WFMU: Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from October 17, 2023

Listener comments!
	👻 5:19pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	8:59pm Mr. X: W-where are we?
	8:59pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Ahoy!
	👻 9:01pm ramencity: Boo!
	9:01pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Just enjoying the show with my kitty by my side
	👻 9:01pm ramencity: Va! I am Bat Pumpkin
	9:02pm Mr Fab: Count Austin! How brilliant is Dr Sarcofiguy? Looking forward to this witch's brew of radio ghoul-ash.
	9:03pm Krys O.: Good googamooga!
	9:04pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Ooh! I love a good Riff!
	👻 9:06pm Austin Rich: Thanks for your patience, everyone. I'm glad to see the chat already so full, so early! Let's have some Halloween fun!
	9:07pm Mr Fab: oct 31, Herk Hilligoss returns with a 5 hour marathon of old Halloween records. wfmu.org... Special Programming ALL DAY on All Hallow's Eve.
	👻 9:07pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:07 YES!
	9:09pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Nicely descriptive
	9:12pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Old attics often hold mysterious mirrors
	👻 9:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:12 I was certainly trying to hit all the Haunted House tropes in one fell swoop.
	👻 9:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @9:01 That is exactly the phrase that you say, over and over again, to perfect your "Halloween Accent."
	9:14pm Krys O.: I went trick or treating to a castle once. It was Ward's Castle near my aunt's house in Greenwich, CT. The caretakers let us in and gave us candy. It was lovely inside with red velvet curtains. en.wikipedia.org...
	9:14pm Mr Fab: ↳ Song: "Fading" by "Jah Wobble" I think of a "bedroom album" as something you'd play when it's time to get your ol' lady in a romantic mood. Which this album MIGHT do...
	👻 9:15pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:14 Woah! That is certainly a castle! Very cool.
	9:15pm Mr. X: I hope everyone is listening on speakers with good bass response. Jah Wobble doesn't really get through if you can't hear the bass.
	👻 9:15pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:14 I could see this album fitting that bill. I used to lean on, "Funhouse," by the Stooges, and Tangerine Dream records.
	9:16pm Mr. X: I first heard The Laughing Clowns on a mix tape that a friend made for me, labeled "Annoying Music."
	9:17pm Mr Fab: ↳ Krys O. @9:14 That's cool, Krys! I wonder what the Beverly Hills "witch house" does on Halloween? Maybe I'll take Li'l Fab there this year. en.wikipedia.org...
	👻 9:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:15 On that note: The Playlist tonight is largely selected by Mr. X / Xeres himself, with a little massaging and input from me. What I like about his choices is that they are adjacent to the kind of stuff that I would play anyway, but certainly, have his own take on things, which I appreciate.
	👻 9:17pm ramencity: ↳ Mr. X @9:16 Recreating that playlist should be your next guest appearance!
	👻 9:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:17 That house looks excellent! How cool.
	9:18pm Mr. X: ↳ ramencity @9:17 Nice idea. It also had Sun Ra and Mission of Burma on it.
	9:18pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Mr Fab @9:17 Awesome house
	👻 9:18pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:18 That's already sounding like a classic episode!
	9:19pm Mr Fab: ↳ Mr. X @9:16 Whoever made that tape needs a show here.
	👻 9:19pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Haunted House" by "Dead Ghosts" I'm going to need to track down this album. It sounds like something I would really enjoy, based on this track alone.
	9:20pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Who here has seen the cartoon Face Like A Frog?
	👻 9:21pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:20 Funny story about that: I went to a conference, in college, that was hosted at a college in Florida, and Sally Cruikshank (who animated that cartoon) was the guest speaker! And she was delightful.
	9:21pm Mr. X: ↳ Mr Fab @9:19 He was a DJ on KRVM Eugene, OR named Paul Sturtz. Later in life he moved to Columbia, MO and founded a film festival there and ran for mayor.
	👻 9:21pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:21 You need to write a novel about all the strange people you know, and all the odd things they have done.
	9:22pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @9:21 IKR
	9:23pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @9:21 Cool. She is certainly talented
	👻 9:23pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Haunted House" by "Johnny Fuller" There are so many versions of this song, and it is often available for Karaoke, at many bars. However, it is so monotonous that it is sort of hard to sing. I've tried occasionally, but I'll let the pros handle that one.
	👻 9:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:23 I have a DVD of her cartoons, that she signed for me. I think her work with Oingo Boingo is fantastic!
	9:25pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: My dream crossing would be Robert Englund starring in a movie written by Stephen King and produced and directed by Charles Band with music by Albert Bouchard
	👻 9:26pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Ghost in the Graveyard" by "Prairie Ramblers" I get this song stuck in my head, this time of year. I have it on a few Halloween playlists, and it is so excellent... but a total earworm, too.
	9:27pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Song: "Ghost in the Graveyard" by "Prairie Ramblers" This makes me think of Max Fleischer
	👻 9:29pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "The House Is Haunted (By the Echo of Your Last Go... For the longest time, I completely discounted this song, thinking it was too corny. But when Xeres suggested this version, I realized that it IS wonderfully creepy. Thanks for suggestions this tune, Xeres!
	9:31pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @9:29 It's definitely corny like candy corn.
	9:33pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Aaaargh! Vogon poetry!!
	👻 9:33pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:33 It's only the third worst in the universe, if I'm not mistaken.
	9:34pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: As long as the dog does not go Lynchee kinchee collie Mollie dingo dingo you're probably OK
	👻 9:35pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Seamus" by "Pink Floyd" My aunt gifted me this LP, from her collection, before she passed. It was one of the last times I got to see her before she passed. (Well, the last time she was in full control of her faculties.)
	9:35pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Seamus" by "Pink Floyd" Not that Austin would ordinarily play Pink Floyd...
	9:35pm Mr Fab: ↳ Song: "Seamus" by "Pink Floyd" Interesting..? I love the "Meddle" album, but this charming blues is just about the least scary thing Pink Floyd recorded.
	👻 9:36pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:35 I think it mostly ties into the dog that we heard while we were digging around in the attic.
