WFMU: Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from April 19, 2022

Listener comments!
	👻 8:37pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	9:01pm Krys O.: Greetings!
	9:01pm Mr Fab: Hey Austin! MKUltra was the CIA's infamous brain-washing program. And a mind as dirty as mine could use some washing.
	9:03pm Krys O.: Twas cold and rainy here in New Jersey last night and this morning. Might hit 70 degrees by Friday. The temperature seesaws back and forth. That's spring in the Northeast.
	9:03pm xapnomapcase1: Just wanted to let you know I am here, but Stardew Valley is calling.
	👻 9:04pm Austin Rich: Howdy, xapnomapcase1! Always a pleasure to see you in the chat. And Krys O, and Mr. Fab! Thanks for popping in!
	👻 9:07pm Austin Rich: This cassette tape was released as "Mini-Mutations" and in the notes, mentions horridus and Derek. But the original session was MKU and Derek together. The cassette this appeared on is out of print now, until I can source for C-40s to make more.
	9:09pm Aitch: mutating along here
	👻 9:09pm Austin Rich: For this session, Derek was playing a cello, run through plenty of FX. horridus was using a rack of modular synths. And I had a MicroGranny and two CDJs, with samples loaded into all of them. There's more to this session, but this section works the best, I think. (Derek's solo set during this session was also amazing.)
	👻 9:09pm Austin Rich: Nice to see you in the chat, Aitch!
	👻 9:11pm Austin Rich: Since MKU didn't keep going, and the recordings didn't really wind up getting used anywhere, some of the sessions have turned up as early Mini-Mutations releases, with horridus credited on them. Someday I'll do a proper collection of all the MKU stuff, and release it on a USB drive, or something.
	9:12pm Mr Fab: What film is this from?
	9:12pm Mr Fab: i would never have guessed that's a cello.
	👻 9:12pm Austin Rich: It's from an old episode of Suspense, if I remember correctly. (The radio show.) I'd have to dig around in my files to see if i can find the exact episode.
	👻 9:14pm Austin Rich: Derek did some Cello work for Unwound, and performs in a number of groups as a performer. But his solo stuff is pretty incredible. I've engineered live performances for him a few times. He can play straight up cello, but also likes the really weird stuff, too.
	9:17pm Krys O.: Nice ambiance for puttering around the kitchen and cleaning up.
	👻 9:18pm Austin Rich: I always said that MKU (and Mini-Mutations) are more soundscapes and ambience than "music." But what is music? Arranged Sound, setting a mood, I guess?
	👻 9:19pm Austin Rich: I would occasionally say we made "Audio Essays." I still describe Mid-Valley Mutations / Mini-Mutations that way.
	9:28pm Mr Fab: I remember hearing the term “audio art” and wondering what’s the difference between that and music?
	👻 9:28pm Austin Rich: You can find more Uneasy Chairs here: uneasychairs.bandcamp.com
	👻 9:28pm Austin Rich: Yeah. Isn't all "audio art" just music of some kind?
	9:30pm Aitch: Sounds a bit like my last MRI
	9:31pm Ellen Lovebug: Greetings, lovely ones
	👻 9:31pm Austin Rich: Hmmmmm. I think I had this problem before, but I'm not finding much of horridus' music online. Here's one album, on archive.org: archive.org...
	👻 9:31pm Austin Rich: Ellen! Great to see you in the chat!
	9:32pm Ellen Lovebug: I'm definitely curious what a MicroGranny is
	👻 9:33pm Austin Rich: I think I've played it before when you've booked me. It's a small, red box, that I load with samples, and I can play them back at different speeds, or with FX on them. It's a cool little thing, made by Bastl.
	👻 9:33pm Austin Rich: (You can get them in different colors, but mine is red.) bastl-instruments.com...
	9:33pm Ellen Lovebug: Austin, are you coming to town tomorrow to see Curtis and Don in Stalagmite? I have a ticket and if I can get over agorapobia enough, I will go, and Chris will be there with Marilyn. Depending on how late I can stay awake, Robin plays later in Redvivius
	9:34pm Ellen Lovebug: Nifty! <3 I loved booking you! Always a pleasure, always something unique and memorable.
	👻 9:34pm Austin Rich: I didn't know about this show, Ellen! I work tomorrow and Thursday, so probably not. But that sounds amazing! Where's the show?
	👻 9:35pm Austin Rich: (I'm playing something I did with Don on the show tonight!)
	👻 9:36pm Austin Rich: I believe I was playing LPs during this set, as well as the gear described. And Uneasy Chairs had a guitar and some pedals, but I can't remember exactly what.
