WFMU: Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from February 21, 2023

Listener comments!
	2/19 9:42pm Cathy: I am listening now, sweetie. You are such an unpredictable one!
	👻 5:35pm Austin Rich: ↳ Cathy @9:42 Am I? I always thought I was fairly milquetoast. Maybe the pocket protector isn't sending the right message?
	👻 5:35pm Austin Rich: Good Hello!
	9:01pm Pauly from Clifton: Hiya, Austin, Folks!
	9:01pm Krys O.: Hey there!
	9:01pm Charles: hello 2 u all
	9:01pm Mr Fab: Ahoy, mutants!
	👻 9:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ Pauly from Clifton @9:01 Nice to see you again, Pauly! How's your Tuesday?
	👻 9:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:01 Nice to see you, Krys O! What's shakin'?
	👻 9:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Charles @9:01 Welcome, Charles!
	9:02pm Krys O.: Oh, man. I used to watch James Burke on PBS as a kid. Thanks for this, Austin.
	9:02pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Ahoy!
	👻 9:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:01 We are ready to mutate!
	👻 9:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:02 Always a pleasure. Write any good books lately?
	👻 9:03pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:02 He's one of my faves.
	9:03pm Krys O.: Have you ever seen Dr. Jonathan Miller's series, The Body in Question? It was from around the same time as Connections.
	9:03pm Pauly from Clifton: ↳ Austin Rich @9:01 Thanks, Austin! Likewise! Enjoying Mardi Gras with some Jambalaya.
	👻 9:04pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:03 I haven't! I'll have to look that up.
	👻 9:04pm Austin Rich: ↳ Pauly from Clifton @9:03 That sounds so good. Why am I not eating Jambalaya?
	9:04pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @9:02 Just two chapters total so far of Coefficient, and Reassignment as far as Max Headroom fanfiction goes. I should introduce you to my Beny Tchaikovsky fanfiction
	9:07pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: The large often discount the small. Having the ability to squash the average housefly, mankind had seen them as nothing more than a common nuisance. So when the time of the Cataclysm had come, when the beasts of the fields and jungles and the Savannah had begun to change in ways that had nothing to do with evolution, the insects were largely ignored.
	9:09pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Awww..
	9:10pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: The Young Ones, Rising Damp, Lovejoy
	9:10pm Krys O.: ↳ Austin Rich @9:04 Miller was in Beyond the Fringe with Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, and Alan Bennett. He was a physician and an opera director.
	👻 9:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:10 Oh! That is a very good pedigree. I've got some Beyond the Fringe LPs around here.
	👻 9:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:10 Lot's of Young Ones in my house.
	9:16pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: You would have liked Lovejoy. Very like its detectives
	👻 9:17pm Austin Rich: I do love a good english mystery or detective story. It's all those episodes of Mystery on PBS.
	👻 9:22pm Austin Rich: When he says "over a decade ago" that probably places the story at some point in 60's, if I'm not mistaken.
	9:23pm Krys O.: I binged on the Jeremy Brett Sherlock Homes series a couple of years ago. Brett was a joy to watch.
	9:24pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Matt Frewer also made a good Holmes.
	👻 9:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:23 Agreed! I should re-watch those. Probably haven't seen them in a couple decades.
	9:24pm Krys O.: Z'ev played a concert at Upsala College when I was a student. I'll never forget that.
	👻 9:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:24 I have both of those, too! I took a Holmes class in college. I do love those stories.
	👻 9:25pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:24 I imagine! How cool.
	9:26pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: New England weather
	9:27pm StringOFperils: Good evening. Can I hide in here for a while?
	👻 9:27pm Austin Rich: ↳ StringOFperils @9:27 Please! And: thanks for thinking of us.
	9:29pm StringOFperils: James Burke's always a draw. Loved Connections. It was amazing.
	👻 9:29pm Austin Rich: ↳ StringOFperils @9:29 This was mostly just an excuse to re-watch these.
