WFMU: Dimestore Radio Theater with Austin Rich: Playlist from August 14, 2023

Listener comments!
	👻 4:25pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	8:58pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Ahoy.
	9:00pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Oysters seem to be on my menu a lot this week.. Just did a hot scene in a fic with Desdinova and one of the Oyster boys (Phecda)
	👻 9:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @8:58 Nice to see you in the chat! Sit and stay a spell... time for ol' Blue Eyes to enchant us!
	9:01pm Webhamster Henry: It's Frankieeee!
	👻 9:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:00 Sweet!
	👻 9:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Webhamster Henry @9:01 (swoon)
	👻 9:04pm Austin Rich: As mentioned and hinted at for a while, here is the series that I love, staring Frank Sinatra. Sadly, some of the shows are not great, in quality. But they are all pretty enjoyable. This is the first episode. Here's more information about the show: en.wikipedia.org...
	👻 9:06pm Austin Rich: There are only 25 episodes, so we'll turn this one around pretty quickly, but not as fast as Candy Matson. There were only ever 25 episodes made, so we'll play the entire run. As the story goes: Frank was sort of "in-between" projects, and needed a regular gig. So he decided to dabble in radio as a lot of others were doing the same. You'll notice that he doesn't sing, at least not in any of the episodes I can remember. I suspect this was on purpose; keep the gigs separate.
	9:06pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @9:02 It follows the rescue and transformation of Imaginos into Desdinova then her lessons in sensuality
	👻 9:09pm WR: WebHamster Henry, does this volume seem a little low? I've have to crank up the volume.
	👻 9:10pm Austin Rich: The show was created by a Dimestore Radio Theater alumni George Lefferts, who was one of the people adapted scripts (and occasionally writing Sci-Fi) for Dimension X and X-Minus One. This was after his run on Dimension X, and he called his old writing partner in, Ernest Kinoy. They had previous only written Sci-Fi together, and they would go on to write Sci-Fi after this. But, during the break, they took a chance on a "noir" flavored, "everyman" style detective show.
	👻 9:10pm Austin Rich: ↳ WR @9:09 Hopefully that helps? I just cranked it up a little.
	9:11pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: I can't wait until our reading on the 7th
	9:12pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ WR @9:09 Seems OK to me, WR.
	👻 9:13pm Austin Rich: One final note regarding "Rocky Fortune": you'll probably recognize a number of the musical transitions used on this show. As an NBC show, Lefferts and Kinoy had access to the NBC sound library, which was also what they used for Dimension X and X-Minus 1. (And, on a number of other NBC shows, too.) So, if it sounds familiar... you know why!
	9:13pm Webhamster Henry: The audio quality is not so hot anyway.
	9:13pm Mike Rogers: Hi Austin! This morning has been hell!
	👻 9:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:11 Agreed! It'll be nice to get Heather back into a recording schedule.
	👻 9:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ Webhamster Henry @9:13 Yeah. Only about half of the episodes of "Rocky Fortune" have very good sound. I did a little EQ to try and improve things, but... it is what it is.
	👻 9:15pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mike Rogers @9:13 I saw a tiny exchange... oh my! Hopefully you're sorted?
	9:15pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @9:13 I assume you got the most recent update
	👻 9:15pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:15 Of the script? Yes. Still need to do a revision.
	9:16pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Austin Rich @9:14 In the future: AI radio audio regeneration: podcast.adobe.com...
	👻 9:16pm Austin Rich: ↳ Webhamster Henry @9:16 Ooooooo!
	👻 9:16pm WR: ↳ Webhamster Henry @9:12 Probably I have more room noise than usual. Sorry to bother you, Austin.
	👻 9:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ WR @9:16 It was a tiny bit low. But I think I fixed it.
	9:17pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @9:15 Yes. But at least its easier to read, so it should be easier to revise
	👻 9:19pm Austin Rich: ↳ Webhamster Henry @9:16 Hopefully this Adobe Podcast AI isn't taking someone's job!
	👻 9:23pm Austin Rich: Woah! Twist! Didn't see that coming.
	9:23pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @9:15 What do you have planned?
	👻 9:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:23 Mostly to beef up the Narrator's role.
	9:24pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @9:24 Good idea.
	👻 9:25pm Austin Rich: That Abernake. Always hungry.
	9:26pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: The Unexpected was also a great show
	👻 9:26pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:26 Been meaning to check that out!
