WFMU: Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from January 23, 2024

Listener comments!
	👻 7:14pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	8:55pm Imaginos: Ahoy
	👻 8:59pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @8:55 Nice to see you in the chat! Sit and stay a spell.
	9:00pm Krys O.: Hello!
	👻 9:00pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:00 Yay! It's Krys O!
	👻 9:00pm univac: Hello Yes Hello
	9:01pm Kat in the chat: Still hanging out!
	9:01pm postconsumer: hi hi
	👻 9:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @9:00 Thanks for logging in, univac!
	9:01pm Aitch: Yeah hup
	9:01pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @8:59 Glad to here
	👻 9:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ Kat in the chat @9:01 Thanks for poppin' in, Kat! Thank you thank you!
	👻 9:02pm univac: Good to be here, sadly only for a bit.
	👻 9:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ postconsumer @9:01 The star of last hour! Thanks for the great show!
	👻 9:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Aitch @9:01 Aitch! Fantastic!
	9:02pm postconsumer: ↳ Austin Rich @9:02 😊
	👻 9:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Reelin' And Rockin' (Live)" by "Chuck Berry, John... Now, think about this all-star band. And think about how well they are playing...
	👻 9:03pm univac: ↳ postconsumer @9:01 What I heard was great, I'll have to catch your full show via archive...
	9:03pm Mr Fab: Hey, it's rock n roll music!
	👻 9:03pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @9:02 That's quite the line-up!
	👻 9:03pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:03 Yay! Mr. Fab is here, too!
	9:04pm Imaginos: We need a Hall of Talent so that Albert Bouchard can get his well deserved recognition
	👻 9:06pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:04 The rules for how you get in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame are pretty laughable.
	9:07pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:06 If enough people know who you are
	👻 9:08pm Austin Rich: www.gofundme.com...
	9:09pm Mr Fab: This isn't the Heather who's your co-host sometimes, is it?
	9:09pm Mr. X: Hi kids!
	9:13pm Krys O.: Chuck Berry was notorious for playing without being tuned up properly. In Taylor Hackford's 1987 film, Hail, Hail Rock 'n' Roll, Keith Richards mentioned how Chuck's tuning problems were aggravating at times.
	9:14pm Mr Fab: When John Doe, DJ Bonebreak, & Dave Alvin backed Bo Diddley in the '80s, he told them "You boys are good!" And if they're good enough for Bo...
	👻 9:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:13 I've heard some VERY questionable live Chuck Berry recordings. It's a shame, really.
	9:14pm Imaginos: Blue Oyster Cult Frank Zappa Tom Lehrer
	👻 9:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:14 That's a great line-up!
	9:15pm Mr Fab: Zappa was inducted. Lou Reed did the honors.
	👻 9:15pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:14 I love the idea of Tom Lehrer getting inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
	9:15pm Krys O.: ↳ Austin Rich @9:14 And he rolled his eyes when Yoko Ono performed. Ha!
	👻 9:15pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "... Inducts Buddy Holly" by "John Fogerty" This might be the only time John Fogerty talking has every appeared on my show.
	9:15pm Imaginos: ↳ Mr Fab @9:15 Nice
	👻 9:15pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:15 Yoko is great! What a bummer.
	👻 9:16pm Austin Rich: These transitional bits - by the super group - are sort of middling, at best. It's so weird.
	9:17pm Krys O.: My ex's uncle was a record company executive and he went to all the Hall of Fame induction ceremonies. He would tell us about the chit chat at the tables where he sat and who was with him.
	9:17pm Mr. X: I can never keep track of who's in and who's out, so it's hard for me to lsit who should and shouldn't be.
	👻 9:18pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Rock Around With Ollie See" by "Buddy Holly" Rather than pick hits or anything, or try to find a "relevant" song, I just picked songs by the artists that I liked. This is certainly one of my favorite Holly tunes.
	9:18pm Krys O.: Jackie Shane and Esquerita are in my Hall of Fame.
	👻 9:18pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:17 I can only imagine the kinds of conversations that happen when you have these kinds of folks hanging around.
	9:18pm Mr. X: But I can say I thoroughly enjoyed my visit to the Rock Hall museum in 2015.
	👻 9:19pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:18 Great choices! I love Esquerita! I only recently discovered Jackie Shane. Very good choices!
	👻 9:19pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "What'd I Say" by "Ray Charles" I think Ray Charles was a good choice. I don't contend this selection at all. Curious I couldn't find any footage / audio of anyone inducting him...
	👻 9:20pm Austin Rich: If I recall correctly, they say you have to have been an artist for at least 25 years before you are considered for the Hall of Fame. That still leaves out a LOT of people.
	9:21pm postconsumer: ↳ Krys O. @9:15 boo! pre-internet court of public opinion fail.
	9:21pm Geoff-U: Good evenin'! :)
	👻 9:22pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @9:21 Geoff-U! Thanks for attending the ceremony! Who do you think the 1986 board for the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame forgot to induct?
	9:22pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:20 Bouchard certainly qualiffies
	9:22pm Krys O.: ↳ Austin Rich @9:18 Uncle Harry used to dine with Marianne Faithfull. She should be in the HoF.
	9:22pm Mr Fab: I've teased Don Bolles that they're inducting all The Germs into the Hall except him: Pat Smear (as a member of Nirvana and Foo Fighters), orig drummer Belinda Carlisle (w/the Go-Gos), their producer Joan Jett...it's like they're saying, we should really induct The Germs as one of the first hardcore bands, but not that Bolles guy! We'll induct everyone AROUND him. Don said: that's fine, I still got my street cred!
	9:22pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @9:20 I guess that means I'm qualified.
	👻 9:22pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:22 Oh shit! I bet she had stories!
	9:22pm postconsumer: ↳ Austin Rich @9:16 I'm not as much of a musicologist as the rest of you, so I wasn't going to say anything. But I was wondering about that, too!
	👻 9:22pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:22 I love Don!
	👻 9:25pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:22 Haven't you been playing music for longer than 25 years? I think that means you're eligible!
	9:25pm Mr Fab: Dick Dale, Screamin Jay Hawkins, Joe Meek, and Link Wray would have qualified in '86. They finally inducted Link as an "early influence" last year.
	👻 9:25pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:25 Link deserves his own wing!
	👻 9:26pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Blue Yodel #9" by "Jimmie Rodgers" I think I agree with Jimmie Rodgers getting in. He's pretty great.
	9:27pm Mr Fab: Phil Spector was an embarrassing regular speaker at all the early HoF ceremonies, rambling semi-coherently. But they kept having him back.
	9:28pm Mr. X: I kind of love how Dolly Parton reacted to her induction, declining at first because she doesn't play rock and roll, then turning around and recording a rock album with a ton of stellar guest rockers.
	👻 9:28pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:27 He's not included as a speaker in this one, but I seem to recall that, too. Like... who let him in?
