Favoriting Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from October 25, 2022 Favoriting

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A combination of collage, new experimental records and other bits and bobs, Mid-Valley Mutations is a tour through the mind of Austin Rich, who has been broadcasting in some form since 1998. Heavily influenced by Dr Demento, Don Joyce and old fashioned College Radio, Austin creates Audio Essays on a variety of subjects, and even just plays records, from time to time. Sometimes Live music and Interviews will grace the program, helping create a situation where you don't really know what you're going to hear, when you tune in. What you need to know is when you enter the Mid-Valley region, be prepared for the Musical Mutations... in whatever form they take.

Tuesday 9 - 11pm (EDT) | On WFMU's Sheena's Jungle Room
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Artist Track Album Label Year Images Approx. start time
Mini-Mutations  Halloween Ambience   Favoriting Halloween Ambience  Mid-Valley Mutations  2022 
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  Halloween History...           0:14:26 (Pop-up)
Béla Bartók  Allegro Diabolico   Favoriting         0:14:53 (Pop-up)
Obadiah Baird  Asathoth by HP Lovecraft   Favoriting         0:15:39 (Pop-up)
The Vaselines  Lovecraft   Favoriting         0:19:19 (Pop-up)
  Call with Elsa(?)           0:24:57 (Pop-up)
DeVotchKa  This Place is Haunted   Favoriting         0:29:52 (Pop-up)
 
Cyclopsycho  (must look it up....)   Favoriting (Composed for a previous Halloween show I did, years ago.)        0:38:53 (Pop-up)
Nathan Carson & Erin Jane Laroue  Ambrose Bierce's "Oil of Dog"   Favoriting Recorded and performed for a previous Halloween show I did, years ago.)        0:44:39 (Pop-up)
Miss Rikki Call #1  The House She Grew Up In   Favoriting         0:54:27 (Pop-up)
Jackie Wilson  The Haunted House   Favoriting         0:58:54 (Pop-up)
 
Arvo Zylo  UFO Story   Favoriting Recorded for Mid-Valley Mutations in 2022        1:08:44 (Pop-up)
Clara Rockmore  Tchaikovsky: Valse-Scherzo, Op. 34   Favoriting         1:16:30 (Pop-up)
Miss Rikki Call #2  Cherry Valley, Illinois / The House with No Corners   Favoriting         1:18:42 (Pop-up)
Obadiah Baird  Hymn to The Great Pumpkin by K A Opperman   Favoriting         1:29:09 (Pop-up)
 
Miss Rikki #3  More Cherry Valley Stories.   Favoriting         1:36:00 (Pop-up)
Fred Hall & His Sugar Babies  T'ain't No Sin   Favoriting         1:50:33 (Pop-up)
 
Vince Guaraldi  The Great Pumpkin Waltz   Favoriting         1:58:27 (Pop-up)
Mini-Mutations  Halloween Ambience   Favoriting Halloween Ambience  Mid-Valley Mutations  2022 
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Listener comments!

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Austin Rich:

Good Hello.
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Scott67:

G'day Austin & Authors of Horror!
🌏⛈️🍻😎🤙💨🍺☠️
Avatar 9:00pm
Otis:

Tuned!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:01pm
Krys O.:

Howdy!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:01pm
postconsumer:

Hello!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:01pm
Austin Rich:

Nice to see you in the chat, Otis and Scott67! And postconsumer! And Krys O!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:01pm
Barno in Akron:

Teleportation complete - Hi Austin!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:01pm
Scott67:

G'day Otis! How are ya mate?🍻😎🤙💨🍺
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:02pm
Barno in Akron:

Otis! It's wonderful to see you again :)
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:02pm
Austin Rich:

Nice to see you, Barno! Excellent!
Avatar 9:02pm
Otis:

Hi Scott and friengs, doing swell and digging the sounds this eve.
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Otis:

I still cannot type, I swear my fingers are haunted.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:03pm
postconsumer:

👻
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:06pm
Krys O.:

