The Overnightscape #694 (4/1/08)
- March 31st, 2008
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The Overnightscape #694 (Tuesday, April 1, 2008 / 1:53:00 / 51.9 MB / theovernightscape.com) – Tonight’s subjects include: Celebrating the 5th Anniversary of The Overnightscape with the first ever LIVE SHOW (in front of an audience), at the NYC Podcasting Meetup (on the exact 5 year mark – March 27, 2008)… Meetup founder Doug Kersten starts off the festivities, the Meetup members introduce themselves (Bob, Brazzie, Manny the Mailman, Bud the Mailman, Agatha, Sandy, Catherine, John (Frank’s brother), Ray, Clive, Ronald, Alex, and Louis), and then Doug introduces Frank… tonight’s topics include: Honking car alarm, MadPlayer, audio editing, hiss, the official start of the show, the mystery box, the semi-illegal candies, surprise handout, show stats, all episodes available online, Jean Shepherd, the monologue show format, what Frank looked like in early 2003, graph, The Overnightscape 4th Anniversary Checklist, talking to Bud the Mailman, schadenfreude, spilling water all over everything, Manny the Mailman explains “The Overnightcase”, the rescue of The Overnightcase, Twitter, telegraph operators, the dawn of telegraphy, the definition of podcasting, RSS feeds, Stevie Blue arrives and introduces himself, Tom Scharpling Show, David Lee Roth, Howard Stern, Stevie Blue sings, group candy review (“Icebreakers Pacs – Orange” – discontinued because parents complained it looked like drugs), Flintstones Vitamins, big files, listener greetings (“Carrie from Little Elm, Texas”, “Becky From South Carolina” (with synchronicity)), area codes, opening the box from Roel from The Netherlands (with “chemtrail” greeting card, and set of 3 bottles of Macallan single malt Scotch), group beverage review (“Macallan Elegancia – 12 Years Old”), some toasts, Dr. Pepper update, hot Dr. Pepper, doing the show in front of an audience, the unseen listener, getting into the groove, show notes, topics of the day, a space bus, Seinfeld, new urinal shields in the Port Authority Bus Terminal, weird old urinals, “squat downs”, urinal game, old time radio wrecked by television, Dragnet, online video eclipsing online audio, Frank’s video project “Inramble.com”, talking to Clive about his TV show “Alive With Clive”, Tubemogul.com, various video sites, Beublin A. Richardson, addictive audio, the power of talk, campfire storyteller, the “rise and fall” of podcasting, podcast advertising, dynamic ad insertion, Dailysonic, video ads, premium podcasting, micropodcasting, Meetup member sites, microphones, phones, audio equipment, Frank’s favorite episode (#561 – walking around a mall for 5 hours), drunken adventures, the checklists are scented with incense, the new $5 bill with the giant purple 5, euros, Photoshop currency copy protection, Jean Shepherd Archive, and the music at the end. Thanks to everyone for coming! And special thanks to Ariel for the use of her space for the Meetup! Hosted by Frank Edward Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com)
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The Overnightscape #693 (Saturday, March 29, 2008 / 1:39:00 / 45.5 MB / theovernightscape.com) – Tonight’s subjects include: A new Sunglass Hut in Times Square, trying on Oakley Monster Pup sunglasses, fake sunglasses on Canal Street, chemtrails and things in the air, dusk or twilight, the upcoming live show, portable studio test, satellite truck, Times Square haters, techniques for moving your business forward, stereo sound, clear bag, audio setup, Linux laptop, Audacity, hiss, Muji Flagship Store, New York Times Building, the old Bluffcosm portable studio, theatricality, Wyland whale mural, Sam Ash, ART Tube MP Studio V3, wooden wall dead end, the entrance behind the coffee place, automatic doors, coffee shop hassles, Men’s Journal, possible destruction of The Overnightscape