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The Rampler #330 (6/30/09)

Rampler — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:23:32 +0000

“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.

The Rampler #329 (6/29/09)

Rampler — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:26:49 +0000

“IG-88″ - 56:19 / 51.8 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.

The Rampler on WFMU – Episode 1 (6/27/09)

Rampler — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:20:45 +0000

“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 #328 (6/25/09)

Rampler — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:21:44 +0000

“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.

The Rampler #327 (6/24/09)

Rampler — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:06:23 +0000

“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.

The Rampler #326 (6/23/09)

Rampler — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:06:34 +0000

“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.

The Rampler #325 (6/22/09)

Rampler — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:18:00 +0000

“ST. VINCENT” - 1:00:00 / 55.2 MB - Frank in NYC in the morning. The radio show, game design, beer and video games, supermarkets, Broadway theater, tea, Red Espresso, Fonnjo Foon dice game playtesting in Bryant Park, 3D ads, Lauren Conrad, dream review (“Became a Girl”), HBO Store, a defunct Circuit City, radio stars, the world as a game, The Settlers of Catan, shredding, True Blood, smoked peppercorns, grains of paradise, long peppercorns, and endive difficulties.

The Rampler #324 (6/21/09)

Rampler — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:32:26 +0000

“JOCKAMO” - 1:49:13 / 100 MB - Frank in NJ in the afternoon. A visit to a street fair in Nutley, looking for a clown, beer reviews (Troegs Rugged Trail Nut Brown Ale, Abita Jockamo IPA, McSorley’s Irish Black Lager), Dreamcast games (Crazy Taxi, Jet Set Radio, Rez), Japanese TV via KeyHoleTV, and a whole lot more.

The Rampler #323 (6/19/09)

Rampler — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:00:45 +0000

“QUINTET” - 1:51:41 / 102 MB - Frank in NYC in the evening. Week in review… gridlock on 3rd Ave., new theme song, Pokemon, The Ramones, Fonnjo Foon dice game, WFMU, DJ task, very sad story, Pixar “Up”, Twitter, Central Park, Bicycle Eco Edition playing cards, Moonalice, DVD audio, diseases, Big Entertainment stores, licensing, crappy comic books from the 90s, tattoos, cockfighting, Lost in Space, lizard guys, The Dead Weather, Jack White, The Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon, adapting the show, poetry slams, Tori Amos, evil Frank, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, The Strokes, Horizons grapes, SlotRadio, Paul Newman, Fig Newtons, Quintet, The Girlfriend Experience, prostitution, POWERade Zero Mixed Berry, conspiracy theories, FinFang Foom, HeroClix, Monsterpocalypse, Extreme Towns, Packing Noodles, Spoon City, and a whole lot more.

The Rampler #322 (6/19/09)

Rampler — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:37:28 +0000

“CARBON MONOXIDE” - 53:11 / 48.9 MB - Frank in NJ and NYC in the morning. Color scheme, the purple withers, elephant seal leaf, indulgence and moderation, potato chips and coffee, Herr’s, circus real estate, fonts, Peggle, Howard Stern from 1991, Bill Clinton, dream review (“Blues Brothers Parking Space”), Disney theme park blogs, S.S. Disney, Mesa Verde Times – guys exploring the inside world of EPCOT Horizons, audio-animatronics, human baby Tinkerbell, The Greatest Story Ever, The Parafactor, night life, ego, furniture transport, carbon monoxide alarm, and battery acid.

The Rampler #321 (6/18/09)

Rampler — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:20:55 +0000

“CONCOURSE” - 41:26 / 38.2 MB - Frank in NYC in the morning. A conflict in the bathroom, raining like mad, getting some espresso, popcorn, DTV, a random act of kindness, subway, Corridor of Losers, escalator, Shuttle, WFMU, Velveeta, Grand Central, podcasting meetup, TV shows, “Extreme Towns”, and the driving rain.

The Rampler #320 (6/17/09)

Rampler — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:48:07 +0000

“SCREWS” - 49:49 / 45.8 MB - Frank in NJ and NYC in the morning. Chemtrails, big bag, quarters on the ground, Chrysler Building, band flyer photocopy stapled to a telephone pole, hard drive enclosure, screws, WFMU recordings, phallic soda, David Letterman, George W. Bush, jackhammering, dream review (“Cat Bus Driver”, “Band Killed in New Brunswick”), memory, the time loop, shows from the old reality, Podcast Meetup, The Parafactor, witchcraft, spirits, Jean Shepherd ad for Year One poster.

