WFMU: Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from January 2, 2024

Listener comments!
	1/1 6:02am Mr. Blue: I'm Mister Blue, from 1932, greetings to you, Belong in a zoo, eating a kangaroo, Cousin named Lou, eating chicken vindaloo, Every line's true, spitting rhymes like I do. In the old-school groove, making moves so smooth, From '32, my vibe's the truth, never lose, Stepping in my shoes, in this rap debut, Lou and the crew, chasing dreams, breaking through. Vintage like a coupe, rhymes sharp, cutting through, Mister Blue, paying dues, leaving clues, it's true, Kangaroo stew, in this rap rendezvous, Vindaloo spice, flavor so nice, in the avenue. Gone to the loo with the crew, in this lyrical view, 1932, time-traveling through, Greetings to you Mister Blue, signing off, on something new.
	6:57pm Jackie: Oh man I know this is gonna be good, otherwise I wouldn't stop snorting this kratom and listening to Hawaiian records on slooowww motion vapewave rpm boi
	👻 7:08pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	7:36pm Televiscous: On a highway to hell in a handbasket
	8:00pm hula hula man: Skibbedy bee bop shooby doo drinking mushroom coffee eating split pea soup
	8:44pm Arvo: Well Happy New Year Thank Heaven for 7-11
	9:01pm Arvo: Bruh!
	9:01pm Imaginos: I get the feeling that this is going to be a wonderfully strange night
	👻 9:02pm ramencity: hullo austin + xylo!
	9:02pm BC Sterrett: AI poetry!
	👻 9:03pm Heather Z: Hey all right! We got Arvo tonight! Tuned in and ready to craft here!
	9:03pm Arvo: That was good, was listening to wiggle room!
	9:04pm Arvo: Hi Heather and Ramen City Kid and Imaginos and BC!
	👻 9:06pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Carrie Returns Home" by "Pino Donaggio" Still one of my fave horror movies. And: one of the MOST terrifying, too. The mother in that movie... yikes!
	9:06pm BC Sterrett: Hello :)
	👻 9:06pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:01 Of course it will be! But it will also be strangely beautiful.
	👻 9:07pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @9:02 I do love when you come to visit. Sit and stay a spell!
	👻 9:07pm Heather Z: ↳ Arvo @9:04 Hi Arvo! Looking forward to what's in store for this evening's show!
	9:07pm BC Sterrett: I'm gonna be in lying in bed sick, but know that I'm around. lol
	👻 9:07pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @9:03 Thanks for droppin' in! Hopefully you are good and ready for the shenanigans.
	👻 9:07pm ramencity: ↳ Song: "Carrie Returns Home" by "Pino Donaggio" Kinda Bartok-y, this
	👻 9:07pm Austin Rich: ↳ BC Sterrett @9:07 Get some rest, BC. Hopefully you'll feel better soon. I was out for almost two months when I got sick recently.
	👻 9:08pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @9:07 And I was just saying we need more Bartok on the show, back at Christmas.
	9:08pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:06 It's always been a favorite, but only just over two years ago did I read the book. I have been a bit on the obscure side of things and lately have been opening myself up more to massively popular people if they are good. Heather, I am looking forward to seeing your next masterpiece!
	👻 9:10pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @9:08 The book is pretty good, for sure. But there's something about the movie that is very unsettling in a way that the book only hints at. (I think that's the boon of film: you can really convey emotion in an immediate way, and books sort of sneak up on you, after you put them down and start thinking about it.
	👻 9:10pm univac: Hello, all!
	👻 9:10pm Austin Rich: Yay! It's univac. Now the party can start.
	👻 9:11pm univac: I have my coffee-bong meshback cap ready!
	9:12pm Kat in the chat: Hi, I can’t chat tonight but I am listening! Dealing with a work disaster
	👻 9:12pm univac: (and I'm swapping a new SSD into an iMac)
	👻 9:12pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @9:11 Woo hoo! Party in the Mid-Vall-ey!
	👻 9:12pm univac: What is generating the AI poetry?
	👻 9:12pm Austin Rich: ↳ Kat in the chat @9:12 Kat In The Chat! Good luck putting out that fire. Hopefully the tunes help.
	👻 9:13pm Heather Z: ↳ Arvo @9:08 I'll send pics of the two that are done and the work in progress!
	9:13pm Arvo: Well hello!
	👻 9:13pm Heather Z: ↳ univac @9:10 Hi Univac!
	👻 9:15pm univac: Hi Heather!
	9:15pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:10 I recently watched and read 11.22.63 both the book and the series, loved it, but thankfully watched the series first. It was butchered compared to the book, both had their merits though.
	👻 9:15pm univac: Hello Arvo!
	9:16pm Arvo: ↳ univac @9:15 Howdy! Thanks for dropping in!
	👻 9:16pm univac: ↳ Arvo @9:15 I really liked 11.22.63 as well. Been meaning to watch the series. Been a fairly large S. King fan since the 80s...
	👻 9:16pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @9:15 That one did pique my interest, but I haven't see / watched it yet.
	👻 9:17pm univac: Is the chat being taken over by an AI chatbot?
	9:17pm Arvo: Hi Willa!
	9:18pm WR: Hi Austin and folks assembled.
	👻 9:18pm ramencity: ↳ Arvo @9:15 11.22.63 - must be about the day before Dr. Who first aired... :)
	9:18pm Willa: Hello!
	👻 9:18pm Austin Rich: ↳ WR @9:18 WR! Nice to see you! Join the party. We have tunes!
	👻 9:18pm univac: lol
	9:18pm Arvo: ↳ univac @9:16 The will be offensive to people who have read the book first. Personally I thought it was good.
	9:19pm Arvo: *the series
	👻 9:19pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @9:18 Certainly. It's about everything that went into that first broadcast. There's actually a BBC movie about exactly that...
	9:20pm Arvo: On November 22, 1963, a favorite song of mine was number one.
	9:21pm Arvo: Some time soon, I will try to read The Stand. The series did not blow me away, but I think it's probably an essential to read.
	👻 9:22pm Austin Rich: Trying to keep the timing on the playlist accurate tonight, but it's a bit tricky. Some of these songs blend into each other so well.
	👻 9:22pm ramencity: ↳ Arvo @9:20 (google google)... Dale & Grace??