	9:36pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @9:33 Worst came from Earth
	9:36pm Mr. X: ↳ Mr Fab @9:35 The neighbor's dog was barking while we recorded the dialog. So we had to find something to segue with the damn dog.
	9:36pm Mr Fab: ↳ Song: "White Ghost Shivers" by "The New Orleans Owls" went on a "haunted New Orleans" tour one time I was there. Tim Burton def needs to set his next film there.
	👻 9:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:36 That's what the guide says, anyway.
	9:37pm Mr Fab: ↳ Mr. X @9:36 Haha! Got it.
	9:37pm Krys O.: ↳ Song: "Ghost in the Graveyard" by "Prairie Ramblers" That had to be Jack Mercer the original voice of Popeye on that song. Hence the Fleischer cartoon quality.
	9:38pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @9:37 Of course the Guide is known to be definitively inaccurate
	👻 9:38pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:36 I've been wanting to visit. Does Quintron and Miss Pussycat still have a club there?
	👻 9:38pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:37 Oh! Of course! Good ear, Krys!
	9:39pm Mr. X: ↳ Krys O. @9:37 Ah, now it all makes sense. Thanks!
	👻 9:42pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Baby You're A Haunted House" by "Gerard Way" I have also had this one stuck in my head, since Mr. X tossed this one into the playlist.
	9:44pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @9:42 It's grunge, yet cutesy sing-song.
	9:44pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @9:38 Wow, just realized I haven't been in over 20 years?! So I have no idea.
	👻 9:45pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:44 I think the kids call that "Power Pop"?
	9:45pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Haunted House on Zillow" by "The Garden" I just thought the title was funny.
	9:46pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Mr. X @9:45 Even funnier than Greg Brady Wants Me Dead
	👻 9:47pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:44 That was always my plan: try to find Quintron and Miss Pussycant, when I visited. It still hasn't happened, and I guess they could still be there... so... maybe?
	9:47pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Triple walk cross song "Walk the Dinosaur With A Ghost Like An Egyptian
	9:48pm Krys O.: Good night, all! Thanks, Austin!
	👻 9:48pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:47 Zing!
	9:48pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Krys O. @9:48 Sleep well
	👻 9:48pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:48 Sleep well, Krys! Thanks for droppin' in!
	👻 9:49pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Mr. Ghost Goes To Town" by "The 5 Jones Boys" This is also a Halloween Ear-worm for me. I get this one stuck in my head all the time.
	👻 9:52pm Austin Rich: I think the sweet spot for me with be old country halloween songs. Like... it's just the best music for creepy sad songs.
	9:52pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Song: "The Yodeling Ghost" by "Patsy Montana" I can't believe this came out in 1983 sounds like a 30s song.
	9:52pm Mr. X: I can't hear yodeling without thinking of Mars Attacks, and how yodeling made the aliens' heads explode.
	👻 9:53pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:52 I suspect this is a compilation of older tunes, but I don't know for sure.
	9:54pm Mr. X: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:52 Yeah, that's most likely a re-issue date.
	👻 9:54pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:52 I love that movie. It is so well made, and SO hilarious.
	9:55pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Two songs that I think of every Halloween and St Patrick day are The Irish Ballad and Ba-Room!
	9:55pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "The Yodeling Ghost" by "The Andrews Sisters and B... Obviously also a re-issue date.
	👻 9:55pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "The Yodeling Ghost" by "The Andrews Sisters and B... You know how to completely capture my attention? Put some Andrews Sisters on a mix-tape for me. They are just so excellent!
	9:56pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @9:54 Indeed
	👻 9:56pm ramencity: I hope someone recorded a "Scat-Singin' Ghost"...
	9:56pm Mr. X: I think it's weird that there are two totally different songs called "The Yodeling Ghost." How did that happen?
	👻 9:56pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @9:56 I think that's your big hit next year!
	👻 9:57pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:56 I was nervous at first that they were the same, but no, not really.
	9:58pm Mr Fab: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:52 recorded c. 1954
	9:58pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Was that a See & Say?
	👻 9:58pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:58 Yep!
	👻 9:59pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Casper, the Friendly Ghost" by "Daniel Johnston" As a young man, before it was easy to find them online, I spent a lot of time trying to track down old Daniel Johnston tapes. I still have a ton!
	9:59pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @9:58 Had one as a child. As well as a GE Show & Tell
	9:59pm Mr Fab: how 'bout an eephin' ghost?
	👻 10:01pm ramencity: ↳ Mr Fab @9:59 TIL about eephing!
	10:02pm Aitch: quietly mutating off in the corner
	10:03pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Aitch @10:02 Nice to have a fellow mutation around
	10:03pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Speaking of houses, don't forget the Dangerous Kitchen.
	👻 10:06pm Heather Z: Been ghouling and grooving here!! Yodeling, too, apparently? Like many. Many. Many ghosts do, I've learned.
	10:07pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Heather Z @10:06 Glad to help out with the Max Headroom project
	10:08pm Mr Fab: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:03 Spacebrother just played it yesterday!
	👻 10:09pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @10:08 I was trying to remember where I heard that recently...
	10:09pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Mr Fab @10:08 Oh man! I gotta listen to more FMU.
	10:10pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Washu's lab?
	👻 10:11pm Heather Z: Uh oh, haunted chat, y'all. Just got booted and signed out. But... I'd just signed in!
	👻 10:12pm Austin Rich: This seems like a good time to admit this: Xeres and I improvised these voice-over bits, after some pre-planning and rough outlines, with the idea that we would add SFX and other sounds after the fact. It seemed a little rough before the sounds, but I have to admit, it seems to have all worked out, in the end. I like working with Xeres, because I think we have comparable senses of humor... in spite of the slight age difference between us.
	10:12pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Bat Cave" by "The Marketts" My first LP ever, purchased at PayLess Drugstore when I was 8.
	👻 10:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:12 This is a great first record!
	👻 10:13pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @10:12 I love this BTS! I wondered if it was improv or scripted or both! Awesome stuff all around.
	10:14pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Bat Cave" by "The Marketts" So from what I understand it, The Marketts involved some people from the Wrecking Crew, but they were separate from The Wrecking Crew.
	10:14pm Mr Fab: ↳ Mr. X @10:12 Good choice! The Marketts were a good surf band, they did the classic "Out of Limits" (as you may very well know).
