WFMU: Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from November 20, 2023

Listener comments!
	👻 7:27pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	10:02pm Mildred: I haven't deliberately listened to this show yet... but everytime i see the name go by... I think about this memory of mine and i wonder if the name is related to the region and the way the station is sortof half broadcast there... when i was a kid in the mid (hudson) valley and i would listen to fmu... but i didnt know it was wfmu yet either. It was just one of these fuzzy stations that would come in and out and like alternate with another station depending on what side of a hill you were on our if you touched the antenna or something... and that was where and when i began to realize that it was fun to mix things up.
	👻 10:55pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mildred @10:02 Hopefully you get a chance to listen!
	11:02pm Mr. X: It's Ruby time!
	👻 11:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @11:02 Hell yeah! Nice to see you!
	👻 11:02pm univac: Wow! This looks like an amazing show tonite, Austin! I need to go feed myself, so I'll check on the archive.
	11:05pm Mr Fab: Hey space cadets!
	👻 11:10pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @11:05 Nice to see you in the chat, Mr. Fab! And univac! And Mr. X! And Mildred! And... all the lurkers... we love you, too!
	👻 11:11pm Heather Z: I'll listen to the nightly news now. Since the Android Sisters asked.
	👻 11:11pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @11:11 Heather! Thanks for sticking around.
	11:11pm Mr. X: Are these Android Sisters tunes that were part of the show also on their albums? Or are they only available as part of the show?
	👻 11:12pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @11:11 Some of the album are things re-made from the show. But some things on the album are only on the album. And some stuff in the show is ONLY in the show...
	11:14pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @11:12 A collector's nightmare!
	👻 11:16pm Austin Rich: I mentioned this last time, but for anyone who is new this time: TJ Teru is played by Bill Raymond. Angel lips is played by Robin Karfo. Rodant Kapoor is played by Tom Stewart. And Ruby is played by Laura Esterman. Moliere is played by Fred Neuman. Some of the cast are still acting, and have been in a ton of movies and TV shows. But they always come back for a new series or Ruby.
	👻 11:17pm Austin Rich: All the music is by composer and electronic musician Tim Clark. He has solo work, but most of his career has been spent working on ZBS shows.
	👻 11:17pm univac: I’m actually still listening while cooking. This is amazing, Austin!
	👻 11:18pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @11:17 They still make new installments of this show! (There was a new one last year.) It's really good! And from 1982... it's just so ahead of the curve.
	👻 11:19pm univac: Incredible! Reminds me of Hitchhikers radio show.
	11:20pm Mr. X: ↳ univac @11:19 Definitely the only thing that even comes close.
	👻 11:20pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @11:19 Yeah. This is like when American radio is inspired by English Radio. The ZBS company made a lot of great shows, but this is the only Sci-Fi.
	👻 11:21pm Austin Rich: The Zoot Mutants! Hell yeah!
	👻 11:22pm Austin Rich: "The Vertical Lips of the Door." That's an image.
	11:23pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @11:22 Makes sense for a bar called The Womb.
	11:24pm Mr. X: Did I just hear a Zorro reference?
	👻 11:25pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @11:24 I think so!
	👻 11:28pm Austin Rich: ZBS Shows often take time out to remind you that money is a problem. It's sort of a running subject in all their shows.
	👻 11:28pm univac: Why the hell have I never heard this?!
	11:29pm wenzo: Howdy AR
	11:29pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @11:28 Well, they charge enough for their merch, they ought to know.
	👻 11:29pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @11:28 I had a roommate clue me in, but it's still on NPR periodically. How you missed it: not sure? Seems really univac-like.
	👻 11:30pm Austin Rich: ↳ wenzo @11:29 Wenzo! Nice to see you.
	👻 11:31pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @11:29 They charge a lot... but also... all the shows are available for free, in a number of ways. But when you pay, you get a nice physical artifact that is pretty worth it, and you help support ZBS. But yes: there is a contradiction, for sure.
	👻 11:32pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @11:29 I guess I didn’t listen to enough of this kind of radio at the time. Now we have podcasts!
	👻 11:32pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @11:32 Yeah! This crew was sort of making "podcast" style shows before podcasts existed.
	👻 11:33pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @11:32 There's almost a "proto Mission To Zyxx" vibe, too. Which I like.
	👻 11:33pm univac: Exactly. I listen to a bunch of modern podcasts that are direct descendants of this.