	👻 9:22pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @9:21 I really enjoyed The Stand, and I think the book has the right kind of "pulp" vibe to it, that it keeps you reading.
	9:22pm Arvo: ↳ ramencity @9:22 I'm leaving it all up to you
	👻 9:24pm ramencity: Nice! That name rings a bell, and I see it in my itunes, I musta downloaded it when I was looking up "swamp pop" stuffs...
	9:24pm Arvo: I am trying to learn how to write stories in general, so there is an added appeal to reading fiction. Frankly, I would not read much fiction if it weren't for the research factor. I will read Tommyknockers too eventually. So many weird reviews of that one.
	👻 9:24pm univac: The Stand was amazing. I keep thinking I want to read it again, haven't since the 80s.
	👻 9:24pm univac: Loving the music, Arvo!
	👻 9:25pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @9:24 It's got some of the creepiest King stuff in it that I can remember. And also: it's got some action and spy stuff that was very fun. It totally holds up.
	👻 9:26pm Austin Rich: (The entire scene with The Kid and Trash Can Man, in the hotel room, is TERRIFYING.)
	9:26pm Arvo: ↳ univac @9:24 Thanks!
	9:27pm Arvo: And I do own Doctor Sleep, and also didn't care for the movie. But will read it. Some day.
	👻 9:27pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @9:24 I think we might have talked about this, but I really enjoyed King's non-fiction book, "On Writing," which has a lot of advice he gives about writing the way he does. I quite enjoyed the book.
	9:27pm Arvo: Same for The Green Mile
	👻 9:28pm univac: And, of course, The Gunslinger Saga is amazing. It is the first stuff King wrote, started when he was 18, first book was serialized over several years (1978-81) in Science Fiction & Fantasy Magazine, then published in a book in 1982.
	👻 9:29pm univac: Gunslinger is also super creepy.
	9:29pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:27 I have read that as well. Like many books of its kind, it has some great anecdotes and basically says to cut out adverbs and practice a lot, no formulas or gimmicks, which I can respect.
	👻 9:29pm univac: I just had a long King convo at a NYE party!
	👻 9:30pm univac: ↳ Arvo @9:27 Dr. Sleep is the "sequel" to The Shining.
	👻 9:30pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @9:29 Agreed! Humorously, I've never finished that series. But I really LOVED The Gunslinger, and it has some delightfully eerie scenes. I keep thinking I should get to the other books, but I really loved that first one... in a way, I sort of want to keep that memory for a while.
	👻 9:32pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @9:30 In the first book, you can really see King's writing style evolve as it was written over a few years.
	👻 9:32pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Trivandrum" by "Miguel A. Ruiz" This is one of my favorite discoveries from producing this show with Arvo. This comp is worth tracking down!
	9:33pm Arvo: ↳ univac @9:30 Yep I thought the movie was bad, actually watched it at the Great Northern hotel on the evening of February 24, 2020.
	👻 9:33pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @9:32 I sort of loved that. It was like a document of someone honing their chops.
	9:34pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:32 Thank you! The artist is good too, but you are right, that comp is 🔥🔥🔥🔥 as the kids say
	9:34pm Arvo: Always glad to be here!
	👻 9:34pm univac: I'll have to track that comp. Great track!
	👻 9:35pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @9:33 Indeed.
	👻 9:35pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @9:34 I hadn't even heard of anyone on this comp before, and even the genre was new to me. This is why radio is still essential: how else are you gonna hear about this stuff?
	9:35pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:35 Esplendor Geometrico is legendary!
	9:37pm Arvo: I still do listen to a fair amount of radio archives. In real time not so much.
	👻 9:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @9:35 Thanks for the tip! Certainly, I try to stay informed, but... there are big holes in my record collection. There's just not enough time to get all the records.
	👻 9:38pm univac: The La Ola Interior album is available on Bandcamp!
	9:42pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:37 don't I know it
	9:43pm Arvo: ↳ univac @9:38 Yeah, I have listened to it multiple times, not a dud on it
	👻 9:44pm Austin Rich: I had a dream once - possibly inspired by something I read in a Lester Bangs book - about a basement, full of every record in the world, ever made, and I had to sneak down there for some reason, and could only bring back one record per trip, and I recall, in the dream, just walking around, not ready to pick the record and go back upstairs JUST yet...
	👻 9:44pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @9:43 That is a good recommendation!
	👻 9:45pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @9:44 Cool, but frustrating dream.
	👻 9:46pm univac: Everything you've played so far, Arvo, I've never heard and it is all amazing!
	👻 9:46pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @9:45 Yeah. I think this was just after "Audiogalaxy" first started being a useful service, and I was feverishly downloading albums I'd only ever heard of.
	👻 9:47pm ramencity: I think the local classical station was playing some Gesualdo while I was asleep last night...
	👻 9:48pm ramencity: ...or I dreamt it ala Austin dreaming...
	👻 9:49pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @9:48 I need to invent that tape recorder that works in dreams but I can listen to when I'm awake. Because some of those dream songs would be hits!
	9:50pm Arvo: ↳ ramencity @9:47 I listen to the classical station a fair amount, and don't think I have ever heard Gesualdo there. Thanks univac! Really glad to do this every time. It is great to take my time and put together a set for a long time and really boil it down.
	9:50pm WR: Huge Gesualdo fan here. And all (except the Carrie track) that has been played has been new to me as well and lovely.
	👻 9:51pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @9:49 If only...
	9:51pm Arvo: ↳ WR @9:50 There is that great documentary where that woman was possessed by him, or so she said, and would sit in his former home, which still sits abandoned, and sing.
	9:52pm Arvo: ↳ WR @9:50 Thank you!
	👻 9:52pm Austin Rich: I do appreciate Arvo's taste, and his ability to find a nice thread during his shows. We've been collaborating on radio shows since 2016, and it always feels good to have him back on.
	👻 9:53pm ramencity: Have y'all seen that Werner Herzog movie about Gesualdo? It's been quite a while since I have..
	👻 9:54pm ramencity: Maybe that was the movie Arvo was just mentioning...
	👻 9:54pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @9:52 I'm glad you do!
	👻 9:54pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @9:53 Not I, but I usually like Herzog's movies, so I'll have to check it out.
	9:54pm Arvo: ↳ ramencity @9:53 That may be the one.
