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“GOLD” - 59:07 / 54.3 MB - Frank in NJ and NYC in the morning. Lovely summer morning, traveling light, The Dead Weather show tonight at Terminal 5 in NYC, dust, AM Gold on SlotMusic Player, Idlewild Airport, restrictive religions, carbon dioxide poisoning, The Beach Boys “SMiLE”, Gilbert O’Sullivan, old DVD-Rs, resonances, AM Gold music, little gods, “I Can See Clearly Now”, America, Third Man “pop-up store”, horehound, Aureole, the movie “Ponyo”, cylinder, sticker, HBO shows (True Blood, Hung, Entourage), buying coffee and donuts at Tim Hortons on 42nd Street, menu crash, Neil Armstrong screwing up the line, space arguments, dialectical traps, and the WFMU show.
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“SPORTS” - 1:03:10 / 58.1 MB - Frank in NYC in the morning. Last quarter moon, guys sits on bag, dream inspired by staircase, grandmother entrance, The Dead Weather, music venue aggravations, new project – “Onsug Box” audio archive, street cleaning, laying down in Times Square, sports seriousness, siren, reality, Wii, Bruno, pasta and coffee, weird dream, Figment, scam, Army officer challenges Obama’s natural born citizen status, analysis of “Pump Up The Jam”, the question of quality, 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing hoax, and Buzz Aldrin.
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“LAPSE” - 43:24 / 40 MB - Frank in NYC in the morning. An ordeal on the bus, observations on Disney figurines, royalty, Alicia from the bus, Cocoa Puffs, vehicle shirt, Richard Lewis, too sunny, time travel, existence, sirens, horse, lapse, economic meltdown, Navy, Road Warrior, old bank building demolished, The Dead Weather, aggravations of live music venues, the 40th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon mission and the idea that it was a hoax, 18 million Americans agree, ad hominem attacks, the bizarre Apollo 11 press conference, and Ponyo.
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“TROPICA” - 31:01 / 28.6 MB - Frank in NYC in the morning. An uncommon arrival at the 300 gates at the Port Authority Bus Terminal, shirt problem, picture of 8th Ave. from the past, Kentrikon, Tropica, time stands still, Talking Heads, where does that highway go to, perceived lack of mystery, Kentrikon, time travel, the WFMU show, Slurpee, Times Square Shuttle, unintelligible announcement, Torchwood, hot train, staring, Bud Light, upset subway driver, Doctor Who, birthday party at golf course, Paterson, poor towns and rich towns, how did towns turn into “bad areas”?, horrble treatment of workers in Dubai, and looking deeper into it.
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“Summer 2009 Ep. 3 – Tooth” - 3:59:49 / 219 MB - Frank broadcasting live from WFMU (wfmu.org) in Jersey City, NJ, on Saturday, July 11, 2009, from 2:00 AM to 6:00 AM. NYC recordings:Tooth (7/9/09) 20:02, Factories (7/7/09) 23:47, Chocolate (7/6/09) 22:41. Topics include going to the dentist, ivory, Slurpee, hovercraft, hologram, Orchid Spangiafora “Flee Past’s Ape Elf”, chocolate and ice cream wars, mug from Hong Kong Disneyland from Huw from Wales, British newspaper, review of “Dr, Wacko’s Silly Sludge”, energy drinks “Bawls G33k B33r” and “Black Mamba Venom”, dust cloud, guns, earthquakes, Hoot Gibson, salt reviews, and a whole lot more. Pinball Corner with “Terminator 2″, “Playboy”, “Raven”, and Robocop”. Phone call with Donavan from Seattle. Songs “Going Off”, “Moving to the Sea”, “It Falls Apart”. 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/32183
The Rampler page on WFMU: http://wfmu.org/playlists/OS
Live streaming video archives: http://www.ustream.tv/Rampler/videos
Video of this episode: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/1787650
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“EVAPORATE” - 1:35:41 / 87.8 MB - Frank in NJ and NYC in the morning. Olives, vitamins, and coffee, buzzwords, yesterday’s show, the people living under the ground, dwelling on conspiracy theories, living a happy life, my grandparents, living the American dream, 9/11, gated community, a blue funk, Tortoise “Beacons of Ancestorship”, Trembling Bells “Carbeth”, Muji, the G train, Inakaya, death by chocolate, Willy Wonka, G. I. Joe Liquid Artillery Slurpee, fake berry flavor, watching the filming of a movie (possibly called “Safia”) in Times Square, Dire Straits, breasts, marijuana legalization efforts, drugs, a giant duct, the mysteries of evaporation, homeless cat exploiter, Repo Man, Olivemins, druggy enunciation, Pret A Manger, pain au chocolat, “Mutiny Aboard the Cutty Sark” at the LAB Gallery, Glenn Miller, and the rock star survival guide.
