WFMU: Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from August 8, 2023

Listener comments!
	👻 4:23pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	9:00pm Krys O.: Howdy!
	👻 9:01pm ramencity: moo moo buckaroo
	9:01pm Kat in the chat: I could go for a lil more Frontier Gentleman, I reckon.
	9:01pm Aitch: mutating
	9:02pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Ahoy
	9:05pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: We star-vultures love us some tasty vittles.
	9:06pm Paco_Jones: Howdy
	👻 9:06pm Austin Rich: ↳ Paco_Jones @9:06 Paco! Thanks for joining us!
	9:07pm laurapanic: Hi, I'm back again, a sackful of trouble.
	👻 9:07pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @9:07 Oh, excellent! I was just thinking that we needed some trouble. Thanks for droppin' in!
	9:08pm Paco_Jones: ↳ Austin Rich @9:06 Glad to be here. Happy Tuesday
	👻 9:08pm Austin Rich: ↳ Paco_Jones @9:08 Thanks you! Tuesday is pretty much a religious holiday... but with radio, instead of... you know...
	9:10pm laurapanic: I'm very fascinated by the juxtaposition of Frontier Gentleman the musical playlist. It gives me big feelings and I LIKE IT
	9:10pm Paco_Jones: ↳ Austin Rich @9:08 Indeed. Hey, it's me.
	👻 9:10pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Things I've Seen" by "Paco Jones" Paco wrote the original theme song for "Mid-Valley Mutations" when we launched this version of the show, in 2016. We haven't had much Paco music on this show recently, but it's about time! He started posting new music online lately, and it's very exciting!
	👻 9:11pm Austin Rich: More Paco Music: pacojones.bandcamp.com
	👻 9:12pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @9:10 I have always enjoyed this style of radio, a la "Over The Edge" with Don Joyce / Negativland. I do a much more stripped down version, but I think it's something I'd like to hear more of.
	9:12pm Paco_Jones: ↳ Austin Rich @9:10 Thank you for your continuing support. I really enjoyed creating that theme song. It's true I've been away for awhile. It is exciting to make a return.
	👻 9:12pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Things I've Seen" by "Paco Jones" I realize I think I have a recording of a live version of this song, from around 2013, when I engineered a live radio performance you did in PDX. But I do love the recording of this song on the album.
	9:15pm Paco_Jones: ↳ Austin Rich @9:12 Yes, that was my last live show in fact. You did a great job on the engineering. This EP was recorded and produced by Steve Fisk. He did a great job and it was exciting working with him.
	👻 9:16pm Austin Rich: ↳ Paco_Jones @9:15 I'm not bad, but I'm no Steve Fisk. His production is always good.
	9:17pm Paco_Jones: ↳ Austin Rich @9:11 Thank you for sharing this, and for playing that track. I had not heard it in a long time, about a decade. This particular EP is not available online as it was CD only. I still have a few copies. I think I should post it to Bandcamp eventually.
	👻 9:17pm ramencity: In the old west, everyone had small faces...
	9:17pm Paco_Jones: ↳ Austin Rich @9:16 Very true. Steve is quite good at what he does.
	9:18pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ ramencity @9:17 Small faces and big antes
	👻 9:18pm Austin Rich: Here's a link to Paco's last live performance. I think there's photos and video, but who knows if those links are active. whatsthiscalled.net...
	👻 9:19pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @9:17 That's the kind of thing they don't teach you in the history books.
	👻 9:21pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:18 I think that was a comedy western movie, starting James Garner as a Maverick sort of character?
	9:23pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Austin, any word from Heather on a good time for Lost Christobel?
	👻 9:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Young Lawyer" by "the French Kicks" This band is the most "early 2000's" thing I've heard in a while. If you told me that Les Savy Fav and LCD Sound System were having them open a huge show, I wouldn't be surprised.
	👻 9:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:23 I sent her an e-mail about scheduling, but I think she's over-booked this week. Still waiting to hear back.
	👻 9:25pm Austin Rich: (I think The Frontier Gentleman is making up legal jargon. Let's see if it works.)
	9:27pm laurapanic: Jealous Butcher, always producing the meats of quality, TO THIS VERY DAY
	👻 9:27pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @9:27 SERIOUSLY. Oswald was local to me and The Ramen City Kid, and seeing them was MAGICAL.
	9:29pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Getting sleepy and have an early morning appointment
	9:32pm Krys O.: G'night, podnuhs!
	👻 9:32pm Austin Rich: harrietrecords.bandcamp.com...
