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All episodes of The Overnightscape are online. Episodes 580 and up are here on the main blog, and earlier episodes are available in The Overnightscape Archive. But it’s been hard to search through all episodes at once… so I’ve made a single, simple page that contains the show notes for all the episodes:
I don’t have links to the shows on this page yet… but still it is a valuable resource to search through all the episodes.
Starting tomorrow, the “daily format” is coming back – for 12 days at least.
The Overnightscape has gone through a bunch of different formats over the years – weekly, daily, 1-hour, 2-hour, 30-minute, unlimited, etc. Lately the show has been in the “Completely Unlimited” format – in which shows of any length can come out any time. This upcoming series of 12 twenty-minute shows is still in the “Completely Unlimited” format – but depending on how the experiment turns out, it could lead to a new format.
This is not the “Secret Project” I’ve been talking about, though it is certainly related.
My motivation for this new “experiment” is that I think shorter, more frequent episodes could make it easier for new listeners to get into the show. And the way I do my post-production these days could make a daily show a lot easier for me to do than it was in the past.
I would love to hear everyone’s thoughts on this series!!
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Manny the Mailman and his son Mike review items from the recently-rescued Overnightcase.
Back in the early 90s I was creating “experimental publications” that made little sense to anyone else but me. One of them was called “Fovy”, and I published 5 issues in late 1993. They folded out to a poster of “Codingseeds” that looked kinda cool. I found a few copies while cleaning up today. Here are some rasterized images of the posters I found on my Mac…
This past Friday I was Twittering away in NYC, and Andrew from England mentioned he was looking at some webcams in Times Square. So, when I got to Times Square I found the webcam he was looking at and Twittered to him I was there, and then a bunch of people on Twitter also tuned in to the webcam and took a lot of pics. Check out the discussion on the forum here and here.
Lots more pics and a transcript in the rest of this post… Read more
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Check out my brother’s comic, “At The Circle”, online at Walrus Comix.
The comic is based on true events from January of 1987 when I was making a video movie called “The Evil Farm” with a bunch of local juvenile delinquents in and around Somerville, New Jersey. The character holding the video camera is based on me.
I have never released the video version of “The Evil Farm” online, but I plan to at some point. I did create an audio version of “The Evil Farm” which is available online, but only in lo-fi form. I plan on a hi-fi release of the audio version in the near future. Until then check out the lo-fi MP3 of the 10-minute edited version above (not safe for work). You can hear the actual audio of some of the dialog in the comic!
The 2007 Podcast Awards winners were just announced. The Overnightscape, nominated in the General category, did not win.
I want to thank everyone for all the time and effort spent voting, many of you every day. It was great to see all the effort on behalf of the show!
The show that won in the General category, “Show Girls”, is run by this guy Franklin McMahon, and the stars include Karen and Karla from Rumor Girls, KFC from Sky Diver Girls, and Soccergirl – all of whom I like and have met at various podcasting events – so I am happy for them, and congratulate them on winning.
Out of 4,097 shows nominated, The Overnightscape was one of the 220 finalists (actually 201 since 19 shows were nominated in 2 categories) – so that in itself is pretty cool.
Thank you all for nominating the show! The Overnightscape is a nominee in the GENERAL category, along with 9 other shows.
Voting lasts for 15 days, starting Saturday, July 28, 2007 and ending Saturday, August 11, 2007. You can vote once per day – so make sure to vote every day!
The Overnightscape was previously nominated for a Podcast Award in the “Cultural/Political” category in 2005, but did not win. It was not a nominee in 2006. This year, 2007, we have a real chance to get the award!!!
I would like to suggest nominating The Overnightscape in the GENERAL category:
http://podcastawards.com/index.php?option=nominate
Nominations close this Sunday so go there now!!!
The Overnightscape was successfully nominated in the “Cultural/Political” category in 2005, but did not win. It was not a nominee in 2006. Let’s get on there for 2007!
Thanks!!!
Station Unlimited is my site for all my old audio works and also newer stuff that doesn’t fit into The Overnightscape format. I like to call it “The Overnightscape Underground”.
I redesigned the site with WordPress, converting all the old content into posts, backdated to their original release dates. So now, things are better organized and easier to listen to.
I just released a very cool “audio field trip” I did last Saturday with my friend Peter, called “The Motor Excursion Ruffians #3”. Also, I released “Audio Street Fair Blues” which I mentioned on The Overnightscape #602.
I plan on releasing a lot more cool stuff on Station Unlimited.
Last Thursday The White Stripes announced a surprise show in NYC today, at the newly renamed The Fillmore at Irving Plaza. Tickets went on sale 10AM Saturday at the box office – $30 each, cash only, 2 tickets max per person, photo ID required. Instead of a ticket you get a voucher which must be presented with the photo ID to get in.
My sister-in-law Carrie and I got on line at about 5:45 AM. As we later found out, we were 124th and 125th in line. We finally got our vouchers at around 11:15 AM. I did a lot of recording which will be heard on an upcoming episode of The Overnightscape.
Around 8:00 AM someone took a video of the line. You can see me and Carrie at the 0:50 mark sitting on the ground (1:13 if it’s counting down). She is wearing black and I am wearing green.
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Rumor has it only 350 people on line got to buy tickets, with another 150 being sent home empty handed. I’m looking forward to the show!
UPDATE: Here is an annotated screenshot of us on line:
Desktop background made from 1975 video game flyer for “Electromotion IV”
This one has it all… corduroy, cactuses, groovy wallpaper, cigarettes, Pong, snacks, beer, whiskey, and lots and lots of quarters.
Episode 600 will be coming sometime this weekend.
Episode #599 of The Overnightscape is coming this Wednesday, May 30, 2007.
Here is a Flickr photo set of 7 months worth of Overnightscape review items.
I’ve always intended to release the pictures at the same time as the episodes, but I kept putting it off. So now I’m releasing a ton of pics all at once! These go way back to September 2006.
There are also a few interesting non-review pics scattered throughout.
Here’s a new set of pics I took recently with my Treo.
Episode 599 should be coming this Monday or Tuesday.
The old Favicon was based on the color scheme of the old homepage. I made a new Favicon, but it’s temporary because I think I can come up with something better.