	👻 10:14pm Austin Rich: Xeres and I have a free-improv / novelty act called Human Dinosaur, and we released our first EP this summer: humandinosaur.bandcamp.com...
	👻 10:15pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @10:14 I think that's the album I have, found at a thrift store.
	10:16pm Mr. X: In 1985, my band rehearsed in a studio in San Francisco that Tuxedommon had used prior to moving to Germany.
	10:16pm Mr Fab: ↳ Song: "Casper, the Friendly Ghost" by "Daniel Johnston" Gotta admit, i was expecting Wesley Willis "Casper, the Homosexual Friendly Ghost" after the Daniel Johnston.
	👻 10:16pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:16 That's right! I forgot about that story. We really need to get more of those audio journals recorded.
	👻 10:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @10:16 We're keepin' our powder dry, sir. But we don't want to find out what it's like to disobey you.
	10:20pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @10:17 But that would be predictable! It's good to be surprised.
	10:21pm Mr. X: I've seen Sun Ra twice, in the 90s.
	👻 10:21pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:21 Lucky! I never did, but I think by the time I was hip to the Sun Ra scene, it was a bit late for me. Still, I love watching old clips online.
	10:25pm Mr Fab: I willing to bet that I'm the only person whose high school yearbook senior quote was by Sun Ra.
	👻 10:27pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @10:25 Oh, wow! That's pretty cool. I think the first person who told me about Sun Ra had to be The Ramen City Kid, who basically introduced me to all cool things. (Mabye Guitar Wolf was the only band I found first.)
	10:27pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Theme From Star Trek" by "Maynard Ferguson" Not that Austin would ordinarily play Maynard Ferguson.
	👻 10:28pm Austin Rich: I think the only "cool" thing I was into in High School was Uncle Tupelo, because my girlfriend in High School was Jay Farrar's cousin, and she had a complete set of his albums / singles.
	👻 10:30pm ramencity: ↳ Song: "Theme From Star Trek" by "Maynard Ferguson" I wish I could see the version of Star Trek where this was the theme song...
	10:30pm Mr Fab: this is pretty mersh for a legit jazz dude like Maynard Ferguson. But hey, gotta pay the bills, eh?
	👻 10:31pm ramencity: ↳ Song: "Arabesque No. 1" by "Isao Tomita" ZOMG STAR HUSTLER!!!
	👻 10:31pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @10:30 Since you popped in: Nov. 14th, The Ramen City Kid and I will bring you a show called, "The People Who Died," trying to cover a bunch of the people we lost in 2023!
	10:31pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Getting sleepy. Looking forward to next week's shows.
	👻 10:31pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @10:31 I think that's why Xeres picked it?
	10:31pm Mr. X: ↳ ramencity @10:31 Bingo! You got it in one!
	👻 10:31pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:31 Sleep well! See you next time.
	👻 10:31pm Heather Z: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:31 Get a good rest!
	10:32pm Mr Fab: ↳ ramencity @10:30 Everyone doin that dance craze the "Mr Spock" at the Enterprise's disco.
	👻 10:32pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @10:32 If you and Ramen City Kid write it, I will see about doing a radio adaptation.
	10:32pm Mr Fab: ↳ Mr Fab @10:32 You know Lt. Uhuru would be the DJ.
	10:34pm Mr. X: I tried to play some Tomita for my mom, and she just laughed at it.
	👻 10:35pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:34 Ahh, really? I love those Tomita albums! I found most of them for a buck each at thrift stores.
	10:35pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Bela Lugosi's Dead" by "Nouvelle Vague" Better than the original? Anyone with me on that?
	👻 10:36pm Austin Rich: ↳ Austin Rich @10:35 Your mom often has good taste, too, and even enjoys some experimental stuff... so she knows good music.
	👻 10:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:35 I'm not sure I have THAT strong a opinion on the song... my fave would probably be a weird surf version with movie samples in it. Does that exist?
	👻 10:37pm Heather Z: ↳ Mr. X @10:35 This is awesome! I do have such a nostalgia for Bauhaus' version, though. And affection for.
	10:38pm Mr. X: Nouvelle Vague does some wonderfully sultry covers of punk and 80s music.
	👻 10:39pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:38 I'll certainly hear more, based on your recommendation. Maybe some of their other tunes would grab me more.
	10:39pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @10:37 Close, but not quite - Messer Chups side-project The Bonecollectors did a kind of rockabilly version: messer-chups.bandcamp.com... Tho I love your concept. Gotta make that happen.
	👻 10:40pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @10:39 Oh... I'm glad you mentioned them, too...
	10:40pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:39 I suggest "Guns of Brixton" and "Making Plans for Nigel."
	👻 10:42pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Robot Affliction (Live)" by "The Human Genome Pro... Way back in the day, I did a weekend roadie gig, where I helped this and a couple other bands with a few shows. Based on that weekend, I asked them to appear on my show, and this is from that session. I loved stalking them.
	10:43pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @10:42 yeah this is cool - very Soft Cell.
	👻 10:43pm Austin Rich: ↳ Austin Rich @10:42 One spin off project, The Bugs Of Lightning, appeared on my show a few times. Amoree Lovell, who sang / played keyboards in this group, played a lot of shows solo, and was fantastic to watch. www.discogs.com...
	👻 10:44pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @10:43 I have the whole live session somewhere, here, in the Lounge...
	👻 10:44pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Vampire Bat" by "Wesley Willis" The first correct guess that Mr. Fab made about our playlist this week was that it would include Wesley Willis!
	10:45pm WR: Booo. Enjoyed the episode, will listen to the ending tomorrow as my alarm clock. Thank you! Austin! Mr. X! Ramen City Kid and all contributors and music-ers. Laters.
	10:45pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @10:44 not the song i predicted, but this is a great one!
	👻 10:45pm Austin Rich: ↳ WR @10:45 Ahhh! Thanks for making an appearance, WR!
	10:45pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Vampire Bat" by "Wesley Willis" @Fab: Will this do, instead?
	10:46pm wenzo: Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey
	👻 10:46pm Austin Rich: ↳ wenzo @10:46 Wenzo! Yay!
