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The Overnightscape podcast, hosted by Frank Edward Nora, is a surreal and nostalgic journey through various topics such as dreams, road trips, malls, snacks, and more. With its rambling narration style, the podcast provides a unique and familiar listening experience. Listening to this podcast feels like enjoying a warm bowl of stew on a rainy day - it nourishes and restores us. I have been a listener since 2006 and have spent countless hours engrossed in Frank's insightful commentary on society.
One of the best aspects of The Overnightscape podcast is its ability to cover a wide range of topics in each episode. Frank talks about games, food, music, television, gadgets, and anything else that crosses his mind. This diverse content keeps the show interesting and engaging for listeners. Additionally, the podcast is recorded in the noisy city environment of New York City. The sounds of people and places that Frank encounters during his daily commute add an immersive layer to the show.
While The Overnightscape has many positive aspects, it may not be for everyone. Some may find Frank's rambling narration style to be off-putting or difficult to follow. Additionally, because the show covers such a wide range of topics, some episodes may not resonate with every listener. However, these are minor drawbacks compared to the overall entertainment value that The Overnightscape provides.
In conclusion, The Overnightscape podcast is without a doubt one of the best podcasts out there. It has stood the test of time and continues to be a quintessential listen for many fans. Whether you are looking for insightful commentary on society or simply want an entertaining audio experience during your commute or workday, The Overnightscape delivers. Give it a try - you won't regret it!
4:14:39 – Frank in New Jersey and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Mini heatwave, fire chief, Tape Land Video, Video Loaf, VHS Forever on Criterion, Videoheaven (2025), video rental stores, massive morning detour through Secaucus Junction, Penn Station, subway, VHS logo font (Lee), Roxy Music, grand Central, Marilyn Monroe, In the Credits of MTV’s House […]
2:56:03 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: The new garbage crew, can robots eliminate garbage, Forza Horizon 6, new book work, hey mac, Lynch/Oz (2022), Wizard of Oz synchronicities, Linda’s Coffee Pot, walnuts and pistachios, always windy for recycling, Other Side synchronicity, demolition progress, Rex Reed dead at 87, The Gong Show, […]
2:38:01 – Frank in New Jersey and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Two personal mysteries solved last night, one major (book from which song titles from my 1987 tape were taken: There Is a River: The Story of Edgar Cayce (1942)), and one minor (forgotten font Ter Gast), what a card!, Dungeon Crawler Carl Book […]
3:28:54 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: New Boards of Canada single Introit / Prophecy At 1420 MHz, 16mm projectors, nuts, worshipping, Deadwood Sweet Jane cigars, the gift, The Terminator, Chainsaw Man, Fantasy Island, Bond villains, Star Trek, Section 405 shirts, the birds, Theme Restaurant Design, Entertainment Destinations, genetically engineered glowing flowers, […]
3:39:44 – Frank in New Jersey and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Boards of Canada tickets, base 36, my epic poem New Whychock Revival, vehicles, Dadaism, Times Square Skywalk, James Bond, The Monks, Middlesix of the poem, The Reality Siren, conspiracy theories, vertical hold, time warps, Reason mastering, The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026), Rabbit […]
3:05:21 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Faces, Chainsaw Man, The Devil Wears Prada (2006), altering the past, alternate timelines, ins ide the mind, science, Murder One, 7-11 from the old days, beverage review – Limited Edition Dr Pepper Creamy Coconut, memorial sign, Pinball FX Williams Pinball Volume 10 (Diner, Fire!, Comet), […]
2:23:46 – Frank in New Jersey and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Too may cars, detour?, streets, Fridays, Country Club, White Rock, King Charles visiting America, Rich Hall, Not Necessarily The News, controversies, Hearthstone, Slant, questions, snippets of conversation, World Cup $150 train rides, Phish, Rush, Boards of Canada, The Firesign Theatre, The Art of […]