	9:32pm Kat in the chat: G'night, sleepyheads!
	9:36pm laurapanic: I would be happy to play the role of "sobbing woman in court room"
	👻 9:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @9:36 It was the part you were born to play! We just have to write the script around it.
	9:38pm Kat in the chat: ooh Morphine!
	👻 9:38pm Austin Rich: ↳ Kat in the chat @9:38 I had a sneaking suspicion there was a fan or two in the chat.
	9:39pm Kat in the chat: ↳ Austin Rich @9:38 one band I deeply regret not seeing live when I had the chance.
	👻 9:40pm Austin Rich: ↳ Kat in the chat @9:39 I was super late to the game with them, and never had the chance. But I'm sure they would have been great on stage.
	9:42pm laurapanic: I was born to play this screaming Mrs Furlong. I learnt the skills in punk rock
	👻 9:44pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @9:42 I feel like there's a number of essays one could write, about all the real-world skills you learn from punk. I bet we could come up with more than just a short list.
	👻 9:45pm Austin Rich: "What I heared..."
	9:46pm laurapanic: ↳ Austin Rich @9:44 oh certainly. every workplace has benefitted from my DIY skills and sensibility 100%
	👻 9:47pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @9:46 I feel like a DIY sensibility is what most office-managers are looking for in their staff: "Can you please do more with less?"
	9:47pm laurapanic: new swears for me: SNAKE EYED SWITCHTAIL
	👻 9:48pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @9:47 The best part of listening to this show is all the old-timey curses.
	9:48pm laurapanic: ↳ Austin Rich @9:47 Very true. I also use the "uh, don't we just DO it" vibe to some of the tasks-by-committee shit.
	👻 9:50pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @9:48 Of course. Q: "So, how are we supposed to accomplish all of this by tomorrow?" A: "I figured we would just do it?"
	9:53pm Paco_Jones: ↳ Austin Rich @9:48 What in tarnation!?!
	👻 9:53pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "You Can Never Hold Back Spring" by "Tom Waits" The saddest song in the world about life coming back after a cold winter.
	👻 9:53pm Austin Rich: ↳ Paco_Jones @9:53 Consarnit!
	10:01pm Paco_Jones: ↳ Austin Rich @9:53 Mashin' ups!
	👻 10:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Poker" by "Electric Light Orchestra" This is the most punk ELO song ever recorded.
	10:03pm laurapanic: go make coffee, miss ELO
	👻 10:04pm Austin Rich: I love that mangled drum intro / transition between parts. So excellent!
	👻 10:04pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @10:03 This is why you need a steady stream of coffee. So your heightened senses will never miss a classic ELO moment.
	👻 10:06pm Austin Rich: Breaking in shoes. Ouch! I recall my parents always trying to get me to take a pair that was too large, so I would "grow into them."
	10:06pm laurapanic: ↳ Austin Rich @10:04 IV will suffice
	👻 10:07pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @10:06 There you go! A drip coffee, coffee drip.
	👻 10:08pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "West Dakota" by "Estocar" Another band I engineered, and I'm pretty sure I have a live recording of them playing this song, too. But I love the album version, too. (These guys played on / were friends with Miss Rikki, who hosted the CLASSIC Closet Radio program in PDX, which I miss dearly. She would occasionally have her friends bands on, and they were always great.
	10:09pm coelacanth∅: Greetings Austin, Rich, and other mutants
	👻 10:09pm Austin Rich: ↳ coelacanth∅ @10:09 Hooray! We have all been waiting for you to join us. Thanks!
	10:10pm Geoff-U: Hullo :wave: pardon my tardiness
	👻 10:10pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @10:10 Geoff! The second wave are arriving! I love it!
	10:11pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Austin Rich @10:09 oh of course you were!
	10:12pm Geoff-U: Aww I missed Oswald Five-O... RIP Pete Christy
	👻 10:12pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @10:12 Yeah. Though, the odds of me playing Oswald are pretty high, any given show.
	10:13pm laurapanic: Calamity Jane is gonna school these guys
	👻 10:13pm Austin Rich: Calamity Jane don't mess around. She threatens you almost from jump.
	10:13pm Geoff-U: err Robert Christie... my memory is pudding
	👻 10:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @10:13 Hell yeah.
	10:14pm coelacanth∅: Calamity! Ain't no MISS init!
	👻 10:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @10:13 I got ya. I'm almost useless without a fact-check anymore.
	👻 10:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ coelacanth∅ @10:14 She's so cool!
