BJS054: Happy Music (a.k.a. Not Brian's Train)

36:40 - A rampling morning commute with Brian on an early morning following a rough rain storm. Topics include walking through Third Ward Park to the Passaic train station, working at Kaplan as a proctor, the world spinning backwards, musical Target gift card, Secaucus Junction, no trains to NYC, missing the Long Branch train, Willow Smith's "I Whip My Hair," Richard Cheese, Jimmy Fallon (as Neal Young) and Bruce Springsteen, "Good Morning" alarm on my new cell phone, no 6:00 train to South Amboy, catching up on podcasts, such as Exposed with Kay & Abi, Big Kev's Geek Stuff, The Paranormal View with Geoffrey "Badger" Gould, not posting links anymore - you can look anything up on Google & other search engines, first day since December 26, 2010 without snow on the ground in Northeastern New Jersey, losing my old phone, Amtrak Acela Business Class train, at the mercy of NJ Transit, prepping the day before, Pulp Comics with Jim Breuer, another Amtrak train - Not Brian's Train, flooding in New Jersey, earthquake in Japan, tsunamis in the Pacific Rim, 6:10 Trenton-bound train arrived 9 minutes later, stories with happy endings, 30th anniversary of Morris Goodman's plane crash, completed 5th draft of the script, check out ONSUG.com & Overnightscape Central, Ric Flair.




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Theme music: "The Chasing Game" by Friday's Child.

BJS053: Over the Influence

36:26 - Once again, I am doing penance for missing an episode of The Overnightscape Central! In this episode, I welcome goodrob13 to the ONSUG channel, give you an update of "The Miracle Man" and all of my recent jobs - Kaplan, "What Exit" Edison Research at AMC's Essex Green Dine-In Theatre. Then I discuss my influences - my grandmother, my father, my son Jacob, George Lucas, Yoda, Phil Birnbaum, Janis Braden, Dr. Jack Sacher, Dr. Rob Gilbert, The Secret, Nicole Gabriel, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Gandhi, the Buddah, Jesus Christ, Frank Nora, Wayne Reichert, and everyone else on The Overnightscape Underground.

Call Self Esteem University (recently formerly Success Hotline) for 3-minute motivational speech every day! 973-743-4690

Links:
Overnightscape Central - Influence – (2/14/11): http://onsug.com/archives/5580
goodrob13 music show: http://goodrob13.com
goodrob13 music show (on ONS): http://onsug.com/archives/category/rob



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BJS052: Growing Up Weird

1:00:32 - Jacob & I meet up with fellow internet radio host Rob Usdin and his daughter for the premiere book signing of "Weird Al" Yankovic's first children's book, "When I Grow Up" at the Barnes & Nobel bookstore in the Marketfair mall in Princeton, NJ. Topics include kindergarten homework, closing school early when the weather cleared up, Jersey Jamcast, too loud to record in the food court, stores in the mall, DI vs. DSI, snooty malls, Big Fish decorum, Calendar Club, Toy Story 3 and other Disney dominoes, Monopoly varieties, A Christmas Story Monopoly, "Weird Al" Yankovic's education and career path, philosophy of doing what makes you happy, Al's talent with parody lyrics & harmonizations, style parodies, Al takes a picture, Al's parents' untimely death from carbon monoxide poisoning, children and technology, mobile movie viewing, TiVO, Al signs Jacob's book.