1:54:37 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Celebrity sightings, the DMV, Phish, Section 405, dandelions, Pleasureseekeresque, Chainsaw Man, upcoming entertainment releases (Pinball FX – Williams Pinball Volume 10, Dungeon Crawler Carl – Book 8 – A Parade of Horribles, Forza Horizon 6, The Mandalorian and Grogu, Boards of Canada album Inferno), New […]
1:42:28 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Back in New Jersey, Die Hard (1988), Chainsaw Man, laptop issue, lot full, trivia night, Glo Worm, old Internet radio shows, CAO Flathead Steel Horse Apehanger, Voyage Topaz Maximum, New Whychock Revival, new Boards of Canada album Inferno coming May 29, brainwashing, and much more… […]
6:40:18 – Frank and his wife Denice in Las Vegas, Nevada, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Arrived in Las Vegas, A Poet (2025), Uber to a vegan Italian restaurant, arrived at The Palazzo at The Venetian Resort, view of Sphere from the room, coffee turbulence, casino, slots fail, The Wizard of Oz stuff, memory, psychic senses, […]
5:01:45 – The Three Weasels (Bryan, Peter, and Frank) in Pennsylvania, and then Frank back in NJ, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Arrived at Bryan’s in Pennsylvania, Engelbert Humperdinck, Eddie Izzard, Dressed to Kill, AI, moon mission, theories, soy sauce, The Silmarillion, Chinese grocery, kava kava, King of Prussia, kava disappointment, Dungeon Crawler Carl, record store, […]
2:31:09 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Boards of Canada VHS tapes, Amo Bishop Roden, gas station, Seekers Everywhere, shattered Corelle bowl, crows, New Whychock Revival, real estate, Buick Century, Suzuki Aerio, wild patch raze, old stogies, frozen orange juice, 4444, cribbage, Chrysler Aries K-Car, birds, pu’er tea, birthday present, dragon egg, […]
2:15:20 – Frank in New Jersey and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Furthest humans have been away from Earth, moon missions, conspiracy theories, signs, old Somerville train station for sale, daydreaming, New Whychock Revival, Chock full o’Nuts, vegan lunch, Fraunces font, bacala / baklava, Grand Central Station, Station Reverie, David Letterman, Byron Allen, Wizard […]
2:54:58 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Artemis II launch, next morning, cold in space?, the third Zoid Bag, USB cables, hard drive issues, Corso Abandon Exotica, NY, Bluffcosm.com, Firesign Theatre, cleaning the bins, cigars, Weird Little Highway, old style lawn chairs, Our Daughter’s Wedding, gas meter, reservation mixup, Tim Blake, […]
2:47:01 – Frank in New Jersey and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Huey Lewis and the News – Sports (1983), air, nuclear war, optimism, Angine de Poitrine, Steely Dan, Tape Land 196 – Fuzzy Daupner live at Tierney's Tavern in Montclair, NJ (6/28/01), time travel, Bob Grant, bus is late, High Wire by Men […]
2:34:45 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: 23 Years of The Overnightscape, Jean Shepherd, the last odd day, Daily Podcast From Another Place, Nightscans, The Million Dollar Homepage, history of the show, The Firesign Theatre, fiction vs. reality, synchronicities, celebrate on the porch with cigar / incense / mezcal, Salt and Light, […]
3:03:55 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: At the bus stop, the flight home from Miami, Die Hard (1988), Ned’s Atomic Dustbin, Grand Central Station, batteries, Wake Up, self image, Richard Nixon, Poet Authority Bus Terminal, brand names, next day, patterns of pop culture, walking, bus faux pas, Bruce Dunlap, Georgie Fame, […]
5:05:18 – Frank in Florida, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Conch Tour Train, Wall Drug, Conch Republic, evil dolls, Pan Am, The Original Margaritaville, bumper to bumper traffic on Islamorada, the drive to Miami, first exploration of the Wynwood Arts District where we’re staying, Coco delivery robots, graffiti, next morning, Beatles dream, Greenwood Arch, dream money, […]
6:10:05 – Frank in Florida, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Dolphin Research Center, parrots, back to Bongo’s, prison dream, spider lamp, at the wedding on Little Conch Key, FL, Classic Daiquiri, Destination Wedding, lost my sunglasses again, arrived in Key West, Irish Kevin’s, another version of me, Duvall Street, The Cafe, Pier House, balcony, MTV, Pretty […]