	9:29pm Mr Fab: ↳ Song: "Blue Yodel #9" by "Jimmie Rodgers" It's weird that this is considered "country." Except for the yodeling, it's pretty much just straight-up blues.
	👻 9:29pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:28 "I mean, I'm not gonna take your award. I'm just gonna show ya'll how it's done."
	9:29pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @9:28 All I can think of is: he made a whole lot of money for the music industry.
	👻 9:30pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:29 I was thinking that he often get's misclassified.
	9:30pm Krys O.: Steve Miller had a memorable induction speech where he ripped the HoF for the way they grubbed for money.
	9:31pm Mr. X: It's also interesting to me how the HoF gets bands who were no longer on speaking terms back together to perform for the ceremony.
	👻 9:32pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:30 I couldn't find any controversial speeches from the first year, but there's one that I really love coming later.
	👻 9:32pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "I Believe I'll Dust My Broom" by "Robert Johnson" I think I agree with this pick. Johnson is pretty dope.
	👻 9:32pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:31 The money must be good.
	9:34pm Imaginos: Getting sleepy. Great music and chat tonight
	9:34pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @9:32 Oh yeah. Pretty much created the rock-star template. His riffs that guitarists are still playing, Satanism, dying at age 27 - the whole bit.
	👻 9:34pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:34 Sleep well! We'll talk soon.
	9:34pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:34 Ok
	👻 9:35pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "... Honor and Induct Alan Freed and talk about Fa... Today's show is sort of a companion piece to the Alan Freed show we did a bit ago. I think this induction ceremony is the beginning of having his career rehabilitated, as in the past, he was sort of vilified.
	9:36pm Krys O.: I used to listen to Scott Muni on WNEW and Norm N. Nite on WCBS as a kid.
	9:36pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @9:35 Yes, I highly recommend Austin's Alan Freed tribute shows. Check the archives.
	👻 9:36pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "... Honor and Induct Alan Freed and talk about Fa... I'm not sure Freed needed in the Hall of Fame, but it is nice to get him name-checked.
	👻 9:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Please Don't Leave Me" by "Fats Domino" I think Fats TOTALLY deserves getting in. He was playing rock and roll before it had a name.
	👻 9:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:36 Very cool! There's more of them on the other side of this Fats song.
	9:38pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @9:37 The city of New Orleans in general. It's just a miracle of music.
	👻 9:38pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:36 What kind of shows did they do? Just rock and roll music?
	👻 9:38pm univac: Anyone here listen to the podcast: History of Rock & Roll in 500 Songs? Pretty remarkable deep dive.
	9:38pm Krys O.: Fats still gets me dancing. My favorite song of his that still gets in my head is Hello Josephine and not just because that's my middle name.
	👻 9:38pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:38 So much talent in one city!
	👻 9:39pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @9:38 I've been curious. Worth the listen?
	👻 9:39pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:38 I love his stuff. Always great!
	9:40pm Mr Fab: ↳ Krys O. @9:38 Love that one. And "I'm Walking" gets me more than walking, more like pogoing.
	👻 9:40pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @9:39 It is. My main issue is that I tend to listen in the car and the way it is mixed is terrible: the music snippets are way louder than his voice, so I'm constantly turning up and down. I wish car stereos had compressors built-in.
	9:41pm Krys O.: ↳ Austin Rich @9:38 Scott Muni was the program director and main DJ at New York's most popular album-oriented, proto-freeform radio station WNEW. Later to be known as Classic Rock, but they got adventurous. WCBS was one of the first oldies stations beginning in the early 70s. Everything from early RnB, Doo-Wop onward.
	9:41pm Mr Fab: speaking of DJs, if Rodney Bingenheimer and John Peel aren't in, why the hell not?!
	9:43pm Mr. X: Did Lance just say Rock and Whore?
	9:43pm Krys O.: I've got to hit the hay. Thanks, Austin and everyone. Take care.
	9:44pm Mr Fab: These ceremonies weren't televised back then, were they?
	9:52pm Mr. X: Isn't there also an induction criteria about sales volume?
	9:52pm Geoff-U: I know so little about the RRHoF
	👻 9:53pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:52 There might be! I could only find the bit about having to be working for at least 25 years.
	👻 9:53pm univac: Gotta run. Thx Austin!
	9:53pm postconsumer: ↳ Krys O. @9:43 goodnight!
	👻 9:54pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @9:53 Thanks for stoppin' in! We'll talk soon.
	👻 9:54pm univac: c-ya
	👻 9:54pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @9:52 It's a nice way to spend a day, but a joke as a measurement of who really matters in music history.
	9:55pm Mr. X: I'm sure it has been pointed out before, but why no female inductees in '86?
	👻 9:55pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:55 We'll get there...
	9:55pm Mr Fab: ↳ Mr. X @9:52 Some of the voters feel that a candidate should have a certain number of chart hits. Hence, the delay in inducting the likes of Zappa, Velvet Underground, Sex Pistols, etc, as they had slim-to-no hits.
	9:56pm Mr. X: Wanda Jackson!
	👻 9:56pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "... Accept for Elvis" by "Jack Soden and George K... This overblown speech about Elvis cracks me up. It is so ridiculous! But people really do feel this way about him.
	👻 9:56pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:56 Yeah, she really should have been in on the ground floor.
	9:56pm Mr Fab: ↳ Mr. X @9:55 WANDA JACKSON!!
	👻 9:57pm Austin Rich: It really sounds like he was in love with Elvis.
	9:58pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @9:57 Ewww
	👻 10:01pm Austin Rich: Sam Phillips is up next, and both he and Elvis were inducted in '86. Not sure I care enough to get mad about their inclusion; they really did have a huge impact on rock music. But certainly I think people really dwell on their impact... and there were other people too. Still, I think this is an underplayed Elvis tune, and he was really great at first.
	10:02pm postconsumer: have fun! going up for dinner. :)
	👻 10:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "... Talks about Elvis Presley" by "Sam Phillips" Found this clip, out of context, on YouTube. Couldn't track down where it came from, but I'm sure it was from some documentary. (Maybe that 90's "Dancin' in the Streets / Rock and Roll" Doc made by BBC / PBS?)
	👻 10:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ postconsumer @10:02 Enjoy!
	👻 10:04pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "... Talks about Elvis Presley" by "Sam Phillips" Again, a pretty ridiculous, overblown monologue that cracks me up. Some of these guys really could bluster about the importance of Elvis...
	10:05pm Mr. X: In one of the early versions of Sid Meier's Civilization, to prevent the rabble from uprising, you had to keep them entertained. The icon for entertainment was a figure who looked like Elvis in a white jumpsuit.
	👻 10:06pm Austin Rich: I'm trying to imagine what these rock and rollers talked about backstage. What do John Fogerty, Neil Young, and Keith Richards talk about together?
	10:07pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:06 Lawnmowers and shoes.