	9:54pm WR: ↳ Song: "T'amo, Mia Vita" by "Carlo Gesualdo/The Hilliard ... Yeah, I was wondering, will the back announce include the "murdered his wife" bit. I'm on the fence whether TMI what does that matter or TMI, now people will be adverse to anything to do with a wife murder or, yeah, cool more folks might become curious about him
	9:55pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:54 Herzog's master class is pretty amusing.
	9:55pm WR: ↳ ramencity @9:53 Somehow I've overlooked / missed that Herzog did a movie about Gesualdo. Another one on the list.
	👻 9:55pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @9:55 He is very naturally funny, both intentionally, and accidentally. I find him quite interesting.
	9:56pm Arvo: ↳ WR @9:54 I first heard of him because a very depressed person found his work extremely cathartic, no back story. I wasn't blown away, frankly, but it grows on me.
	👻 9:56pm univac: That "rhythm" sounds like a Casio SK-1!
	👻 9:57pm Austin Rich: I would say my favorite art film directors are Antonioni and John Carpenter. My favorite "pop" director is Joe Dante, hands down.
	9:58pm Arvo: ↳ univac @9:56 I just bought an SK10 on accident like a month ago. I am not sure if it loops. Fun fact, Tazartes was on the Nurse With Wound list.
	👻 9:59pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @9:58 Ahhhh! Of course.
	👻 10:02pm univac: ↳ Arvo @9:58 Cool! They don't loop, as far as I know, unless you weight the keys. They are great for circuit bending. How did you "accidentally" buy one?
	10:03pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "La Fascination Des Enfants De La Terre Par Les Ho... I'll have to catch the earlier bits of this show in the archive, because I lived in Avignon for 6 months in the early '80s. Guess I should brush up on my rusty French to understand the lyrics to some of these pieces.
	10:04pm Arvo: ↳ univac @10:02 I had a friend who had an SS330 that loops if you hold the keys. So it was a voice mellotron for me. I was hoping this SK10 was the same. I meant to buy an SK1 but got an SK10.
	👻 10:04pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:03 Mr. X! Lovely to see you in the chat. I do love your France stories. I should try to write some songs in French for us to sing in Human Dinosaur.
	👻 10:06pm univac: ↳ Arvo @10:04 There's a crazy special mode you can get the SK-1 to do by pressing down a bunch of keys at once that makes the keyboard freak out. I can't remember what it was...I wonder if the SK-10 does the same?
	👻 10:06pm Austin Rich: Probably a good time to mention Arvo's Label, No Part of It, which has some excellent releases, including Illusion of Safety and Leslie Keffer, and Blood Rhythms!
	👻 10:07pm Austin Rich: nopartofit.bandcamp.com
	👻 10:07pm univac: Excellent! I'm going to see IOS and Tom Dimuzio in a few weeks in LA.
	10:08pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:07 Thank you!
	👻 10:08pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @10:07 IOS is playing in Eugene, too with Don Haugen, and I might strap on a mask and see that. It's gonna be in a Toy Store!
	10:09pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @9:57 I'm a Kurosawa kind of guy myself.
	👻 10:10pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:09 Kurosawa has some amazing movies! I do love his style. But there's something about Antonioni and gets at the heart of how unsettling it is to live in the world with other people.
	10:10pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:08 Don is a great guy.
	10:10pm Arvo: We are on Charles Ives now, sorry
	👻 10:11pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:10 Whoops! Trying to juggle a few spinning plates. But we're getting there!
	👻 10:12pm ramencity: ↳ Mr. X @10:09 Do you have a favorite Kurosawa, X-San? I am partial to Hidden Fortress and Throne of Blood myself..
	👻 10:13pm Austin Rich: Yeah, Jan 17th, IOS, Scot Jenerik, Don Haugen, Black Woofer and i.n.r.i., at what used to be a video game / CD store, now toys / collectibles store. Should be fun!
	👻 10:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @10:12 High and Low!
	👻 10:14pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @10:13 Excellent!
	10:14pm Mr. X: ↳ ramencity @10:12 Well, you can't beat Seven Samurai. But my personal favorite is Dreams.
	10:15pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Autumn Shore" by "Blaine L. Reininger" Wow, someone else has heard of Blaine L. Reininger (of Tuxedomoon)!
	10:17pm Arvo: Quoting Blake DeGraw about Charles Ives' father: "The guy's family owned like half of the town he lived in. Like, dynastic. But he just worked menial jobs and spent his time putting on really crazy experimental concerts (this is the 19th century, mind you). Died poor and young. Most of Charles Ives' best works were just attempts to re-create his father." https://nopartofit.blogspot.com/2019/06/interview-series-4-blake-degraw.html
	👻 10:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:14 Need to see Dreams. I loved Seven Samurai when I saw it, but I think as time has gone on, I've thought about RAN more.
	👻 10:17pm univac: ↳ Mr. X @10:15 I love Tuxedomoon, and (most) of their solo work.
	👻 10:18pm Austin Rich: Yay! The Tuxedomoon Lovefest has begun!
	10:20pm Arvo: ↳ Mr. X @10:15 I can't say I know the name by heart, but I do know and love some Tuxedomoon. No Tears For The Creatures of The Night! A great DJ at WLUW named Barb Wire would come in after me at 4am and DJ. She loved Tuxedomoon. She Djed while she was dying of cancer. We did a live tribute to her and played Tuxedomoon with her family present in the studio.
	👻 10:20pm univac: I met and did sound for Winston Tong back in 1996 at the warehouse/artspace I used to run in SF. He was trying to pick me up and gave me his card...
	👻 10:20pm univac: ↳ Arvo @10:20 Wow. That is awesome. Chills here...
	👻 10:23pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @10:20 Very cool! You have a lot of fun stories about that period in SF. I'm very jealous. Sounds like it was a blast.
	10:23pm Arvo: ↳ univac @10:20 Yeah, she was great. She would cover for other DJs and come in with a leg brace on. She would offer people rides home. She played Foetus, Tuxedomoon, and something related to Phillipe Petite. She was British and had a really sexy gravelly voice, so lots of truckers would call and talk to her, not knowing she was far alive in years.
	👻 10:23pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:20 I agree with univac: a beautiful and powerful story.
	10:24pm Arvo: *far along
	👻 10:24pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @10:23 It was a great time to be in SF--so much amazing stuff happening!
	10:25pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:23 Thanks!