	10:15pm coelacanth∅: i knew a dog names Calamity. ...nowhere near as much a calamity as her master.
	10:15pm coelacanth∅: (named - not "names")
	👻 10:16pm Austin Rich: Calamity Jane sort of reminds me of my grandma. Farm girl, worked for Boeing, had a lot of boyfriends. Loved Bob Wills. She was great.
	👻 10:17pm Austin Rich: You get the impression The Frontier Gentleman isn't as impressed with Calamity Jane as I am.
	👻 10:17pm ramencity: ↳ coelacanth∅ @10:15 I knew a dog named Scorn. What would they have bred?!
	10:17pm laurapanic: Also: Doris is slightly badass
	👻 10:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @10:17 I'm a fan.
	10:17pm laurapanic: Masculine looking woman. He's getting there, closer to the revolution.
	10:19pm coelacanth∅: ↳ ramencity @10:17 something scary!
	10:20pm laurapanic: ↳ Song: "Believe" by "Calamity Jane" one of my faves. Yessss!!!!!! I though this might be coming.
	👻 10:20pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @10:20 I mean, I would feel shame for generations to come if I overlooked this.
	10:21pm coelacanth∅: oh calamity jane the band! - has lived up to the name!
	👻 10:21pm Austin Rich: I would say about half of my set tonight are bands I learned about from The Ramen City Kid.
	10:22pm laurapanic: they have a song on a KRS comp that is so good.
	10:23pm laurapanic: ↳ laurapanic @10:22 I think. I'm vague.
	👻 10:23pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @10:22 I keep looking for actual records, but all I have are downloads. (Maybe one song on a comp, somewhere?) Someday I'll find those records.
	10:24pm Geoff-U: Re: wild west - my grandfather purportedly cut Frank James' hair at his barbershop in Excelsior Springs, MO
	10:25pm laurapanic: ↳ Austin Rich @10:23 I have a 7"
	👻 10:26pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @10:24 Woah! That's pretty cool. There is a family story, that my Grandfather's Uncle was killed in an argument over horses, and who owned which ones. I've been meaning to do more research, but of course... people are getting old and don't remember so well anymore.
	👻 10:26pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @10:25 Sweet! Save that.
	👻 10:30pm ramencity: Gilly-ann from Calamity Jane has a new band: desirmusique.bandcamp.com
	10:31pm coelacanth∅: i've known 2 people named "Wild Bill". the 1st i guessed was ironic, as he was quiet and mild, polite and fair; but he may've actually had a wild past before i met him. 'died of liver disease. 2nd was a national darts champion, apparently. haven't seen him in maybe 10 years. i don't think he shot darts from his hip though. but maybe.
	👻 10:34pm Austin Rich: When I was a kid, my dad had a dartboard, and I tried so hard to get good at it. I was terrible. My brother, Buck, was really good. So eventually I decided to back off on the darts, and just observe.
	10:34pm laurapanic: ↳ ramencity @10:30 wow that looks super cool - will listen...but not now....of course....
	10:34pm Kat in the chat: YOU AIN'T JUST MILKIN' PIGEONS
	👻 10:36pm Austin Rich: "He was a rip-snorter."
	10:37pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Austin Rich @10:34 i fairly well suck at darts. funny because i have very good throwing aim
	👻 10:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ coelacanth∅ @10:37 I'm not sure that's the whole trick. There's certainly more to it... but I've never figured it out.
	10:38pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Austin Rich @10:37 no doubt
	10:38pm laurapanic: ↳ Kat in the chat @10:34 wow. That and the Australian line "I'm not here to fuck spiders" are a great combo.
	👻 10:39pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @10:38 Damn! What a great line.
	10:40pm coelacanth∅: "-but if i WAS here to fuck spiders..."
	10:41pm laurapanic: ↳ coelacanth∅ @10:40 not sure which version is more threatening!
	10:41pm Geoff-U: I tend to avoid the rip-snorter joints any more
	👻 10:41pm ramencity: ↳ coelacanth∅ @10:40 I'd be into a brown recluse...
	👻 10:42pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @10:41 Yeah. I'm more of a, "round the campfire," kind of guy.
	👻 10:42pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @10:41 They are hard to find... but worth it.
	👻 10:45pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Shoot You In the Back" by "Motörhead" I realize I got to see Motörhead four times, but I feel like it wasn't enough. Like, I think back to memorable shows... Motörhead was really way up there.
	10:45pm coelacanth∅: ↳ ramencity @10:41 i never had a bad time with a brown recluse. (which is a really good thing!)
