WFMU: Dimestore Radio Theater with Austin Rich: Playlist from August 26, 2024

Listener comments!
	6:59pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	9:00pm Imaginos: Ahoy me hearties!
	9:01pm laurapanic: this interstitial tune is FIRE
	9:01pm Austin Rich: Tech issues... hold on...
	9:01pm Imaginos: ↳ laurapanic @9:01 It is indeed
	9:02pm Austin Rich: There we go! Sorry everyone.
	9:03pm Austin Rich: For some reason, my BUTT would not get into gear. Which is usually the case, I guess...
	9:03pm Austin Rich: Thanks for tuning in, Imaginos, laurapanic, and any lurkers who are out there! Here's a snowy tale for... the end of summer?
	9:05pm yerfriendpaul: Hi Austin, everyone!
	9:05pm Imaginos: ↳ Song: ""Snowbound"" by "Rogue's Gallery" Coffee hmm? No hot cocoa for our detective?
	9:05pm Austin Rich: There are not that many "Rogue's Gallery" episodes left in our run of the show, so enjoy it while it lasts! yerfriendpaul! Hooray!
	9:06pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:05 Ha! Did he do that before? That's pretty funny. I know our lead in "Box 13" made it a point not to drink beer or alcohol. What other character traits have our leads exhibited?
	9:07pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:06 Not sure but it seems appropriate for ski lodges
	9:08pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:07 Ahhhh! I didn't even connect that. You have a good ear!
	9:08pm laurapanic: wish more people had faces to remember....
	9:08pm Austin Rich: Eight minutes in! He's knocked out pretty early tonight.
	9:10pm laurapanic: its now Twin Peaks
	9:10pm Austin Rich: This weird "subplot" with Eugor's girlfriend wanting to get married actually keeps going, and she appears a few more times.
	9:11pm WR: This episode has me rolling with laughter Hello Austin and folks.
	9:11pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @9:10 Oh shit! I didn't even think about that. It sort of is the precursor, isn't it? We just need 1946's equivalent of Nine Inch Nails to play a set in the Black Lodge.
	9:11pm Austin Rich: ↳ WR @9:11 WR! Thanks for laughing. There's a certain "base level" comedy to a typical Rogue's Gallery.
	9:12pm Austin Rich: While the sound isn't super bad tonight, it's not pristine. I did a little tinkering, and ran a few tools over this episode, to help improve things. It sounds a little crisper, to my ears.
	9:12pm Imaginos: Rogue is having an extra tough time
	9:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:12 Yeah. Shot and left for dead, in the woods, in the snow. That's a bad turn.
	9:14pm Austin Rich: I sort of love this trapper. Is that wrong?
	9:15pm WR: An angry ex-doctor
	9:15pm Austin Rich: Now this episode has taken a sort of "Misery" kind of turn.
	9:16pm David Shortell: CHML (Hamilton, ON) suddenly shut down two weeks ago after nearly 97 years on the AM airwaves. No more "Those Old Radio Shows". All that remains is this page: globalnews.ca...
	9:17pm Imaginos: Portrait in the attic? Like Dorian Gray?
	9:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ David Shortell @9:16 Oh no! I hate hearing stuff like that. It seems like there are fewer and fewer stations that even play this kind of stuff anymore.
	9:18pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:17 The shampoo equivalent, anyway.
	9:19pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:18 Fitch. Shampoo of Dorian Gray
	9:20pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:19 "To wash away those Dorian Grays..."
	9:22pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:20 😄
	9:25pm Imaginos: Still not giving up on Lost Christobel
	9:25pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:25 Me either! I was looking at the files the other day. Hopefully I'll have some good news about that, soon.
	9:30pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:25 I look forward to that
	9:33pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: ""Twenty Fathoms Under"" by "The Adventures of Roc... While the sound isn't bad, there's some tape hiss and disc "noises" that crop up from time to time. I don't think any of them get in the way of the story, and I did my best to remove as much as I could. Still, it doesn't sound too bad, by Rocky Jordan standards.