	👻 10:09pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "'Til I Kissed You" by "The Everly Brothers" The Everly Brothers are fine. This might be the first time I've every played them. I don't hate them, but... were they essential for year one of this project? Wanda Jackson should have gotten this slot, definately.
	10:09pm Mr Fab: Mrs Fab and I visited Sun Studios , late '90s. Sam Philips was still alive. Amazing how much history came out of what is basically a pretty small room. An incredibly humble space. Hardly some giant Space-Age cutting-edge studio.
	10:10pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @10:06 "Who's holding?"
	👻 10:10pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @10:09 I've heard that it was really just a sort of unspecial room. How funny... it's really about who's there, and the recording...
	👻 10:10pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @10:10 Of course!
	👻 10:11pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Yancy Stomp" by "Jimmy Yancy" I agree with this inclusion, too. I like all the Jimmy Yancy stuff I've heard.
	👻 10:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "... Inducts Little Richard" by "Roberta Flack" Instead of actually inducting any women, they instead asked Roberta Flack to appear in the ceremony. Sort of a weird move...
	👻 10:16pm Austin Rich: I'm glad she decided to say SOMETHING.
	10:17pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @10:11 Not familiar with this cat, but that track was HAWT.
	10:17pm coelacanth∅: Greetings Austin Rich and mutants
	👻 10:18pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @10:17 I love that Boogie Woogie collection. Well worth checkin' out!
	👻 10:18pm Austin Rich: ↳ coelacanth∅ @10:17 coelacanthø! Thanks for coming to the ceremony.
	10:18pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "... Inducts Little Richard" by "Roberta Flack" By this time, Little Richard was more of a born again gospel singer, if I recall.
	10:19pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @10:14 Very weird. Not an actual rocker who was influenced by Little Richard?
	10:19pm coelacanth∅: (been tuned in on/off since 9)
	👻 10:20pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Little Richard Boogie" by "Little Richard" Certainly, Little Richard should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! But so should Esquerita.
	10:24pm Mr. X: Sister Rosetta Tharpe is another one that should have been an '86 inductee.
	👻 10:28pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Rock Me Baby" by "Tina Turner" Tina: Specifically name checked by Roberta Flack as being omitted from the class of 1986.
	10:29pm Mr Fab: ↳ Mr. X @10:24 Yes! I think she was finally inducted just recently
	10:30pm Mr Fab: I was Wanda live, too. Yeah, she totally rocked.
	10:30pm Mr. X: How many here have visited the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame museum in Cleveland? And what were your favorite artifacts or displays?
	👻 10:31pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @10:30 She played with a local rockabilly combo, and I recall all of them being floored that they were playing with her!
	👻 10:31pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" by "Big Maybelle" Maybelle: Specifically name checked by Roberta Flack as being omitted from the class of 1986.
	👻 10:32pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:30 I have not been. If I'm ever close to Cleveland, it's on my list. I did go the the EMP in Seattle, before it changed it's name to the current one.
	10:33pm Mr Fab: ↳ Mr. X @10:30 Never been to Cleveland, but I've heard it really is a stellar museum.
	👻 10:33pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Jim Dandy" by "LaVern Baker" LaVern: Specifically name checked by Roberta Flack as being omitted from the class of 1986.
	10:33pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:32 I really enjoyed Jimi's childhood crayon drawings at the Experience Museum.
	👻 10:34pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:33 That stood out to me, too!
	👻 10:34pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:33 I wanted an entire wing of childhood crayon drawings of musicians.
	👻 10:36pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "This Magic Moment" by "Ben E. King & The Drifters" Ben E. King was nominated by the 1986 voting board, but was not inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame that year.
	10:36pm Mr. X: ↳ Mr. X @10:30 First thing I saw at the HoF was Janis Joplin's Kharmann Ghia. I teared up instantly.
	👻 10:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:36 Woah. My mom said that one of the best shows she saw was Janis.
	10:37pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:34 Cool idea.
	👻 10:38pm Austin Rich: Esther Philips was nominated by the 1986 voting board, but was not inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame that year.
	10:40pm Mr. X: ↳ Mr. X @10:36 Bo Diddly's square guitar, and David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust jumpsuit also hit me.
	👻 10:40pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:40 Bo Diddly's Guitar would be great to see in person!
	👻 10:41pm Austin Rich: Janis: Specifically name checked by Roberta Flack as being omitted from the class of 1986.
	10:41pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Little Girl Blue" by "Janis Joplin" Ah, there's my Janis!
	👻 10:41pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Little Girl Blue" by "Janis Joplin" (Not sure if Janis would have actually been eligible? But still: she deserves to be in.)
	👻 10:42pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Little Girl Blue" by "Janis Joplin" I'm a not-so-secret big fan of Janis Joplin. This boxed set is great, by the way, if any one doesn't yet have it!
	10:43pm Mr. X: So yeah, 1986 - 25 = 1961.
	👻 10:43pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Little Girl Blue" by "Janis Joplin" We listened to a lot of Janis in my house growing up, and some of my earliest memories are my mom singing along to Janis Joplin songs.
	10:44pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:41 We can always argue that the eligibility requirements are stupid.
	👻 10:44pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Little Girl Blue" by "Janis Joplin" She has some "better known" tunes, but I really like this one.
	👻 10:45pm Austin Rich: Johnny Ace was nominated by the 1986 voting board, but was not inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame that year.
	👻 10:46pm Austin Rich: As I mentioned earlier: we're going long tonight. Hopefully no one minds? I just don't want to leave anyone out... unlike the 1986 Voting Board.
	👻 10:47pm Austin Rich: Mary Wells was nominated by the 1986 voting board, but was not inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame that year.
	👻 10:48pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:43 Oh, yeah. I guess that works. I was never good at math, unless I have time to work it out ahead of time.
	10:49pm Mr. X: So can we conclude that Jann Wenner gets the blame for the elitism and favoritism?
	👻 10:49pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:49 I think so, but from what I read, the general attitude of the panels was always, "Who would make a good show this year?"
	10:50pm Mr. X: I usually pay as much attention to the nominees as I do to the inductees.
	👻 10:50pm Austin Rich: Chuck Willis was nominated by the 1986 voting board, but was not inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame that year.
	10:51pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @10:46 I feel like a football quarterback, but yeah - go long, Austin!
	👻 10:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @10:51 Thanks coach!
	10:52pm Mr Fab: ↳ Mr. X @10:49 yeah, screw that guy. He was trying to use the Hall to write rock history according to him.
	10:54pm Geoff-U: Thanks for the fun show! I'm sorry I haven't been able to chat - I have been listening and multitasking!
	10:56pm MissRikki: 4-6am is a great slot
	10:57pm MissRikki: safe harbor people
	👻 11:00pm Austin Rich: ↳ MissRikki @10:57 Lovely to see you in the chat!
	11:01pm Mr. X: Re: Chuck Berry/Jerry Lee Lewis back-up band - maybe if they had just practiced more...