	👻 11:34pm univac: Time to feed. Thx, Austin! So great. See you Sunday.
	👻 11:37pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @11:33 Definitely Zzyxx. Love that show.
	11:37pm Barno in Akron: How do you do, fellow kids?
	11:38pm Mr. X: ↳ Barno in Akron @11:37 Hey Barno, how's Akron tonight?
	11:39pm Barno in Akron: ↳ Mr. X @11:38 Hi Mr. X - Cold but cozy in Akron, tonight! How are you?
	11:40pm Mr. X: ↳ Barno in Akron @11:39 Fine as frog's hair, as my grandma used to say.
	👻 11:41pm Austin Rich: I think the stream glitched again for a moment. Hopefully it's not too distracting?
	11:44pm Mr. X: Am I remembering right, that Angel Lips looks exactly like Ruby?
	11:44pm Barno in Akron: ↳ Mr. X @11:40 Will you be visiting Akron for the holidays?
	👻 11:44pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @11:44 She did, for a while. But now she looks like herself again.
	11:45pm Mr. X: ↳ Barno in Akron @11:44 Nah, sittin' tight here in Oregon. Last time I was there was 2015.
	👻 11:46pm Heather Z: Oh wow. We got a Blackstar. That makes sense.
	11:46pm Mr. X: ↳ Heather Z @11:46 Hence the Bowie album?
	👻 11:47pm Heather Z: ↳ Mr. X @11:46 I mean.... that's what always comes to my mind when I hear any reference to a Blackstar.
	11:48pm Barno in Akron: ↳ Mr. X @11:45 2015 is the year we moved out there. To Eugene. Regretably, we returned to Akron in 2015. Not that I don't like Akron. I just wasn't finished living in Eugene.
	👻 11:48pm Austin Rich: It's VERY likely Bowie heard this. It was on NPR, heard in countries all over the world. And it was very popular. (Spielberg famously stole from these shows.)
	👻 11:50pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @11:48 I was just typing this same thing. He was an avid radio listener. And this is very in alignment with a Bowie world. Makes me wonder.
	👻 11:50pm Austin Rich: ↳ Barno in Akron @11:48 Eugene is one of the nearer "cool" cities to me. I miss hanging out there. It was fun in the 90's, too!
	👻 11:50pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @11:50 There's a ton of weird philosophy in Ruby. I'm sure someone has compared the two...
	11:51pm Mr. X: ↳ Barno in Akron @11:48 I've moved away from Eugene several times, and always wind up coming back.
	👻 11:52pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @11:51 I haven't moved back yet. But I think about it often.
	👻 11:56pm Austin Rich: This was on NPR. "Bite me gently here." Again: NPR.
	👻 11:56pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @11:50 I'll have to try to Google that. Blackstar being the last album, there was so little interest or energy in the more in depth interviews and press releases, on Bowie's part, as I understand, that came with, e.g, Outside. I haven't run across any Blackstar era interviews, understandably. But maybe I should look harder, just in case there's something out there.
	👻 11:56pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @11:56 That's the quality content I want from NPR.
	👻 11:58pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @11:56 I do wanna talk about Ruby for 20 Minutes, someday.
	11:58pm Mr. X: My favorite part of Akron is the coin-operated puppet bandstand at Luigi's.
	👻 11:59pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @11:58 Let's! I have feelings about the show, that's for sure.
	👻 12:00am Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @11:59 It's one of my fave things. We should totally discuss soon, since it'll be "fresh-ish."
	👻 12:02am Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @12:00 Damn I should be making notes! But that's what archives are for!
	12:03am wenzo: Night all!
	👻 12:04am Austin Rich: ↳ wenzo @12:03 Sleep well, wenzo!
	12:08am Mr. X: Highly enjoyable! Thanks Austin!
	👻 12:11am Heather Z: I'll try to find Ruby 10! Is there.... a podcast? We can make a deal, maybe. I'll try to find Ruby 10 and you can try to have a listen to Bowie's Blackstar?
	👻 12:14am Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @12:11 I've heard Blackstar a few times. I worked in radio when it came out. We all got a copy.
	👻 12:17am Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @12:14 As Lou Sedaris used to say, I'll give you five dollars to listen, really listen.
	👻 12:18am Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @12:17 I don't know who Lou Sedaris is. But I will listen to it again for the podcast.