	9:29pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @9:26 I think you will enjoy it
	👻 9:30pm Austin Rich: I'm sort of shocked that a "remastered" version of Rocky Fortune hasn't come out yet. Seems like the Sinatra estate usually cashes in where there's money to be made. And, as I understand it, there's a few fans who have assembled collections of all the episodes, on transcription discs.
	9:31pm Mike Rogers: I thought Sylvester Stallone was Rocky and Frank Sinatra was "The Voice"?
	👻 9:33pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mike Rogers @9:31 You are correct! But this is another Rocky... before that one...
	9:34pm Mr Fab: ↳ Song: ""Oyster Shucker"" by "Rocky Fortune" Fascinating! This show is glossed over in Sinatra bios. The usual narrative is: making increasingly crappy records for Columbia, scores a plum role in the film "From Here To Eternity," and career explodes. But this show demonstrates that he was keeping up his acting chops.
	👻 9:35pm Austin Rich: This first hour of our program is really packed with stars these days! Sinatra! Bogart! Bacall! The skies were so dim, because they were all on Dimestore Radio Theater!
	9:35pm Mike Rogers: Sinatra must have been a bust guy! Chairman of the Board,' 'Ol' Blue Eyes,' and 'The Voice.'
	👻 9:36pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:34 He even gets better as the series continues, but you can also tell, he's the hired gun, so he's trying to fit into the show. It works, too. It's got a "Box 13" everyman quality that I quite like.
	9:36pm Mike Rogers: Stallone was only running around yelling, "Adrian!"
	👻 9:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:34 You can tell, later, that "From Here To Eternity" is on the horizon, because he starts workin' that line into the dialog, later in the series.
	9:37pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Austin Rich @9:36 Well, when you've lived and loved like Frank has, you know what life is all about.
	9:37pm asheville jon: The guy didnt get stoned already!
	9:37pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @9:37 oh that's funny
	9:38pm Mike Rogers: Heaven forbid!!!
	👻 9:38pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mike Rogers @9:37 Ohhhhh! I recognize that line anywhere. When I was young, and foolish, that was my "barometer" film, where I would test out roommates and potential girlfriends as we watched that film.
	👻 9:38pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:37 There's a "jazz hep-cat" episode that I think we'll need to cut-up for samples!
	9:40pm Mike Rogers: Bwa! ha! ha! Ne too. If you said that line and they had no reaction? that was the last date.
	👻 9:40pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mike Rogers @9:40 For reals.
	👻 9:41pm Austin Rich: I used to be able to quote "Return of Spinal Tap," at my worst. There's a couple funny moments, anyway.
	👻 9:42pm Austin Rich: "Short term policy"? Did she just give Slate the chance for a one-night stand?
	👻 9:43pm Austin Rich: "You like the way I shag flies."
	9:45pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Paper or counterfeit bills?
	9:45pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Austin Rich @9:41 Yeah, I had "Tap Sickness" too.
	9:46pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Mike Rogers @9:45 But, it was all just a fad.
	👻 9:46pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:45 I think you mean, "Paper of plastic?" ("How are you paying?")
	9:46pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @9:46 Lol!
	👻 9:46pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mike Rogers @9:46 Those guys are just too funny. Their improv skills are pretty unparalleled.
	9:47pm Mike Rogers: I loved Best in Show, but it seemed like most of my friends didn't.
	👻 9:47pm Austin Rich: I would watch a version of Hamlet with King Moses singing the lead...
	9:48pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @9:38 Crazy, dad!
	👻 9:48pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mike Rogers @9:47 That one was great! But I saw it in the theater, and it was pretty fantastic with a crowd.
	9:50pm Mike Rogers: He just wants a ruby? They are selling "Diamonella's" on late night Tv for $8.99
	👻 9:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mike Rogers @9:50 "Ruby Tuesday" is just more exciting to this guy than hangin' with the "Diamond Dogs."
	👻 9:52pm Austin Rich: "Sailor and Slate." Zing!
	9:52pm Oh, I am a hardcore: Oh, I am a hardcore Bowie fan (until 1984!) Seen his live shows many times. Bowie Crazy.
	👻 9:53pm Austin Rich: ↳ Oh, I am a hardcore @9:52 I bet Heather, who occasionally lurks in the chat, is excited to hear that!
	👻 9:55pm Austin Rich: "A peep at your ruby." Oh my!
	9:56pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @9:55 Rubies often come with djinn.
