WFMU: Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from August 13, 2024

Listener comments!
	7:53pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	8:23pm Don-O: Hello Good!
	8:53pm Imaginos: Ahoy me hearties
	8:58pm Mr. X: Firing up the mirror ball...
	9:00pm Austin Rich: Wonderful to see you, Don-O, Imaginos, and Mr. X! Hopefully you have your dancing shoes on!
	9:00pm Krys O.: Howdy!
	9:01pm Austin Rich: Krys O! Hooray!
	9:01pm laurapanic: at the CLUB you say??
	9:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @9:01 laurapanic! I suspect your moves will be setting the tone on the dancefloor!
	9:02pm WR: Sell drinks? Um, no thanks, I'm good.
	9:02pm Imaginos: Someone need a dust bath?
	9:02pm univac: [teleport sfx] Hello!
	9:04pm Krys O.: Sounds fine here.
	9:04pm Austin Rich: WR and univac! Yay!
	9:04pm Imaginos: I can
	9:07pm Austin Rich: Time to dance!
	9:07pm Mr. X: Are we dancing yet?
	9:08pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:07 Each in our own way...
	9:09pm laurapanic: getting up from work computer. TIME OUT FOR FUN
	9:09pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @9:09 The best way to start any DJ set.
	9:10pm Austin Rich: Devo and I go way back, and my mom gave me my first Devo LPs. (The first one, and "Shout.") But when I would DJ, "Time Out For Fun" usually started each set.
	9:11pm Don-O: Devo and Art Of Noise certainly made the 80's more bearable for me. Picky Picky me!
	9:12pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Peter Gunn (Extended Version.)" by "The Art of No... When I was a VERY wee lad, I saw a magic routine on TV that was set to this song, and I was instantly hooked. But it took me years to find out what band this was, as my parents were not that much into Art of Noise. I've sort of gone a little obsessed since then...
	9:13pm Geoff-U: ↳ Don-O @9:11 I loved Art Of Noise - and I remember an obscure similar project called Sonic Architecture that they used to play on KBVR, the song was "Manhattan" and clearly influenced by AON
	9:13pm Austin Rich: "C'mon boys. Let's tear this mother DOWN."
	9:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ Don-O @9:11 We're all very picky, in our own way.
	9:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @9:13 Geoff-U! Join the party!
	9:15pm Geoff-U: The first three DEVO records were given to me by my parent's weirdo theoretical chemistry prof friend "Lucko" and my tender 10 year old mind was blown... an important moment in my development for sure. Wore the grooves out of those records
	9:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @9:15 Damn. Yeah, that's very cool. I was already in High School when my mom gifted me the ones that "were not selling" at her store. (Her loss - my gain!)
	9:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Go Satan, Go!" by "Messer Chups" I get this song stuck in my head about once a week.
	9:18pm Imaginos: Good show so far
	9:18pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Okay! (International Version)" by "O.K." One of the few tunes that I did not add my own cut-ups to for this set. This one is already full of them; no need to add!
	9:19pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:18 Hopefully I'm keeping the butts moving.
	9:20pm univac: Digging this Austin! I would dance to this, when possible.
	9:20pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @9:20 My taste in dance music is pretty narrow, but I DO like some. Speaking of: Ultravox appears later!
	9:21pm Geoff-U: oh Kasey... "These guys are from England who gives a shit?"
	9:21pm univac: I did do a decent share of dancing to music like this in the 80s, though. Industrial, New/No Wave, Goth, etc
	9:21pm Geoff-U: *and who
	9:22pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @9:20 Yay! We're seeing Midge Ure at the end of the month!
	9:22pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @9:22 Very cool! I bet that show will rule.
	9:22pm laurapanic: ↳ Austin Rich @9:19 i JUST HAD A VERY FUN MOVement break...I expect to be doing more with these funky tunes
	9:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @9:22 I do love a little "movement break." It's better to dance your way to lunch, anyway.
	9:24pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @9:22 Yeah. I saw him in 90 and ~92, but sadly never caught Ultravox... Great choice on the OMD track!
	9:24pm Austin Rich: Orchestral Beefheart In The Dark?
	9:25pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @9:24 I think OMD is making the rounds soon / now, too?
	9:25pm univac: Very weird.
	9:27pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @9:25 Not sure. That would be cool. Their last album was pretty good.
	9:31pm Krys O.: Good night, all! Thanks, Austin!
	9:34pm WR: Link to the book you are speaking about, I browsed the index. 'FMU gets several mentions, Old Codger, Hearty White as well as what Austin has mentioned.
	9:35pm univac: Whenever I DJ I tend to clear the dance floor. I'm kinda proud of that.
	9:35pm Austin Rich: A link to the book I was speaking of: sonicbonds.wordpress.com
	9:36pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @9:35 I should talk about that at the next break.
	9:36pm univac: I really dig this track, Austin. Great CD!
	9:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @9:36 I wanna re-do the drums, but I like almost everything else. But I think that's the problem... I keep wanting to change things that should be "done" already...