Have your fingers perhaps changed into hot dogs, Otis?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:07pm
Austin Rich:

There's been a bit of an ongoing storyline, for the last three episodes. This is the conclusion, for those who are curious...
Avatar 9:07pm
Otis:

They have, I am soaking them in water now which soon will be hot dog water.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:07pm
Austin Rich:

True story: my first girlfriend WAS the daughter of a librarian.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:11pm
coelacanth∅:

good evening Rich and beautiful mutants
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:11pm
Krys O.:

My dear sister was a school librarian. She changed careers after being an elementary school teacher for about 20 years. The library in our hometown dedicated a mural in the children's library to her memory. Same sis taught me how to read when I was about three years old. She inspired me to go to the library each week. It was around the corner from our apartment. Mom trusted me to go by myself.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:12pm
Krys O.:

Yum, Otis!
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postconsumer:

If I could do things over, I'd have been a librarian.
  9:12pm
Charles:

Thank you Halloween Heather!
Avatar 9:13pm
Mr Fab:

Boo!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:13pm
Barno in Akron:

DJ Kreightoven was just accepted into Kent State University's Library Science grad program.
  9:13pm
Charles:

Hi Austin! Hi listeners! Good seeing you around Otis!
Avatar 9:15pm
Otis:

Hi Charles, good to be here. Congrats to Kreightoven!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:15pm
Krys O.:

Congrats to Kreightoven!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:17pm
Barno in Akron:

Booo! Mr Fab!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:18pm
Krys O.:

Fun fact: The librarian that I saw each week when I was a tiny tot was the sister in law of William Kunstler. Years later when we were in high school and Phyllis Kunstler was still the librarian at the children's room, my best friend took an after school job to work at the library.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:18pm
Austin Rich:

Hi everyone! It's been a great Halloween Season! Make it even better, if you haven't already, but donating to WFMU! Make our month!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:20pm
Austin Rich:

I loved going the the library, from as early an age as I can remember. Books were always fun, and libraries had TONS OF BOOKS.

In college, I got hooked on inter-library loan. It's the one thing that I miss the most about college.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:21pm
postconsumer:

brought home records and books about how to draw, as a kid. Watched Abbot and Costello and Laurel and Hardy films there, too. good times.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:22pm
Austin Rich:

Oh yeah! I used to love getting old movies from the library, for free. Better than the video store.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:25pm
Krys O.:

Oh, yes. I took our records from the library too. When I was old enough to take out books from the main library, I gravitated toward biographies, especially of film actors and directors. I adored Wm. Henry Pratt. I even spent free periods in high school in the library or I'd tutor other students in the library.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:26pm
Austin Rich:

I have a theory as to who Elsa was, but I'm not 100% sure. But they do talk about a real place in Salem.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:26pm
postconsumer:

My Dad would make tapes of the records we brought home. Brought me up right! 😆
Avatar 9:27pm
HyperDose:

Spooky time!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:29pm
postconsumer:

😱
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:31pm
Austin Rich:

Years ago, I had Devotcka on my show... 2004, I think?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:31pm
Austin Rich:

They were very good.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:33pm
postconsumer:

this song is spine tinglingly beautiful.
Avatar 9:35pm
HyperDose:

I have fond memories of making mix tapes from the radio. Unfortunately my radio was not haunted
  9:37pm
Robm:

Evening fellow listeners
@Krys O librarians are my favorite people, they should be paid more
@Hyperdose howdy
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:37pm
postconsumer:

librarians and teachers, both.
  9:39pm
Robm:

@Post damn right
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:40pm
Austin Rich:

Nice to see you in the chat, Robm!
  9:42pm
Robm:

Thanks austin love listening to the streams interesting programs and less trolling
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:42pm
postconsumer:

This is the kind of spoken word recording I used to obsess over, prior to transitioning to sound collage. Love it.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:43pm
coelacanth∅:

i borrowed records from the library and made tapes of them, all of them. i never read an entire novel, or borrowed a book from the library until i was over 40.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:43pm
Austin Rich:

