJ Transit bus on fire, Jefferson’s Bourbon, birthday, trivia night, ramen, Orion beer, baseball, Ringolevio, Eagle Mall Suite, Stereolab at Brooklyn Steel, free speech, next day, baseball playoffs, Percolator, future control of inner thoughts, static but mutable, “The Danger of Seeing What Others Don’t | Alan Watts”/, the occult, day people and night people, expired tacos, The Night People vs. “Creeping Meatballism” by Jean Shepherd, Betty Furness, Dick Cavett, free speech, another new wallet, Autechre, Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon, Tilly Norwood, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:43:32)…...

1:46:07 – In this Episode:

Fusebox 271: “EXECUTIVE ODOR”

29:06 – Show Open ::  The Smell Of The Season :: Orange Guy’s Anal Calamity :: What The Feckin’ Huck? :: Comedy Is Hereby Cancelled :: Fusebox Liner :: Grindhouse Resurrection Magazine Spot 2 :: Fusebox Liner ID: Giant Cephlapod :: Fun At The Karn Evil :: Have You Heard The Good News: Medical Breakthroughs :: Have You Heard The Good News: Underwater Forests Make A Comeback :: Tis The Season To Be Queasy :: “John the Heathen” :: A Grindhouse Minute: “Fight For Your Life” (1977) :: “Voodoo Chap” :: “Grandmother” :: Show Close.

Fragrant thanks to our contributors on this one; Jodi Lorimer,  Laurence Overmire,  42nd Street Pete , and Jeff Pollard.

Hugely b...

2:08:00 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Dryer incident, Chinese Pepsi – Lemon Flavor bite the wax tadpole, Benson & Hedges 100’s Sweepstakes, town-wide garage sale, George Carlin on stuff, Waiting for Godot, Boba Fett, The Cover’s Progress, Peacemaker, Holly Hobbie Colorforms, The Rake’s Progress, Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, a network of versions of you in alternate timelines, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:23:58)… Edict Zero Minute 3 [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], SHOWTIME promos 1985 [YouTube], Nock by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY 4.0], Grow With Ontario intro 1976 [YouTube], The Streets Of Cairo by Dan W. Quinn and Fred Gaisber...

46:47 – Doc Sleaze muses on the virtues of being a nobody, before proving that the supposedly unspeakable is, indeed, speakable. Also, the re-emergence of fascism on the streets of Britain is put into context as Doc Sleaze takes a stand against the new generation of ‘rent-a-fascist’ mobs. Plus, we hear from top influencer Kirk Kevorkian, get advice on stench packing and drop in on ‘Action Business News’ as they discuss the stench of Trump and much more. Includes:

Being Nobody ¦ ‘Real Men’ with Kirk Kevorkian ¦ Speaking the Unspeakable ¦ Trump on Drugs ¦ Artificial Wardrobe Advice ¦ ‘I’m a Professional Stench Packer…’ ¦ Conte...

2:26:23 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Esperanto synchronicity, Pyramids Incense, French and Saunders, Café del Mar 45th Anniversary CD, Jimmy Buffett, One Battle After Another (2025), Inherent Vice (2014), morning incident, TV Gamblers update, Alien: Earth finale, Jimmy Kimmel, next afternoon, saw the movie, faucet and wallet update, Times Square casino not approved, “A New Era” for Zaccaria Pinball, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, Monkees songwriter Bobby Hart dead at 86, Robert Redford dead at 89, Thistle Dhu, relaxation, miniature golf, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:45:53)… Cosmic Joke by Blitz Lunar [Ubiktune, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], 70’s Ads: The San Pedro Beach Bum...

3:07:30 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: CD fakeout, new wallet, proofreading, swapping wallets, power outages, Café del Mar, recent trips, robots, Absolutely Fabulous, 33? Revolutions per Monkee (1969), current events, principles, comedian Jim David, Justine Bateman, Toys “R” Us to return nationwide, faucet repair, Blippo+, Viola’s Room, Crispin Glover’s No! YOU’RE WRONG. or: Spooky Action at a Distance (2025), a package from Chad, swamp green Onsug Van!, The Bottle of Things from Every NLl in New Jersey, Dr. Steve’s Caffeine Melts – Root Beer Float Neuromelts, Stiller’s Soda, Dirty Shirley, TV Gamblers (Washy Ticket, Stovepipe Lifer, and...