	9:37pm Mr. X: True confessions, when I lived in France in '82 I used to go to a disco and dance by myself like an idiot. I figured no one there knew me.
	9:39pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:37 I love that! Part of why moving to Portland was so appealing was that I could sort of do that too. Who wouldn't know I was ALWAYS the weirdo on the dancefloor?
	9:39pm Heather: Putting some miles on my dancing shoes tonight!! Awesome stuff, Austin! People at the gig must have gone wild on the dance floor!
	9:39pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @9:36 I DJ'd a thing at the Long Beach Aquarium where I was doing visuals and playing with a bunch of other music nerds. The Apple Watch had just come out and so of course I had to DJ with the watch controlling my iPhone then using AirPlay to the Mixer. Technologically it all worked, but my track choices definitely made everyone realize they needed to go get a beer or something...
	9:40pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @9:37 Well, since it is already out in the world, you should just consider it done and move on...hard to finish, I get it.
	9:40pm Mr. X: ↳ univac @9:39 At least the fish were a captive audience.
	9:40pm univac: ↳ Mr. X @9:37 I love this.
	9:41pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @9:39 I would have LOVED that.
	9:41pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Jazz Horse" by "Replikants" I think about this bassline ALL THE TIME. When I finally saw Replikants play, they did this, and it was fairly magical.
	9:41pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @9:41 Yes, you definitely would have. I enjoyed myself, laughing as the room emptied.
	9:42pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @9:41 I'm not familiar with this track. Really great!
	9:42pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Jazz Horse" by "Replikants" Replikants are members of unwound, with some of their friends. Not to be confused with Replicants (with a c), who are largely TOOL and their friends.
	9:43pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @9:42 I added The Repo Man stuff, but everything else is the tune.
	9:43pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @9:41 I've heard the voice sample...Who is it?
	9:43pm univac: Ah Repo Man!
	9:44pm Mr. X: ↳ univac @9:43 Only the greatest movie ever made...
	9:44pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:44 It is VERY high up there on my list of personal faves. It's sort of brilliantly non-sensical.
	9:44pm Austin Rich: "I think a lot about this kind of stuff. I do my best thinkin' on the bus."
	9:45pm Imaginos: Getting sleepy b but going to keep listening because this show is that cool
	9:45pm Austin Rich: "The more you drive, the less intelligent you are." I think about that every time I hit traffic.
	9:46pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "A Hole In The Wallet" by "Gang of Four" I have to warn my listeners: I've been listening to a LOT of Gang of Four lately. So you might be listening to a lot of Gang of Four, as a result.
	9:46pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:45 Ahhh, thanks! Hopefully the tunes will keep you motivated!
	9:46pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @9:46 This reminds me I've got a Gang of Four bootleg cassette that I've been meaning to digitize.
	9:48pm Austin Rich: "Money isn't real. It doesn't matter."
	9:48pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:46 Ooooo! I would want to hear that, too!
	9:49pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @9:48 I'll mail you the CD when I finally do it.
	9:51pm univac: This is great Ministry. I've never heard this one!
	9:51pm Austin Rich: I saw Ministry once, in the 2000's, so they did NOT sound like this. I like stuff from different eras, but as I get older, I like the older stuff best.
	9:54pm Austin Rich: Anyone who has followed the show will not be surprised: I used some "AI Audio Tools" to help get rid of the music behind some of the samples, that I later cut up and sprinkled over the tracks tonight. Not always, but sometimes it makes the samples clearer.
	9:54pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @9:51 I saw Ministry in the early 90's, super great. But, I still love their early New Wave stuff, With Sympathy. This track is interesting, totally different and earlier than WS.
	9:55pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @9:54 It's from that in-between era, when they were changing, but weren't quite fully industrial yet.
	9:55pm Austin Rich: I think about this speech from "Network" far too often.
	9:56pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @9:55 Definitely. But they still had to put out the pop album first (1983)
	9:56pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @9:55 So good.
	9:57pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @9:56 Oh! I misunderstood the timeline. I guess that album really was a step backwards for them.
	9:57pm univac: I'm working on the script, Austin. Great soundtrack for it.
	9:57pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Beep Street" by "Squarepusher" Of course, when this band was new and hot, and super popular, I wouldn't listen to it, and really turned up my nose with regard to Squarepusher. Of course, now, I LOVE THIS SHIT.
	9:58pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @9:57 Yeah, weird. Previewing a bit of what was to come later.
	9:58pm univac: I love Squarepusher too.
	10:01pm Imaginos: Austin once again has successfully introduced me to something new and wonderful
	10:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @10:01 I do what I can. If radio can't help in that way, then why am I doing this?
	10:12pm univac: ↳ Song: "You'll Dance To Anything [Edited 'Hung Like A Hor... Excellent.
