The Overnightscape #590 (4/25/07)
- April 24th, 2007
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The Overnightscape #590 (Wednesday, April 25, 2007 / 1:38:00 / 44.9 MB / theovernightscape.com) – Tonight’s subjects include: An experimental Wednesday pure “Journeys in Midtown Manhattan”-type episode, website updates, expansion codes, maniac driver, Audi showroom, premonition, Port Authority Bus Terminal alarm, Hell’s Kitchen, walking through a whirlwind on 42nd St., handing out free “lasers”, free newspapers, unavoidable debris, lenticular animation, bathroom smell, The World’s Largest Guitar Smash (Hard Rock Cafe), tour bus, vague Keep America Beautiful event, a breeze so incredible it’s like a doorway into another world, police barriers, police dog, Crumpler bag, shirts, construction zones, Nat Sherman, The Grateful Dead, Archive.org, sirens, Chase, MetLife Building, the hippie fantasy, going online while walking down the street, loss of wondering and musing, fire engines, evacuation routes, heavy chains, atheists, Godiva, religiously independent, magical parameters, a busted version of reality, pigeonholing, on a mission to “The Magic Cow”, Ellusionist playing cards (“Black Tiger”, “Ghost”, “Viper”), chemtrails in the morning, Stoic 2, Chrysler Building, Hyatt Hotel space station, engagement party, return of the cruel shows, document destruction, Laser One, meteor, podcasting-free Sundays, nitrogen, cool misreadings (“Donate Your Chair”, “Glass Centerpiece Now”, “Fashion Murderstore”, “Ionic Masterpiece”), Empire State Building, Doctor Who (“Daleks in Manhattan”), hamburger character, stairway from a dream, The Magic Cow is gone, calling The Magic Cow, confusion at Maui Tacos, mixing root beer and pink lemonade, The Compleat Strategist, cigar (“Conga Black Pearl”), playing cards (“Black Tiger (all suits white)”), sunlight, Oakley Fives 3.0, recording the announcement for the end of the new feed of the show (right before 580), grits, polenta, The Oatmeal Gambit, butter, missing the bus, walking to another bus stop, Bell System manhole covers, wires, news on Treo, and being inside the bag. Hosted by Frank Edward Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com)
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The Overnightscape #589 (Friday, April 20, 2007 / 1:25:00 / 38.9 MB / theovernightscape.com) – Tonight’s subjects include: Cardboard exoskeleton, respecting the vegetarian way, happy 420, warm weather returns, episode 700 in an alternate world, NYC audio (Bryan Adams on pan flute, Times Square Shuttle, welding disappointment), NJ audio (standing in the Nor’easter), Frank’s grandmother’s 97th birthday, the cats, Tricentennial, sinking of The Titanic, Altoona, rainfall records, state of emergency, Bound Brook, NJ, Smersh, the Virginia Tech school shooting and the media, senseless drunk driving deaths, Sanjaya, the end of the Anything But Monday Show, The Rubenerd Show Blog on the end of ABM, NYC audio (Times Square, interesting weather, coffee at Cold Stone Creamery, Virgin Megastore window, woman who sued McDonalds for getting burned by their coffee, Sam Ash, Manny’s Music, Universal Audio, Moog Little Phatty, analog synthesizers, yet another Chipotle disappointment, Fox News Studios, loitering, littering, lettering, cannister of liquid nitrogen), Treo 680, Palm m515, Nokia 3595, pound sign, reorganizing the pockets, new ringtone (“Green Hill Zone”), Sonic the Hedgehog midi websites, dangerous cell phone, forum poll, blog posts (“Lynette Radio”, “Finally, Quiet”), and Mr. Jesse the Cat knocked over a telephone. Hosted by Frank Edward Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com)