	👻 10:47pm Austin Rich: I do appreciate when the Frontier Gentleman actually mentions his past exploits.
	👻 10:48pm Austin Rich: "That's one thing I ain't and never hope to be." Damn, I love Calamity Jane.
	10:48pm laurapanic: some uncomfortable concepts in the frontier
	👻 10:49pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Gunfight at Red Sands" by "Ennio Morricone" This movie is exactly the kind of bonkers that I love.
	👻 10:49pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @10:48 You're darn tootin' 'bout that.
	👻 10:51pm Heather Z: Home in time to catch some of the show and REM?! Heck yeah!
	👻 10:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Strange" by "REM" I used to listen to this album all the time. Now, only occasionally, and almost never all the way through. But still... it's got some good moments.
	👻 10:52pm Austin Rich: I used to listen to cool music. Not always, but occasionally.
	10:52pm Kat in the chat: I forgot they covered this
	👻 10:53pm Austin Rich: ↳ Kat in the chat @10:52 It's sort of amazing.
	👻 10:55pm Heather Z: I don't like to miss the show! I'm glad to catch the tail end here!!
	10:56pm Geoff-U: Thanks for the great show!
	10:57pm Kat in the chat: Thank you Austin!
	10:57pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Austin!
	👻 10:58pm Austin Rich: Thanks everyone! See ya next time!
	👻 10:59pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Maverick Theme Song" by "James David Buttolph Jr." I'm a sucker for Maverick, but how many canyons are there in Oregon for the wind to roar through?

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from August 8, 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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August 8, 2023: Way Out West Chapter Six

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Approx. start time
Part Eleven: The Trial "Part Eleven: The Trial"
Frontier Gentleman	The Trial [Excerpt]	Frontier Gentleman	CBS	1958	0:00:17 (Pop-up)
Minutemen	On Trial "On Trial" by "Minutemen"	The Politics of TIme	New Alliance	1984	0:00:20 (Pop-up)
Frontier Gentleman	The Trial [Excerpt]	Frontier Gentleman	CBS	1958	0:06:25 (Pop-up)
Paco Jones	Things I've Seen "Things I've Seen" by "Paco Jones"	Second Chance	Self-Released	2013	0:09:22 (Pop-up)
Frontier Gentleman	The Trial [Excerpt]	Frontier Gentleman	CBS	1958	0:13:17 (Pop-up)
Small Faces	Talk to You "Talk to You" by "Small Faces"	"Here Somes The Nice" b/w "Talk To You"	Decca Records	1967	0:16:47 (Pop-up)
Frontier Gentleman	The Trial [Excerpt]	Frontier Gentleman	CBS	1958	0:18:54 (Pop-up)
the French Kicks	Young Lawyer "Young Lawyer" by "the French Kicks"	Young Lawyer EP	Startime International	2000	0:20:19 (Pop-up)
Frontier Gentleman	The Trial [Excerpt]	Frontier Gentleman	CBS	1958	0:23:20 (Pop-up)
Oswald Five-0	Understanding "Understanding" by "Oswald Five-0"	Nothing To Prove	Jealous Butcher	2006	0:25:51 (Pop-up)
Frontier Gentleman	The Trial [Excerpt]	Frontier Gentleman	CBS	1958	0:33:52 (Pop-up)
Morphine	The Jury "The Jury" by "Morphine"	Yes	Rykodisc	1995	0:37:34 (Pop-up)
Frontier Gentleman	The Trial [Excerpt]	Frontier Gentleman	CBS	1958	0:39:33 (Pop-up)
Sozz	Law & Order "Law & Order" by "Sozz"	Killed by Death #22	KBD Records	1998	0:42:04 (Pop-up)
Frontier Gentleman	The Trial [Excerpt]	Frontier Gentleman	CBS	1958	0:44:40 (Pop-up)
Debris	Witness "Witness" by "Debris"	Debris	Static Disposal	1976	0:47:32 (Pop-up)
Frontier Gentleman	The Trial [Excerpt]	Frontier Gentleman	CBS	1958	0:51:45 (Pop-up)
Tom Waits	You Can Never Hold Back Spring	Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards	Anti-	2006	0:52:27 (Pop-up)
Part Twelve: Aces & Eights "Part Twelve: Aces & Eights"
