WFMU: Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from April 16, 2024

Listener comments!
	👻 2:39pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	8:58pm Imaginos: Ahoy!
	9:00pm Krys O.: Hello and Belated Happy Anniversary!
	9:01pm Geoff-U: Mmmm I do like food
	9:01pm Mr Fab: Hello, I’m here!
	9:01pm Imaginos: Om nom nom!
	9:01pm Mr. X: Greetings, mutants!
	9:02pm Geoff-U: Happy radio anniversary!
	9:02pm Charles: Hello Austin, I checked out You Must Remember This after you mentionned it yesterday. Good stuff.
	9:03pm Sarcofiguy: 😘
	9:04pm Sarcofiguy: Happy ANNIE!!!!!
	👻 9:06pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Food Food Food" by "Harry Nilsson" I am a huge sucker for this movie. I've seen it too many times to be objective, but I do recommend it if you wanna see a very strange artifact of cinema.
	9:06pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Food Food Food" by "Harry Nilsson" I still haven't seen this movie all the way through. Better put it on my list.
	9:07pm Imaginos: That's a long time to be in radio, Austin. You must have seen many styles and fads of music and radio drama come and go
	👻 9:07pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:06 It's a lot like the 30's comic strip that is also great. It is not very much like the cartoons that everyone is much more familiar with. And it's a musical... so... yeah... it's a hard sell.
	👻 9:08pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:07 It's both long and... not that long. I feel like I'm just figuring out how to do it well.
	9:09pm Imaginos: Adams. Awesome
	👻 9:09pm Austin Rich: "Food Eater!" I still use that insult all the time.
	👻 9:11pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:09 He is near and dear to my heart.
	9:12pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:11 Douglas Adams would love the works of Christopher Moore.
	👻 9:12pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Green Tambourine" by "The Lemon Pipers" There wasn't an instrumental version of this song anywhere easy to find, so I had to use some modern algorithms to create one. I was actually sort of impressed at how well it worked.
	👻 9:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:12 I've heard that, but haven't read any of his books yet. Keep meaning to.
	9:14pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @9:12 I think it works well. Love all your editing choices.
	9:15pm brainfrost: hey he's singing the crossed out parts
	👻 9:15pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Burning" by "Koffee" This might be the first time I've played any reggae on my show. I really don't know much about the genre, outside of King Tubby. It's always good to have a sherpa like Mr. X in genres I'm unfamiliar with.
	👻 9:16pm Austin Rich: ↳ brainfrost @9:15 We like to break the rules here.
	9:21pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @9:15 I'm reasonably acquainted with old school reggae, but not so much anything from 2018. Most of my musical choices were done out of complete ignorance, just looking for the food names, and then narrowing it down by whatever sounded good to me.
	👻 9:25pm Austin Rich: When I was DJing in PDX, we had a long-running Sunday line-up, of a Reggae show that had been on since the station had gone on the air, and a ska show that had been on that long, too. I think there was an experimental show, and a rotating slot that had other reggae shows occasionally, and those two long-running shows. (Which were two-hours each.) I always think of that as a typical "sunday" line-up.
	👻 9:25pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Danish Pastry Lyrics" by "Porridge Radio" This is one of my fave songs from this set that you assembled. I haven't explored the band more, but I love this song.
	9:25pm laurapanic: ↳ Song: "Danish Pastry Lyrics" by "Porridge Radio" porridge radio are great!!==I'm only here for a sec and have to run!
	👻 9:26pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @9:25 Ah, great to see you, even for a sec.
	9:26pm Mr Fab: All college/public/alt-rock stations must have a Sunday reggae show. Like it's some kind of FCC regulation or sumthin.
	9:27pm Mr. X: ↳ laurapanic @9:25 Glad you caught a fragment of the show, anyhow. Thanks for dropping by.
	👻 9:27pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:26 I feel like you might be right, Mr. Fab. When I was Program Director I was just not allowed to mess with certain parts of Sunday.
	9:28pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Honey Hair" by "Instant Oatmeal" Sounds very 90s indierock twee to me.
	👻 9:28pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:28 Yeah. I feel like they are about to open for Belle & Sebastian.
	9:29pm Mr Fab: Hmm, are there any artists named "Cereal," "Bagel," or "Breakfast Burritos"? Guess we'll just have to wait...
	9:30pm Mr Fab: ↳ Song: "Being Cool" by "Cereal Killer" ha, and there it is!
	9:30pm laurapanic: Hi. Me. I just noticed. #breakfast
	9:30pm Mr. X: ↳ Mr Fab @9:29 When all the good names have been used already, an entire generation has to turn to whatever is on the table in front of them.
	9:31pm Mr Fab: Ooh, i remember one: Alice Donut.
	👻 9:32pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:31 I always wanted to like Alice Donut more than I did. I would put it on and go, "... it's okay."
	9:33pm Mr. X: ↳ Mr Fab @9:31 You get a gold star. I have a feeling I will run out of gold stars before this show is over.
