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”Noise from the Hearts of Nerds” - NERD NOISE CROSSOVERS: “C1E64: ThreeFer Thursday”

Thursday May 12, 2022

Thursday May 12, 2022

Today’s broadcast is C1E64 for Nerd Noise Crossovers, Thursday, 05/12/2022. Today’s Crossover is "ThreeFer Thursday" - which is, among standard format Ch 1 episodes for "just ordinary occasions", our longest episode to date. So hunker down and buckle up for what is going to be quite the musical journey! Also the Ch 1 debut of the new mic, higher quality copies of the intro/outro background music, and my new production techniques. I'm exceptionally proud of this episode, and hope you will find it exceptionally enjoyable! 

 

Track Number / Game (Composer) / Track Names (Composers) / Time Stamp 

 

01) Intro – 00:00:00 

02) Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars – Multiplatform 

  1. A) Pursuing the Dragon (vocalvers) - Keiichi Okabe (vocal by Saki Nakai) - 00:06:16
  2. B) Midday Town – Oliver Good – 00:08:36
  3. C) Tears of the Black Witch – Shotaro Seo – 00:11:53

03) Twilight - X68000 - Ryu Umemoto, Ryu Takami, and/or Hiroaki Sano 

  1. A) AsVreaSa Merg La (Ending) - 00:15:28 
  2. B)Dimineate(Morning) – 00:18 
  3. C)BisericaNeagra (Opening) - 00:23:11 

04) Final Fantasy X – PS2 

  1. A) Fantasy (aka Phantoms) – Junya Nakano – 00:26:43
  2. B) The Travel Agency – MasashiHamauzu– 00:29:59 
  3. C) Moment of Truth – MasashiHamauzu– 00:32:53 

05)  DOOM Eternal - Multi  - Mick Gordon 

  1. A) Icon of Sin – 00:36:22
  2. B) Doom Eternal – 00:41:48
  3. C) Cultist Base – 00:46:43

06)  Cyberpunk 2077 - Multi 

  1. A)WushuuDolls – Marcin Przybylowicz – 00:52:14 
  2. B) Adam Smasher – Paul Leonard-Morgan – 00:54:27
  3. C) The Rebel Path – P.T. Adamczyk – 00:57:44

07) Super Mario Sunshine – GameCube - Kōji Kondō, and/or Shinobu Tanaka 

  1. A) Delfino Airstrip – 01:01:48
  2. B) Sirenna Beach – 01:04:02
  3. C) Secret Stage – 01:06:19

08) Tiny Death Star - iOS/Android - c: John Williams / a: GMLeto 

  1. A) Main Theme – 01:09:20
  2. B) Imperial Death March – 01:10:43
  3. C) Force Theme – 01:11:52

09) Sim Copter – PC 

  1. A) Jazz 1 – Jerry Martin – 01:12:25
  2. B) Jazz 5 – Marc Russo – 01:17:56
  3. C) Jazz 4 – Marc Russo – 01:22:44

10) Pebble Beach Golf Links - Genesis - Yumi Satake, Shigekazu Kamaki, and/or Yusaburo Shimojyo 

  1. A) Hole Overview – 01:27:40
  2. B) Main Menu – 01:29:43
  3. C) Tea Break – 01:33:33

11) Art of Balance – Multi - Martin Schjøler 

  1. A) Title Theme – 01:36:04
  2. B) World A – 01:38:04
  3. C) Challenge – 01:40:29

12) N++ - multi 

  1. A) Confined Spaces – ASC – 01:42:39
  2. B) Surrender – Sam KDC – 01:50:48
  3. C) Outlaw – Volor Flex – 01:56:48

13)  Trickstyle – Dreamcast / PC – Richard Beddow 

  1. A) UK Race 2 – 02:02:06
  2. B) Japan Race 2 – 02:05:03
  3. C) USA Race 2 – 02:07:35

14) Doshin the Giant – GameCube - Tatsuhiko Asano 

  1. A) Time – 02:10:50
  2. B) Jungle Morning – 02:13:36
  3. C) Yellow Giant – 02:16:34

15) Magic The Gathering Shandalar - PC – Roland J. Rizzo 

  1. A) Track 8 - 02:19:07
  2. B) Track 10 - 02:20:50
  3. C) Track 19 - 02:22:28

 16) Reigns – iOS/Android - MAGO  

  1. A) Benevolent Deeds – 02:24:23
  2. B) William the Great – 02:26:54
  3. C) Dark Deeds – 02:30:38

17) Mega Man 2 – NES – Takashi Tateishi 

  1. A) Heat Man Stage – 02:33:36
  2. B) Quick Man Stage – 02:35:21
  3. C) Crash Man Stage – 02:37:20

18) Outro – 02:40:11 

 

Music Block Runtime: 02:34:02 /// Total Epsiode Runtime: 02:53:08 

 

Our Intro and Outro Music is Funky Radio, from Jet Grind Radio on the Sega Dreamcast, composed by BB Rights. 

 

Produced using Ardour 6 / Audacity 3 in Ubuntu Studio [Linux] 22.04 

 

You can also find all of our audio episodes on Archive.org as well as the occasional additional release only available there, such as remixes of previous releases and other content. 

 

Our YouTube Channel, for the time being is in dormancy, but will be returning with content, hopefully, in 2022. Meanwhile, all the old stuff is still there, and can be found here:  

 

https://www.youtube.com/user/NerdNoiseRadio 

 

Our episodes (and occasionally, other content, including expanded show notes) can be found on our blog here: 

 

nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com. 

 

The referenced blog post about the Steam Deck can be found here:

 

https://nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com/2022/02/nnr-blog-st-john-why-i-am-so-personally.html

 

Nerd Noise Radio is also available on The Retro Junkies Network at www.theretrojunkies.com, and is a member of the VGM Podcast Fans community at  

 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/VGMPodcastFans/ 

 

Or, if you wish to connect with us directly, we have two groups of our own:  

 

Nerd Noise Radio - Easy Mode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/276843385859797/ for sharing tracks, video game news, or just general videogame fandom. 