Ya'll will have to be patient with me, as these Halloween shows are a bit "on the fly." I usually have more detailed playlists than this.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:43pm
Krys O.:

Thanks, Austin et al! Nite, all!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:43pm
Austin Rich:

Good Night, Krys O!
  9:44pm
Robm:

@Krys O night
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coelacanth∅:

gnight Krys
  9:44pm
Robm:

@Coel howdy
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:44pm
postconsumer:

'night!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:46pm
Austin Rich:

Nathan Carson is a musician and a writer.

www.discogs.com...
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:47pm
Austin Rich:

He's also had several novels and comics published, and is a DJ, among many other things. He and his partner recorded this for our show.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:47pm
Austin Rich:

More information:

www.nathancarson.rocks
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:48pm
Austin Rich:

Ambrose Bierce was, apparently, the original #ACAB author.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:49pm
Austin Rich:

"which nature had thoughtfully provided for the purpose..."
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:49pm
coelacanth∅:

as a child i read album covers/liner notes eagerly. in my early 20s i started reading every book on natural or "alternative" healing i could find.
also biology, physiology and books about specific diseases and conditions.
i also read a lot of zen philosophy and poetry, which lead me to Hermann Hesse's "sidhartha" - which turned me on once & for all to novels.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:50pm
coelacanth∅:

(just to clarify about not reading until i was 40. i read; just not novels.)

aloha Robm
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:50pm
Austin Rich:

Been meaning to read Sidhartha. Sold many copies of it over the years.
Avatar 9:50pm
HyperDose:

Hey Robm!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:51pm
coelacanth∅:

if you're a fast reader (which i am not) it'll take you a few hours or a day...and worthy of a repeat reading.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:51pm
Austin Rich:

In case it wasn't clear: Nathan is the drummer in the Doom Metal band, Witch Mountain.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:53pm
Austin Rich:

This is probably the most terrifying story that someone recored and sent to me, with an email that said, "enjoy!"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:54pm
postconsumer:

I'm trying not to listen TOO closely, frankly. yikes!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:54pm
Austin Rich:

Here's the book Nathan was talking about, which is out now:

www.amazon.com...
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:55pm
Austin Rich:

Erin Jane Laroue is a wonderful artist too, but I'm less familiar with their stuff.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:56pm
Austin Rich:

Miss Rikki is the editor of the zine "AZ Kaos" and used to host my fave radio show, "Closet Radio."
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postconsumer:

Time to pick my wife up at work - thanks for the shivers, Austin!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:00pm
Austin Rich:

See ya next time, postconsumer!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:10pm
Tome:

got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:11pm
Austin Rich:

I've been wary of covering UFO stories on this show, because Don Joyce covered the subject so well on Over The Edge with his "Another UFO" series. But Arvo offered to tell this story for the show, and I couldn't say no.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:13pm
Austin Rich:

Nice to see you in the chat, Tome!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:13pm
Tome:

same here Austin Rich I'm diggin' it too !<>!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:14pm
Austin Rich:

Here's a link to Arvo Zylo's label, and music:

nopartofit.bandcamp.com
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:15pm
Austin Rich:

MUFON: Mutual UFO Network.

mufon.com
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:18pm
coelacanth∅:

excellent story
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:18pm
Austin Rich:

Perhaps I will do an all UFO calls show, someday. I know a lot of people have experiences, and I'm sure we could get some calls generated easily.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:20pm
WR:

Hi Austin and storied streamers.