	👻 9:33pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "The 13 Moons of Neptune" by "The Natural Yogurt B... I heard they were called, "The Yogurt Band," in the UK, but they had to change the name for US markets.
	9:33pm laurapanic: ↳ Austin Rich @9:32 I used to love them in my university days. I tried them again recently and they didn't do it the same for me.
	👻 9:34pm Austin Rich: ↳ Austin Rich @9:33 (Not a true factoid.)
	9:34pm Krys O.: ↳ Austin Rich @9:15 WFMU has a long history of having great reggae shows. I also learned a lot from the reggae show on WNYU radio in high school hosted by Phillip Smart who was a music producer for Augustus Pablo and others.
	9:37pm Imaginos: I am
	9:37pm Krys O.: One of the early icons of Lo-Fi on WFMU was a guy who went by the name Raisin Bran. He eventually changed it to Ray Brazen. At least he kept the Ray.
	9:38pm Imaginos: Its too bad the song Stolen Donuts isn't around
	9:39pm Krys O.: Roy Wood's Mustard LP is a fave.
	9:39pm Mr. X: I just noticed in the store today that it's actually called Cup Noodle. I've always called it Cup o' Noodle.
	👻 9:39pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:39 I feel like we could do a sequel easily. A lot of stuff is coming to mind.
	👻 9:40pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:39 Weird. I always thought there was an O too.
	9:40pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @9:39 Oh for sure, in preparation for this show, I made a list of over a hundred bands to draw from.
	9:41pm Krys O.: ↳ Mr. X @9:39 It originally had the O. They're bringing it back. www.prnewswire.com...
	9:41pm Mr. X: ↳ Krys O. @9:41 Nice to know I wasn't making it up.
	9:42pm Krys O.: ↳ Krys O. @9:41 At least in our collective memory. ; )
	👻 9:42pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:41 Okay, I'm glad we're all still in the same universe.
	9:43pm Krys O.: i.ebayimg.com...
	👻 9:44pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:43 That's the cup I remember.
	👻 9:44pm Austin Rich: I often ask this in the chat, but I feel like it's often relevant: what is your favorite flavor of ramen? I have been a fan of these fancy ramen bowl M gets at H Mart.
	9:44pm Krys O.: Lipton had Cup-a-Soup
	9:45pm Mr Fab: now I wish there was a band called The Bagels who sing breakfast-related parody lyrics to Beatles songs. Debut album: "Eat The Bagels"
	9:45pm Imaginos: In England they are called Pot Noodles
	👻 9:46pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Incense & Peppermints" by "Strawberry Alarm Clock" I forgot to mention: I also used an algorithm to create an instrumental version of this tune, as the instrumental versions I found still had a lot of backing vocals.
	👻 9:46pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:45 Maybe we need to start this band?
	9:46pm Imaginos: I like shrimp ramen. I add salad shrimp and water chestnuts
	👻 9:48pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:46 I feel like you gotta add stuff. That's the best way, I think.
	👻 9:49pm Heather: ↳ Austin Rich @9:44 The fave I've had lately is an ultra spicy Chik'n and Cheese flavor from a company called Budek or close to that! Bought a case of it cheap off Meh and now I check every day to see if they run the deal again! The spicy curry is good but Chik'n n Cheese is where it's at. With Sriracha, of course.
	👻 9:49pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather @9:49 I don't know that one. I'll have to see if we can find it.
	9:50pm Krys O.: Each year the Community Food Bank of NJ puts out a compilation CD to raise funds and in 2022 they had Breakfast Bops. The label is Pizza Bagel Records. pizzabagelrecords.bandcamp.com...
	👻 9:50pm Heather: ↳ Austin Rich @9:49 I saw it at a halal store not too long ago.
	9:51pm Krys O.: ↳ Krys O. @9:50 Through that compilation I discovered a cool artist called Wizard Brain.
	9:51pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Punk Rock 101" by "Bowling For Soup" Love the name dropping in this tune.
	👻 9:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:50 That's fantastic! I wrote a Breakfast Sandwich song that I need to finish.
	9:51pm Imaginos: St Alfonso's Pancake Breakfast
	9:52pm Krys O.: Gotta jump off. G'night, all!
	👻 9:52pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:52 Sleep well!
	👻 9:53pm Austin Rich: My mom took me to see Bon Jovi as a young man. It was my second concert: Skid Row and Bon Jovi. It was the first time I saw a woman in fishnets out in the real world.
	9:53pm Mr. X: ↳ Mr. X @9:51 The Bon Jovi reference.
	👻 9:55pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Low" by "Cracker" Meeting the Camper Van guys in the early 00's was pretty rad. I listened to that first Camper Van record a lot when I used to work in the book mines, unloading the new shipments.
	9:55pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Low" by "Cracker" This is the only song that I already knew before I commenced this project.
	👻 9:56pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:55 It was hard not to know it in 1993. It was EVERYWHERE.
	9:56pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @9:55 Oh really? I met them too. They played at Max's Tavern in Eugene before they were well known. I shook hands with David and Jonathan.
