WFMU: Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from May 7, 2024

Listener comments!
	👻 7:59pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	8:59pm Imaginos: Ahoy!
	9:00pm Krys O.: Hi!
	👻 9:00pm ramencity: hey hey
	👻 9:01pm Austin Rich: Howdy Imaginos and Krys O! And looky yonder! The Ramen City Kid! It's gonna be a good one, tonight!
	9:03pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:01 Gonna be awesome indeed . so, do you think you'll be able to use the sfx I sent you in Lost Christobel?
	9:05pm Imaginos: Got some rum punch, A nice bit a jerky and the cat at my side
	9:07pm Geoff-U: Another happy Tuesday!
	👻 9:08pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @9:07 Geoff-U! Thanks for comin' on over. Sit and stay a spell!
	👻 9:09pm Austin Rich: Three local women fainted! These cattle drivers must be WILD.
	👻 9:10pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:03 I think so.
	9:10pm Krys O.: Drinkin' liniment. Yum!
	9:10pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:10 Excellent
	👻 9:10pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:10 I love the dialog in this show.
	👻 9:11pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "That's The Way It Goes" by "The Eyeliners" I loved this band's first album, and saw them on this tour, too. They were fantastic! Then their next album was a lot more glam, and a lot less rock and roll... and I sort of lost interest. But I still have a soft spot for this album.
	👻 9:14pm Austin Rich: 21 Episodes into this series, you might notice that the voices seem to repeat. The actors don't really try to change the voices they can do, so they just use the same voice for different characters. I keep meaning to use that to my advantage, and do some cut ups.
	👻 9:16pm Austin Rich: "Scamper Juice." I think I need some of that myself.
	👻 9:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Clink, Clink, Another Drink" by "Spike Jones & Hi... It might seem like I play Spike Jones every chance I get. As it happens: there's a Spike Jones song for every occasion. It's not my fault he's a musical genius.
	👻 9:18pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Clink, Clink, Another Drink" by "Spike Jones & Hi... I need to get some Spike Jones style suits for when my band starts playing live again.
	9:19pm Geoff-U: "If'n y'all need me I'll be on the porch drinkin' Thompson's Water Seal" - Cletus, The Slack-Jawed Yokel
	9:19pm Mr Fab: Hey Austin! Yeah, the very first stuff Spike Jones did were cowboy western songs. With just a small group. As he went on of course he added many other members and styles. But the cowboy stuff was the earliest.
	👻 9:20pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @9:19 Ha! There's also a Cletus line for every occasion.
	👻 9:20pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:19 That band he assembled. Holy cats. What a group!
	👻 9:23pm Austin Rich: Millie appeared in an episode a while back. They do try to keep a little continuity with this show. While they do underplay it, Millie seems to be making a living as an old west prostitute.
	👻 9:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Rowdy" by "KARP" When this record came out, I think I played it so much the grooves wore down.
	9:26pm Imaginos: Tonight's show is proving to be more awesome from Austin
	👻 9:26pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:26 Thank you! That is very sweet.
	👻 9:27pm Austin Rich: I get this end riff stuck in my head all the time.
	👻 9:31pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "My Honey's Lovin' Arms" by "The Mills Brothers" I'm a sucker for The Mills Brothers, and do try to find a place for them as often as possible. I wish I'd discovered them sooner; I could have been listening to them for years, instead of some of the nonsense I was into in the early 2000s.
	9:39pm Imaginos: So Millie is a bunter (1800s slang)
	👻 9:41pm Austin Rich: The Frontier Gentleman sort of dances around describing Millie, which leaves me a little uncomfortable when he makes it sound like being large is not good. But in the late 50's, I think shaming people for their size was common. It's not cool, but it shows up in this story, so I feel the need to mention it. People have different shapes. Ain't 'nothin' wrong with that. Get with the times, Frontier Gentleman!
	9:45pm Geoff-U: Blind Lemon Pledge!!!
	👻 9:45pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Eggs" by "Blind Lemon Pledge" Blind Lemon Pledge was a Eugene, OR band, who would play often. I never saw them, but saw their fliers almost everywhere, nearly every week. You can find their music on the Eugene Oregon Music blog, Panic On 13th: panicon13th.blogspot.com
	👻 9:46pm ramencity: ↳ Geoff-U @9:45 oh man I remember this guy!
	👻 9:46pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @9:45 Oh yeah, of course you would remember those guys.