	👻 10:25pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:23 Older sexy British DJ lady who loves Foetus? Have you been in my dreams again?
	👻 10:26pm univac: lol
	10:26pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:25 I know, she was married though!
	👻 10:26pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:26 Well, gotta respect that. But still... yowza!
	👻 10:28pm Austin Rich: Strangely, it's a very chaste dream. We're just standing side by side, flipping through record bins and holding hands...
	10:29pm Arvo: While the subject of Tuxedomoon lingers, their alternate soundtrack to Pink Narcissus is especially great for their later catalog.
	👻 10:35pm univac: I haven't heard that one...I'll look it up. Thx!
	👻 10:35pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:29 I will have to look for that one.
	👻 10:35pm univac: Thanks Arvo, great stuff tonite! And, thx Austin. See you all next time!
	👻 10:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "I. Lento—Sostenuto Tranquillo Ma - Cantabile" by ... My wife is a big Beth Gibbons fan, and when this Górecki / Gibbons album was announced, she special ordered a vinyl edition for her birthday. It is a beautiful record, and sounds great.
	10:38pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:35 Pink Narcissus is labeled as a homo erotic film, but taken at face value, it is a nice piece of surrealist art 1971 in its own right, and I have played it on the radio before.
	10:38pm Arvo: ↳ univac @10:35 Thanks for listening and have a good night!
	10:41pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:37 I did not even know Beth Gibbons was singer of Portishead until now! Wow!
	10:41pm Arvo: Penderecki was what initially made my ears perk up.
	👻 10:42pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:41 Yeah, I think she's been keeping quiet for a while, but she did pop up to do this. I think she hasn't really recorded much since that last Portishead album... and this?
	👻 10:47pm Austin Rich: We're in the "Back 40" as my grandmother used to say. Thanks everyone for sticking around, and hanging out in the chat! I think this was a pretty good "first show of the year," and I hope to bring you at least 51 more before the year is through.
	👻 10:48pm univac: ↳ Arvo @10:38 Thanks, you too! See ya.
	👻 10:48pm univac: Great show!
	10:49pm Arvo: ↳ univac @10:48 Thanks to everyone for sticking around! Hope I didn't bum everyone out!
	10:51pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:47 Your grandma really used to do radio?
	👻 10:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:49 No more than normal. I'm fairly inconsolable about everything these days.
	👻 10:52pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:51 No, but she really used to say, "sorry I took so long to answer the door. I was in the back 40." My mother did radio for a long time, and she's a grandmother.
	👻 10:53pm Austin Rich: ↳ Austin Rich @10:52 (Back 40: in the bathroom, or taking a nap in her bedroom. So it was take a while to answer the door.)
	👻 10:53pm Heather Z: Great stuff tonight, Arvo and Austin! Thank you both and happy new year to all!
	10:53pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:52 Very cool! And farm slang to boot!
	👻 10:53pm Austin Rich: I think the origins of "Back 40" came from her farmgirl days, when they lived on a huge farm, and if you were in the "Back 40 acres" of the farm, you were essentially impossible to reach.
	10:54pm Arvo: ↳ Heather Z @10:53 Thanks and Happy New Year to you too Heather!
	👻 10:54pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:53 Exactly!
	👻 10:54pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @10:53 Thanks for listening, Heather!
	10:55pm Mr. X: Great show, Arvo. Lot's of interesting stuff to check out. Thanks! And thanks Austin, for hosting.
	10:55pm Arvo: I did look it up, just in case there was some other spin to it, not gonna lie...
	👻 10:55pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:55 Awwww, shucks. I just push the buttons.
	👻 10:56pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @10:54 I don't like to miss a show. You're doing the good stuff here on Sheenas!
	👻 10:56pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:55 It didn't even occur to me that the kids might have started using that to mean something else! Oh my!
	10:56pm Arvo: ↳ Mr. X @10:55 Glad to turn you onto new things! Thanks again!
	👻 10:56pm Austin Rich: Did I just verbally swipe left on something?
	👻 10:58pm Austin Rich: Anyway: Thanks again! See ya in Seven!
	10:58pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:56 Apparently "Plowing The Back Forty" is a bit of innuendo from back in the day. Also from Urban Dictionary: :The "Back Forty" was a term originally applied to RKO Pictures' film studio backlot in Culver City, California. Films such as King Kong (1933) and Gone With the Wind (1939) were filmed here. However, the phrase "I'm going to check out the back forty," usually implies that the speaker is going outside for a cigarette. The term, when in regards to smoking, is not a popular phrase among young people."
	👻 10:59pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:58 Very cool! I like that.
	11:00pm WR: Thank you! Arvo! Austin! Onward.