	9:35pm Imaginos: Salvage is a mug's game.
	9:37pm Austin Rich: The risk of running a bar: people running out on their tabs.
	9:40pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:25 What are you planning?
	9:41pm univac: Hello, all!
	9:41pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:40 I don't know yet. I'm still trying to wrap up a few other projects so I can focus on other stuff. I'm getting close, but I have a lot on my plate.
	9:41pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @9:41 univac! Lovely to see you in the Digital Salon!
	9:42pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:41 Smorgasbord?
	9:42pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:42 Sort of!
	9:45pm Austin Rich: I believe that is Gerald Mohr making a guest appearance on Rocky Jordan!
	9:49pm Austin Rich: I've been thinking about writing an essay about using modern digital tools to clean up Mid-Century Radio. I think there's an art to trying to restore these shows, and it can be a dance back and forth, between trying some things, and then trying other things. To me, the guiding principle should be to make the shows still sound good, even if that means some hiss, rumble, or other noise artifacts. When I try to remove EVERYTHING that probably shouldn't be there, too often the voices and music that does remain sounds terrible. It's a careful balance of removing and softening the things that make the sound WORSE, and improving and accentuating the things that make everything sound better. Sometimes, less is more.
	9:51pm laurapanic: ↳ Austin Rich @9:49 valuable knowledge for documenting
	9:52pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @9:51 Inspired by the book / zine that Maulydaft made, I've been thinking about writing a zine about my relationship with Mid-Century radio shows, and why "Dimestore Radio Theater" is important to me.
	9:53pm univac: That needs to be made.
	9:55pm Austin Rich: This announcer talking about "The Unafraid," on Lux is the style of "commercial" that Rocky Jordan regularly ran. I often replace them with my own, but occasionally they're fun to hear them as they used to be.
	9:55pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:52 Sounds like a rather interesting book
	9:57pm Austin Rich: This scene here required some sensitive editing.
	9:59pm Austin Rich: It's still in the Red Sea! Let's go get it!
	10:00pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:59 Make sure the ship you sail on is charmed
	10:05pm univac: Our X-Mas show has become a Galactic Holiday Classic.
	10:11pm YAWP: You sound great!
	10:15pm Austin Rich: ↳ YAWP @10:11 Thanks for joining us!
	10:15pm Imaginos: Getting sleepy. And the cat will wake me up at 4am
	10:15pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @10:15 Ouch! And it is later for you than it is for us in the Mid-Valley. Sleep well, and we'll catch us soon!
	10:18pm Austin Rich: I forgot to mention! This coming Saturday, I'll be doing a "Kids Show" starting at 8 AM and running until 10 AM, PST. (11 AM - 1 PM, EST.) If you wanna hear kids records from my collection, tune in Saturday Morning!
	10:19pm univac: Saturday Morning Cartoons! I'll break out the Choco Pops!
	10:20pm David Shortell: ↳ Song: ""Finesse In Diamonds, Part 1"" by "The Blue Beetle" In 1940, the Blue Beetle started appearing in a syndicated newspaper comic strip. Jack Kirby drew it under the house name “Charles Nicholas”. kirbymuseum.org...
	10:20pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @10:19 Seriously! You can sit around in your PJs and listen to stories and music hosted by Uncle Austin!
	10:21pm Austin Rich: ↳ David Shortell @10:20 Oh! I am such a sucker for that Kirby style. I don't think I knew this!
	10:21pm WR: ↳ Austin Rich @10:18 Doing Sheena Summer Camp! Cool.
	10:24pm Austin Rich: The Blue Beetle on The Radio uses a lot of tropes from The Shadow, and the stories sort of ape Shadow stories. This style of radio show was very popular: The Avenger was another in this style, that sounds almost like a Blue Beetle clone, in some ways. The impact of The Shadow on radio can't be undersold. While the character was in other media, it was on the radio that The Shadow really took off, and became a phenomena.
