WFMU: Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from February 13, 2024

Listener comments!
	👻 7:36pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	8:47pm Charles: Hello Austin, to answer your question from yesterday Homestar Runner is still going on and is still very good. A new episode has dropped today in fact!
	9:00pm Imaginos: Ahoy!
	9:01pm Mr. X: Hearts 'n flowers.
	9:02pm Imaginos: ↳ Mr. X @9:01 What joys they bring
	9:02pm Imaginos: It's quiet. Too quiet. Think a kitty pulled a plug
	9:03pm Mr. X: No audio coming through....
	9:03pm Krys O.: Nary a sound, Austin.
	9:03pm Kat in the chat: Not just me then :(
	9:03pm Mr. X: Sheena stream cut in for a second.
	9:03pm Imaginos: ↳ Krys O. @9:03 Psychic Radio tonight
	9:04pm Krys O.: Another robot breakthrough?
	9:04pm Mr Fab: hearing snippets
	9:05pm Paco_Jones: Hello Austin!
	9:05pm Imaginos: ↳ Mr Fab @9:04 But are they Austin or Sheena?
	9:06pm Kat in the chat: They sound like Sheena
	9:07pm Imaginos: ↳ Kat in the chat @9:06 I was afraid of that
	👻 9:09pm Austin Rich: I don't know what's happening.
	9:09pm Imaginos: At least we all have each other
	9:11pm Geoff-U: I also do not know what is happening
	9:12pm Geoff-U: ooh just got a quick blast of music
	👻 9:12pm Austin Rich: I really don't know what's happening. I might have to log off and try another night. Something is broken...
	9:12pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:12 We understand
	👻 9:12pm Austin Rich: I'm really frustrated.
	9:14pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:12 Friendship hugs and sympathetic smiles
	9:14pm Kat in the chat: :( :( :(
	9:15pm Geoff-U: I hear music
	9:15pm Krys O.: That's the robot stream.
	9:16pm Geoff-U: Oh gotcha
	9:18pm Imaginos: Well, if the stream isn't fixed soon I am going to stay in chat but put on my Audible copy of the Hitchhikers Guide until I see a hint that the stream is fixed
	9:23pm Aitch: actually Valentine's here already and silence there as well...awww.
	👻 9:24pm austinrich: Damn! That was annoying!
	👻 9:24pm Austin Rich: Wow. Is anyone left?
	9:25pm Mr Fab: he's BACK!!
	9:25pm Krys O.: Hooray!
	9:25pm Imaginos: Finally
	👻 9:25pm Austin Rich: Sorry everyone!
	9:26pm Kat in the chat: Yay I hear Austinish sounds
	9:26pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:25 You're forgiven
	9:26pm Kat in the chat: Gave me a chance to wash up in the kitchen
	9:31pm MissRikki: Present
	9:31pm Arvo: Hello! Apparently I missed some glorious malfunction!
	9:32pm MissRikki: So much waiting to be done here.
	👻 9:33pm Austin Rich: ↳ MissRikki @9:32 I haven't done any proper waiting in ages. It's about time.
	👻 9:33pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @9:31 You did. Fortunately, you didn't miss much. The real show begins NOW.
	9:34pm Kat in the chat: Hi Arvo!
	9:35pm Arvo: Hey! I was listening to a cover of the B-52s song, "Planet Claire" by Haunted George (RIP) and when the lyric came on: "Some say she's from Mars Or one of the seven stars That shine after 3:30 in the morning" "Well, she isn't" And it was 3:33 AM in the morning! How bout them apples?
	9:35pm Arvo: Hi Kat! did you know that no one has a head on Planet Claire?
	9:36pm Kat in the chat: 3:33 and 11:11 always seem kind of magical
	9:36pm Kat in the chat: ↳ Arvo @9:35 Yeah and they have pink air, right?
	9:37pm Arvo: And the trees are red!
	👻 9:38pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Neutron Lover" by "The Homosexuals" The Messthetics label no longer exists, and unfortunately, due to a fire at the owners house / place they stored all their records / masters, there will be no more new Messthetics, unfortunately. If you have any Messthetics releases: hang on to them!
	9:38pm Imaginos: ↳ Arvo @9:37 A pink bunkadoo?
	👻 9:38pm Austin Rich: What's new in your world, MissRikki? Any new Closet Radio?
	9:40pm Arvo: ↳ Imaginos @9:38 Now I have to watch Time Bandits again to remember what you are talking about? I do not remember it.
	👻 9:40pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:38 Thanks for hanging in there, Imaginos. Tonight has been crazy wild already, so I'm glad you toughed it out.
	9:40pm MissRikki: If only. Just restoring old books and nursing a broken heart. Whatcha gonna do?
	👻 9:41pm Austin Rich: ↳ MissRikki @9:40 Restoring old books? For a living? That's cool! I sell rare books for a living, now.
	9:41pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:40 Worth it
	9:41pm Arvo: ↳ Kat in the chat @9:36 I see 3:33 in some way every day, unless I turn everything off. for over 20 years, for the most part.
	9:42pm Imaginos: ↳ Arvo @9:41 I often see 1234
	9:42pm MissRikki: Yep. My library of skills came in handy after all.
	9:44pm Arvo: In real life the robot lady would start an OnlyFans account and save herself from the heartache. There is an old song called "Don't Blame Lulu" that I'm reminded of.
	9:44pm MissRikki: ↳ Austin Rich @9:41 I guess M is working her magic from the other side.
	9:45pm Kat in the chat: ↳ Arvo @9:41 Wow. Does it mean anything to you?
	9:45pm Geoff-U: ↳ Austin Rich @9:41 I have a 1644 copy of Hobbes' book "Levaithan" in Latin... guessing it is worth something
	9:45pm Imaginos: ↳ Arvo @9:44 Are you referring to Don't Bring Lulu?
	👻 9:45pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Chrome Lover" by "Gary Wilson" When I started at KPSU in Portland, Gary Wilson had just put out a new album, after years of just re-issues, and it was a big hit at our station. I wrote him an e-mail, and was astonished to find he wrote back almost immediately. Now he's on social media and is pretty active, but back then, I sort of assumed he would be hard to reach.
	👻 9:46pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @9:45 Probably! Are you selling? I know someone who might be interested. If not... keep it. Selling books is hard, and the pay-off isn't as great as you'd imagine.
	👻 9:47pm Austin Rich: ↳ MissRikki @9:44 She has a real job, yes.
	9:47pm Arvo: ↳ Kat in the chat @9:45 I remember something Buddhist about "always seeking the truth" but the rest is cobbled interpretation from the holy trinity. Also, I put out a compilation w/ Gary Wilson on it, he was very nice, met him twice.
	9:47pm Arvo: ↳ Imaginos @9:45 Probably.
	9:48pm Imaginos: ↳ Arvo @9:47 Good song
	9:48pm Arvo: ↳ Imaginos @9:48 There is also a song called "Lulu and her la la la"
	9:51pm Arvo: Favorite song by Gary Wilson is probably "Linda Wants To Be Alone"
	9:51pm Imaginos: ↳ Arvo @9:48 I will have to look it up
	9:52pm Imaginos: Not everyone can be Bryce Lynch
	9:52pm Arvo: Man I am gonna find a way to use the word "cattywompus" all the time now.
	9:53pm Arvo: There are already AI sex robots in Germany, they can put on their own lingerie apparently.
	9:56pm Arvo: I was literally literally literally listening to a song by Jamie Horton called "Robot Man" yesterday
	9:57pm Arvo: serious
	👻 9:57pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @9:56 I'll have to look that one up! I don't know it.
	👻 9:57pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @9:53 I suspect Americans are well behind other countries, when it comes to technology and relationships. I suspect we're only just starting to figure out what things we can fall in love with.
	9:58pm MissRikki: I'll just stick to Bride of Pinbot.
	👻 10:00pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Don’t Fall In Love With An Android" by "The Rebel... My old roommate found this record for me, in the 90's, for a few dollars, and gave it to me as a gag gift, among a stack of records that were the real gift. To this day, I am shocked at how collectible this albums has become. It is such a weird record.
	👻 10:00pm Austin Rich: ↳ MissRikki @9:58 I was thinking the other day that I don't play enough pinball. But it's harder and harder to find good pinball these days, at least where I live.