	9:37pm Ellen Lovebug: Old Nick's, which recently celebrated its 7th anniversary. I got brave and went there Sunday for Easter brunch. It was nice to see Justin and Emily
	👻 9:38pm Austin Rich: That's the one bar I've been two Twice in the last few years. If anyone lives in Eugene, and is listening: you should go to this show!
	9:41pm Ellen Lovebug: I agree :) I went to one Ghost House, and I went there for New Year's Eve, and for one other meal prior to Easter. If I make it tomorrow, it will be my first concert, per se, since Fe-BREW-ary, which I coordinated at Rooted Space: FE-BREW-ARY: FREE, ALL-AGES experimental music show (7pm-10:30pm), with FREE kombucha & jun (6pm-7pm). EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO JAM, BEATBOX, & CYPHER! Headliners: Curtis Rochambeau as [view], whose home-made noise devices, Crustaceans, inspired this whole event, and who is also the visual artist of this poster; and Tethys (Francis Atrus). Other amazing performers will include My Burning Bush/ William R Harris; Obstacle Intercourse (Geoffrey from @Tawas Melek); Unbeknownst (on the one-of-a-kind, delightful Penguin Theremin!). and Eugene Difficult Music Ensemble c/o Lee Sparks PembletonLee Sparks Pembleton. I will debut at 7 as Driftwood Dryad, in a meditation honoring trees, on driftwood reverently modified by Casey Chittenden Jones of Driftwood Orchestra.... And at 10:05 I'll frolic a lyric with Try-Cypher-Atops, our fam jam of cyphers from Page 3 poetry, to beat-boxing by Francis Atrus and homemade beats by Will Minz. I love you all! -- Ellen Klowden EllenKlowden CreationStation. Thank you to @Billions of New Friends BNF Kombucha and Jun, Rooted Space Rooted Grounds Kenneth Alvis and Star Alvis
	9:42pm Ellen Lovebug: Unbeknownst is Marilyn and Elijah
	9:43pm HyperDose: "hackable – arduino based" ooooh 😍
	9:47pm HyperDose: We need Bill Nye vs Austin Rich in the ultimate bowtie showdown
	9:50pm Ellen Lovebug: @HyperDose that's an endearing idea
	👻 9:50pm Austin Rich: Bill Nye has got some pretty dope Bow Tie skills. I'm not sure I'd step up to that; I'm just so-so.
	👻 9:51pm Austin Rich: Jeremy Hight and I made a zine, of a novella that Jeremy wrote and I did the layout for, which you can order here, if you like these stories: wtbc.bandcamp.com...
	9:53pm HyperDose: No way he doesn't have the Guinness record for biggest collection
	9:53pm Mr. X: Greets. elites!
	👻 9:53pm Austin Rich: To entice anyone curious: the cover of this zine is printed on Vellum, with an image on paper beneath. The two pieces of paper interact with each other in a rather fetching way.
	👻 9:54pm Austin Rich: Mr. X! Good to see you in the chat! I was working on something that you and I will be doing on the show in the future... just this morning.
	9:55pm Mr. X: Sweet.
	👻 10:02pm Austin Rich: One of these days, I will get custom "Mini-Mutations" bow ties made. But that is an expensive piece of merch.
	10:03pm Mr. X: That's a fun idea.
	10:04pm Mr. X: Reminds me of the Frank Zappa line: "Bow tie daddy, don't you blow your top."
	10:13pm Mr. X: Some jungle sounds for the jungle room.
	👻 10:13pm Austin Rich: This piece originally aired on KEXP, and then a fully mastered version was included on this CD release, "Seasonal Stereo Spread," which includes the two studio sessions we did as a band: the one with Doug, and the other mixed and mastered by me.
	👻 10:14pm Austin Rich: Doug Haire's group was called, The Seattle Phonographers Union, and their albums are pretty incredible. www.discogs.com...
	10:17pm HyperDose: Mini-Mutations are sooo cute 😍
	👻 10:18pm Austin Rich: I'm fairly certain that I was deeply into the Enviornments LPs at this time, so a lot of my samples are from those records, then mutated.
	10:20pm Mr. X: Sheer audio art. And music too, if you close your eyes and pretend you are from another planet.
	10:22pm Mr. X: I want to make some audio art out of mangled bits of Eagles songs, and dedicate it to Mr. Fab.