	👻 9:57pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:56 I feel like there must be some enchantment situation going on. Like Rubies are easier?
	👻 9:57pm Austin Rich: "Hold tight Slate. I'll drag you home." Is that supposed to be hot? It's sort of hot, I think...
	10:00pm Oh, I am a hardcore: I have more than 200 David Bowie CDs. That's my claim to fame.
	10:01pm Oh, I am a hardcore: Hey! Wait! Didn't Bowie sing Little Drummer boy with Frank or was that Bing?
	10:01pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Oh, I am a hardcore @10:00 My two favorite Bowie songs are Velvet Goldmine, and Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed.
	👻 10:02pm Heather Z: Did someone say Bowie? Little Drummer Boy was with Bing Crosby!
	10:04pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Heather Z @10:02 Hey Heather! When I watched that I just got a vibe that Bing didn't really like Bowie.
	10:05pm Mike Rogers: Chandu! Chandu!
	👻 10:06pm Heather Z: ↳ Mike Rogers @10:04 I was just watching a thing from when Heathen was released and Bowie does a lovely impression of Bing. My understanding of the dislike is it wasn't that. It was just that Bing was older and a little confused and it was a bit hard to get the segment going. There's a very funny skit from somewhere where they do play up the animosity, though!
	10:07pm Mike Rogers: Bowie was, for me, the very first rockstar!
	👻 10:08pm Heather Z: youtu.be... Caveat, I haven't seen this in yearrrss and won't watch til later because I'm tuned into Sheenas right now!
	👻 10:08pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Our Recurring Nightmare (Part 4)" by "Heather, Br... Picking up our conversation with Brian and Heather about the X-Minus One episode, "Nightmare."
	👻 10:09pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @10:08 Heather! Thanks for joining us in the chat.
	10:11pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: When I think of machines and Nightmare I think of Robot Carnival
	👻 10:11pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:11 I keep meaning to watch that. I've heard I would like it.
	👻 10:12pm Heather Z: When people are talking Bowie, sometimes I just have to pop up!
	10:12pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @10:11 You will. Its a great anthology
	👻 10:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @10:12 You, and another person who I tangentially know who is Bowie obsessed in a very huge way, are the first two people I think of when Bowie comes up.
	👻 10:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Our Recurring Nightmare (Part 4)" by "Heather, Br... (George Lefferts: who also created "Rocky Fortune.")
	👻 10:14pm Heather Z: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:01 Ahhh Velvet Goldmine, especially, for me, of those two. I don't think I could choose only two faves. After All is up there. And alternate Candidate.
	10:15pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Heather Z @10:14 Velvet Goldmine reminds me of Trail from Black Butler
	10:16pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:15 Grell.
	👻 10:16pm Heather Z: ↳ Mike Rogers @10:07 Same for sure. He's legendary in my mind and always will be.
	10:18pm Mike Rogers: When he died, my daughter said, "Daddy! I thought aliens couldn't die!"
	10:19pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Eliza was around in the 80s.
	👻 10:19pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:15 Still need to look into this "Black Butler." You've mentioned it a few times, now.
	👻 10:19pm Heather Z: ↳ Mike Rogers @10:18 Oh. Oh no. That's heartbreaking. And beautiful. Much like a lot of Bowie's music.
	👻 10:19pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:19 That was what I was referencing! I just couldn't remember her name in the moment, when we recorded this.
	10:20pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @10:19 Come come. Elucidate your thoughts
	10:21pm AI Robot: Chandu by himself is better than an entire band.
	👻 10:21pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mike Rogers @10:18 Sometimes they do. It's usually tragic, for sure.
	👻 10:23pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:19 I recall, at nerd parties, they would have a terminal where you could chat with Eliza, and people would often try to get her to fall in love with the user, or some other absurd thing. Nerd parties back in the day. They were something.
	👻 10:25pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:20 Just got your e-mail!
	10:25pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: I just sent you a link to my newest fic.
	10:26pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @10:25 Jinx
	👻 10:26pm Austin Rich: This "Korla" backing music is so excellently weird!
	👻 10:35pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: ""Shanghaied"" by "X-Minus One" Another take on a story from the "Dimension X" run. You'll notice that this version not only SOUNDS better, but I think the story flows a little better, and they casting / fx are better. If you remember one version, this is the one you should recall.
	10:38pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Hope you like the new fic.