	10:01pm Arvo: I enjoy some conspiracy theories. One of the amusing dichotomies is that people think the corporations and the pro-lifers are conspiring to keep Americans poor by guilting them into having babies. When they are not conspiring to lower the population with man-made viruses, of course. Anyway, sex robots would lower the population considerably, I assume.
	10:01pm Imaginos: ↳ MissRikki @9:58 The truth is that the elder Americans are so paranoid about technology that they keep making restrictions
	10:01pm MissRikki: When you travel up the road a bit, it should be easier
	👻 10:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ MissRikki @10:01 Portland had / has great pinball, but is not convenient for me to get to, sadly.
	👻 10:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "I’m In Love With My Walls" by "Lester Bangs & The... I think about this song every Friday, when I don't go out and do anything. Again.
	10:02pm Arvo: ↳ Song: "I’m In Love With My Walls" by "Lester Bangs & The... Man I have been procrastinating about hearing this record for 20 years.
	10:02pm MissRikki: ↳ Austin Rich @10:02 Also, not worth visiting.
	👻 10:03pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "I’m In Love With My Walls" by "Lester Bangs & The... I certainly have a weird obsession with Lester Bangs. I've tried to read everything he's ever written, and he actually died on my birthday. I don't think I want to BE him, or even write like him, but I do find him incredibly fascinating.
	👻 10:04pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:02 It's really good! I recommend it.
	10:04pm Arvo: I'm not far from a pinball bar. It ain't cheap, though. In Chicago, there was a bar that had a pinball room that was free. I believe it was the one that had The Addams Family pinball machine. Love that one. Of course I got drunk and tipped well and put some music on the juke box if there wasn't a DJ spinning Soul Music.
	10:04pm MissRikki: ↳ Austin Rich @10:03 He's obsession worthy.
	10:05pm MissRikki: ↳ Arvo @10:04 I'm more into EMs. Also, you can play on the Stern Factory tours for less coins than you'd think.
	👻 10:05pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Love Science" by "Kicking Giant" There was a period, after I bought this tape, where I listened to this album on endless repeat, for most of the next year or so. I still have so much of this album ingrained in my DNA, if I ever breed, the kids will know it.
	10:05pm Arvo: Dude, are you gonna play that collaboration between Lou Reed and Metallica?
	👻 10:06pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:04 I only went to Chicago once, and I was not there long. I could have stayed a month and still felt like I missed some places. It was fun for the few days I was there, but... like... there was so much to do!
	10:08pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:06 Yeah, always something to do, even if it's 40 below with windchill.
	10:09pm Kat in the chat: ↳ Austin Rich @10:05 I can see how you could get fixed on this. I'm surprised I'm unfamiliar with it.
	10:09pm Kat in the chat: ↳ Arvo @10:08 Ha!
	10:09pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @10:06 Went to an Anime convention in Chicago in 1999 the hotel was being renovated
	10:10pm Arvo: I used to shoplift at B. Dalton. Just kidding.
	10:12pm MissRikki: That was a throwback bump.
	10:12pm Arvo: The kids are not even getting drunk or having sex anymore! What are they doing? Why don't they know this band that even I haven't heard of from 1993?
	👻 10:14pm univac: Hello, all. Just popping in for a bit.
	10:14pm Imaginos: I'm surprised you didn't play Moments in Love by Art of Noise
	10:15pm Kat in the chat: univac! I listened to that Over the Edge "Death of Circuit Bending" the other day. Fun listen!
	👻 10:16pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @10:14 Yeah, there were a lot of possibilities. I could do a whole other version of this show, and not run out of songs.
	👻 10:16pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Love Theme" by "... Another album that I wore the tape out after I got it. This Astroman album is ESSENTIAL!
	10:17pm Arvo: ↳ Imaginos @10:14 There is also that one disco song "I'm Just A Love Machine... and I don't want nobody but you"....
	👻 10:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Helium Head (I Got A Love)" by "Sir Lord Baltimore" OH SHIT! Time for a bonghit and to ROCK OUT! (HELL YEAH!)
	👻 10:18pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Helium Head (I Got A Love)" by "Sir Lord Baltimore" (I'm totally obsessed with this album. SO DAMN GOOD.)
	10:18pm Imaginos: ↳ Arvo @10:17 As an Imaginos fan I would have found room for The Girl That Love Made Blind
	10:18pm Arvo: My greyhound bus tours with my walkman were with mostly one tape, T. Rex's "Slider" on one side and "Electric Warrior" on the other side. Slider is my desert island record.
	👻 10:19pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:18 Slider! That album holds up so well. But I'm a T. Rex fan, so that helps.
	10:19pm Arvo: Of course, you know another story of the Bruce Springsteen tape. Trying to think of the tapes I wore out now. Definitely Cypress Hill, Sepultura, not sure what else. Memory fog...
	👻 10:19pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Helium Head (I Got A Love)" by "Sir Lord Baltimore" This is what they called Heavy Metal back in the day! Named after a line in "Butch Cassiday & The Sundance Kid."
	10:20pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:19 The man who wrote that screenplay, William Goldman, also wrote a great book on screenwriting. I don't remember that line, though.
	👻 10:21pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:20 He's a pretty good writer! I like a few of his books.
	10:21pm Imaginos: Getting sleepy
	👻 10:21pm univac: ↳ Kat in the chat @10:15 Hi there! Yeah, that OTE was fun and super chaotic. Thx for listening.
	👻 10:21pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Interplanetary Love" by "Acid Mothers Temple & Th... This was one of my "albums of the year" in 2006.
	👻 10:22pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @10:21 That's okay! You are much later than we are.
	10:23pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @10:22 See you Monday
	10:23pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:21 The staff at WZRD raised money to have Acid Mothers Temple fly out and play one of their anniversary shows... It was fun. I've seen them at least twice, maybe more. First in 2003 with Melt Banana.
	👻 10:23pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @10:23 Take care!
	👻 10:23pm univac: ↳ Song: "Interplanetary Love" by "Acid Mothers Temple & Th... This is amazing.
	👻 10:23pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:23 I saw them once, in Portland. They put on a great show!
	10:24pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:21 I don't know any of his other books.
	👻 10:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @10:23 Yeah. I do enjoy their records. And they have a TON.
	👻 10:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:24 The novel for "The Princess Bride" is better than the movie, and has a lot of stuff in it that couldn't translate to a movie.
	10:24pm Kat in the chat: I did a robot/computer themed Valentine's Day radio show, six or seven years ago now? I didn't find quite enough thematic tracks to fill out the two hours. Bet I could now.
	👻 10:25pm Austin Rich: ↳ Kat in the chat @10:24 We need more Kat in the radio, not just the chat!
	👻 10:26pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @10:24 I need to do a deep dive.
	10:27pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:25 Yes, Kat is good at mixing different kinds of electronic music together in a seamless but also unhip/not beatmatching way.
	👻 10:27pm univac: When/Where does Kat DJ?
	10:27pm Kat in the chat: ↳ Austin Rich @10:25 Yeah I have been dragging my heels on that. I did do a little four-show series over my old station's winter break.
	👻 10:27pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Modern Love Waltz" by "Philip Glass" I am sad, because I lost the disc that goes with this issues of McSweeney's. I have the issue, just not the soundtrack. Glad I ripped the disc! But sad I lost the CD.
	👻 10:28pm univac: ↳ Song: "Modern Love Waltz" by "Philip Glass" You find the most amazing music, Austin.
	10:28pm Arvo: Some nice serendipity here. Was listening to Philip Glass yesterday, his Bowie stuff.
	10:29pm Kat in the chat: ↳ Arvo @10:27 Haha that's a nice description! I do beatmatch occasionally on Traktor #ainttooproudtosync
	👻 10:29pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @10:28 I found a burned Philip Glass CD outside a head shop, near a construction site, in around 2005, and immediately fell in love with his music.
	10:30pm Arvo: ↳ Kat in the chat @10:29 I got no beef with beatmatching, but you play more stuff that isn't in that format...
	10:31pm Kat in the chat: ↳ univac @10:27 Mostly on the Loyola Chicago radio station that I know Arvo from. I relocated to Philly last year and have mostly been preoccupied with settling in. There's a link to my Soundcloud in profile if you're curious.
	10:31pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:29 When I was 19, I was given 500 cassettes by an older goth. Changed my life. Philip Glass was in there, although not my favorites of his work. Those I would discover later.
