Episode 224

Special guest Frank Nora from The Overnightscape on a record-breaking marathon episode!

In this episode:

• newest mammal is the Olinguito,
• podfading,
• The Overnightscape, The Rampler, The Frank Nora Show,
• the Talkboy voice recorder from Home Alone 2,
• cassette-based telephone answering machines,
• our useless first computer systems,
• early world wide web and email stunk,
• Napster, mp3.com, and the Schwarzenegger prank calls,
• Fuzzy Daupner, Guitari, and Cowboy Krueger,
• overbearing elementary school principal and her prison-like rules,
• demolition soccer and the fake stock market brawl,
• freezing a car’s windshield and doors as a prank,
• PAPA TV pinball tournament Kickstarter,
• crazy podcaster parties from years ago,
• future of podcasting is Google Glass?,
• Oculus Rift conspiracy?,
• return of Fruit Brute and Yummy Mummy cereals (news),
• corporate raiders and Hostess Twinkies,
• Drake’s Cakes, Entenmann’s, Krispy Kreme,
• doughnuts made with human hair,
• bread company chain cafes (Panera, Corner, Atlanta Bread),
• parking problems,
• Rowe-Manse Emporium in Clifton, NJ,
• Bankrupt by Beanies movie,
• the Atari landfill, E.T., and Pac-Man debates,
• the magic of early video games,
• collecting hobbies and the craziness involved,
• celebrity deaths (Karen Black, Eileen Brennan),
• review of Clear History (2013) with Larry David and Kate Hudson,
• Woody Allen,
• how come musical geniuses are so dumb?,
• was classic rock killed off by technology, bean counters, aliens, or Moby?,
• Later… with Jools Holland on Palladia HD,
• how we discover good new music now,
• Frank’s music for night driving in VR,
• freemusicarchive.org,
• and Cowboy Krueger songs by Guitari.

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