	👻 10:38pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: ""Shanghaied"" by "X-Minus One" One thing that will plague our show for a while: X-Minus One is shorter by a bit, between 20 and 25 minutes, which means there's more time for ads. (X-Minus One, unlike Dimension X, was actually sort of popular.) And Rocky Fortune, since it started Frank, was also a little short. So there will probably be more music breaks, and "Dimestore Revelations" will be a little long. Sort of like the way the show was when we launched.
	👻 10:39pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:38 Thanks! I'll check it out after dinner.
	👻 10:40pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @10:38 That's no plague. I am fond of all those components! And I'm sure I'm not alone in that.
	10:40pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @10:39 Dinner is always a fine idea. I had fish
	👻 10:42pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:40 We had fish yesterday! It was great. I love fish.
	👻 10:42pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:40 Seafood of any kind, really. (Maybe not Octopus.) But I'm pretty adventurous, if I have options and someone recommends something.
	10:43pm AI Robot: x-Minus One
	👻 10:43pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:40 I do love a good crab. Or lobster.
	👻 10:44pm Austin Rich: ↳ AI Robot @10:43 Still one of the best Sci-Fi shows, 70 years later.
	10:44pm AI Robot: 100 years ago, lobster was prison food. No kidding.
	10:44pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @10:43 Love a good clambake.
	👻 10:44pm Austin Rich: ↳ AI Robot @10:44 It was. I heard it was "poor people food" back in the day.
	👻 10:45pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:44 Hell yeah! We used to have boils every summer, back in the PDX days.
	10:45pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ AI Robot @10:44 Until some fool force fed some to the master of the house
	10:46pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @10:45 I grew up on Cape Cod. We had one ever 4th of July
	👻 10:46pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @10:42 I'm with you on that! I get seafood rarely because I'm a lazy cook and even lazier about going out but it's a good treat.
	👻 10:47pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @10:46 I'm not bad preparing seafood myself, but really, I leave that kind of stuff to Marla, who went to school for that kind of stuff. But one of my favorite things me and my dad did together was to go fishing, and I LOVED eating the meal after a good haul.
	10:47pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Acme. Not recommended for colored
	10:48pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:47 Colored=coyotes.
	👻 10:48pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:47 STUPID AUTOCORRECT!
	10:48pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Stupid autocorrect
	👻 10:49pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:48 Lots of jinx tonight...
	10:49pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @10:48 Jinx! 😄
	👻 10:50pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @10:47 I dream of someday having something Marla has cooked! Ahh
	10:50pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Mutiny comes to mind
	👻 10:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @10:50 It's pretty magical. I think we're having some sort of rice / meat / sauce thing she makes that is pretty delish.
	👻 10:53pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @10:51 I'm sure it's going to be awesome! I did manage to finally nail some air fryer tofu over the weekend but that's not really that exciting.
	👻 10:54pm Austin Rich: This story has a pretty bleak view of what managers would do to their employees if they thought they could get away with it. I guess all of that stuff came true.
	👻 10:55pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: ""Shanghaied"" by "X-Minus One" These kinds of "sign up to join a ship to make a long of money" gigs do exist, all over the West Coast. (I assume East Coast, too.) You can sign on to do six months on a boat, and work, and bring home a big check. My brother tried to do it once, but I think he chickened out. I never tried, but I'm sure it would have been awful.
	👻 10:57pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @10:55 Yes! A friend was going to do one and his then GF, now wife, talked him out of it. Very much for the best.
	👻 10:58pm Heather Z: Hey almost time to stay tuned for Sounds From Space!! Thank you for a great show, Austin, and a lovely chat, all!
	👻 10:59pm Austin Rich: I suspect anywhere there are oceans, these kinds of jobs exist. But I only know about the Alaska varieties.
	👻 10:59pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @10:58 Indeed! Stay tuned!
	11:00pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Great show
	👻 11:01pm Austin Rich: Thanks everyone!