	10:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "You'll Dance To Anything [Edited 'Hung Like A Hor... This is the aforementioned tune, where I have removed some offensive language that doesn't really work in 2024. Hopefully it sounds seamless. I really do have this 12", and played it at DJ gigs often.
	10:15pm Mr. X: There was a street busker in San Francisco called the Human Jukebox - can't remember if it was the 70s or 80s. It was like some guy in a carboard refrigerator box. You'd put a quarter in and make a request, and he would open a flap to make a window to appear in, and he'd try to riff on the tune - with varying degrees of accuracy.
	10:15pm WR: Have to drop off early tonight. Thanks for the party, Austin. Laters all.
	10:15pm Austin Rich: "Blow it out your hairdo, 'cause you work at Hardee's!" was the title of a paper my friend Caroline wrote in College, about class and jobs.
	10:15pm Austin Rich: ↳ WR @10:15 Sleep well, WR!
	10:16pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @10:15 lol!
	10:16pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:15 Ha! That's great. That's like those fake "robots" that people used to build in the 19th Century, and tour around to show to audiences.
	10:16pm WR: ↳ Austin Rich @9:35 LOL, yeah, I forgot to paste the link. I knew I'm getting sleepy.
	10:17pm univac: ↳ Song: "Dancing With Tears In My Eyes [US Special Re-Mix]... Excellent. This is a great remix too! I have this 12".
	10:18pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @10:17 I only have one Ultravox LP. I've been trying to change that, but people don't seem to be parting with their Ultravox records, for some reason. Weird.
	10:18pm Heather: ↳ Austin Rich @10:13 Seamless edit! Perfect! I've always loved that song but I don't play it around anyone because of the outmoded language. Didn't take a thing away removing that little bit!
	10:19pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather @10:18 That was my thinking. It makes it a little more accessible, for SURE.
	10:19pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Dancing With Tears In My Eyes [US Special Re-Mix]... This song seems like it is about NOW, as much as it ever has.
	10:20pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @10:18 Hmm. Ultravox was the first bin I'd scour at record shops, then off to the rest. I've got a bunch of their 12" and 7"s.
	10:20pm Heather: ↳ Austin Rich @10:19 Yes, absolutely! You totally nailed it!
	10:20pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @10:20 Since I'm a tad younger, and it took me longer to find them, I have had less luck. And now when I do see them, they are not at affordable prices. Someday...
	10:20pm univac: Hello Heather!
	10:21pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "You'll Dance To Anything [Edited 'Hung Like A Hor... Dead Milkmen fans should check out this 2013 tune by ShiSho (Barno from Akron's daughters.) shisho.bandcamp.com...
	10:21pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:21 Oh yeah, they are connected. It's pretty rad.
	10:21pm Heather: ↳ univac @10:20 Hi univac!
	10:22pm univac: ↳ Song: "Dancing With Tears In My Eyes [US Special Re-Mix]... Love the extra-special MVM-edit with the dancing record, Austin!
	10:22pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @10:22 That one in particular had some "AI" assistance, to get the "Rhumba" songs out of the background.
	10:23pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @10:22 Sounds great!
	10:25pm univac: ↳ Song: "Radioactivity [The Mix]" by "Kraftwerk" Excellent!
	10:26pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Radioactivity [The Mix]" by "Kraftwerk" Ages ago, I had a friend who made me a tape that had this song on it, but he would mix it with another song, called, "I Think I've Gone Insane." And the mix would go on for AGES, cutting back and forth between those two songs, for a good 15 minutes on a tape. So when I hear this tune, I think of that annoying mix.
	10:26pm univac: I gotta run. Thx for the excellent butt-shakers Austin! My kind of dance music!
	10:26pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @10:26 Hell yeah. Talk to you soon!
	10:27pm Austin Rich: "How safe are they?" "Hmmm?"
	10:28pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:27 Safe as milk?
	10:28pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:28 These days? Not even the Milk is safe.
	10:28pm Imaginos: 🎶 🎵 awesomness
	10:29pm Austin Rich: That is going to be the title of the next Mini-Mutations album: "What, are you completely out of your mind? NOT EVEN THE MILK is safe, you madman!"
	10:29pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @10:28 Big meat recall recently, too
	10:30pm Austin Rich: "Chain reaction, and mutation. Contaminated population."
	10:30pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:29 Beefheart would roll over in his GMO Round-up radioctive grave.
	10:31pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Something Came Over Me" by "Throbbing Gristle" This is when the dancing gets more abstract... and more goth!
	10:33pm Austin Rich: Whenever you can fit in some Vincent Price... you fit in some Vincent Price.
	10:33pm Imaginos: Going to get some sleep
	10:33pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:31 Right...applying black lipstick, refusing to smile, swaying vaguely side to side...
	10:33pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @10:33 Sleep well!
	10:33pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @10:33 Thank you
	10:36pm Mr. X: Red Lorry Yellow Lorry: the least Goth-sounding name for a goth band.
	10:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:36 Ha! Good point. Every so often, you find a goth band with a name that doesn't quite fit. I sort of love that.