	9:46pm Geoff-U: I am going to see a rare Tom Heinl performance on the 22nd in Eugene in fact
	9:47pm Geoff-U: I'm still friends with all of them although haven't heard from Eugene (guitarist) in a while since he moved back to Canada
	👻 9:48pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @9:47 It's always six-degrees-of-Eugene-Oregon when we hang out, isn't it?
	9:48pm Geoff-U: wow thanks for playing that Austin, I haven't thought about them in so long
	👻 9:48pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @9:48 I love that tape. It's for download on that blog.
	9:48pm Geoff-U: ↳ Austin Rich @9:48 Portland - Salem - Corvallis - Eugene... boy howdy we've been up and down this ole valley ain't we?
	9:50pm Matt_E: The one time I was in Eugene (2015?) I was wearing a WFMU shirt and a barista made a comment ("is that the Hoboken station with the guy from Yo La Tengo?")
	👻 9:50pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "House of Cards" by "Manual Sex Drive" Manual Sex Drive is from AZ, and I was lucky enough to have them on my show once. Most of the band members are in another band, The Limit Club, and I've had them on my show before, too. They work pretty hard, record often, and are trying to keep rock music alive in Arizona. Here's a link to when they played live on my show: midvalleymutations.com...
	👻 9:50pm Austin Rich: ↳ Matt_E @9:50 Ha! That's a very Eugene experience.
	👻 9:50pm ramencity: In my memory, Blind Lemon Pledge were a drunken shambles, ala Vic Chesnutt, but maybe I'm just thinking of -- Vic Chesnutt?
	👻 9:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @9:50 It's easy to confuse Vic Chesnutt with Vic Chesnutt.
	9:52pm Geoff-U: ↳ ramencity @9:50 There were always beverages around at BLP shows but those guys didn't get too shitfaced during shows... after maybe :D
	9:53pm Krys O.: G'night, all!
	👻 9:53pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:53 Sleep well, Krys O!
	9:54pm Imaginos: ↳ Krys O. @9:53 Sleep well
	👻 9:55pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Story Through Your Eyes" by "Johnson Unit" Another selection available on the "Panic on 13th" blog. I never knew this band in their day, but I've really come to like them in the years since.
	👻 9:56pm ramencity: ↳ Austin Rich @9:55 Despite both "johnson" and "unit" being dick references, they were actually named after the local hospital psych ward! I never saw them, but I saw Uncle Charlie a time or two
	9:57pm Imaginos: Going to bed soon. Cat is demanding silence
	👻 10:04pm ramencity: Burl Ives: the Thinking Man's Roger Whittaker!
	👻 10:05pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @10:04 The older I get, the more Burl Ives I listen to. It's like some sort of inverse law.
	👻 10:06pm ramencity: Fun Fact: Burl Ives' "Holly Jolly Christmas" is my mom's least-favorite Christmas carol.
	👻 10:06pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Justice In The Streets" by "Richard & Linda Thomp... I'm also at that weird age where I listen to a lot more Richard Thompson than I ever thought I would. I think they call that: maturing.
	👻 10:06pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:57 Sleep well. Cats are demanding.
	👻 10:09pm ramencity: Fun fact: Burl Ives was in a Jaws rip off where, rather than a shark, he was menaced by ... a giant sea turtle!
	👻 10:09pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @10:06 I often make fun of that song when it comes on, because Marla loves it.
	👻 10:10pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @10:09 If you told me Burl Ives was going to fight a shark, I would have been doubtful. But a turtle makes more sense. I could see him fighting a turtle.
	👻 10:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Your Funeral And My Trial" by "Sonny Boy Williamson" This Chess Records boxed set is the gift that keeps on givin'. Pretty much every song is amazing, I learn about artists and songs I didn't know about, and it's perfect to put on a listen to while I work. That's my tip this week: The Chess Records boxed set. You won't be sorry.
	👻 10:15pm Austin Rich: "Big Nosed" George has a dumb nickname, so you know he's gonna be a real prick.
	👻 10:16pm Heather: Many apologies for my lateness, pardners. Bit of an incident down at the still this evening so I've brought a camelback of collinses and a nice hunk of Yancy's Fancy cheddar to share around. I can carve off a few chunks with my trusty pocket knife if yall hanker for a hunk of cheese.
	👻 10:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather @10:16 Nice to see you, Heather. I have a feeling you are going to have strong feelings about this episode.
	👻 10:17pm ramencity: ↳ Heather @10:16 I always hanker for a hunk o' cheese!
