The Riverbourne Rambler – Jersey City Watercraft | On Location SWM+ Sneak Peek
Your champagne wishes and caviar dreams will come through as I watch the watercraft and ponder life in the big farm with Robin Leach.
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This episode was recorded on location in July of 2017, it has city sounds in the background, it is very subtle but things like helicopters and chatter.
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Title: The Riverbourne Rambler | On Location on the Jersey City Waterfront
The Rise of Jersey City
https://everythingjerseycity.com/our-jc/the-history-of-jersey-city/
https://njmonthly.com/articles/jersey-living/boomtown-rise-of-jersey-city/
https://www.marketurbanist.com/blog/how-jersey-city-is-outcompeting-new-york
Robin Leach / Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
Cigarette Boats
https://powerandmotoryacht.com/boats/history-cigarette-founder-don-aronow/
https://coxmarine.com/blog/everything-you-need-to-know-about-cigarette-boats/
https://www.jdpower.com/boats/shopping-guides/cigar-boat-vs-cigarette-boat
Superyachts
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/01/a-brief-history-of-superyachts/
https://theweek.com/arts-life/travel/957770/the-rise-of-the-superyacht
Summary:
- Intro
- Old Intro
- You can skip if you’re sensitive to helicopter sounds
- Recorded in Jersey City
- This was a previously lost episode
- Talking audio backups
- Killing time in Jersey City
- A lot of Robin Leach jokes
- An experimental on-location episode
- It’s a quick trip – I won’t even make it across the river
- Discussing watercraft
- Atmospheric noise
- Observations of a Mystery River
- Recording directly to my phone this time
- But that’s because I forgot to bring my SD card this time
- Sitting on a bench
- Leisure Traffic Observations
- Can you feel me leaning back on a bench, man?
- Middle name Watercraft, First name Papercraft
- Are you related to the Crafty Lady?
- A Clipper Ship
- How many ships are named after Clive Cussler?
- Dirk Nimbus, Kind of the Clouds
- What’s the largest waterborne papercraft ever built?
- A Norwegian Gem cruise ship is rolling right in front of me
- That hull is so sleek!
- Counting the porthole levels
- 3 Non-Deck Levels
- Lust For Life Boats
- I’m mostly impressed with how fast the boat is moving
- I think this ship is going
- I did work at the Cruise Ship Terminal one time selling iron-on patches
- The company of an automatic candle snuffer
- I gotta get to the boat traffic I guess
- Thank you for the people who support the show
- Story
- A gull doing some serious gliding
- People on the deck look look so happy
- A horn-blowing happy person
- I don’t know the difference between a water taxi and a ferry
- If I had a water taxi, I’d paint it yellow
- I don’t know if this next boat is official or not
- It’s building up quite the wake
- Is that a yacht?
- Does anyone remember Champagne Wishes and Caviar Dreams?
- Remember when Facebook quizzes were huge?
- Robin Leach, host of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
- That was huge
- I guess Cribs copied him
- Nobody loved rich stuff like Robin Leach
- I hope RL is having champagne wishes and caviar dreams now
- Joseph Campbell always said to follow your dreams
- Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous Con
- That show must’ve sold merch, right?
- Just like Ricky Bobby, this boat wants to go fast
- It makes sense that speed boats go fast
- A pitch for Love Boat: The Next Generation
- A smaller yellow boat, then another speedboat
- I’m nursing an electrolyte right now
- A small cigarette boat goes by
- The Miami Vice Cigarette Boat
- The seedier side of excess
- The Boom Years of INXS
- How come cigarette boats are only in Miami?
- The pressure to name boats
- What are the crew quarters like on cruise ships?
- Shoutout to David Foster Wallace’s essay on cruise ships
- David Foster Wallace and Robin Leach, in conversation
- Sails at Half Mast
- I’ve only been on a sailboat once but I won’t tell that story on the podcast
- It must be a tourist sailboat
- What should I name this boat?
- The billowing of the sail is very dreamy
- Laundry in a detergent commercial is the most heavenly
- Oh wow, they’re raising the sails right now!
- Tales of Sails
- Both sails are erected
- The Good Ship Gumship
- Can I call you RL, Robin?