	10:22pm Ellen Lovebug: I know I've mentioned it before, but I too shared your passion for Environments albums :)
	👻 10:22pm Austin Rich: This piece we did with Doug, where he mixed us and gave us the TINIEST bit of direction, was probably our high point, as a group. And I guess the writing was on the wall; I think we only did a could more sessions together, after this. But we had some good chemistry, for sure. I invited horridus to join us today, but I'm not sure if they are still online. they weren't really much on the internet, even when we were playing together.
	👻 10:23pm Austin Rich: Those Environments albums are great. Just wonderfully thoughtful albums.
	10:23pm Ellen Lovebug: I have to get back to work, just wanted to say I really enjoy MKUltramegaphone, and I'm sorry you can't join us for the show tomorrow. It's like a bookend; the first real concert I'll see in the pandemic era features Curtis, the lead act of the last concert I coordinated at Root Space pre-pandemic.
	👻 10:24pm Austin Rich: That's a good bookend! Take care, Ellen! Until next time.
	10:24pm Ellen Lovebug: See you Monday for Box 13!
	👻 10:25pm Austin Rich: Oh yeah! Don't want to miss that.
	10:25pm Mr. X: Ellen, you will be pleased to know that another spin-off from that last Rooted Space show will be reuniting at the end of this month, Olsen Twins Ghostlight Ensemble.
	👻 10:25pm Austin Rich: That's right! the 29th, we're having a patio session! For my birthday.
	10:34pm jeremy hight: yess
	👻 10:34pm Austin Rich: Hey! It's the author, Jeremy Hight!
	👻 10:34pm Austin Rich: Any questions for the Author?
	10:34pm Mr. X: Nice work, Jeremy.
	10:35pm ?: thank you
	10:35pm jeremy hight: austin is brilliant and good people
	10:36pm Mr. X: Were you influenced by Gertrude Stein, by chance?
	10:37pm jeremy hight: yes and dorothy parker....and ray bradbury
	👻 10:38pm Austin Rich: I've interviewed Jeremy on my show on two previous occasions. One interview is entirely about the zine we published together... with a few other tangents. The first interview is more general, about Jeremy's larger career.
	10:38pm jeremy hight: and borges big time and calvino...and william blake
	👻 10:38pm Austin Rich: First Interview: anywhenanywhere.com...
	10:38pm jeremy hight: yesss
	👻 10:39pm Austin Rich: Second Interview: anywhenanywhere.com...
	10:40pm jeremy hight: I am also a concpetual artist ( went to good ol calarts) and it is hard to find a good collaborator...austin is a good one
	10:40pm Mr. X: All great influences. Austin's delivery seems well-suited to Jeremy's style.
	10:41pm jeremy hight: Yes. He has the voice and really nails the cadences when he reads.
	👻 10:41pm Austin Rich: Jeremy and I have grand plans for other projects, but I've been a little out of pocket lately, and we haven't been able to work together much. I think our last collaboration was a short piece in 2021, about the fires. Probably time to do another show of new material.
	👻 10:41pm Austin Rich: I've been assembling some material for a show about "Phones," and how they aren't what they used to be.
	10:42pm Mr. X: I'm in the middle of reading Stein's Three Lives, that's probably why I thought of Gertrude Stein.
	10:42pm Heather Z: All white cat with green eyes. ❤️ got one here! Popping in to say hi everyone and great show as always, Austin!
	👻 10:42pm Austin Rich: It's nice to see you in the chat, Heather! Always a pleasure.
	10:42pm jeremy hight: and turning my novel into a beer got the labels done
	10:43pm jeremy hight: awww sounds like my last cat samson....
	10:43pm HyperDose: WFMU is for the kitties!
	10:44pm jeremy hight: yesss my black cat baxter is beside me now
	👻 10:44pm Austin Rich: It's true; everyone who DJs for, or listens to, WFMU, love their cats. It's just how we are.
	10:46pm jeremy hight: seeing the zappa comments now....went to his funeral...what a creative genius
	👻 10:46pm Austin Rich: Somewhere, Jeremy, I have audio of just me reading these two stories. I haven't dug those out in a while, but we could do something else with them someday, if you wanted. I think I have me reading at least three, maybe four of your stories.
	10:46pm Mr. X: Also reminds me of an author by the name of Stacey Levine. (She's a friend of a friend, actually.)
	10:47pm jeremy hight: Yes would love that.
	10:47pm Mr. X: How did you happen to get invited to Zappa's funeral, Jeremy?
	10:47pm jeremy hight: Ah. Would be cool to check out her work.