	👻 10:18pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "It's a Man's Man's World" by "Big Maybelle" Certainly James Brown does a killer version of this song, but when Big Maybelle does it, there's a certain extra dimension to the tune.
	👻 10:18pm Heather: ↳ Austin Rich @10:17 Oh I reckon I already do...
	👻 10:19pm Heather: ↳ ramencity @10:17 Here ye be, ramencity! Fresh made in Corfu NY!
	👻 10:22pm ramencity: ↳ Heather @10:19 My ten-gallon hat was feeling five gallons flat - but no more!
	👻 10:23pm Austin Rich: The language they use to refer to the Native American character in this story is pretty inappropriate, and is certainly not my favorite part of this story. Like I said: this one gets pretty dark. We don't like the use of words like that, but people really did talk that way... even if it was wrong.
	👻 10:23pm Austin Rich: Food is just a cheese delivery method, as I understand it.
	👻 10:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "The "We're All Friends" Club" by "Enemymine" When this EP came out, I think I listened to it far too often for my roommates preferences. I'm a simple man. If I like something, it something doesn't come out of the CD player for a LONG time.
	👻 10:24pm Heather: ↳ ramencity @10:22 Nothing perks up a cowpoke like a nice cheddar on a water biscuit and a dram of Collins!
	👻 10:25pm Austin Rich: ↳ Austin Rich @10:24 (Apologies to my roommates 20ish years ago.)
	👻 10:26pm Austin Rich: "I've used a gun before." He manages to add so much meaning in that delivery.
	👻 10:26pm Heather: ↳ Austin Rich @10:23 Old Scratch sure looks happy to be hitched up there over by Trigger! I reckon they might be friends!
	👻 10:27pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather @10:26 Seems likely, as they do know each other at this point.
	👻 10:28pm Austin Rich: "String Party," "Decoratin' the Tree," and "Trimin' The Tree" are just a few of the phrases this show has introduced to me.
	👻 10:29pm Heather: ↳ Austin Rich @10:27 Hope you don't mind I brought an apple core (from the cheese board) for Trigger there. Couldn't give Old Scratch one without one for Trigger, too.
	👻 10:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather @10:29 I recon he'll enjoy an apple core now and then. He does seem to like hardcore, so apple cores are probably good.
	👻 10:40pm Austin Rich: I think we're gonna go a few minutes over with wrapping up the show. Hopefully not by much.
	👻 10:42pm Austin Rich: Crap, it looks like we lost connection for a moment. I think we're back on now, but I'll make sure to post a clean copy of this show to the archive ASAP.
	👻 10:43pm Heather: ↳ Austin Rich @10:42 Just for a sec. It wasn't much at all.
	👻 10:45pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Press Gang" by "Murder City Devils" I loved this band, back in the day. Saw them a ton, and their live shows are as good as their albums. They keep doing reunion tours, but I don't think they have made any new albums since 2000. I saw them in 2018, and they're still pretty great!
	👻 10:46pm Austin Rich: "Necktie Party." That one has a much different meaning in the cubical era of office life.
	👻 10:47pm Heather: Yeahhh this is rough. As was warned.
	👻 10:47pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "One Hour Ahead Of The Posse" by "Burl Ives" Is this the coolest point in Burl Ives career? I think so?
	👻 10:48pm ramencity: ↳ Austin Rich @10:47 Ahem: GIANT. SEA. TURTLE.
	👻 10:48pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather @10:47 The slurs they use to describe Jack are almost worse that having us listen to someong get hung.
	👻 10:48pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @10:48 Yeah, I do wanna see him fight a giant sea turtle. You're right.
	👻 10:50pm Heather: ↳ Austin Rich @10:48 That. The stereotype he was too drunk to do anything. The JP saying no one wants to listen to a woman. Not to be grim but it's grim: I want to believe things have changed but I'm not that naive. Gonna go hug those horses for a sec. Brb.
	👻 10:52pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather @10:50 I mean: the reason I wanted to play it is because NOTHING has changed. It's still relevant.
	👻 10:54pm Heather: ↳ Austin Rich @10:52 Yup. Feel free to hug Old Scratch. It helps.
	👻 10:56pm Austin Rich: This story is a critique, of racial stereotypes, far-right mob-mentality, inequality of the sexes... in 1958. While some problems feel more current than others, it's eerie to hear people say "this is bad" in 1958, and see nothing has changed.
	👻 10:57pm Austin Rich: Too many hangings...