6:02:02 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Going To Every Mall in New Jersey, Part 6:02:02 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Going To Every Mall in New Jersey, Part 2, Day 3: Wednesday, Mall 18: Brunswick Square, Mall 19: Freehold Raceway Mall, Mall 20: Jackson Premium Outlets, Starbucking (2006), Mall 21: Ocean County Mall, Mall 22: Jersey Shore Premium Outlets, Mall 23: Monmouth Mall, Day 4: Thursday, Mall 24: Princeton Forrestal Village, Mall 25: MarketFair, Mall 26: pj: Moorestown Mall, massage chair, Mall 28: Cherry Hill Mall, Mall 29: Voorhees Town Center (formerly Echelon Mall) (closed), Mall 30: Deptford Mall, Mall 31: Gloucester Premium Outlets, Mall 32: Cumberland Mall, dream Beatles...

4:39:34 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Going To Every Mall in New Jersey, Part 1, Day 1: Monday, Mall 1: Kinnelon Mall, Mall 2: City Center Mall, Mall 3: American Dream, Mall 4: Newport Centre, Mall 5: Hudson Mall, Mall 6: The Mills at Jersey Gardens, Mall 7: The Mall at Short Hills, Mall 8: Livingston Mall, Day 2: Tuesday, the defunct malls, Mall 9: Paramus Park, Mall 10: Garden State Plaza, Mall 11: Bergen Town Center, Mountain Dew Trolli, Mall 12: The Shops at Riverside, Mall 13: Willowbrook Mall, Mall 14: Rockaway Townsquare, Rollergames pinball, Hawaiian Sun Lilikoi Passion, Mall 15: Bridgewater Commons, North (1994), energies, Mall 16: Menlo Park Mall, Mall: 17: Woodbridge Center, and...

4:19:47 – Welcome, hosts and listeners of The Onsug radio universe, to come and join a freeform chat in video, which will be released in audio. The Exit Ramp continues for another amazing group show.

Host Frank from The Overnightscape is joined by Michael Feir from Canada, Nate in Wisconsin, Simon from Nevada, Jan Erik from Norway, Jefferson from Philadelphia, Chad from Chadcast, Doc Sleaze from his various shows, Ann from Suffern, NY, Frank’s wife Denice, and Martin in New Jersey.

Zoom AI quick recap: The group began by discussing summer activities and movie recommendations before transitioning in...

6:41:40 – Frank in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Breakfast in a rainy Washington, D.C., lost again, International Spy Museum, Phish conversation, James Bond’s Astin Martin, crawling through an air vent, model homes on the mall, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History, me in 1969 talking about this museum, see a big train, home train idea, Ralph Baer, vegan lunch, Smithsonian National Zoological Park, flamingos, pandas, apes, another dead mall, VÜK Pinball, Rollergames, Eight Ball Deluxe, Centaur, taking the Metro back to the hotel, briefly entering Maryland, brutalist architecture, rooftop bar, preserv...

2:56:54 – Dave visits the (purported) final resting place of Daniel Boone, Eddie visits his usual windy outdoor places at 33:51, then Eddie and Brendan meander into an indoor place, an Irish pub with a “thing” taped to the wall, and encounter a person called Freddy at 1:29:12. Later, at 2:01:44, Chad re-visits the history of video games, referencing things like Pong and persons like Ralph Baer, and at 2:29:35 Frank visits a Virginia shopping mall and talks about the National Air & Space Museum and (purported) space in general. Is space a thing, or is it the lack of things? One thing is certain: the Kaufman-fake...

7:13:20 – Frank in NYC, NJ, PA, DE, MD, Washington, D.C., and VA, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Moynihan Train Hall, one bag travel, vegan croissants, D.C. trip history, on the train, flashes of memory, Metropark, place I used to live, travelling through five states to D.C., Baltimore memories, tofu mishap, weird plane names, arrived in Washington D.C., Union Station, Chiaroscuro, L’Enfant Plaza, arrived at hotel, cool weird room, lunch fail, National Mall, Smithsonian museums, National Museum of African American History and Culture, VMAs, Max Headroom, gum, dinner success, Crystal City Underground Dead Mall, Alamo Drafth...