	👻 10:48pm Austin Rich: I think Jeremy and I met through the internet... in a silly online group where we were all pretending to be boring, but we were all too interesting for that. Jeremy and I started messaging each other late at night, when neither of us could sleep. And then... well... collaborations happened.
	10:48pm jeremy hight: Got lucky. Ny friend had worked for him and the site in san francisco. he had an extra ticket believe it or not.
	10:49pm Mr. X: Very cool.
	10:49pm jeremy hight: Yes. Run by the mysterious rhetorical dachsund. he teaches at tyhe same little college as me.
	10:50pm jeremy hight: I used to make sound art and was in bands. Zappa playing a bicycle blew my teen mind. then his arrangements.
	👻 10:51pm Austin Rich: I think I've included at least one of your songs, maybe more, on compilations I've assembled. Do you have a link to your music?
	10:52pm jeremy hight: Ah let me find one zappa inspired.
	10:53pm jeremy hight: https://soundcloud.com/jeremy-hight-1/signalleakage
	👻 11:00pm Austin Rich: Thanks again for joining us tonight, Jeremy!
	11:00pm HyperDose: Thank YOU Austin!
	11:01pm jeremy hight: my pleasure as always
	👻 11:01pm Austin Rich: Thank you, HyperDose! You a truly a dependable listener!
	👻 11:02pm Austin Rich: Jeremy has done some incredible work in other areas! Check him out! Google his stuff! It's fun.
	11:02pm Mr. X: Here's a video of a Don Haugen performance, edited by yours truly (my first time editing video): www.youtube.com...
	👻 11:02pm Austin Rich: And I still have copies of this book lying around the Lava Lamp Lounge, if anyone is interested. wtbc.bandcamp.com...
	👻 11:03pm Austin Rich: That is a great set by Don! I forgot about that video.
	👻 11:07pm Austin Rich: We've got about 10 more minutes. Any other questions or anything while we're still here?
	👻 11:08pm Austin Rich: Don has been making art and stuff for 30 years, and is still one of the most inventive people I know in the northwest.
	11:08pm Mr. X: What does Don call that wire brush-looking thing depicted in the graphic there?
	👻 11:10pm Austin Rich: If I remember correctly, that is a chimney cleaning brush, that he bought new for the purposes of attaching a contact mic to it, and running that through FX. He plucks it, and has it mounted on a board, that he can tap on, etc. Lots of options.
	👻 11:10pm Austin Rich: I don't think he has a name for the device. It's just one of his instruments.
	11:10pm Mr. X: Wow. Yes, inventive.
	👻 11:11pm Austin Rich: He's used street signs for to similar effect.
	11:13pm Mr. X: Saw his band once in the late 80s. Holy Rodent, I think it was called?
	👻 11:13pm Austin Rich: Don was the first person to book Cathead, the first band I ever played in, in the early 90s. He was also the first person to book MKUltramegaphone outside of Salem, and then again, quick to book Mini-Mutations when that project was going.
	👻 11:13pm Austin Rich: Don has been a supporter for AGES. Yep, Holy Rodent was one of his first bands.
	👻 11:14pm Austin Rich: I have at least one vintage recording of Holy Rodent, when Cathead and them played a show together. 1995, I think?
	11:15pm Mr. X: Oh, you're going to have to break that out for me. I'd like to hear it.
	👻 11:15pm Austin Rich: I have the entire evening: all the bands that played that show, all on tape.
	👻 11:16pm Austin Rich: Confused By Tools was one of the other acts.
	👻 11:16pm Austin Rich: (Which featured Cody from The Dark.)
	👻 11:18pm Austin Rich: Good Night everyone! Thanks again!

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from April 19, 2022

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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.

