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Classictronica: Arcade Memories (3/2/02) 24.25 (1:46:25 / 97.7 MB)
The Overnightscape Underground - January 2010 - Track 25
“Your Late Night Broadcast” online at onsug.com
Created by Frank Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com) in New Jersey, USA
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Released here for the first time, “Classictronica: Arcade Memories”, recorded March 2, 2002 at the NAVA video game collectors meeting at Video Game Connections in Howell, NJ. Frank interviews the folks at the meeting about the video game arcades that they frequented during the early 80s golden age of video games. Featuring… Video Devil Jr. intro, Fun Arcade (Metairie, Louisiana), Defender, Pancho’s Mexican Cafe, Fiesta Fun Center (Contemporary Resort Hotel, Walt Disney World), Star Rider, DisneyQuest (Downtown Disney, Walt Disney World), Virtuality, bagel shop, Missile Command, The Ground Round, Donkey Kong, Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour, Star Castle, Pac-Man, Frogger, Xevious, Spy Hunter, Bowcraft, Q*Bert, Asteroids, Space Invaders, Steve, Kyle, Asteroids, arcade off a pizza parlor (Sussex County, NJ), Empire Strikes Back (sit down), bowling alley, Star Wars, Tron, Connecticut, Discs of Tron (envoronment cabinet), Afterburner, Space Harrier, Outrun, Street Fighter II, arcade atmosphere, Crossbow, Choplifter, Punch Out, Gauntlet, Daytona USA, Ridge Racer, Foxwoods Casino (Connecticut), Virtua Racing, Cruisin’ USA, Drug Fair, Venture, Tempest, Galaga, dentist, Space Invaders, Raiden Fighters, World Heroes, Penn Station (NYC), ColecoVision, Macy’s, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, X-Men (2 screens), Ronen, snack place, Phoenix (cocktail), Luxor (Las Vegas), Sega Arcade, US Amusement Auctions, Castle Blast (Atari 5200), Jay Forman, arcade next to Beefsteak Charlie’s, Berzerk, bit by a dog, scar, 7-11, Asteroids, Black Knight 2000 pinball, Twlight Zone pinball, Ocean County Mall, Jenkinson’s South (Point Pleasant, NJ), Mr. Do!, The Game Room, Space Port (Woodbridge Center Mall, NJ), Jerry, The Purple Room and Fun ‘N’ Games, (Willowbrook Mall, Wayne, NJ), Electric Circuit Arcade (Bloomfield, NJ), Rocky’s Pizzeria, Space Invaders, pinball machines, greek restaurant (Princeton, NJ), Popeye, Satan’s Hollow, Mr. Subs and Pat’s Place (Nutley, NJ), Stargate, jukeboxes, Slik Stik, Tempest, Classic Gamic Expo, Las Vegas, Tom, Phoenix, Rutger’s University bowling alley/arcade in the basement of the Student Center, Major Havoc, Galaga, Gauntlet, sounds of the arcade, Rich, Return of the Jedi, Jolt arcade (Flint, Michigan), Fuddruckers, Roger & Me, Broadway City Arcade and Laser Park (TImes Square, NYC), Galaga, The Game Room Store (Woodbridge Center Mall, NJ), Gaplus (cocktail), Chinatown Fair Arcade (NYC), King of Fighters 2001, Metal Slug 4, Donald, Video Village (Echelon Mall, Vorhees, NJ), Pole Position 2 (sit down), Tron, Splatterhouse, Atari Foorball, Video Village II, radio control dune buggies, Exhilarama, put the quarter ont he glass, Xenophobe, Time Pilot, Time Pilot ‘84, Dave and Buster’s, House of the Dead 2, Harley Davison, LA Machineguns, Kangaroo, roller coaster, family fun center, video surveillance “game”, Dactyl Nightmare, South Street Seaport (NYC), Malibu Speedway arcade, Dig Dug, Red Baron, Blast From The Past, Silver Palace, singing bears, violent birthday party, two albino bats, ashtrays on video games, A. J. Winston’s, Armor Attack, Stone Harbor arcade, Zaxxon, Food Fight, Paperboy, Harbor Playcade, Galaxian, Steel Talons, Terminator 2, Scott Crawford, Barrow Street Ale House, the oral Tetris memory, Mike Etler, Ocean County Mall, Seaside Heights, Great Adventure, Jackson, Two Guys, Jamesway, Zookeeper, Video Pinball, Galaga, Sega Baseball, cockpits of driving games, Dragon’s Lair, M.A.C.H. 3, Firefox, RIT, Bubbles, Double Dragon, Gulf in Freehold, Mr. Do!, Donkey Kong, VideoGameConnections.com, Pac-Man, John, hotel arcade crimes, Video Devil Jr. outtakes, and bonus audio from March 16, 2002 with Mike about the long-lost “The Purple Room” arcade at the Willowbrook Mall in Wayne, NJ, plus a few others…
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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’ve been doing Internet talk radio shows for nearly seven years now. From “The Overnightscape” to “The Rampler” to the current project, “The Overnightscape Underground”, I have released over 1,800 audio files, totalling over 65 days in length.