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from January 2, 2024

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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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January 2, 2024: Stereogram #6: ...The clouds will never part for us again (w/ Arvo Zylo)

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	Approx. start time
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Pino Donaggio	Carrie Returns Home	Carrie Original Motion Picture Soundtrack/Score	United Artists Records	1976		0:03:59 (Pop-up)
Théâtre du Chêne Noir d'Avignon	La Fascination Des Enfants De La Terre Par Les Hommes-Oiseaux	Aurora	Futura Records	1971		0:07:40 (Pop-up)
Paul Dolden	Below The Walls of Jericho	Seuil De Silences	Empreintes DIGITALes	2003		0:14:43 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Dominique Lawalree	Le Secret Blanc	First Meeting	Catch Wave Ltd.	2017		0:26:56 (Pop-up)
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Miguel A. Ruiz	Trivandrum "Trivandrum" by "Miguel A. Ruiz"	La Ola Interior (Spanish Ambient & Acid Exoticism 1983-1990)	Les Disques Bongo Joe	2021		0:30:40 (Pop-up)
Master Wilburn Burchette	Godward "Godward" by "Master Wilburn Burchette"	Music of The Godhead For Supernatural Meditation	Burchette Brothers	1975		0:34:38 (Pop-up)
Ice Cream	Bitter Wind "Bitter Wind" by "Ice Cream"	Maurice The Mole	The Trundley Experience	1990	“Ice Scream” is a variant of “I Scream”, an Alain Neffe/Insane Music related project.	0:39:20 (Pop-up)
Dominique Lawalree	Please Do Not Disturb	First Meeting	Catch Wave Ltd.	2017		0:42:46 (Pop-up)
Carlo Gesualdo/The Hilliard Ensemble	T'amo, Mia Vita	Quinto Libro Di Madrigali	ECM Records	2012		0:45:00 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: A Reminiscence of The Unattainable	Contemplation of Time	Maurice The Mole	The Trundley Experience	1990		0:47:19 (Pop-up)
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Ghédalia Tazartès	Merci Stéphane	Tazartes	Ayaa	1987		0:52:34 (Pop-up)
David Rosenbloom, Electric Chorus & Orchestra	Departure Section I: An Image In The Place Of An	Souls of Chaos	Core Records	1983		0:59:19 (Pop-up)
Charles Ives, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas	The Unanswered Question (Revised)	Holidays Symphony • The Unanswered Question • Central Park In The Dark	CBS Masterworks	1988		1:10:17 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Blaine L. Reininger	Autumn Shore "Autumn Shore" by "Blaine L. Reininger"	The Godfather of Odd: A Hardy Fox Tribute	Klanggalerie	2019		1:13:27 (Pop-up)
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Ptôse	The Black Hound Shrine "The Black Hound Shrine" by "Ptôse"	The Godfather of Odd: A Hardy Fox Tribute	Klanggalerie	2019		1:16:31 (Pop-up)
Peggy March	Tschau Amore Goodbye "Tschau Amore Goodbye" by "Peggy March"	In Der Carnaby Street	Bear Family Records	1970 / 1996		1:28:14 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: clipping.	Piano Burning "Piano Burning" by "clipping."	There Existed An Addiction To Blood	Sub Pop Records	2019		1:31:30 (Pop-up)
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Henryk Górecki, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Krzysztof Penderecki	I. Lento—Sostenuto Tranquillo Ma - Cantabile	Symphony No. 3 (Symphony Of Sorrowful Songs)	Domino	2019		1:34:06 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	1/1 6:02am Mr. Blue: I'm Mister Blue, from 1932, greetings to you, Belong in a zoo, eating a kangaroo, Cousin named Lou, eating chicken vindaloo, Every line's true, spitting rhymes like I do. In the old-school groove, making moves so smooth, From '32, my vibe's the truth, never lose, Stepping in my shoes, in this rap debut, Lou and the crew, chasing dreams, breaking through. Vintage like a coupe, rhymes sharp, cutting through, Mister Blue, paying dues, leaving clues, it's true, Kangaroo stew, in this rap rendezvous, Vindaloo spice, flavor so nice, in the avenue. Gone to the loo with the crew, in this lyrical view, 1932, time-traveling through, Greetings to you Mister Blue, signing off, on something new.
	6:57pm Jackie: Oh man I know this is gonna be good, otherwise I wouldn't stop snorting this kratom and listening to Hawaiian records on slooowww motion vapewave rpm boi
	👻 7:08pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	7:36pm Televiscous: On a highway to hell in a handbasket
	8:00pm hula hula man: Skibbedy bee bop shooby doo drinking mushroom coffee eating split pea soup
	8:44pm Arvo: Well Happy New Year Thank Heaven for 7-11
	9:01pm Arvo: Bruh!
	9:01pm Imaginos: I get the feeling that this is going to be a wonderfully strange night
	👻 9:02pm ramencity: hullo austin + xylo!
	9:02pm BC Sterrett: AI poetry!
	👻 9:03pm Heather Z: Hey all right! We got Arvo tonight! Tuned in and ready to craft here!
	9:03pm Arvo: That was good, was listening to wiggle room!
	9:04pm Arvo: Hi Heather and Ramen City Kid and Imaginos and BC!
	👻 9:06pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Carrie Returns Home" by "Pino Donaggio" Still one of my fave horror movies. And: one of the MOST terrifying, too. The mother in that movie... yikes!
	9:06pm BC Sterrett: Hello :)
	👻 9:06pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:01 Of course it will be! But it will also be strangely beautiful.
	👻 9:07pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @9:02 I do love when you come to visit. Sit and stay a spell!
	👻 9:07pm Heather Z: ↳ Arvo @9:04 Hi Arvo! Looking forward to what's in store for this evening's show!
	9:07pm BC Sterrett: I'm gonna be in lying in bed sick, but know that I'm around. lol
	👻 9:07pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @9:03 Thanks for droppin' in! Hopefully you are good and ready for the shenanigans.
	👻 9:07pm ramencity: ↳ Song: "Carrie Returns Home" by "Pino Donaggio" Kinda Bartok-y, this
	👻 9:07pm Austin Rich: ↳ BC Sterrett @9:07 Get some rest, BC. Hopefully you'll feel better soon. I was out for almost two months when I got sick recently.
	👻 9:08pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @9:07 And I was just saying we need more Bartok on the show, back at Christmas.
	9:08pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:06 It's always been a favorite, but only just over two years ago did I read the book. I have been a bit on the obscure side of things and lately have been opening myself up more to massively popular people if they are good. Heather, I am looking forward to seeing your next masterpiece!
	👻 9:10pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @9:08 The book is pretty good, for sure. But there's something about the movie that is very unsettling in a way that the book only hints at. (I think that's the boon of film: you can really convey emotion in an immediate way, and books sort of sneak up on you, after you put them down and start thinking about it.
	👻 9:10pm univac: Hello, all!
	👻 9:10pm Austin Rich: Yay! It's univac. Now the party can start.
	👻 9:11pm univac: I have my coffee-bong meshback cap ready!
	9:12pm Kat in the chat: Hi, I can’t chat tonight but I am listening! Dealing with a work disaster
	👻 9:12pm univac: (and I'm swapping a new SSD into an iMac)
	👻 9:12pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @9:11 Woo hoo! Party in the Mid-Vall-ey!
	👻 9:12pm univac: What is generating the AI poetry?
	👻 9:12pm Austin Rich: ↳ Kat in the chat @9:12 Kat In The Chat! Good luck putting out that fire. Hopefully the tunes help.
	👻 9:13pm Heather Z: ↳ Arvo @9:08 I'll send pics of the two that are done and the work in progress!
	9:13pm Arvo: Well hello!
	👻 9:13pm Heather Z: ↳ univac @9:10 Hi Univac!
	👻 9:15pm univac: Hi Heather!
	9:15pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:10 I recently watched and read 11.22.63 both the book and the series, loved it, but thankfully watched the series first. It was butchered compared to the book, both had their merits though.