 

Nerd Noise Radio - Expert Mode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/381475162016534/ for going deep into video game sound hardware, composer info, and/or music theory. 

 

You can also follow us on Twitter at @NerdNoiseRadio. And we are also now on Spotify, TuneIn, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, and Vurbl. 

 

Thanks for listening! Join us again in June (dates TBD) for both Hugues' and I's separate "Best of 2020 / 2021" Channel 1 Retrospective episodes as well as Nerd Noise Radio's contribution (via Channel 2) to the great big VGM Podcast communities common theme group project initiaitve. 

 

Cheers! 

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NNR Reruns: C1E44 - ”TwoFer Tuesday – vol. 5” (originally released 05/07/19)

Wednesday May 04, 2022

Wednesday May 04, 2022

May the Fourth be with you, Listeners! I -ALMOST- reran C1E9 "May the Fourth be With You" instead, which was our Star Wars game music focus. But this one was so much more relevant to imminently incoming new episodes, so I went with it instead. At the bottom of the comments, I'll include a link to C1E9, you'll get an informal "twofer" here. :-)

Today’s rerun is C1E44, originally released TwoFer Tuesday, May 7th, 2019. Today’s Episode was TwoFer Tuesday - vol. 5.  Amended 02/06/22 to include an all call for tracks for our upcoming "Best of 2020 / 2021" feature. The track list below has been amended to include updated timestamps and track numbers that account for the addition of the 2022 add-on. 

 

Note: I apologize for the poor audio quality on my voice in the 2022 earcactcher. I didn't have access to the studio and "the good mic" at the time, so I just did the best I could with my built-in laptop mic. 

 

Track Number / Game (Composer) / Track Names (Composers) / Time Stamp 

 

01) Best of 2020 / 2021 Earcatcher: 00:00:00 

02) Intro - 00:01:34 

03) Daytona USA - Saturn - Takenobu Mitsuyoshi and/or David Leytze 

  1. King of Speed - 00:03:43 
  2. Sky High - 00:08:28 

04) WipEout - PS1 - Cold Storage 

  1. Messij - 00:13:03 
  2. Cardinal Dancer - 00:18:14 

05) Shadow Squadron - 32X - Teruhiko Nakagawa and/or Masaru Setsumaru 

  1. Mission 5 - 00:23:30 
  2. Mission 4 - 00:25:02 

06) Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf - Genesis - Tokuhiko Uwabo 

  1. BGM 2 - 00:28:22 
  2. Score – 00:29:56 

07) Streets of Rage 3 - Genesis - Motohiro Kawashima and Yuzo Koshiro 

  1. Moon - 00:31:42 
  2. The Poets 1 - 00:35:45 

08) DATAWING - iOS/Android 

  1. ESPIRIT.wav - ESPRIT 空想 - 00:38:56 
  2. Closeness - Eyeliner - 00:42:23 

09) Link: The Faces of Evil - CD-I - Tony Trippi 

  1. Nortinka - 00:44:57 
  2. Militron - 00:46:33 

10) Double Dragon 2 - PC Engine - Hiroyuki Togo 

  1. Level 2 - 00:49:12 
  2. Level 6 - 00:52:12 

11) Landstalker - Genesis - Motoaki Takenouchi 

  1. Beneath the Mysterious Tree - 00:54:56 
  2. Mysterious Island - 00:56:09 

12) Wizards and Warriors 3 - NES - David Wise 

  1. The Wise Men - 00:58:39 
  2. Knights Guild – 00:59:52 

13) Kabuki Quantum Fighter - NES - Masaki Hashimoto and/or Takahiro Wakuta 

  1. Round 1 - 01:01:46 
  2. Round 2 - 01:03:02 

14) Snafu - Intellivision - Russell Lieblich 

  1. BGM 1 - 01:04:05 
  2. BGM 2 - 01:04:27 

15) N++ - Multi 

  1. Trivium - C Y G N - 01:05:07 
  2. Shower Curtain - Planet Boelex - 01:08:50 

16)  GT Sport -PS4 - Lenny Ibizarre 

  1. All About the Girl - 01:15:21 
  2. What Can You Do? - 01:19:21 

17) Final Fantasy X - PS2 - Masashi Hamauzu, Junya Nakano, and/or Nobuo Uematsu 

  1. Blazing Sands - 01:24:25 
  2. Besaid Island - 01:27:23 

18) Final Fantasy XV - multi - Yoko Shimomura 

  1. Noctis' Dream - 01:29:54 
  2. Relax and Reflect - 01:33:12 

19) Wii News Channel - Wii - Kazumi Totaka 

  1. Tip Cat - 01:36:16 
  2. Slideshow (Night) - 01:39:10 

20) Outro - 01:42:38 

 

Music Block Runtime: 01:38:57, Original Total Episode Runtime: 01:49:26, 2022 Amended Total Episode Runtime: 01:50:59 

 

Link to to the eligible tracklist for our upcoming Listener-selected "Best of 2020 / 2021" Episode. Notes at the top of the file explain everything! :-) 

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NdwSzNDnoFoho7TzDHkA1Pkfe1O5WMgqEd4Bx2sSoG4/edit?usp=sharing 

 

Link to C1E9 "May the Fourth be with You!": 

 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nerd-noise-radio-channel-1-podcast-c1e9-may-the-4th/id1191401173?i=1000385079108 

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Nerd Noise Game Club - C2E7: ”All Night Super Kawaii Dance Party”

Thursday Apr 28, 2022

Thursday Apr 28, 2022

Today’s Broadcast is C2E7 for Theme Thursday, April 28th, 2022. Today’s focus will be a collection of cutesy, dancy, feel-good tracks, on a program Hugues named for us: “All Night Super Kawaii Dance Party”!