	9:32pm Krys O.: I wish I could stick around longer, but I need to get some sleep. Thanks, Austin and take care, everyone!
	👻 9:32pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:32 Sleep well, Krys O! Take care!
	9:33pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ StringOFperils @9:29 His most recent was last January that I know of
	9:34pm StringOFperils: Really?! Wow. Had no idea. Or too many ideas. One of those.
	9:38pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: My cat is licking my salt and vinegar crisps
	👻 9:39pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:38 You can't turn your back on your crips! We had a cat that will steal our chips, but then when he gets it to himself in the corner, he doesn't like it, and leaves it there.
	👻 9:39pm Austin Rich: 1965! I thought I remembered that correctly.
	9:41pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: I was thinking about your chapbook idea, Austin. I like it, but I would like to do it with my song lyrics
	9:42pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @9:39 I was born that year
	👻 9:42pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:41 That's a good idea, too!
	👻 9:43pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:42 It was a good year.
	👻 9:44pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Laika (Barker Or Howler)" by "Lube Fondue" Laika, of course, was one of the Russian Space Dogs, during that period of their program.
	👻 9:45pm Austin Rich: ↳ Austin Rich @9:44 en.wikipedia.org...
	9:45pm brad253: Hey Austin, Thanks for giving Tom and I a spin!
	👻 9:46pm Austin Rich: ↳ brad253 @9:45 Hey, Brad! Thanks for tuning in! I always enjoy playing your tunes, both you and Tom!
	9:50pm brad253: I rarely comment, but I'm always tuned in on Tuesday nights. Always something new and weird to hear. Thanks!
	👻 9:50pm Austin Rich: ↳ brad253 @9:50 Ah, that's sweet, Brad. Thanks for listening!
	9:52pm brad253: If I hadn't tuned in I would not have known there was a band/project named Lube Fondue :)
	👻 9:55pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Carseat Collapse Recall" by "Dead Air Fresheners" Full Disclosure: I played with / in the Dead Air Fresheners on a number of occasions, a few times delivering lyrics and stories over their music. I appear on a few of their recordings, but largely, Dead Air Fresheners are anonymous, and perform masked. These days, one of the members has recruited his children, who perform with the band, on various instruments. I haven't performed with them in years, but they were a big part of me getting back to performing in front of crowds again.
	9:57pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @9:55 Sounds like you benefited from your experience
	👻 9:58pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:57 Indeed. I used to live in their neighborhood, way back when, and they were an interesting troop of folks. Always a lot going on with them.
	10:00pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: I was pretty isolated creatively growing up and even later in life. Western Mass is quite dull.
	👻 10:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:00 That was sort of the promise of the Internet: to finally break the isolation.
	10:01pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @10:01 Its working very nicely
	10:05pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Hipbone, legbone
	10:06pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Time capsule in a way
	👻 10:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:00 I think small towns have that effect on people, too. I felt like I lived a million miles from everything as a kid. I felt like I could never meet the kinds of people I would hear on the radio.
	10:14pm Heather: Hi hi! Been enjoying the show while working with the cursed number 1 shade of green!
	👻 10:16pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather @10:14 Nice to see you in the chat! Hopefully this works well for painting?
	10:16pm Heather: ↳ Austin Rich @10:16 It's a great listen, for sure!!
	10:19pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @10:14 I think people in small towns expect to be eschewed if they don't fit the normal order of things
	👻 10:20pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "The Magic Poker" by "Trey Gunn" Before Trey Gunn was famous, he used to live in Eugene, going to the U of O, selling and giving away his tapes of weird guitar experiments.
	👻 10:20pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:19 This is true. Small towns are more likely to look down on anything that doesn't fit the norm.
	10:22pm Heather: ↳ Austin Rich @10:20 I agree. My folks are both from the same small town and there was a lot of hand wringing over what people would think when, e.g., I started wearing all black. My thought was "who cares?" But that didn't go over well.