	11:01pm MissRikki: I've been listening. Just not too chatty these days
	👻 11:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @11:01 I think that is it, entirely. All those folks are great at what they do... but maybe they should have rehearsed a bit before the show.
	👻 11:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ MissRikki @11:01 That's fair. Sometimes being quiet together is great, too.
	👻 11:03pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "... Inducts Sam Cooke / Accepts the Award" by "He... The whine in this segment is pretty bad. I tried to EQ it away, but it is a pretty persistent frequency.
	11:04pm Mr Fab: Herb Albert?!
	👻 11:05pm Austin Rich: "You can't just put a woah-o in anywhere you want. You have to feel it!"
	👻 11:05pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @11:04 I guess he's got more cred that I ever realized.
	11:05pm MissRikki: ↳ Austin Rich @11:05 Danzig would disagree
	11:06pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @11:05 That was a spelling hint.
	👻 11:07pm Austin Rich: ↳ MissRikki @11:05 Danzig and I don't really agree on a lot, except MOST of the Misfits output, and the first couple Danzig records...
	👻 11:07pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @11:06 Ah! Thanks for the double-tip! (My spelling has always been bad. Sorry!)
	👻 11:08pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @11:04 "Hey Hey Hey! I'm Herb Albert!"
	11:08pm MissRikki: ↳ Austin Rich @11:07 ...and feeding the kitties
	👻 11:09pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "You Send Me" by "Sam Cooke" I do agree with Sam Cooke getting in. I do love Sam.
	👻 11:09pm Austin Rich: ↳ MissRikki @11:08 My boys and I have an appointment, every night, for dinner. They love it, I love it. It's great.
	👻 11:11pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "As Free As A Bird Can Be" by "John Hammond" I believe this is the correct John Hammond? I think there are a couple.
	11:11pm Mr. X: I had doubts about the theme for this show, but you are right, Austin, despite its flaws, the HoF is always a great conversation starter for music nerds. Quite an enjoyable show tonight, thanks!
	11:12pm Mr Fab: Herb Alpert is still on tour, at age 88!
	👻 11:12pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @11:11 I wasn't sure myself, either. But After watching the footage, I felt like there was something there.
	👻 11:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @11:12 Woah! I bet he's still pretty good, even.
	👻 11:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "... Inducts James Brown" by "Steve Winwood & Jame... This seems really weird to me. A part of me thinks that Steve Winwood cashed a favor to get in on this, and then they had to find a place for him in the ceremony. I feel like there could have been some more appropriate presenters for James Brown.
	👻 11:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Why Does Everything Happen To Me?" by "James Brown" I do think that James Brown deserves to be in, not just for his influence on Rock and Roll, but his influence on Hip Hop, too.
	11:18pm Geoff-U: ↳ Austin Rich @11:07 You know those red stickers people stick on STOP signs to amend them? Like "STOP eating animals" or whatever? I saw one in NW Portland that said "STOP laughing at Danzig" :D
	👻 11:18pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @11:18 Ha! That's pretty good. I would get that sticker.
	11:19pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Austin Rich @11:14 i don't agree. i see Steve Winwood as having been profoundly influenced by JB in general and i feel subtle hints of it in all aspects of his art. (up until the early 70s that is)
	11:21pm coelacanth∅: Stevie Winwood certainly should be in the hall of fame, if he's not. (i pay absolutely no attention to this)
	11:23pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Austin!
	👻 11:25pm Austin Rich: If you can help Heather Chessman, of JUICE MACHINE, here is a link: www.gofundme.com...
	👻 11:25pm Austin Rich: A link to JUICE MACHINE's appearance on our program: wfmu.org...
	👻 11:27pm Austin Rich: JUICE MACHINE is also having a listening party for their new album, that will be released on Jan 27th. More information: hymnslabel.bandcamp.com...

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from January 23, 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 23, 2024: The 38th Anniversary of the very first Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Approx. start time
Roll Over Beethoven "Roll Over Beethoven"
Keith Richards	... Inducts Chuck Berry.	1986 Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony	The Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame	1986
Chuck Berry, John Fogerty, Billy Joel, Jerry Lee Lewis, Keith Richards, Neil Young and Steve Winwood	Reelin' And Rockin' (Live)	1986 Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony	The Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame	1986	0:03:15 (Pop-up)

Please Don't Leave Me (Out) "Please Don't Leave Me (Out)"
John Fogerty	... Inducts Buddy Holly	1986 Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony	The Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame	1986	0:14:33 (Pop-up)
Buddy Holly	Rock Around With Ollie See	Rockin' Bones: 1950's Punk & Rockabilly	Rhino Records	2006	0:17:50 (Pop-up)
Ray Charles	What'd I Say "What'd I Say" by "Ray Charles"	Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: 1947-1974	Atlantic Records	1985	0:19:57 (Pop-up)
Hank Williams Jr.	... Talks About Jimmie Rodgers	1986 Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony	The Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame	1986	0:25:00 (Pop-up)
Jimmie Rodgers	Blue Yodel #9 "Blue Yodel #9" by "Jimmie Rodgers"	My Rough and Rowdy Ways	RCA Victor	1960	0:26:35 (Pop-up)
Hank Williams Jr.	... Inducts Jerry Lee Lewis	1986 Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony	The Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame	1986	0:29:00 (Pop-up)
Jerry Lee Lewis	Milkshake Mademoiselle	Essential Sun Rockabillies Vol. I	Charly Records	1996	0:30:23 (Pop-up)
Robert Johnson	I Believe I'll Dust My Broom	The Complete Recordings	CBS Records	1990	0:32:25 (Pop-up)
Ahmet Ertegun, Scott Muney and Norm Nite	... Honor and Induct Alan Freed and talk about Fats Domino	1986 Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony	The Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame	1986	0:35:19 (Pop-up)
Fats Domino	Please Don't Leave Me	The Roots of Rock 'n' Roll	Hip-O Records	2004	0:37:39 (Pop-up)
Scott Muney, Norm Nite and Lance Freed	... Induct Alan Freed / Accept Alan's Award	1986 Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony	The Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame	1986	0:40:10 (Pop-up)

Stomp & Boogie "Stomp & Boogie"
Jack Soden and George Kline	... Accept for Elvis	1986 Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony	The Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame	1986	0:53:19 (Pop-up)
Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires	A Big Hunk O' Love	Elvis: 30 #1 Hits	RCA	2002	1:00:28 (Pop-up)
Sam Phillips	... Talks about Elvis Presley	Sam Phillips Talks about Elvis Presley 7 April 1992	?	1992	1:02:34 (Pop-up)