The Overnightscape #588 (Friday, April 13, 2007 / 2:00:00 / 54.9 MB / theovernightscape.com) – Tonight’s subjects include: Different jigsaw puzzles, flutes, number one loser, phone ringings, welcome to Year 5, basketball, difficult week, finding the right balance, stressful day, beverage review (“Boomsma”), inertia and viscosity, blog post (“Four things I learned from Frank Edward Nora” on “A Raging Titter” by Sinisterpurpose), mass transit induced despair, Stoic Man sighting, new bus character: The Similar Man, freezing in April, missing the bus, ramen noodles for breakfast, a little noodle disaster, modern elevator problems, 9/11, The United States of America, snack review (“Pringles Minis – Original”), incredible happiness, NYC audio (Corridor of Losers, sad music, Grand Terrace of the AMC Empire theater on 42nd St. (with Frank’s brother John), Grindhouse, new skyscrapers, looking down at the street, Joe Camel, Dallas BBQ, Dave and Busters, teddy bear, bowling game disk, favorite seat at Zaro’s Bread Basket, defeatist attitude, grid of metal pipes, police dog, confusion, more Corridor music, getting onto the 7 train, demolition on First Avenue, Mongolian Seating Area, wandering around, empty food market, Enchanted Tours, bizarre clouds, Empire State Building, talking to a bird, Queens Midtown Tunnel, police cars, doggie gym, squeaky Adidas), a case of hiccups, PodCamp NYC, party at Slate, famous podcasters, Knob Creek on the rocks, people from the past (“James from the old job”, “Steve from the old bus”), cheating at holding your breath, staying at the New Yorker Hotel, tiny room, weird sink, gregariousness, Fox News, weird dream and sick feeling, freight elevator, ABM Show booth. public speaking, Lynette Radio, Jon from Tribeca, Susan Miller, evil ventriloquist dummy, dream review (“Curse Mayabreya Yecch”, “Medical Droid 2-1B”, “The Special Cappuccino”), laughing at tragedy, movie reviews (“Grindhouse”, “300”), TV reviews (“Lost”, “Doctor Who”, “The Sopranos”, “Entourage”), and podcasting isn’t easy. Hosted by Frank Edward Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com)
The Overnightscape #587 (Friday, April 6, 2007 / 3:00:00 / 82.4 MB / theovernightscape.com) – Tonight’s subjects include: Part Two of the Celebrations of the Fourth Anniversary of The Overnightscape, listener audio (Troy from “Copulation With Troy”), Blue Star, patchouli, The Empire Strikes Back, vague 1995 comet memory, synchronicity (“Chocolate Cigars”), watching an orange fall down stairs, Japanese beverage review (“Georgia Five Blend” (can of coffee)), a telephone interview with Frank’s sister Julie (Bette Midler’s restaurant, The Cloisters, new apartment, memories of the show, Kelly, Steve Irwin, Anna Nicole Smith, weird area, beautiful people, Halfghan, Fort Tryon Park, Twin Peaks, the mini-me backpack plan, weird payphone incident, the other show, jazz musician soulmate, Bitcom, Dan Naturman), listener email (“E-Squared (Eve from Florida)”, listener song (“MC Radge Rab from the Scottish hip hop underground”), PodCamp NYC, candy review (“Hot Tamales – Ice”), mint flavor, Barnes and Noble closings, Garrett Popcorn, ringtones (“Sanford and Son”, “I Wanna Be Sedated”, “I Saw Drones”), decoding a file, listener audio (“Boostah / Eddie from Ireland (from Tedpod.com) in the Phillippines” – 11 minute message – flu, Canada, the occult, UFOs, mysterious feathers, new world order), listener IM (“Harvie from Australia”), I Ching with colored paper clips, getting fired, conspiracy theories, Territorial Pissings, libertine rock and roll, 9/11, ((1:28:25)) NYC audio (“Music in the Corridor of Losers”, “R2-D2 Mailbox in Times Square”), catching my breath, American Idol, annoying torchiere lamp, halogen bulbs, watching TV shows on