	👻 9:57pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @9:55 I love CVB and can't believe I missed my Cracker era. This is great! And yet I did have a Monks of Doom cassette.
	👻 9:58pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:56 They did an in-studio at KPSU, and I had them on my show. They played two songs, just a couple of them. I did an interview, too. It's in the archives somewhere...
	👻 9:58pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @9:57 Yeah, Cracker is better than I remember. At the time I was just mad they weren't CVB.
	9:58pm Geoff-U: I drank beers with CVB in my friends van in 1987. They played at Old world deli
	9:59pm Imaginos: Turning in. Great show tonight
	👻 9:59pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @9:58 They used to tour endlessly. They were relentless back in the day.
	👻 9:59pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:59 Sleep well! We'll talk soon.
	👻 9:59pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @9:58 That must have been it for me, too. How dare they move on with their passion?! What about me?! That and I couldn't afford their tape because they were popular.
	👻 10:00pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Water Table" by "Cola" This is another one of my new faves from this setlist.
	👻 10:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @9:59 You didn't need to out here; it was on the radio constantly, everywhere, for quite a while. That and that solo Paul Westerberg album.
	👻 10:01pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @10:01 I get that. I know they were popular here but I'm sure not like there.
	10:10pm Mr. X: Why do I LOL every time I hear us saying "Yes, Mitch."?
	👻 10:10pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Dog-Eared But Forgotten" by "The Potato Eaters" I forgot this was a band until Xeres reminded me. I used to have a roommate, 30 years ago, who was a fan.
	👻 10:11pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:10 Because you know what kind of punishment Mitch will dole out if we don't do what we're told!
	10:12pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:10 I'm amazed that anyone has even heard of them at all. I saw them live when I lived in SF, as I mention in the upcoming voiceover.
	👻 10:12pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:12 I think it was the name alone that attracted them.
	👻 10:13pm Heather Z: ↳ Mr. X @10:10 Because that was hilarious!! Totally loving the music and spoken bits tonight! Great stuff, yall!
	10:14pm Mr. X: ↳ Heather Z @10:13 Aw, thanks, Heather!
	10:14pm Geoff-U: This is great
	👻 10:15pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @10:14 Yeah, I'm pretty into this tune.
	10:16pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:15 Kind of a Ween vibe to it.
	👻 10:19pm Austin Rich: I also appreciate that this playlist has a LOT of newer music, by comparison. I think I tend to lean on stuff at LEAST 30 years old, and while there's some of that, I think this set features stuff newer than I usually pick. So for that, I am grateful. I forget to listen to new music unless people mail it to me.
	10:19pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Human Ceremony" by "Sunflower Bean" CAN meets the Sugarcubes, except prettier.
	👻 10:19pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:19 Yeah, I'm super into this band, too. Thanks for drawing my attention.
	10:22pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:19 I give credit to my niece and my cousins' kids for unwittingly guiding me on this journey into newer music. (I spy on their Spotify listens and playlists.)
	👻 10:23pm Austin Rich: Unfortunately, I'm not sure I'm ever gonna get my shit together.
	👻 10:29pm ramencity: :wave: just got home, but I will catch the End Of It All
	👻 10:29pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:22 I had that going with my Nephew for a while, but then they got into High School, and I was not cool enough to hang out with anymore. I try to see if that's changed, but they are now graduated, and have a job and whatnot. Still, it was cool having that conduit for a while.
	👻 10:30pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @10:29 Ramen City Kid! Hooray! We were discussing ramen flavors again, earlier.
	10:30pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Plans" by "Baked Beans" I wasn't sure about this band's name. They are listed everywhere as "Beans," but the insignia on their bass drum says "Baked Beans," and so do some of their album covers.
	👻 10:30pm ramencity: Creamy Tom Yam Shrimp FTW
	👻 10:31pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:30 Yeah, I had that same problem researching them. I think this release they were "Baked Beans." So...
	👻 10:32pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)" by "The Ele... I forgot to mention: I didn't make this instrumental. I found this version on some Prunes compilation.
	👻 10:32pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Apple Pie" by "The Apple Pie Motherhood Band" I do hate washing dishes.
	👻 10:33pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Apple Pie" by "The Apple Pie Motherhood Band" I did make this instrumental, using that algorithm I mentioned. But you can still hear some "voices" in the background, no matter what I did.
	👻 10:36pm Austin Rich: "I'm already thinking about my next meal," is something I have said, before, to my partner, often. She says that she can't think about food if she has just eaten. I tell her there are few times I'm NOT thinking about food.
	👻 10:36pm ramencity: I had no idea that Blancmange were a going concern as late as 2013...
	👻 10:38pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Let Her Go" by "Strawberry Switchblade" Not long ago das from Big City Orchestra gifted me a Strawberry Switchblade DVD that I haven't yet watched. Been meaning to.
	10:38pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Let Her Go" by "Strawberry Switchblade" A nod to Austin's switchblade collection?
	👻 10:39pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @10:36 These are the things Mr. X can teach us.