You can download the entirety of this in a new archive I created called “Frank Nora Archive” (”FNA” for short). There are 47 ZIP files you can download, totalling 15.5 GB. There is also a checklist you can print out to keep track of things.

The audio format for FNA is 24kbps, mono MP3. While “lo-fi”, I think it sounds pretty good - kind of like listening to an old AM radio. I may release everything in the “hi-fi” format at some point, but for now this is fine.

FNA is based on my previous “OnsugBox” project - but expands upon it. Additionally, I will be adding each new month to FNA as I finish them.

If you use Firefox, you can install the free add-on “DownloadThemAll” to make it easier to download all 47 files. Or, of course, you can download them individually.

Enjoy the archive! There are many undiscovered audio treasures within!!

The Severe Repair Universe #1 (FN 1/28/10) 24.24 (2:22:41 / 130.8 MB)
The Overnightscape Underground - January 2010 - Track 24
“Your Late Night Broadcast” online at onsug.com
Created by Frank Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com) in New Jersey, USA
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Frank talks about and reads stories from his original science fiction universe, “Severe Repair”. On today’s show - Cupline 1: Goodbye Popcorn, Chapter One - Canyon & Phone Call, and Chapter Two - Mortal Supply.
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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

Squash Pong Squelch (FN 1/28/10) 24.23 (57:43 / 53.1 MB)
The Overnightscape Underground - January 2010 - Track 23
“Your Late Night Broadcast” online at onsug.com
Created by Frank Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com) in New Jersey, USA
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Frank in NJ and NYC. Heavy snow, winter scene, weird “go into the light” woman from Poltergeist died, Poltergeist TV series, crowded bus, car accidents in the snow, random music chip, oversaturated in digital media, the road of excess, the speech patterns of the mentally deranged people in the printing industry, the OJ trial, hydraulics, thoughts on the Apple iPad, iTampon, MetroCard, a simplified computer, analog technology, WebTV, appliance, perspectives on technology, cops, Star Trek, squash, Pong, squelch, squish, sasquatch, Spin Doctors, The Monkees, Cosmic Charlie, Super 8mm “Poultrygeist”, NJ quarters, Statue of Liberty, shapes, American Idol, Texas, Neil Patrick Harris, Barney dominatrix girl, State of the Union, mind control, John F. Kennedy, Moon missions, disclosure, aliens among us, tongue clicking noise, checklist, Pret A Manger, change, incomprehensible announcements, the “On Noyage” cassettes from 1990, a weird mental haze, Severe Repair, driving to Rhode Island, narcissism, being trapped in your own head, and trying to be realistic.
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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

Foxes (FN 1/27/10) 24.22 (37:36 / 34.7 MB)
The Overnightscape Underground - January 2010 - Track 22
“Your Late Night Broadcast” online at onsug.com
Created by Frank Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com) in New Jersey, USA
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Frank in NJ and NYC. Charging for content online, Long Island, local geography, newspapers, Apple tablet announcement today, Newsday pay site subscribers, digital publications on the tablet, digital media shellshock and immersion, the new Bejeweled Blitz crashed, the return of the classic style of Sonic the Hedgehog, Miles “Tails” Prower, foxes with multiple tails, Naruto, FOX=666, American Idol, Avril Lavigne, Katy Perry, sob stories, mind control victims as pop stars, subway, spoilers, cool train station, relaxed announcements, shuttle, Second Life, Green Hill Zone, zonked out and mentally destroyed people, police, role playing, squash, Avatar, movie grosses and inflation, Internet radio show “Hate The Radio” to return, Pomp.us, pinball computer games, Loony Labyrinth by Littlewing Pinball, and the truck/motorcycle concept.
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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

This day has been a long time in the coming.

A long time. A long long time. A loooooooooooooooooooong long time. A looooooooooooooooooong looooooooooooooooooong loooooooooooooooong time! A really long time.

In fact, at this point I’m starting to get a little tired of hearing about it. Actually, I’ve been tired of hearing about it ever since day uno. Day ichi. Day un. Day one.

Finally, Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 will be a day that lives in infamy on the Internet.. a day in which the most annoying Internet “meme” of all time was mercifully put to rest… that’s right, today will forever more be remembered as:

THE DEATH OF FAIL!

I’m not exactly sure how it started … I guess probably failblog … but it has annoyed me TO NO END when those hip, snarky, oh-too-clever-to-come-up-with-their-own-schtick, kids on “teh internets” use “fail” to mean “failure”.

Just like lolcats, it was kind of clever when the whole thing started, but now, three years on, when there are over 100 tweets a minute with “fail” in them, IT IS JUST PLAIN PATHETIC.

It’s about time somebody put their foot down.

Introducing the Happy DreamHost Apple-A-Day Tablet Contest!