	👻 10:57pm Heather: ↳ Austin Rich @10:56 I'm grateful for the people who keep saying it. I try to be loud about it, too. But it does hurt to know how we can be as loud as we like and.....
	👻 10:59pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Too Many Cops" by "Major Hex" This is a local Mid-Valley band. (I see one of the synth players regularly, and we occasionally talk comics when we can.) It is sad, but this is the only good band in my town. THE ONLY ONE. And they don't really get to play locally much. My town is far too lame.
	👻 11:00pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather @10:57 We can be as loud as we want... and it has never made much of a difference. #SadButTrue.
	👻 11:03pm Heather: ↳ Austin Rich @11:00 Yup. And yet #cantstopwontstop Thanks for a great show! I'll leave this leftover Yancys for anyone who fancies it. Just a quick drive down the thruway for me to visit the outlet.
	👻 11:09pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "What is Truth?" by "Johnny Cash" "What is truth?" Johnny Cash gets hip.
	7:23am Lisa: As a student, I found the concept of Mid Valley Mutations fascinating. Austin Rich's fusion of collage, experimental recordings and live music creates an unpredictable and immersive listening experience. It's clear that the influence of Dr. Demento and old college radio lends a unique flavor to his audio essays. Speaking of essays, I recently wrote one on this topic, but I found that writing an essay on this topic can be overwhelming at times. If you ever need help, as I did, I can advise https://essays.edubirdie.com to use this resource. This is a great site where you can order an essay that meets your requirements. That way, you can focus more on exploring creative projects like Austin's work.

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from May 7, 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
The Education of Kid Yancey "The Education of Kid Yancey"
Frontier Gentleman	The Education of Kid Yancey [Excerpt 1]	Frontier Gentleman			0:00:05 (Pop-up)
William Lava & Stan Jones	The Cheyenne Theme Song	Theme from the "Warner Bros. Presents" Television Series "Cheyenne"	Warner Bros. Records	1956	0:00:08 (Pop-up)

Frontier Gentleman	The Education of Kid Yancey [Excerpt 2]	Frontier Gentleman			0:07:26 (Pop-up)
The Eyeliners	That's The Way It Goes	Here Comes Trouble	Lookout! Records	2000	0:10:07 (Pop-up)
Frontier Gentleman	The Education of Kid Yancey [Excerpt 3]	Frontier Gentleman			0:12:17 (Pop-up)
Spike Jones & His City Slickers	Clink, Clink, Another Drink	Musical Depreciation Revue: The Spike Jones Anthology	Rhino Records	1995	0:15:38 (Pop-up)
Frontier Gentleman	The Education of Kid Yancey [Excerpt 4]	Frontier Gentleman			0:17:55 (Pop-up)
Elvis Presley	I'll Be Back "I'll Be Back" by "Elvis Presley"	Elvis At The Movies	RCA	2007	0:19:25 (Pop-up)
Frontier Gentleman	The Education of Kid Yancey [Excerpt 5]	Frontier Gentleman			0:21:22 (Pop-up)
KARP	Rowdy "Rowdy" by "KARP"	"Prison Shake" b/w "Rowdy"	Up Records	1997	0:23:04 (Pop-up)
Frontier Gentleman	The Education of Kid Yancey [Excerpt 6]	Frontier Gentleman			0:28:08 (Pop-up)
The Mills Brothers	My Honey's Lovin' Arms	From The Beginning Volume 3	JSP Records	1987	0:29:50 (Pop-up)

Frontier Gentleman	The Education of Kid Yancey [Excerpt 7]	Frontier Gentleman			0:37:34 (Pop-up)
The Gore Gore Girls	All Grown Up "All Grown Up" by "The Gore Gore Girls"	Get The Gore	Bloodshot Records	2007	0:39:25 (Pop-up)
Frontier Gentleman	The Education of Kid Yancey [Excerpt 8]	Frontier Gentleman			0:42:08 (Pop-up)
Blind Lemon Pledge	Eggs "Eggs" by "Blind Lemon Pledge"	Blind Lemon Pledge	Self-Released	1994	0:44:32 (Pop-up)
Frontier Gentleman	The Education of Kid Yancey [Excerpt 9]	Frontier Gentleman			0:46:25 (Pop-up)
Manual Sex Drive	House of Cards "House of Cards" by "Manual Sex Drive"	Illumiphobia	KBOR Records	2012	0:48:41 (Pop-up)