	👻 10:39pm ramencity: Years ago I read this great essay on Strawberry Switchblade - just found it: www.tangents.co.uk...
	👻 10:40pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @10:39 That essay is from 1994!
	10:40pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Let Her Go" by "Strawberry Switchblade" They're like Siouxsie twins, but a bit more cutesy.
	👻 10:40pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:40 And "Cutesy Siouxsie" did not test well with the kids.
	10:41pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Light of Day" by "Electric Strawberry" If Concrete Blonde was helmed by Grace Slick.
	10:41pm Mr Fab: ↳ ramencity @10:39 Never heard the term “New Pop.” Thought it was just New Wave? But then again, I didn’t read the British music rags at much.
	👻 10:41pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:41 It's great!
	10:44pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Imposter Syndrome" by "Lime Cordiale" Okay, Sheena's, get up and dance!
	👻 10:44pm Austin Rich: Shake a tail feather.
	10:46pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Go Outside" by "Cherry Cheeks" Extremely Suburban Lawns.
	👻 10:46pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Go Outside" by "Cherry Cheeks" I feel like these guys listened to The Spits and ran out to make an album.
	👻 10:47pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:46 That too!
	👻 10:48pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Go Outside" by "Cherry Cheeks" I do like the audacity of someone naming their record label, "Total Punk Records."
	10:50pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:48 I know I didn't provide you with label info, so good job looking all that up. I am struck by the obscurity of the labels for most of these acts.
	👻 10:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:50 We get to know bands outside the context of their label when we find everything online.
	👻 10:52pm Austin Rich: We're gonna go a little over. Sorry everyone!
	👻 10:53pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:50 Fortunately, discogs.com is an INCREDIBLE resource for DJs.
	👻 10:56pm Heather Z: Awesome show, Mr. X and Austin!! Totally great listen. Thank you! Good night to all!
	👻 10:57pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @10:56 Thanks for listening!
	👻 10:59pm Austin Rich: And more generally: thanks everyone! This is my social time every week, and I really do value it. Thanks!
	10:59pm Mr. X: I have a list of bands with animals in their name, too.
	👻 10:59pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:59 Time for a trip to the zoo!
	11:00pm Mr. X: Thanks for making it all possible, Austin! Thanks for listening, everyone!
	11:01pm Mr. X: We didn't go over!
	👻 11:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @11:01 Astonishing!

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from April 16, 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
Harry Nilsson	Food Food Food "Food Food Food" by "Harry Nilsson"	Popeye - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Paramount Pictures	1980	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Shadows In Blue	Mid-Valley Mutations Opening Theme	Mid-Valley Mutations Opening Theme	Self-Released	2024	0:07:34 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: The Lemon Pipers	Green Tambourine	Green Tambourine	Buddha Records	1968	0:09:14 (Pop-up)
Breakfast "Breakfast"
Japanese Breakfast	Psychopomp "Psychopomp" by "Japanese Breakfast"	Psychopomp	Dead Oceans	2016	0:11:58 (Pop-up)
Koffee	Burning "Burning" by "Koffee"	Burning	Promised Land Recordings	2018	0:13:14 (Pop-up)
Uncle Waffles	Blue Tick "Blue Tick" by "Uncle Waffles"	Asylum	Ko-Sign Pty Ltd	2023	0:16:13 (Pop-up)
Porridge Radio	Danish Pastry Lyrics	Rice, Pasta, and Other Fillers	Memorials Of Distinction	2016	0:22:31 (Pop-up)
Instant Oatmeal	Honey Hair "Honey Hair" by "Instant Oatmeal"	Lucy's Basement	979308 Records DK	2018	0:25:54 (Pop-up)
Cereal Killer	Being Cool "Being Cool" by "Cereal Killer"	The Beginning & End of Cereal Killer	Drunken Sailor Records	2019	0:28:51 (Pop-up)
The Natural Yogurt Band	The 13 Moons of Neptune	"The 13 Moons of Neptune" b/w "Satellites"	BMM Records	2017	0:30:47 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Strawberry Alarm Clock	Incense & Peppermints	Incense & Peppermints	UNI Records	1968	0:33:43 (Pop-up)
Lunch "Lunch"
Boyfriend Sushi Town	Finders Keepers	Rufus	Self-Released	2021	0:38:02 (Pop-up)
Cupnoodle	Raincoat "Raincoat" by "Cupnoodle"	Raincoat	Self-Released	2021	0:40:52 (Pop-up)
Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol	Shoo-In	Doom Wop	Permanent Teeth Records	2022	0:44:33 (Pop-up)
The Soup Dragons	Can't Take No More	Raw TV Products: 1985 - 1988	Past Night From Glasgow	2022	0:46:52 (Pop-up)
Bowling For Soup	Punk Rock 101 "Punk Rock 101" by "Bowling For Soup"	Drunk Enough to Dance	Silvertone Records	2002	0:49:55 (Pop-up)