1:16:37 – Continuing the experiment of random Onsug listening! Taken from the complete Onsug Radio archive of over 15,000 hours, here are 22 random 3.5 minute clips! Delve into the rabbit hole, visiting rooms both puzzling, enticing, and eyebrow-raising.

Ref: 949-13, 105-048, 234-479, 907-29, 1000-13, 917-10, 711-32, 909-61, 104-101, 972-17, 602-19, 133-26, 997-17, 985-3, 613-16, 952-11, 922-04, 947-08, 253-02, 602-02, 131-08, 993-09.

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

3:25:02 – Frank in NYC and New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: The last day of the trip, Sheetz, pig at a gas station, Mello Yello, PLNT Burger, poster synchronicity, Maryland pronunciation, NPCs, cat furniture update, carpeting, next day, garbage mishap, podcast studios in malls, going to every mall in New Jersey, David Duchovny triple synchronicity, Nightstation Revival II, metaverses, alternate timeline counterbalancing, Alien: Earth, The Ark of the Covenant, the nature of consciousness, The Rock Story, Fire King Mug, local Virginia newspaper, fake LPs, fire truck, Logo Beginnings. Logo Modernism. 45th Ed., Giorgio Armani dead at 91, Don’t Pay Th...

Fusebox 270: “WIDDERSHINS”

29:06 – Show Open ::  You Know Who Was Hot? :: Winding Those Gears :: The Widdershins Notion :: Grindhouse Resurrection Magazine Spot 6 :: Fusebox Liner ID :: Remembering Rob Lorei :: WTF, Florida! Street Murals :: Fairies Have The Right Of Way :: Have You Heard The Good News: The REAL Crime Rates :: A Grindhouse Minute: “Payment In Blood” (1967) :: Show Close.

Right way ‘round thanks to our contributors on this one; Jodi Lorimer, Gregory Wilson and 42nd Street Pete for another dip into the grimy depths of Grindhouse cinema.

Hugely big thanks to Grindhouse Resurrection Magazine for sponsoring the shenanigan’s going on around...

8:19:08 – The Three Weasels (Bryan Frank, and Peter) in Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Farmers Grange Nine System Plum, Lawn Service Plaza, 7-11, Chick Tracts, Maryland, antique store, AKB48, old fast food restaurants, Cumberland, Centre Street Collective, The Tweeddale Grain of Truth, Neil Hamburger, The Party (1968), heavy conversations, entering West Virginia, amazing sunset, Dairy Queen, Old Woman Run, arrived at The Murphy, mystery bag, next morning, downtown Sutton, Shoney’s, Sister’s Antique Mall, Fire King mug, game store, The Flatwoods Mobster Museum, axe throwing cafe, Bigfoot Museum, monster chair pictures, Charleston, Pies & Pints, M...

48:18 – This time around Doc Sleaze ponders on how best to prove he is who he says he is and questions whether the current mania for identity verification really is all about protecting children. Also, is the government going to seize our garden sheds to house illegal immigrants? Right-wing scare stories examined. Plus celebrity excuses for bad behaviour, another old TV classic reimagined, trout stretching advice, old soap operas dissected and some strange movies talked about. Includes:

They’re Coming For Our Sheds! ¦ More Soft Soap (Part One) ¦ Proof of Identity ¦ Random Movie Trailer – ‘Cutting Class’ (1989) ¦ ‘I’m an Expert Trout St...

2:25:05 – Frank in NYC and New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Temporary stairwell, Avocado Smash, the laughing of guards, West Virginia trip, cryptids, Tetris, underground cafeteria, Harry Potter, Techmino, stress of packing, creative energy, speculation, Stonewall’s Jerquee – Original Wild, AI, Lariat of the Telecast meaning, one bag travel, new cat box furniture, Game Grid, EPCOT Center, Communicore, Sonic Racing CrossWorlds Open Network Test, Canyon Bomber, Tempest, Tower of Mystery, Tempest 2000, putting it together, The Stone Roses, Pee-wee’s Playhouse, Mystery Hole, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:44:22)… Virtuality [YouTube], Going Astray (Original Radio Edit) by Domenico Pando...