Neil Young	... Inducts The Everly Brothers	1986 Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony	The Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame	1986	1:05:54 (Pop-up)
The Everly Brothers	'Til I Kissed You	Rock & Roll Early Classics	Compass Productions	1999	1:08:58 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Yancy	Yancy Stomp "Yancy Stomp" by "Jimmy Yancy"	Boogie Woogie Piano (The History Of Boogie Woogie Piano Introduced By Jools Holland)	Temple Records	1995	1:11:16 (Pop-up)
Roberta Flack	... Inducts Little Richard	1986 Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony	The Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame	1986	1:14:01 (Pop-up)
Little Richard	Little Richard Boogie	The Formative Years: 1951 - 1952	Bear Family Records	1989	1:20:28 (Pop-up)

The Omissions "The Omissions"
Tina Turner	Rock Me Baby "Rock Me Baby" by "Tina Turner"	Ike & Tina Turner	ABC Records	1975	1:28:58 (Pop-up)
Big Maybelle	Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On	Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On	Okeh	1955	1:31:35 (Pop-up)
LaVern Baker	Jim Dandy "Jim Dandy" by "LaVern Baker"	Jim Dandy	Atlantic	1956	1:34:11 (Pop-up)
Ben E. King & The Drifters	This Magic Moment	Stand By Me: The Best Of Ben E. King And Ben E. King With The Drifters	Atlantic Records	1986	1:36:17 (Pop-up)
Esther Phillips	I've Forgotten More Than You'll Ever Know About Him	The Country Side Of Esther Phillips	Atlantic Records	1966	1:38:45 (Pop-up)
Janis Joplin	Little Girl Blue "Little Girl Blue" by "Janis Joplin"	Janis	Columbia	1993	1:41:50 (Pop-up)
Johnny Ace	The Clock "The Clock" by "Johnny Ace"	Memorial Album	Duke Records	1961	1:45:31 (Pop-up)
Mary Wells	Bye Bye Baby "Bye Bye Baby" by "Mary Wells"	Bye Bye Baby	Oriole Records	1963	1:48:21 (Pop-up)
Chuck Willis	I Feel So Bad "I Feel So Bad" by "Chuck Willis"	Let's Jump Tonight! The Best Of Chuck Willis From 1951-'56	Epic Records	1994	1:51:07 (Pop-up)

Sam & James "Sam & James"
Sam Cooke	A Change Is Gonna Come "A Change Is Gonna Come" by "Sam Cooke"	Shake	RCA Victor	1965	2:00:32 (Pop-up)
Herb Alpert & Sam Cooke's Family	... Inducts Sam Cooke / Accepts the Award	1986 Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony	The Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame	1986	2:03:32 (Pop-up)
Sam Cooke	You Send Me "You Send Me" by "Sam Cooke"	The Best Of Sam Cooke	RCA Victor	1962	2:09:23 (Pop-up)
John Hammond	As Free As A Bird Can Be	American Primitive Vol. II: Pre-War Revenants (1897-1939)	Revenant Records	2005	2:12:00 (Pop-up)
Steve Winwood & James Brown	... Inducts James Brown	1986 Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony	The Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame	1986	2:14:28 (Pop-up)
James Brown	Why Does Everything Happen To Me?	Night Train / Why Does Everything Happen To Me	King Records	1962	2:17:29 (Pop-up)

Reelin' & A Rockin'... "Reelin' & A Rockin'..."
Chuck Berry, John Fogerty, Billy Joel, Jerry Lee Lewis, Keith Richards, Neil Young and Steve Winwood	Roll Over Beethoven (Live)	1986 Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony	The Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame	1986

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Listener comments!
	👻 7:14pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	8:55pm Imaginos: Ahoy
	👻 8:59pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @8:55 Nice to see you in the chat! Sit and stay a spell.
	9:00pm Krys O.: Hello!
	👻 9:00pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:00 Yay! It's Krys O!
	👻 9:00pm univac: Hello Yes Hello
	9:01pm Kat in the chat: Still hanging out!
	9:01pm postconsumer: hi hi
	👻 9:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @9:00 Thanks for logging in, univac!
	9:01pm Aitch: Yeah hup
	9:01pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @8:59 Glad to here
	👻 9:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ Kat in the chat @9:01 Thanks for poppin' in, Kat! Thank you thank you!
	👻 9:02pm univac: Good to be here, sadly only for a bit.
	👻 9:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ postconsumer @9:01 The star of last hour! Thanks for the great show!
	👻 9:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Aitch @9:01 Aitch! Fantastic!
	9:02pm postconsumer: ↳ Austin Rich @9:02 😊
	👻 9:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Reelin' And Rockin' (Live)" by "Chuck Berry, John... Now, think about this all-star band. And think about how well they are playing...
	👻 9:03pm univac: ↳ postconsumer @9:01 What I heard was great, I'll have to catch your full show via archive...
	9:03pm Mr Fab: Hey, it's rock n roll music!
	👻 9:03pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @9:02 That's quite the line-up!
	👻 9:03pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:03 Yay! Mr. Fab is here, too!
	9:04pm Imaginos: We need a Hall of Talent so that Albert Bouchard can get his well deserved recognition
	👻 9:06pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:04 The rules for how you get in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame are pretty laughable.
	9:07pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:06 If enough people know who you are
	👻 9:08pm Austin Rich: www.gofundme.com...
	9:09pm Mr Fab: This isn't the Heather who's your co-host sometimes, is it?
	9:09pm Mr. X: Hi kids!
	9:13pm Krys O.: Chuck Berry was notorious for playing without being tuned up properly. In Taylor Hackford's 1987 film, Hail, Hail Rock 'n' Roll, Keith Richards mentioned how Chuck's tuning problems were aggravating at times.
	9:14pm Mr Fab: When John Doe, DJ Bonebreak, & Dave Alvin backed Bo Diddley in the '80s, he told them "You boys are good!" And if they're good enough for Bo...
	👻 9:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:13 I've heard some VERY questionable live Chuck Berry recordings. It's a shame, really.
	9:14pm Imaginos: Blue Oyster Cult Frank Zappa Tom Lehrer
	👻 9:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:14 That's a great line-up!
	9:15pm Mr Fab: Zappa was inducted. Lou Reed did the honors.
	👻 9:15pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:14 I love the idea of Tom Lehrer getting inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
	9:15pm Krys O.: ↳ Austin Rich @9:14 And he rolled his eyes when Yoko Ono performed. Ha!
	👻 9:15pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "... Inducts Buddy Holly" by "John Fogerty" This might be the only time John Fogerty talking has every appeared on my show.
	9:15pm Imaginos: ↳ Mr Fab @9:15 Nice
	👻 9:15pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:15 Yoko is great! What a bummer.
	👻 9:16pm Austin Rich: These transitional bits - by the super group - are sort of middling, at best. It's so weird.
	9:17pm Krys O.: My ex's uncle was a record company executive and he went to all the Hall of Fame induction ceremonies. He would tell us about the chit chat at the tables where he sat and who was with him.
	9:17pm Mr. X: I can never keep track of who's in and who's out, so it's hard for me to lsit who should and shouldn't be.
	👻 9:18pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Rock Around With Ollie See" by "Buddy Holly" Rather than pick hits or anything, or try to find a "relevant" song, I just picked songs by the artists that I liked. This is certainly one of my favorite Holly tunes.