Dimestore Radio Theater with Austin Rich: Playlist from August 14, 2023

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August 14, 2023: Episode #67

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Approx. start time
Rocky Fortune	"Oyster Shucker" ""Oyster Shucker"" by "Rocky Fortune"	6 October 1953	NBC		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Dave Barbour and His Orchestra	Mambo Jambo				0:27:53 (Pop-up)
Bold Venture	"A Camilia For El Dobbin"	15 October 1951	Santana Productions		0:31:02 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Dave Barbour and His Orchestra	Mambo Jambo				0:59:48 (Pop-up)
Heather, Brian & Austin	Our Recurring Nightmare (Part 4)	Our Recurring Nightmare	Dimestore Revelations	2023	1:07:08 (Pop-up)
Chandu The Magician	"Message For Nagi"	24 September 1948	Mutual–Don Lee Network		1:19:16 (Pop-up)
X-Minus One	"Shanghaied" ""Shanghaied"" by "X-Minus One"	1 September 1955	NBC Radio		1:33:28 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	👻 4:25pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	8:58pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Ahoy.
	9:00pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Oysters seem to be on my menu a lot this week.. Just did a hot scene in a fic with Desdinova and one of the Oyster boys (Phecda)
	👻 9:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @8:58 Nice to see you in the chat! Sit and stay a spell... time for ol' Blue Eyes to enchant us!
	9:01pm Webhamster Henry: It's Frankieeee!
	👻 9:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:00 Sweet!
	👻 9:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Webhamster Henry @9:01 (swoon)
	👻 9:04pm Austin Rich: As mentioned and hinted at for a while, here is the series that I love, staring Frank Sinatra. Sadly, some of the shows are not great, in quality. But they are all pretty enjoyable. This is the first episode. Here's more information about the show: en.wikipedia.org...
	👻 9:06pm Austin Rich: There are only 25 episodes, so we'll turn this one around pretty quickly, but not as fast as Candy Matson. There were only ever 25 episodes made, so we'll play the entire run. As the story goes: Frank was sort of "in-between" projects, and needed a regular gig. So he decided to dabble in radio as a lot of others were doing the same. You'll notice that he doesn't sing, at least not in any of the episodes I can remember. I suspect this was on purpose; keep the gigs separate.
	9:06pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @9:02 It follows the rescue and transformation of Imaginos into Desdinova then her lessons in sensuality
	👻 9:09pm WR: WebHamster Henry, does this volume seem a little low? I've have to crank up the volume.
	👻 9:10pm Austin Rich: The show was created by a Dimestore Radio Theater alumni George Lefferts, who was one of the people adapted scripts (and occasionally writing Sci-Fi) for Dimension X and X-Minus One. This was after his run on Dimension X, and he called his old writing partner in, Ernest Kinoy. They had previous only written Sci-Fi together, and they would go on to write Sci-Fi after this. But, during the break, they took a chance on a "noir" flavored, "everyman" style detective show.
	👻 9:10pm Austin Rich: ↳ WR @9:09 Hopefully that helps? I just cranked it up a little.
	9:11pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: I can't wait until our reading on the 7th
	9:12pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ WR @9:09 Seems OK to me, WR.
	👻 9:13pm Austin Rich: One final note regarding "Rocky Fortune": you'll probably recognize a number of the musical transitions used on this show. As an NBC show, Lefferts and Kinoy had access to the NBC sound library, which was also what they used for Dimension X and X-Minus 1. (And, on a number of other NBC shows, too.) So, if it sounds familiar... you know why!
	9:13pm Webhamster Henry: The audio quality is not so hot anyway.
	9:13pm Mike Rogers: Hi Austin! This morning has been hell!
	👻 9:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:11 Agreed! It'll be nice to get Heather back into a recording schedule.
	👻 9:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ Webhamster Henry @9:13 Yeah. Only about half of the episodes of "Rocky Fortune" have very good sound. I did a little EQ to try and improve things, but... it is what it is.
	👻 9:15pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mike Rogers @9:13 I saw a tiny exchange... oh my! Hopefully you're sorted?
	9:15pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @9:13 I assume you got the most recent update
	👻 9:15pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:15 Of the script? Yes. Still need to do a revision.
	9:16pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Austin Rich @9:14 In the future: AI radio audio regeneration: podcast.adobe.com...
	👻 9:16pm Austin Rich: ↳ Webhamster Henry @9:16 Ooooooo!
	👻 9:16pm WR: ↳ Webhamster Henry @9:12 Probably I have more room noise than usual. Sorry to bother you, Austin.
	👻 9:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ WR @9:16 It was a tiny bit low. But I think I fixed it.
	9:17pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @9:15 Yes. But at least its easier to read, so it should be easier to revise
	👻 9:19pm Austin Rich: ↳ Webhamster Henry @9:16 Hopefully this Adobe Podcast AI isn't taking someone's job!