- Today is the day to be out on the water
- Weather report
- My on-location recording go bag
- Explaining my recording setup
- A pretty big yacht, very modern
- The archetypal modern yacht
- SS Beige
- The SS Eggshell
- How come we never got Hot Dog colored Paint
- Italian Sausage Brown
- 20 years, my jaw would hit the floor
- The Yacht of the Day
- A pod of jet skis
- Okay this next boat is definitely official
- Okay back to the water
- I can’t rename this yacht the SS Linen in this moment
- Another fishing boat
- Boat Naming Thesaurus
- I have such an emotional entanglement to what I’m seeing that I need to just focus on the boats
- I’m in a different state of mind, if you catch my drift
- My judgment of speed is way off
- 2 Standup Paddleboarders
- I’m getting a lot of olfactory fumes
- I’ve had just a little bit of free time
- This afternoon is really recharging my introvert nature
- Hopefully I can come back soon
- Enough about me, how about the water?
- A lowslung boat
- I see a diving bird, unnamed
- Breaking news
- I’m seeing another sleek, modern yacht
- It’s silver!
- PItching the animated Robin Leach yacht cartoon
- It looks like it’s made of stainless steel!
- The Silver Sliver
- Is alliteration a key to naming boats?
- Who’s get the money to make a boat like this?
- How long would it take you to get to Florida in a yacht?
- A blue yacht is pulling in near me?
- Let’s call it Blue Buddy
- 3 sizes out of my league
- Save your nanotech
- Give me a metal yacht!
- It’s named after a song that I can’t quie place
- Distracted by another clipper ship
- The sails are going taut
- Blue Cutty is moving strong
- I think FDR’s yacht is parked in Oakland
- This looks like an old school yacht
- We’ll just call this Con Leach Con
- I’m a leach fan
- A con for all kinds of leach fans
- Did Robin Leach miss out on the 1%?
- Would he be in hog heaven if he was alive today?
- Robert Reich, a medium, DFW, and Robin Leach – on a panel together
- A white, sleek sailboat
- Towering mast
- Holy moly it’s beautiful
- My heart’s a bilge pump, tbh
- Making amends to luxury yachts
- I have no idea how long this episode is
- Holy Robin Leach
- I’m just waiting for another yacht to come by
- I’ll be back on official business
- Man, I forgot how much I love looking at watercraft
- The Animated A-Team on a Boat with Robin Leach
- Let’s keep our options open
- Another pod of jet skis is coming by
- I guess it’s time to say goodbye
- Thanks for enjoying nature’s luxuries with me
Notable Language:
- Intro
- Old Intro
- Observations of a Mystery River
- Leisure Traffic Observations
- Dirk Nimbus, Kind of the Clouds
- Lust For Life Boats
- Automatic Candle Snuffer
- Mellow Yellow
- Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous Con
- Tales of Sails
- SS Beige
- Boat Naming Thesaurus
- The Silver Sliver
- Leach Con
Notable Culture:
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- Intro
- Old Intro
- Robin Leach
- The Crafty Lady
- Kraft
- Billy Joel
- Clive Cussler
- Iggy Pop
- Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
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- Joseph Campbell
- Talladega Nights
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- Love Boat: The Next Generation
- The Love Boat
- Miami Vice
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- INXS
- David Foster Wallace
- Trader Joe’s
- Dudley Moore
- Thomas the Tank Engine
- Arthur
- Kirk Cameron
- MIchael J. Fox
- Robert Reich
- The Magic Castle
- The A Team
Notable Talking Points:
- Intro
- Old Intro
- You can skip if you’re sensitive to helicopter sounds
- Recorded in Jersey City
- This was a previously lost episode
- Talking audio backups
- Killing time in Jersey City
- A lot of Robin Leach jokes
- An experimental on-location episode
- It’s a quick trip – I won’t even make it across the river
- Discussing watercraft
- Atmospheric noise
- Observations of a Mystery River
- Recording directly to my phone this time
- But that’s because I forgot to bring my SD card this time
- Sitting on a bench
- Leisure Traffic Observations
- Can you feel me leaning back on a bench, man?
- Middle name Watercraft, First name Papercraft
- Are you related to the Crafty Lady?
- A Clipper Ship
- How many ships are named after Clive Cussler?
- Dirk Nimbus, Kind of the Clouds
- What’s the largest waterborne papercraft ever built?
- A Norwegian Gem cruise ship is rolling right in front of me
- That hull is so sleek!