iPod, Star Wars stamps, astromech droids, listener audio (“Mr. Bunny / Dave from England”, “Roel from The Netherlands”), Conan the Barbarian, opening a huge of box of stuff from Roel from The Netherlands (featuring an amazing assortment of Dutch candy, cigars, beverages, cookies, sauces, coffee, tea, incense, Boomsma, and an orange Chocomel mug), Mr. Sasha the Cat, incense review (“Michelia Alba (from Beijing, China)”), pronunciation, tokos, police dogs, candy review (“Milky Way Crispy Rolls”), PodCamp NYC (again), time travel, Blue Star (again), practicing the days of the week, Archive Feed, being lied to, people are confused, TV show review (“Heroes”), Books Kinokuniya, Gothic Lolita Bible, shojo manga, “Sgt. Frog” / “Keroro Gunso”, a day without iPod, crappy headphones, innocent of being a bedbug, pen review (“Paper Mate Flair Pens – 4 New Colors”), new men’s room at Rockefeller Center, Port Authority toilet stall, smoking ban, stapler scare, the missing miso, Tartan Week, palindromes, and “sex at noon taxes”. Hosted by Frank Edward Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com)
The Overnightscape #586 (Friday, March 30 , 2007 / 2:11:00 / 59.9 MB / theovernightscape.com) – Tonight’s subjects include: Celebrating the Fourth Anniverary of The Overnightscape, Michigan, The War in Iraq, the disappointment Halley’s Comet in 1986, feeble resolutions, Y2K bug, beverage review (“Talisker 175th Anniversary Limited Edition Single Malt Scotch Whisky”), clothing review (“Vintage EPCOT Center T-Shirt”), show statistics, The Overnightscape 4th Anniversary Checklist, 7 phases of the show so far, Archive Feed, 350, 4th Ann. listener email and audio (“Scout501/Jon from NYC”, “Beth from Seattle”, “Bill from ‘the shadows'”, chemtrails, spilling of whisky, Special Olympics, stress, conspiracy websites, Eddie’s file, candy review (“Hershey’s Milk Chocolate Bar Filled With Green Tea Creme”), Dubai, rich people, indulging yourself with stuff you’re not supposed to do, “Heroes”, chewing gum review (“Eclipse Midnight Cool”), beverage review (“BocaCcino Iced Coffee – Double Trouble”), “Midnight Run”, “The Matrix”, komodo dragon, tuatara, nacho update, street face sculpting, day without phone, Jamba Juice confusion, listener Skype audio (“Neal from ireland”, “Fishman/Kyle from Alaska”, “Manny the Mailman (from NJ)”), Beginner’s Guide to Cigars and Pipes, Newhoo, Bluffcosm.com, making a living, Frank on a list of notable residents from Nutley, NJ, Bob Grant, Rush Limbaugh, dream review (“Space Man”, “Rocks in Italy”), from the forum (“Dadaist”), the massive importance of the Hoth AT-AT scene from “The Empire Strikes Back”, Super 8mmm movies, NYC audio (“Port Authority Bus Terminal”), podcast meetup, popcorn, game room remodeling at Leisure Time Bowl, Times New Roman, classical music, Book Corner, superheroes, waxing, Australian Homemade, Cafe Metro, the men’s room on level 4, ambient audio of the 400 gates, Be Here Now, vague childhood memories being made, boarding the bus, life is good, and a urinal fight between an Indian and a White. Hosted by Frank Edward Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com)
The Overnightscape #585 (Friday, March 23, 2007 / 1:57:00 / 53.5 MB / theovernightscape.com) – Tonight’s subjects include: Building your own little world, mushroom-shaped area codes, New York State, Great Lakes ignorance, 4th Anniversary of The Overnightscape Beta #2, next week is the official 4th Anniversary of the show, abmshow.com, Beautiful Breakfast, donating to the children’s hospital, Starbucks apple fritter, Auntie Anne’s Pretzels, Jamba Juice, blueberries, superfoods, Orange Berry Blitz, Expedia.com guerilla marketing, a criticism of “The Secret” book