	10:32pm Kat in the chat: ↳ Arvo @10:30 Yeah I figured out early I didn't have Lisa Q's skills and would have to find other ways to make things flow.
	10:32pm Kat in the chat: ↳ Austin Rich @10:29 I love this story
	👻 10:32pm univac: ↳ Kat in the chat @10:31 Cool! I'll check it out.
	10:34pm Arvo: Sterilize the humans!
	10:37pm Kat in the chat: they should introduce Lulu to HAL
	👻 10:41pm Austin Rich: "Elmer"? Why did she name him "Elmer"?
	👻 10:41pm univac: The ROBOT voice...
	👻 10:41pm Austin Rich: I am yours and you are mine? Where have I heard that...
	10:41pm Kat in the chat: sounds like she made Mr. Right
	👻 10:41pm univac: This is amazing.
	10:42pm Geoff-U: He's stuck in woo mode
	👻 10:42pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @10:41 Yeah, I love that robot voice. X Minus One, always delivers.
	👻 10:42pm univac: This has definitely got to be 101 Strings' best album.
	👻 10:43pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "A Disappointing Love Affair With A Desensitized R... Another essential "Voice Over" album, that I used to keep near "just in case." I've sampled every inch of this album, somewhere or another.
	👻 10:43pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @10:42 I happens to all of us, eventually.
	10:43pm Kat in the chat: ↳ Austin Rich @10:41 Probably a few places. My mind (regrettably) went to "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"
	👻 10:44pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Satellite of Love" by "Lou Reed" I think about this song too often.
	👻 10:45pm univac: ↳ Song: "Satellite of Love" by "Lou Reed" This is an excellent song. Where was this used in a movie? I have forgotten more than I can remember...
	👻 10:45pm Austin Rich: "Bom bom bom."
	👻 10:46pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @10:45 I cannot say. I do know that Joel Hodgson from MST3K claims he named the ship on their show The Satellite of Love because of this song.
	👻 10:46pm Austin Rich: The snaps and stuff just kill me!
	10:46pm Kat in the chat: Eurythmics used to cover this live, I don't remember if they ever released a version.
	👻 10:47pm univac: With Harry, Mark & John...would that be a, quadsome?
	10:47pm MissRikki: ↳ univac @10:45 Velvet Goldmine
	10:47pm Kat in the chat: ↳ univac @10:47 Haha, I assumed the subject of the song was bold with them serially
	👻 10:48pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Love Song of the Saroo" by "Joe Meek & The Blue Men" Joe Meek gets WEIRD. Another underrated album I used to listen to far too much.
	👻 10:49pm Austin Rich: ↳ MissRikki @10:47 I was thinking of you the other day, when Mojo Nixon died. You and I used to listen to so much Mojo! I almost watched Rock and Roll High School Forever in honor of him.
	10:49pm MissRikki: ↳ Austin Rich @10:48 Don't forget the Thomas Truax tribute to Meek
	10:49pm MissRikki: ↳ Austin Rich @10:49 I had watched that two days before and feel like I cursed him.
	👻 10:50pm Austin Rich: I can't really whistle, but I would try to whistle parts of this album, badly. Never could get it right.
	10:50pm Arvo: ↳ Song: "Love Song of the Saroo" by "Joe Meek & The Blue Men" I miss my Joe Meek box set. I wrote an article about him and his occult connection to Buddy Holly.
	👻 10:50pm Austin Rich: ↳ MissRikki @10:49 The Ramen City Kid made a similar comment, because he was singing, "Don Henley Must Die," the day before. But I don't think that's how it works.
	10:50pm Arvo: I regret to say I only know Mojo Nixon from his CD with Jello Biafra.
	👻 10:51pm univac: See you later, boyeee!
	👻 10:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:50 There's still time! His albums hold up.
	10:51pm MissRikki: ↳ Austin Rich @10:50 We've done too many episodes on this topic already. Maybe it does.
	10:51pm Arvo: "I know you can walk on water, but can you walk on this much booze?"
	👻 10:52pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @10:51 That robot is clearly a parody of something from 1957, but I think the reference is lost on us, now.
	👻 10:52pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:51 I played that on my first radio show.
	👻 10:54pm Austin Rich: I'm playing a song later that Arvo will be excited to hear. He recommended I play it for a different reason, but it works for this show, too.
	10:55pm MissRikki: I'm wondering if The Epoxies will make an appearance
	👻 10:56pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @10:50 Porest and Peter Conheim did a live show in Paris (Peter netting it in) where the theme was to kill Henry Kissinger, why wasn't he already dead or at least punished for being a war criminal, with audience participation and so forth. Kissinger died the next day. So...it kinda works, sometimes?
	👻 10:56pm Austin Rich: ↳ MissRikki @10:55 Not this time. But damn, I miss seeing those guys. I saw them on my birthday one year, and it was rad. They were supposed to play a show I went to not long ago, but they couldn't... long story.
	10:56pm JM in Texas: Howdy howdy……I’m over an hour late and a dollar short, but I’m here! Extra special treat seeing Arvo in the chat tonight.
	👻 10:57pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @10:56 That's true! Porest is SO GOOD! I should try and get in touch with Peter again. I never succeeded before, but... maybe it'll work now?
	👻 10:57pm univac: Hello, JM
	👻 10:57pm Austin Rich: ↳ JM in Texas @10:56 And the show is running late, so it all works out!
	10:58pm Arvo: Hi JM!
	👻 10:58pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @10:57 I have recently been in contact with Peter. He is doing well. He did a huge amount of restoration, mixing and remastering a bunch of Devo stuff: Art Devo, 50th Anniversary Collection, and all their videos for MoMA, so he's been a busy boy.
	👻 10:58pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Love Call (Alternate Version)" by "Ornette Coleman" I do love Ornette Coleman. Between Albert Ayler and this, I think you have two of the best free-jazz artists in history.
	10:59pm Arvo: I was half expecting another Love Line episode with Heather. Hope she is okay!
	👻 10:59pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @10:58 I thought I saw his name on that Art Devo boxed set, which the Ramen City Kid gifted me for a holiday. It's very good!
	👻 11:00pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:59 I thought about it, but I just didn't have the prep time this year to fit it into the schedule. There's been a lot going on around the homestead.
	11:00pm JM in Texas: Good good, but hate that I missed Interplanetary Love by Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. (Have You Seen The Other Side Of The Sky?)……don’t recall hearing AMT on the MVM before??? HeyHeyHey univac, hope all is well in your world!
	11:00pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:54 Good thing I'm not going to bed anytime soon! Piqued interest!
	👻 11:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ JM in Texas @11:00 I used to play them more, but they come and go in phases.
	👻 11:02pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @10:59 Yes, it is really good! Quite a bit I had never heard. Some of it I have gotten through dAs. But the mixing that Peter did (they kinda gave him free range) is amazing.
	11:02pm Arvo: I am jealous I don't get to do an MTV smackdown MVM ID bumper...
	11:03pm wenzo: Ello ello
	11:04pm wenzo: Pop pop pop
	11:04pm wenzo: Snap… crackle…
	👻 11:08pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @11:02 Yeah, I was impressed. But I usually am. I got super into Devo and Negativland around the same time.
	👻 11:09pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Love’s Melody" by "Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Gr... One of my all-time fave albums. Django is Djreamy.
	👻 11:10pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @11:02 Why can't we do this?
	👻 11:11pm univac: Love Django.
	👻 11:14pm univac: Stupid men.
	11:14pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @11:10 Now, from all the way to the left of your MUTANT FM DIAL and eroding your mental OZONE LAYER into oblivion, MID VALLEY MUTATIONS SMASHING YOUR SKULL FROM THE THIRD TURNBUCKLe WITH THE SOUND OF MUSIC!!!
	👻 11:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @11:14 Seriously. Men are so dim when it comes to... oh, wait. That's ME!
	11:15pm Arvo: Ah yes, this is getting played when I time travel with a friend of mine Mr. Blue from 1932! Also there is "Fuck Me Forever" by Connie Lingus if you wanna get raunchy...
	👻 11:16pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @11:15 There's a number of great songs for that particular theme. We'll get to it, eventually.
	11:17pm MissRikki: ↳ Austin Rich @11:16 I think I still have a half-built playlist for that from the XRAY era.
	11:21pm coelacanth∅: i only came in for the bitter end. sorry. ...a little before 11 i tuned in. gotta check out the archive.