	👻 9:15pm univac: Hello Arvo!
	9:16pm Arvo: ↳ univac @9:15 Howdy! Thanks for dropping in!
	👻 9:16pm univac: ↳ Arvo @9:15 I really liked 11.22.63 as well. Been meaning to watch the series. Been a fairly large S. King fan since the 80s...
	👻 9:16pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @9:15 That one did pique my interest, but I haven't see / watched it yet.
	👻 9:17pm univac: Is the chat being taken over by an AI chatbot?
	9:17pm Arvo: Hi Willa!
	9:18pm WR: Hi Austin and folks assembled.
	👻 9:18pm ramencity: ↳ Arvo @9:15 11.22.63 - must be about the day before Dr. Who first aired... :)
	9:18pm Willa: Hello!
	👻 9:18pm Austin Rich: ↳ WR @9:18 WR! Nice to see you! Join the party. We have tunes!
	👻 9:18pm univac: lol
	9:18pm Arvo: ↳ univac @9:16 The will be offensive to people who have read the book first. Personally I thought it was good.
	9:19pm Arvo: *the series
	👻 9:19pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @9:18 Certainly. It's about everything that went into that first broadcast. There's actually a BBC movie about exactly that...
	9:20pm Arvo: On November 22, 1963, a favorite song of mine was number one.
	9:21pm Arvo: Some time soon, I will try to read The Stand. The series did not blow me away, but I think it's probably an essential to read.
	👻 9:22pm Austin Rich: Trying to keep the timing on the playlist accurate tonight, but it's a bit tricky. Some of these songs blend into each other so well.
	👻 9:22pm ramencity: ↳ Arvo @9:20 (google google)... Dale & Grace??
	👻 9:22pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @9:21 I really enjoyed The Stand, and I think the book has the right kind of "pulp" vibe to it, that it keeps you reading.
	9:22pm Arvo: ↳ ramencity @9:22 I'm leaving it all up to you
	👻 9:24pm ramencity: Nice! That name rings a bell, and I see it in my itunes, I musta downloaded it when I was looking up "swamp pop" stuffs...
	9:24pm Arvo: I am trying to learn how to write stories in general, so there is an added appeal to reading fiction. Frankly, I would not read much fiction if it weren't for the research factor. I will read Tommyknockers too eventually. So many weird reviews of that one.
	👻 9:24pm univac: The Stand was amazing. I keep thinking I want to read it again, haven't since the 80s.
	👻 9:24pm univac: Loving the music, Arvo!
	👻 9:25pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @9:24 It's got some of the creepiest King stuff in it that I can remember. And also: it's got some action and spy stuff that was very fun. It totally holds up.
	👻 9:26pm Austin Rich: (The entire scene with The Kid and Trash Can Man, in the hotel room, is TERRIFYING.)
	9:26pm Arvo: ↳ univac @9:24 Thanks!
	9:27pm Arvo: And I do own Doctor Sleep, and also didn't care for the movie. But will read it. Some day.
	👻 9:27pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @9:24 I think we might have talked about this, but I really enjoyed King's non-fiction book, "On Writing," which has a lot of advice he gives about writing the way he does. I quite enjoyed the book.
	9:27pm Arvo: Same for The Green Mile
	👻 9:28pm univac: And, of course, The Gunslinger Saga is amazing. It is the first stuff King wrote, started when he was 18, first book was serialized over several years (1978-81) in Science Fiction & Fantasy Magazine, then published in a book in 1982.
	👻 9:29pm univac: Gunslinger is also super creepy.
	9:29pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:27 I have read that as well. Like many books of its kind, it has some great anecdotes and basically says to cut out adverbs and practice a lot, no formulas or gimmicks, which I can respect.
	👻 9:29pm univac: I just had a long King convo at a NYE party!
	👻 9:30pm univac: ↳ Arvo @9:27 Dr. Sleep is the "sequel" to The Shining.
	👻 9:30pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @9:29 Agreed! Humorously, I've never finished that series. But I really LOVED The Gunslinger, and it has some delightfully eerie scenes. I keep thinking I should get to the other books, but I really loved that first one... in a way, I sort of want to keep that memory for a while.
	👻 9:32pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @9:30 In the first book, you can really see King's writing style evolve as it was written over a few years.
	👻 9:32pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Trivandrum" by "Miguel A. Ruiz" This is one of my favorite discoveries from producing this show with Arvo. This comp is worth tracking down!
	9:33pm Arvo: ↳ univac @9:30 Yep I thought the movie was bad, actually watched it at the Great Northern hotel on the evening of February 24, 2020.
	👻 9:33pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @9:32 I sort of loved that. It was like a document of someone honing their chops.
	9:34pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:32 Thank you! The artist is good too, but you are right, that comp is 🔥🔥🔥🔥 as the kids say
	9:34pm Arvo: Always glad to be here!
	👻 9:34pm univac: I'll have to track that comp. Great track!
	👻 9:35pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @9:33 Indeed.
	👻 9:35pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @9:34 I hadn't even heard of anyone on this comp before, and even the genre was new to me. This is why radio is still essential: how else are you gonna hear about this stuff?
	9:35pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:35 Esplendor Geometrico is legendary!
	9:37pm Arvo: I still do listen to a fair amount of radio archives. In real time not so much.
	👻 9:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @9:35 Thanks for the tip! Certainly, I try to stay informed, but... there are big holes in my record collection. There's just not enough time to get all the records.
	👻 9:38pm univac: The La Ola Interior album is available on Bandcamp!
	9:42pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:37 don't I know it
	9:43pm Arvo: ↳ univac @9:38 Yeah, I have listened to it multiple times, not a dud on it
	👻 9:44pm Austin Rich: I had a dream once - possibly inspired by something I read in a Lester Bangs book - about a basement, full of every record in the world, ever made, and I had to sneak down there for some reason, and could only bring back one record per trip, and I recall, in the dream, just walking around, not ready to pick the record and go back upstairs JUST yet...
	👻 9:44pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @9:43 That is a good recommendation!
	👻 9:45pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @9:44 Cool, but frustrating dream.
	👻 9:46pm univac: Everything you've played so far, Arvo, I've never heard and it is all amazing!
	👻 9:46pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @9:45 Yeah. I think this was just after "Audiogalaxy" first started being a useful service, and I was feverishly downloading albums I'd only ever heard of.
