Frank Nora Show 1538 – Bittersweet Amusement (7/27/10)
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1:50:45 – New Jersey reality shows, missed the bus, hair salon “The Gatsby” from TV show Jerseylicious was one my mother went to often, Arthur’s catalog store in Green Brook, NJ, Super 8mm filmmaking mania, film editing, grind off the emulsion, film school, schmoozing, MTV News, angry people on the bus, oil rain lamps, more insanity on the bus, four women theory, 208th day of the day, Obliviana Super Occult Amusement, other hosts posting shows, podcasting configurations, the long weekend, bad areas, how they got to be bad areas, Carrie Ann Carroll, cover bands, the card game “Hand and Foot”, down at the Jersey shore, sunset, Seaside Heights, gimmicks, Olde Time Photos, the sparkly plastic of ride vehicles and Computer Space, scummy arcades and midway games, night driving, pay toilets, sleazerooms, iced coffee, barking, The Biltmore Room, claw machines, Jersey Shore, Namco Deadstorm Pirates, ClownFest, disoriented, real clowning, Slava’s Snowshow, “human hamster balls”, Talking Heads, easy sucking, Mr. Magoo, TV addict, amusement piers, despicable rides, Ferris wheel, meeting J. Wiz and his daughter at Toys “R” Us in Times Square, Jaron Lanier, insubstantial entertainment taking over, Google Earth on iPad, expectations vs. jadedness, Frank of 1990, and coconut water.
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Attribution: by Frank Nora – more info at onsug.com
Released July 2010 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts.
The lamp you talked about is a Rain Lamp
Very popular in the homes of Italian friends when growing up.
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Comment by Rich — July 30, 2010 @ 12:27 am