Frontier Gentleman	Aces & Eights [Excerpt]	Frontier Gentleman	CBS	1958	1:01:42 (Pop-up)
Electric Light Orchestra	Poker "Poker" by "Electric Light Orchestra"	Face The Music	United Artists	1975	1:01:44 (Pop-up)
Frontier Gentleman	Aces & Eights [Excerpt]	Frontier Gentleman	CBS	1958	1:05:04 (Pop-up)
Estocar	West Dakota "West Dakota" by "Estocar"	Giraffe Riot	Self-Released	2008	1:07:21 (Pop-up)
Frontier Gentleman	Aces & Eights [Excerpt]	Frontier Gentleman	CBS	1958	1:10:28 (Pop-up)
Doris Day	The Deadwood State (Whip-Crack-Away)	Songs From Calamity Jane & Pajama Party	The Entertainers	2013	1:13:18 (Pop-up)
Frontier Gentleman	Aces & Eights [Excerpt]	Frontier Gentleman	CBS	1958	1:16:32 (Pop-up)
Calamity Jane	Believe "Believe" by "Calamity Jane"	Love Song	Tim Kerr Records	1992	1:18:45 (Pop-up)
Frontier Gentleman	Aces & Eights [Excerpt]	Frontier Gentleman	CBS	1958	1:21:57 (Pop-up)
Keith Clark	Wild Bill Hickock "Wild Bill Hickock" by "Keith Clark"	Ballads Of LaSalle County, Illinois--The Story Of Ottawa, Illinois	Folkways Records	1957	1:24:32 (Pop-up)
Frontier Gentleman	Aces & Eights [Excerpt]	Frontier Gentleman	CBS	1958	1:32:59 (Pop-up)
The Readymen	Old Days "Old Days" by "The Readymen"	Show Hall Bound	Mr. White Records	1995	1:36:37 (Pop-up)
Frontier Gentleman	Aces & Eights [Excerpt]	Frontier Gentleman	CBS	1958	1:38:02 (Pop-up)
Red Aunts	Poker Party "Poker Party" by "Red Aunts"	#1 Chicken	Epitaph Records	1995	1:39:14 (Pop-up)
Frontier Gentleman	Aces & Eights [Excerpt]	Frontier Gentleman	CBS	1958	1:41:25 (Pop-up)
Motörhead	Shoot You In the Back "Shoot You In the Back" by "Motörhead"	Ace Of Spades	Mercury Records	1980	1:43:49 (Pop-up)
Frontier Gentleman	Aces & Eights [Excerpt]	Frontier Gentleman	CBS	1958	1:46:22 (Pop-up)
Ennio Morricone	Gunfight at Red Sands	The Original Motin Picture Soundtrack to "Diabolik"	Pallottola Foro Records	2001	1:48:29 (Pop-up)
Frontier Gentleman	Aces & Eights [Excerpt]	Frontier Gentleman	CBS	1958	1:49:49 (Pop-up)
REM	Strange "Strange" by "REM"	Document	IRS Records	1987	1:50:44 (Pop-up)
James David Buttolph Jr.	Maverick Theme Song	Maverick Theme Song	ABC Television	1957	1:58:50 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	👻 4:23pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	9:00pm Krys O.: Howdy!
	👻 9:01pm ramencity: moo moo buckaroo
	9:01pm Kat in the chat: I could go for a lil more Frontier Gentleman, I reckon.
	9:01pm Aitch: mutating
	9:02pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Ahoy
	9:05pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: We star-vultures love us some tasty vittles.
	9:06pm Paco_Jones: Howdy
	👻 9:06pm Austin Rich: ↳ Paco_Jones @9:06 Paco! Thanks for joining us!
	9:07pm laurapanic: Hi, I'm back again, a sackful of trouble.
	👻 9:07pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @9:07 Oh, excellent! I was just thinking that we needed some trouble. Thanks for droppin' in!
	9:08pm Paco_Jones: ↳ Austin Rich @9:06 Glad to be here. Happy Tuesday
	👻 9:08pm Austin Rich: ↳ Paco_Jones @9:08 Thanks you! Tuesday is pretty much a religious holiday... but with radio, instead of... you know...
	9:10pm laurapanic: I'm very fascinated by the juxtaposition of Frontier Gentleman the musical playlist. It gives me big feelings and I LIKE IT
	9:10pm Paco_Jones: ↳ Austin Rich @9:08 Indeed. Hey, it's me.
	👻 9:10pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Things I've Seen" by "Paco Jones" Paco wrote the original theme song for "Mid-Valley Mutations" when we launched this version of the show, in 2016. We haven't had much Paco music on this show recently, but it's about time! He started posting new music online lately, and it's very exciting!
