WFMU: Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from September 3, 2024

Listener comments!
	7:10pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	8:59pm Imaginos: Ahoy, me hearties!
	9:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @8:59 Lovely to see you, Imaginos! Make yourself comfy in the Digital Salon.
	9:01pm Geoff-U: Happy Tuesday!
	9:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @9:01 Geoff-U! Nice to have you aboard!
	9:02pm Geoff-U: Happy to be here :)
	9:02pm WR: I'm getting a little dizzy hopping between playlists.
	9:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ WR @9:02 Don't worry. We should be pretty stable, for a while, anyway.
	9:03pm Austin Rich: No no.
	9:04pm ramencity: I brought an apple for teacher!
	9:04pm Austin Rich: "English is just Greek to me... Gimme that Cheeba!"
	9:04pm Imaginos: Gonna be a fun night
	9:04pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @9:04 Yay! It's the Ramen City Kid!
	9:05pm Geoff-U: University Of Oregon cordially invited me to no longer attend their prestigious institution after 3 years haha
	9:05pm Geoff-U: I think everything worked out in the end
	9:06pm BC Sterrett: Sorry I'm late. My cat was bringing in half dead grasshoppers into the house
	9:06pm ramencity: ↳ Geoff-U @9:05 Do they still ask you for $$ as an alumnus?
	9:08pm Maulydaft: Once I realized I DIDN'T have to go to school no more... summer just kept on going :D Its still technically summer folks (unless you are actually going to school!) :D
	9:09pm ramencity: ↳ Maulydaft @9:08 or, still winter, for our antipodean friends!
	9:09pm BC Sterrett: I now teach at the school where I did radio and got my associates
	9:09pm Maulydaft: ↳ ramencity @9:09 True enough!!!
	9:10pm Maulydaft: Oh I just noticed the Nancy comic - brilliant! :D
	9:10pm BC Sterrett: I teach Intro to Film, wish I could show them whatever I wanted. ha ha
	9:11pm Austin Rich: ↳ Maulydaft @9:10 Nancy is one of my favorites! I could read her every day, and never get tired.
	9:11pm Geoff-U: I floated around Eugene for another 9 years doing god knows what... I think having fun was a big priority
	9:11pm Maulydaft: ↳ BC Sterrett @9:10 So true! While I saw some things I'd never seen before in my life (Bunel) - most of films school was run of the mill :P
	9:11pm Austin Rich: ↳ BC Sterrett @9:10 Intro to Film is an important class. Some kids never get to see the classics any other way.
	9:12pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @9:11 I never went to UofO, when I lived in Eugene. Almost everyone else I know did, but I didn't. I just did radio at KWVA, which they let a certain number of "community members" do.
	9:13pm Maulydaft: ↳ Austin Rich @9:11 Yes! That's true too. I saw Strangers on a Train and it ended up being a favourite!
	9:13pm BC Sterrett: I get to start off the semester with Cabinet of Dr. Caligari which makes me happy
	9:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ Maulydaft @9:13 That movie is fantastic! So creepy! I am also a Buñuel nerd, but it's hard not to be. He's VERY good.
	9:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ BC Sterrett @9:13 That's very cool!
	9:19pm Imaginos: ↳ Song: "Rock 'n' Roll High School" by "P.J. Soles" Mice beware
	9:20pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Rock 'n' Roll High School" by "P.J. Soles" Joe Dante has been telling stories about making this movie, about how it was originally under production as, "Disco High School." (As disco was hot at the time.) But production took a little too long, and punk was still going strong, so they decided to approach the Ramones and see if they were interested in making a movie.
	9:20pm Geoff-U: ↳ Austin Rich @9:12 I just got back from camping with your old Eugene roommate Jonathan actually, and Kiisu. Fun to get to know them a bit better
	9:20pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:19 That one has ear-protection. They're fine.
	9:21pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @9:20 Damn, I miss all the fun.