and video, listener Skype audio (“Colorado Mystery Caller”, ‘Jazz Kenny”), Israel Brown, plain ice cream, Plain Vanilla ASCII, old studio, ways to walk home, Red Caboose model train store, wonderful horrible obsession insanity, human nature, musical ability, synthesizers, tanks, ((51:53)) field recording in NYC, “Carbon Copy” cigar, freezing on the first day of Spring, movie review (“Citizen Kane” (1941)), putting gloves on, slacker days, Orson Welles, William Randolph Hearst, imagining the past, pissed off people walking around, Xanadu (poem / Citizen Kane / Meadowlands in NJ), children’s role-playing town, new skyscraper, ((1:09:09)) back in the studio, The White Stripes, mini music review (“Archaeology” by The Rutles), Julie, candy review (“sweetriot – flavor 70”), the word “antioxidants”, beverage review (“Oban 14 Year Old Single West Highland Malt Scotch Whisky”), a little victory in the “Stoic Situation”, the short-lived nacho experiment, milk crate dragger, Times Squares garbage wind, Metro Marche, purge damper, chocolate croissants, tricky tray, candle review (“Everlasting Flameless Candle (Vanilla)” by Mark Feldstein and Associates), lame celebrity sighting (“Tim McGraw”), free Starbucks coffee, vague new chocolate store, first kisses, and a rubber flame. Hosted by Frank Edward Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com)
The Overnightscape #584 (Friday, March 16, 2007 / 2:15:00 / 61.8 MB / theovernightscape.com) – Tonight’s subjects include: The 4th anniversary of the dawn of The Overnightscape, PATH train, Canada, understanding daylight savings time, old Mac game “Solitaire Till Dawn”, Statler Brothers cassette, video game review (“Tetris DX” on Game Boy Color), the world of Tetris, beverage review (“No. 209 Gin”), the history of 209, digressing, postal codes, Nunavut, cool old commute (Liberty State Park Light Rail Station, to ferry, thru WFC and WTC, to subway), the old Jeep, 1.5 million second mark, psychedelic stuff (“I thought I saw an astronaut doll”, “A coffee cup in a dream”), Corporate Coffee Systems (corpcofe.com), Van Houtte Cafe, Gramma’s painting of Trapper’s Peak, college basketball “March Madness”, ants, baby powder, American idol, Bloomfield tries to ban Sopranos filming, a dark mood, stressing out, religious argument in the Corridor of Losers, a chance meeting with Phil (from the wedding at Woolman Hill) in the Port Authority Bus Terminal men’s room, Swedish candy review (“Cloetta Plopp”), Sweet Factory, the house Martha Stewart grew up in, kids harrassing frank, The Fishman Cigars (“Rocky Patel Sun Grown”), ignoring people, pot, leaving a burner on, Jembro, miso broth, supermarket review (“Whole Foods Market (in West Orange, NJ)”), confused by The Oranges, designer salts, pickles, food review (“South River Miso – Three Year Barley”), probiotic microorganisms, lip balm review (“Organic Eco Lips Vanilla Hemp”), inceense review (“Triloka Original Hrebal Incense – Hawaiian High”), the first live soap review on the show (“Pangea Organics Bar Soap – Canadian Pine with White Sage”), creepy environmental stuff, a new perspective on the Star Wars prequels, Sony PlayStation 3 Home, a post about The Overnightscape on the greatest website ever – Malls of America (mallsofamerica.blogspot.com), Willowbrook Mall, Little Cinema, The Purple Room video game arcade, Matt Mason’s box of stuff from Japan in Epcot that was hijacked by the other show, candy review (“Botan Rice Candy” (previously reviewed on #554)), holograms, and the soap of the rich. Hosted by Frank Edward Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com)