 

Track # / Track / Game / System / Composer (s) / Selected by

 

01) Lovely City - Lovely Planet - Multiplatform - Calem Bowen - St. John

  1. Earcatcher - 00:00:00
  2. Music - 00:00:09
  3. Introduction - 00:02:57
  4. Discussion - 00:06:16
  5. Top of Show Business - 00:09:08

02) Kimi wa HoeHoe Musume (Ending / Staff Roll) - Idol Hakkenden - Famicom - Kiyohiro Sada, Tomoo Misato - Hugues

  1. Music - 00:26:46
  2. Discussion - 00:29:52

03) Evil Dante - Cratermaze - TG16 - Toshiaki Takimoto, Katsunori Takahashi, Takayuki Iwabuchi, Keita Hoshi - St. John

  1. Music - 00:32:49
  2. Discussion - 00:34:38

04) Tiese Shopping District Theme - Gurumin - Multiplatform - Falcom Sound Team JDK (prob. Hayato Sonoda) - Hugues

  1. Music - 00:37:45
  2. Discussion - 00:41:20

05) Stage 1-2 - Jumping Flash 2 - PS1 - Takeo Miratsu - St. John

  1. Music - 00:47:07
  2. Discussion - 00:50:31

06) After School - Persona 3 Portable - PSP - Shoji Meguro - Hugues

  1. Music - 00:57:19
  2. Discussion - 00:59:30

07) Nice Day - Spindizzy II - X68000 - Toshiya Yamanaka and/or Tetsuya Nakano - St. John

  1. Music - 01:01:40
  2. Discussion - 01:05:15

08) Dreams of Love and Literature - Doki Doki Literature Club - Multiplatform - Dan Salvato - Hugues

  1. Music - 01:08:58
  2. Discussion - 01:12:54

09) Crystal Breeze Springs - Lovely Planet Remix - PC - Satsuma Audio - St. John

  1. Music - 01:16:31
  2. Discussion - 01:18:45

10) Electoria - Sonic Crackers (unreleased) - Genesis - Junko Shiratsu, Masato Nakamura - Hugues

  1. Music - 01:21:31
  2. Discussion - 01:24:20

11) Stage 1 - Chip Chan Kick - PCFX - Hitoshi Sakimoto and/or Masaharu Iwata - St. John

  1. Music - 01:27:20
  2. Discussion - 01:30:17

12) Clothes Make The Man - Shakedown Hawaii - Multiplatform - Hugues

  1. Music - 01:33:40
  2. Discussion - 01:35:25

13) Message from Nightopia - Nights into Dreams - Multiplatform - Naofumi Hataya - St. John

  1. Music - 01:38:41
  2. Discussion - 01:41:50
  3. End of Show Business - 01:45:38
  4. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT (-IMPORTANT-) - 01:46:54
  5. MOAR End of Show Business - 01:49:24
  6. Our Other Shows - 01:50:10
  7. Graduation II Discussion - 01:52:50
  8. Sign-off - 01:53:55

14) Track 9 (ending probably) - Graduation II - PC Engine - Isao Mizoguchi (likely) - Hugues

  1. Music - 01:54:20
  2. Blooper Reel - 01:56:40

 

Total Episode Runtime: 02:04:35

 

Retro Game Club can be found here:

 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/retro-game-club/id1453018680

 

You can also follow Retro Game Club on Facebook and Instagram @retrogameclubpodcast and on Twitter @rgcpodcast.

 

Hugues’ blog (and his Sega Genesis demo) can be found here: 

 

https://huguesjohnson.com/

 

You can find Nerd Noise Radio on Facebook and on Twitter each @NerdNoiseRadio. There are also two Facebook Groups: Nerd Noise Radio “Easy Mode” where we just have general video game and nerd fun, or for the gearheads among you, Nerd Noise Radio “Expert Mode” where we deep dive sound hardware, composer info, and music theory. 

 

You can find the blog at www.nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com. Where we sometimes share additional show notes, and inside info. You can also find Nerd Noise Radio on Archive.org, where we have remixes and super bonuses only available there (such as a music-only alternative version of today’s show).

 

Nerd Noise Radio is also a member of the Retro Junkies community, which can be found at www.theretrojunkies.com. And we are a member of the VGM Podcast Fans community on Facebook. St. John is also the admin of the Podcasters of Des Moines Facebook group, which features a number of other podcasters and great programs from the greater Des Moines area.

 

Thanks for listening! Join us again in May (exact date TBD) for C1E64: “ThreeFer Thursday”, and wherever you are…..Fly the N!!

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NNR Reruns: C1E8 - ”Battle of the Bits – vol. 1” (originally released 04/23/17)

Saturday Apr 23, 2022

Saturday Apr 23, 2022

Today’s rerun is C1E8, originally released Scene Sunday, April 23rd, 2017 [aka 5yrs ago TODAY]. Today’s rerun was a focus on Chip Tunes from the "Battle of the Bits" Chip Tune community on a program we called "Battle of the Bits - vol. 1". Amended 02/06/22 to include an all call for tracks for our upcoming "Best of 2020 / 2021" feature. The track list below has been amended to include updated timestamps and track numbers that account for the addition of the 2022 add-on. 

 

Note: I apologize for the poor audio quality on my voice in the 2022 earcactcher. I didn't have access to the studio and "the good mic" at the time, so I just did the best I could with my built-in laptop mic. 

 

This Episode is dedicated to the memory of Chris Chandler. 

 

Tracklist - Track#, Composer, Track Name, System (Chip(s)), BotB Event, Timestamp: 

 

01) Best of 2020 / 2021 Earcatcher: 00:00:00 

02) Intro – 00:01:34 

03) FearOfDark - Pancake Department - NES - WinterChip 7 – 00:03:29 

04) Strobe - Citizens of Luala - Turbografx16 - SummerChip 3 – 00:07:16 

05) Diagamblic (DYA) - The Upside Down - PCE - SummerChip 6 – 00:10:17 

06) TristEndo - Take One For Teh Team - Genesis - WinterChip 8 – 00:14:03 

07) Baron Knoxbury - Smeakny - YM2149/AY - WinterChip 8 – 00:16:48 

08) TQ-Jam - Amanats - 2A03+N106 - SummerChip 3 – 00:17:26 

09) Warlord - Space Boogie - AmigaMOD - WinterChip VI – 00:19:59 

10) FearOfDark The Day the Sun Exploded - SAPx2 - SumCh3 – 00:21:54 

11) MootBooxle - A Change of Pace - OPL2+voc+drum - WinCh8 – 00:24:03 

12) Kulor - The Sawblade Factory - SNES - SummerChip 7 – 00:28:46 

13) Jredd (feat DYA) - Rise from the Ashes - Gen - SumCh7 – 00:31:23 

14) Diagamblic (f Jredd) - Double Jump Moon Casino - Gen - SC7 – 00:34:03 

15) Kfaraday - Diamondilium - SID - WinterChip 8 – 00:36:29 

16) Chip Champion - Ice Fields - SMS - WinterChip 8 – 00:38:56 

17) Baron Knoxburry - Azure Ascension - SNES - SummerChip3 – 00:41:20 

18) Strobe - The Current System - Genesis - WinterChip8 – 00:43:27 

19) FearOfDark - Fun With Laser Guns - FDS - WinterChip8 – 00:46:12 

20) Outro – 00:49:43 

 