	👻 9:23pm Austin Rich: Woah! Twist! Didn't see that coming.
	9:23pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @9:15 What do you have planned?
	👻 9:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:23 Mostly to beef up the Narrator's role.
	9:24pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @9:24 Good idea.
	👻 9:25pm Austin Rich: That Abernake. Always hungry.
	9:26pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: The Unexpected was also a great show
	👻 9:26pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:26 Been meaning to check that out!
	9:29pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @9:26 I think you will enjoy it
	👻 9:30pm Austin Rich: I'm sort of shocked that a "remastered" version of Rocky Fortune hasn't come out yet. Seems like the Sinatra estate usually cashes in where there's money to be made. And, as I understand it, there's a few fans who have assembled collections of all the episodes, on transcription discs.
	9:31pm Mike Rogers: I thought Sylvester Stallone was Rocky and Frank Sinatra was "The Voice"?
	👻 9:33pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mike Rogers @9:31 You are correct! But this is another Rocky... before that one...
	9:34pm Mr Fab: ↳ Song: ""Oyster Shucker"" by "Rocky Fortune" Fascinating! This show is glossed over in Sinatra bios. The usual narrative is: making increasingly crappy records for Columbia, scores a plum role in the film "From Here To Eternity," and career explodes. But this show demonstrates that he was keeping up his acting chops.
	👻 9:35pm Austin Rich: This first hour of our program is really packed with stars these days! Sinatra! Bogart! Bacall! The skies were so dim, because they were all on Dimestore Radio Theater!
	9:35pm Mike Rogers: Sinatra must have been a bust guy! Chairman of the Board,' 'Ol' Blue Eyes,' and 'The Voice.'
	👻 9:36pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:34 He even gets better as the series continues, but you can also tell, he's the hired gun, so he's trying to fit into the show. It works, too. It's got a "Box 13" everyman quality that I quite like.
	9:36pm Mike Rogers: Stallone was only running around yelling, "Adrian!"
	👻 9:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:34 You can tell, later, that "From Here To Eternity" is on the horizon, because he starts workin' that line into the dialog, later in the series.
	9:37pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Austin Rich @9:36 Well, when you've lived and loved like Frank has, you know what life is all about.
	9:37pm asheville jon: The guy didnt get stoned already!
	9:37pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @9:37 oh that's funny
	9:38pm Mike Rogers: Heaven forbid!!!
	👻 9:38pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mike Rogers @9:37 Ohhhhh! I recognize that line anywhere. When I was young, and foolish, that was my "barometer" film, where I would test out roommates and potential girlfriends as we watched that film.
	👻 9:38pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:37 There's a "jazz hep-cat" episode that I think we'll need to cut-up for samples!
	9:40pm Mike Rogers: Bwa! ha! ha! Ne too. If you said that line and they had no reaction? that was the last date.
	👻 9:40pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mike Rogers @9:40 For reals.
	👻 9:41pm Austin Rich: I used to be able to quote "Return of Spinal Tap," at my worst. There's a couple funny moments, anyway.
	👻 9:42pm Austin Rich: "Short term policy"? Did she just give Slate the chance for a one-night stand?
	👻 9:43pm Austin Rich: "You like the way I shag flies."
	9:45pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Paper or counterfeit bills?
	9:45pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Austin Rich @9:41 Yeah, I had "Tap Sickness" too.
	9:46pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Mike Rogers @9:45 But, it was all just a fad.
	👻 9:46pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:45 I think you mean, "Paper of plastic?" ("How are you paying?")
	9:46pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @9:46 Lol!
	👻 9:46pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mike Rogers @9:46 Those guys are just too funny. Their improv skills are pretty unparalleled.
	9:47pm Mike Rogers: I loved Best in Show, but it seemed like most of my friends didn't.
	👻 9:47pm Austin Rich: I would watch a version of Hamlet with King Moses singing the lead...
	9:48pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @9:38 Crazy, dad!
	👻 9:48pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mike Rogers @9:47 That one was great! But I saw it in the theater, and it was pretty fantastic with a crowd.
	9:50pm Mike Rogers: He just wants a ruby? They are selling "Diamonella's" on late night Tv for $8.99
	👻 9:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mike Rogers @9:50 "Ruby Tuesday" is just more exciting to this guy than hangin' with the "Diamond Dogs."
	👻 9:52pm Austin Rich: "Sailor and Slate." Zing!