	👻 9:47pm ramencity: I think the local classical station was playing some Gesualdo while I was asleep last night...
	👻 9:48pm ramencity: ...or I dreamt it ala Austin dreaming...
	👻 9:49pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @9:48 I need to invent that tape recorder that works in dreams but I can listen to when I'm awake. Because some of those dream songs would be hits!
	9:50pm Arvo: ↳ ramencity @9:47 I listen to the classical station a fair amount, and don't think I have ever heard Gesualdo there. Thanks univac! Really glad to do this every time. It is great to take my time and put together a set for a long time and really boil it down.
	9:50pm WR: Huge Gesualdo fan here. And all (except the Carrie track) that has been played has been new to me as well and lovely.
	👻 9:51pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @9:49 If only...
	9:51pm Arvo: ↳ WR @9:50 There is that great documentary where that woman was possessed by him, or so she said, and would sit in his former home, which still sits abandoned, and sing.
	9:52pm Arvo: ↳ WR @9:50 Thank you!
	👻 9:52pm Austin Rich: I do appreciate Arvo's taste, and his ability to find a nice thread during his shows. We've been collaborating on radio shows since 2016, and it always feels good to have him back on.
	👻 9:53pm ramencity: Have y'all seen that Werner Herzog movie about Gesualdo? It's been quite a while since I have..
	👻 9:54pm ramencity: Maybe that was the movie Arvo was just mentioning...
	👻 9:54pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @9:52 I'm glad you do!
	👻 9:54pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @9:53 Not I, but I usually like Herzog's movies, so I'll have to check it out.
	9:54pm Arvo: ↳ ramencity @9:53 That may be the one.
	9:54pm WR: ↳ Song: "T'amo, Mia Vita" by "Carlo Gesualdo/The Hilliard ... Yeah, I was wondering, will the back announce include the "murdered his wife" bit. I'm on the fence whether TMI what does that matter or TMI, now people will be adverse to anything to do with a wife murder or, yeah, cool more folks might become curious about him
	9:55pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:54 Herzog's master class is pretty amusing.
	9:55pm WR: ↳ ramencity @9:53 Somehow I've overlooked / missed that Herzog did a movie about Gesualdo. Another one on the list.
	👻 9:55pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @9:55 He is very naturally funny, both intentionally, and accidentally. I find him quite interesting.
	9:56pm Arvo: ↳ WR @9:54 I first heard of him because a very depressed person found his work extremely cathartic, no back story. I wasn't blown away, frankly, but it grows on me.
	👻 9:56pm univac: That "rhythm" sounds like a Casio SK-1!
	👻 9:57pm Austin Rich: I would say my favorite art film directors are Antonioni and John Carpenter. My favorite "pop" director is Joe Dante, hands down.
	9:58pm Arvo: ↳ univac @9:56 I just bought an SK10 on accident like a month ago. I am not sure if it loops. Fun fact, Tazartes was on the Nurse With Wound list.
	👻 9:59pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @9:58 Ahhhh! Of course.
	👻 10:02pm univac: ↳ Arvo @9:58 Cool! They don't loop, as far as I know, unless you weight the keys. They are great for circuit bending. How did you "accidentally" buy one?
	10:03pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "La Fascination Des Enfants De La Terre Par Les Ho... I'll have to catch the earlier bits of this show in the archive, because I lived in Avignon for 6 months in the early '80s. Guess I should brush up on my rusty French to understand the lyrics to some of these pieces.
	10:04pm Arvo: ↳ univac @10:02 I had a friend who had an SS330 that loops if you hold the keys. So it was a voice mellotron for me. I was hoping this SK10 was the same. I meant to buy an SK1 but got an SK10.
	👻 10:04pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:03 Mr. X! Lovely to see you in the chat. I do love your France stories. I should try to write some songs in French for us to sing in Human Dinosaur.
	👻 10:06pm univac: ↳ Arvo @10:04 There's a crazy special mode you can get the SK-1 to do by pressing down a bunch of keys at once that makes the keyboard freak out. I can't remember what it was...I wonder if the SK-10 does the same?
	👻 10:06pm Austin Rich: Probably a good time to mention Arvo's Label, No Part of It, which has some excellent releases, including Illusion of Safety and Leslie Keffer, and Blood Rhythms!
	👻 10:07pm Austin Rich: nopartofit.bandcamp.com
	👻 10:07pm univac: Excellent! I'm going to see IOS and Tom Dimuzio in a few weeks in LA.
	10:08pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:07 Thank you!
	👻 10:08pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @10:07 IOS is playing in Eugene, too with Don Haugen, and I might strap on a mask and see that. It's gonna be in a Toy Store!
	10:09pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @9:57 I'm a Kurosawa kind of guy myself.
	👻 10:10pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:09 Kurosawa has some amazing movies! I do love his style. But there's something about Antonioni and gets at the heart of how unsettling it is to live in the world with other people.
	10:10pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:08 Don is a great guy.
	10:10pm Arvo: We are on Charles Ives now, sorry
	👻 10:11pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:10 Whoops! Trying to juggle a few spinning plates. But we're getting there!
	👻 10:12pm ramencity: ↳ Mr. X @10:09 Do you have a favorite Kurosawa, X-San? I am partial to Hidden Fortress and Throne of Blood myself..
	👻 10:13pm Austin Rich: Yeah, Jan 17th, IOS, Scot Jenerik, Don Haugen, Black Woofer and i.n.r.i., at what used to be a video game / CD store, now toys / collectibles store. Should be fun!
	👻 10:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @10:12 High and Low!
	👻 10:14pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @10:13 Excellent!
	10:14pm Mr. X: ↳ ramencity @10:12 Well, you can't beat Seven Samurai. But my personal favorite is Dreams.
	10:15pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Autumn Shore" by "Blaine L. Reininger" Wow, someone else has heard of Blaine L. Reininger (of Tuxedomoon)!
	10:17pm Arvo: Quoting Blake DeGraw about Charles Ives' father: "The guy's family owned like half of the town he lived in. Like, dynastic. But he just worked menial jobs and spent his time putting on really crazy experimental concerts (this is the 19th century, mind you). Died poor and young. Most of Charles Ives' best works were just attempts to re-create his father." https://nopartofit.blogspot.com/2019/06/interview-series-4-blake-degraw.html
	👻 10:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:14 Need to see Dreams. I loved Seven Samurai when I saw it, but I think as time has gone on, I've thought about RAN more.