Cracker	Low "Low" by "Cracker"	Kerosene Hat	Virgin Records	1993	0:52:54 (Pop-up)
Cola	Water Table "Water Table" by "Cola"	Deep In View	Fire Talk	2022	0:57:20 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: The Electric Prunes	I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)	The Electric Prunes	Reprise Records	1967	1:01:24 (Pop-up)
Dinner "Dinner"
The Potato Eaters	Dog-Eared But Forgotten	I Thought I Heard You	Rastascan Records	1992	1:08:40 (Pop-up)
Artichoke	Two Cats Watching The News	Echoes	Self-Released	2018	1:12:19 (Pop-up)
Sunflower Bean	Human Ceremony "Human Ceremony" by "Sunflower Bean"	Human Ceremony	Fat Possum Records	2016	1:16:13 (Pop-up)
The Lentils	Sunday's Jammers "Sunday's Jammers" by "The Lentils"	Botanical Castings	Plastic Response Records	2016	1:20:07 (Pop-up)
Parsnips	Taking Me for A Ride "Taking Me for A Ride" by "Parsnips"	When the Tree Bears Fruit	Self-Released	2019	1:24:31 (Pop-up)
Baked Beans	Plans "Plans" by "Baked Beans"	Babble	Flightless Records	2018	1:27:22 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: The Apple Pie Motherhood Band	Apple Pie	The Apple Pie Motherhood Band	Atlantic Records	1968	1:31:07 (Pop-up)
Dessert "Dessert"
Blancmange	Running Thin "Running Thin" by "Blancmange"	Happy Families Too	Blanc Check Records	2013	1:34:04 (Pop-up)
Strawberry Switchblade	Let Her Go	Strawberry Switchblade	Korova	1985	1:37:06 (Pop-up)
Electric Strawberry	Light of Day "Light of Day" by "Electric Strawberry"	Electric Strawberry	Self-Released	2014	1:39:24 (Pop-up)
Lime Cordiale	Imposter Syndrome "Imposter Syndrome" by "Lime Cordiale"	Imposter Syndrome	Self-Released	2023	1:42:07 (Pop-up)
Cherry Cheeks	Go Outside "Go Outside" by "Cherry Cheeks"	Cherry Cheeks	Total Punk Records	2021	1:45:19 (Pop-up)
The Plastic Cherries	Aquafina "Aquafina" by "The Plastic Cherries"	Aquafina	Self-Released	2022	1:47:40 (Pop-up)
Plums	Fine Madeline "Fine Madeline" by "Plums"	Jen	Forged Artifacts	2015	1:51:48 (Pop-up)

Free Cake for Every Creature	Riding Into The Sunset In A Busted Car	The Bluest Star	Double Double Whammy	2018	1:56:35 (Pop-up)
Shadows In Blue	Mid-Valley Mutations Closing Theme	Mid-Valley Mutations Closing Theme	Self-Released	2024	1:58:16 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	👻 2:39pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	8:58pm Imaginos: Ahoy!
	9:00pm Krys O.: Hello and Belated Happy Anniversary!
	9:01pm Geoff-U: Mmmm I do like food
	9:01pm Mr Fab: Hello, I’m here!
	9:01pm Imaginos: Om nom nom!
	9:01pm Mr. X: Greetings, mutants!
	9:02pm Geoff-U: Happy radio anniversary!
	9:02pm Charles: Hello Austin, I checked out You Must Remember This after you mentionned it yesterday. Good stuff.
	9:03pm Sarcofiguy: 😘
	9:04pm Sarcofiguy: Happy ANNIE!!!!!
	👻 9:06pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Food Food Food" by "Harry Nilsson" I am a huge sucker for this movie. I've seen it too many times to be objective, but I do recommend it if you wanna see a very strange artifact of cinema.
	9:06pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Food Food Food" by "Harry Nilsson" I still haven't seen this movie all the way through. Better put it on my list.
	9:07pm Imaginos: That's a long time to be in radio, Austin. You must have seen many styles and fads of music and radio drama come and go
	👻 9:07pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:06 It's a lot like the 30's comic strip that is also great. It is not very much like the cartoons that everyone is much more familiar with. And it's a musical... so... yeah... it's a hard sell.
	👻 9:08pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:07 It's both long and... not that long. I feel like I'm just figuring out how to do it well.
	9:09pm Imaginos: Adams. Awesome
	👻 9:09pm Austin Rich: "Food Eater!" I still use that insult all the time.
	👻 9:11pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:09 He is near and dear to my heart.
	9:12pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:11 Douglas Adams would love the works of Christopher Moore.
	👻 9:12pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Green Tambourine" by "The Lemon Pipers" There wasn't an instrumental version of this song anywhere easy to find, so I had to use some modern algorithms to create one. I was actually sort of impressed at how well it worked.
	👻 9:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:12 I've heard that, but haven't read any of his books yet. Keep meaning to.
	9:14pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @9:12 I think it works well. Love all your editing choices.
	9:15pm brainfrost: hey he's singing the crossed out parts
	👻 9:15pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Burning" by "Koffee" This might be the first time I've played any reggae on my show. I really don't know much about the genre, outside of King Tubby. It's always good to have a sherpa like Mr. X in genres I'm unfamiliar with.