3:10:06 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Cornhole tournament, Freakin’ Vegan, roads to avoid, limb names, motorcycles, Incense of the West – 7 Scent Sampler, Howard Stern, Seinfeld, North (1994), Dirk Gently, Bridgewater Commons, Maybe World, Pee-wee as Himself (2025), synchronicities, The Rampler, Rex’s Dino Store, the Mazenweed concept, SneakyTT, septarian obelisks, Beublin A. Richardson, Jeff Granito’s “Gateway to Tiki” Cocktail Tumbler, American Dream, purple cars, Labubu, Lariat of the Telecast, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:29:21)… Quásar by Miguel Duque [Archive.org, CC BY-SA 4.0], Peter Ivers “Slap the Ginkels” Spiel – New Wave Theatre 1982 [YouTube], 1995 by Paper Tiger [Jamendo, CC...

1:01:42 – Discussed – Dukes of Hazzard featured the Mellow Mushroom, hazzard memories, danger of motorcycles, picking a pizza, the philosophers stone pizza, trivia, Mike wanted a motorcycle death machine, smallville, remy zero, The church, mikes paper delivery days, We all pick trivia roles, dollar general police story, movie theatre memories, Johnny the movie cop, clowns on roof, Dracula poster, monopoly, poker requires cash consequences, hippy monopoly, mikes new book on how to lose at monopoly, pootin about Putin, non-mainstream news take, mellow mushroom was really good, grok inexplicably shows up to quickly review Smokey and the Bandit.

License for this...

2:44:10 – Frank in NYC and New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Raining on another Wednesday, West Virginia, Washington D.C, Mall Bottle, Port Authority, player characters, sculptor George Segal, Jesus Jones, next day, weed whackers, something suddenly came up, Alien: Earth, new Cracker Barrel logo, Rock City, the worm-like Wirrn, Doctor Who, Mrs. Miller, Lucille Ball, Chatterbox, The National Lampoon Radio Hour, The Engineer of the Pennsylvania Express, Disturbance in Aisle 15, Repo Man (1984), Marty the Robot, Flashed Face Distortion Effect, weird noise, Carnival of Light, Shpongle, creepy ice cream truck, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:03:25)… The Joke...

4:28:44 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Nation’s Portrait, Phrivls, Documerica, insect noises, monkey noises, The Orb’s Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld (1991), Bluetooth mistakes, Tape Land 188 (Video 16) – University Motor Sunset (5/7/89), living chess game, demon wars, lesser psychics, Alien: Earth, Adrian Edmondson, The Young Ones, existential dread, quote, turn in plates at DMV, new car, Megatop Phoenix by Big Audio Dynamite (1989), Punk Bunny Coffee, corruption, incompetence, Mountain Dew reviews (Infinite Swirl, Summer Freeze), Bomb Pop, Gen Z slang, Whip, Onsug Radio Shuffle Mode #6 (8/18/25), Terence Stamp dead at 87, KPop Demon Hunters (2025), Howard Stern Buttaface Contest, bee hassle, transit dr...

1:16:36 – Continuing the experiment of random Onsug listening! Taken from the complete Onsug Radio archive of over 15,000 hours, here are 22 random 3.5 minute clips! It’s quite a cross-section of the stuff that you can experience in the archive!

Ref: 950-11, 221-07, 921-33, 942-01, 712-10, 110-35, 115-69, 994-03, 712-18, 901-08, 408-37, 963-10, 128-13, 306-04, 712-05, 942-12, 975-23, 126-38, 308-06, 125-33, 136-11, 142-03.

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

18:39 – Welcome to Tape Land! On each episode, I’ll present the audio of a cassette tape or historic material from my personal archives This episode is part of a sub-project within Tape Land called “Tape Land Video”.

Tape Land 188 (Video 16) – University Motor Sunset (5/7/89) [released 8/16/25]

Frank drives around his old school in 1989, commenting on how things have changed. The video, originally shot on a VHS camcorder, has a stunning, surreal look.