	👻 12:19am Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @12:18 David Sedaris's dad. He'd offer the kids five dollars to listen, really listen, to his fave jazz albums. And then never cough up the five bucks.
	👻 12:19am Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @12:11 As I mentioned earlier: most of the ZBS stuff is available free online. But you can get very nice merch from them directly, if we wanted to pay. But I think Ruby 10 is around.
	👻 12:20am Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @12:19 I don't remember that one.
	12:20am Mr. X: ↳ Heather Z @12:19 Ah David Sedaris, another great NPR discovery who went on to great things.
	👻 12:21am Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @12:20 We'll probably be hearing Santaland Diaries on NPR again, soon.
	12:22am Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @12:21 Classic!
	👻 12:23am Austin Rich: I worked in a Halloween store one year. It happened to be a scam; I never got my last paychecks, but "gift cards" good in other Halloween stores. I soon discovered there was a class-action lawsuit, involving all the employees who were also angry for similar treatment. I've been meaning to write about it; working in that store was bonkers.
	👻 12:27am Austin Rich: While Ruby calls herself "Ruby Tuesday" in this story, I'm not sure if that is "canon" for the series as a whole.
	12:28am Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @12:27 In some ways this is more coherent and easier to follow, but I miss the background beat moving things along.
	👻 12:30am Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @12:28 Yeah. This sounds more like a traditional radio drama. I think they were experimenting, looking for different ways to present Ruby. They eventually settled on the "short" installments, which they have stuck with. But this is a nice anomaly of another possibility for the character.
	12:31am Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @12:30 Yeah, I didn't know about Ruby 0, but I am liking it.
	👻 12:32am Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @12:31 I don't believe this was every broadcast, and to my knowledge, it was not available to hear until they released it on CD, MANY years later. So it's truly an artifact of something that could have been.
	👻 12:33am Austin Rich: (All subsequent Rubys were on NPR, as well as other stations, first... and then would be sold on their website, and in the old days, by Mail Order.)
	👻 12:34am Austin Rich: In the old days, you could write to them, tell them you worked in radio, and they would send you Ruby 1 on LPs... FOR FREE.
	👻 12:35am Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @12:34 Wow. I only know of TMBG who does that now, when they're doing the Dial a Song radio network.
	👻 12:37am Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @12:35 They had some philosophical reasons for giving it all away for free for years. They were originally a "Radio Commune," and it was sort of born out of hippy nonsense in the late 60's. But then they all got serious about actually making radio shows, regularly, and the commune part fell away. But they had a lot of hippy ethics that they still sort of believe.
	👻 12:57am Austin Rich: We're gonna go over. Sorry!
	1:07am Mr. X: Theme song sounds like the Residents.
	👻 1:08am Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @1:07 Yeah... I think this is probably closer to what Tim Clark's "solo" music sounds like.
	1:13am Mr. X: I guess when you have a planet over your shoulder, you can slow down time?
	👻 1:14am Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @1:13 Maybe?
	1:17am Barno in Akron: Thanks Austin!
	👻 1:17am Austin Rich: ↳ Barno in Akron @1:17 Thanks Barno!
	1:18am Mr. X: Great show, thanks, Austin. See you tomorrow night for Punks on Culture!
	👻 1:18am Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @1:18 See ya soon, Mr. X! Take care!