	👻 9:16pm Austin Rich: ↳ brainfrost @9:15 We like to break the rules here.
	9:21pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @9:15 I'm reasonably acquainted with old school reggae, but not so much anything from 2018. Most of my musical choices were done out of complete ignorance, just looking for the food names, and then narrowing it down by whatever sounded good to me.
	👻 9:25pm Austin Rich: When I was DJing in PDX, we had a long-running Sunday line-up, of a Reggae show that had been on since the station had gone on the air, and a ska show that had been on that long, too. I think there was an experimental show, and a rotating slot that had other reggae shows occasionally, and those two long-running shows. (Which were two-hours each.) I always think of that as a typical "sunday" line-up.
	👻 9:25pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Danish Pastry Lyrics" by "Porridge Radio" This is one of my fave songs from this set that you assembled. I haven't explored the band more, but I love this song.
	9:25pm laurapanic: ↳ Song: "Danish Pastry Lyrics" by "Porridge Radio" porridge radio are great!!==I'm only here for a sec and have to run!
	👻 9:26pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @9:25 Ah, great to see you, even for a sec.
	9:26pm Mr Fab: All college/public/alt-rock stations must have a Sunday reggae show. Like it's some kind of FCC regulation or sumthin.
	9:27pm Mr. X: ↳ laurapanic @9:25 Glad you caught a fragment of the show, anyhow. Thanks for dropping by.
	👻 9:27pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:26 I feel like you might be right, Mr. Fab. When I was Program Director I was just not allowed to mess with certain parts of Sunday.
	9:28pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Honey Hair" by "Instant Oatmeal" Sounds very 90s indierock twee to me.
	👻 9:28pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:28 Yeah. I feel like they are about to open for Belle & Sebastian.
	9:29pm Mr Fab: Hmm, are there any artists named "Cereal," "Bagel," or "Breakfast Burritos"? Guess we'll just have to wait...
	9:30pm Mr Fab: ↳ Song: "Being Cool" by "Cereal Killer" ha, and there it is!
	9:30pm laurapanic: Hi. Me. I just noticed. #breakfast
	9:30pm Mr. X: ↳ Mr Fab @9:29 When all the good names have been used already, an entire generation has to turn to whatever is on the table in front of them.
	9:31pm Mr Fab: Ooh, i remember one: Alice Donut.
	👻 9:32pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:31 I always wanted to like Alice Donut more than I did. I would put it on and go, "... it's okay."
	9:33pm Mr. X: ↳ Mr Fab @9:31 You get a gold star. I have a feeling I will run out of gold stars before this show is over.
	👻 9:33pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "The 13 Moons of Neptune" by "The Natural Yogurt B... I heard they were called, "The Yogurt Band," in the UK, but they had to change the name for US markets.
	9:33pm laurapanic: ↳ Austin Rich @9:32 I used to love them in my university days. I tried them again recently and they didn't do it the same for me.
	👻 9:34pm Austin Rich: ↳ Austin Rich @9:33 (Not a true factoid.)
	9:34pm Krys O.: ↳ Austin Rich @9:15 WFMU has a long history of having great reggae shows. I also learned a lot from the reggae show on WNYU radio in high school hosted by Phillip Smart who was a music producer for Augustus Pablo and others.
	9:37pm Imaginos: I am
	9:37pm Krys O.: One of the early icons of Lo-Fi on WFMU was a guy who went by the name Raisin Bran. He eventually changed it to Ray Brazen. At least he kept the Ray.
	9:38pm Imaginos: Its too bad the song Stolen Donuts isn't around
	9:39pm Krys O.: Roy Wood's Mustard LP is a fave.
	9:39pm Mr. X: I just noticed in the store today that it's actually called Cup Noodle. I've always called it Cup o' Noodle.
	👻 9:39pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:39 I feel like we could do a sequel easily. A lot of stuff is coming to mind.
	👻 9:40pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:39 Weird. I always thought there was an O too.
	9:40pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @9:39 Oh for sure, in preparation for this show, I made a list of over a hundred bands to draw from.
	9:41pm Krys O.: ↳ Mr. X @9:39 It originally had the O. They're bringing it back. www.prnewswire.com...
	9:41pm Mr. X: ↳ Krys O. @9:41 Nice to know I wasn't making it up.
	9:42pm Krys O.: ↳ Krys O. @9:41 At least in our collective memory. ; )
	👻 9:42pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:41 Okay, I'm glad we're all still in the same universe.
	9:43pm Krys O.: i.ebayimg.com...
	👻 9:44pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:43 That's the cup I remember.
	👻 9:44pm Austin Rich: I often ask this in the chat, but I feel like it's often relevant: what is your favorite flavor of ramen? I have been a fan of these fancy ramen bowl M gets at H Mart.