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April 19, 2022: MKUltramegaphone Flashbacks

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Artist	Track	Album	Year	Approx. start time
The Black Arts "The Black Arts"
Mini-Mutations	VO Music "VO Music" by "Mini-Mutations"	19 April 2022 Performance
MKUltramegaphone w/ Derek M. Johnson	The Black Arts	"Outside Time" b/w "The Black Arts" (Mini-Mutations)	2018	0:03:39 (Pop-up)
In The Forest "In The Forest"
Mini-Mutations	VO Music "VO Music" by "Mini-Mutations"	19 April 2022 Performance		0:25:43 (Pop-up)
MKUltramegaphone w/ Uneasy Chairs	In The Forest	10 March 2017	2018	0:28:01 (Pop-up)
A Sort of Evolution "A Sort of Evolution"
Mini-Mutations	VO Music "VO Music" by "Mini-Mutations"	19 April 2022 Performance		0:44:18 (Pop-up)
MKUltramegaphone	A Sort of Evolution (A Story by Jeremy Hight)	17 February 2017 (Live)	2017	0:48:55 (Pop-up)
Transmission 3 "Transmission 3"
Mini-Mutations	VO Music "VO Music" by "Mini-Mutations"	19 April 2022 Performance		1:07:03 (Pop-up)
MKUltramegaphone	Transmission 3: Autumn [Excerpt]	Seasonal Stereo Spread	2018	1:11:23 (Pop-up)
4532 Oak Drive "4532 Oak Drive"
MKUltramegaphone	4532 Oak Drive (A Story by Jeremy Hight)	17 February 2017 (Live)	2017	1:28:09 (Pop-up)
A Dream, A Nightmare "A Dream, A Nightmare"
Mini-Mutations	VO Music "VO Music" by "Mini-Mutations"	19 April 2022 Performance		1:54:20 (Pop-up)
MKUltramegaphone w/ Don Haugen	A Dream, A Nightmare	24 March 2017	2017	1:59:51 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	👻 8:37pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	9:01pm Krys O.: Greetings!
	9:01pm Mr Fab: Hey Austin! MKUltra was the CIA's infamous brain-washing program. And a mind as dirty as mine could use some washing.
	9:03pm Krys O.: Twas cold and rainy here in New Jersey last night and this morning. Might hit 70 degrees by Friday. The temperature seesaws back and forth. That's spring in the Northeast.
	9:03pm xapnomapcase1: Just wanted to let you know I am here, but Stardew Valley is calling.
	👻 9:04pm Austin Rich: Howdy, xapnomapcase1! Always a pleasure to see you in the chat. And Krys O, and Mr. Fab! Thanks for popping in!
	👻 9:07pm Austin Rich: This cassette tape was released as "Mini-Mutations" and in the notes, mentions horridus and Derek. But the original session was MKU and Derek together. The cassette this appeared on is out of print now, until I can source for C-40s to make more.
	9:09pm Aitch: mutating along here
	👻 9:09pm Austin Rich: For this session, Derek was playing a cello, run through plenty of FX. horridus was using a rack of modular synths. And I had a MicroGranny and two CDJs, with samples loaded into all of them. There's more to this session, but this section works the best, I think. (Derek's solo set during this session was also amazing.)
	👻 9:09pm Austin Rich: Nice to see you in the chat, Aitch!
	👻 9:11pm Austin Rich: Since MKU didn't keep going, and the recordings didn't really wind up getting used anywhere, some of the sessions have turned up as early Mini-Mutations releases, with horridus credited on them. Someday I'll do a proper collection of all the MKU stuff, and release it on a USB drive, or something.
	9:12pm Mr Fab: What film is this from?
	9:12pm Mr Fab: i would never have guessed that's a cello.
	👻 9:12pm Austin Rich: It's from an old episode of Suspense, if I remember correctly. (The radio show.) I'd have to dig around in my files to see if i can find the exact episode.
	👻 9:14pm Austin Rich: Derek did some Cello work for Unwound, and performs in a number of groups as a performer. But his solo stuff is pretty incredible. I've engineered live performances for him a few times. He can play straight up cello, but also likes the really weird stuff, too.
	9:17pm Krys O.: Nice ambiance for puttering around the kitchen and cleaning up.
	👻 9:18pm Austin Rich: I always said that MKU (and Mini-Mutations) are more soundscapes and ambience than "music." But what is music? Arranged Sound, setting a mood, I guess?
	👻 9:19pm Austin Rich: I would occasionally say we made "Audio Essays." I still describe Mid-Valley Mutations / Mini-Mutations that way.
	9:28pm Mr Fab: I remember hearing the term “audio art” and wondering what’s the difference between that and music?
	👻 9:28pm Austin Rich: You can find more Uneasy Chairs here: uneasychairs.bandcamp.com
	👻 9:28pm Austin Rich: Yeah. Isn't all "audio art" just music of some kind?
	9:30pm Aitch: Sounds a bit like my last MRI
	9:31pm Ellen Lovebug: Greetings, lovely ones
	👻 9:31pm Austin Rich: Hmmmmm. I think I had this problem before, but I'm not finding much of horridus' music online. Here's one album, on archive.org: archive.org...
	👻 9:31pm Austin Rich: Ellen! Great to see you in the chat!
	9:32pm Ellen Lovebug: I'm definitely curious what a MicroGranny is
	👻 9:33pm Austin Rich: I think I've played it before when you've booked me. It's a small, red box, that I load with samples, and I can play them back at different speeds, or with FX on them. It's a cool little thing, made by Bastl.