	👻 9:11pm Austin Rich: More Paco Music: pacojones.bandcamp.com
	👻 9:12pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @9:10 I have always enjoyed this style of radio, a la "Over The Edge" with Don Joyce / Negativland. I do a much more stripped down version, but I think it's something I'd like to hear more of.
	9:12pm Paco_Jones: ↳ Austin Rich @9:10 Thank you for your continuing support. I really enjoyed creating that theme song. It's true I've been away for awhile. It is exciting to make a return.
	👻 9:12pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Things I've Seen" by "Paco Jones" I realize I think I have a recording of a live version of this song, from around 2013, when I engineered a live radio performance you did in PDX. But I do love the recording of this song on the album.
	9:15pm Paco_Jones: ↳ Austin Rich @9:12 Yes, that was my last live show in fact. You did a great job on the engineering. This EP was recorded and produced by Steve Fisk. He did a great job and it was exciting working with him.
	👻 9:16pm Austin Rich: ↳ Paco_Jones @9:15 I'm not bad, but I'm no Steve Fisk. His production is always good.
	9:17pm Paco_Jones: ↳ Austin Rich @9:11 Thank you for sharing this, and for playing that track. I had not heard it in a long time, about a decade. This particular EP is not available online as it was CD only. I still have a few copies. I think I should post it to Bandcamp eventually.
	👻 9:17pm ramencity: In the old west, everyone had small faces...
	9:17pm Paco_Jones: ↳ Austin Rich @9:16 Very true. Steve is quite good at what he does.
	9:18pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ ramencity @9:17 Small faces and big antes
	👻 9:18pm Austin Rich: Here's a link to Paco's last live performance. I think there's photos and video, but who knows if those links are active. whatsthiscalled.net...
	👻 9:19pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @9:17 That's the kind of thing they don't teach you in the history books.
	👻 9:21pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:18 I think that was a comedy western movie, starting James Garner as a Maverick sort of character?
	9:23pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Austin, any word from Heather on a good time for Lost Christobel?
	👻 9:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Young Lawyer" by "the French Kicks" This band is the most "early 2000's" thing I've heard in a while. If you told me that Les Savy Fav and LCD Sound System were having them open a huge show, I wouldn't be surprised.
	👻 9:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:23 I sent her an e-mail about scheduling, but I think she's over-booked this week. Still waiting to hear back.
	👻 9:25pm Austin Rich: (I think The Frontier Gentleman is making up legal jargon. Let's see if it works.)
	9:27pm laurapanic: Jealous Butcher, always producing the meats of quality, TO THIS VERY DAY
	👻 9:27pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @9:27 SERIOUSLY. Oswald was local to me and The Ramen City Kid, and seeing them was MAGICAL.
	9:29pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Getting sleepy and have an early morning appointment
	9:32pm Krys O.: G'night, podnuhs!
	👻 9:32pm Austin Rich: harrietrecords.bandcamp.com...
	9:32pm Kat in the chat: G'night, sleepyheads!
	9:36pm laurapanic: I would be happy to play the role of "sobbing woman in court room"
	👻 9:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @9:36 It was the part you were born to play! We just have to write the script around it.
	9:38pm Kat in the chat: ooh Morphine!
	👻 9:38pm Austin Rich: ↳ Kat in the chat @9:38 I had a sneaking suspicion there was a fan or two in the chat.
	9:39pm Kat in the chat: ↳ Austin Rich @9:38 one band I deeply regret not seeing live when I had the chance.
	👻 9:40pm Austin Rich: ↳ Kat in the chat @9:39 I was super late to the game with them, and never had the chance. But I'm sure they would have been great on stage.
	9:42pm laurapanic: I was born to play this screaming Mrs Furlong. I learnt the skills in punk rock
	👻 9:44pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @9:42 I feel like there's a number of essays one could write, about all the real-world skills you learn from punk. I bet we could come up with more than just a short list.
	👻 9:45pm Austin Rich: "What I heared..."
	9:46pm laurapanic: ↳ Austin Rich @9:44 oh certainly. every workplace has benefitted from my DIY skills and sensibility 100%
	👻 9:47pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @9:46 I feel like a DIY sensibility is what most office-managers are looking for in their staff: "Can you please do more with less?"
	9:47pm laurapanic: new swears for me: SNAKE EYED SWITCHTAIL
	👻 9:48pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @9:47 The best part of listening to this show is all the old-timey curses.