	9:44pm Krys O.: Lipton had Cup-a-Soup
	9:45pm Mr Fab: now I wish there was a band called The Bagels who sing breakfast-related parody lyrics to Beatles songs. Debut album: "Eat The Bagels"
	9:45pm Imaginos: In England they are called Pot Noodles
	👻 9:46pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Incense & Peppermints" by "Strawberry Alarm Clock" I forgot to mention: I also used an algorithm to create an instrumental version of this tune, as the instrumental versions I found still had a lot of backing vocals.
	👻 9:46pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:45 Maybe we need to start this band?
	9:46pm Imaginos: I like shrimp ramen. I add salad shrimp and water chestnuts
	👻 9:48pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:46 I feel like you gotta add stuff. That's the best way, I think.
	👻 9:49pm Heather: ↳ Austin Rich @9:44 The fave I've had lately is an ultra spicy Chik'n and Cheese flavor from a company called Budek or close to that! Bought a case of it cheap off Meh and now I check every day to see if they run the deal again! The spicy curry is good but Chik'n n Cheese is where it's at. With Sriracha, of course.
	👻 9:49pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather @9:49 I don't know that one. I'll have to see if we can find it.
	9:50pm Krys O.: Each year the Community Food Bank of NJ puts out a compilation CD to raise funds and in 2022 they had Breakfast Bops. The label is Pizza Bagel Records. pizzabagelrecords.bandcamp.com...
	👻 9:50pm Heather: ↳ Austin Rich @9:49 I saw it at a halal store not too long ago.
	9:51pm Krys O.: ↳ Krys O. @9:50 Through that compilation I discovered a cool artist called Wizard Brain.
	9:51pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Punk Rock 101" by "Bowling For Soup" Love the name dropping in this tune.
	👻 9:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:50 That's fantastic! I wrote a Breakfast Sandwich song that I need to finish.
	9:51pm Imaginos: St Alfonso's Pancake Breakfast
	9:52pm Krys O.: Gotta jump off. G'night, all!
	👻 9:52pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:52 Sleep well!
	👻 9:53pm Austin Rich: My mom took me to see Bon Jovi as a young man. It was my second concert: Skid Row and Bon Jovi. It was the first time I saw a woman in fishnets out in the real world.
	9:53pm Mr. X: ↳ Mr. X @9:51 The Bon Jovi reference.
	👻 9:55pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Low" by "Cracker" Meeting the Camper Van guys in the early 00's was pretty rad. I listened to that first Camper Van record a lot when I used to work in the book mines, unloading the new shipments.
	9:55pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Low" by "Cracker" This is the only song that I already knew before I commenced this project.
	👻 9:56pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:55 It was hard not to know it in 1993. It was EVERYWHERE.
	9:56pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @9:55 Oh really? I met them too. They played at Max's Tavern in Eugene before they were well known. I shook hands with David and Jonathan.
	👻 9:57pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @9:55 I love CVB and can't believe I missed my Cracker era. This is great! And yet I did have a Monks of Doom cassette.
	👻 9:58pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:56 They did an in-studio at KPSU, and I had them on my show. They played two songs, just a couple of them. I did an interview, too. It's in the archives somewhere...
	👻 9:58pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @9:57 Yeah, Cracker is better than I remember. At the time I was just mad they weren't CVB.
	9:58pm Geoff-U: I drank beers with CVB in my friends van in 1987. They played at Old world deli
	9:59pm Imaginos: Turning in. Great show tonight
	👻 9:59pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @9:58 They used to tour endlessly. They were relentless back in the day.
	👻 9:59pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:59 Sleep well! We'll talk soon.
	👻 9:59pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @9:58 That must have been it for me, too. How dare they move on with their passion?! What about me?! That and I couldn't afford their tape because they were popular.
	👻 10:00pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Water Table" by "Cola" This is another one of my new faves from this setlist.
	👻 10:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @9:59 You didn't need to out here; it was on the radio constantly, everywhere, for quite a while. That and that solo Paul Westerberg album.
	👻 10:01pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @10:01 I get that. I know they were popular here but I'm sure not like there.
	10:10pm Mr. X: Why do I LOL every time I hear us saying "Yes, Mitch."?
	👻 10:10pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Dog-Eared But Forgotten" by "The Potato Eaters" I forgot this was a band until Xeres reminded me. I used to have a roommate, 30 years ago, who was a fan.
	👻 10:11pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:10 Because you know what kind of punishment Mitch will dole out if we don't do what we're told!
	10:12pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:10 I'm amazed that anyone has even heard of them at all. I saw them live when I lived in SF, as I mention in the upcoming voiceover.
	👻 10:12pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:12 I think it was the name alone that attracted them.
	👻 10:13pm Heather Z: ↳ Mr. X @10:10 Because that was hilarious!! Totally loving the music and spoken bits tonight! Great stuff, yall!
	10:14pm Mr. X: ↳ Heather Z @10:13 Aw, thanks, Heather!
	10:14pm Geoff-U: This is great
	👻 10:15pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @10:14 Yeah, I'm pretty into this tune.
	10:16pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:15 Kind of a Ween vibe to it.
