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The Rampler #321 (6/18/09)

“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)

“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)

“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)

“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)

“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)

“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)

“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)

“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)

“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)

“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.

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