	11:21pm Arvo: Cattywompus 4 lyfe!!
	11:22pm coelacanth∅: aw crap, really? the one time i don't tune in early on and the archive's messed up?
	👻 11:22pm univac: Great stuff tonite, Austin!
	11:22pm Kat in the chat: Thank you, Austin! I figured you'd have some good seasonal content.
	👻 11:22pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @11:21 ABSOLUTELY!
	👻 11:23pm Heather: Also chiming in late! So glad to catch the tail end of the show. Your sign off is lovely. Glad to have heard it.
	👻 11:23pm Austin Rich: ↳ coelacanth∅ @11:22 I'll get something uploaded tomorrow, so don't worry. The archive is messed up because I sort of botched things.
	11:23pm Arvo: Hi Heather!
	👻 11:23pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Let’s Call It Love" by "Sleater-Kinney" I saw Sleater-Kinney on an early tour, and really enjoyed them... but this album! Holy cats! So incredible.
	👻 11:23pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Let’s Call It Love" by "Sleater-Kinney" I saw Sleater-Kinney on an early tour, and really enjoyed them... but this album! Holy cats! So incredible.
	👻 11:24pm Heather: ↳ Arvo @11:23 Hi Arvo!
	👻 11:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather @11:23 Nice to see you! Sounds like we had a small interruption, but we're still going! Sorry about that!
	11:24pm coelacanth∅: it's okay. need to be able to let things go. - but the tail end of it was great!
	11:24pm JM in Texas: Wow, what was that? (get your kicks)
	11:25pm Arvo: "Route 66" interrupted for a moment. Sound collage action.
	👻 11:25pm univac: Hello Heather! I had a client in LA (1+ hr drive) and listened to our uBradio 771, where you lead Austin and me through some very rigorous exercises. Super funny.
	👻 11:25pm Heather: ↳ Austin Rich @11:24 Tech issues! The bane of our collective existence!
	👻 11:25pm Austin Rich: ↳ JM in Texas @11:24 I can't recall what tour. 94? With Jon Spenser Blues Explosion.
	11:26pm coelacanth∅: (but i will check it out if it becomes available) i Love this album. maybe not my favorite sleater-kinney but adventurous for them
	👻 11:26pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @11:25 That one was pretty funny! Re-listened not long ago, too!
	👻 11:27pm Austin Rich: ↳ coelacanth∅ @11:26 This was the one that made me into a big fan. But their lives shows were always fun.
	11:27pm JM in Texas: ↳ Austin Rich @11:25 Guess that was a “live in the mix” moment :)
	👻 11:27pm Heather: ↳ univac @11:25 Hi Univac! Omg! That was such a fun ep and I was so at a loss when I realized I do not know how to lead an exercise class. But y'all danced beautifully!
	11:30pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Austin Rich @11:27 only saw them once and it was right when this album came out. it was free, on a college campus and the security guy said it's only for students; so i said you mind if i pull through the gate to turn around? then i kept going! hid the car in the employees lot. so there were only a dozen or so people there to see the band, and those didn't care much, for the most part.
	👻 11:30pm univac: ↳ Heather @11:27 It was amazing. And super funny.
	👻 11:31pm Austin Rich: ↳ coelacanth∅ @11:30 That sounds like the perfect way to see them!
	👻 11:31pm univac: ↳ Heather @11:27 We will have you back soon! We are weaving you into the current story arc.
	👻 11:32pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @11:31 As your Crendeena Portsmith character.
	11:34pm Kat in the chat: I saw S-K at a lesbian bar in the East Village called Meow Mix in the early 90s, that was a pretty good way to see them too. I gotta go to bed! cheers all.
	👻 11:34pm Austin Rich: Sorry, another stream reset! Damn this spotty internet!
	👻 11:34pm Heather: ↳ Austin Rich @11:32 I'm so here for this. Please let me know!! I don't remember her accent but I think it's just me trying to be menacing?
	11:34pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Austin Rich @11:31 yes but i'm sure they wished for a bit more of an audience! they was glad we were there, and Corin and Carrie talked with my friend and i for a while after the show, we all hugged. really sweet people.
	👻 11:34pm Austin Rich: ↳ Kat in the chat @11:34 Sleep well! That's funny, because there was a club in PDX for years called "Meow Meow."
	👻 11:37pm univac: Gotta run! See you Thursday Austin! Heather, we'll talk soon! See ya'll next time!
	11:37pm coelacanth∅: i almost saw Cat Power at meow mix, because a friend wanted me to go with her. it was full and they wouldn't let more people in; but in any case the looks i got outside from other patrons was unwelcoming enough
	👻 11:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ coelacanth∅ @11:37 I saw Cat Power once. With Low. It was great.
	👻 11:38pm Heather: Have a great night!
	11:39pm JM in Texas: ↳ univac @11:37 Goodnight!
	11:40pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Austin!

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from February 13, 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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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Approx. start time
Shadows In Blue	Mid-Valley Mutations Opening Theme	Mid-Valley Mutations Opening Theme	Self-Released	2024	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Chrome Lover "Chrome Lover"
X Minus One	Lulu (Part I) "Lulu (Part I)" by "X Minus One"	31 October 1957	NBC Radio	1957	0:01:48 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Martin Denny	Love Dance "Love Dance" by "Martin Denny"	Exotica	Liberty Records	1957	0:26:45 (Pop-up)
X Minus One	Lulu (Part II) "Lulu (Part II)" by "X Minus One"	31 October 1957	NBC Radio	1957	0:32:53 (Pop-up)
The Homosexuals	Neutron Lover "Neutron Lover" by "The Homosexuals"	Astral Glamour	Messthetics	2004	0:34:48 (Pop-up)
X Minus One	Lulu (Part III) "Lulu (Part III)" by "X Minus One"	31 October 1957	NBC Radio	1957	0:36:48 (Pop-up)
The Dukes Of The Stratosphear	My Love Explodes	25 O’Clock	Virgin Records	1985	0:38:46 (Pop-up)
X Minus One	Lulu (Part IV) "Lulu (Part IV)" by "X Minus One"	31 October 1957	NBC Radio	1957	0:42:33 (Pop-up)
Gary Wilson	Chrome Lover "Chrome Lover" by "Gary Wilson"	Forgotten Lovers	Motel Records	2003	0:43:36 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Art Tatum	Love Me "Love Me" by "Art Tatum"	Art Tatum - 1932 - 1934	Classics	1990	0:48:56 (Pop-up)
I'm In Love With My Walls "I'm In Love With My Walls"
X Minus One	Lulu (Part V) "Lulu (Part V)" by "X Minus One"	31 October 1957	NBC Radio	1957	0:55:21 (Pop-up)
Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires	The Love Machine	Elvis At The Movies	RCA Records	2007	0:56:04 (Pop-up)
The Rebel Force Band	Don’t Fall In Love With An Android	Living In These Star Wars	Bonwhit Records	1977	0:58:54 (Pop-up)
Lester Bangs & The Delinquents	I’m In Love With My Walls	Jook Savages On The Brazos	Live Wire Records	1981	1:01:53 (Pop-up)
X Minus One	Lulu (Part VI) "Lulu (Part VI)" by "X Minus One"	31 October 1957	NBC Radio	1957	1:04:45 (Pop-up)
Kicking Giant	Love Science "Love Science" by "Kicking Giant"	Halo	Spartadisc	1993	1:04:47 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: MX-80	Das Love Boat "Das Love Boat" by "MX-80"	Das Love Boat (Instrumentals 1975 - 1990)	A&R/ENT	1990	1:09:08 (Pop-up)
Interplanetary Love "Interplanetary Love"
X Minus One	Lulu (Part VII) "Lulu (Part VII)" by "X Minus One"	31 October 1957	NBC Radio	1957	1:14:55 (Pop-up)
Man… Or Astro-Man?	The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Love Theme	Destroy All Astro-Men!!	Estrus Records	1994	1:16:13 (Pop-up)