	9:48pm laurapanic: ↳ Austin Rich @9:47 Very true. I also use the "uh, don't we just DO it" vibe to some of the tasks-by-committee shit.
	👻 9:50pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @9:48 Of course. Q: "So, how are we supposed to accomplish all of this by tomorrow?" A: "I figured we would just do it?"
	9:53pm Paco_Jones: ↳ Austin Rich @9:48 What in tarnation!?!
	👻 9:53pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "You Can Never Hold Back Spring" by "Tom Waits" The saddest song in the world about life coming back after a cold winter.
	👻 9:53pm Austin Rich: ↳ Paco_Jones @9:53 Consarnit!
	10:01pm Paco_Jones: ↳ Austin Rich @9:53 Mashin' ups!
	👻 10:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Poker" by "Electric Light Orchestra" This is the most punk ELO song ever recorded.
	10:03pm laurapanic: go make coffee, miss ELO
	👻 10:04pm Austin Rich: I love that mangled drum intro / transition between parts. So excellent!
	👻 10:04pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @10:03 This is why you need a steady stream of coffee. So your heightened senses will never miss a classic ELO moment.
	👻 10:06pm Austin Rich: Breaking in shoes. Ouch! I recall my parents always trying to get me to take a pair that was too large, so I would "grow into them."
	10:06pm laurapanic: ↳ Austin Rich @10:04 IV will suffice
	👻 10:07pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @10:06 There you go! A drip coffee, coffee drip.
	👻 10:08pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "West Dakota" by "Estocar" Another band I engineered, and I'm pretty sure I have a live recording of them playing this song, too. But I love the album version, too. (These guys played on / were friends with Miss Rikki, who hosted the CLASSIC Closet Radio program in PDX, which I miss dearly. She would occasionally have her friends bands on, and they were always great.
	10:09pm coelacanth∅: Greetings Austin, Rich, and other mutants
	👻 10:09pm Austin Rich: ↳ coelacanth∅ @10:09 Hooray! We have all been waiting for you to join us. Thanks!
	10:10pm Geoff-U: Hullo :wave: pardon my tardiness
	👻 10:10pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @10:10 Geoff! The second wave are arriving! I love it!
	10:11pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Austin Rich @10:09 oh of course you were!
	10:12pm Geoff-U: Aww I missed Oswald Five-O... RIP Pete Christy
	👻 10:12pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @10:12 Yeah. Though, the odds of me playing Oswald are pretty high, any given show.
	10:13pm laurapanic: Calamity Jane is gonna school these guys
	👻 10:13pm Austin Rich: Calamity Jane don't mess around. She threatens you almost from jump.
	10:13pm Geoff-U: err Robert Christie... my memory is pudding
	👻 10:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @10:13 Hell yeah.
	10:14pm coelacanth∅: Calamity! Ain't no MISS init!
	👻 10:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @10:13 I got ya. I'm almost useless without a fact-check anymore.
	👻 10:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ coelacanth∅ @10:14 She's so cool!
	10:15pm coelacanth∅: i knew a dog names Calamity. ...nowhere near as much a calamity as her master.
	10:15pm coelacanth∅: (named - not "names")
	👻 10:16pm Austin Rich: Calamity Jane sort of reminds me of my grandma. Farm girl, worked for Boeing, had a lot of boyfriends. Loved Bob Wills. She was great.
	👻 10:17pm Austin Rich: You get the impression The Frontier Gentleman isn't as impressed with Calamity Jane as I am.
	👻 10:17pm ramencity: ↳ coelacanth∅ @10:15 I knew a dog named Scorn. What would they have bred?!
	10:17pm laurapanic: Also: Doris is slightly badass
	👻 10:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @10:17 I'm a fan.
	10:17pm laurapanic: Masculine looking woman. He's getting there, closer to the revolution.
	10:19pm coelacanth∅: ↳ ramencity @10:17 something scary!
	10:20pm laurapanic: ↳ Song: "Believe" by "Calamity Jane" one of my faves. Yessss!!!!!! I though this might be coming.
	👻 10:20pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @10:20 I mean, I would feel shame for generations to come if I overlooked this.
	10:21pm coelacanth∅: oh calamity jane the band! - has lived up to the name!
	👻 10:21pm Austin Rich: I would say about half of my set tonight are bands I learned about from The Ramen City Kid.
	10:22pm laurapanic: they have a song on a KRS comp that is so good.
	10:23pm laurapanic: ↳ laurapanic @10:22 I think. I'm vague.