	10:46pm Mr. X: ↳ Mr Fab @10:45 LOL. Okay.
	10:47pm Mr Fab: i saw Wesley live, late '90s. Half the show was him shouting stuff, and asking girls to head-butt him.
	10:47pm Mr. X: ↳ WR @10:45 Thanks for tuning in, WR.
	👻 10:48pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @10:47 I saw him too, 1998 I think? On tour with the Katzenjammer Kids, or some power pop group. It was about how you describe. I did get to talk to him for a few minutes, and bought a CD from him.
	10:48pm wenzo: @Mr. Fab… did they?
	👻 10:50pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Ghosts" by "Japan" Another selection that I don't think I would have made on my own, but I've grown fond of since we started working on this show.
	10:51pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:50 One of my favorites from my brother's record collection in the 80s.
	👻 10:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Ghost Rides To West" by "Messer Chups" The second tune that Mr. Fab correctly guessed that we would be playing tonight!
	👻 10:53pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Ghost Rides To West" by "Messer Chups" Another band that The Ramen City Kid hipped me to, just prior to their blow-up in the US, after this album came out. He had some tunes by their previous band that were pretty great.
	👻 10:54pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Ghost House" by "David and Jad Fair" These two have always had a weird vibe to their music, and when they started leaning into monster and halloween songs, I think they really started to shine.
	10:54pm Mr Fab: ↳ wenzo @10:48 yes, several did!
	10:56pm Mr. X: So yeah, these last two were Austin's picks.
	👻 10:56pm Austin Rich: We might go a few minutes over...
	10:56pm Mr Fab: ↳ Song: "Ghost House" by "David and Jad Fair" very Residential
	10:57pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @10:56 Go for it!
	👻 11:01pm Austin Rich: One more song, and then I'll get out of here...
	11:01pm Mr. X: This was fun, Austin. Thanks for letting me play in your sandbox.
	👻 11:01pm Austin Rich: In case it wasn't evident: when Xeres and I improvise like this, I'm most certainly doing my hardest to channel a healthy dose of Firesign Theater.
	👻 11:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @11:01 Any time! I do love your selections.
	👻 11:02pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @11:01 Still tuned in and digging the show! Total great job to everyone!! Super enjoyed the program!
	👻 11:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Walking In The Rain" by "Grace Jones" I do love Grace Jones. Her albums are so cool.
	11:03pm Mr. X: ↳ Heather Z @11:02 Thanks Heather!
	👻 11:03pm ramencity: <3 Grace Jones. I'd pushed that doc Bloodlight and Bami to the top of my Netflix queue hoping they'd send some free discs but no dice... Cheerio yall!
	👻 11:03pm Heather Z: ↳ Mr. X @11:03 Looking forward to the next time you're on!!
	👻 11:03pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @11:03 Hmmmm... I need to see that doc.
	👻 11:04pm Austin Rich: I think Mr. X will return, November 7th!
	11:04pm Mr. X: ↳ Heather Z @11:03 Nov 7 actually.
	👻 11:04pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @11:04 Yesssss!!!
	11:05pm Mr Fab: What a party! Thanks all.
	👻 11:05pm Austin Rich: And a dramatic transition! Thank's Sheena's!

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from October 17, 2023

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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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October 17, 2023: Lost In A Haunted House w/ Xeres of Xeron! (Halloween Spooktacular 2023!)

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Approx. start time
Ghost Beat "Ghost Beat"
Xeres & Austin	Lost In A Haunted House (Part 1)	Lost In A Haunted House	Mid-Valley Mutations	2023	0:05:24 (Pop-up)
Jah Wobble	Fading "Fading" by "Jah Wobble"	Jah Wobble's Bedroom Album	Lago Records	1983	0:12:38 (Pop-up)
Laughing Clowns	Ghost Beat "Ghost Beat" by "Laughing Clowns"	3	Prince Melon Records	1981	0:15:34 (Pop-up)
Dead Ghosts	Haunted House "Haunted House" by "Dead Ghosts"	Dead Ghosts	Flordias Dying	2010	0:18:50 (Pop-up)
Johnny Fuller	Haunted House "Haunted House" by "Johnny Fuller"	"Haunted House" b/w "The Mighty Hand"	Speciality Records	1959	0:20:31 (Pop-up)
The New Orleans Owls	White Ghost Shivers	The New Orleans Owls	VJM Records	1969	0:22:58 (Pop-up)
Prairie Ramblers	Ghost in the Graveyard	Legendary Songs of The Old West	Murray Hill Records	1980	0:25:40 (Pop-up)
Mel Tormé	The House Is Haunted (By the Echo of Your Last Good-bye)	Tormé	Verve Records	1959	0:28:19 (Pop-up)
My Friend, The Ghost? "My Friend, The Ghost?"
Xeres & Austin	Lost In A Haunted House (Part 2)	Lost In A Haunted House	Mid-Valley Mutations	2023	0:31:08 (Pop-up)
Pink Floyd	Seamus "Seamus" by "Pink Floyd"	Meddle	Harvest	1971	0:34:00 (Pop-up)
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra	My Friend The Ghost	"Make Love To Me" b/w "My Friend The Ghost"	Bell Records	1954	0:36:07 (Pop-up)
Fate vs. Free Will Turn Signals	Watch Out For Everything Around Here	Wolf In A Pulpit	Self-Released	1987	0:38:57 (Pop-up)
Gerard Way	Baby You're A Haunted House	Baby You're a Haunted House	Reprise Records	2018	0:41:38 (Pop-up)
The Garden	Haunted House on Zillow	Horseshit on Route 66	Vada Vada	2023	0:44:33 (Pop-up)
Tegan and Sara	Walking With a Ghost	Walking With A Ghost	Vapor Records	2004	0:45:40 (Pop-up)
The 5 Jones Boys	Mr. Ghost Goes To Town	"Mr. Ghost Goes To Town" b/w "Doin' The Suzie-Q"	Variety Records	1937	0:48:11 (Pop-up)
Patsy Montana	The Yodeling Ghost "The Yodeling Ghost" by "Patsy Montana"	The Yodeling Cowgirl	Cattle Records	1983	0:50:58 (Pop-up)
The Andrews Sisters and Bing Crosby	The Yodeling Ghost	The Andrews Sisters and Friends	Indie Europe/Zoom	2008	0:54:01 (Pop-up)
Daniel Johnston	Casper, the Friendly Ghost	Yip/Jump Music	Self-Released	1983	0:57:12 (Pop-up)
Space IS The Place? "Space IS The Place?"