Sir Lord Baltimore	Helium Head (I Got A Love)	Kingdom Come / Sir Lord Baltimore	Mercury Records	1970 / 1994	1:17:22 (Pop-up)
Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.	Interplanetary Love	Have You Seen The Other Side Of The Sky?	Ace Fu Records	2006	1:21:20 (Pop-up)
Philip Glass	Modern Love Waltz "Modern Love Waltz" by "Philip Glass"	They Might Be Giants Vs. McSweeney's	McSweeney's Quarterly Concern	2001	1:27:12 (Pop-up)
X Minus One	Lulu (Part VIII) "Lulu (Part VIII)" by "X Minus One"	31 October 1957	NBC Radio	1957	1:30:37 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Hal Blaine	Love In (December) "Love In (December)" by "Hal Blaine"	Everything You Always Wanted To Know About '60s Mind Expansive Punkadelic Garage Rock Instrumentals But Were Afraid To Ask	Arf! Arf! Records	1993	1:33:15 (Pop-up)
Satellite of Love "Satellite of Love"
X Minus One	Lulu (Part IX) "Lulu (Part IX)" by "X Minus One"	31 October 1957	NBC Radio	1957	1:40:26 (Pop-up)
101 Strings Orchestra	A Disappointing Love Affair With A Desensitized Robot	Astro Sounds From Beyond The Year 2000	Alshire Records	1968	1:41:51 (Pop-up)
Lou Reed	Satellite of Love "Satellite of Love" by "Lou Reed"	Transformer	RCA Victor	1972	1:44:16 (Pop-up)
Joe Meek & The Blue Men	Love Song of the Saroo	I Hear a New World: An Outer Space Music Fantasy	RPM Records	1991	1:47:44 (Pop-up)
X Minus One	Lulu (Part X) "Lulu (Part X)" by "X Minus One"	31 October 1957	NBC Radio	1957	1:50:12 (Pop-up)
Albert Ayler	Love Cry "Love Cry" by "Albert Ayler"	Love Cry	Impulse! Records	1968	1:51:12 (Pop-up)
Ornette Coleman	Love Call (Alternate Version)	Love Call	Blue Note	1990	1:55:03 (Pop-up)
X Minus One	Lulu (Part XI) "Lulu (Part XI)" by "X Minus One"	31 October 1957	NBC Radio	1957	2:00:30 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Wendy Carlos	Love Theme "Love Theme" by "Wendy Carlos"	Tron (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	CBS Records	1982	2:02:05 (Pop-up)
Love On The Event Horizon "Love On The Event Horizon"
Mr. Bungle	The Bends Part IX: Love On The Event Horizon	Disco Volante	Warner Bros. Records	1995	2:07:34 (Pop-up)
Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli	Love’s Melody	Verve Jazz Masters 38	Verve Records	1994	2:08:53 (Pop-up)
X Minus One	Lulu (Part XII) "Lulu (Part XII)" by "X Minus One"	31 October 1957	NBC Radio	1957	2:12:00 (Pop-up)
The Blenders	Don’t Fuck Around With Love	Raunchy Rock & Roll	Live Gold Productions	1995	2:13:50 (Pop-up)
X Minus One	Lulu (Part XIII) "Lulu (Part XIII)" by "X Minus One"	31 October 1957	NBC Radio	1957	2:16:50 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Fragile X	An End Without Lovers Ever Meeting	End Without World	Pecho Grande	2005	2:18:15 (Pop-up)
Sleater-Kinney	Let’s Call It Love	The Woods	Sub-Pop	2014	2:22:15 (Pop-up)
Sleater-Kinney	Night Light "Night Light" by "Sleater-Kinney"	The Woods	Sub-Pop	2014	2:30:54 (Pop-up)
X Minus One	Lulu (Part XIV) "Lulu (Part XIV)" by "X Minus One"	31 October 1957	NBC Radio	1957	2:36:42 (Pop-up)
Shadows In Blue	Mid-Valley Mutations Ending Theme	Mid-Valley Mutations Ending Theme	Self-Released	2024	2:37:52 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	👻 7:36pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	8:47pm Charles: Hello Austin, to answer your question from yesterday Homestar Runner is still going on and is still very good. A new episode has dropped today in fact!
	9:00pm Imaginos: Ahoy!
	9:01pm Mr. X: Hearts 'n flowers.
	9:02pm Imaginos: ↳ Mr. X @9:01 What joys they bring
	9:02pm Imaginos: It's quiet. Too quiet. Think a kitty pulled a plug
	9:03pm Mr. X: No audio coming through....
	9:03pm Krys O.: Nary a sound, Austin.
	9:03pm Kat in the chat: Not just me then :(
	9:03pm Mr. X: Sheena stream cut in for a second.
	9:03pm Imaginos: ↳ Krys O. @9:03 Psychic Radio tonight
	9:04pm Krys O.: Another robot breakthrough?
	9:04pm Mr Fab: hearing snippets
	9:05pm Paco_Jones: Hello Austin!
	9:05pm Imaginos: ↳ Mr Fab @9:04 But are they Austin or Sheena?
	9:06pm Kat in the chat: They sound like Sheena
	9:07pm Imaginos: ↳ Kat in the chat @9:06 I was afraid of that
	👻 9:09pm Austin Rich: I don't know what's happening.
	9:09pm Imaginos: At least we all have each other
	9:11pm Geoff-U: I also do not know what is happening
	9:12pm Geoff-U: ooh just got a quick blast of music
	👻 9:12pm Austin Rich: I really don't know what's happening. I might have to log off and try another night. Something is broken...
	9:12pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:12 We understand
	👻 9:12pm Austin Rich: I'm really frustrated.
	9:14pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:12 Friendship hugs and sympathetic smiles
	9:14pm Kat in the chat: :( :( :(
	9:15pm Geoff-U: I hear music
	9:15pm Krys O.: That's the robot stream.
	9:16pm Geoff-U: Oh gotcha
	9:18pm Imaginos: Well, if the stream isn't fixed soon I am going to stay in chat but put on my Audible copy of the Hitchhikers Guide until I see a hint that the stream is fixed
	9:23pm Aitch: actually Valentine's here already and silence there as well...awww.
	👻 9:24pm austinrich: Damn! That was annoying!
	👻 9:24pm Austin Rich: Wow. Is anyone left?
	9:25pm Mr Fab: he's BACK!!
	9:25pm Krys O.: Hooray!
	9:25pm Imaginos: Finally
	👻 9:25pm Austin Rich: Sorry everyone!
	9:26pm Kat in the chat: Yay I hear Austinish sounds
	9:26pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:25 You're forgiven
	9:26pm Kat in the chat: Gave me a chance to wash up in the kitchen
	9:31pm MissRikki: Present
	9:31pm Arvo: Hello! Apparently I missed some glorious malfunction!
	9:32pm MissRikki: So much waiting to be done here.
	👻 9:33pm Austin Rich: ↳ MissRikki @9:32 I haven't done any proper waiting in ages. It's about time.
	👻 9:33pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @9:31 You did. Fortunately, you didn't miss much. The real show begins NOW.
	9:34pm Kat in the chat: Hi Arvo!
	9:35pm Arvo: Hey! I was listening to a cover of the B-52s song, "Planet Claire" by Haunted George (RIP) and when the lyric came on: "Some say she's from Mars Or one of the seven stars That shine after 3:30 in the morning" "Well, she isn't" And it was 3:33 AM in the morning! How bout them apples?
	9:35pm Arvo: Hi Kat! did you know that no one has a head on Planet Claire?
	9:36pm Kat in the chat: 3:33 and 11:11 always seem kind of magical
	9:36pm Kat in the chat: ↳ Arvo @9:35 Yeah and they have pink air, right?
	9:37pm Arvo: And the trees are red!
	👻 9:38pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Neutron Lover" by "The Homosexuals" The Messthetics label no longer exists, and unfortunately, due to a fire at the owners house / place they stored all their records / masters, there will be no more new Messthetics, unfortunately. If you have any Messthetics releases: hang on to them!
	9:38pm Imaginos: ↳ Arvo @9:37 A pink bunkadoo?
	👻 9:38pm Austin Rich: What's new in your world, MissRikki? Any new Closet Radio?
	9:40pm Arvo: ↳ Imaginos @9:38 Now I have to watch Time Bandits again to remember what you are talking about? I do not remember it.
	👻 9:40pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:38 Thanks for hanging in there, Imaginos. Tonight has been crazy wild already, so I'm glad you toughed it out.
	9:40pm MissRikki: If only. Just restoring old books and nursing a broken heart. Whatcha gonna do?
	👻 9:41pm Austin Rich: ↳ MissRikki @9:40 Restoring old books? For a living? That's cool! I sell rare books for a living, now.
