Nerd Noise Radio

Today’s Broadcast is C2E20, for Theme Thursday, Oct 24th, 2024. All good things must come to an end. Today is the final “regular” (as in, “final non-retrospective” episode - and as opposed to “final all time” episode). This will be the final episode where we bring new tracks to the show, though. So it is still an ending. The theme, therefore, is ending music, on a program we’re calling “...all goo...

Today’s broadcast is  C1E88 for FaceOff Friday, Sept 27th, 2024. Today’s broadcast will be FaceOff Friday – vol. 7 – very likely to be our final FaceOff Friday episode!    A1) Intro – 00:00:00    01) Double Dragon - Mission 2 - Kazunaka Yamane  A) Arcade – 00:03:39 B) Genesis – 00:05:19 C)MastersystemFM – 00:06:59  D)MastersystemPSG – 00:09:06  E) NES – 00:11:15 F) Gameboy – 00:12:43 G) GBA – 00:1...

Today’s broadcast is C2E19 for Theme Thursday, Sept 26th, 2024. Today’s theme is…..well, there are two themes, and they’re both a secret. Each host has their own mystery theme - can you guess what the themes are? Today’s episode is called “Mystery Flavors”.   [Production Note: more details below, but we apologize if the conversation on the opening track sounds a little more halting or broken up th...

Today’s broadcast is C1E87 for TwoFer Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024. Today’s broadcast will be TwoFer Tuesday – vol. 10. This episode is dedicated to my lovely wife, Jodee, on the occasion of releasing on our 25th wedding anniversary!    A) Intro – 00:00:00   01) Fantavision 202X – Multi – Soichi Terada  A)Fantavision202X – 00:03:57  B) Expositor 2 – 00:04:56   02) Futuri no Fantavision (JP) - PS2 – So...

Today’s broadcast is C2E18 for Theme Thursday, July 4th, 2024 (the holiday connection was a pure coincidence - but happy holidays to everyone who celebrates it!). Today’s theme is music from unreleased (and usually unfinished) games - on a program we’re calling “It Never Happened” - subject selected by Hugues, and episode title by St. John!   Track# / Track / Game / System(s) / Composer(s) / Selec...

[RE-UPLOAD NOTE: When I had previously uploaded this episode, I had accidentally included the sound file to the previous episode instead. So I deleted that upload and am uploading the correct sound file now. My apologies for the mix-up! Original show notes (which were correct) are below - St. John]   Today’s broadcast is C1E86 for Soundtrack Saturday, June 15th, 2024. Today’s episode is our contri...

Today’s broadcast is  C1E85 for FaceOff Friday, May 31st, 2024 Today’s broadcast will be FaceOff Friday – vol 6, a collection of "this version vs that version" of various pieces of Delicious VGM!    A1) Intro - 00:00:00    01) Super Mario Bros. - Overworld Theme - Koji Kondo    - SNES [Super Mario All Stars] (a: N/A) - 00:02:35   - NES (a: N/A) - 00:05:26   - PC 88 [Super Mario Bros. Special] (a:...

A promised update on the status and future of the show!

Today’s broadcast is  C1E84 for TwoFer Tuesday, April 30th, 2024. Today’s episode will be TwoFer Tuesday – vol 9.    A1) Intro - 00:00:00  01) Metroid Prime - GameCube -  Kenji Yamamoto  A) Planet Tallon IV - 00:02:29 B) Crashed Frigate - 00:06:36 02) Diver's Dream – PS1 -  Takayuki Ishikawa and/or Shinya Watanabe  A) Paradise - 00:11:30 B) Big Pudding - 00:13:36 03) Shenmue – Dreamcast -  Takenob...

Today’s Broadcast is C2E17 for Theme Thursday, April 11th 2024. Today’s broadcast is a focus on pre-turn of the century music from computer systems (as opposed to consoles) - on a program we’re calling “20th Century Floppies”.   Tracklist   Track Number / Track / Game / System(s) / Composer(s) / Selected by   01) Bootup Sequence - N/A (System Music) - FM Towns Marty - Unknown - St. John a) Earcatc...

Today’s broadcast is C1E83 for Mishmash Monday, April 1st, 2024. Today’s episode helps all of us who struggle so mightily with multitasking to enjoy an entire 27 track music block and an entire intro and outro without feeling like it, and without the guilt of tying up the time and resources so many of us generally require as serial monotaskers – on a program called "Parallels". Nerd Noise Radio is...

Today’s broadcast is C1E82 for Theme Thursday, March 21st, 2024. Today’s theme is music from Run and Gun games (as best as I can define them), on a program we're quite hedgingly calling "Run and/or Gun"!      Tracklist!    Track# - Track Name – Game – System(s) - Composer(s) - Timestamp    A1) Intro – 00:00:00    01) Dice Dance Days – Gunstar Heroes – Genesis – Norio Hanzawa – 00:03:45    02) Gard...

Today’s Broadcast is C2E16 for Theme Thursday, March 7th, 2024. Today’s theme is vocal music from video games, on a program we’re calling “Songs with Words”. BE SURE TO CATCH OUR SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT TOWARDS THE END OF THE EPISODE!! (It’s highlighted in the show notes!)   Tracklist   Track# / Track Name / Game / System(s) / Composer(s) / Vocalist / Selected by   01) Shenhua (Vocal Version) - Shenm...