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from November 20, 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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November 20, 2023: Ruby 1: The Adventures of A Galactic Gumshoe (Part 2)

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Approx. start time
ZBS Foundation	Ruby 1: The Adventures of A Galactic Gumshoe [Excerpt]	Ruby 1: The Adventures of A Galactic Gumshoe	ZBS Foundation	1982	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Shot Reverse Shot	The Crystal Wastes (Instrumental)	The Wary Wayfaring EP	WTBC Records	2023	0:02:56 (Pop-up)
ZBS Foundation	Ruby 1: The Adventures of A Galactic Gumshoe [Excerpt]	Ruby 1: The Adventures of A Galactic Gumshoe	ZBS Foundation	1982	0:08:38 (Pop-up)
Shot Reverse Shot	The Story So Far (Instrumental)	The Wary Wayfaring EP	WTBC Records	2023	0:34:05 (Pop-up)
ZBS Foundation	Ruby 1: The Adventures of A Galactic Gumshoe [Excerpt]	Ruby 1: The Adventures of A Galactic Gumshoe	ZBS Foundation	1982	0:40:17 (Pop-up)
Shot Reverse Shot	Wending Their Way (Instrumental)	The Wary Wayfaring EP	WTBC Records	2023	1:07:27 (Pop-up)
ZBS Foundation	Ruby 0: Tired Of The Green Menace? (The Colonel / A Whole Lotta Songs)	Ruby 0: Tired Of The Green Menace?	ZBS Foundation	1980	1:13:36 (Pop-up)
Shot Reverse Shot	The Slow And Strange Path (Instrumental)	The Wary Wayfaring EP	WTBC Records	2023	1:40:46 (Pop-up)
ZBS Foundation	Ruby 0: Tired Of The Green Menace? (Where Are We Going? / All Is Revealed?)	Ruby 0: Tired Of The Green Menace?	ZBS Foundation	1980	1:45:01 (Pop-up)
Shot Reverse Shot	Dance The Meteor (Instrumental)	The Wary Wayfaring EP	WTBC Records	2023
ZBS Foundation	Ruby 1: The Adventures of A Galactic Gumshoe [Excerpt]	Ruby 1: The Adventures of A Galactic Gumshoe	ZBS Foundation	1982	0:00:08 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	👻 7:27pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	10:02pm Mildred: I haven't deliberately listened to this show yet... but everytime i see the name go by... I think about this memory of mine and i wonder if the name is related to the region and the way the station is sortof half broadcast there... when i was a kid in the mid (hudson) valley and i would listen to fmu... but i didnt know it was wfmu yet either. It was just one of these fuzzy stations that would come in and out and like alternate with another station depending on what side of a hill you were on our if you touched the antenna or something... and that was where and when i began to realize that it was fun to mix things up.
	👻 10:55pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mildred @10:02 Hopefully you get a chance to listen!
	11:02pm Mr. X: It's Ruby time!
	👻 11:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @11:02 Hell yeah! Nice to see you!
	👻 11:02pm univac: Wow! This looks like an amazing show tonite, Austin! I need to go feed myself, so I'll check on the archive.
	11:05pm Mr Fab: Hey space cadets!
	👻 11:10pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @11:05 Nice to see you in the chat, Mr. Fab! And univac! And Mr. X! And Mildred! And... all the lurkers... we love you, too!
	👻 11:11pm Heather Z: I'll listen to the nightly news now. Since the Android Sisters asked.
	👻 11:11pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @11:11 Heather! Thanks for sticking around.
	11:11pm Mr. X: Are these Android Sisters tunes that were part of the show also on their albums? Or are they only available as part of the show?
	👻 11:12pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @11:11 Some of the album are things re-made from the show. But some things on the album are only on the album. And some stuff in the show is ONLY in the show...
	11:14pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @11:12 A collector's nightmare!
	👻 11:16pm Austin Rich: I mentioned this last time, but for anyone who is new this time: TJ Teru is played by Bill Raymond. Angel lips is played by Robin Karfo. Rodant Kapoor is played by Tom Stewart. And Ruby is played by Laura Esterman. Moliere is played by Fred Neuman. Some of the cast are still acting, and have been in a ton of movies and TV shows. But they always come back for a new series or Ruby.
	👻 11:17pm Austin Rich: All the music is by composer and electronic musician Tim Clark. He has solo work, but most of his career has been spent working on ZBS shows.
	👻 11:17pm univac: I’m actually still listening while cooking. This is amazing, Austin!
	👻 11:18pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @11:17 They still make new installments of this show! (There was a new one last year.) It's really good! And from 1982... it's just so ahead of the curve.
	👻 11:19pm univac: Incredible! Reminds me of Hitchhikers radio show.
	11:20pm Mr. X: ↳ univac @11:19 Definitely the only thing that even comes close.
	👻 11:20pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @11:19 Yeah. This is like when American radio is inspired by English Radio. The ZBS company made a lot of great shows, but this is the only Sci-Fi.
	👻 11:21pm Austin Rich: The Zoot Mutants! Hell yeah!
	👻 11:22pm Austin Rich: "The Vertical Lips of the Door." That's an image.
	11:23pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @11:22 Makes sense for a bar called The Womb.
	11:24pm Mr. X: Did I just hear a Zorro reference?
	👻 11:25pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @11:24 I think so!
	👻 11:28pm Austin Rich: ZBS Shows often take time out to remind you that money is a problem. It's sort of a running subject in all their shows.