	👻 9:33pm Austin Rich: (You can get them in different colors, but mine is red.) bastl-instruments.com...
	9:33pm Ellen Lovebug: Austin, are you coming to town tomorrow to see Curtis and Don in Stalagmite? I have a ticket and if I can get over agorapobia enough, I will go, and Chris will be there with Marilyn. Depending on how late I can stay awake, Robin plays later in Redvivius
	9:34pm Ellen Lovebug: Nifty! <3 I loved booking you! Always a pleasure, always something unique and memorable.
	👻 9:34pm Austin Rich: I didn't know about this show, Ellen! I work tomorrow and Thursday, so probably not. But that sounds amazing! Where's the show?
	👻 9:35pm Austin Rich: (I'm playing something I did with Don on the show tonight!)
	👻 9:36pm Austin Rich: I believe I was playing LPs during this set, as well as the gear described. And Uneasy Chairs had a guitar and some pedals, but I can't remember exactly what.
	9:37pm Ellen Lovebug: Old Nick's, which recently celebrated its 7th anniversary. I got brave and went there Sunday for Easter brunch. It was nice to see Justin and Emily
	👻 9:38pm Austin Rich: That's the one bar I've been two Twice in the last few years. If anyone lives in Eugene, and is listening: you should go to this show!
	9:41pm Ellen Lovebug: I agree :) I went to one Ghost House, and I went there for New Year's Eve, and for one other meal prior to Easter. If I make it tomorrow, it will be my first concert, per se, since Fe-BREW-ary, which I coordinated at Rooted Space: FE-BREW-ARY: FREE, ALL-AGES experimental music show (7pm-10:30pm), with FREE kombucha & jun (6pm-7pm). EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO JAM, BEATBOX, & CYPHER! Headliners: Curtis Rochambeau as [view], whose home-made noise devices, Crustaceans, inspired this whole event, and who is also the visual artist of this poster; and Tethys (Francis Atrus). Other amazing performers will include My Burning Bush/ William R Harris; Obstacle Intercourse (Geoffrey from @Tawas Melek); Unbeknownst (on the one-of-a-kind, delightful Penguin Theremin!). and Eugene Difficult Music Ensemble c/o Lee Sparks PembletonLee Sparks Pembleton. I will debut at 7 as Driftwood Dryad, in a meditation honoring trees, on driftwood reverently modified by Casey Chittenden Jones of Driftwood Orchestra.... And at 10:05 I'll frolic a lyric with Try-Cypher-Atops, our fam jam of cyphers from Page 3 poetry, to beat-boxing by Francis Atrus and homemade beats by Will Minz. I love you all! -- Ellen Klowden EllenKlowden CreationStation. Thank you to @Billions of New Friends BNF Kombucha and Jun, Rooted Space Rooted Grounds Kenneth Alvis and Star Alvis
	9:42pm Ellen Lovebug: Unbeknownst is Marilyn and Elijah
	9:43pm HyperDose: "hackable – arduino based" ooooh 😍
	9:47pm HyperDose: We need Bill Nye vs Austin Rich in the ultimate bowtie showdown
	9:50pm Ellen Lovebug: @HyperDose that's an endearing idea
	👻 9:50pm Austin Rich: Bill Nye has got some pretty dope Bow Tie skills. I'm not sure I'd step up to that; I'm just so-so.
	👻 9:51pm Austin Rich: Jeremy Hight and I made a zine, of a novella that Jeremy wrote and I did the layout for, which you can order here, if you like these stories: wtbc.bandcamp.com...
	9:53pm HyperDose: No way he doesn't have the Guinness record for biggest collection
	9:53pm Mr. X: Greets. elites!
	👻 9:53pm Austin Rich: To entice anyone curious: the cover of this zine is printed on Vellum, with an image on paper beneath. The two pieces of paper interact with each other in a rather fetching way.
	👻 9:54pm Austin Rich: Mr. X! Good to see you in the chat! I was working on something that you and I will be doing on the show in the future... just this morning.
	9:55pm Mr. X: Sweet.
	👻 10:02pm Austin Rich: One of these days, I will get custom "Mini-Mutations" bow ties made. But that is an expensive piece of merch.
	10:03pm Mr. X: That's a fun idea.
	10:04pm Mr. X: Reminds me of the Frank Zappa line: "Bow tie daddy, don't you blow your top."
	10:13pm Mr. X: Some jungle sounds for the jungle room.