	10:39pm Geoff-U: This must have been a lot of fun to hear as an audience member in a DJ situation
	10:40pm Geoff-U: Definitely let me know if you do something like this again and it's a public event!
	10:40pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @10:39 I didn't get a lot of comments. It was still fun. Sometimes it's hard to know if people like this kind of thing.
	10:40pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @10:40 I will!
	10:43pm Austin Rich: The bit with the Big Lebowski samples is always a big hit with anyone I ask.
	10:43pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:43 Including me.
	10:44pm Geoff-U: haha yes... very cool. I saw that movie for the first time last year, I am a bit late to the party!
	10:44pm Austin Rich: This sequence with Larry and his father might be my favorite part of the movie.
	10:44pm Austin Rich: Larry is no snitch. Larry keeps his mouth shut.
	10:45pm Geoff-U: I gotta run and do some exterior house stuff before the sun goes down... thanks again for the great show!
	10:45pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @10:45 See ya next time!
	10:45pm Austin Rich: "You're killing your father!"
	10:46pm Austin Rich: "This is pointless." Yes, it is.
	10:46pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:44 Hard to choose. I tend to giggle throughout the entire movie.
	10:57pm Mr. X: I was once selected as an Arbitron diary survey respondent, and filled out their survey for a week, and they paid me a few bucks. I only listened to public radio stations at the time, so I felt like I was throwing a bit of a monkey wrench into their machine.
	10:57pm Austin Rich: We got a few more. Hopefully no one minds that we're going long!
	10:58pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:57 Those ratings are an honest reflection of your habits, so don't worry! I'm glad you got paid for it. Keeping track of your listening is work.
	10:59pm Austin Rich: "We have to leave the planet!" I'm with you, Terrance.
	11:00pm Heather: Awesome show!!! Enjoyed it thoroughly! Thanks and I'll be tuned in for the rest!
	11:00pm Austin Rich: Thanks for listening, Heather. It's not real dance music, but it's the kind I like.
	11:01pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:58 I only knew what Arbitron was because the professor of my History of Rock and Roll class went on about it at length.
	11:02pm Heather: ↳ Austin Rich @11:00 I would be pretty thrilled if I happened upon a set like this! But we don't have anyone doing anything like you do in town. So I'm thrilled to have had a chance to hear it tonight!
	11:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @11:01 Ha! That makes sense. I knew from working at radio stations. You could get your Arbitron Ratings if you wanted, and some stations did. Others didn't care.
	11:03pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "This Is Not Normal" by "Negativland" This song has been stuck in my head since this album came out.
	11:03pm Austin Rich: "Remember: Don't trust your memory."
	11:04pm Austin Rich: "THIS IS NOT NORMAL." I feel like I say this 100 times a day.
	11:04pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @11:04 Things not being normal has been normalized these days.
	11:04pm Austin Rich: "You turned it off, and everything you were doing was gone!"
	11:04pm Austin Rich: "AND THAT'S NORMAL."
	11:05pm Austin Rich: Seeing them play this in front of crowds a few times, this song really affects people.
	11:06pm Austin Rich: "You cannot forget what has happened to you. So don't trust your memory."
	11:07pm Mr. X: Good show tonight, Austin. My dancin' feet thank you.
	11:07pm Austin Rich: Thanks everyone!
	11:08pm Austin Rich: Time for the Pee Wee Ending that makes me cry, now that he's gone!
	11:08pm Austin Rich: (This is how I sneak out of the club: getting shot out of it on a scooter.)

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from August 13, 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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August 13, 2024: A Dance Party In The Mid-Valley

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Artist	Track	Approx. start time
	Austin & Mitch At The Club (Part 1) "Austin & Mitch At The Club (Part 1)"	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Shadows In Blue	Mid-Valley Mutations Opening Theme	0:02:01 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ:	Austin & Mitch At The Club (Part 2) "Austin & Mitch At The Club (Part 2)"	0:04:29 (Pop-up)
Seeking Electricity "Seeking Electricity"
Devo	Time Out For Fun "Time Out For Fun" by "Devo"	0:06:46 (Pop-up)
The Art of Noise feat. Duane Eddy	Peter Gunn (Extended Version.)	0:09:27 (Pop-up)
Messer Chups	Go Satan, Go! "Go Satan, Go!" by "Messer Chups"	0:15:14 (Pop-up)
O.K.	Okay! (International Version)	0:17:53 (Pop-up)
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark	Electricity	0:24:04 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ:	Austin & Mitch At The Club (Part 3) "Austin & Mitch At The Club (Part 3)"	0:27:30 (Pop-up)
One Holistic System of Systems "One Holistic System of Systems"
Mini-Mutations	Living In The Space Age	0:34:52 (Pop-up)
Replikants	Jazz Horse "Jazz Horse" by "Replikants"	0:40:24 (Pop-up)
Gang of Four	A Hole In The Wallet	0:45:06 (Pop-up)
Ministry	Same Old Madness (Live, 1982)	0:49:04 (Pop-up)
Squarepusher	Beep Street "Beep Street" by "Squarepusher"	0:54:40 (Pop-up)
Shot Reverse Shot	Recombined (In The Underground)	1:00:51 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ:	Austin & Mitch At The Club (Part 4) "Austin & Mitch At The Club (Part 4)"	1:04:27 (Pop-up)
Can't Stop / Won't Stop / Dancing! "Can't Stop / Won't Stop / Dancing!"