Music Block Runtime: 00:46:20, Original Total Episode Runtime: 00:54:40, 2022 Amended Total Episode Runtime: 00:56:11 

 

Link to to the eligible tracklist for our upcoming Listener-selected "Best of 2020 / 2021" Episode. Notes at the top of the file explain everything! :-) 

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NdwSzNDnoFoho7TzDHkA1Pkfe1O5WMgqEd4Bx2sSoG4/edit?usp=sharing 

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NNR Reruns: C1E28 - ”Sense of the Scene – vol. 1” (originally released 05/06/18)

Wednesday Mar 23, 2022

Wednesday Mar 23, 2022

Today’s rerun is C1E28, originally released Scene Sunday, May 6th, 2018. Today’s Episode was a free play of elements found throughout the space just outside of video game music, covers, remixes, chiptunes, karaoke, and so much more, on a program we called "Sense of the Scene - vol. 1"  Amended 02/06/22 to include an all call for tracks for our upcoming "Best of 2020 / 2021" feature. The track list below has been amended to include updated timestamps and track numbers that account for the addition of the 2022 add-on. 

 

Note: I apologize for the poor audio quality on my voice in the 2022 earcactcher. I didn't have access to the studio and "the good mic" at the time, so I just did the best I could with my built-in laptop mic. 

 

Tracklist - provided in various formats depending on "scene subgenre": 

 

01) Best of 2020 / 2021 Earcatcher: 00:00:00 

02) Intro - 00:01:34 

03) ["Real Instruments" VGM Cover]: Stemage - Metroid Metal - The Tunnel (orig. comp: Ryoji Yoshitomi) - 00:03:57 

04) [Original Chiptune]: Kulor - My First LSDJ - Gameboy - 00:08:05 

05) [Non-VGM by VGM composer - Ryuichi Sakamoto]: Akiko Yano - Aisuru Hito Yo - Ai Ga Nakucha Ne (1982) - 00:10:13 

06) [Original Chiptune]: Mr Sonic699 - Segadore Genesid 64 - Genesis - 00:14:39 

07) [Chip Cover of Non-VGM music]: Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out - Gameboy (MicroD) - 00:16:44 

08) ["Real Instruments" VGM Cover]: SST Band - Defeat - Galaxy Force 2- (orig. comp: Koichi Namiki) - 00:20:18 

09) [Non-VGM by VGM Composer - Martin Iveson]: Soulstice - Colour (AtJazz Remix) - 00:24:45 

10) [Original Chiptune]: Freezedream - Lullaby - 00:31:00 

11) [Doujin Music]: Summer Style '96 (PC98) - FMP Music Disk Vol.4 - Ryu Umemoto - 00:33:11 

12) ["System X" Chip Cover of "System Y" VGM]: Savaged Regime - Beach - Plok (Sega Genesis cover) (orig. comp: Tim and/or Geoff Follin / orig. sys: SNES) - 00:36:37 

13) [Original Chiptune]: TQ_Jam - Squash (2A03 + VRC7 + N163) - 00:41:45 

14) [Non-VGM that presaged VGM]: Logic System - Unit - Logic (1981) - 00:44:45 

15) ["Real Instruments" VGM Cover]: Super Soul Bros. Hydrocity (orig. comp: Sonic 3 Sound Team) - 00:49:30 

16) ["System X" Chip Cover of "System Y" VGM]: Thunder Force IV - Fighting Back (PC Engine) - by Michirin9801 (orig comp:  Toshiharu Yamanishi / orig sys: Genesis) - 00:53:06 

17) ["Real Instruments" VGM Cover]: Symphonic Actraiser - Northwall (orig. comp: Yuzo Koshiro) - 00:55:50 

18) [Non-Video Game computer program music]: Microsoft Interactive Sampler 1996 - Main Theme - Unknown - 00:58:53 

19) [Chip Cover of non-VGM - Mario Paint]: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Mario Paint - by:  YouTuber "oShockwave" (orig. comp: Lennon-McCartney) - 00:59:54 

20) [Original Chiptune - Tracker Music]: Beek - Pleadians (Amiga) - 01:01:53 

21) [Non-VGM inspired by VGM]: Hiatus Kaiyote - Atari - Choose Your Weapon (2015) - 01:04:02 

22) [Original Chiptune]: Commandycan - Ice Boat - NES - 01:10:10 

23) ["System X" Chip Cover of "System Y" VGM]: C64 cover of Chronos - Main Theme - by YouTuber "MovieMovies1" (orig. comp: Tim Follin / orig sys: ZX Spectrum PC Speaker) - 01:10:56 

24) [Floppy Drive Matrix cover of VGM]: The Floppotron - At Doom's Gate - Pawel Zadrozniak (orig. comp: Bobby Prince) - 01:14:00 

25) [Original Chiptune]: Goluigi - Popping Corners (SNES) - BotB Winterchip X - 01:15:33 

26) ["Real Instruments" VGM Cover]: David KBD - Golden Axe - Stage 1 (orig. comp: You Takada) - 01:18:20 

27) ["VGM Karaoke" (original lyrics and vocals over VGM never intended for lyrics or vocals)]: Pieness 64 - Coldman (Rockman and Fortissimo) (orig. comp: Toshihiko Horiyama, Naoshi Mizuta, and/or Akari Kaida) - 01:21:14 