	9:41pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:40 Worth it
	9:41pm Arvo: ↳ Kat in the chat @9:36 I see 3:33 in some way every day, unless I turn everything off. for over 20 years, for the most part.
	9:42pm Imaginos: ↳ Arvo @9:41 I often see 1234
	9:42pm MissRikki: Yep. My library of skills came in handy after all.
	9:44pm Arvo: In real life the robot lady would start an OnlyFans account and save herself from the heartache. There is an old song called "Don't Blame Lulu" that I'm reminded of.
	9:44pm MissRikki: ↳ Austin Rich @9:41 I guess M is working her magic from the other side.
	9:45pm Kat in the chat: ↳ Arvo @9:41 Wow. Does it mean anything to you?
	9:45pm Geoff-U: ↳ Austin Rich @9:41 I have a 1644 copy of Hobbes' book "Levaithan" in Latin... guessing it is worth something
	9:45pm Imaginos: ↳ Arvo @9:44 Are you referring to Don't Bring Lulu?
	👻 9:45pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Chrome Lover" by "Gary Wilson" When I started at KPSU in Portland, Gary Wilson had just put out a new album, after years of just re-issues, and it was a big hit at our station. I wrote him an e-mail, and was astonished to find he wrote back almost immediately. Now he's on social media and is pretty active, but back then, I sort of assumed he would be hard to reach.
	👻 9:46pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @9:45 Probably! Are you selling? I know someone who might be interested. If not... keep it. Selling books is hard, and the pay-off isn't as great as you'd imagine.
	👻 9:47pm Austin Rich: ↳ MissRikki @9:44 She has a real job, yes.
	9:47pm Arvo: ↳ Kat in the chat @9:45 I remember something Buddhist about "always seeking the truth" but the rest is cobbled interpretation from the holy trinity. Also, I put out a compilation w/ Gary Wilson on it, he was very nice, met him twice.
	9:47pm Arvo: ↳ Imaginos @9:45 Probably.
	9:48pm Imaginos: ↳ Arvo @9:47 Good song
	9:48pm Arvo: ↳ Imaginos @9:48 There is also a song called "Lulu and her la la la"
	9:51pm Arvo: Favorite song by Gary Wilson is probably "Linda Wants To Be Alone"
	9:51pm Imaginos: ↳ Arvo @9:48 I will have to look it up
	9:52pm Imaginos: Not everyone can be Bryce Lynch
	9:52pm Arvo: Man I am gonna find a way to use the word "cattywompus" all the time now.
	9:53pm Arvo: There are already AI sex robots in Germany, they can put on their own lingerie apparently.
	9:56pm Arvo: I was literally literally literally listening to a song by Jamie Horton called "Robot Man" yesterday
	9:57pm Arvo: serious
	👻 9:57pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @9:56 I'll have to look that one up! I don't know it.
	👻 9:57pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @9:53 I suspect Americans are well behind other countries, when it comes to technology and relationships. I suspect we're only just starting to figure out what things we can fall in love with.
	9:58pm MissRikki: I'll just stick to Bride of Pinbot.
	👻 10:00pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Don’t Fall In Love With An Android" by "The Rebel... My old roommate found this record for me, in the 90's, for a few dollars, and gave it to me as a gag gift, among a stack of records that were the real gift. To this day, I am shocked at how collectible this albums has become. It is such a weird record.
	👻 10:00pm Austin Rich: ↳ MissRikki @9:58 I was thinking the other day that I don't play enough pinball. But it's harder and harder to find good pinball these days, at least where I live.
	10:01pm Arvo: I enjoy some conspiracy theories. One of the amusing dichotomies is that people think the corporations and the pro-lifers are conspiring to keep Americans poor by guilting them into having babies. When they are not conspiring to lower the population with man-made viruses, of course. Anyway, sex robots would lower the population considerably, I assume.
	10:01pm Imaginos: ↳ MissRikki @9:58 The truth is that the elder Americans are so paranoid about technology that they keep making restrictions
	10:01pm MissRikki: When you travel up the road a bit, it should be easier
	👻 10:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ MissRikki @10:01 Portland had / has great pinball, but is not convenient for me to get to, sadly.
	👻 10:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "I’m In Love With My Walls" by "Lester Bangs & The... I think about this song every Friday, when I don't go out and do anything. Again.
	10:02pm Arvo: ↳ Song: "I’m In Love With My Walls" by "Lester Bangs & The... Man I have been procrastinating about hearing this record for 20 years.
	10:02pm MissRikki: ↳ Austin Rich @10:02 Also, not worth visiting.
	👻 10:03pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "I’m In Love With My Walls" by "Lester Bangs & The... I certainly have a weird obsession with Lester Bangs. I've tried to read everything he's ever written, and he actually died on my birthday. I don't think I want to BE him, or even write like him, but I do find him incredibly fascinating.
	👻 10:04pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:02 It's really good! I recommend it.
	10:04pm Arvo: I'm not far from a pinball bar. It ain't cheap, though. In Chicago, there was a bar that had a pinball room that was free. I believe it was the one that had The Addams Family pinball machine. Love that one. Of course I got drunk and tipped well and put some music on the juke box if there wasn't a DJ spinning Soul Music.
	10:04pm MissRikki: ↳ Austin Rich @10:03 He's obsession worthy.
	10:05pm MissRikki: ↳ Arvo @10:04 I'm more into EMs. Also, you can play on the Stern Factory tours for less coins than you'd think.
	👻 10:05pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Love Science" by "Kicking Giant" There was a period, after I bought this tape, where I listened to this album on endless repeat, for most of the next year or so. I still have so much of this album ingrained in my DNA, if I ever breed, the kids will know it.
	10:05pm Arvo: Dude, are you gonna play that collaboration between Lou Reed and Metallica?
	👻 10:06pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:04 I only went to Chicago once, and I was not there long. I could have stayed a month and still felt like I missed some places. It was fun for the few days I was there, but... like... there was so much to do!
	10:08pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:06 Yeah, always something to do, even if it's 40 below with windchill.
	10:09pm Kat in the chat: ↳ Austin Rich @10:05 I can see how you could get fixed on this. I'm surprised I'm unfamiliar with it.
	10:09pm Kat in the chat: ↳ Arvo @10:08 Ha!
	10:09pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @10:06 Went to an Anime convention in Chicago in 1999 the hotel was being renovated
	10:10pm Arvo: I used to shoplift at B. Dalton. Just kidding.
	10:12pm MissRikki: That was a throwback bump.
	10:12pm Arvo: The kids are not even getting drunk or having sex anymore! What are they doing? Why don't they know this band that even I haven't heard of from 1993?
	👻 10:14pm univac: Hello, all. Just popping in for a bit.
	10:14pm Imaginos: I'm surprised you didn't play Moments in Love by Art of Noise
	10:15pm Kat in the chat: univac! I listened to that Over the Edge "Death of Circuit Bending" the other day. Fun listen!
	👻 10:16pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @10:14 Yeah, there were a lot of possibilities. I could do a whole other version of this show, and not run out of songs.
	👻 10:16pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Love Theme" by "... Another album that I wore the tape out after I got it. This Astroman album is ESSENTIAL!
	10:17pm Arvo: ↳ Imaginos @10:14 There is also that one disco song "I'm Just A Love Machine... and I don't want nobody but you"....
	👻 10:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Helium Head (I Got A Love)" by "Sir Lord Baltimore" OH SHIT! Time for a bonghit and to ROCK OUT! (HELL YEAH!)
	👻 10:18pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Helium Head (I Got A Love)" by "Sir Lord Baltimore" (I'm totally obsessed with this album. SO DAMN GOOD.)
	10:18pm Imaginos: ↳ Arvo @10:17 As an Imaginos fan I would have found room for The Girl That Love Made Blind
	10:18pm Arvo: My greyhound bus tours with my walkman were with mostly one tape, T. Rex's "Slider" on one side and "Electric Warrior" on the other side. Slider is my desert island record.
	👻 10:19pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:18 Slider! That album holds up so well. But I'm a T. Rex fan, so that helps.
	10:19pm Arvo: Of course, you know another story of the Bruce Springsteen tape. Trying to think of the tapes I wore out now. Definitely Cypress Hill, Sepultura, not sure what else. Memory fog...
	👻 10:19pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Helium Head (I Got A Love)" by "Sir Lord Baltimore" This is what they called Heavy Metal back in the day! Named after a line in "Butch Cassiday & The Sundance Kid."