Dead Milkmen	You'll Dance To Anything [Edited 'Hung Like A Horse' Mix]	1:11:55 (Pop-up)
Ultravox	Dancing With Tears In My Eyes [US Special Re-Mix]	1:16:47 (Pop-up)
Kraftwerk	Radioactivity [The Mix]	1:24:18 (Pop-up)
Throbbing Gristle	Something Came Over Me	1:30:58 (Pop-up)
Mini-Mutations	Amoral & Incompetent / Is This Your Homework?	1:38:27 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ:	Austin & Mitch At The Club (Part 5) "Austin & Mitch At The Club (Part 5)"	1:47:14 (Pop-up)
Tangerine Dream	Snake Men's Dance At Dawn	1:57:19 (Pop-up)
Negativland	This Is Not Normal "This Is Not Normal" by "Negativland"	2:02:43 (Pop-up)
Shadows In Blue	Mid-Valley Mutations Closing Theme	2:06:24 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	7:53pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	8:23pm Don-O: Hello Good!
	8:53pm Imaginos: Ahoy me hearties
	8:58pm Mr. X: Firing up the mirror ball...
	9:00pm Austin Rich: Wonderful to see you, Don-O, Imaginos, and Mr. X! Hopefully you have your dancing shoes on!
	9:00pm Krys O.: Howdy!
	9:01pm Austin Rich: Krys O! Hooray!
	9:01pm laurapanic: at the CLUB you say??
	9:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @9:01 laurapanic! I suspect your moves will be setting the tone on the dancefloor!
	9:02pm WR: Sell drinks? Um, no thanks, I'm good.
	9:02pm Imaginos: Someone need a dust bath?
	9:02pm univac: [teleport sfx] Hello!
	9:04pm Krys O.: Sounds fine here.
	9:04pm Austin Rich: WR and univac! Yay!
	9:04pm Imaginos: I can
	9:07pm Austin Rich: Time to dance!
	9:07pm Mr. X: Are we dancing yet?
	9:08pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:07 Each in our own way...
	9:09pm laurapanic: getting up from work computer. TIME OUT FOR FUN
	9:09pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @9:09 The best way to start any DJ set.
	9:10pm Austin Rich: Devo and I go way back, and my mom gave me my first Devo LPs. (The first one, and "Shout.") But when I would DJ, "Time Out For Fun" usually started each set.
	9:11pm Don-O: Devo and Art Of Noise certainly made the 80's more bearable for me. Picky Picky me!
	9:12pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Peter Gunn (Extended Version.)" by "The Art of No... When I was a VERY wee lad, I saw a magic routine on TV that was set to this song, and I was instantly hooked. But it took me years to find out what band this was, as my parents were not that much into Art of Noise. I've sort of gone a little obsessed since then...
	9:13pm Geoff-U: ↳ Don-O @9:11 I loved Art Of Noise - and I remember an obscure similar project called Sonic Architecture that they used to play on KBVR, the song was "Manhattan" and clearly influenced by AON
	9:13pm Austin Rich: "C'mon boys. Let's tear this mother DOWN."
	9:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ Don-O @9:11 We're all very picky, in our own way.
	9:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @9:13 Geoff-U! Join the party!
	9:15pm Geoff-U: The first three DEVO records were given to me by my parent's weirdo theoretical chemistry prof friend "Lucko" and my tender 10 year old mind was blown... an important moment in my development for sure. Wore the grooves out of those records
	9:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @9:15 Damn. Yeah, that's very cool. I was already in High School when my mom gifted me the ones that "were not selling" at her store. (Her loss - my gain!)
	9:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Go Satan, Go!" by "Messer Chups" I get this song stuck in my head about once a week.
	9:18pm Imaginos: Good show so far
	9:18pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Okay! (International Version)" by "O.K." One of the few tunes that I did not add my own cut-ups to for this set. This one is already full of them; no need to add!
	9:19pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:18 Hopefully I'm keeping the butts moving.
	9:20pm univac: Digging this Austin! I would dance to this, when possible.
	9:20pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @9:20 My taste in dance music is pretty narrow, but I DO like some. Speaking of: Ultravox appears later!
	9:21pm Geoff-U: oh Kasey... "These guys are from England who gives a shit?"
	9:21pm univac: I did do a decent share of dancing to music like this in the 80s, though. Industrial, New/No Wave, Goth, etc
	9:21pm Geoff-U: *and who
	9:22pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @9:20 Yay! We're seeing Midge Ure at the end of the month!