Frontier Gentleman	The Education of Kid Yancey [Excerpt 10]	Frontier Gentleman			0:52:14 (Pop-up)
Johnson Unit	Story Through Your Eyes	The Poor Get Poorer	Self-Released	1985	0:54:01 (Pop-up)

Justice of The Peace "Justice of The Peace"
Frontier Gentleman	Justice of The Peace [Excerpt 1]	Frontier Gentleman			1:04:49 (Pop-up)
Richard & Linda Thompson	Justice In The Streets	Sunnyvista	Chrysalis Records	1979	1:05:00 (Pop-up)
Frontier Gentleman	Justice of The Peace [Excerpt 2]	Frontier Gentleman			1:08:31 (Pop-up)
Sonny Boy Williamson	Your Funeral And My Trial	The Chess Story: 1947 - 1975	Chess Records	1999	1:11:08 (Pop-up)
Frontier Gentleman	Justice of The Peace [Excerpt 3]	Frontier Gentleman			1:13:30 (Pop-up)
Big Maybelle	It's a Man's Man's World	The Chess Story: 1947 - 1975	Chess Records	1999	1:16:14 (Pop-up)
Frontier Gentleman	Justice of The Peace [Excerpt 4]	Frontier Gentleman			1:18:57 (Pop-up)
Enemymine	The "We're All Friends" Club	EP	K Records	1999	1:21:04 (Pop-up)
Frontier Gentleman	Justice of The Peace [Excerpt 5]	Frontier Gentleman			1:24:21 (Pop-up)
Queens Of The Stone Age	Hangin' Tree	Songs For The Deaf	Interscope	2002	1:27:01 (Pop-up)

Frontier Gentleman	Justice of The Peace [Excerpt 6]	Frontier Gentleman			1:37:08 (Pop-up)
Murder City Devils	Press Gang "Press Gang" by "Murder City Devils"	In Name And Blood	Sub Pop Records	2000	1:40:04 (Pop-up)
Frontier Gentleman	Justice of The Peace [Excerpt 7]	Frontier Gentleman			1:43:52 (Pop-up)
Burl Ives	One Hour Ahead Of The Posse	The Wild Side of Burl Ives	Decca Records	1955	1:46:39 (Pop-up)
Frontier Gentleman	Justice of The Peace [Excerpt 8]	Frontier Gentleman			1:49:40 (Pop-up)
New Order	Murder "Murder" by "New Order"	Murder	Factory Records	1989	1:53:08 (Pop-up)
Frontier Gentleman	Justice of The Peace [Excerpt 9]	Frontier Gentleman			1:56:56 (Pop-up)
Major Hex	Too Many Cops "Too Many Cops" by "Major Hex"	Major Hex	Self-Released	2018	1:57:23 (Pop-up)

Johnny Cash	What is Truth? "What is Truth?" by "Johnny Cash"	"What is Truth?" b/w "Sing a Traveling Song"	Columbia Records	1970	2:08:15 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	👻 7:59pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	8:59pm Imaginos: Ahoy!
	9:00pm Krys O.: Hi!
	👻 9:00pm ramencity: hey hey
	👻 9:01pm Austin Rich: Howdy Imaginos and Krys O! And looky yonder! The Ramen City Kid! It's gonna be a good one, tonight!
	9:03pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:01 Gonna be awesome indeed . so, do you think you'll be able to use the sfx I sent you in Lost Christobel?
	9:05pm Imaginos: Got some rum punch, A nice bit a jerky and the cat at my side
	9:07pm Geoff-U: Another happy Tuesday!
	👻 9:08pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @9:07 Geoff-U! Thanks for comin' on over. Sit and stay a spell!
	👻 9:09pm Austin Rich: Three local women fainted! These cattle drivers must be WILD.
	👻 9:10pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:03 I think so.
	9:10pm Krys O.: Drinkin' liniment. Yum!
	9:10pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:10 Excellent
	👻 9:10pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:10 I love the dialog in this show.
	👻 9:11pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "That's The Way It Goes" by "The Eyeliners" I loved this band's first album, and saw them on this tour, too. They were fantastic! Then their next album was a lot more glam, and a lot less rock and roll... and I sort of lost interest. But I still have a soft spot for this album.
	👻 9:14pm Austin Rich: 21 Episodes into this series, you might notice that the voices seem to repeat. The actors don't really try to change the voices they can do, so they just use the same voice for different characters. I keep meaning to use that to my advantage, and do some cut ups.