Today’s broadcast is  C1E81 for Mishmash Monday, . Today’s episode is Mishmash Monday – vol 15, and the inaugural episode of 2024's "Season 7" (and the start of St. John's 8th year in podcasting).    Tracklist: Track Number - Track - Game - System(s) - Composer(s) - Timestamp    A1 Season 7 Earcatcher - 00:00:00  A2) Intro - 00:00:03  01) Spirit Hymn - Dinosaur - FM Towns (YM2612) - Masaki Kawai -...

JUMP STRAIGHT TO THE MUSIC TIMESTAMP: 00:08:52    Today’s broadcast is  C1R6a for Wayback Wednesday, January 3rd, 2024. Today’s episode is our first of two Channel 1 retrospectives of Calendar 2023. Taking a page from Channel 2's retrospective scheme, today's episode is numbered "C1R6a" (Channel 1 – Retrospective 6a), and will be titled, simply, "The Best of 2023 – pt. 1: St John's picks". Be on t...

Today's Broadcast is C2R3 for Wayback Wednesday, December 20th, 2023. Today's episode is our highlights from Season 3 of Nerd Noise Game Club (Channel 2) - our look back at calendar 2023. If you listened to the Channel F which shared every single track featured on Channel 2 this year, and started making some guesses / wishes on what we'd pick, you'll have to let us know how close or far off you we...

Today's Broadcast is the entire collection of every single track featured on Nerd Noise Radio - Channel 2 during Calendar 2023 (Season 3). All the conversation and dialog have been scrapped, so these are music-only. 5 little mini-blocks, kinda like 5 little "mini Ch 1s with no intros or outros", all shared back to back....to back, to back, to back. C2R3 (our best of year in review episode - as in...

Today’s “F-isode” is a look at the fabulous chip-tribute Album, “Time and Place”, written by Adam Frazier and Elijah Moore - on a program we’re calling “A Time and Place for Time and Place” - recorded on-location at the Iowa State University campus radio studio!   Tracklist   01) Blimp Earcatcher - 00:00:00 Music - 00:00:21 Introduction - 00:02:00 Discussion - 00:06:50 02) Clear Sky Music - 00:09:...

Today’s broadcast is C2E15, for Theme Thursday, November 23rd, 2023 - Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate! But whether you have a certain animal roasting in the oven or not, here are some great animal tunes and talk to keep you company!   Tracklist: Track# - Track - Game - System(s) - Composer(s) - Selected by which host   01) Spring Yard Zone - Sonic the Hedgehog - Genesis - Masato Nakamura...

In light of the recent turn of events involving Spotify, and its impact to Nerd Noise Radio in particular, the VGM podcast scene more broadly, and even music podcasts of all types, I wanted to get a special announcement up right away about what's going on, and how Nerd Noise Radio is responding. This announcement is most directly applicable to our Spotify listeners, but applicable more broadly to...

Today’s Broadcast is C1E80, for Scene Sunday, October 15th, 2023. Today’s episode (our final non-retrospective Ch 1 episode of calendar 2023’s “Season 6”) is a focus on remixes of VGM from various sources, with an emphasis on the OC Remix community, on a program we’re quite simply calling “The Remix Episode”. Today’s episode curated, hosted, and produced ENTIRELY by Hugues - of Nerd Noise Radio -...

[SEE IMPORTANT EDITOR’S NOTE BELOW THE TRACKLIST!]   Today’s Broadcast is C2E14 for Theme Thursday, October 12th, 2023. Today’s Theme is escape themed music, on a program called “Escape Artists” - theme and title (and track run order by Hugues)! Also, a bit of big news and a bit of small news from St. John - neither of which will probably be a surprise to anybody! Lastly, apologies for this episod...

[EDITOR'S NOTE: In addition to being a really special episode for me already in that it features one of my all-time best personal friends, and also includes a really fun, really touching extended conversation between us at the end of the episode (which we're somewhat euphemistically calling an "interview"), or even for the episode featuring an "SM7B vs Podmic" mic comparison by way of the intro /...

Today’s broadcast is C1E78 for TwoFer Tuesday, August 15th, 2023. Today’s Episode will be TwoFer Tuesday – vol 8.    A1) Intro – 00:00:00  01) EDGE – Multi – Richard Malot  A) Quiet – 00:04:29 B) Pad – 00:06:58 02) Tetris Party Deluxe – Wii - Brian DiLucente  A) King Street – 00:09:56 B) Main Menu – 00:12:19 03) Hover Racing - PS1 - Tooru Kawakami and/or Hiroaki Ohmori  A) Drop to the Sky – 00:14:...

Today’s broadcast is  C1E77 for Mishmash Monday, July 31st, 2023. Today’s episode will be Mishmash Monday – vol 14.    A1– Intro – 00:00:00:  01 - Practice Race - Marble Madness - FM Towns – c: Hal Canon and/or Brad Fuller / a: Unknown – 00:05:28  02 – R.E.D. - Illumination LASER - X68000 - I.C. Kaze – 00:07:18  03 – Intro - Shadow Squadron - 32X – Teruhiko Nakagawa, and/or Masaru Setsumaru – 00:1...