- Counting the porthole levels
- 3 Non-Deck Levels
- Lust For Life Boats
- I’m mostly impressed with how fast the boat is moving
- I think this ship is going
- I did work at the Cruise Ship Terminal one time selling iron-on patches
- The company of an automatic candle snuffer
- I gotta get to the boat traffic I guess
- Thank you for the people who support the show
- Story
- A gull doing some serious gliding
- People on the deck look look so happy
- A horn-blowing happy person
- I don’t know the difference between a water taxi and a ferry
- If I had a water taxi, I’d paint it yellow
- I don’t know if this next boat is official or not
- It’s building up quite the wake
- Is that a yacht?
- Does anyone remember Champagne Wishes and Caviar Dreams?
- Remember when Facebook quizzes were huge?
- Robin Leach, host of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
- That was huge
- I guess Cribs copied him
- Nobody loved rich stuff like Robin Leach
- I hope RL is having champagne wishes and caviar dreams now
- Joseph Campbell always said to follow your dreams
- Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous Con
- That show must’ve sold merch, right?
- Just like Ricky Bobby, this boat wants to go fast
- It makes sense that speed boats go fast
- A pitch for Love Boat: The Next Generation
- A smaller yellow boat, then another speedboat
- I’m nursing an electrolyte right now
- A small cigarette boat goes by
- The Miami Vice Cigarette Boat
- The seedier side of excess
- The Boom Years of INXS
- How come cigarette boats are only in Miami?
- The pressure to name boats
- What are the crew quarters like on cruise ships?
- Shoutout to David Foster Wallace’s essay on cruise ships
- David Foster Wallace and Robin Leach, in conversation
- Sails at Half Mast
- I’ve only been on a sailboat once but I won’t tell that story on the podcast
- It must be a tourist sailboat
- What should I name this boat?
- The billowing of the sail is very dreamy
- Laundry in a detergent commercial is the most heavenly
- Oh wow, they’re raising the sails right now!
- Tales of Sails
- Both sails are erected
- The Good Ship Gumship
- Can I call you RL, Robin?
- Today is the day to be out on the water
- Weather report
- My on-location recording go bag
- Explaining my recording setup
- A pretty big yacht, very modern
- The archetypal modern yacht
- SS Beige
- The SS Eggshell
- How come we never got Hot Dog colored Paint
- Italian Sausage Brown
- 20 years, my jaw would hit the floor
- The Yacht of the Day
- A pod of jet skis
- Okay this next boat is definitely official
- Okay back to the water
- I can’t rename this yacht the SS Linen in this moment
- Another fishing boat
- Boat Naming Thesaurus
- I have such an emotional entanglement to what I’m seeing that I need to just focus on the boats
- I’m in a different state of mind, if you catch my drift
- My judgment of speed is way off
- 2 Standup Paddleboarders
- I’m getting a lot of olfactory fumes
- I’ve had just a little bit of free time
- This afternoon is really recharging my introvert nature
- Hopefully I can come back soon
- Enough about me, how about the water?
- A lowslung boat
- I see a diving bird, unnamed
- Breaking news
- I’m seeing another sleek, modern yacht
- It’s silver!
- PItching the animated Robin Leach yacht cartoon
- It looks like it’s made of stainless steel!
- The Silver Sliver
- Is alliteration a key to naming boats?
- Who’s get the money to make a boat like this?
- How long would it take you to get to Florida in a yacht?
- A blue yacht is pulling in near me?
- Let’s call it Blue Buddy
- 3 sizes out of my league
- Save your nanotech
- Give me a metal yacht!
- It’s named after a song that I can’t quie place
- Distracted by another clipper ship
- The sails are going taut
- Blue Cutty is moving strong
- I think FDR’s yacht is parked in Oakland
- This looks like an old school yacht
- We’ll just call this Con Leach Con
- I’m a leach fan
- A con for all kinds of leach fans
- Did Robin Leach miss out on the 1%?
- Would he be in hog heaven if he was alive today?
- Robert Reich, a medium, DFW, and Robin Leach – on a panel together
- A white, sleek sailboat
- Towering mast
- Holy moly it’s beautiful
- My heart’s a bilge pump, tbh
- Making amends to luxury yachts
- I have no idea how long this episode is
- Holy Robin Leach
- I’m just waiting for another yacht to come by
- I’ll be back on official business
- Man, I forgot how much I love looking at watercraft
- The Animated A-Team on a Boat with Robin Leach
- Let’s keep our options open
- Another pod of jet skis is coming by
- I guess it’s time to say goodbye
- Thanks for enjoying nature’s luxuries with me
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