Links
When I Grow Up: http://harpercollinschildrens.com/books/When-Grow-Up/?isbn13=9780061926914
When I Grow Up By "Weird Al" Yankovic Book Trailer: http://youtube.com/watch?v=fUt8L09fs8A
Marketfair Mall: http://marketfairmall.com



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BJS051: The Social Timesuck

57:37 - So since I missed recording a segment for The Overnightscape Central's episode about Facebook, I decided to dedicate an entire episode of The Brian Jude Show to the topic! Here the story of how I first joined Facebook, courtesy of Kathryl Velvel Jones, Facebook's lack of customizability, throwing sheep, the rise of Facebook and the downfall of MySpace, high school reunion, some people don't want to talk with old high school classmantes, Alumni Group page, closer with some people now than ever before, letting bygones be bygones, getting gigs, keeping up with family, younger cousins, requests from strangers, Temple of the Jedi Order, status updates, Twitter, "Brian Jude is...," Wall vs. Profile/Info vs. Home, News Feed, using SMS to keep up, FB + Twitter = Now have to keep texts silent & always check, I ignore notifications, Gmail Priority Inbox & Facebook notifications separated, News from friends, Dawn Richie, Vanessa & Reiki, birthdays sharing photos, Jacob's albums, The Many Faces of Brian Jude, people don't like being tagged, DCT Comedy's Brooke Van Poppelen, videos, 3rd Party Apps, MP3, YouTube - Great auto function - instant embed - any web site image, no more Links page(?), notes, tagging, Events, Groups vs. Pages, "Like," Discussions, Insights, promoting DCT, DRP, the Miracle Man, the great time suck, Chat - I'm always "offline", games, Mafia, Farmville, ads are non-intrusive, quick to load, New Facebook, removed info box from sidebar, love new info page & its functionality, birthdays, friends photos, friend groups - everyone has at least 1 category - helps with mass messaging, "The Social Network," helpful for me - cast off doubts! Make someone happy with your favorite social network.

Links
The Overnightscape Central - http://onsug.com/archives/category/overnightscapecentral
My Facebook Page - http://www.facebook.com/brianjude
Kathryn Velvel Jones's project - http://betterleftunsaid.tv
DCT Comedy: Brooke Van Poppelen "TAGGED" -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x2sbn1odEM



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BJS050: Gratitude

41:15 - My 50th Episode! Also wishing Manny the Mailman and Wayne from Spare Time Radio congratulations on their 50th episodes on The Overnightscape Underground!

The fundrasing campaign for development funds for "The Miracle Man" is over! Did I reach my goal? Find out!

Other topics include: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Unitarian Universalism, recapping notes from other ONSUG shows, Frank's review of "The Miracle Man," Bob LeMent's car, Sheps, "inshuge," Mobigo, civil disobedience, listing the names of people who supported "The Miracle Man on IndieGoGo, shooting the plane crash in "The Miracle Man," The Secret not necessarily selfish, supporting The Esbin Family, the importance of tithing, how Missourians pronounce "Missouri," Jason Davidson, Nadia's Pastry Shop in Elmwood Park, Neal's balloon cat, gratitude.

Special appearances by Manny the Mailman and Neal from Ireland. Special music: "The Chasing Game" by Friday's Child.

Links
The Mad Hatters: http://madhatterballoon.com



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BJS049: Boxed-in Day

23:28 - My last show of 2010, and my first new episode in weeks! Enjoying the aftermath of "Snowdiculous 2010" with my son as we play in the local park with two feet of snow all around us. I talk about the storm, as well as my thoughts on 2010 and 2011, The Overnightscape Central, correcting myself about YouTube downloads, Boxing Day, the screenplay reading and fund raising campaign of "The Miracle Man" and more!



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Links:
The Overnightscape Central - http://onsug.com/archives/category/overnightscapecentral
"The Miracle Man" on Kickstarter.com - http://tinyurl.com/miraclemanfund

Overnightscape Central – Best 2010 Music – (12/06/10)

I'm not going to resubmit the episode through my feed, but go ahead and check it out on The Overnightscape Underground at http://onsug.com/archives/4745

44:34 - Manny the Mailman!! Bob LeMent!! Frank Nora!! Brian Jude!! Eddie From Ireland!! Feel the Overnightscape magic and listen to find out how YOU can be on the next weekly show!!

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License.

Overall attribution by PQ Ribber, all other hosts appear courtesy of themselves.

Released November 2010 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts presenting amazingly unique programs that are safe and effective.