The Overnightscape #583 (Friday, March 9, 2007 / 1:49:00 / 49.9 MB / theovernightscape.com) – Tonight’s subjects include: Happiness is a black coat, chaise lounge, crotch shock, a lot of podcasting, an unexpected milestone – The Overnightscape reaches 25,000 minutes!, the 17 day mark was a few shows ago, candle review (“Woodwick (Lemon Sage) by Virginia Candle”), beverage review (“The Original Sailor Jerry Spiced Navy Rum” (recommended by Dan from The Hook Show podcast)), tattooing, Anything But Monday Show, toiletry review (“Eco Lips ENERGY Lip Balm”), lip balm addiction, thoughts on caffeine, alcohol, tobacco, and narcotics, a live audio report from the lunar eclipse of March 3, “Fishman” cigar review (“Trilogy Native Cameroon”, “Corojo Series 55”), light pollution, cold weather static, bad hair day, passport photo, police state, hand, Mercury Retrograde report (“Dead iPod and Frozen Mac”), ice water, recharging the humidors with distilled water, mess, Marmite update, webcasting, American Idol update, Stoic Woman sighting, police woman in the men’s restroom, closings at 875 3rd Ave., Compleat Strategist locations, snack review (“Combos – Zesty Salsa Torilla”, Blue Luna Cafe Combo Snack Trays – “Salsa ‘n’ Chips”, “Nachos ‘n’ Cheese Dip”), The 28 Hour Day, NY Splash Tours, Gramma Evelyn on casino solitaire. Erlenmeyer flask, the final Koli Koli update, Simply Food, melancholy seating area, activity on The Overnightscape forum, DVD review (“Wild Palms” (TV Miniseries, 1993)), 9/11 and the Patriot Act, Kim Cattrall, Sex and the City, your own little campfire in a jar, and in all things, moderation. Hosted by Frank Edward Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com)
The Overnightscape #582 (Friday, March 2, 2007 / 3:08:00 / 86 MB / theovernightscape.com) – Tonight’s subjects include: Two hours journeying in Midtown Manhattan and then one hour in the studio, Post-it note blow away, wrecking truck, Edirol R-09, Energizer Lithium, lost Palm stylus, astral travel, Peugot breakdown, Empire State Building, a vague Sunday memory of a book store in the Port Authority Bus Terminal, “Thanks for Coming”, “Then When”, Park Avenue, mistaken for a sleeper, the world of scaffolding, The Compleat Strategist, boardgame review (“Ticket to Ride”), new skyscraper, Maui Tacos, watching movies on iPod, Jim Hanley’s Universe, superhero figurines, full-size Ant-Man helmet, Sgt. Rock, a dry haiku, tourist center, nerdy humor, battery replacement, Twin Peaks, Wild Palms, Mission Hill, the NY Public Library stone lions, cigar review (“Acid Krush Classic – Red Cameroon”), littering, nosegay, ((57:46)) weird mental block, Nat Sherman, Frank’s grandmother Evelyn, wedding china, emphysema, gold Ford Mustang, Super 8mm animated movies, Space Dust ((1:13:18)) NYC at night, 30-hour day, synchronicity report (“Teenagers From Outer Space”), videogame review (“Ms. Pac-Man” for iPod), payphones ((1:25:42)) Barnes and Noble, shopping in stores, Angela Bassett, Gene Wilder, portable waterfalls, Mac OS X Tiger vs. Windows Vista, first Mac experience at Livingston Mall in 1984, MacPaint, Times Square noise, buying “Wild Palms” DVD at Virgin Megastore, wheatback penny from 1953, cash, biometrics, webcams, anonymity, fiat currency, dusk or twilight, nightfall, Sanrio, everything is flawed, scrambled pixels, giant video screen with the first pill for shingles, the next few years, ((1:56:01)) back in the studio (late night), NYC audio (“Overheight Truck”), 6 hours of podcasting last week, the weird noise in Times Square is a work of art, Alfalfa hair, crappy band-aids, too hot on bus, crazy weather, show production, finding things in boxes, vocal FX processor, stylus, a horrific scattering of precious photos onto a kitty litter strewn floor, Blow Pop Mouth Factory, mispronouncing “scimitar”, lunar