Xeres & Austin	Lost In A Haunted House (Part 3)	Lost In A Haunted House	Mid-Valley Mutations	2023	1:07:35 (Pop-up)
The Marketts	Bat Cave "Bat Cave" by "The Marketts"	The Batman Theme Played By The Marketts	Warner Bros. Records	1966	1:11:18 (Pop-up)
Tuxedomoon	Joeboy...(Joeboy The Electronic Ghost)	Joeboy...(Joeboy The Electronic Ghost)	Tidal Wave Records	1978	1:13:24 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra	Space is the Place "Space is the Place" by "Sun Ra"	The Antique Blacks	El Saturn Records	1974	1:16:13 (Pop-up)
Maynard Ferguson	Theme From Star Trek	Theme From Star Trek	Columbia Records	1977	1:24:14 (Pop-up)
Isao Tomita	Arabesque No. 1 "Arabesque No. 1" by "Isao Tomita"	"Arabesque No. 1" b/w "Snowflakes Are Dancing"	RCA Records	1974	1:30:17 (Pop-up)
Nouvelle Vague	Bela Lugosi's Dead	Bande À Part	Luka Bop	2006	1:34:10 (Pop-up)
Ghost House Blues "Ghost House Blues"
Xeres & Austin	Lost In A Haunted House (Part 4)	Lost In A Haunted House	Mid-Valley Mutations	2023	1:37:58 (Pop-up)
The Human Genome Project	Robot Affliction (Live)	17 September 2004	Mid-Valley Mutations	2004	1:41:04 (Pop-up)
Wesley Willis	Vampire Bat "Vampire Bat" by "Wesley Willis"	Greatest Hits	Alternative Tentacles	1995	1:44:00 (Pop-up)
Japan	Ghosts "Ghosts" by "Japan"	Ghosts	Virgin Records	1982	1:46:37 (Pop-up)
Messer Chups	Ghost Rides To West "Ghost Rides To West" by "Messer Chups"	Crazy Price	Ipecac Recordings	2005	1:50:56 (Pop-up)
David and Jad Fair	Ghost House "Ghost House" by "David and Jad Fair"	Halloween Songs	Thick Syrup Records	2008	1:53:37 (Pop-up)
Walking In The Rain... "Walking In The Rain..."
Xeres & Austin	Lost In A Haunted House (Part 5)	Lost In A Haunted House	Mid-Valley Mutations	2023	1:55:57 (Pop-up)
Grace Jones	Walking In The Rain "Walking In The Rain" by "Grace Jones"	Nightclubbing	Island Records	1981	2:00:40 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	👻 5:19pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	8:59pm Mr. X: W-where are we?
	8:59pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Ahoy!
	👻 9:01pm ramencity: Boo!
	9:01pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Just enjoying the show with my kitty by my side
	👻 9:01pm ramencity: Va! I am Bat Pumpkin
	9:02pm Mr Fab: Count Austin! How brilliant is Dr Sarcofiguy? Looking forward to this witch's brew of radio ghoul-ash.
	9:03pm Krys O.: Good googamooga!
	9:04pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Ooh! I love a good Riff!
	👻 9:06pm Austin Rich: Thanks for your patience, everyone. I'm glad to see the chat already so full, so early! Let's have some Halloween fun!
	9:07pm Mr Fab: oct 31, Herk Hilligoss returns with a 5 hour marathon of old Halloween records. wfmu.org... Special Programming ALL DAY on All Hallow's Eve.
	👻 9:07pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:07 YES!
	9:09pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Nicely descriptive
	9:12pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Old attics often hold mysterious mirrors
	👻 9:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:12 I was certainly trying to hit all the Haunted House tropes in one fell swoop.
	👻 9:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @9:01 That is exactly the phrase that you say, over and over again, to perfect your "Halloween Accent."
	9:14pm Krys O.: I went trick or treating to a castle once. It was Ward's Castle near my aunt's house in Greenwich, CT. The caretakers let us in and gave us candy. It was lovely inside with red velvet curtains. en.wikipedia.org...
	9:14pm Mr Fab: ↳ Song: "Fading" by "Jah Wobble" I think of a "bedroom album" as something you'd play when it's time to get your ol' lady in a romantic mood. Which this album MIGHT do...
	👻 9:15pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:14 Woah! That is certainly a castle! Very cool.
	9:15pm Mr. X: I hope everyone is listening on speakers with good bass response. Jah Wobble doesn't really get through if you can't hear the bass.
	👻 9:15pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:14 I could see this album fitting that bill. I used to lean on, "Funhouse," by the Stooges, and Tangerine Dream records.
	9:16pm Mr. X: I first heard The Laughing Clowns on a mix tape that a friend made for me, labeled "Annoying Music."
	9:17pm Mr Fab: ↳ Krys O. @9:14 That's cool, Krys! I wonder what the Beverly Hills "witch house" does on Halloween? Maybe I'll take Li'l Fab there this year. en.wikipedia.org...
	👻 9:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:15 On that note: The Playlist tonight is largely selected by Mr. X / Xeres himself, with a little massaging and input from me. What I like about his choices is that they are adjacent to the kind of stuff that I would play anyway, but certainly, have his own take on things, which I appreciate.
	👻 9:17pm ramencity: ↳ Mr. X @9:16 Recreating that playlist should be your next guest appearance!
	👻 9:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:17 That house looks excellent! How cool.
	9:18pm Mr. X: ↳ ramencity @9:17 Nice idea. It also had Sun Ra and Mission of Burma on it.
	9:18pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Mr Fab @9:17 Awesome house
	👻 9:18pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:18 That's already sounding like a classic episode!
	9:19pm Mr Fab: ↳ Mr. X @9:16 Whoever made that tape needs a show here.