	👻 9:16pm Austin Rich: "Scamper Juice." I think I need some of that myself.
	👻 9:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Clink, Clink, Another Drink" by "Spike Jones & Hi... It might seem like I play Spike Jones every chance I get. As it happens: there's a Spike Jones song for every occasion. It's not my fault he's a musical genius.
	👻 9:18pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Clink, Clink, Another Drink" by "Spike Jones & Hi... I need to get some Spike Jones style suits for when my band starts playing live again.
	9:19pm Geoff-U: "If'n y'all need me I'll be on the porch drinkin' Thompson's Water Seal" - Cletus, The Slack-Jawed Yokel
	9:19pm Mr Fab: Hey Austin! Yeah, the very first stuff Spike Jones did were cowboy western songs. With just a small group. As he went on of course he added many other members and styles. But the cowboy stuff was the earliest.
	👻 9:20pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @9:19 Ha! There's also a Cletus line for every occasion.
	👻 9:20pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:19 That band he assembled. Holy cats. What a group!
	👻 9:23pm Austin Rich: Millie appeared in an episode a while back. They do try to keep a little continuity with this show. While they do underplay it, Millie seems to be making a living as an old west prostitute.
	👻 9:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Rowdy" by "KARP" When this record came out, I think I played it so much the grooves wore down.
	9:26pm Imaginos: Tonight's show is proving to be more awesome from Austin
	👻 9:26pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:26 Thank you! That is very sweet.
	👻 9:27pm Austin Rich: I get this end riff stuck in my head all the time.
	👻 9:31pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "My Honey's Lovin' Arms" by "The Mills Brothers" I'm a sucker for The Mills Brothers, and do try to find a place for them as often as possible. I wish I'd discovered them sooner; I could have been listening to them for years, instead of some of the nonsense I was into in the early 2000s.
	9:39pm Imaginos: So Millie is a bunter (1800s slang)
	👻 9:41pm Austin Rich: The Frontier Gentleman sort of dances around describing Millie, which leaves me a little uncomfortable when he makes it sound like being large is not good. But in the late 50's, I think shaming people for their size was common. It's not cool, but it shows up in this story, so I feel the need to mention it. People have different shapes. Ain't 'nothin' wrong with that. Get with the times, Frontier Gentleman!
	9:45pm Geoff-U: Blind Lemon Pledge!!!
	👻 9:45pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Eggs" by "Blind Lemon Pledge" Blind Lemon Pledge was a Eugene, OR band, who would play often. I never saw them, but saw their fliers almost everywhere, nearly every week. You can find their music on the Eugene Oregon Music blog, Panic On 13th: panicon13th.blogspot.com
	👻 9:46pm ramencity: ↳ Geoff-U @9:45 oh man I remember this guy!
	👻 9:46pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @9:45 Oh yeah, of course you would remember those guys.
	9:46pm Geoff-U: I am going to see a rare Tom Heinl performance on the 22nd in Eugene in fact
	9:47pm Geoff-U: I'm still friends with all of them although haven't heard from Eugene (guitarist) in a while since he moved back to Canada
	👻 9:48pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @9:47 It's always six-degrees-of-Eugene-Oregon when we hang out, isn't it?
	9:48pm Geoff-U: wow thanks for playing that Austin, I haven't thought about them in so long
	👻 9:48pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @9:48 I love that tape. It's for download on that blog.
	9:48pm Geoff-U: ↳ Austin Rich @9:48 Portland - Salem - Corvallis - Eugene... boy howdy we've been up and down this ole valley ain't we?
	9:50pm Matt_E: The one time I was in Eugene (2015?) I was wearing a WFMU shirt and a barista made a comment ("is that the Hoboken station with the guy from Yo La Tengo?")
	👻 9:50pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "House of Cards" by "Manual Sex Drive" Manual Sex Drive is from AZ, and I was lucky enough to have them on my show once. Most of the band members are in another band, The Limit Club, and I've had them on my show before, too. They work pretty hard, record often, and are trying to keep rock music alive in Arizona. Here's a link to when they played live on my show: midvalleymutations.com...
	👻 9:50pm Austin Rich: ↳ Matt_E @9:50 Ha! That's a very Eugene experience.
	👻 9:50pm ramencity: In my memory, Blind Lemon Pledge were a drunken shambles, ala Vic Chesnutt, but maybe I'm just thinking of -- Vic Chesnutt?
	👻 9:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @9:50 It's easy to confuse Vic Chesnutt with Vic Chesnutt.