	9:21pm ramencity: ↳ Song: "How I (Learned My Lesson)" by "X" Just saw X on supposedly their last-ever tour. Good show!
	9:21pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "How I (Learned My Lesson)" by "X" The last two X albums have been GREAT. What a high note to go out on.
	9:22pm Aitch: Late in, hey all
	9:22pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @9:21 I should have gone. I've seen 'em four times, and an acoustic show with John and Exene too. (Plus I got to hang out with Exene when I interviewed her.) But that still doesn't feel like enough.
	9:22pm Austin Rich: ↳ Aitch @9:22 Aitch! Wonderful to have you in the Digital Salon.
	9:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Today's Lesson" by "Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds" I have been liking some of the very recent Nick Cave, but I think this is still my fave album of his, and I bonded pretty hard with it when it came out. (This and the Grinderman albums are just amazing to me.)
	9:26pm Geoff-U: I am (very) late to the Nick Cave party but managed to see him at the Schnitzer and he was great
	9:27pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @9:26 I bet! A new album came out the other day, which I haven't heard yet, but the one before was very cool, very odd and wonderful. I like "Old" Nick Cave. He's sort of funny in a very dark way.
	9:29pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "High School" by "Nerf Herder" I guess the kids call it a guilty pleasure, but I do love most of the stuff Parry Gripp has been involved with. He's like a poppier Dr. Frank.
	9:30pm Geoff-U: Oh hey, this band has Perry Gripp in it - I am familiar with his funny solo stuff
	9:30pm Geoff-U: "The Best Burrito I've Ever Eaten" got a bunch of play at my old office
	9:31pm Imaginos: Doing well
	9:36pm Mr. X: I can't remember my locker combination!
	9:36pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:36 They can help you at the head office. Just wait until the next break between classes.
	9:36pm Imaginos: Good old fashioned Raking. And I don't mean leaves.
	9:37pm ramencity: ↳ Mr. X @9:36 Is it 867-5309? :0
	9:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Time Bomb High School" by "Reigning Sound" This might be one of the most perfect songs.
	9:37pm Austin Rich: "I don't seem to fit in down at the time bomb high school."
	9:38pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @9:30 Oh yeah! He had a whole punk band before all of that. They have a bunch of albums... they're all pretty funny.
	9:41pm WR: Pass this class? Ass in that chair? Reminds me I need to take my meds for the night, which includes a dose of Swiss Kriss. Sorry if TMI
	9:41pm Imaginos: Getting sleepy. Been up since 4am
	9:41pm Geoff-U: Very cool M-M track
	9:41pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:41 Oh, wow! Yeah, sleep well. You need to get your rest.
	9:42pm Austin Rich: ↳ WR @9:41 Attendance felt BRUTAL for some classes. Why? To prove I can go to the same place at the same time once a week?
	9:42pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:41 Good night
	9:43pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @9:41 I like fooling around with Midi and playing bass. It helps pass the time.
	9:43pm Barno in Akron: How do you do, fellow kids?
	9:44pm Austin Rich: Little Larry doesn't talk to cops. Be like Little Larry.
	9:44pm Austin Rich: ↳ Barno in Akron @9:43 Barno! Have a seat. The Pop Quiz is in 15 minutes!
	9:45pm Austin Rich: Time to dance!
	9:45pm Austin Rich: "You're entering a world of pain, son." How many times have I heard that?
	9:46pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Ready And Attentive / Is This Your Homework?" by ... I watched The Big L after the last time we heard these samples. I don't believe there any actual explanation for how Larry's homework got in the car, is there?
	9:46pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:46 If there is, Little Larry isn't sayin'...
	9:48pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Another School Song" by "The Rickets" Every punk band worth their salt has a song about how dumb school is.
	9:48pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @9:46 Neither is his dad in the iron lung, who I had completely forgotten about.