	👻 9:19pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Haunted House" by "Dead Ghosts" I'm going to need to track down this album. It sounds like something I would really enjoy, based on this track alone.
	9:20pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Who here has seen the cartoon Face Like A Frog?
	👻 9:21pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:20 Funny story about that: I went to a conference, in college, that was hosted at a college in Florida, and Sally Cruikshank (who animated that cartoon) was the guest speaker! And she was delightful.
	9:21pm Mr. X: ↳ Mr Fab @9:19 He was a DJ on KRVM Eugene, OR named Paul Sturtz. Later in life he moved to Columbia, MO and founded a film festival there and ran for mayor.
	👻 9:21pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:21 You need to write a novel about all the strange people you know, and all the odd things they have done.
	9:22pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @9:21 IKR
	9:23pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @9:21 Cool. She is certainly talented
	👻 9:23pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Haunted House" by "Johnny Fuller" There are so many versions of this song, and it is often available for Karaoke, at many bars. However, it is so monotonous that it is sort of hard to sing. I've tried occasionally, but I'll let the pros handle that one.
	👻 9:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:23 I have a DVD of her cartoons, that she signed for me. I think her work with Oingo Boingo is fantastic!
	9:25pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: My dream crossing would be Robert Englund starring in a movie written by Stephen King and produced and directed by Charles Band with music by Albert Bouchard
	👻 9:26pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Ghost in the Graveyard" by "Prairie Ramblers" I get this song stuck in my head, this time of year. I have it on a few Halloween playlists, and it is so excellent... but a total earworm, too.
	9:27pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Song: "Ghost in the Graveyard" by "Prairie Ramblers" This makes me think of Max Fleischer
	👻 9:29pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "The House Is Haunted (By the Echo of Your Last Go... For the longest time, I completely discounted this song, thinking it was too corny. But when Xeres suggested this version, I realized that it IS wonderfully creepy. Thanks for suggestions this tune, Xeres!
	9:31pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @9:29 It's definitely corny like candy corn.
	9:33pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Aaaargh! Vogon poetry!!
	👻 9:33pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:33 It's only the third worst in the universe, if I'm not mistaken.
	9:34pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: As long as the dog does not go Lynchee kinchee collie Mollie dingo dingo you're probably OK
	👻 9:35pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Seamus" by "Pink Floyd" My aunt gifted me this LP, from her collection, before she passed. It was one of the last times I got to see her before she passed. (Well, the last time she was in full control of her faculties.)
	9:35pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Seamus" by "Pink Floyd" Not that Austin would ordinarily play Pink Floyd...
	9:35pm Mr Fab: ↳ Song: "Seamus" by "Pink Floyd" Interesting..? I love the "Meddle" album, but this charming blues is just about the least scary thing Pink Floyd recorded.
	👻 9:36pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:35 I think it mostly ties into the dog that we heard while we were digging around in the attic.
	9:36pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @9:33 Worst came from Earth
	9:36pm Mr. X: ↳ Mr Fab @9:35 The neighbor's dog was barking while we recorded the dialog. So we had to find something to segue with the damn dog.
	9:36pm Mr Fab: ↳ Song: "White Ghost Shivers" by "The New Orleans Owls" went on a "haunted New Orleans" tour one time I was there. Tim Burton def needs to set his next film there.
	👻 9:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:36 That's what the guide says, anyway.
	9:37pm Mr Fab: ↳ Mr. X @9:36 Haha! Got it.
	9:37pm Krys O.: ↳ Song: "Ghost in the Graveyard" by "Prairie Ramblers" That had to be Jack Mercer the original voice of Popeye on that song. Hence the Fleischer cartoon quality.
	9:38pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @9:37 Of course the Guide is known to be definitively inaccurate
	👻 9:38pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:36 I've been wanting to visit. Does Quintron and Miss Pussycat still have a club there?
	👻 9:38pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:37 Oh! Of course! Good ear, Krys!
	9:39pm Mr. X: ↳ Krys O. @9:37 Ah, now it all makes sense. Thanks!
	👻 9:42pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Baby You're A Haunted House" by "Gerard Way" I have also had this one stuck in my head, since Mr. X tossed this one into the playlist.
	9:44pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @9:42 It's grunge, yet cutesy sing-song.
	9:44pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @9:38 Wow, just realized I haven't been in over 20 years?! So I have no idea.
	👻 9:45pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:44 I think the kids call that "Power Pop"?
	9:45pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Haunted House on Zillow" by "The Garden" I just thought the title was funny.
	9:46pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Mr. X @9:45 Even funnier than Greg Brady Wants Me Dead
	👻 9:47pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:44 That was always my plan: try to find Quintron and Miss Pussycant, when I visited. It still hasn't happened, and I guess they could still be there... so... maybe?
	9:47pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Triple walk cross song "Walk the Dinosaur With A Ghost Like An Egyptian
	9:48pm Krys O.: Good night, all! Thanks, Austin!
	👻 9:48pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:47 Zing!
	9:48pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Krys O. @9:48 Sleep well
	👻 9:48pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:48 Sleep well, Krys! Thanks for droppin' in!
	👻 9:49pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Mr. Ghost Goes To Town" by "The 5 Jones Boys" This is also a Halloween Ear-worm for me. I get this one stuck in my head all the time.
	👻 9:52pm Austin Rich: I think the sweet spot for me with be old country halloween songs. Like... it's just the best music for creepy sad songs.
	9:52pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Song: "The Yodeling Ghost" by "Patsy Montana" I can't believe this came out in 1983 sounds like a 30s song.
	9:52pm Mr. X: I can't hear yodeling without thinking of Mars Attacks, and how yodeling made the aliens' heads explode.
	👻 9:53pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:52 I suspect this is a compilation of older tunes, but I don't know for sure.
	9:54pm Mr. X: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:52 Yeah, that's most likely a re-issue date.
	👻 9:54pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:52 I love that movie. It is so well made, and SO hilarious.
	9:55pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Two songs that I think of every Halloween and St Patrick day are The Irish Ballad and Ba-Room!
	9:55pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "The Yodeling Ghost" by "The Andrews Sisters and B... Obviously also a re-issue date.