	9:52pm Oh, I am a hardcore: Oh, I am a hardcore Bowie fan (until 1984!) Seen his live shows many times. Bowie Crazy.
	👻 9:53pm Austin Rich: ↳ Oh, I am a hardcore @9:52 I bet Heather, who occasionally lurks in the chat, is excited to hear that!
	👻 9:55pm Austin Rich: "A peep at your ruby." Oh my!
	9:56pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @9:55 Rubies often come with djinn.
	👻 9:57pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:56 I feel like there must be some enchantment situation going on. Like Rubies are easier?
	👻 9:57pm Austin Rich: "Hold tight Slate. I'll drag you home." Is that supposed to be hot? It's sort of hot, I think...
	10:00pm Oh, I am a hardcore: I have more than 200 David Bowie CDs. That's my claim to fame.
	10:01pm Oh, I am a hardcore: Hey! Wait! Didn't Bowie sing Little Drummer boy with Frank or was that Bing?
	10:01pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Oh, I am a hardcore @10:00 My two favorite Bowie songs are Velvet Goldmine, and Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed.
	👻 10:02pm Heather Z: Did someone say Bowie? Little Drummer Boy was with Bing Crosby!
	10:04pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Heather Z @10:02 Hey Heather! When I watched that I just got a vibe that Bing didn't really like Bowie.
	10:05pm Mike Rogers: Chandu! Chandu!
	👻 10:06pm Heather Z: ↳ Mike Rogers @10:04 I was just watching a thing from when Heathen was released and Bowie does a lovely impression of Bing. My understanding of the dislike is it wasn't that. It was just that Bing was older and a little confused and it was a bit hard to get the segment going. There's a very funny skit from somewhere where they do play up the animosity, though!
	10:07pm Mike Rogers: Bowie was, for me, the very first rockstar!
	👻 10:08pm Heather Z: youtu.be... Caveat, I haven't seen this in yearrrss and won't watch til later because I'm tuned into Sheenas right now!
	👻 10:08pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Our Recurring Nightmare (Part 4)" by "Heather, Br... Picking up our conversation with Brian and Heather about the X-Minus One episode, "Nightmare."
	👻 10:09pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @10:08 Heather! Thanks for joining us in the chat.
	10:11pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: When I think of machines and Nightmare I think of Robot Carnival
	👻 10:11pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:11 I keep meaning to watch that. I've heard I would like it.
	👻 10:12pm Heather Z: When people are talking Bowie, sometimes I just have to pop up!
	10:12pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @10:11 You will. Its a great anthology
	👻 10:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @10:12 You, and another person who I tangentially know who is Bowie obsessed in a very huge way, are the first two people I think of when Bowie comes up.
	👻 10:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Our Recurring Nightmare (Part 4)" by "Heather, Br... (George Lefferts: who also created "Rocky Fortune.")
	👻 10:14pm Heather Z: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:01 Ahhh Velvet Goldmine, especially, for me, of those two. I don't think I could choose only two faves. After All is up there. And alternate Candidate.
	10:15pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Heather Z @10:14 Velvet Goldmine reminds me of Trail from Black Butler
	10:16pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:15 Grell.
	👻 10:16pm Heather Z: ↳ Mike Rogers @10:07 Same for sure. He's legendary in my mind and always will be.
	10:18pm Mike Rogers: When he died, my daughter said, "Daddy! I thought aliens couldn't die!"
	10:19pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Eliza was around in the 80s.
	👻 10:19pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:15 Still need to look into this "Black Butler." You've mentioned it a few times, now.
	👻 10:19pm Heather Z: ↳ Mike Rogers @10:18 Oh. Oh no. That's heartbreaking. And beautiful. Much like a lot of Bowie's music.
	👻 10:19pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:19 That was what I was referencing! I just couldn't remember her name in the moment, when we recorded this.
	10:20pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @10:19 Come come. Elucidate your thoughts
	10:21pm AI Robot: Chandu by himself is better than an entire band.
	👻 10:21pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mike Rogers @10:18 Sometimes they do. It's usually tragic, for sure.
	👻 10:23pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:19 I recall, at nerd parties, they would have a terminal where you could chat with Eliza, and people would often try to get her to fall in love with the user, or some other absurd thing. Nerd parties back in the day. They were something.
	👻 10:25pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:20 Just got your e-mail!
	10:25pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: I just sent you a link to my newest fic.