	9:49pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:48 How could you forget the gentleman who wrote so many episodes of "Branded"?
	9:50pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Cool Senior High School (Fight Song)" by "The Nat... One of the most important punk albums of the 90's.
	9:51pm ramencity: ↳ Song: "Cool Senior High School (Fight Song)" by "The Nat... I was just thinking that some kids should start a band called Nation of Ulysses, in keeping with the original idea that they'd be like Menudo and exist forever with new 18-year-olds.
	9:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:46 My theory: Little Larry left his homework in the car, after joyriding, thinking he would NEVER see any of it again. And he knew that if he kept his mouth shut, he would not get in trouble.
	9:52pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "After School Thunder" by "Guitar Wolf" I feel like walking home from school exposed you to plenty of After School Thunder. I was jumped by bullies a few times on the way home. School was dumb a lot of the time.
	9:53pm Austin Rich: Seeing Guitar Wolf twice was not enough. I should have followed them around like the Dead.
	9:53pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @9:51 Next time I watch it, I should look to see if we get a glimpse of Larry in the bowling alley before the car goes missing.
	9:54pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:53 Just so long as this doesn't become your Ice Station Zebra... or whatever that movie was that Howard Hughs became obsessed with...
	9:55pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Fuck School" by "The Replacements" There always was a poetry to The Replacements, and their introspective lyrics...
	9:56pm Maulydaft: OMG I haven't heard the Dead Milkmen in a few years! :D
	9:56pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @9:54 It will be my Zapruder film.
	9:57pm Austin Rich: ↳ Maulydaft @9:56 It's like reading The Lord of The Rings every year... you need to listen to the Milkmen at least once a year, too.
	9:58pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:56 Zing!
	9:59pm Maulydaft: Huh! I think this is the first Husker Du song I ever liked!! (Please don't pelt me with school yard rocks!)
	10:08pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "They Never Taught Us That In School" by "Gayle Ha... Talk about another amazing compilation! There's a million great hits on this set. Well worth tracking down!
	10:10pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Boppin' High School Baby" by "Don Willis" The title of this comp is a little misleading; there was nothing that was called "punk" in the 50's. But There is a ton of high energy rockabilly like this, and it's all pretty wild.
	10:12pm coelacanth∅: Greetings Austin Rich
	10:12pm Austin Rich: ↳ coelacanth∅ @10:12 Hey! It's wonderful to see you. It's been a while. Sit down, stay a spell.
	10:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "High School Caesar" by "Reggie Perkins" I pulled this off the WFMU "Beware of the Blog" in 2008 or so. This might have been my introduction to Kogar The Swingin' Ape, one of the world's most obsessive Cramps Archivist.
	10:17pm Austin Rich: I love a silly Peter Lorre impersonation... unless that is actually him, somehow?
	10:18pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Austin Rich @10:12 has it? maybe a few weeks... and now need to cook dinner so listening from afar
	10:18pm Aitch: Rather glad when school finished. Still know a stack of the people though, mostly good people, lucky
	10:19pm Austin Rich: ↳ coelacanth∅ @10:18 Dinner is important!
	10:19pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Exploring The A/V Department During Lunch" by "Mi... This one might be a little autobiographical. Ahem.
	10:23pm Maulydaft: "You wonder past the pile of Monty Python films" :D :D
	10:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ Aitch @10:18 I know a lot of people still in school, either teaching, or working as an admin. Being that close to a library... and librarians... is hard to resist.
	10:28pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "High School Shop Class Constructs Bicycle Built f... I really love this Jad Fair / Yo La Tengo album. It's just fantastic, top to bottom. I've been playing it on my show since the earliest days, when this album first came out.
	10:29pm Austin Rich: My friend David is a Teacher and High School Principal, and I thought it would be funny to send the original "Time Bomb High School" song to him. This was his response.
	10:31pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Song: "High School Shop Class Constructs Bicycle Built f... how silly. every time I've built a bicycle for 26 i connected them front to back. it just made sense.