Studio, bus terminal ad, American Idol, testing the setup in the studio, Thistle Dhu, drinking single malt Scotch right out of the bottle, Easter leftovers with hot sauce and cayenne pepper, testing the preamp, busted VU meter, vacuum tube voicing, Dr. Sarno method, the opening of boxes (“Roel’s box within the box – present for the 5th Anniversary”, “Chad’s box of soda from Texas”), spilled water on The Overnightscape mixer, revealing the new Overnightscape logo, packing peanuts, Episode 691 comments on the atheist issue, ABM Show archive, logo similarities, chatting with a former listener, Richard Dawkins is married to Lalla Ward (Romana II from Doctor Who), tube is warm, sodas from The Soda Gallery, “Dublin” Dr. Pepper (with cane sugar), the portable studio test recording (with Denice, Casey, and Jack), Happy Easter, “Chocolate Rain”, beverage review (“Limited Edition Diet Cherry Chocolate Dr. Pepper”), soymilk, “hello kangaroos”, listeners in Australia, the sweet potato question, Long Island, Walt Disney World, World of Motion, walking around Disney World all depressed, new Raconteurs album, hot Dr. Pepper, old Dr. Pepper logo, understanding the meaning of Dr. Pepper, more soda from Texas (“Barq’s Root Beer”, “Abita Root Beer”, “Dutch Coke”, “Fitz’s Strawberry Pop”, “Nehi Peach”), Happy Days, proximity effect, dream review (“Carl Whitman and Economic Tomorrow”, “Doctor Who”, “Early 90’s Alternative Rock Synchronicity”, “American Idol Contestant”, “The Bus Route White House Bathroom Code”, “Folded-Up Flags”, “A Brawl at a Barnes & Noble”, “Guest Stars – Richard Dawkins & Anna Nicole Smith”, “Washington Valley Road”, “Taken in by Rednecks Living at the Edge of a Recent Forest Fire”, “Boxes in the Fireplace”), Beublin A. Richardson, Easter, geese, Cheeseburger Combos, controversial topics, and living The Overnightscape lifestyle. Hosted by Frank Edward Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com) 
The Overnightscape #692 (Saturday, March 22, 2008 / 1:19:00 / 36.2 MB / theovernightscape.com) – Tonight’s subjects include: Charter Oak, Derek Italic, Microgramma, Cooper, a letter from FiOS TV, Internet service, American Idol, upcoming 5th anniversary show, boxes, NYC audio, investigating the scene of a crane collapse, building buildings, emergency vehicles, sector commander, dead end, side of building sheared off, a picture on the wall, the crane that fell, St. Patrick’s Day, OTB, police siren wailing in traffic backup, cigar review (CAO Extreme – Petite Cigars”), comedy club handouts, The Naked Cowboy (and his creepy “handler”), red tube fence, the movie “Enchanted”, photo shoot with model, Times Square stereotypes, old video camera, Monty Python, the “what were you doing right now” experiment, lingerie, the ice cream trend and other trends, the new Overnightscape logo and business cards, the headquarters of Bear Stearns (the company that recently imploded), schadenfreude, crappy umbrella, saffron, Dodge Charger, online coupons, RetailMeNot.com, crappy business cards, raining like mad, live show, upcoming return of Frank Ralph Nora, show notes, moving forward with the show, “podcasting” in decline, comment from Rob Safuto, Bryant Park, archiving stuff, remembering a scene (from the movie “Box of Moonlight”), fountain, Starbucks in decline, lines at The Sharper Image on opening day at the Bridgewater Commons Mall many years ago, Books Kinokuniya, bitter at big shots, evil, bought a book, getting espresso at the cafe, watching Dr. Who (Tom Baker era), Romana I, converting video for iPod, sound out of synch, overlooking the park, a happy moment – wrecked, the annoying sweeping, gray area, prejudice at Japanese restauarants, ugly side of Japanese culture, controversial topics, “Pulp Fiction” time shift last episode, bathroom, wet hands, getting on bus, annoying sounds, wearing a baseball cap, my long hair “stoner” pic from 2002, book review (“Fire King Mug Book”), Strawberry Shortcake, Snoopy, Hildi, and the obsession with mugs. Hosted by Frank Edward Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com) 