Released 8/16/24

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...

3:50:19 – Frank in NYC and New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Veggie balls, Bryant Park, cottage cheese, Alien: Earth, scaffolding, Pretzel Logic, towelket, Lemmings, Quest Priest, bus terminal predictions, the long bus ride home in the rain, chat with Andy, timeline shenanigans, The Rampler as a nationwide phenomenon, the same t-shirt, Occam’s Razor, Alien: Earth, our answers may suck and be rambling delusions, doorbell video thinks a plant is a person, new Goose album Chain Yer Dragon, Neil Hamburger Jerky, LeNells Red Hook Rye, Older Mountain Signals, Reel Life, ponderous synopsis, Kalligraphia font, Onsug Radio Shuff...

1:15:33 – Continuing the experiment of random Onsug listening! Taken from the complete Onsug Radio archive of over 15,000 hours, here are 22 random 3.5 minute clips! It’s quite a cross-section of stuff that you can experience in the archive!

Ref: 201-04, 602-66, 404-46, 232-22, 133-20, 212-061, 116-24, 223-1, 990-28, 412-15, 987-25, 141-11, 771-215, 905-03, 910-02, 904-28, 960-11, 231-087, 117-07, 407-31, 306-07, 113-29.

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

3:14:29 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Noise pollution, Ocean Gate Day, cardboard boat races, soundboard prank calls, opening some vintage trading card packs (Desert Storm, Decision ’92, Supercinema), Paul Tsongas, Crossfire, Mojo Nixon, concert plans, alternate plans, Washington D.C., going to all the malls in NJ, Kinnelon Mall, Howard Stern Show in 1998, Hazel, Deluxe Fuxley Corporate Archives, Freaky Reserve, The Maltese Bippy (1969), Dickinson’s Witch Hazel, show naming process, Xando/Cosi, anagrams, Cyberpunk 2077 AutoDrive, fire pit, satellites, Alien Earth, Doctor Who, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:33:46)… It’s On With Alexa Chung –...

4:05:50 – Dave in Kentucky is joined by Eddie Murray (at 1:00:10), Chad Bowers (at 1:54:19) and Frank Edward Nora (at 3:13:30) for a four-hour talkfest about General Information, Major Concerns and Private Thoughts. If you fail to discover at least a kernel of truth in all this, we will consider administering corporal punishment justified!

Next month’s topics: A Person, a Place and a Thing. Record about one, two or all three of these and send audio files or links to DaveKY at mail.com by 6pm Central Time on September 10, 2025.

Show art: Automat (1927) by Edward Hopper (1882-1967) depicts a sneaky...

3:00:15 – Frank in NYC and New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Yoga, void moon, Mercury Theater, a dashboard for reality, slated for demolition, Dr. Cantrip, cans, Italy, Weird Little Highway: Ride (8/7/25), creativity, the storytelling engine, Whychock Revival, flowerpots, Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band – New Threats From the Soul (2025), psychedelic infusions in music, Native Tongues, lyrics, Forest for the Trees, The Armixhony of Conrad, Doctor Who, Agharta Thursday of the Corporate Arts, Miles Davis, ultra obscure font Draco III, Acid cigar, tiki bars, earthquake, reality, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:06:12)… Smoothie mod by Don Paterson...

Join Mike outside on a Friday night.

This week, I’m sitting on the back porch of my folks’ house in suburban Birmingham, AL., gazing out into the serene channel of woods and darkness, wondering why my family chose to live here in the late summer of 1992. I guess I’ve never thought of it before, or, for that matter, why one of our neighbors, the heir to one of the state’s great Department Store fortunes, chose to build his dream house here back in the late 70’s — a dream house that was torn down a couple weeks...

Fusebox 269: “STUPIDITY TARIFF”

33:11 – Show Open :: A Taco To Go :: Welcome To The Liars’ Club :: Fusebox Liner :: Grindhouse Resurrection Magazine Spot 9 :: Fusebox Liner ID ::  A Smelly Rant :: The Smell Of Grift :: Some Goodwill From Robert Reich :: Have You Heard The Good News: 1) A Breath Of Clean Air  2) Working From Home Big Time  3) Otters Return To Ibera  4) Clean The Air, It’s Now The Law  5) Shrooms of Longevity :: Fusebox Liner ID: Your Healthcare Plan :: A Grindhouse Minute: “The Beast of the Yellow Night” (1971) :: Show Close.