	10:33pm Maulydaft: At one time 4 of my friends, in just a handful of friends, were librarians! They are mostly good people :D
	10:34pm Geoff-U: My dad was a librarian for my entire life... my mom had her MLS degree and was a librarian for a bit but then did other stuff. I worked at both the OSU and U of O libraries in the summers too
	10:35pm Maulydaft: Or if you're a middle aged child at heart!! :D
	10:36pm Austin Rich: wfmu.org...
	10:36pm Heather: Popping in to recommend the Uncle Austin summer camp! I checked out Saturday's ep and it was a really fun and family friendly listen!
	10:36pm drowsy: lurkin and typin. thanks Austin!
	10:37pm Austin Rich: I really did work in a Print Shop on the LCC campus. And I managed a computer lab, too!
	10:40pm Austin Rich: If I was just a TINY bit older, I suspect I probably would have been obsessed with Van Halen. As it is, this might be their best tune... and it is FANTASTIC.
	10:40pm Maulydaft: ha! hilarious song choice :D
	10:41pm Austin Rich: ↳ Maulydaft @10:40 I had plenty of crushes on teachers. It got a little more complicated, when I went to college at 30. I mean... they're really smart! What's not to love?
	10:42pm Maulydaft: ↳ Austin Rich @10:41 oh yeah that's complicated!
	10:43pm Maulydaft: I went back to school at 30 and again at 39. I did NOT like being back :(
	10:43pm drowsy: I never noticed that the angel had TFG's comboverunderaround hair. Ooh yeah college at 30 would still be a roth not hagar vh vibe to come correct.
	10:44pm Austin Rich: I recall having a very weird conversation with one person I dated, where we were trying to figure out if I would register for their class next term...
	10:44pm Maulydaft: ↳ Austin Rich @10:44 LOL!
	10:45pm Austin Rich: ↳ Maulydaft @10:43 I sort of liked being older. I took it more seriously, and I was more willing to ask dumb questions and use office hours. I was still not a great student, but I tried harder for sure.
	10:46pm Austin Rich: ↳ drowsy @10:43 I don't know a lot about Van Halen, but some tunes certainly hit the nostalgia vibe for me. Hanging out at the arcade, listening to the older kids play pinball and talk about music. That sort of thing.
	10:48pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "School's Out" by "The Spits" I sort of want to be in a band that sounds like The Spits. I'm WAY TOO obsessed with their records.
	10:49pm drowsy: ↳ Austin Rich @10:48 worthy
	10:49pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "History Lesson Part 3" by "The Eleven-SixtyFours" More autobiography. I changed the lyrics just a little bit...
	10:50pm Maulydaft: ↳ Austin Rich @10:45 Very true about trying harder... and asking questions. I was too shy as a younger person to talk in class :o
	10:51pm Maulydaft: ↳ Austin Rich @10:49 Nice take :)
	10:51pm drowsy: ↳ Song: "History Lesson Part 3" by "The Eleven-SixtyFours" nice! and is that photo real or a collage?
	10:57pm Geoff-U: I have to take off, thank you again for another great show!
	11:01pm Mr. X: Thank you for not playing that Alice Cooper song. (Yet?)
	11:01pm drowsy: Hey I should say that I do dive into your archives and of course I enjoy them - but the anti-facism in Feb was v special. Thanks for that one! (also what Mr X said)
	11:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @11:01 Ha! My mom would play that song every year, on the last day of school, when we would get home from school that day.
	11:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ drowsy @11:01 I wanna do a follow up on that one! I have the book, which goes into so much that they didn't talk about on the show. Maybe I should read chapters and play music...?
	11:03pm Barno in Akron: Thanks Austin!
	11:04pm Austin Rich: ↳ Barno in Akron @11:03 Thanks Barno!