	👻 10:17pm univac: ↳ Mr. X @10:15 I love Tuxedomoon, and (most) of their solo work.
	👻 10:18pm Austin Rich: Yay! The Tuxedomoon Lovefest has begun!
	10:20pm Arvo: ↳ Mr. X @10:15 I can't say I know the name by heart, but I do know and love some Tuxedomoon. No Tears For The Creatures of The Night! A great DJ at WLUW named Barb Wire would come in after me at 4am and DJ. She loved Tuxedomoon. She Djed while she was dying of cancer. We did a live tribute to her and played Tuxedomoon with her family present in the studio.
	👻 10:20pm univac: I met and did sound for Winston Tong back in 1996 at the warehouse/artspace I used to run in SF. He was trying to pick me up and gave me his card...
	👻 10:20pm univac: ↳ Arvo @10:20 Wow. That is awesome. Chills here...
	👻 10:23pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @10:20 Very cool! You have a lot of fun stories about that period in SF. I'm very jealous. Sounds like it was a blast.
	10:23pm Arvo: ↳ univac @10:20 Yeah, she was great. She would cover for other DJs and come in with a leg brace on. She would offer people rides home. She played Foetus, Tuxedomoon, and something related to Phillipe Petite. She was British and had a really sexy gravelly voice, so lots of truckers would call and talk to her, not knowing she was far alive in years.
	👻 10:23pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:20 I agree with univac: a beautiful and powerful story.
	10:24pm Arvo: *far along
	👻 10:24pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @10:23 It was a great time to be in SF--so much amazing stuff happening!
	10:25pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:23 Thanks!
	👻 10:25pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:23 Older sexy British DJ lady who loves Foetus? Have you been in my dreams again?
	👻 10:26pm univac: lol
	10:26pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:25 I know, she was married though!
	👻 10:26pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:26 Well, gotta respect that. But still... yowza!
	👻 10:28pm Austin Rich: Strangely, it's a very chaste dream. We're just standing side by side, flipping through record bins and holding hands...
	10:29pm Arvo: While the subject of Tuxedomoon lingers, their alternate soundtrack to Pink Narcissus is especially great for their later catalog.
	👻 10:35pm univac: I haven't heard that one...I'll look it up. Thx!
	👻 10:35pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:29 I will have to look for that one.
	👻 10:35pm univac: Thanks Arvo, great stuff tonite! And, thx Austin. See you all next time!
	👻 10:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "I. Lento—Sostenuto Tranquillo Ma - Cantabile" by ... My wife is a big Beth Gibbons fan, and when this Górecki / Gibbons album was announced, she special ordered a vinyl edition for her birthday. It is a beautiful record, and sounds great.
	10:38pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:35 Pink Narcissus is labeled as a homo erotic film, but taken at face value, it is a nice piece of surrealist art 1971 in its own right, and I have played it on the radio before.
	10:38pm Arvo: ↳ univac @10:35 Thanks for listening and have a good night!
	10:41pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:37 I did not even know Beth Gibbons was singer of Portishead until now! Wow!
	10:41pm Arvo: Penderecki was what initially made my ears perk up.
	👻 10:42pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:41 Yeah, I think she's been keeping quiet for a while, but she did pop up to do this. I think she hasn't really recorded much since that last Portishead album... and this?
	👻 10:47pm Austin Rich: We're in the "Back 40" as my grandmother used to say. Thanks everyone for sticking around, and hanging out in the chat! I think this was a pretty good "first show of the year," and I hope to bring you at least 51 more before the year is through.
	👻 10:48pm univac: ↳ Arvo @10:38 Thanks, you too! See ya.
	👻 10:48pm univac: Great show!
	10:49pm Arvo: ↳ univac @10:48 Thanks to everyone for sticking around! Hope I didn't bum everyone out!
	10:51pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:47 Your grandma really used to do radio?
	👻 10:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:49 No more than normal. I'm fairly inconsolable about everything these days.
	👻 10:52pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:51 No, but she really used to say, "sorry I took so long to answer the door. I was in the back 40." My mother did radio for a long time, and she's a grandmother.
	👻 10:53pm Austin Rich: ↳ Austin Rich @10:52 (Back 40: in the bathroom, or taking a nap in her bedroom. So it was take a while to answer the door.)
	👻 10:53pm Heather Z: Great stuff tonight, Arvo and Austin! Thank you both and happy new year to all!
	10:53pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:52 Very cool! And farm slang to boot!
	👻 10:53pm Austin Rich: I think the origins of "Back 40" came from her farmgirl days, when they lived on a huge farm, and if you were in the "Back 40 acres" of the farm, you were essentially impossible to reach.
	10:54pm Arvo: ↳ Heather Z @10:53 Thanks and Happy New Year to you too Heather!
	👻 10:54pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:53 Exactly!
	👻 10:54pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @10:53 Thanks for listening, Heather!
	10:55pm Mr. X: Great show, Arvo. Lot's of interesting stuff to check out. Thanks! And thanks Austin, for hosting.
	10:55pm Arvo: I did look it up, just in case there was some other spin to it, not gonna lie...
	👻 10:55pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:55 Awwww, shucks. I just push the buttons.
	👻 10:56pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @10:54 I don't like to miss a show. You're doing the good stuff here on Sheenas!
	👻 10:56pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:55 It didn't even occur to me that the kids might have started using that to mean something else! Oh my!
	10:56pm Arvo: ↳ Mr. X @10:55 Glad to turn you onto new things! Thanks again!
	👻 10:56pm Austin Rich: Did I just verbally swipe left on something?
	👻 10:58pm Austin Rich: Anyway: Thanks again! See ya in Seven!
	10:58pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:56 Apparently "Plowing The Back Forty" is a bit of innuendo from back in the day. Also from Urban Dictionary: :The "Back Forty" was a term originally applied to RKO Pictures' film studio backlot in Culver City, California. Films such as King Kong (1933) and Gone With the Wind (1939) were filmed here. However, the phrase "I'm going to check out the back forty," usually implies that the speaker is going outside for a cigarette. The term, when in regards to smoking, is not a popular phrase among young people."
	👻 10:59pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:58 Very cool! I like that.
	11:00pm WR: Thank you! Arvo! Austin! Onward.

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