	👻 10:13pm Austin Rich: This piece originally aired on KEXP, and then a fully mastered version was included on this CD release, "Seasonal Stereo Spread," which includes the two studio sessions we did as a band: the one with Doug, and the other mixed and mastered by me.
	👻 10:14pm Austin Rich: Doug Haire's group was called, The Seattle Phonographers Union, and their albums are pretty incredible. www.discogs.com...
	10:17pm HyperDose: Mini-Mutations are sooo cute 😍
	👻 10:18pm Austin Rich: I'm fairly certain that I was deeply into the Enviornments LPs at this time, so a lot of my samples are from those records, then mutated.
	10:20pm Mr. X: Sheer audio art. And music too, if you close your eyes and pretend you are from another planet.
	10:22pm Mr. X: I want to make some audio art out of mangled bits of Eagles songs, and dedicate it to Mr. Fab.
	10:22pm Ellen Lovebug: I know I've mentioned it before, but I too shared your passion for Environments albums :)
	👻 10:22pm Austin Rich: This piece we did with Doug, where he mixed us and gave us the TINIEST bit of direction, was probably our high point, as a group. And I guess the writing was on the wall; I think we only did a could more sessions together, after this. But we had some good chemistry, for sure. I invited horridus to join us today, but I'm not sure if they are still online. they weren't really much on the internet, even when we were playing together.
	👻 10:23pm Austin Rich: Those Environments albums are great. Just wonderfully thoughtful albums.
	10:23pm Ellen Lovebug: I have to get back to work, just wanted to say I really enjoy MKUltramegaphone, and I'm sorry you can't join us for the show tomorrow. It's like a bookend; the first real concert I'll see in the pandemic era features Curtis, the lead act of the last concert I coordinated at Root Space pre-pandemic.
	👻 10:24pm Austin Rich: That's a good bookend! Take care, Ellen! Until next time.
	10:24pm Ellen Lovebug: See you Monday for Box 13!
	👻 10:25pm Austin Rich: Oh yeah! Don't want to miss that.
	10:25pm Mr. X: Ellen, you will be pleased to know that another spin-off from that last Rooted Space show will be reuniting at the end of this month, Olsen Twins Ghostlight Ensemble.
	👻 10:25pm Austin Rich: That's right! the 29th, we're having a patio session! For my birthday.
	10:34pm jeremy hight: yess
	👻 10:34pm Austin Rich: Hey! It's the author, Jeremy Hight!
	👻 10:34pm Austin Rich: Any questions for the Author?
	10:34pm Mr. X: Nice work, Jeremy.
	10:35pm ?: thank you
	10:35pm jeremy hight: austin is brilliant and good people
	10:36pm Mr. X: Were you influenced by Gertrude Stein, by chance?
	10:37pm jeremy hight: yes and dorothy parker....and ray bradbury
	👻 10:38pm Austin Rich: I've interviewed Jeremy on my show on two previous occasions. One interview is entirely about the zine we published together... with a few other tangents. The first interview is more general, about Jeremy's larger career.
	10:38pm jeremy hight: and borges big time and calvino...and william blake
	👻 10:38pm Austin Rich: First Interview: anywhenanywhere.com...
	10:38pm jeremy hight: yesss
	👻 10:39pm Austin Rich: Second Interview: anywhenanywhere.com...
	10:40pm jeremy hight: I am also a concpetual artist ( went to good ol calarts) and it is hard to find a good collaborator...austin is a good one
	10:40pm Mr. X: All great influences. Austin's delivery seems well-suited to Jeremy's style.
	10:41pm jeremy hight: Yes. He has the voice and really nails the cadences when he reads.
	👻 10:41pm Austin Rich: Jeremy and I have grand plans for other projects, but I've been a little out of pocket lately, and we haven't been able to work together much. I think our last collaboration was a short piece in 2021, about the fires. Probably time to do another show of new material.
	👻 10:41pm Austin Rich: I've been assembling some material for a show about "Phones," and how they aren't what they used to be.
	10:42pm Mr. X: I'm in the middle of reading Stein's Three Lives, that's probably why I thought of Gertrude Stein.
	10:42pm Heather Z: All white cat with green eyes. ❤️ got one here! Popping in to say hi everyone and great show as always, Austin!
	👻 10:42pm Austin Rich: It's nice to see you in the chat, Heather! Always a pleasure.
	10:42pm jeremy hight: and turning my novel into a beer got the labels done
	10:43pm jeremy hight: awww sounds like my last cat samson....
	10:43pm HyperDose: WFMU is for the kitties!