The Rampler #319 (6/16/09)

Rampler — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:50:54 +0000

“BLOWOUT” - 1:16:44 / 70.5 MB - Frank in NJ and NYC in the morning. Nightlight stations, MTV game shows, meter reader, WFMU show recording strategy, taxi, bus tire blowout, let off at ramp, fumes, out of the time loop, explosion sound, walking to the Port Authority Bus Terminal, Chris Gethard and Andy Kaufman, Twitter situation, Sarah Palin vs. David Letterman, computer repair disaster, drop hard drive in the cats’ water fountain, Datavision, Dream Reviews (“The Looper Lounge”, “Vague Promotion”), headphones, hard drive enclosure, 39th Street, TV review (“True Blood” Season 2 premiere), movie review (“Up”), Jewish humor, Frank Lloyd Wright Fallingwater Legos,and more radio questions.

The Rampler #318 (6/12/09)

Rampler — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:32:39 +0000

“ANALOG TV” - 3:20:27 / 183 MB - Frank in NYC and NJ in the evening. Starting on 3rd Ave., heading over to Bryant Park. The Week in Review. The end of analog TV transmission in the USA. Conspiracy theories. Kickball. The Fuccons.Sunrise Semester. Film Noir Parody. Breezeway. Turtle vendor. Jamba Juice. Watching the last few hours of analog TV. On Twitter, Chris Gethard meets TheAndyKaufman in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Jitterbeans. Watching analog TV get shut off on channel 41, Univision, en espanol. Hooking up the DTV converter box. African radio on TV. Return to cable. And a whole lot more.

The Rampler #317 (6/12/09)

Rampler — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:04:49 +0000

“THE THEORY” - 37:57 / 35 MB - Frank in NYC in the morning. Talking about the end of analog TV transmission in America, the time loop, mind control, and sketching an overview of his thoughts on the possible reality behind all of the myriad conspiracy theories out there.

The Rampler #316 (6/11/09)

Rampler — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:34:20 +0000

“THE HIGH LINE” - 2:40:53 / 147 MB - Frank in NYC and NJ in the evening. Taking the E train down to 14th Street, buying a Crumpler Complete Seed messenger bag, a visit to the just-opened park built on an old elevated railway line called “The High Line”, back to the E train to go to Port Authority Bus Terminal, and at home in New Jersey, watching the last night of analog TV transmissions.

The Rampler #315 (6/11/09)

Rampler — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:04:35 +0000

“MILITARY WEDDINGS” - 56:38 / 52.1 MB - Frank in NJ and NYC in the morning. Purple flower, announcing The Rampler on WFMU!!, “Losing Center”, Vixia, the long wait, freedom, private submarines, Corvette Summer, vague memories, college search, Minnesota, Technoshades, Bomb Jack, Flicky, Vulgus, wearing a camouflage T-shirt, military weddings in Times Square, cults, reality shows, HOPE is gone, beware of cults – they destroy people, genetically-engineered slave race, evil and psychopathic people, optimism, Manhatta, mysterious caller on Howard Stern 11/11/91, Dick Cavett, Groucho Marx, depression, Transformers, and high school.

The Rampler #314 (6/10/09)

Rampler — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:36:48 +0000

“ISHTAR” - 56:14 / 51.7 MB - Frank in NYC in the morning. Hazy morning, late bus, Tori Amos, Twitter, Brooklyn hipsters, WFMU, Dell, computer parts, Phish, the experience of reality – is it a simulation/game?, comment from Ted from the talk radio cocktail party mental analysis/Hannity incident, Pepsi logo, HOPE sculpture, Statue of Liberty, Illuminati, Atlantis, psychic, reincarnation, Floppy Cube, USB Owl, White Citrus, bicycle taxi guy, Roach Motel, pesticide collectors, Rex & Combo, and email from the real world.

The Rampler #313 (6/9/09)

Rampler — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:39:50 +0000

“CIGARETTES” - 43:48 / 40.3 MB - Frank in NYC in the morning. Soldiers in the Port Authorirty Bus Terminal, people going lalala tripping thru life, the talk radio event, talking points, subway, Corridor of Losers, the idea of experiencing the events of the some “Flowers on the Wall”, Twitter issues, David Carradine, Andy Kaufman video, Mercury Cougar, 04:05:06 7/08/09, Willowbrook Mall, electronic cigarettes, and tme travel.

The Rampler #312 (6/7/09)

Rampler — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:43:09 +0000

“RENEGADE” - 1:06:37 / 61.2 MB - Frank visits the Renegade Craft Fair at McCarren Park in Brooklyn, NY – walking around, observing the happenings, hipsters, reflections on the talk radio industry event of the two previous days, war, Tetris, and a whole lot more.