	👻 10:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather @10:22 It's funny how little the offense can be, too. "Wearing All Black." Haven't weird people been doing that for hundreds of years?
	10:28pm StringOFperils: In small isolated towns, like the one I grew up in , it seems like people create false narratives about others, and become suspicious and paranoid, because there's so little else to do, other than working on your truck or having a bake-sale or something
	👻 10:28pm Austin Rich: ↳ StringOFperils @10:28 Ooooo! I think you hit the nail on the head.
	10:29pm Heather: ↳ Austin Rich @10:24 That's the thing! I didn't take up murder as a hobby! I just liked black nail polish!
	10:29pm StringOFperils: It's a kind of negative creativity that becomes a living hallucination
	👻 10:29pm Austin Rich: I know I retreated into TV and radio when I was a kid. There were lots of things to watch and listen to.
	10:31pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @10:29 I did the same, but with Lets Pretend records and sneaking into my parents room to watch Benny Hill
	👻 10:31pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather @10:29 Well, Black was a standard fashion color for decades and decades, because it looked find dirty and was easy to make stuff for the whole family in that color. Fancy colored fabrics are really an Industrial Revolution innovation. There were other colors of fabric pre-industrial revolution. but they were costly.
	👻 10:32pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:31 I have a few Let's Pretend records, that I found at thrift stores. And Benny Hill is always good for a larf.
	10:33pm coelacanth∅: Greetings Rich and mutants
	10:33pm Heather: ↳ Austin Rich @10:31 It was a good choice for someone who used to spill as much coffee as I did! My friend Leigh once bought a white skirt. And spilled Earl Grey on it nearly immediately. Should have stuck to black!
	👻 10:34pm Austin Rich: ↳ coelacanth∅ @10:33 Greetings and Salutations! Always wonderful to see you.
	10:34pm Heather: ↳ coelacanth∅ @10:33 Hi Coel!
	10:35pm coelacanth∅: olá, Heather!
	👻 10:35pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Improv I 042714" by "Bob Bucko Jr." Bob Bucko Jr. runs the Personal Archives record label, which releases a wide range of interesting and incredible experiemtnal music. I recommend checking out the Personal Archives label. Good stuff!
	👻 10:36pm Austin Rich: ↳ Austin Rich @10:35 personalarchives.bandcamp.com
	👻 10:39pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "[track 4]" by "Divine Circles" Divine Circles is a one-person act, playing a Cello with a looping pedal. They use loops and samples to create layered performances, and it is BEAUTIFUL to watch and listen to. I got to engineer their sound once for a radio gig, and it was fantastic. They gave me this CD, and I don't think you can find this recording elsewhere. (I believe this CD was a demo for the live set they were doing on that tour.) Excellent stuff; I highly recommend.
	👻 10:39pm Austin Rich: ↳ Austin Rich @10:39 divinecircles.bandcamp.com
	10:42pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Very interesting recording. The music is almost hypnotic
	👻 10:42pm Austin Rich: There used to be full video of the set I recorded on YouTube, but it isn't easily searchable at the moment.
	👻 10:43pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:42 They put on a very cool show. It was an honor to engineer them for radio.
	10:49pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Sent you the Beny Tchaikovsky fanfiction
	10:49pm StringOFperils: This makes for a very dreamy way of learning history. Like sleep tapes.
	👻 10:49pm Austin Rich: ↳ StringOFperils @10:49 I like that. "Sleep Tapes."
	10:50pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ StringOFperils @10:49 I agree
	👻 10:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:49 Got it! Thanks!
	10:52pm Mr Fab: ↳ StringOFperils @10:49 Yes, cool way to use spoken-word on music. Works really well.
	10:53pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: CDs are modern time capsules
	10:54pm Heather: I heard those CDs clanking! Cds are still great, even if I'm down to only one computer that has a drive and that's an add on!
	10:54pm StringOFperils: CDs are more reliable than hard-drives, even if they are unstable.