The Overnightscape #691 (Friday, March 21, 2008 / 2:20:00 / 64.2 MB / theovernightscape.com) – Tonight’s subjects include: Just got home from work, last episode’s mishap, show notes, my Twitter posts, old Obliviana website, the Summer of 1998, virtual mall, a scene came to mind, Harry Potter, Dumbledore, visual memory, decadence, Glenrothes single malt Scotch, vitamins, progress in 209, strange theories, pseudo company, depths of weirdness, Tori Amos, Macintosh G3 and G4, Xappenshard Craze, bad poetry, Abaxial Usufruct, Superior, The Overnightscape Stash, wisdom, sanity, bad picture, “The Money Masters”, Cuban cigars, “dialectical process”, Fidel Castro and HD-DVD, Dubai, poppy seeds, everything bagels, Aviary, awful governments, unforgivable cruelty to cats in China, horrific savagery, TIME SHIFT, sirens, wasting time, recording dreams, lost in thought in the shower, geese, time is slipping away, pasta gambit, highway bus stop, bursting with energy, TIME SHIFT, “Free Tibet” Inramble video, Olympics in Nazi Germany, candle update, l-cysteine update, the art of voting, watching the lunar eclipse, predicting eclipses, theories of space, deceivers, Flat Earth Society, giant dome, the sun and moon appearing to be the same size in the sky as evidence of creation, theory of evolution, “Flatland” by Edwin Abbott, imagining the fourth dimension, a bad pro-evolution argument, reactions to religion, atheistic materialism is childish, cultish behavior, new $5 bills, controversial topics, The Sharper Image going bankrupt, illusions, blind spots, what you see is not exactly what is really there, “Helvetica” movie, correcting IMs, cats seeing invisible things, a call from the place where I used to live, American Idol, DVR mishaps, heated debates on Twitter, woke up to a snowstorm, Laurie Anderson’s “Puppet Motel” Voyager CD-ROM, CD-ROM magazines, Stok, Myst, heat coming on, air traffic, dream review (“Drug Addicts at the Casino”, “Looking for the Water Thing”, “Night Cityscape / Stadium / Cat”), The Mission to Retrieve the Beverages from Texas, traffic karma, Dublin Dr. Pepper, Coke made with sugar instead of corn syrup, the old bus stop, cicadas, lack of nostalgia, holiday flags, the old Overnightscape Studio, street sweeper, awkward parking area, waiting for the maintenance guy, more air traffic, Smart Card Depot, making contact, getting the box, investigation, respecting private space, a little extra time, irresponsibility, going to 7-11, Fusion Energy Coffee, $2.09, weak bagels, the collapsing dollar, huge dog, and black lids. Hosted by Frank Edward Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com) 
The Overnightscape #690 (Tuesday, March 18, 2008 / 2:07:00 / 58.3 MB / theovernightscape.com) – Tonight’s subjects include: Frank’s brother John in studio again, living in NYC, expansion codes, completely random memories (“The Six Million Dollar Man”), bad sci-fi, “Battle Beyond The Stars”, Bionic Bigfoot, Fembots, Oscar Goldman action figure, bionic card shuffling, Ron Paul’s presidential campaign winding down, the question of a third party run, Federal Reserve, “The Money Masters”, air freshener review (“Glade Wisp French Vanilla Flameless Candle”), gummy thing makes frosted glass transparent, complicated instructions, fragrance puffs, “candle” in the dark, John leaves to get the bus back to NYC, Marginal Road, bus timing, Frank’s wife Denice, “Pringles Extreme – Screamin’ Dill Pickle”, Felix from Indonesia on Twitter, Starbucks Honey Latte, walking in New Jersey, huge box of review items, “Gout Candy Spray”, PROBLEM (approx. 