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“MASTERMIND” - 21:03 / 19.5 MB - Frank in NYC in the afternoon. The fancy part of 57th Street, Invicta Venom Reserve Watch,the game “Mastermind” from the 70s, logic, plastic shield pet peeve, Tourneau, Louis Vuitton cool purse window display, criminals, knockoffs, The King of Fighters, melancholy music, American Idol, schtick, decades, the millennium, the goose eggs, the Y2K bug, Cloverfield, horsies, music, dancers, and parallel parking with a horse cart.

(This recording was broadcast at the beginning of the 8/29/09 WFMU show, but somehow it had a lot of weird static, so here it is in good audio quality.)

“Summer 2009 Ep. 10 – Mini Jumbo“ - 4:00:08 / 220 MB

Listen to the show at WFMU: http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/32742

MP3 download and video available at: http://onsug.com/archives/1320

WFMU Podcast of “The Rampler with Frank Edward Nora” coming soon…

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“VIRGIN” - 21:29 / 20 MB - Frank in NYC in the afternoon. Panter Tango cigars, Serif Gothic, the economy, the gutting of out-of-business places, Virgin Megastore, a mini giant tennis ball, jai-alai, time travel, Lipstick Building, Irn-Bru, Bar Code, arcades, Charmin Rest Rooms, furniture store, Burrito Express gutted, and Sonic the Hedgehog.

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“CHOICE POSITION” - 43:22 / 39.9 MB - Frank in NYC in the morning. The late bus is late, Ted Kennedy died, Jello Biafra, the new direction for the show, urinals, Areaware, Talking Heads, Rush, blueprints for shark jumping, Kevin Smith, Mary Poppins, the parameters, loose and tight, hang ups, Hegelian Dialectic, beggar, Shock Treatment, the synthesis of the 2 types of Ramplers, pickpockets, 9/11, “leaping” into the new format on 366, and huevos.

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“DISCONNECT” - 48:08 / 44.3 MB - Frank in NYC in the morning. Talking about some of the difficulties that arise in doing talk radio shows, and how these difficulties relate to the current situation.

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“CODAMAGGER” - 53:08 / 48.9 MB - Frank in NYC in the morning. Working on the OnsugBox, feeling like it’s back to square one, decade naming, 3D movies, “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs”, drugs, Times Square, absinthe, dream (“Band Member and Future Shop”), La Roux, The Lava Children, Jean-Luc Ponty “Tchokola”, the situation post-Overnightscape, branding, marketing, haircut problem, the bald look, idea for a new brand called “Codamagger”, motorcycles, whiskey, power tools, tattoos, bars, hard rock, beer, casinos, weapons, and blackjacks.

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“Summer 2009 Ep. 9 – Style Piglet“ - 3:59:58 / 220 MB - Frank broadcasting live from WFMU (wfmu.org) 91.1 FM in Jersey City, NJ, on Saturday, August 22, 2009, from 2:00 AM to 6:00 AM. Topics include the “Horrible Bag”/”Vaccine Bag” containing two scary child mannequin heads from a department store going out of business, EVP attempts with the heads, whooping cough vaccine character and concert in TImes Square, Hurricane Bill, Typhoon Vamco, haircut problem, Alpha Flight, movie “It Might Get Loud”, live Rifftrax of “Plan 9 From Outer Space”, vanity license plates synchronicity, an apocalypic sun vision, and much more. NYC recordings: Hepburn (8/17/09) 22:48, Brooklyn (8/18/09) 23:17, Theater (8/19/09) 17:40. Reviews: DynaPep Supercharged Energy Micro-Shot, Japanese snack (Bourbon Pakila), Japanese beverage (Roots “Peak Andes” Roast One Coffee), and more. Pinball Corner with “Doctor Who”, “Popeye Saves The Earth”, “Star Wars”, “High Speed II: The Getaway”. A great phone call with Tommy from Keansburg, New Jersey, on a wide variety of topics (including The Hindenberg, The Amish, Shelley Winters, the movie industry, and much more). Songs in the “Rampler music” genre: “All That Time (I Spent With 209)” by BellyBrain/Peter Bernard, and “The Rampler” by Sherri West of The Lava Children. 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://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/32665

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

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

ONSUG page with videos embedded: http://onsug.com/archives/1294

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“LITTLE RIVER” - 1:00:19 / 55.5 MB - Frank in NJ and NYC in the morning. Cicada, paint chips, the painting crew, traveling light, podcasting meetup, 7 Second Delay live show, Vic Thrill, walking backwards temporarily, where does what you want to do come from?, too quiet, gated community, Snowcrash, cyberpunk genre, Boing Boing, The Mighty Boosh, fake names, Mondo 2000, book review – “Inherent Vice” by Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice Wiki, Times Square, weird character, whooping cough bag, vaccine concert, The Illuminati, The Powers That Be, conspiracy theories, Atlantis, Lemuria, a little “river” on 48th Street, human rights, the rice “gumbo”, Rampler music, Segway security guy, and see you on the WFMU show.

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“ENERGY” - 1:00:28 / 55.6 MB - Frank in NJ and NYC in the morning. Painting the ornamental woodwork, Newark Light Rail, Brooklyn last night, people falling behind, content and context, annoyed by Starbucks, artificial people, uncanny valley, The Dark Crystal, Chamberlain action figure, magic crystals, Star Wars action figures, a murderer, hair cut problem, True Blood, watching less TV, Mad Men, enter subway system, Times Square Shuttle, energy offset credits, Starbucks ad campaign, Frusen Gladje, ice cream, environmentalism, “Who Killed The Electric Car?”, bottled water, politics, Green Lanterns, “They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!”, Dr. Demento, Count Angeles, crazy voices, tone of voice, and Billy Mumy.

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“COUNT ANGELES CONTRAPTION” - 52:52 / 48.6 MB - Frank in NJ and NYC in the morning. Lawnmower, shirts, shoes, a bad idea for old shoes (avoided), Magic Hat Wacko Beer, Lidsville, the arcade video game “Wacko”, grafitti, sliced up seat backs, Tron, Satan’s Hollow, Zaro’s Bread Basket, monster parties, the new idea “Count Angeles Contraption”, ATM vestibule, fraud, Air Force Supercar, TV Guide, New Zoo Revue, Starbucks, logo typography, theory of sets, 1423, description of the show idea, Stone Temple Pilots, Talk Show, and an alternate history.