	10:20pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:19 The man who wrote that screenplay, William Goldman, also wrote a great book on screenwriting. I don't remember that line, though.
	👻 10:21pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:20 He's a pretty good writer! I like a few of his books.
	10:21pm Imaginos: Getting sleepy
	👻 10:21pm univac: ↳ Kat in the chat @10:15 Hi there! Yeah, that OTE was fun and super chaotic. Thx for listening.
	👻 10:21pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Interplanetary Love" by "Acid Mothers Temple & Th... This was one of my "albums of the year" in 2006.
	👻 10:22pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @10:21 That's okay! You are much later than we are.
	10:23pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @10:22 See you Monday
	10:23pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:21 The staff at WZRD raised money to have Acid Mothers Temple fly out and play one of their anniversary shows... It was fun. I've seen them at least twice, maybe more. First in 2003 with Melt Banana.
	👻 10:23pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @10:23 Take care!
	👻 10:23pm univac: ↳ Song: "Interplanetary Love" by "Acid Mothers Temple & Th... This is amazing.
	👻 10:23pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:23 I saw them once, in Portland. They put on a great show!
	10:24pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:21 I don't know any of his other books.
	👻 10:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @10:23 Yeah. I do enjoy their records. And they have a TON.
	👻 10:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:24 The novel for "The Princess Bride" is better than the movie, and has a lot of stuff in it that couldn't translate to a movie.
	10:24pm Kat in the chat: I did a robot/computer themed Valentine's Day radio show, six or seven years ago now? I didn't find quite enough thematic tracks to fill out the two hours. Bet I could now.
	👻 10:25pm Austin Rich: ↳ Kat in the chat @10:24 We need more Kat in the radio, not just the chat!
	👻 10:26pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @10:24 I need to do a deep dive.
	10:27pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:25 Yes, Kat is good at mixing different kinds of electronic music together in a seamless but also unhip/not beatmatching way.
	👻 10:27pm univac: When/Where does Kat DJ?
	10:27pm Kat in the chat: ↳ Austin Rich @10:25 Yeah I have been dragging my heels on that. I did do a little four-show series over my old station's winter break.
	👻 10:27pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Modern Love Waltz" by "Philip Glass" I am sad, because I lost the disc that goes with this issues of McSweeney's. I have the issue, just not the soundtrack. Glad I ripped the disc! But sad I lost the CD.
	👻 10:28pm univac: ↳ Song: "Modern Love Waltz" by "Philip Glass" You find the most amazing music, Austin.
	10:28pm Arvo: Some nice serendipity here. Was listening to Philip Glass yesterday, his Bowie stuff.
	10:29pm Kat in the chat: ↳ Arvo @10:27 Haha that's a nice description! I do beatmatch occasionally on Traktor #ainttooproudtosync
	👻 10:29pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @10:28 I found a burned Philip Glass CD outside a head shop, near a construction site, in around 2005, and immediately fell in love with his music.
	10:30pm Arvo: ↳ Kat in the chat @10:29 I got no beef with beatmatching, but you play more stuff that isn't in that format...
	10:31pm Kat in the chat: ↳ univac @10:27 Mostly on the Loyola Chicago radio station that I know Arvo from. I relocated to Philly last year and have mostly been preoccupied with settling in. There's a link to my Soundcloud in profile if you're curious.
	10:31pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:29 When I was 19, I was given 500 cassettes by an older goth. Changed my life. Philip Glass was in there, although not my favorites of his work. Those I would discover later.
	10:32pm Kat in the chat: ↳ Arvo @10:30 Yeah I figured out early I didn't have Lisa Q's skills and would have to find other ways to make things flow.
	10:32pm Kat in the chat: ↳ Austin Rich @10:29 I love this story
	👻 10:32pm univac: ↳ Kat in the chat @10:31 Cool! I'll check it out.
	10:34pm Arvo: Sterilize the humans!
	10:37pm Kat in the chat: they should introduce Lulu to HAL
	👻 10:41pm Austin Rich: "Elmer"? Why did she name him "Elmer"?
	👻 10:41pm univac: The ROBOT voice...
	👻 10:41pm Austin Rich: I am yours and you are mine? Where have I heard that...
	10:41pm Kat in the chat: sounds like she made Mr. Right
	👻 10:41pm univac: This is amazing.
	10:42pm Geoff-U: He's stuck in woo mode
	👻 10:42pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @10:41 Yeah, I love that robot voice. X Minus One, always delivers.
	👻 10:42pm univac: This has definitely got to be 101 Strings' best album.
	👻 10:43pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "A Disappointing Love Affair With A Desensitized R... Another essential "Voice Over" album, that I used to keep near "just in case." I've sampled every inch of this album, somewhere or another.
	👻 10:43pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @10:42 I happens to all of us, eventually.
	10:43pm Kat in the chat: ↳ Austin Rich @10:41 Probably a few places. My mind (regrettably) went to "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"
	👻 10:44pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Satellite of Love" by "Lou Reed" I think about this song too often.
	👻 10:45pm univac: ↳ Song: "Satellite of Love" by "Lou Reed" This is an excellent song. Where was this used in a movie? I have forgotten more than I can remember...
	👻 10:45pm Austin Rich: "Bom bom bom."
	👻 10:46pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @10:45 I cannot say. I do know that Joel Hodgson from MST3K claims he named the ship on their show The Satellite of Love because of this song.
	👻 10:46pm Austin Rich: The snaps and stuff just kill me!
	10:46pm Kat in the chat: Eurythmics used to cover this live, I don't remember if they ever released a version.
	👻 10:47pm univac: With Harry, Mark & John...would that be a, quadsome?
	10:47pm MissRikki: ↳ univac @10:45 Velvet Goldmine
	10:47pm Kat in the chat: ↳ univac @10:47 Haha, I assumed the subject of the song was bold with them serially
	👻 10:48pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Love Song of the Saroo" by "Joe Meek & The Blue Men" Joe Meek gets WEIRD. Another underrated album I used to listen to far too much.
	👻 10:49pm Austin Rich: ↳ MissRikki @10:47 I was thinking of you the other day, when Mojo Nixon died. You and I used to listen to so much Mojo! I almost watched Rock and Roll High School Forever in honor of him.
	10:49pm MissRikki: ↳ Austin Rich @10:48 Don't forget the Thomas Truax tribute to Meek
	10:49pm MissRikki: ↳ Austin Rich @10:49 I had watched that two days before and feel like I cursed him.
	👻 10:50pm Austin Rich: I can't really whistle, but I would try to whistle parts of this album, badly. Never could get it right.
	10:50pm Arvo: ↳ Song: "Love Song of the Saroo" by "Joe Meek & The Blue Men" I miss my Joe Meek box set. I wrote an article about him and his occult connection to Buddy Holly.
	👻 10:50pm Austin Rich: ↳ MissRikki @10:49 The Ramen City Kid made a similar comment, because he was singing, "Don Henley Must Die," the day before. But I don't think that's how it works.
	10:50pm Arvo: I regret to say I only know Mojo Nixon from his CD with Jello Biafra.
	👻 10:51pm univac: See you later, boyeee!
	👻 10:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:50 There's still time! His albums hold up.
	10:51pm MissRikki: ↳ Austin Rich @10:50 We've done too many episodes on this topic already. Maybe it does.
	10:51pm Arvo: "I know you can walk on water, but can you walk on this much booze?"
	👻 10:52pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @10:51 That robot is clearly a parody of something from 1957, but I think the reference is lost on us, now.
	👻 10:52pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:51 I played that on my first radio show.
	👻 10:54pm Austin Rich: I'm playing a song later that Arvo will be excited to hear. He recommended I play it for a different reason, but it works for this show, too.
	10:55pm MissRikki: I'm wondering if The Epoxies will make an appearance
	👻 10:56pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @10:50 Porest and Peter Conheim did a live show in Paris (Peter netting it in) where the theme was to kill Henry Kissinger, why wasn't he already dead or at least punished for being a war criminal, with audience participation and so forth. Kissinger died the next day. So...it kinda works, sometimes?
	👻 10:56pm Austin Rich: ↳ MissRikki @10:55 Not this time. But damn, I miss seeing those guys. I saw them on my birthday one year, and it was rad. They were supposed to play a show I went to not long ago, but they couldn't... long story.