	10:26pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @10:25 Jinx
	👻 10:26pm Austin Rich: This "Korla" backing music is so excellently weird!
	👻 10:35pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: ""Shanghaied"" by "X-Minus One" Another take on a story from the "Dimension X" run. You'll notice that this version not only SOUNDS better, but I think the story flows a little better, and they casting / fx are better. If you remember one version, this is the one you should recall.
	10:38pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Hope you like the new fic.
	👻 10:38pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: ""Shanghaied"" by "X-Minus One" One thing that will plague our show for a while: X-Minus One is shorter by a bit, between 20 and 25 minutes, which means there's more time for ads. (X-Minus One, unlike Dimension X, was actually sort of popular.) And Rocky Fortune, since it started Frank, was also a little short. So there will probably be more music breaks, and "Dimestore Revelations" will be a little long. Sort of like the way the show was when we launched.
	👻 10:39pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:38 Thanks! I'll check it out after dinner.
	👻 10:40pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @10:38 That's no plague. I am fond of all those components! And I'm sure I'm not alone in that.
	10:40pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @10:39 Dinner is always a fine idea. I had fish
	👻 10:42pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:40 We had fish yesterday! It was great. I love fish.
	👻 10:42pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:40 Seafood of any kind, really. (Maybe not Octopus.) But I'm pretty adventurous, if I have options and someone recommends something.
	10:43pm AI Robot: x-Minus One
	👻 10:43pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:40 I do love a good crab. Or lobster.
	👻 10:44pm Austin Rich: ↳ AI Robot @10:43 Still one of the best Sci-Fi shows, 70 years later.
	10:44pm AI Robot: 100 years ago, lobster was prison food. No kidding.
	10:44pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @10:43 Love a good clambake.
	👻 10:44pm Austin Rich: ↳ AI Robot @10:44 It was. I heard it was "poor people food" back in the day.
	👻 10:45pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:44 Hell yeah! We used to have boils every summer, back in the PDX days.
	10:45pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ AI Robot @10:44 Until some fool force fed some to the master of the house
	10:46pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @10:45 I grew up on Cape Cod. We had one ever 4th of July
	👻 10:46pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @10:42 I'm with you on that! I get seafood rarely because I'm a lazy cook and even lazier about going out but it's a good treat.
	👻 10:47pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @10:46 I'm not bad preparing seafood myself, but really, I leave that kind of stuff to Marla, who went to school for that kind of stuff. But one of my favorite things me and my dad did together was to go fishing, and I LOVED eating the meal after a good haul.
	10:47pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Acme. Not recommended for colored
	10:48pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:47 Colored=coyotes.
	👻 10:48pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:47 STUPID AUTOCORRECT!
	10:48pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Stupid autocorrect
	👻 10:49pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:48 Lots of jinx tonight...
	10:49pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @10:48 Jinx! 😄
	👻 10:50pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @10:47 I dream of someday having something Marla has cooked! Ahh
	10:50pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Mutiny comes to mind
	👻 10:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @10:50 It's pretty magical. I think we're having some sort of rice / meat / sauce thing she makes that is pretty delish.
	👻 10:53pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @10:51 I'm sure it's going to be awesome! I did manage to finally nail some air fryer tofu over the weekend but that's not really that exciting.
	👻 10:54pm Austin Rich: This story has a pretty bleak view of what managers would do to their employees if they thought they could get away with it. I guess all of that stuff came true.
	👻 10:55pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: ""Shanghaied"" by "X-Minus One" These kinds of "sign up to join a ship to make a long of money" gigs do exist, all over the West Coast. (I assume East Coast, too.) You can sign on to do six months on a boat, and work, and bring home a big check. My brother tried to do it once, but I think he chickened out. I never tried, but I'm sure it would have been awful.
	👻 10:57pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @10:55 Yes! A friend was going to do one and his then GF, now wife, talked him out of it. Very much for the best.
	👻 10:58pm Heather Z: Hey almost time to stay tuned for Sounds From Space!! Thank you for a great show, Austin, and a lovely chat, all!
	👻 10:59pm Austin Rich: I suspect anywhere there are oceans, these kinds of jobs exist. But I only know about the Alaska varieties.
	👻 10:59pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @10:58 Indeed! Stay tuned!
	11:00pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Great show
	👻 11:01pm Austin Rich: Thanks everyone!

Dimestore Radio Theater with Austin Rich: Playlist from August 14, 2023

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