	10:26pm Austin Rich: The Acme Insurance Company? No relation to my line of Acme Brand products and services, that are occasionally heard advertising on Dimestore Radio Theater.
	10:28pm Austin Rich: Here's a little "Promo" for my appearance on "Summer Camp": www.wfmu.org...
	10:34pm Austin Rich: I think I miscalculated this week, and somehow, will actually end a couple minutes EARLY? How did this happen? I'm so sorry, everyone. I know you all go used to me going OVER, but this time, it didn't happen. I promise to only let this happen once in a GREAT while.
	10:35pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: ""If You Was A Moklin"" by "X-Minus One" You can read this story here: www.gutenberg.org...
	10:36pm Austin Rich: "Red Hair... and everything else."
	10:37pm David Shortell: ↳ Austin Rich @10:24 “The Avenger” and “Doc Savage” had the same publisher. I didn’t know those pulp characters appeared in radio shows.
	10:39pm Austin Rich: ↳ David Shortell @10:37 I can't remember hearing any Doc Savage radio, but I would have LOVED that. I'm a sucker for those Doc Savage stories. Mignola's "Lobster Johnson" is very much in a Doc Savage tribute / style.
	10:41pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @10:28 Awesome!
	10:45pm Austin Rich: "That way, we'll know we're us." I need to sample that.
	10:46pm David Shortell: ↳ Song: ""If You Was A Moklin"" by "X-Minus One" Murray Leinster has written for magazines such as “Snappy Stories”, “Breezy Stories”, “Amazing Stories”, “Astounding Stories”, “Mystery Stories” and “Cowboy Stories”. I wonder which category this story falls under?
	10:49pm Austin Rich: ↳ David Shortell @10:46 Most authors who wrote in pulps would write in many genres, to try and chase the trends, and to be able to wrote for any demand a publisher might have. George Lefferts, who adapted most of the scripts for Dimension X and X Minus One, also wrote crime fiction and adventure stories, and tried his hands at a number of genres. Authors in those days were interested in trying to cover as many genres as possible.
	10:49pm David Shortell: ↳ Song: ""If You Was A Moklin"" by "X-Minus One" The convention I despise most in science fiction is “aliens who speak English”. Murray Leinster introduced the idea of a “universal translator” in his 1945 story “First Contact” as a means of avoiding that cliché. (I like Douglas Adams’ variant, the Babel fish.) So much interstellar drama doesn’t explain, or even address, the language issue.
	10:50pm Austin Rich: ↳ David Shortell @10:49 I really liked "Enemy Mine," mostly because the two alien races had to learn each others language, as part of the story in the film. It's not a great movie, but it has it's moments.
	10:54pm Austin Rich: I guess most astronauts should probably study linguistics.
	10:56pm Austin Rich: He said the name of the story! Take a drink.
	10:56pm David Shortell: ↳ Austin Rich @10:54 In a 1967 Fantastic Four story, Stan Lee addresses the issue thusly: “Special note: In case you’ve been wondering how all our alien characters seem to speak the same language, it’s because most of them are outfitted with automatic models of new, universally approved no-rust automatic translators! (Hooo boy!)”
	10:57pm univac: Thx Austin!
	10:57pm David Shortell: ↳ Song: ""If You Was A Moklin"" by "X-Minus One" In the late 60’s, Leinster wrote some promotional novels based on Irwin Allen TV shows, like “The Time Tunnel”. He had previously written an unrelated novel titled “Time Tunnel”.
	10:58pm Austin Rich: Thanks everyone! See ya next week.
	11:02pm WR: Thank you! Austin!