28) [Original Chiptune]: DYA - Homecoming (Chiptunes = Win) - PC Engine and C64 Duet - 01:23:24 

29) [Non-VGM by VGM Composer - Daniel Capo]: Daniel Capo - A Stroll Through Dreamland  - 01:27:03 

30) Outro - 01:29:02 
 

Music Block Runtime: 01:25:09, Original Total Episode Runtime: 01:35:01, 2022 Amended Total Episode Runtime: 01:36:34 

 

Link to to the eligible tracklist for our upcoming Listener-selected "Best of 2020 / 2021" Episode. Notes at the top of the file explain everything! :-) 

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NdwSzNDnoFoho7TzDHkA1Pkfe1O5WMgqEd4Bx2sSoG4/edit?usp=sharing 

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”Noise from the Hearts of Nerds” - “C1E63: Keeping up with TheOneUps – vol. 2”

Sunday Mar 13, 2022

Sunday Mar 13, 2022

Today’s broadcast is C1E63 for Scene Sunday, March 13th, 2022. Today’s episode will be a return focus to the works of my favorite VGM cover bands, TheOneUps, on a program we're calling "Keeping up with TheOneUps – vol. 2: 

 

Track Number / Track [Originally from Game / Originally from System / Original Composer] / From OneUps Album / Timestamp 

 

01) Intro – 00:00:00 

02) Intro [Metroid – NES – Hirokazu ("Hip") Tanaka] – Volume 2 – 00:03:15 

03) Silence (Silences is Golden, Snitches Get Stitches) [F-Zero – SNES – Yumiko Kanki] – Prt Seven – 00:05:43 

04) Intro (Space Warrior Sound Machine) [Super Metroid – SNES – Kenji Yamamoto] – Intergalactic Redux – 00:09:35 

05) City Lights [Axeley – SNES – Taro Kudo] – Volume 1 – 00:16:11 

06) Ghost Valley [Super Mario Kart – SNES – Soya Oka] – Super Mario Kart – 00:20:16 

07) Tristram und Isolde [Diablo – PC – Matt Uelemen] – Songs for the Recently Deceased – 00:23:28 

08) Dance-Off at Silent Hill [Silent Hill – PS1 – Akira Yamaoka] – Songs for the Recently Deceased – 00:27:30 

09) Main Theme (Birds, Stars, Pigs, and Quasars) [ Angry Birds – iOS / Android – Ari Pulkiknen] – Intergalactic Continuum – 00:31:35 

10) Into the Thick of It [Secret of Mana – SNES – Hiroaki Kikuta] – Volume 2 – 00:35:14 

11) Mii Channel [Mii Channel – Wii – Kazumi Totaka] – Volume 2 – 00:38:18 

12) Koopa Beach (Something About Koopa Beach) [Super Mario Kart – SNES – Soya Oka] – Super Mario Kart – 00:40:41 

13) Katamaritaino [Katamary Damacy – PS2 – Hideki Tobeta] – Volume 1 – 00:45:01 

14) ToeJam Jammin' [ToeJam & Earl – Genesis – Jon Baker] – Volume 1 – 00:49:46 

15) Mission 2 (Double D's) [Double Dragon – Arcade – Kazunaka Yamane] – Part Seven – 00:53:47 

16) Dungeon Medley [LoZ: Link to the Past – SNES – Kōji Kondō] – Volume 2 – 00:57:34 

17) Beginning (Curse of the Funk) [Castlevania III – NES – Yukie Morimoto] – Intergalactic Redux – 01:02:51 

18) Bedtime is Deadtime [Nightmare on Elm Street – NES – David Wise] – Songs for the Rcently Deceased – 01:07:47 

19) Death Mountain (Mountain Fort1:ress Delta VII) [LoZ: Link to the Past – SNES – Kōji Kondō] – Intergalactic Redux – 01:12:41 

20) Title Theme (Two Dragons, One Cup...of Funk) [Double Dragon – Arcade – Kazunaka Yamane] – Intergalactic Continuum – 01:18:28 

21) Overworld (I do it for the Fairies) [Legend of Zelda – NES – Kōji Kondō] – Intergalactic Continuum – 01:22:22 

22) Shadow Man [Mega Man III – NES – Yasuaki Fujita] – Volume 2 – 01:26:14 

23) Chrono Trigger [Chrono Trigger – SNES – Yasunori Mitsuda] – Volume 2 – 01:31:57 

24) Choco Island [Super Mario Kart – SNES – Soya Oka] – Super Mario Kart – 01:36:51 

25) Ice Cave Chant (Ice, Ice Cavey) [Donkey Kong Country – SNES – David Wise] – Part Seven – 01:39:48 

26: Outro – 01:43:51 

 

Music Block Runtime: 01:40:42, Total Episode Runtime: 01:54:59 

 

Our Intro and Outro Music is Funky Radio, from Jet Grind Radio on the Sega Dreamcast, composed by BB Rights. 

 

Final episode production produced using Ardour 6 / Audacity 2.42 in Ubuntu Studio [Linux] 21.10 02/05/2022. Music block originally produced 05/12/2019 using GarageBand in macOS 

 

Link to to the eligible tracklist for our upcoming Listener-selected "Best of 2020 / 2021" Episode. Notes at the top of the file explain everything! :-) 

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NdwSzNDnoFoho7TzDHkA1Pkfe1O5WMgqEd4Bx2sSoG4/edit?usp=sharing 

 

You can also find all of our audio episodes on Archive.org as well as the occasional additional release only available there, such as remixes of previous releases and other content. 

 

Our YouTube Channel, for the time being is in dormancy, but will be returning with content, hopefully, in 2022. Meanwhile, all the old stuff is still there, and can be found here:  

 

https://www.youtube.com/user/NerdNoiseRadio 

 

Our episodes (and occasionally, other content, including expanded show notes) can be found on our blog here: 

 

nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com. 