	10:44pm jeremy hight: yesss my black cat baxter is beside me now
	👻 10:44pm Austin Rich: It's true; everyone who DJs for, or listens to, WFMU, love their cats. It's just how we are.
	10:46pm jeremy hight: seeing the zappa comments now....went to his funeral...what a creative genius
	👻 10:46pm Austin Rich: Somewhere, Jeremy, I have audio of just me reading these two stories. I haven't dug those out in a while, but we could do something else with them someday, if you wanted. I think I have me reading at least three, maybe four of your stories.
	10:46pm Mr. X: Also reminds me of an author by the name of Stacey Levine. (She's a friend of a friend, actually.)
	10:47pm jeremy hight: Yes would love that.
	10:47pm Mr. X: How did you happen to get invited to Zappa's funeral, Jeremy?
	10:47pm jeremy hight: Ah. Would be cool to check out her work.
	👻 10:48pm Austin Rich: I think Jeremy and I met through the internet... in a silly online group where we were all pretending to be boring, but we were all too interesting for that. Jeremy and I started messaging each other late at night, when neither of us could sleep. And then... well... collaborations happened.
	10:48pm jeremy hight: Got lucky. Ny friend had worked for him and the site in san francisco. he had an extra ticket believe it or not.
	10:49pm Mr. X: Very cool.
	10:49pm jeremy hight: Yes. Run by the mysterious rhetorical dachsund. he teaches at tyhe same little college as me.
	10:50pm jeremy hight: I used to make sound art and was in bands. Zappa playing a bicycle blew my teen mind. then his arrangements.
	👻 10:51pm Austin Rich: I think I've included at least one of your songs, maybe more, on compilations I've assembled. Do you have a link to your music?
	10:52pm jeremy hight: Ah let me find one zappa inspired.
	10:53pm jeremy hight: https://soundcloud.com/jeremy-hight-1/signalleakage
	👻 11:00pm Austin Rich: Thanks again for joining us tonight, Jeremy!
	11:00pm HyperDose: Thank YOU Austin!
	11:01pm jeremy hight: my pleasure as always
	👻 11:01pm Austin Rich: Thank you, HyperDose! You a truly a dependable listener!
	👻 11:02pm Austin Rich: Jeremy has done some incredible work in other areas! Check him out! Google his stuff! It's fun.
	11:02pm Mr. X: Here's a video of a Don Haugen performance, edited by yours truly (my first time editing video): www.youtube.com...
	👻 11:02pm Austin Rich: And I still have copies of this book lying around the Lava Lamp Lounge, if anyone is interested. wtbc.bandcamp.com...
	👻 11:03pm Austin Rich: That is a great set by Don! I forgot about that video.
	👻 11:07pm Austin Rich: We've got about 10 more minutes. Any other questions or anything while we're still here?
	👻 11:08pm Austin Rich: Don has been making art and stuff for 30 years, and is still one of the most inventive people I know in the northwest.
	11:08pm Mr. X: What does Don call that wire brush-looking thing depicted in the graphic there?
	👻 11:10pm Austin Rich: If I remember correctly, that is a chimney cleaning brush, that he bought new for the purposes of attaching a contact mic to it, and running that through FX. He plucks it, and has it mounted on a board, that he can tap on, etc. Lots of options.
	👻 11:10pm Austin Rich: I don't think he has a name for the device. It's just one of his instruments.
	11:10pm Mr. X: Wow. Yes, inventive.
	👻 11:11pm Austin Rich: He's used street signs for to similar effect.
	11:13pm Mr. X: Saw his band once in the late 80s. Holy Rodent, I think it was called?
	👻 11:13pm Austin Rich: Don was the first person to book Cathead, the first band I ever played in, in the early 90s. He was also the first person to book MKUltramegaphone outside of Salem, and then again, quick to book Mini-Mutations when that project was going.
	👻 11:13pm Austin Rich: Don has been a supporter for AGES. Yep, Holy Rodent was one of his first bands.
	👻 11:14pm Austin Rich: I have at least one vintage recording of Holy Rodent, when Cathead and them played a show together. 1995, I think?
	11:15pm Mr. X: Oh, you're going to have to break that out for me. I'd like to hear it.
	👻 11:15pm Austin Rich: I have the entire evening: all the bands that played that show, all on tape.
	👻 11:16pm Austin Rich: Confused By Tools was one of the other acts.
	👻 11:16pm Austin Rich: (Which featured Cody from The Dark.)
	👻 11:18pm Austin Rich: Good Night everyone! Thanks again!

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from April 19, 2022

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