	10:56pm JM in Texas: Howdy howdy……I’m over an hour late and a dollar short, but I’m here! Extra special treat seeing Arvo in the chat tonight.
	👻 10:57pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @10:56 That's true! Porest is SO GOOD! I should try and get in touch with Peter again. I never succeeded before, but... maybe it'll work now?
	👻 10:57pm univac: Hello, JM
	👻 10:57pm Austin Rich: ↳ JM in Texas @10:56 And the show is running late, so it all works out!
	10:58pm Arvo: Hi JM!
	👻 10:58pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @10:57 I have recently been in contact with Peter. He is doing well. He did a huge amount of restoration, mixing and remastering a bunch of Devo stuff: Art Devo, 50th Anniversary Collection, and all their videos for MoMA, so he's been a busy boy.
	👻 10:58pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Love Call (Alternate Version)" by "Ornette Coleman" I do love Ornette Coleman. Between Albert Ayler and this, I think you have two of the best free-jazz artists in history.
	10:59pm Arvo: I was half expecting another Love Line episode with Heather. Hope she is okay!
	👻 10:59pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @10:58 I thought I saw his name on that Art Devo boxed set, which the Ramen City Kid gifted me for a holiday. It's very good!
	👻 11:00pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:59 I thought about it, but I just didn't have the prep time this year to fit it into the schedule. There's been a lot going on around the homestead.
	11:00pm JM in Texas: Good good, but hate that I missed Interplanetary Love by Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. (Have You Seen The Other Side Of The Sky?)……don’t recall hearing AMT on the MVM before??? HeyHeyHey univac, hope all is well in your world!
	11:00pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:54 Good thing I'm not going to bed anytime soon! Piqued interest!
	👻 11:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ JM in Texas @11:00 I used to play them more, but they come and go in phases.
	👻 11:02pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @10:59 Yes, it is really good! Quite a bit I had never heard. Some of it I have gotten through dAs. But the mixing that Peter did (they kinda gave him free range) is amazing.
	11:02pm Arvo: I am jealous I don't get to do an MTV smackdown MVM ID bumper...
	11:03pm wenzo: Ello ello
	11:04pm wenzo: Pop pop pop
	11:04pm wenzo: Snap… crackle…
	👻 11:08pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @11:02 Yeah, I was impressed. But I usually am. I got super into Devo and Negativland around the same time.
	👻 11:09pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Love’s Melody" by "Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Gr... One of my all-time fave albums. Django is Djreamy.
	👻 11:10pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @11:02 Why can't we do this?
	👻 11:11pm univac: Love Django.
	👻 11:14pm univac: Stupid men.
	11:14pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @11:10 Now, from all the way to the left of your MUTANT FM DIAL and eroding your mental OZONE LAYER into oblivion, MID VALLEY MUTATIONS SMASHING YOUR SKULL FROM THE THIRD TURNBUCKLe WITH THE SOUND OF MUSIC!!!
	👻 11:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @11:14 Seriously. Men are so dim when it comes to... oh, wait. That's ME!
	11:15pm Arvo: Ah yes, this is getting played when I time travel with a friend of mine Mr. Blue from 1932! Also there is "Fuck Me Forever" by Connie Lingus if you wanna get raunchy...
	👻 11:16pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @11:15 There's a number of great songs for that particular theme. We'll get to it, eventually.
	11:17pm MissRikki: ↳ Austin Rich @11:16 I think I still have a half-built playlist for that from the XRAY era.
	11:21pm coelacanth∅: i only came in for the bitter end. sorry. ...a little before 11 i tuned in. gotta check out the archive.
	11:21pm Arvo: Cattywompus 4 lyfe!!
	11:22pm coelacanth∅: aw crap, really? the one time i don't tune in early on and the archive's messed up?
	👻 11:22pm univac: Great stuff tonite, Austin!
	11:22pm Kat in the chat: Thank you, Austin! I figured you'd have some good seasonal content.
	👻 11:22pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @11:21 ABSOLUTELY!
	👻 11:23pm Heather: Also chiming in late! So glad to catch the tail end of the show. Your sign off is lovely. Glad to have heard it.
	👻 11:23pm Austin Rich: ↳ coelacanth∅ @11:22 I'll get something uploaded tomorrow, so don't worry. The archive is messed up because I sort of botched things.
	11:23pm Arvo: Hi Heather!
	👻 11:23pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Let’s Call It Love" by "Sleater-Kinney" I saw Sleater-Kinney on an early tour, and really enjoyed them... but this album! Holy cats! So incredible.
	👻 11:23pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Let’s Call It Love" by "Sleater-Kinney" I saw Sleater-Kinney on an early tour, and really enjoyed them... but this album! Holy cats! So incredible.
	👻 11:24pm Heather: ↳ Arvo @11:23 Hi Arvo!
	👻 11:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather @11:23 Nice to see you! Sounds like we had a small interruption, but we're still going! Sorry about that!
	11:24pm coelacanth∅: it's okay. need to be able to let things go. - but the tail end of it was great!
	11:24pm JM in Texas: Wow, what was that? (get your kicks)
	11:25pm Arvo: "Route 66" interrupted for a moment. Sound collage action.
	👻 11:25pm univac: Hello Heather! I had a client in LA (1+ hr drive) and listened to our uBradio 771, where you lead Austin and me through some very rigorous exercises. Super funny.
	👻 11:25pm Heather: ↳ Austin Rich @11:24 Tech issues! The bane of our collective existence!
	👻 11:25pm Austin Rich: ↳ JM in Texas @11:24 I can't recall what tour. 94? With Jon Spenser Blues Explosion.
	11:26pm coelacanth∅: (but i will check it out if it becomes available) i Love this album. maybe not my favorite sleater-kinney but adventurous for them
	👻 11:26pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @11:25 That one was pretty funny! Re-listened not long ago, too!
	👻 11:27pm Austin Rich: ↳ coelacanth∅ @11:26 This was the one that made me into a big fan. But their lives shows were always fun.
	11:27pm JM in Texas: ↳ Austin Rich @11:25 Guess that was a “live in the mix” moment :)
	👻 11:27pm Heather: ↳ univac @11:25 Hi Univac! Omg! That was such a fun ep and I was so at a loss when I realized I do not know how to lead an exercise class. But y'all danced beautifully!
	11:30pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Austin Rich @11:27 only saw them once and it was right when this album came out. it was free, on a college campus and the security guy said it's only for students; so i said you mind if i pull through the gate to turn around? then i kept going! hid the car in the employees lot. so there were only a dozen or so people there to see the band, and those didn't care much, for the most part.
	👻 11:30pm univac: ↳ Heather @11:27 It was amazing. And super funny.
	👻 11:31pm Austin Rich: ↳ coelacanth∅ @11:30 That sounds like the perfect way to see them!
	👻 11:31pm univac: ↳ Heather @11:27 We will have you back soon! We are weaving you into the current story arc.
	👻 11:32pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @11:31 As your Crendeena Portsmith character.
	11:34pm Kat in the chat: I saw S-K at a lesbian bar in the East Village called Meow Mix in the early 90s, that was a pretty good way to see them too. I gotta go to bed! cheers all.
	👻 11:34pm Austin Rich: Sorry, another stream reset! Damn this spotty internet!
	👻 11:34pm Heather: ↳ Austin Rich @11:32 I'm so here for this. Please let me know!! I don't remember her accent but I think it's just me trying to be menacing?
	11:34pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Austin Rich @11:31 yes but i'm sure they wished for a bit more of an audience! they was glad we were there, and Corin and Carrie talked with my friend and i for a while after the show, we all hugged. really sweet people.
	👻 11:34pm Austin Rich: ↳ Kat in the chat @11:34 Sleep well! That's funny, because there was a club in PDX for years called "Meow Meow."
	👻 11:37pm univac: Gotta run! See you Thursday Austin! Heather, we'll talk soon! See ya'll next time!
	11:37pm coelacanth∅: i almost saw Cat Power at meow mix, because a friend wanted me to go with her. it was full and they wouldn't let more people in; but in any case the looks i got outside from other patrons was unwelcoming enough
	👻 11:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ coelacanth∅ @11:37 I saw Cat Power once. With Low. It was great.
	👻 11:38pm Heather: Have a great night!
	11:39pm JM in Texas: ↳ univac @11:37 Goodnight!
	11:40pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Austin!

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from February 13, 2024

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