	10:56pm Heather: That's how I DJ live at wayo! Shuffling a big old bag of CDs! It is stressful but also fun! And there's times for dance breaks!
	10:56pm coelacanth∅: i like cds because they can be created at home for 30-40¢ and can be presented with cover art, like an LP -which is far superior in both sound and presentation, but is obviously not a do-it-yourself format.
	10:57pm Heather: ↳ StringOFperils @10:54 I agree. I've had more computers jam or do the surprise restarts than I can count but, as long as the player works, CDs just play like they should.
	10:58pm Heather: ↳ coelacanth∅ @10:56 Also agree! The Spotify mix just isn't the same as a real home burned CD.
	10:59pm Mr Fab: I didnt like CDs because the commercial sale price was ridiculously expensive. Twice the price of vinyl or cassettes (at the time) even tho the production costs were pennys in comparison. A genuine great rock n roll swindle. Now they’re cheaper in thrifts than vinyl, so I’m catching up on ‘90s things I missed.
	👻 10:59pm Austin Rich: I do have a lot of digital music, too. And a lot of records. And a lot of tapes. And some transcriptions discs. And some 8 Tracks. And some other stuff too. Reel to reels, even?
	10:59pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: And I have old songs that you can't even find anymore
	👻 11:00pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @10:59 In the old Days, CDs were OVERPRICED, for sure. And a scam, as you say. But these days, it's hard to sell CDs at those prices anymore.
	11:00pm Arvo: Just saying hello! Late here. Nice looking playlist. Hi to Austin and Heather!
	👻 11:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @11:00 Arvo! Nice to see you!
	11:01pm Heather: ↳ Arvo @11:00 Hi Arvo!!
	11:01pm coelacanth∅: true Mr.Fab. i think i've only bought 1-2 dozen cds new in my life, out of ... 500? total scam ( like "texting")
	11:02pm StringOFperils: I used to pay stupid prices for CDs . Unbelievably expensive sometimes to get imports.
	11:02pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Well, I am going to bed, so sleep well
	👻 11:02pm Austin Rich: As a DJ, I used to get Free CDs in the mail. A LOT OF CDS IN THE MAIL. So many, I had to give a lot away, just so I wasn't overwhelmed. These days, it's back to just a few a week.
	11:03pm Cp304: Thanks Austin Rich night all
	11:03pm Heather: Night all! Awesome show as always, Austin! Thank you!
	11:03pm coelacanth∅: and that's a wrap. Thanks Austin Rich!
	👻 11:03pm Austin Rich: Sleep well everyone.
	11:03pm StringOFperils: Time to bail out. Thank you Austin! Goodnight all!

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from February 21, 2023

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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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February 21, 2023: Connections 1

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Approx. start time
This episode contains sample from James Burke's, "Connections," TV Program, S1E1.