Tariff-free thanks to our contributors on this one; Erin Lehn for erudite ID pronouncements a...

2:14:49 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Sweet vermouth, ranch water, tobacco, hemp, fire, Subtle Lanterns, Jean-Michel Jarre – Zoolook (1984), Fighting Fantasy books, West Texas, Howard Stern Show on Sirius to end, Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025), trailers, new computer, Onsug Radio Shuffle Mode #4, Sleep No More dream, West Virginia trip, surprise party, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:34:39)… BenMVBPromo [collection], I’m Thinkin by Smersh [collection], The Mind – Benders: LSD and the Hallucinogens (1970) (excerpt) [Fedflix, public domain], Love me in my Mercedes-Benz by Rinzo & The Hey Hey Panthers [Jamendo, CC BY 3.0], Bad Ronald (1974) trailer [YouTu...

1:14:30 – Continuing the experiment of random Onsug listening! I decided to return to the original name, “Onsug Radio Shuffle Mode”, with “The Onsug Saloon” as a subtitle. Once again, we listen randomly to 22 209-second clips from the entire archive. This one I had to record 3 times, since I just got a new computer and everything’s a bit off-kilter. But I am very happy with how it turned out.

Ref: 979-04, 253-03, 1001-04, 622-40, 505-15, 914-01, 232-27, 211-31, 221-06, 751-014, 305-33, 998-11, 980-10, 115-83, 604-48, 950-29, 118-22, 711-04, 712-46, 988-30, 614-10, 132-18.

License for this track: Creative Comm...

29:26 – In this episode, we dive into the surprisingly gripping saga of cleaning up a cluttered Google Drive. What starts as a mundane task—freeing up storage space—turns into an addictive, game-like quest. We explore the thrill of clicking through hundreds, even thousands, of files, each deletion feeling like a small victory. From old movies and forgotten PDFs to random adverts, outdated flyers, stray components, and mysterious system files, we uncover the eclectic mix of digital relics that pile up over time. The host shares their personal journey, detailing how the process hooks you, pulling you into a compulsive need t...

1:55:58 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Someone lost their Barbie glasses, Milky Way, New York State dream, Gearshift, Run Like An Antelope, Phish tour stats, QS – Gear Shift (1/1/17), AI TV shows, Fable, Showrunner, flash flood warning, thunderstorm, Spinal Tap, Inspector Clouseau, endless remakes, Monsters Cereals X Jim Henson, puppets, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:15:06)… Time Shifter by Doug Rice [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Foxes (1980) – Trailer [Archive.org], Nightshift by Nicoals Eller [Supafeed ,CC BY-NC-ND 2.5], Vision of the Wild (1990) (excerpt) [FedFlix, public domain], Latin Nightbug by Lee Rosevere [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC 3.0], Ivy Vine 5 (fro...

49:24 – Doc Sleaze gropes toward formulating a theory which can tie together and reconcile all existing conspiracy theories, but gets side tracked into contemplations about classic British war movies, bad remakes and reboots of classic film and TV properties and unpopular opinions as free speech. Plus, a classic B-movie horror double bill recreated, the winner of ‘Have You Been Shagged by a Celebrity?’ competition, a look at some classic British soap operas and more. Includes:

Unpopular Opinions and Free Speech ¦ Shagged by a Celebrity ¦ Understated Stoicism – Some Thoughts on the Classic British War Movie ¦ Soft Soap (Part One) ¦ Another Unne...

3:25:17 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Coming to you today from Great Sacandaga Lake in Mayfield, NY, on the beach, tranquility, driving up, synchronicity, Monaco Blue Crush, Phish at SPAC in Saratoga Springs, NY, cool drive home, Echoes from PRX, Wildlife Museum, endless taxidermy, supermarket, set break at SPAC for night 2 with Fab, next day, traffic hassles, the Windex of the gods, The Red Barn, Tavern Treasures, Ripcord, Tops, weird little mall and arcade, Cactus Canyon, Ollie’s Good Stuff Cheap, night 3, Tom Lehrer dead at 97, Chuck Mangione dead at 84, went kayaking and swimmi...