	👻 10:19pm Austin Rich: I also appreciate that this playlist has a LOT of newer music, by comparison. I think I tend to lean on stuff at LEAST 30 years old, and while there's some of that, I think this set features stuff newer than I usually pick. So for that, I am grateful. I forget to listen to new music unless people mail it to me.
	10:19pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Human Ceremony" by "Sunflower Bean" CAN meets the Sugarcubes, except prettier.
	👻 10:19pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:19 Yeah, I'm super into this band, too. Thanks for drawing my attention.
	10:22pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:19 I give credit to my niece and my cousins' kids for unwittingly guiding me on this journey into newer music. (I spy on their Spotify listens and playlists.)
	👻 10:23pm Austin Rich: Unfortunately, I'm not sure I'm ever gonna get my shit together.
	👻 10:29pm ramencity: :wave: just got home, but I will catch the End Of It All
	👻 10:29pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:22 I had that going with my Nephew for a while, but then they got into High School, and I was not cool enough to hang out with anymore. I try to see if that's changed, but they are now graduated, and have a job and whatnot. Still, it was cool having that conduit for a while.
	👻 10:30pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @10:29 Ramen City Kid! Hooray! We were discussing ramen flavors again, earlier.
	10:30pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Plans" by "Baked Beans" I wasn't sure about this band's name. They are listed everywhere as "Beans," but the insignia on their bass drum says "Baked Beans," and so do some of their album covers.
	👻 10:30pm ramencity: Creamy Tom Yam Shrimp FTW
	👻 10:31pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:30 Yeah, I had that same problem researching them. I think this release they were "Baked Beans." So...
	👻 10:32pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)" by "The Ele... I forgot to mention: I didn't make this instrumental. I found this version on some Prunes compilation.
	👻 10:32pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Apple Pie" by "The Apple Pie Motherhood Band" I do hate washing dishes.
	👻 10:33pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Apple Pie" by "The Apple Pie Motherhood Band" I did make this instrumental, using that algorithm I mentioned. But you can still hear some "voices" in the background, no matter what I did.
	👻 10:36pm Austin Rich: "I'm already thinking about my next meal," is something I have said, before, to my partner, often. She says that she can't think about food if she has just eaten. I tell her there are few times I'm NOT thinking about food.
	👻 10:36pm ramencity: I had no idea that Blancmange were a going concern as late as 2013...
	👻 10:38pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Let Her Go" by "Strawberry Switchblade" Not long ago das from Big City Orchestra gifted me a Strawberry Switchblade DVD that I haven't yet watched. Been meaning to.
	10:38pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Let Her Go" by "Strawberry Switchblade" A nod to Austin's switchblade collection?
	👻 10:39pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @10:36 These are the things Mr. X can teach us.
	👻 10:39pm ramencity: Years ago I read this great essay on Strawberry Switchblade - just found it: www.tangents.co.uk...
	👻 10:40pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @10:39 That essay is from 1994!
	10:40pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Let Her Go" by "Strawberry Switchblade" They're like Siouxsie twins, but a bit more cutesy.
	👻 10:40pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:40 And "Cutesy Siouxsie" did not test well with the kids.
	10:41pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Light of Day" by "Electric Strawberry" If Concrete Blonde was helmed by Grace Slick.
	10:41pm Mr Fab: ↳ ramencity @10:39 Never heard the term “New Pop.” Thought it was just New Wave? But then again, I didn’t read the British music rags at much.
	👻 10:41pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:41 It's great!
	10:44pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Imposter Syndrome" by "Lime Cordiale" Okay, Sheena's, get up and dance!
	👻 10:44pm Austin Rich: Shake a tail feather.
	10:46pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Go Outside" by "Cherry Cheeks" Extremely Suburban Lawns.
	👻 10:46pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Go Outside" by "Cherry Cheeks" I feel like these guys listened to The Spits and ran out to make an album.
	👻 10:47pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:46 That too!
	👻 10:48pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Go Outside" by "Cherry Cheeks" I do like the audacity of someone naming their record label, "Total Punk Records."
	10:50pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:48 I know I didn't provide you with label info, so good job looking all that up. I am struck by the obscurity of the labels for most of these acts.
	👻 10:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:50 We get to know bands outside the context of their label when we find everything online.
	👻 10:52pm Austin Rich: We're gonna go a little over. Sorry everyone!
	👻 10:53pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:50 Fortunately, discogs.com is an INCREDIBLE resource for DJs.
	👻 10:56pm Heather Z: Awesome show, Mr. X and Austin!! Totally great listen. Thank you! Good night to all!
	👻 10:57pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @10:56 Thanks for listening!
	👻 10:59pm Austin Rich: And more generally: thanks everyone! This is my social time every week, and I really do value it. Thanks!
	10:59pm Mr. X: I have a list of bands with animals in their name, too.
	👻 10:59pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:59 Time for a trip to the zoo!
	11:00pm Mr. X: Thanks for making it all possible, Austin! Thanks for listening, everyone!
	11:01pm Mr. X: We didn't go over!
	👻 11:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @11:01 Astonishing!

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from April 16, 2024

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