The Rampler #311 (6/6/09)

Rampler — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 01:13:20 +0000

“THE SOFT WALL” - 1:18:45 / 72.3 MB - Frank attends Day Two of the Talkers Magazine New Media Seminar of the talk radio industry in New York City. Starting off in the morning in New Jersey, then the journey into the city. Some observations during the day… dialectical traps, Rush Limbaugh, and a whole lot more. Then the walk across Manhattan back to the Port Authority Bus Terminal, with thoughts and reflections on the event.

The Rampler #310 (6/5/09)

Rampler — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 06:03:42 +0000

“THE SEMINAR” - 4:25:28 / 243MB - Frank attends Day One of the Talkers Magazine New Media Seminar of the talk radio industry in New York City. Starting off in the morning in New Jersey, then the journey into the city. A few updates during the day. Then at the cocktail reception, checking out the celebrities, and talking about briefly meeting Joe Franklin. Then… some pretty deep and brutally honest spontaneous psychological analysis by a radio executive, whose challenge results in an awkward, failed attempt to interview Sean Hannity, who seemed a bit pissed off. Then, the journey home, many topics, getting wet in Times Square, The Party Bus, Rodney Bingenheimer, etc.

The Rampler #309 (6/4/09)

Rampler — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:01:00 +0000

“GRIZZLY ADAMS” - 48:41 / 44.8 MB - Frank in NYC in the morning. The elevator repair crew, hammering, hydraulic lift, deranged people, conference room, Talkers Magazine New Media Seminar 2009, the talk radio industry, new website, WFMU, Rush Limbaugh, the radio monologue format, beeping, filming a medical test, Up, yoga, Taste of Times Square, Yoko Ono, cold and humid, “Expanded Ramplerverse”, Monkees, EPCOT Horizons, the future from the 50s, Grizzly Adams, memory, music from Atlantis?, Atlantis and conspiracy theories, time travel, and underground societies.

The Rampler #308 (6/3/09)

Rampler — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:04:42 +0000

“FRISBEE FUN” – 1:26:43 / 79.6 MB – Frank in NYC in the morning. Interesting urinal graffiti, new opening attempt, new website, energy of change, new theme song, the return of Photo-Lettering (from House Industries), Audio Street Fair Blues, Diddy Kong Racing, ModNation Racers, Benjamin Franklin, Times Square in 1930, Manager’s Special – Wednesday is Ladies’ Day”, Frisbee Fun, fake Phil Spector on Twitter, laying on the “Chaise-Lawn” (grass-covered chaise lounge / wheelbarrow) in Times Square, The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, Ass Hedge, self-effacing humor, coffee and pasta for breaskfast, rich people, horrible logo, wallowing in patriotism, the truth about the banking system, and falling into dialectical traps.

The Rampler #307 (6/2/09)

Rampler — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:41:13 +0000

“BLINDS” – 42:20 / 39 MB - Frank in NYC in the morning. Giving a guy a dollar, scams, soldiers, Rich Hall’s Sniglet “Indecisajig”, gimmicks, crossing 42nd St., promoting the show, Neil Innes, The Rutles “Archaeology”, a chord of horns, the opening chords of Sesame Street, hippies, Boards of Canada, “Ommadawn” by Mike Oldfield, difficult sidewalk to navigate, painful aspects of life, talk radio industry, randomness, the annoyances of blinds, pastina, quick journey in Rt. 46, The Tonight Show, gum on sidewalk, psychopaths, the universe as a game, past lives, and where is the conference center.

The Rampler #306 (6/1/09)

Rampler — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:33:12 +0000

“THE TITANIC” – 1:09:23 / 63.8 MB – Frank in NJ and NYC in the morning. June, weed whacker, time loop, highway bus stop, counting cars, Doppler effect, Pee-wee Herman, Penn Jillette, The Tonight Show, orgasm, antichrist theories, occultists, conspiracy theories, S.K. Thoth and The Pink Angel, rock music, Talking Heads, Nirvana, pinball, moderation, arcades, Crystal Head Vodka, the occult, rich kid rock stars, Lady Gaga, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Strokes, police parades, play on words, Monstercots, Dilmah Dombagastalawa Tea, Ladder Ball, Bolo, last Titanic survivor is dead, and shuffling deck chairs on The Titanic.Frank in NJ and NYC in the morning. June, weed whacker, time loop, highway bus stop, counting cars, Doppler effect, Pee-wee Herman, Penn Jillette, The Tonight Show, orgasm, antichrist theories, occultists, conspiracy theories, S.K. Thoth and The Pink Angel, rock music, Talking Heads, Nirvana, pinball, moderation, arcades, Crystal Head Vodka, the occult, rich kid rock stars, Lady Gaga, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Strokes, police parades, play on words, Monstercots, Dilmah Dombagastalawa Tea, Ladder Ball, Bolo, last Titanic survivor is dead, and shuffling deck chairs on The Titanic.