	11:04pm drowsy: ↳ Austin Rich @11:02 I'd love it if you made it! thanks for all the effort - is what I'm sayin. I have not been tuned in live so much recently but I am mutating on the regs. Cheers everyone and good night.
	11:05pm Austin Rich: ↳ drowsy @11:04 Sleep well! Schedules are complicated. You do you!
	11:07pm Austin Rich: Thanks for listening, everyone! Enjoy your new pencil cases! See you at Study Hall!
	11:08pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Austin!
	2:03pm Arvo Zylo: Never got into Van Halen, but "Hot For Teacher" is hard to beat!

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from September 3, 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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Tue. Sep 24th, 9pm - 11pm: Arvo Zylo (More info...)
Arvo Zylo returns to Mid-Valley Mutations to expound on a few bygone personalities, in radio and television, as well as to open up a feast on some monster music, devil music, cat music, death music, new music, old music, and even a bit of non-denominational music.

September 3, 2024: It's Our Back To School Special, 2024!

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Approx. start time
Rock 'n' Roll High School "Rock 'n' Roll High School"
The Donnas	I Don't Want To Go To School	The Donnas	Lookout! Records	1998	0:02:52 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: The Metropole Orchestra, Jan Stulen, cond.	Two Young Lads In A Saxophone School	Kodachrome - Compositions for Orchestra by Raymond Scott	Basta Records	2002	0:04:54 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Mini-Mutations	The First Day "The First Day" by "Mini-Mutations"	Back To School EP	WTBC Records	2023	0:10:12 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
P.J. Soles	Rock 'n' Roll High School	Rock 'N' Roll High School (Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	Sire Records	1979	0:18:14 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
X	How I (Learned My Lesson) "How I (Learned My Lesson)" by "X"	Under The Big Black Sun	Elektra Records	1982	0:20:23 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	Today's Lesson	Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!	Anti- Records	2008	0:22:34 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Nerf Herder	High School "High School" by "Nerf Herder"	My EP	My Records	2001	0:27:12 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Time Bomb High School "Time Bomb High School"
Music behind DJ: Mescherin's Orchestra	Po Doroge V Shkolu (On The Road To School)	easyUSSR	Epic Records	2002	0:29:57 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Reigning Sound	Time Bomb High School	Time Bomb High School	In The Red Recordings	2002	0:36:25 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Mini-Mutations	Ready And Attentive / Is This Your Homework?	Back To School EP	WTBC Records	2023	0:38:04 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Rickets	Another School Song "Another School Song" by "The Rickets"	Destroy Olympia	K Records	1994	0:46:40 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Nation Of Ulysses	Cool Senior High School (Fight Song)	13-Point Program to Destroy America	Dischord Records	1991	0:49:20 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Guitar Wolf	After School Thunder "After School Thunder" by "Guitar Wolf"	UFO Romantics	Narnack Records	2003	0:50:57 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Revo	Fuck The School "Fuck The School" by "Revo"	A Reference Of Female-Fronted Punk Rock: 1977-89	Not On A Label	2010	0:53:23 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Replacements	Fuck School "Fuck School" by "The Replacements"	Stink	Twin/Tone Records	1982	0:54:05 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Dead Milkmen	Violent School "Violent School" by "Dead Milkmen"	Big Lizard In My Backyard	Enigma Records	1985	0:55:25 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Hüsker Dü	Guns At My School "Guns At My School" by "Hüsker Dü"	Land Speed Record	New Alliance Records	1982	0:57:15 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Schoolhouse Rock "Schoolhouse Rock"