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“123456789″ - 1:00:50 / 55.9 MB - Frank in NJ and NYC in the morning. Phone books, the tail end of 20th century technology, Google OS, the 1970s, going back to bed, watch a lot of TV, 12:34:56 7/8/09, Torchwood “Children of Earth”, Doctor Who magazine, Syfy, Warehouse 13, Rampler Sampler #1, Optima, Palatino, Howard Stern 1992, rehashing of subcultures, 1890s revival, The Pirate Bay, Jack White’s Third Man Vault, Babies “R” Us, carpenters, the theory of the “Atlanteans” living underground, pretending to be aliens, the relationship between the two societies, can’t we all get along, and Ronald Reagan.
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“SING” - 34:17 / 31.6 MB - Frank in NYC in the morning. Frank in NYC in the morning. The numerology of the day, the occult powers that be, Michael Jackson memorial, philosophical debates, the idea that the world is a song, The Silmarillion, J. R. R. Tolkien, sex, drugs, rock and roll, wine, women, men, song, indulgence, moderation, Warlock font, C. S. Lewis, Narnia, criticism of materialism, Christianity, intellectual stimulation, open-mindedness, Torchwood season 3 has begun, Doctor Who, The Pirate Bay, Napster, Metallica, BitTorrent, the satisfaction of creativity, free content, Sci-Fi Channel becomes “Syfy”, Warehouse 13, live action Star Wars TV series, and the Jedi are no fun.
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“BLACKLIGHT” - 54:45 / 50.4 MB - Frank in NYC in the morning. Escalator repair, confusion, the WFMU show, The Cowsills, reminiscing, Monster Mini Golf in Fairfield, NJ, dark rides, Disney theme parks, sitting in Times Square, the demolished Wayne Towne Center mall (formerly West Belt Mall), Evolta, Zany Brainy, Bud Light Lime, coming attractions (The Time Traveler’s Wife, Adam, The Road, Coco Before Chanel, Taking Woodstock), the new Woody Allen movie “Whatever Works”, Sonic, “Hung” on HBO, and always trying hard.
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“Summer 2009 Ep. 2 – Skag” - 4:00:20 / 220 MB - Frank broadcasting live from WFMU (wfmu.org) in Jersey City, NJ, on Saturday, July 4, 2009, from 2:00 AM to 6:00 AM. NYC recordings: Trains (6/30/09) 18:51, Automat (6/18/09) 33:59, Couch (6/29/09) 21″51, Crystal (6/24/09) 15:33. Topics include recent celebrity deaths, alphabet pasta, Walt Disney, a recording from Frank’s childhood in Montana in July 1980 – with parody of Karl Malden TV show “Skag”, energy drink review, Bryce in studio, cat scratch injury, and much more. Pinball Corner with “Rollergames”, “Scorpion”, “KISS”, “The Who’s Tommy”, and “Rocky”. Phone call with Brandon General from Ontario, Canada. Songs “Party Lip”, “Planet Zoing Zoing Banjo Mix”, and “Night Life”. 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/32091
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/1154