Here’s how it works:

1. The contest is open to US residents only (where not prohibited by law) who are not employees nor related to employees of DreamHost. No purchase necessary, you do not have to be a DreamHost customer to win.
2. You may enter the contest once per day, starting today.
3. To enter, simply post a “tweet” via twitter that includes the word DreamHost in it (upper case and content of tweet do not matter… but spelling does!).
4. The contest ends on the day we get $10,000 worth of Apple Tablets physically in our possession. If by some miracle there ends up being no such thing as an Apple Tablet, the prize becomes $10,000 worth of whatever the hell Apple announces today instead.
5. At that time, we will randomly pick floor($10,000/$price_of_tablet) winners from the valid entries (we will be logging all tweets with “dreamhost” in them in the meantime) and contact them via twitter (from our @dreamhost account) to verify their eligibility.
6. And now, the final twist… a winner will be determined ineligible (and a replacement picked) if at ANY time between now and the end of the contest they have posted ANY tweet(s) with the term “fail” in it/them (or any clever alternative spelling)! “Failure” is fine. “Sucks” is fine. “Crappy” is fine. “Nightmare” is fine. Just not “fail”. Nor “#fail”. Nor even “@fail” (poor guy).

That’s it! Simple really.

So let’s put an end to the insanity, let’s use the power of Steve Jobs and the Apple hype machine to do some good, and let’s win us some iMacSlablet Pads!!

Morning Commute (with Bob) #20 - “Change?” (1/26/10) 24.21 (39:55 / 36.8 MB)
The Overnightscape Underground - January 2010 - Track 21
“Your Late Night Broadcast” online at onsug.com
Created by Frank Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com) in New Jersey, USA
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Join Bob LeMent (from Static Radio) rambling on his morning commute into St. Louis, Missouri…  “Change?” -
Books, Stories and the constant of change, while driving in a white out, on this Morning Commute.
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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 Bob LeMent - more info at onsug.com and StaticRadio.com
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Seaport (FN 1/26/10) 24.20 (50:17 / 46.3 MB)
The Overnightscape Underground - January 2010 - Track 20
“Your Late Night Broadcast” online at onsug.com
Created by Frank Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com) in New Jersey, USA
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Frank in NJ and NYC. Time travel dream, time travel TV shows, missed the bus, a nice evening, sunny day, Oakley sunglasses, South Street Seaport, Virtuality, plans for the Severe Repair audiobook, FNA List, obscure information, white mark on coat, bus stop people, the influence of TV, cigars, the new Bejeweled Blitz, on the bus, dollars, Figurine Dream, 3D object printers, security, bureaucracy, subway staring, woman falls into Picasso painting and puts a gash in it, white earbuds, new subway cars, controversy on the escalator, Frutiger, bagels, antiques, and TV shows (The Bachelor, 24, Big Love).
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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

Massive Storm (FN 1/25/10) 24.19 (53:12 / 48.9 MB)
The Overnightscape Underground - January 2010 - Track 19
“Your Late Night Broadcast” online at onsug.com
Created by Frank Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com) in New Jersey, USA
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Frank in NJ and NYC. Heavy rainstorm in the morning, broken umbrella destroyed by the wind, Apple tablet announcement, jamming umbrella into trash can, Lost, standing at the bus stop in the rain, Project Needlemouse, Sonic the Hedgehog, 7-11, checking the pockets, Pepperidge Farm Pirouettes, “Moisturettes”, Dream Water, umbrella shopping, charity fads, guilt, band-aid solutions, shuttle, YouTube music discovery, Bing, sci-fi magazine, Squash, tunnel, signs, typesetting, back out into the rain, library, and The Overnightscape community.
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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

Taiwan Box (FN 1/24/10) 24.18 (2:24:28 / 132.5 MB)
The Overnightscape Underground - January 2010 - Track 18
“Your Late Night Broadcast” online at onsug.com
Created by Frank Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com) in New Jersey, USA
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Frank in The Overnightscape Studio. Welcome the the show, Charo update, football playoffs, Pepsi logos, New York Jets, The Brady Bunch, the beer of the month club, beer review (Ipswitch Original Ale), Zope on show art, ingrown beard hair, old TV shows “Real People” and “That’s Incredible”, TV and culture, Jaron Lanier, FNA - Frank Nora Archive, Skip Stephenson, Mannikin, the new Bejeweled Blitz, musical interlude, The State of the Show, alien spheres around the sun, predictions of things to come, football game, the savory beans and oatmeal, Facebook ads, Toblerone, laptop heat, vicious hot wind, driving thru Pakistan dream, ice dream, opening the box of snacks from Taiwan sent in by Rich from North Carolina (RichNossel.com), a multitude of amazing Taiwanese snacks, news, snack reviews (Hsia Hsia Chiao corn snacks, Tao Kae Noi Big Sheet Crispy Seaweed (Classic Flavor, Spicy Flavor), Green Fairy Incredible Peas, Imei Brown Sugar Egg Roll), and another field goal.
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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