Music behind DJ: The Fucking Champs	Guns In Our Schools	III	Frenetic Records	1997	0:58:11 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Gayle Harris	They Never Taught Us That In School	Girl Group Sounds Lost & Found: One Kiss Can Lead To Another	Rhino Entertainment Company	2005	1:06:52 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Don Willis	Boppin' High School Baby	Rockin' Bones: 1950s Punk & Rockabilly	Rhino Records	2006	1:09:07 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Reggie Perkins	High School Caesar	Kogar's Big Thrill-O-Rama Trash Show	wfmu.org	2008	1:11:32 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Gene Summers And His Rebels	School Of Rock 'n' Roll	Rockin' Bones: 1950s Punk & Rockabilly	Rhino Records	2006	1:13:47 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Fortunes	The Ghoul In School "The Ghoul In School" by "The Fortunes"	Kogar's Spooky Spectacular	wfmu.org	2009	1:15:49 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Mini-Mutations	Exploring The A/V Department During Lunch	Back To School EP	WTBC Records	2023	1:18:26 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Jad Fair & Yo La Tengo	High School Shop Class Constructs Bicycle Built for 26	Strange But True	Matador Records	1998	1:26:56 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
David Berry	50th Reunion at Time Bomb High School	50th Reunion at Time Bomb High School	Not On A Label	2009	1:28:25 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
History Lesson "History Lesson"
Music behind DJ: 8-Bit Buddy Holly	That'll Be The Day That I Die	8-Bit Buddy Holly	YouTube.com	2017	1:30:23 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Van Halen	Hot for Teacher "Hot for Teacher" by "Van Halen"	1984	Warner Bros. Records	1984	1:38:30 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Chinese Girls	Teachers "Teachers" by "Chinese Girls"	A Two Album Set: "Pop Life" & "Of"	Drawing Room Records	2015	1:43:08 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Minutemen	History Lesson "History Lesson" by "Minutemen"	The Punch Line	SST Records	1981	1:46:34 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Spits	School's Out "School's Out" by "The Spits"	School's Out	In The Red Recordings	2010	1:47:12 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Eleven-SixtyFours	History Lesson Part 3	Smothered, Covered, Chunked & Capped EP	WTBC Records	2021	1:48:25 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: 8-Bit Bo Diddley	Bo Diddley "Bo Diddley" by "8-Bit Bo Diddley"	8-Bit Bo Diddley	YouTube.com	2017	1:50:28 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Mini-Mutations	The Campus Industrial Complex	Back To School EP	WTBC Records	2023	1:59:09 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	7:10pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	8:59pm Imaginos: Ahoy, me hearties!
	9:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @8:59 Lovely to see you, Imaginos! Make yourself comfy in the Digital Salon.
	9:01pm Geoff-U: Happy Tuesday!
	9:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @9:01 Geoff-U! Nice to have you aboard!
	9:02pm Geoff-U: Happy to be here :)
	9:02pm WR: I'm getting a little dizzy hopping between playlists.
	9:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ WR @9:02 Don't worry. We should be pretty stable, for a while, anyway.
	9:03pm Austin Rich: No no.
	9:04pm ramencity: I brought an apple for teacher!
	9:04pm Austin Rich: "English is just Greek to me... Gimme that Cheeba!"
	9:04pm Imaginos: Gonna be a fun night
	9:04pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @9:04 Yay! It's the Ramen City Kid!
	9:05pm Geoff-U: University Of Oregon cordially invited me to no longer attend their prestigious institution after 3 years haha
	9:05pm Geoff-U: I think everything worked out in the end
	9:06pm BC Sterrett: Sorry I'm late. My cat was bringing in half dead grasshoppers into the house
	9:06pm ramencity: ↳ Geoff-U @9:05 Do they still ask you for $$ as an alumnus?
	9:08pm Maulydaft: Once I realized I DIDN'T have to go to school no more... summer just kept on going :D Its still technically summer folks (unless you are actually going to school!) :D
	9:09pm ramencity: ↳ Maulydaft @9:08 or, still winter, for our antipodean friends!
	9:09pm BC Sterrett: I now teach at the school where I did radio and got my associates
	9:09pm Maulydaft: ↳ ramencity @9:09 True enough!!!