41:16 – This time around we put AI – and those who create it – under the microscope and ask ‘Is it all a scam?’ Plus, stop worrying about Epstein and that list – he never existed, so couldn’t have had a client list which Donald Trump couldn’t be on. Also, man eating plants and bizarre jungle adventures – more obscure schlock movies examined. In between all of this, Ash Dieback and Diane Butz take a deep dive into the question of ‘Is meat murder?’ Includes:

There is no Epstein! ¦ Ash Dieback and Diane Butz discuss ‘Is Meat Murder?’ ¦ More Billionaire Idiocy ¦ More from Ash and...

2:34:52 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Carpet mousepads, string, dioramas, Living Worlds, Carpet Diem, 1993, novelty, The Anasazi, Tenet (2020), lurking, Hulk Hogan dead at 71, happy idiot archetype, Ozzy Osbourne dead at 76, Jim Shooter dead at 73, Bill Moyers dead at 91, experience rooms, video dream, Videocassette 209, bar trivia champs, Ghost at MSG, Phish in Queens, Saratoga Springs, Guy Forget incident, Locus Jocus, this place is a joke, Bob Grant, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:52:58)… Carpe Diem by Open Mind Frame [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Ellen Feiss – Apple Commercial [YouTube], Thoughtseize by musicfornothing [Soundcloud, CC BY-ND 3...

2:37:33 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Cash only bridge and parking garage, Red Bank, NJ, Previews, Dingman’s Ferry Bridge, glyph interface, shows on Onsug, high school reunion, Palm emulator dream, Blade Runner (1982), Zorro, El Marko shirt, Daffy Dan’s Bargaintown, Varmint Corporation, Phish in Chicago, Varmint Corporation, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:56:27)… Children’s Bargain Town U.S.A. – “Huffy Bicycle Sale” (Commercial, 1971?) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Herculoids 1 [collection], Gift Star coupons for cigarettes (1968) [archive.org], Quadra – Boot [collection], And That Ain’t All by Billy Murray (1919) [Archive.org, public domain], Carvel Ice Cream – “Tom...

1:17:19 – Onsug Saloon continues with another selection of random clips from the entire Onsug Radio archive. This one explores some of the darker, weirder, and out of context corners of the collection. Enjoy!

Ref: 942-14, 910-23, 1003-12, 222-08, 115-39, 983-13, 115-33, 551-28, 969-25, 948-02, 116-14, 138-23, 994-27, 561-30, 104-049, 953-01, 823-123, 602-33, 958-07, 731-01, 951-01, 918-03.

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

4:11:12 – Welcome, hosts and listeners of The Onsug radio universe, to come and join a freeform chat in video, which will be released in audio. The Exit Ramp continues for another amazing group show.

Host Frank from The Overnightscape is joined by Chad from Chadcast, Simon from Nevada, Jan Erik from Norway, Frank’s brother John, Eddie from Ireland, Jefferson from Philadelphia, Bob LeMent from Morning Commute, Doc Sleaze from his various shows, Dave in Kentucky from his various shows, and Nate in Wisconsin.

Zoom AI quick recap: The meeting began with participants sharing personal stories and discussing histori...

1:03:07 – Welcome to Tape Land! On each episode, I’ll present the audio of a cassette tape or historic material from my personal archives.

In December 2002 I was lost in the weeds of a multitude of ideas surrounding my projects Obliviana Super Occult Amusement and Bluffcosm.com. Amazingly, a few months later, I dropped most of these ideas and started my show The Overnightscape – which is still going today, 22 years later!

– Frank Edward Nora, July 21, 2025

Notes: Sunday, December 1, 2002, Nutley, NJ, in my Jeep, driving down to my storage unit in Iselin, NJ, computer monitor issues...

Join Mike outside on a Friday night.

Hang out on the makeshift back patio with me while I reminisce on morning TV and what happened after that on those long hot days in the summer when you had nothing to do and all day to do it.