 

Nerd Noise Radio is also available on The Retro Junkies Network at www.theretrojunkies.com, and is a member of the VGM Podcast Fans community at  

 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/VGMPodcastFans/ 

 

Or, if you wish to connect with us directly, we have two groups of our own:  

 

Nerd Noise Radio - Easy Mode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/276843385859797/ for sharing tracks, video game news, or just general videogame fandom. 

 

Nerd Noise Radio - Expert Mode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/381475162016534/ for going deep into video game sound hardware, composer info, and/or music theory. 

 

You can also follow us on Twitter at @NerdNoiseRadio. And we are also now on Spotify, TuneIn, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, and Vurbl. 

 

Thanks for listening. Join us again Friday, April, 1st 2022 for a very special FaceOff “F-isode” featuring friend of the show and previous collaborator, Electric Boogaloo! A smorgasbord of sounds and good and bad ideas, on Channel F. And wherever you are….fly the N! 

 

Cheers! 

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NNR Reruns: C1E19 - ”Keeping up with TheOneUps – vol. 1” (originally released 12/04/17)

Wednesday Mar 09, 2022

Wednesday Mar 09, 2022

selections from the Video Game cover band, the One Ups on a program we called "Keeping up with The OneUps - vol. 1". Amended 02/06/22 to include an all call for tracks for our upcoming "Best of 2020 / 2021" feature. The track list below has been updated to include amended timestamps and track numbers that account for the addition of the 2022 add-on. 

 

Note: I apologize for the poor audio quality on my voice in the 2022 earcactcher. I didn't have access to the studio and "the good mic" at the time, so I just did the best I could with my built-in laptop mic. 

 

Track Number / Original Track Name (OneUps-specific track name - where applicable) / OneUps Album / Original Version Composer / Timestamp 

 

01) Best of 2020 / 2021 Earcatcher: 00:00:00 

02) Intro 00:01:34 

03) Super Mario Kart - Title Theme - Super Mario Kart Album - Soya Oka – 00:03:27 

04) Sonic the Hedgehog - Green Hill Zone - Volume 2 - Masato Nakamura – 00:05:10 

05) Tetris - Theme A - Korobeinki (Space Bloq Soviet Fun Time Puzzle Song) - Intergalactic Redux - (trad) Nikolay Nekrasov – 00:09:17 

06) Mario Paint - Monkeys - Volume 1 - Hirokazu (Hip) Tanaka – 00:13:31 

07) Legend of Zelda - Dungeon (λαβύρινθος - Labyrinthos) - Songs for the Recently Deceased - Koji Kondo – 00:16:26 

08) Super Mario 2 - Underground BGM - Volume 2 - Koji Kondo – 00:20:28 

09) Contra - Stage 1 (Bill and Lance - Soldier Trance) - Intergalactic Redux - Kazuki Muraoka – 00:24:13 

10) Donkey Kong Country - Aquatic Ambience - Volume 1 - David Wise – 00:29:54 

11) LoZ: LttP - Time of the Falling Rain (Intro) - Volume 2 - Koji Kondo – 00:34:12 

12) F-Zero - Port Town (Port Authority) - Part Seven - Yumiko Kanki – 00:39:17 

13) TMNT II: The Arcade Game - Stage 3 (Super Solar Sewer System) - Intergalactic Continuum - Kozo Nakamura – 00:43:55 

14) Super Mario Kart - Rainbow Road - Super Mario Kart Album - Soya Oka  - 00:48:44 

15) Outro 00:54:13 

 

Music Block Runtime: 00:50:54, Original Total Episode Runtime: 00:59:09, 2022 Amended Total Episode Runtime: 01:00:40 

 

Link to to the eligible tracklist for our upcoming Listener-selected "Best of 2020 / 2021" Episode. Notes at the top of the file explain everything! :-) 

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NdwSzNDnoFoho7TzDHkA1Pkfe1O5WMgqEd4Bx2sSoG4/edit?usp=sharing 

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”Noise from the Hearts of Nerds” - “C1E62: Mishmash Monday – vol. 11”

Monday Feb 21, 2022

Monday Feb 21, 2022

Today’s broadcast is  C1E62 for Mishmash Monday, February 21st, 2022. Today’s episode will be "Mishmash Monday – vol. 11" 

 

Track Number – Track – Game – System – Composer(s) - Timestamp 

 

01) Intro – 00:00:00 

02) Space Harrier Theme – N/A (JP Main BIOS) - Mastersystem – Hiroshi Miyauchi – 01:02:56 

03) Phantasy – Phantasy Star II – Genesis – Tokuhiko Uwabo – 00:06:05 

04) Title Theme – Strider Returns – Genesis – c: Mark Tait / a: Unknown – 00:08:41 

05) Mission 1 – Super Double Dragon – SNES – Kazunaka Yamane – 00:10:36 

06) Dam – GoldenEye 007 – N64 – Graeme Norgate and/or Grant Kirkhope – 00:12:18 

07) Title Theme – Rampage – Atari 7800 – c: Michael Bartlow / a: Bill Hawkins and/or Clay Turner – 00:14:54 

08) TMAXX – Bricklayer – PC – Peter Wagner – 00:15:14 

09) Way of the Exploding Back Left Tire – Horizon Chase Turbo – Multiplatform – Barry Leitch – 00:17:36 

10) The Shinobi – Revenge of Shinobi – Genesis – Yuzo Koshiro – 00:21:06 

11) Shadowplay (Cave) - 198X – Multiplatform – Yuzo Koshiro – 00:22:53 

12) Gairyu Isle (Ukyo Theme) - Samurai Showdown – Neo Geo AES / MVS – Yasuo Yamate, and/or Masahiko Hataya – 00:24:53 

13) Kabuki Master – The Simpson – Arcade – Norio Hanzawa – 00:28:04 

14) Kyoto Japan – Tekken – PS1 – c: Yoshie Takayanagi, Yoshie Arakawa, and/or Kazuhiro Nakamura / a: Shinji Hosoe – 00:29:21 