	9:22pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @9:22 Very cool! I bet that show will rule.
	9:22pm laurapanic: ↳ Austin Rich @9:19 i JUST HAD A VERY FUN MOVement break...I expect to be doing more with these funky tunes
	9:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @9:22 I do love a little "movement break." It's better to dance your way to lunch, anyway.
	9:24pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @9:22 Yeah. I saw him in 90 and ~92, but sadly never caught Ultravox... Great choice on the OMD track!
	9:24pm Austin Rich: Orchestral Beefheart In The Dark?
	9:25pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @9:24 I think OMD is making the rounds soon / now, too?
	9:25pm univac: Very weird.
	9:27pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @9:25 Not sure. That would be cool. Their last album was pretty good.
	9:31pm Krys O.: Good night, all! Thanks, Austin!
	9:34pm WR: Link to the book you are speaking about, I browsed the index. 'FMU gets several mentions, Old Codger, Hearty White as well as what Austin has mentioned.
	9:35pm univac: Whenever I DJ I tend to clear the dance floor. I'm kinda proud of that.
	9:35pm Austin Rich: A link to the book I was speaking of: sonicbonds.wordpress.com
	9:36pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @9:35 I should talk about that at the next break.
	9:36pm univac: I really dig this track, Austin. Great CD!
	9:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @9:36 I wanna re-do the drums, but I like almost everything else. But I think that's the problem... I keep wanting to change things that should be "done" already...
	9:37pm Mr. X: True confessions, when I lived in France in '82 I used to go to a disco and dance by myself like an idiot. I figured no one there knew me.
	9:39pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:37 I love that! Part of why moving to Portland was so appealing was that I could sort of do that too. Who wouldn't know I was ALWAYS the weirdo on the dancefloor?
	9:39pm Heather: Putting some miles on my dancing shoes tonight!! Awesome stuff, Austin! People at the gig must have gone wild on the dance floor!
	9:39pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @9:36 I DJ'd a thing at the Long Beach Aquarium where I was doing visuals and playing with a bunch of other music nerds. The Apple Watch had just come out and so of course I had to DJ with the watch controlling my iPhone then using AirPlay to the Mixer. Technologically it all worked, but my track choices definitely made everyone realize they needed to go get a beer or something...
	9:40pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @9:37 Well, since it is already out in the world, you should just consider it done and move on...hard to finish, I get it.
	9:40pm Mr. X: ↳ univac @9:39 At least the fish were a captive audience.
	9:40pm univac: ↳ Mr. X @9:37 I love this.
	9:41pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @9:39 I would have LOVED that.
	9:41pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Jazz Horse" by "Replikants" I think about this bassline ALL THE TIME. When I finally saw Replikants play, they did this, and it was fairly magical.
	9:41pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @9:41 Yes, you definitely would have. I enjoyed myself, laughing as the room emptied.
	9:42pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @9:41 I'm not familiar with this track. Really great!
	9:42pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Jazz Horse" by "Replikants" Replikants are members of unwound, with some of their friends. Not to be confused with Replicants (with a c), who are largely TOOL and their friends.
	9:43pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @9:42 I added The Repo Man stuff, but everything else is the tune.
	9:43pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @9:41 I've heard the voice sample...Who is it?
	9:43pm univac: Ah Repo Man!
	9:44pm Mr. X: ↳ univac @9:43 Only the greatest movie ever made...
	9:44pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:44 It is VERY high up there on my list of personal faves. It's sort of brilliantly non-sensical.
	9:44pm Austin Rich: "I think a lot about this kind of stuff. I do my best thinkin' on the bus."
	9:45pm Imaginos: Getting sleepy b but going to keep listening because this show is that cool
	9:45pm Austin Rich: "The more you drive, the less intelligent you are." I think about that every time I hit traffic.
	9:46pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "A Hole In The Wallet" by "Gang of Four" I have to warn my listeners: I've been listening to a LOT of Gang of Four lately. So you might be listening to a lot of Gang of Four, as a result.
	9:46pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:45 Ahhh, thanks! Hopefully the tunes will keep you motivated!
	9:46pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @9:46 This reminds me I've got a Gang of Four bootleg cassette that I've been meaning to digitize.
	9:48pm Austin Rich: "Money isn't real. It doesn't matter."
	9:48pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:46 Ooooo! I would want to hear that, too!
	9:49pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @9:48 I'll mail you the CD when I finally do it.
	9:51pm univac: This is great Ministry. I've never heard this one!
	9:51pm Austin Rich: I saw Ministry once, in the 2000's, so they did NOT sound like this. I like stuff from different eras, but as I get older, I like the older stuff best.
	9:54pm Austin Rich: Anyone who has followed the show will not be surprised: I used some "AI Audio Tools" to help get rid of the music behind some of the samples, that I later cut up and sprinkled over the tracks tonight. Not always, but sometimes it makes the samples clearer.