30 minutes of show not recorded due to recording error), trying to recover from the error, insectoid workers, analyzing the notes, Ionic Breeze, Idiocracy, piss stream, Firebrand (TV network of all commercials) shuts down, “Sega Race TV”, great arcade video games of the 1990s, remembering “Suck.com”, Internet history, the dot com crash, hubris and arrogance, NYC field recordings (“Subway Police Bag Search”, “Times Square Bombing”), CAO “Earth Nectar” cigars, dressed all in brown, demolition crew, US dollar collapse, news vans, military service, war and human nature, signs of the police state, beverage review (“Tava – Mediterranean Fiesta – Black Cherry Citrus”), cryptic packaging messsges, neurotoxins, noisy website, Flash abuse, dangers of aspartame, Zen Burger / Zen Palate, Walgreens at 1 Times Square, The Hooters, in a “trance” on the bus, Phun (physics simulator), “Physics is Phun”, old Mac gravity / orbiting simulator, beverage review (“Function – Urban Detox – Citrus-Prickly Pear”), some l-cysteine is made from human hair, ingredients list “NaCl” instead of salt?, trademark phrases, “hair tonic”, candy review (“Russell Stover – Urban – Modern World Chocolates”), bad Forrest Gump imitation, history of Russell Stover, Sea Salt Soft Caramel, Chief Big Wheel, lime Jell-O, ganache, Christian Nelson, Eskimo Pie, researching topics, “The Readers Guide to Periodical Literature”, researching obscure football teams, Myachi hand sack, and horrible thermal paper. Hosted by Frank Edward Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com) 
The Overnightscape #689 (Friday, March 14, 2008 / 2:37:00 / 72 MB / theovernightscape.com) – Tonight’s subjects include: Frank’s brother John in studio doing research for a story, central Florida area code, area code “321”, Cape Canaveral, Idlewild Airport, air travel, show stats, drinking absinthe and playing PlayStation, John’s homemade absinthe experience, realistic dreams, romanticizing the idea of doing something, previewing the stuff from Texas, upcoming live Overnightscape for the 5th Anniversary of the show, Iraq War, OsoaWeek, announcing the “semi-secret project” – The Overnightscape Stash, old Obliviana website Hemisinister Review, the thing that separates the truly insane, whisky review (“The Glenrothes – Single Speyside Malt” (distilled in 1991)), drinking a hologram, fields and sunshine, remembering Lego “Fabuland”, action figure review (“Minimates Vision and Hawkeye”), color schemes of superheroes, Scarlet Witch, people at comic book stores, The Defenders, Doctor Strange, Valkyrie, Hulk, Sub-Mariner, checking out some videos on Inramble.com (#103 Bad Sky (chemtrails), #102 Electric Fountain 2), video ads, Rockefeller Center, ice skating, roller skating, bicycle rides, strip mall in Somerville, NJ, featureless buildings, Enid Blyton, The Famous Five, The Young Ones, Monty Python, comedy references, Mr.Rogers, Uncle Floyd, David Bowie, the mysteries of UHF, TV antennas, watching analog TV over the air, channel dials, analog snow and noise, vertical hold, John has some “Fruko Schulz” Absinthe, sugar cube dissolves, wormword, thujone, Scope, snack review (“Pringles Extreme – Screamin’ Dill Pickle”), Pringles character, real dill, the new NFL logo, the curly “L” on the old “NFL” logo, rotary phone, manly serifs, Pro Bowl, Super Bowl, ruining the perfect season, football teams, helmets, logos, color schemes, The Helmet Project, Steelers yellow helmet, listener email (“Andy from California”), forwarded email (“Emergency Analog Television Noise Archivist” Park Doing), electromagnetic waves, NASCAR, car crashes, slow accumulation of information, information processing addiction, Velocity Cafe, Velocity 17, virtual racing center, Joe Gibbs, tactical training, opening the package from Carrie from Texas (discontinued “drug” candy Icebreakers Pacs), Cocaine Energy Drink, sunshine on whisky picture, listener artwork from Chad from Texas, Quark, Atari 2600 Missile Command, Warlords, listener audio (Chad Bowers (titfos.com) from Dallas becomes a roving reporter for The