	👻 10:23pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @10:22 I keep looking for actual records, but all I have are downloads. (Maybe one song on a comp, somewhere?) Someday I'll find those records.
	10:24pm Geoff-U: Re: wild west - my grandfather purportedly cut Frank James' hair at his barbershop in Excelsior Springs, MO
	10:25pm laurapanic: ↳ Austin Rich @10:23 I have a 7"
	👻 10:26pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @10:24 Woah! That's pretty cool. There is a family story, that my Grandfather's Uncle was killed in an argument over horses, and who owned which ones. I've been meaning to do more research, but of course... people are getting old and don't remember so well anymore.
	👻 10:26pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @10:25 Sweet! Save that.
	👻 10:30pm ramencity: Gilly-ann from Calamity Jane has a new band: desirmusique.bandcamp.com
	10:31pm coelacanth∅: i've known 2 people named "Wild Bill". the 1st i guessed was ironic, as he was quiet and mild, polite and fair; but he may've actually had a wild past before i met him. 'died of liver disease. 2nd was a national darts champion, apparently. haven't seen him in maybe 10 years. i don't think he shot darts from his hip though. but maybe.
	👻 10:34pm Austin Rich: When I was a kid, my dad had a dartboard, and I tried so hard to get good at it. I was terrible. My brother, Buck, was really good. So eventually I decided to back off on the darts, and just observe.
	10:34pm laurapanic: ↳ ramencity @10:30 wow that looks super cool - will listen...but not now....of course....
	10:34pm Kat in the chat: YOU AIN'T JUST MILKIN' PIGEONS
	👻 10:36pm Austin Rich: "He was a rip-snorter."
	10:37pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Austin Rich @10:34 i fairly well suck at darts. funny because i have very good throwing aim
	👻 10:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ coelacanth∅ @10:37 I'm not sure that's the whole trick. There's certainly more to it... but I've never figured it out.
	10:38pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Austin Rich @10:37 no doubt
	10:38pm laurapanic: ↳ Kat in the chat @10:34 wow. That and the Australian line "I'm not here to fuck spiders" are a great combo.
	👻 10:39pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @10:38 Damn! What a great line.
	10:40pm coelacanth∅: "-but if i WAS here to fuck spiders..."
	10:41pm laurapanic: ↳ coelacanth∅ @10:40 not sure which version is more threatening!
	10:41pm Geoff-U: I tend to avoid the rip-snorter joints any more
	👻 10:41pm ramencity: ↳ coelacanth∅ @10:40 I'd be into a brown recluse...
	👻 10:42pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @10:41 Yeah. I'm more of a, "round the campfire," kind of guy.
	👻 10:42pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @10:41 They are hard to find... but worth it.
	👻 10:45pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Shoot You In the Back" by "Motörhead" I realize I got to see Motörhead four times, but I feel like it wasn't enough. Like, I think back to memorable shows... Motörhead was really way up there.
	10:45pm coelacanth∅: ↳ ramencity @10:41 i never had a bad time with a brown recluse. (which is a really good thing!)
	👻 10:47pm Austin Rich: I do appreciate when the Frontier Gentleman actually mentions his past exploits.
	👻 10:48pm Austin Rich: "That's one thing I ain't and never hope to be." Damn, I love Calamity Jane.
	10:48pm laurapanic: some uncomfortable concepts in the frontier
	👻 10:49pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Gunfight at Red Sands" by "Ennio Morricone" This movie is exactly the kind of bonkers that I love.
	👻 10:49pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @10:48 You're darn tootin' 'bout that.
	👻 10:51pm Heather Z: Home in time to catch some of the show and REM?! Heck yeah!
	👻 10:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Strange" by "REM" I used to listen to this album all the time. Now, only occasionally, and almost never all the way through. But still... it's got some good moments.
	👻 10:52pm Austin Rich: I used to listen to cool music. Not always, but occasionally.
	10:52pm Kat in the chat: I forgot they covered this
	👻 10:53pm Austin Rich: ↳ Kat in the chat @10:52 It's sort of amazing.
	👻 10:55pm Heather Z: I don't like to miss the show! I'm glad to catch the tail end here!!
	10:56pm Geoff-U: Thanks for the great show!
	10:57pm Kat in the chat: Thank you Austin!
	10:57pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Austin!
	👻 10:58pm Austin Rich: Thanks everyone! See ya next time!
	👻 10:59pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Maverick Theme Song" by "James David Buttolph Jr." I'm a sucker for Maverick, but how many canyons are there in Oregon for the wind to roar through?

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from August 8, 2023

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