Anyway, I was feeling real nostalgic today when I took a small break to take in a double feature — something I don’t get to do much these days when I’m driving for dollars and looking for more stable work.

Later on in the night, I spec...

1:18:28 – Onsug Saloon continues from last week’s experimental show Onsug Radio Shuffle Mode. It’s in the same format, with random 209 second clips from the entire Onsug Radio archive, shuffled, each introduced by a computer voice. The first clip is chosen from the shuffle, so things get off to a good start, but the rest are completely random, from a pool of over 259,000 clips. This time, the set of clips are updated to include the complete archive up to last month, June 2025. Like last time, I think it’s better not to include show titles, as the titles are spoken in...

3:13:04 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: There were these gods living in a hotel, Tenet (2020), I’ve a Need, Owl, commercials, The Secret of NIMH (1982), save scumming, eye of a needle, Severe Repair, creativity, Dealowl, I Overflow, Man, Donkey Kong Bananza, Popeye, Howard Johnson’s, Don Imus, rough commute, current events, Phish in Philly, Amish in bus terminal, my morsel, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:32:14)… Ice Town by Fuzzy Daupner [collection], Sign Of The Malls by Fuzzy Daupner [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Mark Linn-Baker and Bronson Pinchot at the Fanboy convention in Knoxville...

2:33:39 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Mysterious basketball, intense vegetable maintenance, Walt Disney animatronic, Onsug Radio Shuffle Mode, pickup truck people, Disco City Antiques, Phish in South Carolina, Tweezer Reprise, car insurance, Hate The Radio, the underground, Invisible Ink Underground, manga, Edens Zero, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:52:56)… Ice (live) by The Forced Oscillations [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Chinese film (1966) (excerpt) [FedFlix, public domain], The Third Degree by Mola [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], The Evil Farm (Episode 10 “End”) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], The Host (Lampé Remix) by Alic [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], George’s Bluffcosm Pro...

1:18:28 – Onsug Radio Shuffle Mode is an experimental continuation of previous project Onsug Radio Previews, from 2023–2024. That one had a semi-random, but curated, set of show clips, each 209 seconds long (3:29), and each introduced by a computer voice.

This new concept uses the same set of clips (the full Onsug archive up to Sep. 2023), but has a different computer voice, talking faster and just saying the show title. It’s also fully random (except for a first clip, which is chosen from random options).

I like how this one turned out, and I’m planning on doing...

3:55:22 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: See Rock City, nursery rhymes, Ruby Falls, fridge magnets, airplanes, neon coffee sign, Norfolk, place pronunciations, Daily Listening, AI, mind-boggling theories, visions of an alien city, next day, went to see Superman (2025) first thing in the morning, cinema hassles, my review from the mall parking lot, the mall, filler arcs, Pura Vida Miami, Okay Toscanini, The Flintstones, Pebbles, The History of Fairyland Caverns, nursery rhymes, Mid-Century vibes, the 3D field, The Standard Biergarten, ski shot, Phish in Columbus, Ohio, new crawlspace lock, soap operas, K-Pop, Severe Repair, Roge...

2:54:15 – Dave in Kentucky is joined by Eddie Murray (at 24:50), Chad Bowers (at 1:12:04) and Frank Edward Nora (at 1:56:45) for a discussion of the decades, centuries and millennia of our past, present and future.

Next month’s topics: General Information, Major Concerns & Private Thoughts. Record about one, two or all three of these and send audio files or links to DaveKY at mail.com by 6pm Central Time on August 10, 2025.

Show art: Automat (1927) by Edward Hopper (1882-1967) depicts a sneaky time traveler listening to the Overnightscape Central in an automat while cleverly concealing her air buds with her hat b...

1:19:24 – A new show from Onsug Radio hosts Mike Boody (The Midnight Citizen) and Chad Bowers (Chadcast /TITFOS) – Birmingham Pizza Review part 2 – SLICE. They talk about all manner of things and say a few words about the pizza they are consuming at pizza restaurants around the greater Birmingham, Alabama area.

IIn this episode: TDR, a lack of spirit, that demon luck, raisins, pizza

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 Chad Bowers – more info at titfos.tumblr.com or onsug.com.