We talk with special guest Frank Edward Nora from The Overnightscape podcast (www.theovernightscape.com)!
In this episode:
- the end of analog broadcast TV on February 17, 2009,
- 2008 U.S. Presidential candidate Ron Paul,
- the Republican Party’s obsession with terrorism,
- $100 per barrel of oil,
- 24 minute podcast episodes,
- old 74 minute CD-R discs,
- transferring old VHS video tapes to DVDs,
- the ridiculous Beanie Babies fad in the late 1990s,
- storing photos,
- history in the future,
- albums being released on USB flash drives in England,
- iTunes digital release cards at Starbucks,
- the loudness war and horrible audio CD mastering,
- a get-rich-quick scheme for record companies,
- the Fun N Games arcade in Willowbrook Mall in Wayne, NJ, shutting down,
- Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator (MAME) computer software,
- the video game Red Earth (known as Warzard in Japan) by Capcom,
- reading bad novels in high school (The Good Earth, The Chocolate War, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, etc.),
- David Copperfield’s current FBI investigation,
- Frank’s review of Bee Movie (2007) starring Jerry Seinfeld,
- the Writers Guild of America strike,
- Late Show with David Letterman,
- TV interviews via satellite,
- Heroes season 2,
- the online video revolution,
- podcasting and online audio,
- Frank’s attempt at a premium podcast (Anything But Monday),
- and Frank’s upcoming secret project.
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Interesting discussions, great show.
Wow, music really is getting bad these days. Here’s a horrible Carlos Santana performance:
I think it might be worse than the Van Halen one I posted in episode 87’s comments.
you should do more shows with frank nora – the dynamic works really well. i thought it sounded like yourselves were guesting on his show rather than the other way round!