	9:52pm Geoff-U: ↳ ramencity @9:50 There were always beverages around at BLP shows but those guys didn't get too shitfaced during shows... after maybe :D
	9:53pm Krys O.: G'night, all!
	👻 9:53pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:53 Sleep well, Krys O!
	9:54pm Imaginos: ↳ Krys O. @9:53 Sleep well
	👻 9:55pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Story Through Your Eyes" by "Johnson Unit" Another selection available on the "Panic on 13th" blog. I never knew this band in their day, but I've really come to like them in the years since.
	👻 9:56pm ramencity: ↳ Austin Rich @9:55 Despite both "johnson" and "unit" being dick references, they were actually named after the local hospital psych ward! I never saw them, but I saw Uncle Charlie a time or two
	9:57pm Imaginos: Going to bed soon. Cat is demanding silence
	👻 10:04pm ramencity: Burl Ives: the Thinking Man's Roger Whittaker!
	👻 10:05pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @10:04 The older I get, the more Burl Ives I listen to. It's like some sort of inverse law.
	👻 10:06pm ramencity: Fun Fact: Burl Ives' "Holly Jolly Christmas" is my mom's least-favorite Christmas carol.
	👻 10:06pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Justice In The Streets" by "Richard & Linda Thomp... I'm also at that weird age where I listen to a lot more Richard Thompson than I ever thought I would. I think they call that: maturing.
	👻 10:06pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:57 Sleep well. Cats are demanding.
	👻 10:09pm ramencity: Fun fact: Burl Ives was in a Jaws rip off where, rather than a shark, he was menaced by ... a giant sea turtle!
	👻 10:09pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @10:06 I often make fun of that song when it comes on, because Marla loves it.
	👻 10:10pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @10:09 If you told me Burl Ives was going to fight a shark, I would have been doubtful. But a turtle makes more sense. I could see him fighting a turtle.
	👻 10:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Your Funeral And My Trial" by "Sonny Boy Williamson" This Chess Records boxed set is the gift that keeps on givin'. Pretty much every song is amazing, I learn about artists and songs I didn't know about, and it's perfect to put on a listen to while I work. That's my tip this week: The Chess Records boxed set. You won't be sorry.
	👻 10:15pm Austin Rich: "Big Nosed" George has a dumb nickname, so you know he's gonna be a real prick.
	👻 10:16pm Heather: Many apologies for my lateness, pardners. Bit of an incident down at the still this evening so I've brought a camelback of collinses and a nice hunk of Yancy's Fancy cheddar to share around. I can carve off a few chunks with my trusty pocket knife if yall hanker for a hunk of cheese.
	👻 10:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather @10:16 Nice to see you, Heather. I have a feeling you are going to have strong feelings about this episode.
	👻 10:17pm ramencity: ↳ Heather @10:16 I always hanker for a hunk o' cheese!
	👻 10:18pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "It's a Man's Man's World" by "Big Maybelle" Certainly James Brown does a killer version of this song, but when Big Maybelle does it, there's a certain extra dimension to the tune.
	👻 10:18pm Heather: ↳ Austin Rich @10:17 Oh I reckon I already do...
	👻 10:19pm Heather: ↳ ramencity @10:17 Here ye be, ramencity! Fresh made in Corfu NY!
	👻 10:22pm ramencity: ↳ Heather @10:19 My ten-gallon hat was feeling five gallons flat - but no more!
	👻 10:23pm Austin Rich: The language they use to refer to the Native American character in this story is pretty inappropriate, and is certainly not my favorite part of this story. Like I said: this one gets pretty dark. We don't like the use of words like that, but people really did talk that way... even if it was wrong.
	👻 10:23pm Austin Rich: Food is just a cheese delivery method, as I understand it.
	👻 10:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "The "We're All Friends" Club" by "Enemymine" When this EP came out, I think I listened to it far too often for my roommates preferences. I'm a simple man. If I like something, it something doesn't come out of the CD player for a LONG time.
	👻 10:24pm Heather: ↳ ramencity @10:22 Nothing perks up a cowpoke like a nice cheddar on a water biscuit and a dram of Collins!
	👻 10:25pm Austin Rich: ↳ Austin Rich @10:24 (Apologies to my roommates 20ish years ago.)
	👻 10:26pm Austin Rich: "I've used a gun before." He manages to add so much meaning in that delivery.