3:13:50 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Arrived at Miami Airport, vegan lunch, arrived in the Florida Keys, supermarket on Islamorada, arrived the villa at Hawks Cay Resort on Duck Key, palm psithurism, visions of paradise, next morning, Chimney Rock Road dream, Route 1, Where’s My Fortune Cookie? by Phil Proctor & […]
2:24:44 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Snow almost all melted, geese, Florida trip approaching, Zagtock List as AI Art, issue with dream “sets”, The Mad Russian, The Eddie Cantor Show, Oliver Hardy / movie theater dream, Iran, dream David Lynch movie “Sound on Sound”, checking on the last of the snow, […]
1:44:22 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Waiting for the snow to melt, Florida, the cats, gave up on Best Guess Live, TextSavvy, California Fantasy Lies, hippo dream, sun trash synchronicity, The Firesign Theatre, Dope Humor of the Seventies, Duke of Madness Motors, Clown Cars & Pocket Machines, thought experiments, time travel, […]
4:10:47 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: SpaceX rocket launch – will I see it from my darkened kitchen?, a day and a night later, lunar eclipse, sound of the distant highway, the walk to the bus stop, Iran, snacks, Port Authority Bus Terminal, Gate 209, deeper narratives, The Firesign Theatre, next […]
3:02:03 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Owls as cartoon characters, Tape Land 148 – Early Echoes Fusing (1988), Video Loaf, Claymation, Slant, AI, O… Snug!, AI show notes (for The Overnightscape 827: Muskington VR (10/17/11)), new archive strategy, Nirvana, In Bloom music videos, dancers in rock bands in the early 90s, […]
2:15:20 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Snowmageddon Perspective, angry snow, a massive tree branch fell, next day, hedge damage, snow plans, timelapse video, Alamo Drafthouse controversies, commercial deterioration, Yonkers Dandy, Mazenweed and The Puppets of the Van, listener email (Becky from California), arcade synchronicity, San Bernadino, Blue Oyster Cult, Bugonia (2025), […]
2:24:11 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Star Wars, General Veers, Blake’s 7, Super 8mm films, rain, pinball art, pu-erh tea, news from Britain, Slant, tariffs, garage dream, moon dream, Office Chair Wheel Phantasie, bus observations, The Mandalorian and Grogu trailer, Jing Soda, picture books, The Flight of Dragons by Peter Dickinson […]
2:45:22 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Rock boat, Livingston No. 331, chronoscopes, timelines theory, is it all stories, explanations, computer backup, flash drive and SSD prices have increased dramatically, snow melting, nut.com order, macadamia nuts, Thomas Dolby, new music for the cars, Howard the Duck (1986), The Warp Subheadquarters, Weird Little […]
4:10:33 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: A phantom EPCOT, pinball auction, new time travel method, The Peripheral (2022), Kick-Ass (2010), health concern update, Kick Man (1981), Sinistar (1982), Voltan Escapes Cosmic Doom (1979), more on the time travel idea, conspiracy theories, Look Around, It’s Been Here For Awhile, the pinball auction […]
2:15:14 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Crazy winter, on Sunday some of my pipes froze and one burst, circuit breaker, AI getting much more capable, version history, bus mishaps, transit meltdowns, new socks (Bombas), new glasses (Oakley Sway Bar 0.5), Super Bowl, Pokemon ad, K-Pop, Bad Bunny, politics, Swisspassported, the […]
2:35:38 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Completely random memories, Aeron chair lottery, Say Say Say – Villains & Vigilantes association, BASIC game you type into your computer, Gatorgum, There, Royal Crown Draft Premium Cola, winter continues, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Winter Olympics, Super Bowl, health concern update, Internet radio […]
2:05:44 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Snowfall aftermath, black cherry spill, Pure Prairie League, Cocteau Twins, YouTube Music, Men Without Hats, interdimensional travel, The Fixx, Freudiana, The Alan Parsons Project, Gentlemen Without Weapons, 100 Worst Characters of All Time, Premiere League Football, Laff-A-Lympics updates, Palace Rumpus Mask, the pandemic, frog dream […]
1:37:37 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Overview Video Magazine from Mike Nesmith, computer backup, MTV News, the deep freeze, Portable Tire Traction Mats, weird dreams, I won $2.48 on Best Guess Live, surprise Phish in Mexico, The Prison Joke, Yellow Dog Story, Far Ago, farrago, Hodgepodge Lodge, The Uncle Floyd Show, […]