Dimestore Radio Theater with Austin Rich: Playlist from August 26, 2024

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August 26, 2024: Episode #107

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Approx. start time
Rogue's Gallery	"Snowbound" ""Snowbound"" by "Rogue's Gallery"	09 May 1946	NBC		0:00:00 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Adventures of Rocky Jordan	"Twenty Fathoms Under"	20 February 1949	Santana Productions		0:30:15 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Ralph Marterie	Skokiaan "Skokiaan" by "Ralph Marterie"				1:00:13 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Unpublished History	Radio in the 1920s (Part 21)	Radio In The 1920s	Self-Released	2024	1:13:08 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Blue Beetle	"Finesse In Diamonds, Part 1"	17 July 1940	Mutual–Don Lee Network		1:17:31 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
X-Minus One	"If You Was A Moklin"	12 June 1956	NBC Radio		1:31:18 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	6:59pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	9:00pm Imaginos: Ahoy me hearties!
	9:01pm laurapanic: this interstitial tune is FIRE
	9:01pm Austin Rich: Tech issues... hold on...
	9:01pm Imaginos: ↳ laurapanic @9:01 It is indeed
	9:02pm Austin Rich: There we go! Sorry everyone.
	9:03pm Austin Rich: For some reason, my BUTT would not get into gear. Which is usually the case, I guess...
	9:03pm Austin Rich: Thanks for tuning in, Imaginos, laurapanic, and any lurkers who are out there! Here's a snowy tale for... the end of summer?
	9:05pm yerfriendpaul: Hi Austin, everyone!
	9:05pm Imaginos: ↳ Song: ""Snowbound"" by "Rogue's Gallery" Coffee hmm? No hot cocoa for our detective?
	9:05pm Austin Rich: There are not that many "Rogue's Gallery" episodes left in our run of the show, so enjoy it while it lasts! yerfriendpaul! Hooray!
	9:06pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:05 Ha! Did he do that before? That's pretty funny. I know our lead in "Box 13" made it a point not to drink beer or alcohol. What other character traits have our leads exhibited?
	9:07pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:06 Not sure but it seems appropriate for ski lodges
	9:08pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:07 Ahhhh! I didn't even connect that. You have a good ear!
	9:08pm laurapanic: wish more people had faces to remember....
	9:08pm Austin Rich: Eight minutes in! He's knocked out pretty early tonight.
	9:10pm laurapanic: its now Twin Peaks
	9:10pm Austin Rich: This weird "subplot" with Eugor's girlfriend wanting to get married actually keeps going, and she appears a few more times.
	9:11pm WR: This episode has me rolling with laughter Hello Austin and folks.
	9:11pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @9:10 Oh shit! I didn't even think about that. It sort of is the precursor, isn't it? We just need 1946's equivalent of Nine Inch Nails to play a set in the Black Lodge.
	9:11pm Austin Rich: ↳ WR @9:11 WR! Thanks for laughing. There's a certain "base level" comedy to a typical Rogue's Gallery.
	9:12pm Austin Rich: While the sound isn't super bad tonight, it's not pristine. I did a little tinkering, and ran a few tools over this episode, to help improve things. It sounds a little crisper, to my ears.
	9:12pm Imaginos: Rogue is having an extra tough time
	9:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:12 Yeah. Shot and left for dead, in the woods, in the snow. That's a bad turn.
	9:14pm Austin Rich: I sort of love this trapper. Is that wrong?
	9:15pm WR: An angry ex-doctor
	9:15pm Austin Rich: Now this episode has taken a sort of "Misery" kind of turn.
	9:16pm David Shortell: CHML (Hamilton, ON) suddenly shut down two weeks ago after nearly 97 years on the AM airwaves. No more "Those Old Radio Shows". All that remains is this page: globalnews.ca...
	9:17pm Imaginos: Portrait in the attic? Like Dorian Gray?
	9:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ David Shortell @9:16 Oh no! I hate hearing stuff like that. It seems like there are fewer and fewer stations that even play this kind of stuff anymore.
	9:18pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:17 The shampoo equivalent, anyway.
	9:19pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:18 Fitch. Shampoo of Dorian Gray
	9:20pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:19 "To wash away those Dorian Grays..."
	9:22pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:20 😄
	9:25pm Imaginos: Still not giving up on Lost Christobel
	9:25pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:25 Me either! I was looking at the files the other day. Hopefully I'll have some good news about that, soon.
