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“FLYING” - 1:54:12 / 104 MB - Frank in NYC in the evening. Chaos, sinkhole in the Lincoln Tunnel, traffic on Third Ave., Fourth of July weekend, shirt, swing, Techku, the movie “Fiend”, Million Dollar Homepage, comments from Chad, materialists, burping, the album “Beacons of Ancestorship” by Tortoise, Tea Parties, The MoMA Store, SNY, honesty, Karl Malden, the TV show “Skag”, Michael Keaton, acting, Barrel of Mania Lantern, World’s Fairs, True Blood, sitting in Times Square, Dabney Coleman, psyching myself out again, Michael Jackson “Black Or White” video, morphing, rich people, hype versus subsance, Weird Al Yankovic, piano teacher, activist in jail, childish adults, Boards of Canada, T99, Four Rows of Jacks, making a harpsichord, The Titanic, The Pixies, arc welding, The Ramones, Mannheim Steamroller, and Mediterranean Heiress Attack Diary.

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“OBSERVER” - 1:28:46 / 81.5 MB - Frank in NYC in the morning. After the time loop, Time Cop, alarm clock time disruption, The Titanic conspiracy, rough recording, sitting at a table on Broadway in Times Square, the search for The Titanic museum, the death of The Pirate Bay, cockroach, De La Soul, David Van Tieghem “These Things Happen”, Poltergeist, Ghost Hunters, urination, freedoms in America, the mystery of the observer, different explanations of the mysteries of the universe, Spirit in the Sky, religion, think for yourself, more comments on the “atheist controversy”, cinnamon roll, Boards of Canada, insults, dialectical traps, and playing devil’s advocate.

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“JASMINE” - 1:14:08 / 68.1 MB - Frank in NYC in the morning. Quintember, health food, trouble on the ticket line, Walkman, sitting in Times Square, responding to criticism from a listener coming from an atheist perspective, evolution, the imposition of dialectical thinking, cinnamon roll confusion at Starbucks, an email from an Internet video website, Anything But Monday, synchronicity, UFOs in New Jersey, the trailer for the movie “RoboGeisha”, and violence.

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“GLASS” - 58:28 / 53.8 MB - Frank in NYC in the morning. Betty Boop as the devil, The Rampler information, skyscraper building, Howard Stern’s first show in NYC in September 1982, extravagant Broadway and Hollywood productions, the music release style, sun is bright, evolution, Bryant Park, mystical nature of reality, random statue, the nature of existence, chess, dream review (”Glass Shattering In The Giant Cartoon Octopus Hand”), the Merovingian bloodline, quinotaur, time travel, invisibility machine, Disaster in Time, elitism, empty Circuit City, SlotRadio, Best Buy, gift cards, sounds of metal plates on the road, icelandic yogurt with sliced almonds and flax seeds, feeling tired, creativity, and a dance with the void.

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“IG-88″ - 56:48 / 52.2 MB - Frank in NYC in the morning. The WFMU show, sleep, fashion, early morning drive, sitting in Times Squares, women’s grunting, celebrity deaths (Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, Billy Mays), Hannah Montana look-alike on the bus, IG-88, languages, sweeping, Costco, Sharpie Cafe Colors, ATM vestibule, Closer, party, Washers, quote about intelligence, and Mark Twain.

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“Summer 2009 Ep. 1 - Nuclear Toy” - 3:57:39 / 217 MB - Frank broadcasting live from WFMU (wfmu.org) in Jersey City, NJ, on Saturday, June 27, 2009, from 2:00 AM to 6:00 AM. NYC recordings: Fangface (6/17/09) 22:39, Trump (6/19/09) 20:56, Hello Kitty (6/22/09) 17:04, Cactus (6/23/09) 31:39. Topics include energy drinks, Red Espresso, Michael Jackson, live video streaming, sweeping, Walt Disney World, wooly mammoth ivory guitar pick, Floppy Cube, Japanese TV, and Grand Lizard on Pinball Corner. Phone calls with Nikki from Utah and Boostah in The Philippines. Song “March of the Turtles” by Ronnie Marler. Theme song “Minimoog” by Matthias Becker and Klaus Stühlen, from “Vintage Synths Vol. 1″ ©1990 Originalton West (originaltonwest.de) - used with permission.

Playlist for this show on WFMU: http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/32011

The Rampler page on WFMU: http://wfmu.org/playlists/OS

Live streaming video archives: http://www.ustream.tv/Rampler/videos

ONSUG pages with all 5 videos embedded: http://onsug.com/archives/1129

The Rampler is now a regular weekly show on WFMU!

Tonight at 2:00 AM (the early morning of Saturday, June 27, 2009) is the official premiere of my show “The Rampler with Frank Edward Nora” on WFMU.

This comes after a lot of hard work, first doing a number of test shows, and then doing three fill-in shows on the air, over the past few months.

The show is a combination of NYC street recordings, just like the regular Rampler, and also me live in studio - somewhat reminiscent of The Overnightscape (I may even use a MadPlayer!)

The show is going to be on for the next 16 weeks on WFMU’s Summer Schedule, with the last show of the Summer being on October 10. After that, it is quite possible the show will continue on WFMU, but not guaranteed.

HOW TO LISTEN

You can listen over the radio airwaves in the NYC area on 91.1 FM. It is also broadcast on WMFU (90.1 FM) in Mount Hope, upstate New York. And of course, it will be streamed live at WFMU.org.

The interactive playlist will be active, where you can leave comments and chat with everyone. Just go to WFMU.org when the show is on for a link to the playlist.

I will also be experimenting with streaming live video on UStream at this link: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/rampler

The videos will be recorded for viewing anytime.

I also plan on taking phone calls, though probably a little later in the show.

Here is the page for The Rampler on WFMU. Once the show is complete, it will be archived there. I also plan on releasing an archive here on ONSUG.

See you all tonight!!

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“DRUG STORE” - 56:48 / 52.2 MB - Frank in NJ and NYC in the morning. Black Corvette Stingray, cars going by, my radio history, the WFMU show tomorrow night, listening to songs backwards, bad vibes, dream review (”Trouble in a Canadian Restaurant”), The Muppets, feeling dejected, the book “The Man in the High Castle” by Philip K. Dick, I Ching, Mr. Sasha the Cat, skyscraper building, Twitter, meaningful cassette ad, graduations, all these things you have to do but you never do ‘em but things are okay anyway, Jean Shepherd, The Beatles, remaining true to the artistic vision, a recently demolished Pret A Manger, and please tune in to the WFMU show.

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“CACTUS” - 1:14:58 / 68.9 MB - Frank in NYC in the morning. Disney figurines, “Big Buck Hunter Pro” video game, ostrich meat, cults, golf, video screens in Times Square, Don West, Tiger Woods Rookie Card, Beanie Babies, more reading from “TV Album”, The Little House on the Prairie, photo shoot / reality show filming in Times Square, unknown celebrity, eBay people, peanut butter, the famous cactus, censorship, drug addicts, outsider, art display, and entangled spatial dimensions.

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“GOOD TIMES” - 57:37 / 53 MB - Frank in NYC in the morning. The death of Ed McMahon, CHiPs, H.R. Pufnstuf, perspectives on television, police horses, animals and people fighting, “Lawnchairs” by Our Daughter’s Wedding, Red Espresso, South Africa, Toys “R” Us video screen, book “TV Album” from 1978, eBay guy, Super 8mm movies, anticipation, Mr. Magoo, The Hardy Boys, media theories, abundance and scarcity, content and context, Good Times, Happy Days, libraries, typewriters, and the radio.