2:13:14 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: South Jersey dream, Have a Good Snowpocalypse, The Art of the Overnightscape book, Rian Hughes: Typeractive – Thirty Years of Device Fonts, snake plant blossom, clearing the snow off my car, Onsug personality Escapist from LA passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, California Post, another Judge […]
2:37:07 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Found my modular copper Knucklebone, EDC fidgety things, Rivendell Mountain Works, TSPTR, Grateful Dredd, Judge Dredd pinball, Tangle Think, The Overnightscape #752 (11/3/08), 2008 election, wintry weather, new poker chips, the West Virginia shampoo, Azure voices, new pillow, new belt, Laff-A-Lympics magnet, Judge Dredd synchronicity, […]
1:57:03 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Original pinball art auction, Mondo Freako, new Dresden Files book Twelve Months, Dungeon Crawler Carl, The Book of the New Sun, Weird Little Highway 6, Tape Land 191 – Fuzzy Daupner at The Saint (Asbury Park, NJ, 2/15/01), The Exit Ramp, Apple Music, YouTube Music, […]
1:49:05 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Allways Drops, bins of stuff, eternaLight Derringer, discontinued copper rod, Lazy Food – Peas & Pepper Pasta, Blue Blazer, famous bartender Jerry Thomas, Metropolitan Hotel, Whychock Revival, Weird Little Highway 6, Zope, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:08:42)… My Croony Melody by […]
2:13:35 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Found my sunglasses, cleaning up the studio, seas, how I lost my previous sunglasses, new book cover concept with black background, Chips, Board Game Arena, Flip 7, Cosmic Wimpout, Flea Devil Solitaire – 777 breakthrough, Opie and Anthony, Sifl & Olly, deja vu, Allways Cream […]
1:57:05 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Music selections, yacht rock, The Second Arrangement by Steely Dan, Tron: Ares (2025), poker chips, Stranger Things finale, Sorcerer (1977), Stones in Exile (2010), EUV microchip manufacturing, “The Ridiculous Engineering Of The World’s Most Important Machine”, Mixue pronounciation, Oh! Susanna, another Mullholland Drive synchronicity, and […]
2:01:23 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Mystery solved decades later, job in Clifton in 1994, Nirvana, wee box, soup, Bukowski tapes, Riker Hill Art Park in Livingston, Mon Cherie, Tape Land 190 – Birthday 2001 (October 2001), The Quangle Wangle’s Hat by Edward Lear, new couch, new wallet, new green […]
1:30:15 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Welcome to 2026, public domain, Billy Murray, Don’t Bring Lulu (1925), sarsaparilla is everywhere, Buc-ee’s, Quatermass synchronicity, Captain Billy’s Whiz Bang, analyzing a joke from 1922, changing my ring tone, Puzzle and Mystify, Phish at MSG New Year’s Eve, cover SVG, past lives, and much […]
2:18:40 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: New Year’s Eve Eve, cleaning up the studio, Shindig! Magazine, Phish at MSG, Dream Wheel, Gulliver’s Gate, economics, Weird October Dreamer, Video Loaf, December, Groovy Walking Rover, 209, 1423, Tokyo video, Chongqing Night Walk, Shenzhen video, Buckaroo Banzai review, Onsug Radio Shuffle Mode segment, lost […]
2:04:53 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: New chandelier, dimmer switch, ice buying, lottery, Bronson Pinchot, another Canadian time travel show (Odyssey 5), clear birch beer vs. root beer, Buckaroo Banzai, Screaming Yellow Zonkers, holiday celebrations, dreams, Travel Gluer, Money Pull Gift Boxes, time echoes, “massive” snowstorm, HENGE, Strawberry Alarm Clock shirt, […]
2:58:09 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: The Larry Sanders Show, the 1990s, dreams for the future, new forms of entertainment, hipsters, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984), the sequel, Brett Butler, Dark Side of Comedy, oil change, Party City at Staples, balloons, 15 Minutes Ago In The […]
2:14:56 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Best Guess Live, Glitch: The Rise & Fall of HQ Trivia (2023), Vine, Not Ready for the Junkyard, The Bugaloos, The Krofft Supershow, Kaptain Kool and the Kongs, The Clinger Sisters: The First All Girl Rock & Roll Band, Bearcats! (1971), health concerns, L.A. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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