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“DANCER” - 49:15 / 45.3 MB - Frank in NYC in the morning. Garbage, Level Three, little kids on the bus, NME, Hudson News, British music magazines, police cars, drinks, cello, Times Square Shuttle, feeling better, couscous and spicy tofu hot pot, Inherent Vice, Asian film crew with dancing guy in Grand Central, getting the magazine, late 60s Los Angeles, living multiple lives at once, Jittery Joe’s coffee, Athens, Georgia, B-52’s, “Rampler Blues” by PT Wheatstraw, Jack Lemon, TIM, Samurai, getting the coffee, and Dress Barn.

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“TERMITE” - 55:39 / 51.2 MB - Frank in NJ and NYC in the morning. The air conditioner psych-out, sick all weekend, hot day, termite, walking to highway bus stop, leaning on the sign, the mental strain, WFMU, at the edge of the highway, one year anniversary of The Rampler coming up this Friday, taking another bus line, Level Four, escalator, 350, “Inherent Vice” audiobook, The Mighty Boosh, America, True Blood, fantasy thought experiment of a radio show in a mall, having to do everything yourself, OnsugBox, web of delusion, physical object to represent digital content, Godspell, Starbucks debranding, the zeitgeist, and moving forward.

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“Summer 2009 Ep. 7 – The Desert“ - 4:00:10 / 220 MB - Frank broadcasting live from WFMU (wfmu.org) 91.1 FM in Jersey City, NJ, on Saturday, August 8, 2009, from 2:00 AM to 6:00 AM. NYC recordings: Train Set (8/4/09) 22:46, Solutions (7/30/09) 29:48. Reviews: “Slippery Spheres”, “Jittery Joe’s” coffee,  “Hempzels”, “FlavH2O” Wild Cherry, “Wise Hot Cheese Popcorn”, “Defac 5-Hour Energy Shot”, “G.I. Joe View-Masters from 1974″. “Krazy Glue”, “Jungle Moc”, etc. Topics include fortune cookies, Trix Cereal credit card, making a train set (clown and secretary in the desert looking at a train in the distance), “The Red Caboose”, Snorks, “inherent Vice” audiobook, and much more. Pinball Corner with “Lady Death”, “Lady Luck”, “Lady Sharpshooter”, “Lap By Lap”, “Laser Ball”, “Laser Cue” “Laser War”, “Last Action Hero”. Phone call with George from Vermont. Songs in the “Rampler music” genre: “Rampler Man” and “Rampler Man (Atlantean Version) by J. Wiz. 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/32501

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

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

ONSUG page with embedded videos: http://onsug.com/archives/1254

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“LULL” - 1:00:37 / 55.7 MB - Frank in NJ and NYC in the morning. Earphones theory, planned obsolescence, coughing, giant computer set up in Times Square for the Girl Scouts, Internet safety, device to help play with tennis balls with dogs, happiness, gift cards, reading a book, trailer for “Inherent Vice” by Thomas Pynchon, secrecy, Andy Kaufman, young love, Level Three, disembarking, robot voice, zipper trouble, response to the experiment, stupid ads, free cat food, viewing political “conflicts” in a dialectical context, the giant computer, The Monks, national debt, ferry boat to Ikea in Brooklyn, Best Buy, buy earphones, evil homeless guy, mannequins that suck, EverQuest, Find It, shoe issues almost resolved, good customer service, in a lull, fame, archiving, expectations, and the reform of marijuana laws.

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“THE BROKEN KEY” - 53:49 / 49.5 MB - Frank in  NYC in the morning. Level Four, escalator, band stickers, broken key, Merrell Fudge Jungle Mocs, line of people, Krazy Glue, tattoos, screwing over your future self, 42nd Street, Starbucks, one-hit wonders, Paula Abdul and Russian submarines, Fantasy Fest, “WWW”, MTV, getting interviewed, villains, fish, The Vague News, amphibious vehicle, “Rampler Blues”, “Rampler Man”, woodwinds, mellophone fail, Dragonfly Roadkill, robotic girl, vans, Today Show, Dean & Delucca, museum store, kalimba, “wearing times”, American Girl Dolls, Burger Heaven, bitter memories, shredding, ATM, Little Room, fame, experiment, Entertainment Weekly, radio, Brookstone, Sega, and NiGHTS.