	9:30pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:25 I look forward to that
	9:33pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: ""Twenty Fathoms Under"" by "The Adventures of Roc... While the sound isn't bad, there's some tape hiss and disc "noises" that crop up from time to time. I don't think any of them get in the way of the story, and I did my best to remove as much as I could. Still, it doesn't sound too bad, by Rocky Jordan standards.
	9:35pm Imaginos: Salvage is a mug's game.
	9:37pm Austin Rich: The risk of running a bar: people running out on their tabs.
	9:40pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:25 What are you planning?
	9:41pm univac: Hello, all!
	9:41pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:40 I don't know yet. I'm still trying to wrap up a few other projects so I can focus on other stuff. I'm getting close, but I have a lot on my plate.
	9:41pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @9:41 univac! Lovely to see you in the Digital Salon!
	9:42pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:41 Smorgasbord?
	9:42pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:42 Sort of!
	9:45pm Austin Rich: I believe that is Gerald Mohr making a guest appearance on Rocky Jordan!
	9:49pm Austin Rich: I've been thinking about writing an essay about using modern digital tools to clean up Mid-Century Radio. I think there's an art to trying to restore these shows, and it can be a dance back and forth, between trying some things, and then trying other things. To me, the guiding principle should be to make the shows still sound good, even if that means some hiss, rumble, or other noise artifacts. When I try to remove EVERYTHING that probably shouldn't be there, too often the voices and music that does remain sounds terrible. It's a careful balance of removing and softening the things that make the sound WORSE, and improving and accentuating the things that make everything sound better. Sometimes, less is more.
	9:51pm laurapanic: ↳ Austin Rich @9:49 valuable knowledge for documenting
	9:52pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @9:51 Inspired by the book / zine that Maulydaft made, I've been thinking about writing a zine about my relationship with Mid-Century radio shows, and why "Dimestore Radio Theater" is important to me.
	9:53pm univac: That needs to be made.
	9:55pm Austin Rich: This announcer talking about "The Unafraid," on Lux is the style of "commercial" that Rocky Jordan regularly ran. I often replace them with my own, but occasionally they're fun to hear them as they used to be.
	9:55pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:52 Sounds like a rather interesting book
	9:57pm Austin Rich: This scene here required some sensitive editing.
	9:59pm Austin Rich: It's still in the Red Sea! Let's go get it!
	10:00pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:59 Make sure the ship you sail on is charmed
	10:05pm univac: Our X-Mas show has become a Galactic Holiday Classic.
	10:11pm YAWP: You sound great!
	10:15pm Austin Rich: ↳ YAWP @10:11 Thanks for joining us!
	10:15pm Imaginos: Getting sleepy. And the cat will wake me up at 4am
	10:15pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @10:15 Ouch! And it is later for you than it is for us in the Mid-Valley. Sleep well, and we'll catch us soon!
	10:18pm Austin Rich: I forgot to mention! This coming Saturday, I'll be doing a "Kids Show" starting at 8 AM and running until 10 AM, PST. (11 AM - 1 PM, EST.) If you wanna hear kids records from my collection, tune in Saturday Morning!
	10:19pm univac: Saturday Morning Cartoons! I'll break out the Choco Pops!
	10:20pm David Shortell: ↳ Song: ""Finesse In Diamonds, Part 1"" by "The Blue Beetle" In 1940, the Blue Beetle started appearing in a syndicated newspaper comic strip. Jack Kirby drew it under the house name “Charles Nicholas”. kirbymuseum.org...
	10:20pm Austin Rich: ↳ univac @10:19 Seriously! You can sit around in your PJs and listen to stories and music hosted by Uncle Austin!
	10:21pm Austin Rich: ↳ David Shortell @10:20 Oh! I am such a sucker for that Kirby style. I don't think I knew this!
	10:21pm WR: ↳ Austin Rich @10:18 Doing Sheena Summer Camp! Cool.