eclipse, The Grande Cigar, Koli Koli update (“Simply Food” nearly open), rats in Greenwich Village, Dreamcast Magazine, opening a box from England, food review (“Marmite Guinness”, “Marmite Love Portions”, “Walkers Marmite Flavour Crisps”), “The Overnightscape’s Apprentice” podcast (clip: “Frank Edward Nora Sighting”), Jean Shepherd, Norbit, forum discussion, Jazz Kenny, rare unreleased audio (“Montana 1980 – Part 4”), Minnie’s Yoo Hoo, shadow box, Starbucking DVD coming out in April, Frank on the DVD scene selection screen, TV updates (“American Idol”, “Lost”), movie review (“The Departed”), more on “Wild Palms”, Six Feet Under, The Matrix, Star Wars, and many things to make me happy. Hosted by Frank Edward Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com)
The Overnightscape #581 (Friday, February 23, 2007 / 3:09:00 / 86.5 MB / theovernightscape.com) – Tonight’s subjects include: Mannequins and nuclear annihilation, cats and wind chimes and the feline mind, listener IMs (“Harvey from Australia”), a request for Marmite Guinness, winter storm at the bus stop, Dick Cheney, Steve Dupont from The Obtuse Angle podcast on TV (“Good Day Alabama”), scurvy, achilles tendon, feet injuries, “Cruel Shoes” by Steve Martin, ITC Benguiat, new gold dollar and favorite seat at Zaro’s Bread Basket, listener mail (opening a box from Fishman from Alaska), a load of cigars, Mr. Jesse the Cat, NYC audio (In and around Times Square on 2/16 and 2/20), new TKTS Booth, the adventure of ordering a skype in number, Panter Mignon cigars, lighting matches in the wind, Frank’s drunken first visit to the Virgin Megastore, OsoaWeek, the launch of the Anything But Monday Show, Juan Valdez, banks, sax, iPod games, The Phantom Menace, Fox News Studios, parking, fake IDs, drinking age, singing family, beer sign, the lost first phase of Times Square redevelopment, cinema rides, New Victory Theater annoyances, Pandapple, Broadway City arcade ritual, Hell’s Kitchen, 42nd St. Ballroom (audio kinetic sculpture in Port Authority Bus Terminal), long-gone bookstore with astral travel books, feeling insane, how to kill, sewer pipes, The Muppet Show, TV updates (24, Lost), cookie recipe finally online, more reaction to Episode 579 (Conrad Slater’s blog post, Overnightscape Forum), and gibbons. Hosted by Frank Edward Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com)
The Overnightscape #580 (Friday, February 16, 2007 / 1:20:00 / 36.6 MB / theovernightscape.com) – Tonight’s subjects include: In the Holiday Inn sign with Erin, switching over to the new “Friday Weekly Unlimited” format, Oklahoma, reaction to Episode 579 (from the Anything But Monday Show studio with Mad Mike), “Vintage Video: Cereal Aisle from 1986”, from the forum (“JimSlim”, “Mr Bunny”, “Macris”, “dirtydingo”, “harviekrumpet”), premium podcasting, respect, freedom to experiment, stressful week, studio setups, major weather event (winter storm), observing the freezing rain out the studio window, sneeze, comfort zone, compassion, Rt. 21 traffic jam, listener audio – abandoned Skype messages (“Jefferson from the Otaku Generation podcast”, “Ranger Craig from Alcatraz Island”, “CB from Chicago – mercury maze toy”, “Bud – The Overnightscape’s Apprentice – vegetarian restaurant”), Snow White, Re-Ment Fairyland Tableware update, Uncle Joe’s Mint Balls, milk beer, wrong store, Koli Koli update, Completely Random Memories, “Brideshead Revisted”, attention span, Petrov of the rest room, TV updates (“Ameican Idol”, “24”, “Rome”, “Lost”), Mercury retrograde update (“earwarmers”, “iPod”, “circuit breaker”), teapot whistle, instant coffee, and the new Octavian. Hosted by Frank Edward Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com)