15) In-Game Theme – Adventures of Microman – PC – Brian L. Goble – 00:31:44 

16) Volver a Comenzar – Little Big Planet – PS3 / PSP - Café Tacuba – 00:34:29 

17) Blow Up – Elevator Action Returns – Saturn – Yasuhisa Watanabe – 00:42:08 

18) Star System Theme – Star Control II – 3DO - Burke Trieschmann, Dan Nicholson, Riku Nuottajärvi, Eric Berge, Erol Otus, Marc Brown, Aaron J. Grier, Kevin Palivec, and/or Tommy V. Dunbar – 00:44:49 

19) The Old Map – Golden Axe – Arcade - Tōru Nakabayashi – 00:47:42 

20) Oceansphere Surface – Xardion – SNES – Kohei Tanaka – 00:49:00 

21) The Vents – Ecco the Dolphin – Sega CD – Spencer Nilsen – 00:51:13 

22) Aquatic Ambience – Donkey Kong Country – SNES – David Wise and/or Evelyn Fisher – 00:56:45 

23) The Lunarians – Final Fantasy IV – SNES – Nobuo Uematsu – 00:59:56 

24) Goddess of Love – Immortals: Fenyx Rising – Multiplatform – Gareth Coker – 01:02:01 

25) The Thunder Plains – Final Fantasy X – PS2 – Nobuo Uematsu – 01:05:34 

26) Building Mode 5 – The Sims – PC – Jerry Martin and/or Marc Russo – 01:09:15 

27) Level 4 – Tetris – CD-i – Jim Andron – 01:15:37 

28) Magnet Man – Mega Man 3 – NES – Yasuaki Fujita – 01:19:55 

29) Level Theme – Rampage – Mastersystem – c: Michael Barlow / a: Unknown – 01:21:45 

30) Hi-Fi Performance – Tempo – 32X – Masayoshi Ishi – 01:24:07 

31) Bonus Stage – Rampage – NES – c: Michael Barlow / a: Shogo Sakai, and/or Takafumi Miura – 01:25:09 

32) Stage Theme 1 – Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle – NES – Hiroyuki Masuno – 01:26:17 

33) Config – Waverace 64 – N64 – Kazumi Totaka – 01:27:38 

34) Outro – 01:30:04 

 

Music Block Runtime: 01:27:18, Total Episode Runtime: 01:40:15 

 

Our Intro and Outro Music is Funky Radio, from Jet Grind Radio on the Sega Dreamcast, composed by BB Rights. 

 

Produced using Ardour 6 / Audacity 2.42 in Ubuntu Studio [Linux] 21.10 

 

Link to to the eligible tracklist for our upcoming Listener-selected "Best of 2020 / 2021" Episode. Notes at the top of the file explain everything! 😊 

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NdwSzNDnoFoho7TzDHkA1Pkfe1O5WMgqEd4Bx2sSoG4/edit?usp=sharing 

 

You can also find all of our audio episodes on Archive.org as well as the occasional additional release only available there, such as remixes of previous releases and other content. 

 

Our YouTube Channel, for the time being is in dormancy, but will be returning with content, hopefully, in 2022. Meanwhile, all the old stuff is still there, and can be found here:  

 

https://www.youtube.com/user/NerdNoiseRadio 

 

Our episodes (and occasionally, other content, including expanded show notes) can be found on our blog here: 

 

nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com. 

 

Nerd Noise Radio is also available on The Retro Junkies Network at www.theretrojunkies.com, and is a member of the VGM Podcast Fans community at  

 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/VGMPodcastFans/ 

 

Or, if you wish to connect with us directly, we have two groups of our own:  

 

Nerd Noise Radio - Easy Mode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/276843385859797/ for sharing tracks, video game news, or just general videogame fandom. 

 

Nerd Noise Radio - Expert Mode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/381475162016534/ for going deep into video game sound hardware, composer info, and/or music theory. 

 

You can also follow us on Twitter at @NerdNoiseRadio. And we are also now on Spotify, TuneIn, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, and Vurbl. 

 

Thanks for listening. Join us again Sunday, March 13th, 2022 for “Keeping Up with The OneUps – vol 2. Delicious VGM [covers], on Noise from the Hearts of Nerds. And wherever you are….fly the N! 

 

 

Cheers! 

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NNR Reruns: C1E27 - ”Mishmash Monday – vol 4.” (originally released 04/23/18)

Wednesday Feb 16, 2022

Wednesday Feb 16, 2022

Today’s rerun is C1E27, originally released Mishmash Monday, April 23rd, 2018, and was a program we callied "Mishmash Monday - vol. 4". Amended 02/06/22 to include an all call for tracks for our upcoming "Best of 2020 / 2021" feature. The track list below has been amended to include updated timestamps and track numbers that account for the addition of the 2022 add-on. 

 

Note: I apologize for the poor audio quality on my voice in the 2022 earcactcher. I didn't have access to the studio and "the good mic" at the time, so I just did the best I could with my built-in laptop mic. 

 

Track#, Game, System, Track Name, Composer, Timestamp: 

 

01) Best of 2020 / 2021 Earcatcher: 00:00:00 

02) Intro – 00:01:34 

03) Chu Chu Rocket - Dreamcast - Challenge - Tomoya Ohtani – 00:03:40 

04) Wolfchild - SNES - Map Screen - Martin Iveson – 00:06:33 

05) Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge - multi - Rikuo - Takayuki Iwai, Akari Kaida and/or Hideki Okugawa – 00:08:15 

06) Spellcaster  - Mastersystem - Action Screen - Sachio Ogawa – 00:10:04 

07) Nightmare on Elm Street - NES - Elm Street - David Wise – 00:12:58 

08) Doom II - PC (Midi - Yamaha DB50XG) - Underhalls - Bobby Prince – 00:15:54 

09) So Many Me - multi - Volcano - Christopher Gechan and/or Daniel Byrne-McCullough – 00:20:41 

10) SouhouBlue Phoenix - X68000 - Stage 4 - Shinoda Nobuhisa – 00:24:40 

11) Nin2 Jump - XB1 - Autumn - Ryu Umemoto – 00:27:59 

12) Lucid 9 - PC/Mac - Process of Elimination -  Blue Wolfie – 00:30:23 

13) Final Fantasy Mystic Quest - SNES - Ice Pyramid - Ryuji Sasai, and/or Yasuhiro Kawakami – 00:34:22 