	👻 9:55pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "The Yodeling Ghost" by "The Andrews Sisters and B... You know how to completely capture my attention? Put some Andrews Sisters on a mix-tape for me. They are just so excellent!
	9:56pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @9:54 Indeed
	👻 9:56pm ramencity: I hope someone recorded a "Scat-Singin' Ghost"...
	9:56pm Mr. X: I think it's weird that there are two totally different songs called "The Yodeling Ghost." How did that happen?
	👻 9:56pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @9:56 I think that's your big hit next year!
	👻 9:57pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:56 I was nervous at first that they were the same, but no, not really.
	9:58pm Mr Fab: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:52 recorded c. 1954
	9:58pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Was that a See & Say?
	👻 9:58pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:58 Yep!
	👻 9:59pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Casper, the Friendly Ghost" by "Daniel Johnston" As a young man, before it was easy to find them online, I spent a lot of time trying to track down old Daniel Johnston tapes. I still have a ton!
	9:59pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @9:58 Had one as a child. As well as a GE Show & Tell
	9:59pm Mr Fab: how 'bout an eephin' ghost?
	👻 10:01pm ramencity: ↳ Mr Fab @9:59 TIL about eephing!
	10:02pm Aitch: quietly mutating off in the corner
	10:03pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Aitch @10:02 Nice to have a fellow mutation around
	10:03pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Speaking of houses, don't forget the Dangerous Kitchen.
	👻 10:06pm Heather Z: Been ghouling and grooving here!! Yodeling, too, apparently? Like many. Many. Many ghosts do, I've learned.
	10:07pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Heather Z @10:06 Glad to help out with the Max Headroom project
	10:08pm Mr Fab: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:03 Spacebrother just played it yesterday!
	👻 10:09pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @10:08 I was trying to remember where I heard that recently...
	10:09pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Mr Fab @10:08 Oh man! I gotta listen to more FMU.
	10:10pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Washu's lab?
	👻 10:11pm Heather Z: Uh oh, haunted chat, y'all. Just got booted and signed out. But... I'd just signed in!
	👻 10:12pm Austin Rich: This seems like a good time to admit this: Xeres and I improvised these voice-over bits, after some pre-planning and rough outlines, with the idea that we would add SFX and other sounds after the fact. It seemed a little rough before the sounds, but I have to admit, it seems to have all worked out, in the end. I like working with Xeres, because I think we have comparable senses of humor... in spite of the slight age difference between us.
	10:12pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Bat Cave" by "The Marketts" My first LP ever, purchased at PayLess Drugstore when I was 8.
	👻 10:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:12 This is a great first record!
	👻 10:13pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @10:12 I love this BTS! I wondered if it was improv or scripted or both! Awesome stuff all around.
	10:14pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Bat Cave" by "The Marketts" So from what I understand it, The Marketts involved some people from the Wrecking Crew, but they were separate from The Wrecking Crew.
	10:14pm Mr Fab: ↳ Mr. X @10:12 Good choice! The Marketts were a good surf band, they did the classic "Out of Limits" (as you may very well know).
	👻 10:14pm Austin Rich: Xeres and I have a free-improv / novelty act called Human Dinosaur, and we released our first EP this summer: humandinosaur.bandcamp.com...
	👻 10:15pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @10:14 I think that's the album I have, found at a thrift store.
	10:16pm Mr. X: In 1985, my band rehearsed in a studio in San Francisco that Tuxedommon had used prior to moving to Germany.
	10:16pm Mr Fab: ↳ Song: "Casper, the Friendly Ghost" by "Daniel Johnston" Gotta admit, i was expecting Wesley Willis "Casper, the Homosexual Friendly Ghost" after the Daniel Johnston.
	👻 10:16pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:16 That's right! I forgot about that story. We really need to get more of those audio journals recorded.
	👻 10:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @10:16 We're keepin' our powder dry, sir. But we don't want to find out what it's like to disobey you.
	10:20pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @10:17 But that would be predictable! It's good to be surprised.
	10:21pm Mr. X: I've seen Sun Ra twice, in the 90s.
	👻 10:21pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:21 Lucky! I never did, but I think by the time I was hip to the Sun Ra scene, it was a bit late for me. Still, I love watching old clips online.
	10:25pm Mr Fab: I willing to bet that I'm the only person whose high school yearbook senior quote was by Sun Ra.
	👻 10:27pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @10:25 Oh, wow! That's pretty cool. I think the first person who told me about Sun Ra had to be The Ramen City Kid, who basically introduced me to all cool things. (Mabye Guitar Wolf was the only band I found first.)
	10:27pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Theme From Star Trek" by "Maynard Ferguson" Not that Austin would ordinarily play Maynard Ferguson.
	👻 10:28pm Austin Rich: I think the only "cool" thing I was into in High School was Uncle Tupelo, because my girlfriend in High School was Jay Farrar's cousin, and she had a complete set of his albums / singles.
	👻 10:30pm ramencity: ↳ Song: "Theme From Star Trek" by "Maynard Ferguson" I wish I could see the version of Star Trek where this was the theme song...
	10:30pm Mr Fab: this is pretty mersh for a legit jazz dude like Maynard Ferguson. But hey, gotta pay the bills, eh?
	👻 10:31pm ramencity: ↳ Song: "Arabesque No. 1" by "Isao Tomita" ZOMG STAR HUSTLER!!!
	👻 10:31pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @10:30 Since you popped in: Nov. 14th, The Ramen City Kid and I will bring you a show called, "The People Who Died," trying to cover a bunch of the people we lost in 2023!
	10:31pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Getting sleepy. Looking forward to next week's shows.
	👻 10:31pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @10:31 I think that's why Xeres picked it?
	10:31pm Mr. X: ↳ ramencity @10:31 Bingo! You got it in one!
	👻 10:31pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:31 Sleep well! See you next time.
	👻 10:31pm Heather Z: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:31 Get a good rest!
	10:32pm Mr Fab: ↳ ramencity @10:30 Everyone doin that dance craze the "Mr Spock" at the Enterprise's disco.
	👻 10:32pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @10:32 If you and Ramen City Kid write it, I will see about doing a radio adaptation.