	9:54pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @9:51 I saw Ministry in the early 90's, super great. But, I still love their early New Wave stuff, With Sympathy. This track is interesting, totally different and earlier than WS.
	9:55pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @9:54 It's from that in-between era, when they were changing, but weren't quite fully industrial yet.
	9:55pm Austin Rich: I think about this speech from "Network" far too often.
	9:56pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @9:55 Definitely. But they still had to put out the pop album first (1983)
	9:56pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @9:55 So good.
	9:57pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @9:56 Oh! I misunderstood the timeline. I guess that album really was a step backwards for them.
	9:57pm univac: I'm working on the script, Austin. Great soundtrack for it.
	9:57pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Beep Street" by "Squarepusher" Of course, when this band was new and hot, and super popular, I wouldn't listen to it, and really turned up my nose with regard to Squarepusher. Of course, now, I LOVE THIS SHIT.
	9:58pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @9:57 Yeah, weird. Previewing a bit of what was to come later.
	9:58pm univac: I love Squarepusher too.
	10:01pm Imaginos: Austin once again has successfully introduced me to something new and wonderful
	10:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @10:01 I do what I can. If radio can't help in that way, then why am I doing this?
	10:12pm univac: ↳ Song: "You'll Dance To Anything [Edited 'Hung Like A Hor... Excellent.
	10:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "You'll Dance To Anything [Edited 'Hung Like A Hor... This is the aforementioned tune, where I have removed some offensive language that doesn't really work in 2024. Hopefully it sounds seamless. I really do have this 12", and played it at DJ gigs often.
	10:15pm Mr. X: There was a street busker in San Francisco called the Human Jukebox - can't remember if it was the 70s or 80s. It was like some guy in a carboard refrigerator box. You'd put a quarter in and make a request, and he would open a flap to make a window to appear in, and he'd try to riff on the tune - with varying degrees of accuracy.
	10:15pm WR: Have to drop off early tonight. Thanks for the party, Austin. Laters all.
	10:15pm Austin Rich: "Blow it out your hairdo, 'cause you work at Hardee's!" was the title of a paper my friend Caroline wrote in College, about class and jobs.
	10:15pm Austin Rich: ↳ WR @10:15 Sleep well, WR!
	10:16pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @10:15 lol!
	10:16pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:15 Ha! That's great. That's like those fake "robots" that people used to build in the 19th Century, and tour around to show to audiences.
	10:16pm WR: ↳ Austin Rich @9:35 LOL, yeah, I forgot to paste the link. I knew I'm getting sleepy.
	10:17pm univac: ↳ Song: "Dancing With Tears In My Eyes [US Special Re-Mix]... Excellent. This is a great remix too! I have this 12".
	10:18pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @10:17 I only have one Ultravox LP. I've been trying to change that, but people don't seem to be parting with their Ultravox records, for some reason. Weird.
	10:18pm Heather: ↳ Austin Rich @10:13 Seamless edit! Perfect! I've always loved that song but I don't play it around anyone because of the outmoded language. Didn't take a thing away removing that little bit!
	10:19pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather @10:18 That was my thinking. It makes it a little more accessible, for SURE.
	10:19pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Dancing With Tears In My Eyes [US Special Re-Mix]... This song seems like it is about NOW, as much as it ever has.
	10:20pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @10:18 Hmm. Ultravox was the first bin I'd scour at record shops, then off to the rest. I've got a bunch of their 12" and 7"s.
	10:20pm Heather: ↳ Austin Rich @10:19 Yes, absolutely! You totally nailed it!
	10:20pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @10:20 Since I'm a tad younger, and it took me longer to find them, I have had less luck. And now when I do see them, they are not at affordable prices. Someday...
	10:20pm univac: Hello Heather!
	10:21pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "You'll Dance To Anything [Edited 'Hung Like A Hor... Dead Milkmen fans should check out this 2013 tune by ShiSho (Barno from Akron's daughters.) shisho.bandcamp.com...
	10:21pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:21 Oh yeah, they are connected. It's pretty rad.
	10:21pm Heather: ↳ univac @10:20 Hi univac!
	10:22pm univac: ↳ Song: "Dancing With Tears In My Eyes [US Special Re-Mix]... Love the extra-special MVM-edit with the dancing record, Austin!
	10:22pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @10:22 That one in particular had some "AI" assistance, to get the "Rhumba" songs out of the background.
	10:23pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @10:22 Sounds great!
	10:25pm univac: ↳ Song: "Radioactivity [The Mix]" by "Kraftwerk" Excellent!
	10:26pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Radioactivity [The Mix]" by "Kraftwerk" Ages ago, I had a friend who made me a tape that had this song on it, but he would mix it with another song, called, "I Think I've Gone Insane." And the mix would go on for AGES, cutting back and forth between those two songs, for a good 15 minutes on a tape. So when I hear this tune, I think of that annoying mix.
	10:26pm univac: I gotta run. Thx for the excellent butt-shakers Austin! My kind of dance music!