14) Sonic 2 - Genesis - Mystic Cave Zone 2-player - Masato Nakamura – 00:37:20 

15) Plok  - SNES - Beach - Tim and/or Geoff Follin – 00:39:09 

16) Gran Turismo 5 - PS3 - Mirage - Kimmei – 00:44:16 

17) Miitopia - 3DS - In That Holiday Mood (Vacation) - Toshiyuki Sudo, Shinki Ushiroda, Yumi Takahashi, and/or Megumi Inoue – 00:48:24 

18) Outro – 00:50:37 

 

Music Block Runtime: 00:47:02,  Original Total Episode Runtime: 00:54:40, 2022 Amended Total Episode Runtime: 00:56:13 

 

Link to to the eligible tracklist for our upcoming Listener-selected "Best of 2020 / 2021" Episode. Notes at the top of the file explain everything! :-) 

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NdwSzNDnoFoho7TzDHkA1Pkfe1O5WMgqEd4Bx2sSoG4/edit?usp=sharing 

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Nerd Noise Game Club: C2E6 - “Fast Music for Slow Times”

Thursday Feb 03, 2022

Thursday Feb 03, 2022

Today’s Broadcast is C2E6 for Theme Thursday, February 3rd, 2022 (St. John’s 42nd Birthday!). Today’s focus will be a rare look into hard rock, heavy metal, and adjacent music on a program we’re calling “Fast Music for Slow Times” (a loving and playful inversion on Hearts of Space’s slogan “Slow Music for Fast Times”)

 

Tracklist: 

 

Track# - Track - Game - System - Composer - Selected By

 

01) Earcatcher - 00:00

02) Like a Wind - Revenge of Shinobi - Genesis - Yuzu Koshiro - Hugues

  1. Music - 00:00:03
  2. Introduction - 00:02:11
  3. Discussion - 00:06:35

03) Swing Time - Spider-Man vs the Kingpin - Sega CD - Mr. Big and/or Spencer Nilsen - St. John

  1. Music - 00:12:15
  2. Discussion - 00:16:34

04) Wildon - Lords of Thunder - Sega CD - c: Satoshi Miyashita / a: Unknown - Hugues

  1. Music - 00:22:55
  2. Discussion - 00:27:36
  3. “Top of the Show Business” (late again….like usual) - 00:31:00

05) Quad Machine - Quake II - PC / PS1 - Sonic Mayhem - St. John

  1. Music - 00:38:15
  2. Discussion - 00:41:58

06) Conflict - Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - Takeharu Ishimoto - Hugues

  1. Music - 00:45:51
  2. Discussion - 00:48:18

07) The Super Gore Nest - DOOM Eternal - Multiplatform - Mick Gordon - St. John

  1. Music - 00:53:27
  2. Discussion - 01:02:36

08) Midnight’s Stage - Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side - Sega CD - Tristan des Prés - Hugues

  1. Music - 01:07:56
  2. Discussion - 01:11:35

09) Title - Spider-Man / X-Men: Arcade’s Revenge - SNES - Tim and/or Geoff Follin - St. John

  1. Music - 01:16:21
  2. Discussion - 01:17:33

10) The Cage - Shadowrun - SNES - Marshall Parker - Hugues

  1. Music - 01:26:02
  2. Discussion - 01:28:21

11) Bonus Table 4 - Devil’s Crush - TG16 - Toshiaki Sakoda - St. John

  1. Music - 01:31:39
  2. Discussion - 01:33:46

12) Theme of Chester - Ys III - X68000 - Masaaki Kawai - Hugues

  1. Music - 01:37:27
  2. Discussion - 01:40:12

13) Run Through the Speed Highway - Sonic Adventure - Dreamcast - St. John

  1. Music - 01:44:05
  2. Discussion - 01:46:01

14) Fight ver. 1 - Grandia II - Dreamcast / PS2 - Noriyuki Iwadare - Hugues

  1. Music - 01:48:50
  2. Discussion - 01:52:53
  3. Housekeeping - 01:56:37
  4. New Beginnings (aka “a false Farewell”) - 02:01:22
  5. Final Track Discusssion - 02:02:13
  6. “The Actual Farewell” - 02:05:21

15) Stand Up Against Myself - Lightening Force - Genesis - Composer: Toshiharu Yamanishi, Takeishi Yoshida, and/or Tomomi Ootani - St. John

  1. Music - 02:06:36

16) Blooper Reel - 02:08:41

 

Total Episode Runtime - 02:10:56

 

Retro Game Club can be found here:

 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/retro-game-club/id1453018680

 

You can also follow Retro Game Club on Facebook and Instagram @retrogameclubpodcast and on Twitter @rgcpodcast.

 

Hugues’ blog (and his Sega Genesis demo) can be found here: 

 

https://huguesjohnson.com/

 

You can find Nerd Noise Radio on Facebook and on Twitter each @NerdNoiseRadio. There are also two Facebook Groups: Nerd Noise Radio “Easy Mode” where we just have general video game and nerd fun, or for the gearheads among you, Nerd Noise Radio “Expert Mode” where we deep dive sound hardware, composer info, and music theory. 

 

You can find the blog at www.nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com. Where we sometimes share additional show notes, and inside info. You can also find Nerd Noise Radio on Archive.org, where we have remixes and super bonuses only available there (such as a music-only alternative version of today’s show).

 

Nerd Noise Radio is also a member of the Retro Junkies community, which can be found at www.theretrojunkies.com. And we are a member of the VGM Podcast Fans community on Facebook. St. John is also the admin of the Podcasters of Des Moines Facebook group, which features a number of other podcasters and great programs from the greater Des Moines area.

 

Link to the “Best of 2020 / 2021 eligible tracklist (READ THE NOTES AT THE TOP OF IT!):

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NdwSzNDnoFoho7TzDHkA1Pkfe1O5WMgqEd4Bx2sSoG4/edit?usp=sharing

 

Thanks for listening! Join us again February 21st for C1E62: “Mishmash Monday - vol. 11” and again on March 13th for C1E63: “Keeping up with The OneUps - vol. 2” and wherever you are…..Fly the N!!

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