	9:18pm Krys O.: Jackie Shane and Esquerita are in my Hall of Fame.
	👻 9:18pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:17 I can only imagine the kinds of conversations that happen when you have these kinds of folks hanging around.
	9:18pm Mr. X: But I can say I thoroughly enjoyed my visit to the Rock Hall museum in 2015.
	👻 9:19pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:18 Great choices! I love Esquerita! I only recently discovered Jackie Shane. Very good choices!
	👻 9:19pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "What'd I Say" by "Ray Charles" I think Ray Charles was a good choice. I don't contend this selection at all. Curious I couldn't find any footage / audio of anyone inducting him...
	👻 9:20pm Austin Rich: If I recall correctly, they say you have to have been an artist for at least 25 years before you are considered for the Hall of Fame. That still leaves out a LOT of people.
	9:21pm postconsumer: ↳ Krys O. @9:15 boo! pre-internet court of public opinion fail.
	9:21pm Geoff-U: Good evenin'! :)
	👻 9:22pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @9:21 Geoff-U! Thanks for attending the ceremony! Who do you think the 1986 board for the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame forgot to induct?
	9:22pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:20 Bouchard certainly qualiffies
	9:22pm Krys O.: ↳ Austin Rich @9:18 Uncle Harry used to dine with Marianne Faithfull. She should be in the HoF.
	9:22pm Mr Fab: I've teased Don Bolles that they're inducting all The Germs into the Hall except him: Pat Smear (as a member of Nirvana and Foo Fighters), orig drummer Belinda Carlisle (w/the Go-Gos), their producer Joan Jett...it's like they're saying, we should really induct The Germs as one of the first hardcore bands, but not that Bolles guy! We'll induct everyone AROUND him. Don said: that's fine, I still got my street cred!
	9:22pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @9:20 I guess that means I'm qualified.
	👻 9:22pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:22 Oh shit! I bet she had stories!
	9:22pm postconsumer: ↳ Austin Rich @9:16 I'm not as much of a musicologist as the rest of you, so I wasn't going to say anything. But I was wondering about that, too!
	👻 9:22pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:22 I love Don!
	👻 9:25pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:22 Haven't you been playing music for longer than 25 years? I think that means you're eligible!
	9:25pm Mr Fab: Dick Dale, Screamin Jay Hawkins, Joe Meek, and Link Wray would have qualified in '86. They finally inducted Link as an "early influence" last year.
	👻 9:25pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:25 Link deserves his own wing!
	👻 9:26pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Blue Yodel #9" by "Jimmie Rodgers" I think I agree with Jimmie Rodgers getting in. He's pretty great.
	9:27pm Mr Fab: Phil Spector was an embarrassing regular speaker at all the early HoF ceremonies, rambling semi-coherently. But they kept having him back.
	9:28pm Mr. X: I kind of love how Dolly Parton reacted to her induction, declining at first because she doesn't play rock and roll, then turning around and recording a rock album with a ton of stellar guest rockers.
	👻 9:28pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:27 He's not included as a speaker in this one, but I seem to recall that, too. Like... who let him in?
	9:29pm Mr Fab: ↳ Song: "Blue Yodel #9" by "Jimmie Rodgers" It's weird that this is considered "country." Except for the yodeling, it's pretty much just straight-up blues.
	👻 9:29pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:28 "I mean, I'm not gonna take your award. I'm just gonna show ya'll how it's done."
	9:29pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @9:28 All I can think of is: he made a whole lot of money for the music industry.
	👻 9:30pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:29 I was thinking that he often get's misclassified.
	9:30pm Krys O.: Steve Miller had a memorable induction speech where he ripped the HoF for the way they grubbed for money.
	9:31pm Mr. X: It's also interesting to me how the HoF gets bands who were no longer on speaking terms back together to perform for the ceremony.
	👻 9:32pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:30 I couldn't find any controversial speeches from the first year, but there's one that I really love coming later.
	👻 9:32pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "I Believe I'll Dust My Broom" by "Robert Johnson" I think I agree with this pick. Johnson is pretty dope.
	👻 9:32pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:31 The money must be good.
	9:34pm Imaginos: Getting sleepy. Great music and chat tonight
	9:34pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @9:32 Oh yeah. Pretty much created the rock-star template. His riffs that guitarists are still playing, Satanism, dying at age 27 - the whole bit.
	👻 9:34pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:34 Sleep well! We'll talk soon.
	9:34pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:34 Ok
	👻 9:35pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "... Honor and Induct Alan Freed and talk about Fa... Today's show is sort of a companion piece to the Alan Freed show we did a bit ago. I think this induction ceremony is the beginning of having his career rehabilitated, as in the past, he was sort of vilified.
	9:36pm Krys O.: I used to listen to Scott Muni on WNEW and Norm N. Nite on WCBS as a kid.
	9:36pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @9:35 Yes, I highly recommend Austin's Alan Freed tribute shows. Check the archives.
	👻 9:36pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "... Honor and Induct Alan Freed and talk about Fa... I'm not sure Freed needed in the Hall of Fame, but it is nice to get him name-checked.
	👻 9:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Please Don't Leave Me" by "Fats Domino" I think Fats TOTALLY deserves getting in. He was playing rock and roll before it had a name.
	👻 9:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:36 Very cool! There's more of them on the other side of this Fats song.
	9:38pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @9:37 The city of New Orleans in general. It's just a miracle of music.
	👻 9:38pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:36 What kind of shows did they do? Just rock and roll music?
	👻 9:38pm univac: Anyone here listen to the podcast: History of Rock & Roll in 500 Songs? Pretty remarkable deep dive.
	9:38pm Krys O.: Fats still gets me dancing. My favorite song of his that still gets in my head is Hello Josephine and not just because that's my middle name.
	👻 9:38pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:38 So much talent in one city!
	👻 9:39pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @9:38 I've been curious. Worth the listen?
	👻 9:39pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:38 I love his stuff. Always great!
	9:40pm Mr Fab: ↳ Krys O. @9:38 Love that one. And "I'm Walking" gets me more than walking, more like pogoing.
	👻 9:40pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @9:39 It is. My main issue is that I tend to listen in the car and the way it is mixed is terrible: the music snippets are way louder than his voice, so I'm constantly turning up and down. I wish car stereos had compressors built-in.
	9:41pm Krys O.: ↳ Austin Rich @9:38 Scott Muni was the program director and main DJ at New York's most popular album-oriented, proto-freeform radio station WNEW. Later to be known as Classic Rock, but they got adventurous. WCBS was one of the first oldies stations beginning in the early 70s. Everything from early RnB, Doo-Wop onward.
	9:41pm Mr Fab: speaking of DJs, if Rodney Bingenheimer and John Peel aren't in, why the hell not?!
	9:43pm Mr. X: Did Lance just say Rock and Whore?