	9:10pm Maulydaft: Oh I just noticed the Nancy comic - brilliant! :D
	9:10pm BC Sterrett: I teach Intro to Film, wish I could show them whatever I wanted. ha ha
	9:11pm Austin Rich: ↳ Maulydaft @9:10 Nancy is one of my favorites! I could read her every day, and never get tired.
	9:11pm Geoff-U: I floated around Eugene for another 9 years doing god knows what... I think having fun was a big priority
	9:11pm Maulydaft: ↳ BC Sterrett @9:10 So true! While I saw some things I'd never seen before in my life (Bunel) - most of films school was run of the mill :P
	9:11pm Austin Rich: ↳ BC Sterrett @9:10 Intro to Film is an important class. Some kids never get to see the classics any other way.
	9:12pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @9:11 I never went to UofO, when I lived in Eugene. Almost everyone else I know did, but I didn't. I just did radio at KWVA, which they let a certain number of "community members" do.
	9:13pm Maulydaft: ↳ Austin Rich @9:11 Yes! That's true too. I saw Strangers on a Train and it ended up being a favourite!
	9:13pm BC Sterrett: I get to start off the semester with Cabinet of Dr. Caligari which makes me happy
	9:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ Maulydaft @9:13 That movie is fantastic! So creepy! I am also a Buñuel nerd, but it's hard not to be. He's VERY good.
	9:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ BC Sterrett @9:13 That's very cool!
	9:19pm Imaginos: ↳ Song: "Rock 'n' Roll High School" by "P.J. Soles" Mice beware
	9:20pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Rock 'n' Roll High School" by "P.J. Soles" Joe Dante has been telling stories about making this movie, about how it was originally under production as, "Disco High School." (As disco was hot at the time.) But production took a little too long, and punk was still going strong, so they decided to approach the Ramones and see if they were interested in making a movie.
	9:20pm Geoff-U: ↳ Austin Rich @9:12 I just got back from camping with your old Eugene roommate Jonathan actually, and Kiisu. Fun to get to know them a bit better
	9:20pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:19 That one has ear-protection. They're fine.
	9:21pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @9:20 Damn, I miss all the fun.
	9:21pm ramencity: ↳ Song: "How I (Learned My Lesson)" by "X" Just saw X on supposedly their last-ever tour. Good show!
	9:21pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "How I (Learned My Lesson)" by "X" The last two X albums have been GREAT. What a high note to go out on.
	9:22pm Aitch: Late in, hey all
	9:22pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @9:21 I should have gone. I've seen 'em four times, and an acoustic show with John and Exene too. (Plus I got to hang out with Exene when I interviewed her.) But that still doesn't feel like enough.
	9:22pm Austin Rich: ↳ Aitch @9:22 Aitch! Wonderful to have you in the Digital Salon.
	9:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Today's Lesson" by "Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds" I have been liking some of the very recent Nick Cave, but I think this is still my fave album of his, and I bonded pretty hard with it when it came out. (This and the Grinderman albums are just amazing to me.)
	9:26pm Geoff-U: I am (very) late to the Nick Cave party but managed to see him at the Schnitzer and he was great
	9:27pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @9:26 I bet! A new album came out the other day, which I haven't heard yet, but the one before was very cool, very odd and wonderful. I like "Old" Nick Cave. He's sort of funny in a very dark way.
	9:29pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "High School" by "Nerf Herder" I guess the kids call it a guilty pleasure, but I do love most of the stuff Parry Gripp has been involved with. He's like a poppier Dr. Frank.
	9:30pm Geoff-U: Oh hey, this band has Perry Gripp in it - I am familiar with his funny solo stuff
	9:30pm Geoff-U: "The Best Burrito I've Ever Eaten" got a bunch of play at my old office
	9:31pm Imaginos: Doing well
	9:36pm Mr. X: I can't remember my locker combination!
	9:36pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:36 They can help you at the head office. Just wait until the next break between classes.
