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The Rampler #330 (6/30/09) 13.28 (58:28 / 53.8 MB)
The Overnightscape Underground - June 2009 - Track 28
“Your Late Night Broadcast” online at onsug.com
Created by Frank Edward Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com) in New Jersey, USA
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“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.
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License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/). Attribution: by Frank Edward Nora - more info at onsug.com

The Rampler #329 (6/29/09) 13.27 (56:19 / 51.8 MB)
The Overnightscape Underground - June 2009 - Track 27
“Your Late Night Broadcast” online at onsug.com
Created by Frank Edward Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com) in New Jersey, USA
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“IG-88″ - 56:48 / 52.2 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.
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License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/). Attribution: by Frank Edward Nora - more info at onsug.com

The Rampler on WFMU - Episode 1 (6/27/09) 13.26 (3:57:39 / 217 MB)
The Overnightscape Underground - June 2009 - Track 26
“Your Late Night Broadcast” online at onsug.com
Created by Frank Edward Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com) in New Jersey, USA
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“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

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License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/). Attribution: by Frank Edward Nora - more info at onsug.com

VIDEOS

Hey!

Big props to the dozen or so DreamHosters who showed up and got $61 of credit to their DreamHost account.. I scored 29 points total, Micah 32!

Unfortunately, Micah didn’t get to move on to the next round, tomorrow at 11am in the Venetian (ballroom C).

BUT I DID.

All thanks to my mad 17 point handicap (in a game to 21) against two guys in my round-robin! BOO YAH. And the other guy dropping out because he “hurt his shoulder”. Pshaw.

So, if you missed the first round, here’s your (last) chance to get some more credit.. come root Josh on tomorrow (Saturday) and get $2 a point scored!!

To wrap things up, here’s a pic of the big mac I got on our drive to Vegas:

What, was it their first day?!

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The Rampler is now a regular weekly show on WFMU!

Tonight at 2:00 AM (the early morning of Saturday, June 27, 2009) is the official premiere of my show “The Rampler with Frank Edward Nora” on WFMU.

This comes after a lot of hard work, first doing a number of test shows, and then doing three fill-in shows on the air, over the past few months.

The show is a combination of NYC street recordings, just like the regular Rampler, and also me live in studio - somewhat reminiscent of The Overnightscape (I may even use a MadPlayer!)

The show is going to be on for the next 16 weeks on WFMU’s Summer Schedule, with the last show of the Summer being on October 10. After that, it is quite possible the show will continue on WFMU, but not guaranteed.

HOW TO LISTEN

You can listen over the radio airwaves in the NYC area on 91.1 FM. It is also broadcast on WMFU (90.1 FM) in Mount Hope, upstate New York. And of course, it will be streamed live at WFMU.org.

The interactive playlist will be active, where you can leave comments and chat with everyone. Just go to WFMU.org when the show is on for a link to the playlist.

I will also be experimenting with streaming live video on UStream at this link: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/rampler

The videos will be recorded for viewing anytime.

I also plan on taking phone calls, though probably a little later in the show.

Here is the page for The Rampler on WFMU. Once the show is complete, it will be archived there. I also plan on releasing an archive here on ONSUG.

See you all tonight!!

The Rampler #328 (6/25/09) 13.25 (56:48 / 52.2 MB)
The Overnightscape Underground - June 2009 - Track 25
“Your Late Night Broadcast” online at onsug.com
Created by Frank Edward Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com) in New Jersey, USA
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“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.
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License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/). Attribution: by Frank Edward Nora - more info at onsug.com

You may remember Dream Machine from such sports as basketball, basketball, softball, and basketball.

But what you may NOT remember is that we got in trouble with our building when they saw our elevator lobby table tennis shenanigans.

And what you couldn’t possibly remember, is that Micah and I have been working on our game since then and now are officially USATT rated (771 and 720 respectively).

Which is why I’m pleased to introduce for the first time… Dream Machine Table Tennis!

What’s it to you?

Well, we’re headed to the $100,000 Hard Bat Classic this weekend in Vegas, and anybody who shows up to cheer (either of) us on will get $1 in DreamHost credit for every point each of us score.. THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE TOURNAMENT!

That could very well end up being THOUSANDS of dollars of DreamHost credit .. or very well end up being TENS of dollars of DreamHost credit!

To illustrate, I will now relay to you a little story of the LAST tournament we went to, less than a month ago…

The California State Open

The way USATT tournaments generally work is that everybody is grouped into four person round-robin contests, where everybody plays everybody else, and only the one winner advances to the “playoff” bracket.

When I showed up for my under-1100-rating tournament, I found my bracket on the board… and things didn’t look too good:

Jones, Josh 725

Lee, Kenneth 927

Liao, Hung Ju (Andrew) 844

Lu, David 958

Hmm, Jones vs. Lee, Liao, and Lu. Not to be prejudiced, but I was nervous.

And in fact, it wasn’t good… I ended up losing all three matches, although I did win one game at least vs. Ken.

Overall, it was still a lot of fun and afterwards I got everybody from our round robin together to take a picture to commemorate their victories:

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See you tomorrow at the Venetian!

The Rampler #327 (6/24/09) 13.24 (1:14:58 / 68.9 MB)
The Overnightscape Underground - June 2009 - Track 24
“Your Late Night Broadcast” online at onsug.com
Created by Frank Edward Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com) in New Jersey, USA
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“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.
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License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/). Attribution: by Frank Edward Nora - more info at onsug.com

The Rampler #326 (6/23/09) 13.23 (57:37 / 53 MB)
The Overnightscape Underground - June 2009 - Track 23
“Your Late Night Broadcast” online at onsug.com
Created by Frank Edward Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com) in New Jersey, USA
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“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.
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License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/). Attribution: by Frank Edward Nora - more info at onsug.com