Overnightscape, visiting “The Soda Gallery” soda pop shop (formerly Hamilton Rousseau’s “Ifs Ands & Butts”), and interviews Robert, one the owners), Dick’s Last Resort, Fifth Floor Museum, Grassy Knoll, green argon gas tubes, hot Dublin Dr. Pepper, Dutch Coke, Mexican Coke, root beer, Bishop Arts District, a guy full of theories, art shows, nostalgic retro candy, cigars, Pink Dream cigarettes, bottle labels, McDonald’s Coke, Afri-Cola, Delaware Punch, Nehi, Sioux City Cola, real sugar, Mr. Pibb, Moxie, different culture in Texas, friendliness, Ramune, philosophies, painted-on bottle labels, dangerous candy article, Space Dust candy, globular clown, the Mikey’s stomach exploding because of Pop Rocks and Coke urban legend, spider eggs in bubble gum, Space Dust “gassified confection “patents, Alka-Seltzer Morning Relief, toy review (“Crystal Ball” by dcigift.com), video of woman in office, Japanese collectible miniatures, theme cake models, elephant and sorbet, JBOX.com, sex and candy, Gothic Lolita Bible, Re-Ment, and the process of podcasting. Hosted by Frank Edward Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com) 
The Overnightscape #688 (Thursday, March 6, 2008 / 2:03:00 / 56.5 MB / theovernightscape.com) – Tonight’s subjects include: Going on a “Rail Adventure” today, going down some strange streets, what will happen in five hours after riding on four different trains, secret pathway, a hill overlooking another street, the adventure plan, train tickets, highway in the distance, Ninja Drive, a snowman, PATH train system changing, heavy traffic, changing the batteries, feather on my shoe, black clothes, pants ripping apart, walking in mud, travelling light, convenience store, lip balm, jumping over a snowbank, menacing stormcoulds in the distance, scaredogs in the cemetary, Disney theme park MP3s, Frank calls his brother John, Immodium boxes, unexpected person, vague memories, Bawls Buzz mints, confusion of streets, big wind chimes, pub, Delawanna Station, ITC Benguiat, headlines, ticket decision, business card, train shelter, bicycle story, diarrhea, tangled audio tape in the chain link fence and weeds, train arrives, snow, drunken and loud crowd of people on train, “Mark Twain Riverboat” from Disneyland Paris, Force Ten, Hoboken PATH station, heading over to the Light Rail system, horrible ticket machines, waiting on the train, hazy sunshine, a train dressed up as a boat, remembering to validate the ticket, arriving at the Newport Centre Mall, massage chairs, whisky, remembering commuting thru the mall, a couple hours of mall, Spencer Gifts, wandering around Sears, Helio brochure, Frank’s wife used to work at this mall, wandering around mall, remembering a difficult mall memory, movie urination plan, remembering “Mall Day”, video games in movie theater, model of Wall-E, reliving the glory days of my youth going to malls and wandering around by myself, Segway, wandering around mall is like staring at a candle flame while meditating, getting espresso for $2.09 at Gloria Jean’s Coffee Bean, good useless crap, shopping for Beta VCRs, fun stores, vague memory of “Myachi”, cursing blind guy, the next generation crying in strollers, almost bought Vintage Clue Miss Scarlet car, favorite mall food – sushi and french fries, the FAO Schwarz plan, a good seat overlooking the mall, inari, a dream lunch in a dream place, pissing on a bottle of cognac, the bathroom is a disaster, Pokemon marbles, Pop-Tarts, tofu and beans, heading over to the PATH station, remembering parking deck, walking into my past, Pavonia history sign, winter cabbages, enter PATH with MetroCard, long tunnels with murals of sea creatures, bike gang, waiting for the PATH, arrival at 33rd St. In NYC, more drunk people, gum offer, Big League Chew, animated tunnel ad, Prudential Center, slight detour to toy store, heading into the subway, N train, beret guy, nighttime 59th St., horse