	10:24pm Austin Rich: The Blue Beetle on The Radio uses a lot of tropes from The Shadow, and the stories sort of ape Shadow stories. This style of radio show was very popular: The Avenger was another in this style, that sounds almost like a Blue Beetle clone, in some ways. The impact of The Shadow on radio can't be undersold. While the character was in other media, it was on the radio that The Shadow really took off, and became a phenomena.
	10:26pm Austin Rich: The Acme Insurance Company? No relation to my line of Acme Brand products and services, that are occasionally heard advertising on Dimestore Radio Theater.
	10:28pm Austin Rich: Here's a little "Promo" for my appearance on "Summer Camp": www.wfmu.org...
	10:34pm Austin Rich: I think I miscalculated this week, and somehow, will actually end a couple minutes EARLY? How did this happen? I'm so sorry, everyone. I know you all go used to me going OVER, but this time, it didn't happen. I promise to only let this happen once in a GREAT while.
	10:35pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: ""If You Was A Moklin"" by "X-Minus One" You can read this story here: www.gutenberg.org...
	10:36pm Austin Rich: "Red Hair... and everything else."
	10:37pm David Shortell: ↳ Austin Rich @10:24 “The Avenger” and “Doc Savage” had the same publisher. I didn’t know those pulp characters appeared in radio shows.
	10:39pm Austin Rich: ↳ David Shortell @10:37 I can't remember hearing any Doc Savage radio, but I would have LOVED that. I'm a sucker for those Doc Savage stories. Mignola's "Lobster Johnson" is very much in a Doc Savage tribute / style.
	10:41pm univac: ↳ Austin Rich @10:28 Awesome!
	10:45pm Austin Rich: "That way, we'll know we're us." I need to sample that.
	10:46pm David Shortell: ↳ Song: ""If You Was A Moklin"" by "X-Minus One" Murray Leinster has written for magazines such as “Snappy Stories”, “Breezy Stories”, “Amazing Stories”, “Astounding Stories”, “Mystery Stories” and “Cowboy Stories”. I wonder which category this story falls under?
	10:49pm Austin Rich: ↳ David Shortell @10:46 Most authors who wrote in pulps would write in many genres, to try and chase the trends, and to be able to wrote for any demand a publisher might have. George Lefferts, who adapted most of the scripts for Dimension X and X Minus One, also wrote crime fiction and adventure stories, and tried his hands at a number of genres. Authors in those days were interested in trying to cover as many genres as possible.
	10:49pm David Shortell: ↳ Song: ""If You Was A Moklin"" by "X-Minus One" The convention I despise most in science fiction is “aliens who speak English”. Murray Leinster introduced the idea of a “universal translator” in his 1945 story “First Contact” as a means of avoiding that cliché. (I like Douglas Adams’ variant, the Babel fish.) So much interstellar drama doesn’t explain, or even address, the language issue.
	10:50pm Austin Rich: ↳ David Shortell @10:49 I really liked "Enemy Mine," mostly because the two alien races had to learn each others language, as part of the story in the film. It's not a great movie, but it has it's moments.
	10:54pm Austin Rich: I guess most astronauts should probably study linguistics.
	10:56pm Austin Rich: He said the name of the story! Take a drink.
	10:56pm David Shortell: ↳ Austin Rich @10:54 In a 1967 Fantastic Four story, Stan Lee addresses the issue thusly: “Special note: In case you’ve been wondering how all our alien characters seem to speak the same language, it’s because most of them are outfitted with automatic models of new, universally approved no-rust automatic translators! (Hooo boy!)”
	10:57pm univac: Thx Austin!
	10:57pm David Shortell: ↳ Song: ""If You Was A Moklin"" by "X-Minus One" In the late 60’s, Leinster wrote some promotional novels based on Irwin Allen TV shows, like “The Time Tunnel”. He had previously written an unrelated novel titled “Time Tunnel”.
	10:58pm Austin Rich: Thanks everyone! See ya next week.
	11:02pm WR: Thank you! Austin!

Dimestore Radio Theater with Austin Rich: Playlist from August 26, 2024

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