	👻 11:28pm univac: Why the hell have I never heard this?!
	11:29pm wenzo: Howdy AR
	11:29pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @11:28 Well, they charge enough for their merch, they ought to know.
	👻 11:29pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @11:28 I had a roommate clue me in, but it's still on NPR periodically. How you missed it: not sure? Seems really univac-like.
	👻 11:30pm Austin Rich: ↳ wenzo @11:29 Wenzo! Nice to see you.
	👻 11:31pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @11:29 They charge a lot... but also... all the shows are available for free, in a number of ways. But when you pay, you get a nice physical artifact that is pretty worth it, and you help support ZBS. But yes: there is a contradiction, for sure.
	👻 11:32pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @11:29 I guess I didn’t listen to enough of this kind of radio at the time. Now we have podcasts!
	👻 11:32pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @11:32 Yeah! This crew was sort of making "podcast" style shows before podcasts existed.
	👻 11:33pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @11:32 There's almost a "proto Mission To Zyxx" vibe, too. Which I like.
	👻 11:33pm univac: Exactly. I listen to a bunch of modern podcasts that are direct descendants of this.
	👻 11:34pm univac: Time to feed. Thx, Austin! So great. See you Sunday.
	👻 11:37pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @11:33 Definitely Zzyxx. Love that show.
	11:37pm Barno in Akron: How do you do, fellow kids?
	11:38pm Mr. X: ↳ Barno in Akron @11:37 Hey Barno, how's Akron tonight?
	11:39pm Barno in Akron: ↳ Mr. X @11:38 Hi Mr. X - Cold but cozy in Akron, tonight! How are you?
	11:40pm Mr. X: ↳ Barno in Akron @11:39 Fine as frog's hair, as my grandma used to say.
	👻 11:41pm Austin Rich: I think the stream glitched again for a moment. Hopefully it's not too distracting?
	11:44pm Mr. X: Am I remembering right, that Angel Lips looks exactly like Ruby?
	11:44pm Barno in Akron: ↳ Mr. X @11:40 Will you be visiting Akron for the holidays?
	👻 11:44pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @11:44 She did, for a while. But now she looks like herself again.
	11:45pm Mr. X: ↳ Barno in Akron @11:44 Nah, sittin' tight here in Oregon. Last time I was there was 2015.
	👻 11:46pm Heather Z: Oh wow. We got a Blackstar. That makes sense.
	11:46pm Mr. X: ↳ Heather Z @11:46 Hence the Bowie album?
	👻 11:47pm Heather Z: ↳ Mr. X @11:46 I mean.... that's what always comes to my mind when I hear any reference to a Blackstar.
	11:48pm Barno in Akron: ↳ Mr. X @11:45 2015 is the year we moved out there. To Eugene. Regretably, we returned to Akron in 2015. Not that I don't like Akron. I just wasn't finished living in Eugene.
	👻 11:48pm Austin Rich: It's VERY likely Bowie heard this. It was on NPR, heard in countries all over the world. And it was very popular. (Spielberg famously stole from these shows.)
	👻 11:50pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @11:48 I was just typing this same thing. He was an avid radio listener. And this is very in alignment with a Bowie world. Makes me wonder.
	👻 11:50pm Austin Rich: ↳ Barno in Akron @11:48 Eugene is one of the nearer "cool" cities to me. I miss hanging out there. It was fun in the 90's, too!
	👻 11:50pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @11:50 There's a ton of weird philosophy in Ruby. I'm sure someone has compared the two...
	11:51pm Mr. X: ↳ Barno in Akron @11:48 I've moved away from Eugene several times, and always wind up coming back.
	👻 11:52pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @11:51 I haven't moved back yet. But I think about it often.
	👻 11:56pm Austin Rich: This was on NPR. "Bite me gently here." Again: NPR.
	👻 11:56pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @11:50 I'll have to try to Google that. Blackstar being the last album, there was so little interest or energy in the more in depth interviews and press releases, on Bowie's part, as I understand, that came with, e.g, Outside. I haven't run across any Blackstar era interviews, understandably. But maybe I should look harder, just in case there's something out there.
	👻 11:56pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @11:56 That's the quality content I want from NPR.
	👻 11:58pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @11:56 I do wanna talk about Ruby for 20 Minutes, someday.
	11:58pm Mr. X: My favorite part of Akron is the coin-operated puppet bandstand at Luigi's.