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“SOUND EFFECT” - 1:07:24 / 61.9 MB - Frank in NJ and NYC in the morning and evening. Recorder issues, bus stop, squeaky bus brake sound effects and questions, hot day, dreams, the experiment, the book “Inherent Vice” by Thomas Pynchon, reading books, book prices, George W. Bush, 9/11. words and terminology, “truthers”, “birthers”, dialectics, film noir parody, gumshoes, mini metal ruler, zombies, religion, bookstore, salons, drugs, hedonism, and painting girls.

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“EXPERIMENT” - 1:24:14 / 77.2 MB - Frank in NJ and NYC in the evening and morning and evening. What happened this morning, cupcakes, the plan for the show, The Monkees, horrible visions, afternoon snack (coffee, aspirin, and taffy), The Episode 350 Experiment, some history, The Overnightscape,the previous experiment,how many people are listening?, hotel, selling it, revolving doors, <MORNING> rough weekend, nice day, rain pattern, Being Human, True Blood, vampires, The Mighty Boosh, on the bus, Haunted Mansion, loud brakes, The Breeders, shoes, Onsug Box, G.I. Joe, mentally exhausted, being nice to your future self with coffee from 7-11, diamonds, fiction, “Inherent Vice” by Thomas Pynchon, Disney theme parks, the upcoming movie “Walt and El Grupo”, The Three Caballeros, Inter FM 76.1 Tokyo, Steely Dan, KeyholeTV, getting some cupcakes at the “Cupcake Stop” truck </MORNING>, failed WFMU segment, dancers in Times Square, signs, the red stairs, fire engines, giving up on the recording and deciding to make it a part of 350, and the other dimension.

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“Summer 2009 Ep. 6 – Fra Diavolo“ - 4:00:11 / 220 MB - Frank broadcasting live from WFMU (wfmu.org) 91.1 FM in Jersey City, NJ, on Saturday, August 1, 2009, from 2:00 AM to 6:00 AM. NYC recordings:209 (7/28/09) 18:07, Fondue (7/29/09) 18:43, WFMU (7/27/09) 36:28. Reviews “Gu Energy Gel – Espresso Love”, “Yerba Mate drink”, “Potions”, “Squirrel Nut Zippers”, “Combos – Jalapeno Tortilla”, “Guam Quarter”, etc. Topics include parallel parking, brazil nuts, ramen noodles, Pepsi Kona, arcade auctions, newspaper vending machines, towelkets, records on cereal boxes, Irlene Mandrell, and a whole lot more. Pinball Corner with “Gilligan’s Island”, “Krull”, “The Simpsons”, “Gorgar”, and “Time Fantasy”. Phone call with Jim Sally from Canada and John from Texas. Songs “Happiness Train” by The Sugar Bears and “On Yonder Rock Reclining – Fra Diavolo”. 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/32419

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

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

ONSUG post with videos embedded: http://onsug.com/archives/1236

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“PET 1″ - 1:02:49 / 57.7 MB - Frank in NJ and NYC in the morning. Cool summer, hot day, shoe issues, bus systems and rules, pasta, Port Authority, the rules of coffee teleportation, bus pass, The Alan Parsons Project, Freudiana, Starbucks, iced venti americano, bands, Times Square, The Episode 350 Experiment, Onsug Box, Jean Shepherd, City Sports, Espresso Love Gu, content and context, media theory, WFMU, Shut Up Weirdo, “have a good one”, The Mighty Boosh, Hulu, Being Human, True Blood, Twilight, vampire scenarios, The Overnightscape #350, Pet 1, counterweight, Cutty Sark,and see you on WFMU.

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“PINKY” - 44:26 / 40.9 MB - Frank in NYC in the morning. Forgot to hit the record button, “ug: Port/Pinchot (11/28/08)”, scraping chewing gum off the sidewalk, gum flavor, “Slip Inside This House” by The 13th Floor Elevators, Shock Treatment, seeing flashing lights, time loop weirdness, stickers, Foot Locker, shoe issues, sneakers, fingernail mark timing, timelines, time travel, changing events, guitars, shoe indecision, City Sports, impatience, WFMU, a mess on the bus, cockfighting, idea of a virtual audio theme park, The Mighty Boosh, fog, watching TV shows online, Gentlemen Without Weapons, gum, Irlene Mandrell, guns, and the oatmeal buying.