	9:43pm Krys O.: I've got to hit the hay. Thanks, Austin and everyone. Take care.
	9:44pm Mr Fab: These ceremonies weren't televised back then, were they?
	9:52pm Mr. X: Isn't there also an induction criteria about sales volume?
	9:52pm Geoff-U: I know so little about the RRHoF
	👻 9:53pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:52 There might be! I could only find the bit about having to be working for at least 25 years.
	👻 9:53pm univac: Gotta run. Thx Austin!
	9:53pm postconsumer: ↳ Krys O. @9:43 goodnight!
	👻 9:54pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @9:53 Thanks for stoppin' in! We'll talk soon.
	👻 9:54pm univac: c-ya
	👻 9:54pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @9:52 It's a nice way to spend a day, but a joke as a measurement of who really matters in music history.
	9:55pm Mr. X: I'm sure it has been pointed out before, but why no female inductees in '86?
	👻 9:55pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:55 We'll get there...
	9:55pm Mr Fab: ↳ Mr. X @9:52 Some of the voters feel that a candidate should have a certain number of chart hits. Hence, the delay in inducting the likes of Zappa, Velvet Underground, Sex Pistols, etc, as they had slim-to-no hits.
	9:56pm Mr. X: Wanda Jackson!
	👻 9:56pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "... Accept for Elvis" by "Jack Soden and George K... This overblown speech about Elvis cracks me up. It is so ridiculous! But people really do feel this way about him.
	👻 9:56pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:56 Yeah, she really should have been in on the ground floor.
	9:56pm Mr Fab: ↳ Mr. X @9:55 WANDA JACKSON!!
	👻 9:57pm Austin Rich: It really sounds like he was in love with Elvis.
	9:58pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @9:57 Ewww
	👻 10:01pm Austin Rich: Sam Phillips is up next, and both he and Elvis were inducted in '86. Not sure I care enough to get mad about their inclusion; they really did have a huge impact on rock music. But certainly I think people really dwell on their impact... and there were other people too. Still, I think this is an underplayed Elvis tune, and he was really great at first.
	10:02pm postconsumer: have fun! going up for dinner. :)
	👻 10:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "... Talks about Elvis Presley" by "Sam Phillips" Found this clip, out of context, on YouTube. Couldn't track down where it came from, but I'm sure it was from some documentary. (Maybe that 90's "Dancin' in the Streets / Rock and Roll" Doc made by BBC / PBS?)
	👻 10:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ postconsumer @10:02 Enjoy!
	👻 10:04pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "... Talks about Elvis Presley" by "Sam Phillips" Again, a pretty ridiculous, overblown monologue that cracks me up. Some of these guys really could bluster about the importance of Elvis...
	10:05pm Mr. X: In one of the early versions of Sid Meier's Civilization, to prevent the rabble from uprising, you had to keep them entertained. The icon for entertainment was a figure who looked like Elvis in a white jumpsuit.
	👻 10:06pm Austin Rich: I'm trying to imagine what these rock and rollers talked about backstage. What do John Fogerty, Neil Young, and Keith Richards talk about together?
	10:07pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:06 Lawnmowers and shoes.
	👻 10:09pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "'Til I Kissed You" by "The Everly Brothers" The Everly Brothers are fine. This might be the first time I've every played them. I don't hate them, but... were they essential for year one of this project? Wanda Jackson should have gotten this slot, definately.
	10:09pm Mr Fab: Mrs Fab and I visited Sun Studios , late '90s. Sam Philips was still alive. Amazing how much history came out of what is basically a pretty small room. An incredibly humble space. Hardly some giant Space-Age cutting-edge studio.
	10:10pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @10:06 "Who's holding?"
	👻 10:10pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @10:09 I've heard that it was really just a sort of unspecial room. How funny... it's really about who's there, and the recording...
	👻 10:10pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @10:10 Of course!
	👻 10:11pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Yancy Stomp" by "Jimmy Yancy" I agree with this inclusion, too. I like all the Jimmy Yancy stuff I've heard.
	👻 10:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "... Inducts Little Richard" by "Roberta Flack" Instead of actually inducting any women, they instead asked Roberta Flack to appear in the ceremony. Sort of a weird move...
	👻 10:16pm Austin Rich: I'm glad she decided to say SOMETHING.
	10:17pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @10:11 Not familiar with this cat, but that track was HAWT.
	10:17pm coelacanth∅: Greetings Austin Rich and mutants
	👻 10:18pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @10:17 I love that Boogie Woogie collection. Well worth checkin' out!
	👻 10:18pm Austin Rich: ↳ coelacanth∅ @10:17 coelacanthø! Thanks for coming to the ceremony.
	10:18pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "... Inducts Little Richard" by "Roberta Flack" By this time, Little Richard was more of a born again gospel singer, if I recall.
	10:19pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @10:14 Very weird. Not an actual rocker who was influenced by Little Richard?
	10:19pm coelacanth∅: (been tuned in on/off since 9)
	👻 10:20pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Little Richard Boogie" by "Little Richard" Certainly, Little Richard should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! But so should Esquerita.
	10:24pm Mr. X: Sister Rosetta Tharpe is another one that should have been an '86 inductee.
	👻 10:28pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Rock Me Baby" by "Tina Turner" Tina: Specifically name checked by Roberta Flack as being omitted from the class of 1986.
	10:29pm Mr Fab: ↳ Mr. X @10:24 Yes! I think she was finally inducted just recently
	10:30pm Mr Fab: I was Wanda live, too. Yeah, she totally rocked.
	10:30pm Mr. X: How many here have visited the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame museum in Cleveland? And what were your favorite artifacts or displays?
	👻 10:31pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @10:30 She played with a local rockabilly combo, and I recall all of them being floored that they were playing with her!
	👻 10:31pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" by "Big Maybelle" Maybelle: Specifically name checked by Roberta Flack as being omitted from the class of 1986.
	👻 10:32pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:30 I have not been. If I'm ever close to Cleveland, it's on my list. I did go the the EMP in Seattle, before it changed it's name to the current one.
	10:33pm Mr Fab: ↳ Mr. X @10:30 Never been to Cleveland, but I've heard it really is a stellar museum.
	👻 10:33pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Jim Dandy" by "LaVern Baker" LaVern: Specifically name checked by Roberta Flack as being omitted from the class of 1986.
	10:33pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:32 I really enjoyed Jimi's childhood crayon drawings at the Experience Museum.
	👻 10:34pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:33 That stood out to me, too!
	👻 10:34pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:33 I wanted an entire wing of childhood crayon drawings of musicians.
	👻 10:36pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "This Magic Moment" by "Ben E. King & The Drifters" Ben E. King was nominated by the 1986 voting board, but was not inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame that year.
	10:36pm Mr. X: ↳ Mr. X @10:30 First thing I saw at the HoF was Janis Joplin's Kharmann Ghia. I teared up instantly.
	👻 10:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:36 Woah. My mom said that one of the best shows she saw was Janis.