Fervent Torpor	At The Playground "At The Playground" by "Fervent Torpor"	1000 Years of Solitude	Self-Released	2017	0:00:08 (Pop-up)
Brad Anderson	Upwelling "Upwelling" by "Brad Anderson"	Darwinian Playground	Self-Released	2020	0:05:49 (Pop-up)
Four Dimensional Nightmare	Fifth Genesis	Transcending Radio	Self-Released	2018	0:12:01 (Pop-up)
George & Caplin	Staionwagon Sleepingbag	Things Past	Beta-Lactam Ring	2006	0:15:29 (Pop-up)
Ibiza Shock Troops	[track 3] "[track 3]" by "Ibiza Shock Troops"	Rave Nozzle	Self-Released	2019	0:19:28 (Pop-up)
Illusion of Safety & Z'ev	Smaller Revolutions	If There Is No Doorway, One Must Break Out Through The Wall.	No Part Of It	2022	0:22:27 (Pop-up)
Lube Fondue	Laika (Barker Or Howler)	Homeless Cosmonaut	Self-Released	2009	0:42:54 (Pop-up)
Dead Air Fresheners	Carseat Collapse Recall	Fast Radio Bursts	Personal Archives	2016	0:53:04 (Pop-up)
Miss Murgatroid	Through Alien Empires	Through Alien Empires	Japan Overseas	1997	1:02:43 (Pop-up)
Homogenized Terrestrials	Sun Transfusion	Shadows Think Twice	Aubjects	2015	1:12:41 (Pop-up)
Trey Gunn	The Magic Poker "The Magic Poker" by "Trey Gunn"	Playing With Borrowed Time	Self-Released	1985	1:18:44 (Pop-up)
Idler Arms	Krummholz Formation "Krummholz Formation" by "Idler Arms"	Kubelik Unbugged	Butte County Free Music Society	2012	1:25:32 (Pop-up)
Bob Bucko Jr.	Improv I 042714 "Improv I 042714" by "Bob Bucko Jr."	Crank Spirit	Personal Archives	2016	1:29:56 (Pop-up)
Divine Circles	[track 4] "[track 4]" by "Divine Circles"	Instruments	Self-Released	2014	1:37:06 (Pop-up)
Epos Nemo Latrocinium	Radiant Poison (Dose Two)	Iter Itineris I	Self-Released	2012	1:57:36 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	2/19 9:42pm Cathy: I am listening now, sweetie. You are such an unpredictable one!
	👻 5:35pm Austin Rich: ↳ Cathy @9:42 Am I? I always thought I was fairly milquetoast. Maybe the pocket protector isn't sending the right message?
	👻 5:35pm Austin Rich: Good Hello!
	9:01pm Pauly from Clifton: Hiya, Austin, Folks!
	9:01pm Krys O.: Hey there!
	9:01pm Charles: hello 2 u all
	9:01pm Mr Fab: Ahoy, mutants!
	👻 9:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ Pauly from Clifton @9:01 Nice to see you again, Pauly! How's your Tuesday?
	👻 9:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:01 Nice to see you, Krys O! What's shakin'?
	👻 9:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Charles @9:01 Welcome, Charles!
	9:02pm Krys O.: Oh, man. I used to watch James Burke on PBS as a kid. Thanks for this, Austin.
	9:02pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Ahoy!
	👻 9:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:01 We are ready to mutate!
	👻 9:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:02 Always a pleasure. Write any good books lately?
	👻 9:03pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:02 He's one of my faves.
	9:03pm Krys O.: Have you ever seen Dr. Jonathan Miller's series, The Body in Question? It was from around the same time as Connections.
	9:03pm Pauly from Clifton: ↳ Austin Rich @9:01 Thanks, Austin! Likewise! Enjoying Mardi Gras with some Jambalaya.
	👻 9:04pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:03 I haven't! I'll have to look that up.
	👻 9:04pm Austin Rich: ↳ Pauly from Clifton @9:03 That sounds so good. Why am I not eating Jambalaya?
	9:04pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @9:02 Just two chapters total so far of Coefficient, and Reassignment as far as Max Headroom fanfiction goes. I should introduce you to my Beny Tchaikovsky fanfiction
	9:07pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: The large often discount the small. Having the ability to squash the average housefly, mankind had seen them as nothing more than a common nuisance. So when the time of the Cataclysm had come, when the beasts of the fields and jungles and the Savannah had begun to change in ways that had nothing to do with evolution, the insects were largely ignored.
	9:09pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Awww..
	9:10pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: The Young Ones, Rising Damp, Lovejoy
	9:10pm Krys O.: ↳ Austin Rich @9:04 Miller was in Beyond the Fringe with Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, and Alan Bennett. He was a physician and an opera director.
	👻 9:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:10 Oh! That is a very good pedigree. I've got some Beyond the Fringe LPs around here.
	👻 9:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:10 Lot's of Young Ones in my house.