	👻 10:26pm Heather: ↳ Austin Rich @10:23 Old Scratch sure looks happy to be hitched up there over by Trigger! I reckon they might be friends!
	👻 10:27pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather @10:26 Seems likely, as they do know each other at this point.
	👻 10:28pm Austin Rich: "String Party," "Decoratin' the Tree," and "Trimin' The Tree" are just a few of the phrases this show has introduced to me.
	👻 10:29pm Heather: ↳ Austin Rich @10:27 Hope you don't mind I brought an apple core (from the cheese board) for Trigger there. Couldn't give Old Scratch one without one for Trigger, too.
	👻 10:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather @10:29 I recon he'll enjoy an apple core now and then. He does seem to like hardcore, so apple cores are probably good.
	👻 10:40pm Austin Rich: I think we're gonna go a few minutes over with wrapping up the show. Hopefully not by much.
	👻 10:42pm Austin Rich: Crap, it looks like we lost connection for a moment. I think we're back on now, but I'll make sure to post a clean copy of this show to the archive ASAP.
	👻 10:43pm Heather: ↳ Austin Rich @10:42 Just for a sec. It wasn't much at all.
	👻 10:45pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Press Gang" by "Murder City Devils" I loved this band, back in the day. Saw them a ton, and their live shows are as good as their albums. They keep doing reunion tours, but I don't think they have made any new albums since 2000. I saw them in 2018, and they're still pretty great!
	👻 10:46pm Austin Rich: "Necktie Party." That one has a much different meaning in the cubical era of office life.
	👻 10:47pm Heather: Yeahhh this is rough. As was warned.
	👻 10:47pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "One Hour Ahead Of The Posse" by "Burl Ives" Is this the coolest point in Burl Ives career? I think so?
	👻 10:48pm ramencity: ↳ Austin Rich @10:47 Ahem: GIANT. SEA. TURTLE.
	👻 10:48pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather @10:47 The slurs they use to describe Jack are almost worse that having us listen to someong get hung.
	👻 10:48pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @10:48 Yeah, I do wanna see him fight a giant sea turtle. You're right.
	👻 10:50pm Heather: ↳ Austin Rich @10:48 That. The stereotype he was too drunk to do anything. The JP saying no one wants to listen to a woman. Not to be grim but it's grim: I want to believe things have changed but I'm not that naive. Gonna go hug those horses for a sec. Brb.
	👻 10:52pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather @10:50 I mean: the reason I wanted to play it is because NOTHING has changed. It's still relevant.
	👻 10:54pm Heather: ↳ Austin Rich @10:52 Yup. Feel free to hug Old Scratch. It helps.
	👻 10:56pm Austin Rich: This story is a critique, of racial stereotypes, far-right mob-mentality, inequality of the sexes... in 1958. While some problems feel more current than others, it's eerie to hear people say "this is bad" in 1958, and see nothing has changed.
	👻 10:57pm Austin Rich: Too many hangings...
	👻 10:57pm Heather: ↳ Austin Rich @10:56 I'm grateful for the people who keep saying it. I try to be loud about it, too. But it does hurt to know how we can be as loud as we like and.....
	👻 10:59pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Too Many Cops" by "Major Hex" This is a local Mid-Valley band. (I see one of the synth players regularly, and we occasionally talk comics when we can.) It is sad, but this is the only good band in my town. THE ONLY ONE. And they don't really get to play locally much. My town is far too lame.
	👻 11:00pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather @10:57 We can be as loud as we want... and it has never made much of a difference. #SadButTrue.
	👻 11:03pm Heather: ↳ Austin Rich @11:00 Yup. And yet #cantstopwontstop Thanks for a great show! I'll leave this leftover Yancys for anyone who fancies it. Just a quick drive down the thruway for me to visit the outlet.
	👻 11:09pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "What is Truth?" by "Johnny Cash" "What is truth?" Johnny Cash gets hip.
	7:23am Lisa: As a student, I found the concept of Mid Valley Mutations fascinating. Austin Rich's fusion of collage, experimental recordings and live music creates an unpredictable and immersive listening experience. It's clear that the influence of Dr. Demento and old college radio lends a unique flavor to his audio essays. Speaking of essays, I recently wrote one on this topic, but I found that writing an essay on this topic can be overwhelming at times. If you ever need help, as I did, I can advise https://essays.edubirdie.com to use this resource. This is a great site where you can order an essay that meets your requirements. That way, you can focus more on exploring creative projects like Austin's work.

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from May 7, 2024

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