	10:37pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:34 Cool idea.
	👻 10:38pm Austin Rich: Esther Philips was nominated by the 1986 voting board, but was not inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame that year.
	10:40pm Mr. X: ↳ Mr. X @10:36 Bo Diddly's square guitar, and David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust jumpsuit also hit me.
	👻 10:40pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:40 Bo Diddly's Guitar would be great to see in person!
	👻 10:41pm Austin Rich: Janis: Specifically name checked by Roberta Flack as being omitted from the class of 1986.
	10:41pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Little Girl Blue" by "Janis Joplin" Ah, there's my Janis!
	👻 10:41pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Little Girl Blue" by "Janis Joplin" (Not sure if Janis would have actually been eligible? But still: she deserves to be in.)
	👻 10:42pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Little Girl Blue" by "Janis Joplin" I'm a not-so-secret big fan of Janis Joplin. This boxed set is great, by the way, if any one doesn't yet have it!
	10:43pm Mr. X: So yeah, 1986 - 25 = 1961.
	👻 10:43pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Little Girl Blue" by "Janis Joplin" We listened to a lot of Janis in my house growing up, and some of my earliest memories are my mom singing along to Janis Joplin songs.
	10:44pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:41 We can always argue that the eligibility requirements are stupid.
	👻 10:44pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Little Girl Blue" by "Janis Joplin" She has some "better known" tunes, but I really like this one.
	👻 10:45pm Austin Rich: Johnny Ace was nominated by the 1986 voting board, but was not inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame that year.
	👻 10:46pm Austin Rich: As I mentioned earlier: we're going long tonight. Hopefully no one minds? I just don't want to leave anyone out... unlike the 1986 Voting Board.
	👻 10:47pm Austin Rich: Mary Wells was nominated by the 1986 voting board, but was not inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame that year.
	👻 10:48pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:43 Oh, yeah. I guess that works. I was never good at math, unless I have time to work it out ahead of time.
	10:49pm Mr. X: So can we conclude that Jann Wenner gets the blame for the elitism and favoritism?
	👻 10:49pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:49 I think so, but from what I read, the general attitude of the panels was always, "Who would make a good show this year?"
	10:50pm Mr. X: I usually pay as much attention to the nominees as I do to the inductees.
	👻 10:50pm Austin Rich: Chuck Willis was nominated by the 1986 voting board, but was not inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame that year.
	10:51pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @10:46 I feel like a football quarterback, but yeah - go long, Austin!
	👻 10:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @10:51 Thanks coach!
	10:52pm Mr Fab: ↳ Mr. X @10:49 yeah, screw that guy. He was trying to use the Hall to write rock history according to him.
	10:54pm Geoff-U: Thanks for the fun show! I'm sorry I haven't been able to chat - I have been listening and multitasking!
	10:56pm MissRikki: 4-6am is a great slot
	10:57pm MissRikki: safe harbor people
	👻 11:00pm Austin Rich: ↳ MissRikki @10:57 Lovely to see you in the chat!
	11:01pm Mr. X: Re: Chuck Berry/Jerry Lee Lewis back-up band - maybe if they had just practiced more...
	11:01pm MissRikki: I've been listening. Just not too chatty these days
	👻 11:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @11:01 I think that is it, entirely. All those folks are great at what they do... but maybe they should have rehearsed a bit before the show.
	👻 11:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ MissRikki @11:01 That's fair. Sometimes being quiet together is great, too.
	👻 11:03pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "... Inducts Sam Cooke / Accepts the Award" by "He... The whine in this segment is pretty bad. I tried to EQ it away, but it is a pretty persistent frequency.
	11:04pm Mr Fab: Herb Albert?!
	👻 11:05pm Austin Rich: "You can't just put a woah-o in anywhere you want. You have to feel it!"
	👻 11:05pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @11:04 I guess he's got more cred that I ever realized.
	11:05pm MissRikki: ↳ Austin Rich @11:05 Danzig would disagree
	11:06pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @11:05 That was a spelling hint.
	👻 11:07pm Austin Rich: ↳ MissRikki @11:05 Danzig and I don't really agree on a lot, except MOST of the Misfits output, and the first couple Danzig records...
	👻 11:07pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @11:06 Ah! Thanks for the double-tip! (My spelling has always been bad. Sorry!)
	👻 11:08pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @11:04 "Hey Hey Hey! I'm Herb Albert!"
	11:08pm MissRikki: ↳ Austin Rich @11:07 ...and feeding the kitties
	👻 11:09pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "You Send Me" by "Sam Cooke" I do agree with Sam Cooke getting in. I do love Sam.
	👻 11:09pm Austin Rich: ↳ MissRikki @11:08 My boys and I have an appointment, every night, for dinner. They love it, I love it. It's great.
	👻 11:11pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "As Free As A Bird Can Be" by "John Hammond" I believe this is the correct John Hammond? I think there are a couple.
	11:11pm Mr. X: I had doubts about the theme for this show, but you are right, Austin, despite its flaws, the HoF is always a great conversation starter for music nerds. Quite an enjoyable show tonight, thanks!
	11:12pm Mr Fab: Herb Alpert is still on tour, at age 88!
	👻 11:12pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @11:11 I wasn't sure myself, either. But After watching the footage, I felt like there was something there.
	👻 11:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @11:12 Woah! I bet he's still pretty good, even.
	👻 11:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "... Inducts James Brown" by "Steve Winwood & Jame... This seems really weird to me. A part of me thinks that Steve Winwood cashed a favor to get in on this, and then they had to find a place for him in the ceremony. I feel like there could have been some more appropriate presenters for James Brown.
	👻 11:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Why Does Everything Happen To Me?" by "James Brown" I do think that James Brown deserves to be in, not just for his influence on Rock and Roll, but his influence on Hip Hop, too.
	11:18pm Geoff-U: ↳ Austin Rich @11:07 You know those red stickers people stick on STOP signs to amend them? Like "STOP eating animals" or whatever? I saw one in NW Portland that said "STOP laughing at Danzig" :D
	👻 11:18pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @11:18 Ha! That's pretty good. I would get that sticker.
	11:19pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Austin Rich @11:14 i don't agree. i see Steve Winwood as having been profoundly influenced by JB in general and i feel subtle hints of it in all aspects of his art. (up until the early 70s that is)
	11:21pm coelacanth∅: Stevie Winwood certainly should be in the hall of fame, if he's not. (i pay absolutely no attention to this)
	11:23pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Austin!
	👻 11:25pm Austin Rich: If you can help Heather Chessman, of JUICE MACHINE, here is a link: www.gofundme.com...
	👻 11:25pm Austin Rich: A link to JUICE MACHINE's appearance on our program: wfmu.org...
	👻 11:27pm Austin Rich: JUICE MACHINE is also having a listening party for their new album, that will be released on Jan 27th. More information: hymnslabel.bandcamp.com...

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from January 23, 2024

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