manure, Cloverfield, cool things to carry around, Apple, arriving at FAO Schwarz, review of the 4 trains, toy soldier guy, polar bear, dragon, the famous piano, finding and buying a “Myachi” (hand hacky sack type thing), “Smurf Death”, more creatures, heading down 5th Ave. to museum, Trump Tower, arrival at MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) movie theater entrance, checking out the Myachi (“Lemon Head” color), movie review with Frank’s brother John (“To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore”), later on in Times Square, redemption games, killing time at Virgin Megastore and Toys R Us, Xbox 360 driving game, new semi-secret project, zipping up, thoughts about success, show length estimate, and the sounds of NYC. Hosted by Frank Edward Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com) 
The Overnightscape #687 (Tuesday, March 4, 2008 / 2:01:00 / 55.5 MB / theovernightscape.com) – Tonight’s subjects include: Toy chess cake, cosmic things, symbolic things, walking in NYC, firewalking on Good Morning America, Twin Peaks, Starbucks training session, Times Square, magic, remnants of hot coals, espresso memories, the failed Swatch “Internet Time”, the movie “Starbucking”, at a Starbucks, busted trophy, “Home Grown” by Booker T. and the M.G.’s, beverage review (Starbucks doppio espresso), zipping up, cigarette smoking, cigar phases, bar uses smoking law loophole, popcorn shop, smoking at work in the past, remembering someone’s story of a pipe smoking mishap, chromes, the mirror reality, impatient people, shredding truck, American Idol, breakfast at Zen Burger, eggs, French words, lunchtime, Amish Market, zipping up, silver dragees, maki lunch, power sandwich, Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, Tea’s Tea – Hoji, considerate people, social conditioning, spending too much money, the word “cacao”, candy review (“Vere Cayenne + Cacao Nibs Organic Chocolate Bar – 75% Cacao”), ESP test, looking in the garbage, later – leaving work, zipping up, heading over to Rockefeller Center, dusk, info on Books Kinokuniya, Google blog search, weird cafe for cats, “”Bar Code” / “Charmin Restrooms” / “Pedigree Dog Store”, US dollar decreasing in value, the chocolate made me feel weird, Park Ave., Frank has some of the discontinued candy “Icebreakers Pacs – Orange”, vegetarian Bovril, recording an Inramble video (#99) about the “Electric Fountain” at Rockefeller Center, “Roam” by The B-52s, blank flag, velvet ropes, real TV crew, mini pocket, crumpled-up note, 6th Ave, spring rolls vs. egg rolls, roadkill, police cars, note on open sign, remembering caffeinated Alka-Seltzer, the perfect drug, “Lost Highway”, National Debt Clock video, Monty Python “Cheese Shop” sketch, the evils of banking, HBO store, huge skyscraper, Bryant Park bathroom surprise, powerful electric hand dryer, G-force test guy video, movie “Knightriders”, Ed Harris, Tom Savini, Verizon, work permits, Frutiger, Training Camp, arriving at huge Japanese bookstore “Books Kinokuniya”, “OK Fred” Magazine, “Gothic Lolita” department, guest panel in the cafe, manga, VW van collectible toys, design department, restrooms, hiding the red light, Oriental Thought, little collectible toys, gold club erasers, sushi erasers, beverage erasers, origami, “Analysis of a Golf Course”, Hillary Clinton book in Japanese, weird windows, colored pencils, wad of money, Japanese collectible toy review (Re-Ment Cakes – elephant, lily pad, and sorbet), Giggles, cool font, American Idol, 1440 Broadway (where Jean Shepherd used to broadcast), zipping up, a thing with doors today, toxic chemicals, driving sideways, superheroes Vision and Hawkeye, Baskin Robbins logo, Emigre font “Variex”, Type 3 PostScript fonts, super windy, pogonips, area code check, Treo battery, lottery quote, and Walt Disney’s hat. Hosted by Frank Edward Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com) 