	10:26pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @10:26 Hell yeah. Talk to you soon!
	10:27pm Austin Rich: "How safe are they?" "Hmmm?"
	10:28pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:27 Safe as milk?
	10:28pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:28 These days? Not even the Milk is safe.
	10:28pm Imaginos: 🎶 🎵 awesomness
	10:29pm Austin Rich: That is going to be the title of the next Mini-Mutations album: "What, are you completely out of your mind? NOT EVEN THE MILK is safe, you madman!"
	10:29pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @10:28 Big meat recall recently, too
	10:30pm Austin Rich: "Chain reaction, and mutation. Contaminated population."
	10:30pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:29 Beefheart would roll over in his GMO Round-up radioctive grave.
	10:31pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Something Came Over Me" by "Throbbing Gristle" This is when the dancing gets more abstract... and more goth!
	10:33pm Austin Rich: Whenever you can fit in some Vincent Price... you fit in some Vincent Price.
	10:33pm Imaginos: Going to get some sleep
	10:33pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:31 Right...applying black lipstick, refusing to smile, swaying vaguely side to side...
	10:33pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @10:33 Sleep well!
	10:33pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @10:33 Thank you
	10:36pm Mr. X: Red Lorry Yellow Lorry: the least Goth-sounding name for a goth band.
	10:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:36 Ha! Good point. Every so often, you find a goth band with a name that doesn't quite fit. I sort of love that.
	10:39pm Geoff-U: This must have been a lot of fun to hear as an audience member in a DJ situation
	10:40pm Geoff-U: Definitely let me know if you do something like this again and it's a public event!
	10:40pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @10:39 I didn't get a lot of comments. It was still fun. Sometimes it's hard to know if people like this kind of thing.
	10:40pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @10:40 I will!
	10:43pm Austin Rich: The bit with the Big Lebowski samples is always a big hit with anyone I ask.
	10:43pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:43 Including me.
	10:44pm Geoff-U: haha yes... very cool. I saw that movie for the first time last year, I am a bit late to the party!
	10:44pm Austin Rich: This sequence with Larry and his father might be my favorite part of the movie.
	10:44pm Austin Rich: Larry is no snitch. Larry keeps his mouth shut.
	10:45pm Geoff-U: I gotta run and do some exterior house stuff before the sun goes down... thanks again for the great show!
	10:45pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @10:45 See ya next time!
	10:45pm Austin Rich: "You're killing your father!"
	10:46pm Austin Rich: "This is pointless." Yes, it is.
	10:46pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:44 Hard to choose. I tend to giggle throughout the entire movie.
	10:57pm Mr. X: I was once selected as an Arbitron diary survey respondent, and filled out their survey for a week, and they paid me a few bucks. I only listened to public radio stations at the time, so I felt like I was throwing a bit of a monkey wrench into their machine.
	10:57pm Austin Rich: We got a few more. Hopefully no one minds that we're going long!
	10:58pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:57 Those ratings are an honest reflection of your habits, so don't worry! I'm glad you got paid for it. Keeping track of your listening is work.
	10:59pm Austin Rich: "We have to leave the planet!" I'm with you, Terrance.
	11:00pm Heather: Awesome show!!! Enjoyed it thoroughly! Thanks and I'll be tuned in for the rest!
	11:00pm Austin Rich: Thanks for listening, Heather. It's not real dance music, but it's the kind I like.
	11:01pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:58 I only knew what Arbitron was because the professor of my History of Rock and Roll class went on about it at length.
	11:02pm Heather: ↳ Austin Rich @11:00 I would be pretty thrilled if I happened upon a set like this! But we don't have anyone doing anything like you do in town. So I'm thrilled to have had a chance to hear it tonight!
	11:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @11:01 Ha! That makes sense. I knew from working at radio stations. You could get your Arbitron Ratings if you wanted, and some stations did. Others didn't care.
	11:03pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "This Is Not Normal" by "Negativland" This song has been stuck in my head since this album came out.
	11:03pm Austin Rich: "Remember: Don't trust your memory."
	11:04pm Austin Rich: "THIS IS NOT NORMAL." I feel like I say this 100 times a day.
	11:04pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @11:04 Things not being normal has been normalized these days.
	11:04pm Austin Rich: "You turned it off, and everything you were doing was gone!"
	11:04pm Austin Rich: "AND THAT'S NORMAL."
	11:05pm Austin Rich: Seeing them play this in front of crowds a few times, this song really affects people.
	11:06pm Austin Rich: "You cannot forget what has happened to you. So don't trust your memory."
	11:07pm Mr. X: Good show tonight, Austin. My dancin' feet thank you.
	11:07pm Austin Rich: Thanks everyone!
	11:08pm Austin Rich: Time for the Pee Wee Ending that makes me cry, now that he's gone!
	11:08pm Austin Rich: (This is how I sneak out of the club: getting shot out of it on a scooter.)

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from August 13, 2024

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