	9:16pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: You would have liked Lovejoy. Very like its detectives
	👻 9:17pm Austin Rich: I do love a good english mystery or detective story. It's all those episodes of Mystery on PBS.
	👻 9:22pm Austin Rich: When he says "over a decade ago" that probably places the story at some point in 60's, if I'm not mistaken.
	9:23pm Krys O.: I binged on the Jeremy Brett Sherlock Homes series a couple of years ago. Brett was a joy to watch.
	9:24pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Matt Frewer also made a good Holmes.
	👻 9:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:23 Agreed! I should re-watch those. Probably haven't seen them in a couple decades.
	9:24pm Krys O.: Z'ev played a concert at Upsala College when I was a student. I'll never forget that.
	👻 9:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:24 I have both of those, too! I took a Holmes class in college. I do love those stories.
	👻 9:25pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:24 I imagine! How cool.
	9:26pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: New England weather
	9:27pm StringOFperils: Good evening. Can I hide in here for a while?
	👻 9:27pm Austin Rich: ↳ StringOFperils @9:27 Please! And: thanks for thinking of us.
	9:29pm StringOFperils: James Burke's always a draw. Loved Connections. It was amazing.
	👻 9:29pm Austin Rich: ↳ StringOFperils @9:29 This was mostly just an excuse to re-watch these.
	9:32pm Krys O.: I wish I could stick around longer, but I need to get some sleep. Thanks, Austin and take care, everyone!
	👻 9:32pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:32 Sleep well, Krys O! Take care!
	9:33pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ StringOFperils @9:29 His most recent was last January that I know of
	9:34pm StringOFperils: Really?! Wow. Had no idea. Or too many ideas. One of those.
	9:38pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: My cat is licking my salt and vinegar crisps
	👻 9:39pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:38 You can't turn your back on your crips! We had a cat that will steal our chips, but then when he gets it to himself in the corner, he doesn't like it, and leaves it there.
	👻 9:39pm Austin Rich: 1965! I thought I remembered that correctly.
	9:41pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: I was thinking about your chapbook idea, Austin. I like it, but I would like to do it with my song lyrics
	9:42pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @9:39 I was born that year
	👻 9:42pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:41 That's a good idea, too!
	👻 9:43pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:42 It was a good year.
	👻 9:44pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Laika (Barker Or Howler)" by "Lube Fondue" Laika, of course, was one of the Russian Space Dogs, during that period of their program.
	👻 9:45pm Austin Rich: ↳ Austin Rich @9:44 en.wikipedia.org...
	9:45pm brad253: Hey Austin, Thanks for giving Tom and I a spin!
	👻 9:46pm Austin Rich: ↳ brad253 @9:45 Hey, Brad! Thanks for tuning in! I always enjoy playing your tunes, both you and Tom!
	9:50pm brad253: I rarely comment, but I'm always tuned in on Tuesday nights. Always something new and weird to hear. Thanks!
	👻 9:50pm Austin Rich: ↳ brad253 @9:50 Ah, that's sweet, Brad. Thanks for listening!
	9:52pm brad253: If I hadn't tuned in I would not have known there was a band/project named Lube Fondue :)
	👻 9:55pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Carseat Collapse Recall" by "Dead Air Fresheners" Full Disclosure: I played with / in the Dead Air Fresheners on a number of occasions, a few times delivering lyrics and stories over their music. I appear on a few of their recordings, but largely, Dead Air Fresheners are anonymous, and perform masked. These days, one of the members has recruited his children, who perform with the band, on various instruments. I haven't performed with them in years, but they were a big part of me getting back to performing in front of crowds again.
	9:57pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @9:55 Sounds like you benefited from your experience
	👻 9:58pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:57 Indeed. I used to live in their neighborhood, way back when, and they were an interesting troop of folks. Always a lot going on with them.
	10:00pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: I was pretty isolated creatively growing up and even later in life. Western Mass is quite dull.
	👻 10:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:00 That was sort of the promise of the Internet: to finally break the isolation.