The Theremin sounded so good, came playlist to see who it was, and, of course, the great Clara Rockmore.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:21pm
Austin Rich:

This driving bit made me want to play a story told by Karen Holman, a local chemistry professor at Willamette University, who had a story about driving around when she was a teen. But I'll have to save that story for another show.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:21pm
coelacanth∅:

oh, i've bought a few no part of it releases on bandcamp.
..small world.
this has happened a few times.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:22pm
Austin Rich:

WR: Arvo Zylo requested the Clara Rockmore tune, and since I'm a fan, that made the most sense.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:22pm
coelacanth∅:

'evening WR
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:23pm
Austin Rich:

Full disclosure: I had a tune on a No Part of It compilation, so I might be a little biased. And I did just get a massive shipment of No Part of It records and CDs in the mail... but really, all of that is unrelated.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:25pm
Austin Rich:

A stroll through a graveyard? I think we did that last week...
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:28pm
WR:

Lights out time here. Will catch the rest from the archive. Thank you, Austin. Laters coelacanth∅ and all.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:28pm
Austin Rich:

See you next time, WR! Take care!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:30pm
Austin Rich:

The ouija board is a reference to a live ouija board we had on the show, where it tried to contact the ghost of KMUZ studios. It's on another episode, that I won't air this year... sadly.
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Otis:

Thanks for the stories this evening Austin, off to sleep here. Cheers!
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Mr Fab:

Can't scare me! Do your worst!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:36pm
coelacanth∅:

i worked in a cemetery in my 20s, had an interesting occurrence (well a few but one that's of a "supernatural" nature) ...but it's the kind of story a listener could easily think is my invention.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:37pm
Austin Rich:

I think we all have that fear, when we have an unexplained experience. Maybe next year we can have you on to talk about it?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:42pm
coelacanth∅:

maybe... i have told people about it, but knowing they'll decide it was my imagination.
... i did invite adventure. i took a nap at the bottom of an 8' deep grave during lunch break; wrote a song in another one that had corpses on all sides, hoping for inspiration from somewhere beyond; but didn't feel anything as far as i know.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:43pm
Austin Rich:

That sounds like something I would have done as a young person. If I had access.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:44pm
coelacanth∅:

this story reminds me of a tiny graveyard in nj (springfield?) behind some car dealerships on rt.22. it was at the top of a hill and the sides of the hill have been chopped off, making it square.
Avatar 10:44pm
Mr Fab:

Illegally FIXING gravestones - is there a term for reverse-vandalism?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:45pm
Austin Rich:

There needs to be!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:47pm
Austin Rich:

Arvo Zylo called in the same show that this call is cut from, telling about spending a night in Bachelor's Grove. That's also in the archive.
Avatar 10:50pm
Mr Fab:

My wife is in Chicago, where the big story was saying "Bloody Mary" into a mirror three times.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:51pm
Austin Rich:

Oh, yeah! I've never met anyone who has tried it and has a story to tell.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:51pm
Austin Rich:

Maybe next year?
Avatar 10:52pm
Mr Fab:

My wife is FROM Chicago.

But yeah, gotta try it!
  10:52pm
Arvo:

Hey! I'm here! I just woke up! I am a night owl! What did I miss?
  10:53pm
Arvo:

Candy Man was filmed in Chicago! That one is lore around those parts too!
  10:58pm
Arvo:

See you next week! I'll check out the archive.
Avatar 10:59pm
Cp304:

good listening Austin
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:59pm
Austin Rich:

There's a bit more. You know how it is...
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Austin Rich:

Thanks for joining us, Cp304! And Arvo, too! Ya'll are wonderful.
Avatar 11:01pm
Mr Fab:

Thanks Austin - your show is the most sincere pumpkin patch on the dial.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:02pm
Austin Rich:

Ahhhh. That means a lot, Mr. Fab. Thanks!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:06pm
coelacanth∅:

Thanks Rich!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:08pm
Austin Rich:

Thanks, coelacanthø!

See ya'll next week!
  12:58am
Arvo:

I snuck into Resurrection Cemetery with a girlfriend and didn't see anything from Resurrection Mary, but did sneak in solely because the rot iron gates keep being bent by mysterious forces with mysterious hand prints burned into them. We climbed the scaffolding to get in.
  12:59am
Arvo:

Great show! Glad I took the time to listen back.
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