	10:32pm Mr Fab: ↳ Mr Fab @10:32 You know Lt. Uhuru would be the DJ.
	10:34pm Mr. X: I tried to play some Tomita for my mom, and she just laughed at it.
	👻 10:35pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:34 Ahh, really? I love those Tomita albums! I found most of them for a buck each at thrift stores.
	10:35pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Bela Lugosi's Dead" by "Nouvelle Vague" Better than the original? Anyone with me on that?
	👻 10:36pm Austin Rich: ↳ Austin Rich @10:35 Your mom often has good taste, too, and even enjoys some experimental stuff... so she knows good music.
	👻 10:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:35 I'm not sure I have THAT strong a opinion on the song... my fave would probably be a weird surf version with movie samples in it. Does that exist?
	👻 10:37pm Heather Z: ↳ Mr. X @10:35 This is awesome! I do have such a nostalgia for Bauhaus' version, though. And affection for.
	10:38pm Mr. X: Nouvelle Vague does some wonderfully sultry covers of punk and 80s music.
	👻 10:39pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:38 I'll certainly hear more, based on your recommendation. Maybe some of their other tunes would grab me more.
	10:39pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @10:37 Close, but not quite - Messer Chups side-project The Bonecollectors did a kind of rockabilly version: messer-chups.bandcamp.com... Tho I love your concept. Gotta make that happen.
	👻 10:40pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @10:39 Oh... I'm glad you mentioned them, too...
	10:40pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:39 I suggest "Guns of Brixton" and "Making Plans for Nigel."
	👻 10:42pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Robot Affliction (Live)" by "The Human Genome Pro... Way back in the day, I did a weekend roadie gig, where I helped this and a couple other bands with a few shows. Based on that weekend, I asked them to appear on my show, and this is from that session. I loved stalking them.
	10:43pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @10:42 yeah this is cool - very Soft Cell.
	👻 10:43pm Austin Rich: ↳ Austin Rich @10:42 One spin off project, The Bugs Of Lightning, appeared on my show a few times. Amoree Lovell, who sang / played keyboards in this group, played a lot of shows solo, and was fantastic to watch. www.discogs.com...
	👻 10:44pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @10:43 I have the whole live session somewhere, here, in the Lounge...
	👻 10:44pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Vampire Bat" by "Wesley Willis" The first correct guess that Mr. Fab made about our playlist this week was that it would include Wesley Willis!
	10:45pm WR: Booo. Enjoyed the episode, will listen to the ending tomorrow as my alarm clock. Thank you! Austin! Mr. X! Ramen City Kid and all contributors and music-ers. Laters.
	10:45pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @10:44 not the song i predicted, but this is a great one!
	👻 10:45pm Austin Rich: ↳ WR @10:45 Ahhh! Thanks for making an appearance, WR!
	10:45pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Vampire Bat" by "Wesley Willis" @Fab: Will this do, instead?
	10:46pm wenzo: Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey
	👻 10:46pm Austin Rich: ↳ wenzo @10:46 Wenzo! Yay!
	10:46pm Mr. X: ↳ Mr Fab @10:45 LOL. Okay.
	10:47pm Mr Fab: i saw Wesley live, late '90s. Half the show was him shouting stuff, and asking girls to head-butt him.
	10:47pm Mr. X: ↳ WR @10:45 Thanks for tuning in, WR.
	👻 10:48pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @10:47 I saw him too, 1998 I think? On tour with the Katzenjammer Kids, or some power pop group. It was about how you describe. I did get to talk to him for a few minutes, and bought a CD from him.
	10:48pm wenzo: @Mr. Fab… did they?
	👻 10:50pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Ghosts" by "Japan" Another selection that I don't think I would have made on my own, but I've grown fond of since we started working on this show.
	10:51pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:50 One of my favorites from my brother's record collection in the 80s.
	👻 10:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Ghost Rides To West" by "Messer Chups" The second tune that Mr. Fab correctly guessed that we would be playing tonight!
	👻 10:53pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Ghost Rides To West" by "Messer Chups" Another band that The Ramen City Kid hipped me to, just prior to their blow-up in the US, after this album came out. He had some tunes by their previous band that were pretty great.
	👻 10:54pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Ghost House" by "David and Jad Fair" These two have always had a weird vibe to their music, and when they started leaning into monster and halloween songs, I think they really started to shine.
	10:54pm Mr Fab: ↳ wenzo @10:48 yes, several did!
	10:56pm Mr. X: So yeah, these last two were Austin's picks.
	👻 10:56pm Austin Rich: We might go a few minutes over...
	10:56pm Mr Fab: ↳ Song: "Ghost House" by "David and Jad Fair" very Residential
	10:57pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @10:56 Go for it!
	👻 11:01pm Austin Rich: One more song, and then I'll get out of here...
	11:01pm Mr. X: This was fun, Austin. Thanks for letting me play in your sandbox.
	👻 11:01pm Austin Rich: In case it wasn't evident: when Xeres and I improvise like this, I'm most certainly doing my hardest to channel a healthy dose of Firesign Theater.
	👻 11:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @11:01 Any time! I do love your selections.
	👻 11:02pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @11:01 Still tuned in and digging the show! Total great job to everyone!! Super enjoyed the program!
	👻 11:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Walking In The Rain" by "Grace Jones" I do love Grace Jones. Her albums are so cool.
	11:03pm Mr. X: ↳ Heather Z @11:02 Thanks Heather!
	👻 11:03pm ramencity: <3 Grace Jones. I'd pushed that doc Bloodlight and Bami to the top of my Netflix queue hoping they'd send some free discs but no dice... Cheerio yall!
	👻 11:03pm Heather Z: ↳ Mr. X @11:03 Looking forward to the next time you're on!!
	👻 11:03pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @11:03 Hmmmm... I need to see that doc.
	👻 11:04pm Austin Rich: I think Mr. X will return, November 7th!
	11:04pm Mr. X: ↳ Heather Z @11:03 Nov 7 actually.
	👻 11:04pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @11:04 Yesssss!!!
	11:05pm Mr Fab: What a party! Thanks all.
	👻 11:05pm Austin Rich: And a dramatic transition! Thank's Sheena's!

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from October 17, 2023

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