	10:01pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @10:01 Its working very nicely
	10:05pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Hipbone, legbone
	10:06pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Time capsule in a way
	👻 10:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:00 I think small towns have that effect on people, too. I felt like I lived a million miles from everything as a kid. I felt like I could never meet the kinds of people I would hear on the radio.
	10:14pm Heather: Hi hi! Been enjoying the show while working with the cursed number 1 shade of green!
	👻 10:16pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather @10:14 Nice to see you in the chat! Hopefully this works well for painting?
	10:16pm Heather: ↳ Austin Rich @10:16 It's a great listen, for sure!!
	10:19pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @10:14 I think people in small towns expect to be eschewed if they don't fit the normal order of things
	👻 10:20pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "The Magic Poker" by "Trey Gunn" Before Trey Gunn was famous, he used to live in Eugene, going to the U of O, selling and giving away his tapes of weird guitar experiments.
	👻 10:20pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:19 This is true. Small towns are more likely to look down on anything that doesn't fit the norm.
	10:22pm Heather: ↳ Austin Rich @10:20 I agree. My folks are both from the same small town and there was a lot of hand wringing over what people would think when, e.g., I started wearing all black. My thought was "who cares?" But that didn't go over well.
	👻 10:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather @10:22 It's funny how little the offense can be, too. "Wearing All Black." Haven't weird people been doing that for hundreds of years?
	10:28pm StringOFperils: In small isolated towns, like the one I grew up in , it seems like people create false narratives about others, and become suspicious and paranoid, because there's so little else to do, other than working on your truck or having a bake-sale or something
	👻 10:28pm Austin Rich: ↳ StringOFperils @10:28 Ooooo! I think you hit the nail on the head.
	10:29pm Heather: ↳ Austin Rich @10:24 That's the thing! I didn't take up murder as a hobby! I just liked black nail polish!
	10:29pm StringOFperils: It's a kind of negative creativity that becomes a living hallucination
	👻 10:29pm Austin Rich: I know I retreated into TV and radio when I was a kid. There were lots of things to watch and listen to.
	10:31pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @10:29 I did the same, but with Lets Pretend records and sneaking into my parents room to watch Benny Hill
	👻 10:31pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather @10:29 Well, Black was a standard fashion color for decades and decades, because it looked find dirty and was easy to make stuff for the whole family in that color. Fancy colored fabrics are really an Industrial Revolution innovation. There were other colors of fabric pre-industrial revolution. but they were costly.
	👻 10:32pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:31 I have a few Let's Pretend records, that I found at thrift stores. And Benny Hill is always good for a larf.
	10:33pm coelacanth∅: Greetings Rich and mutants
	10:33pm Heather: ↳ Austin Rich @10:31 It was a good choice for someone who used to spill as much coffee as I did! My friend Leigh once bought a white skirt. And spilled Earl Grey on it nearly immediately. Should have stuck to black!
	👻 10:34pm Austin Rich: ↳ coelacanth∅ @10:33 Greetings and Salutations! Always wonderful to see you.
	10:34pm Heather: ↳ coelacanth∅ @10:33 Hi Coel!
	10:35pm coelacanth∅: olá, Heather!
	👻 10:35pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Improv I 042714" by "Bob Bucko Jr." Bob Bucko Jr. runs the Personal Archives record label, which releases a wide range of interesting and incredible experiemtnal music. I recommend checking out the Personal Archives label. Good stuff!
	👻 10:36pm Austin Rich: ↳ Austin Rich @10:35 personalarchives.bandcamp.com
	👻 10:39pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "[track 4]" by "Divine Circles" Divine Circles is a one-person act, playing a Cello with a looping pedal. They use loops and samples to create layered performances, and it is BEAUTIFUL to watch and listen to. I got to engineer their sound once for a radio gig, and it was fantastic. They gave me this CD, and I don't think you can find this recording elsewhere. (I believe this CD was a demo for the live set they were doing on that tour.) Excellent stuff; I highly recommend.