	👻 11:59pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @11:58 Let's! I have feelings about the show, that's for sure.
	👻 12:00am Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @11:59 It's one of my fave things. We should totally discuss soon, since it'll be "fresh-ish."
	👻 12:02am Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @12:00 Damn I should be making notes! But that's what archives are for!
	12:03am wenzo: Night all!
	👻 12:04am Austin Rich: ↳ wenzo @12:03 Sleep well, wenzo!
	12:08am Mr. X: Highly enjoyable! Thanks Austin!
	👻 12:11am Heather Z: I'll try to find Ruby 10! Is there.... a podcast? We can make a deal, maybe. I'll try to find Ruby 10 and you can try to have a listen to Bowie's Blackstar?
	👻 12:14am Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @12:11 I've heard Blackstar a few times. I worked in radio when it came out. We all got a copy.
	👻 12:17am Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @12:14 As Lou Sedaris used to say, I'll give you five dollars to listen, really listen.
	👻 12:18am Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @12:17 I don't know who Lou Sedaris is. But I will listen to it again for the podcast.
	👻 12:19am Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @12:18 David Sedaris's dad. He'd offer the kids five dollars to listen, really listen, to his fave jazz albums. And then never cough up the five bucks.
	👻 12:19am Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @12:11 As I mentioned earlier: most of the ZBS stuff is available free online. But you can get very nice merch from them directly, if we wanted to pay. But I think Ruby 10 is around.
	👻 12:20am Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @12:19 I don't remember that one.
	12:20am Mr. X: ↳ Heather Z @12:19 Ah David Sedaris, another great NPR discovery who went on to great things.
	👻 12:21am Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @12:20 We'll probably be hearing Santaland Diaries on NPR again, soon.
	12:22am Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @12:21 Classic!
	👻 12:23am Austin Rich: I worked in a Halloween store one year. It happened to be a scam; I never got my last paychecks, but "gift cards" good in other Halloween stores. I soon discovered there was a class-action lawsuit, involving all the employees who were also angry for similar treatment. I've been meaning to write about it; working in that store was bonkers.
	👻 12:27am Austin Rich: While Ruby calls herself "Ruby Tuesday" in this story, I'm not sure if that is "canon" for the series as a whole.
	12:28am Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @12:27 In some ways this is more coherent and easier to follow, but I miss the background beat moving things along.
	👻 12:30am Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @12:28 Yeah. This sounds more like a traditional radio drama. I think they were experimenting, looking for different ways to present Ruby. They eventually settled on the "short" installments, which they have stuck with. But this is a nice anomaly of another possibility for the character.
	12:31am Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @12:30 Yeah, I didn't know about Ruby 0, but I am liking it.
	👻 12:32am Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @12:31 I don't believe this was every broadcast, and to my knowledge, it was not available to hear until they released it on CD, MANY years later. So it's truly an artifact of something that could have been.
	👻 12:33am Austin Rich: (All subsequent Rubys were on NPR, as well as other stations, first... and then would be sold on their website, and in the old days, by Mail Order.)
	👻 12:34am Austin Rich: In the old days, you could write to them, tell them you worked in radio, and they would send you Ruby 1 on LPs... FOR FREE.
	👻 12:35am Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @12:34 Wow. I only know of TMBG who does that now, when they're doing the Dial a Song radio network.
	👻 12:37am Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @12:35 They had some philosophical reasons for giving it all away for free for years. They were originally a "Radio Commune," and it was sort of born out of hippy nonsense in the late 60's. But then they all got serious about actually making radio shows, regularly, and the commune part fell away. But they had a lot of hippy ethics that they still sort of believe.
	👻 12:57am Austin Rich: We're gonna go over. Sorry!
	1:07am Mr. X: Theme song sounds like the Residents.
	👻 1:08am Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @1:07 Yeah... I think this is probably closer to what Tim Clark's "solo" music sounds like.
	1:13am Mr. X: I guess when you have a planet over your shoulder, you can slow down time?
	👻 1:14am Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @1:13 Maybe?
	1:17am Barno in Akron: Thanks Austin!
	👻 1:17am Austin Rich: ↳ Barno in Akron @1:17 Thanks Barno!
	1:18am Mr. X: Great show, thanks, Austin. See you tomorrow night for Punks on Culture!
	👻 1:18am Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @1:18 See ya soon, Mr. X! Take care!

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from November 20, 2023

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