	👻 10:39pm Austin Rich: ↳ Austin Rich @10:39 divinecircles.bandcamp.com
	10:42pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Very interesting recording. The music is almost hypnotic
	👻 10:42pm Austin Rich: There used to be full video of the set I recorded on YouTube, but it isn't easily searchable at the moment.
	👻 10:43pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:42 They put on a very cool show. It was an honor to engineer them for radio.
	10:49pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Sent you the Beny Tchaikovsky fanfiction
	10:49pm StringOFperils: This makes for a very dreamy way of learning history. Like sleep tapes.
	👻 10:49pm Austin Rich: ↳ StringOFperils @10:49 I like that. "Sleep Tapes."
	10:50pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ StringOFperils @10:49 I agree
	👻 10:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:49 Got it! Thanks!
	10:52pm Mr Fab: ↳ StringOFperils @10:49 Yes, cool way to use spoken-word on music. Works really well.
	10:53pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: CDs are modern time capsules
	10:54pm Heather: I heard those CDs clanking! Cds are still great, even if I'm down to only one computer that has a drive and that's an add on!
	10:54pm StringOFperils: CDs are more reliable than hard-drives, even if they are unstable.
	10:56pm Heather: That's how I DJ live at wayo! Shuffling a big old bag of CDs! It is stressful but also fun! And there's times for dance breaks!
	10:56pm coelacanth∅: i like cds because they can be created at home for 30-40¢ and can be presented with cover art, like an LP -which is far superior in both sound and presentation, but is obviously not a do-it-yourself format.
	10:57pm Heather: ↳ StringOFperils @10:54 I agree. I've had more computers jam or do the surprise restarts than I can count but, as long as the player works, CDs just play like they should.
	10:58pm Heather: ↳ coelacanth∅ @10:56 Also agree! The Spotify mix just isn't the same as a real home burned CD.
	10:59pm Mr Fab: I didnt like CDs because the commercial sale price was ridiculously expensive. Twice the price of vinyl or cassettes (at the time) even tho the production costs were pennys in comparison. A genuine great rock n roll swindle. Now they’re cheaper in thrifts than vinyl, so I’m catching up on ‘90s things I missed.
	👻 10:59pm Austin Rich: I do have a lot of digital music, too. And a lot of records. And a lot of tapes. And some transcriptions discs. And some 8 Tracks. And some other stuff too. Reel to reels, even?
	10:59pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: And I have old songs that you can't even find anymore
	👻 11:00pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @10:59 In the old Days, CDs were OVERPRICED, for sure. And a scam, as you say. But these days, it's hard to sell CDs at those prices anymore.
	11:00pm Arvo: Just saying hello! Late here. Nice looking playlist. Hi to Austin and Heather!
	👻 11:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @11:00 Arvo! Nice to see you!
	11:01pm Heather: ↳ Arvo @11:00 Hi Arvo!!
	11:01pm coelacanth∅: true Mr.Fab. i think i've only bought 1-2 dozen cds new in my life, out of ... 500? total scam ( like "texting")
	11:02pm StringOFperils: I used to pay stupid prices for CDs . Unbelievably expensive sometimes to get imports.
	11:02pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Well, I am going to bed, so sleep well
	👻 11:02pm Austin Rich: As a DJ, I used to get Free CDs in the mail. A LOT OF CDS IN THE MAIL. So many, I had to give a lot away, just so I wasn't overwhelmed. These days, it's back to just a few a week.
	11:03pm Cp304: Thanks Austin Rich night all
	11:03pm Heather: Night all! Awesome show as always, Austin! Thank you!
	11:03pm coelacanth∅: and that's a wrap. Thanks Austin Rich!
	👻 11:03pm Austin Rich: Sleep well everyone.
	11:03pm StringOFperils: Time to bail out. Thank you Austin! Goodnight all!

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from February 21, 2023

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