	9:36pm Imaginos: Good old fashioned Raking. And I don't mean leaves.
	9:37pm ramencity: ↳ Mr. X @9:36 Is it 867-5309? :0
	9:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Time Bomb High School" by "Reigning Sound" This might be one of the most perfect songs.
	9:37pm Austin Rich: "I don't seem to fit in down at the time bomb high school."
	9:38pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @9:30 Oh yeah! He had a whole punk band before all of that. They have a bunch of albums... they're all pretty funny.
	9:41pm WR: Pass this class? Ass in that chair? Reminds me I need to take my meds for the night, which includes a dose of Swiss Kriss. Sorry if TMI
	9:41pm Imaginos: Getting sleepy. Been up since 4am
	9:41pm Geoff-U: Very cool M-M track
	9:41pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:41 Oh, wow! Yeah, sleep well. You need to get your rest.
	9:42pm Austin Rich: ↳ WR @9:41 Attendance felt BRUTAL for some classes. Why? To prove I can go to the same place at the same time once a week?
	9:42pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:41 Good night
	9:43pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @9:41 I like fooling around with Midi and playing bass. It helps pass the time.
	9:43pm Barno in Akron: How do you do, fellow kids?
	9:44pm Austin Rich: Little Larry doesn't talk to cops. Be like Little Larry.
	9:44pm Austin Rich: ↳ Barno in Akron @9:43 Barno! Have a seat. The Pop Quiz is in 15 minutes!
	9:45pm Austin Rich: Time to dance!
	9:45pm Austin Rich: "You're entering a world of pain, son." How many times have I heard that?
	9:46pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Ready And Attentive / Is This Your Homework?" by ... I watched The Big L after the last time we heard these samples. I don't believe there any actual explanation for how Larry's homework got in the car, is there?
	9:46pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:46 If there is, Little Larry isn't sayin'...
	9:48pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Another School Song" by "The Rickets" Every punk band worth their salt has a song about how dumb school is.
	9:48pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @9:46 Neither is his dad in the iron lung, who I had completely forgotten about.
	9:49pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:48 How could you forget the gentleman who wrote so many episodes of "Branded"?
	9:50pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Cool Senior High School (Fight Song)" by "The Nat... One of the most important punk albums of the 90's.
	9:51pm ramencity: ↳ Song: "Cool Senior High School (Fight Song)" by "The Nat... I was just thinking that some kids should start a band called Nation of Ulysses, in keeping with the original idea that they'd be like Menudo and exist forever with new 18-year-olds.
	9:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:46 My theory: Little Larry left his homework in the car, after joyriding, thinking he would NEVER see any of it again. And he knew that if he kept his mouth shut, he would not get in trouble.
	9:52pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "After School Thunder" by "Guitar Wolf" I feel like walking home from school exposed you to plenty of After School Thunder. I was jumped by bullies a few times on the way home. School was dumb a lot of the time.
	9:53pm Austin Rich: Seeing Guitar Wolf twice was not enough. I should have followed them around like the Dead.
	9:53pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @9:51 Next time I watch it, I should look to see if we get a glimpse of Larry in the bowling alley before the car goes missing.
	9:54pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:53 Just so long as this doesn't become your Ice Station Zebra... or whatever that movie was that Howard Hughs became obsessed with...
	9:55pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Fuck School" by "The Replacements" There always was a poetry to The Replacements, and their introspective lyrics...
	9:56pm Maulydaft: OMG I haven't heard the Dead Milkmen in a few years! :D
	9:56pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @9:54 It will be my Zapruder film.
	9:57pm Austin Rich: ↳ Maulydaft @9:56 It's like reading The Lord of The Rings every year... you need to listen to the Milkmen at least once a year, too.
	9:58pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:56 Zing!
	9:59pm Maulydaft: Huh! I think this is the first Husker Du song I ever liked!! (Please don't pelt me with school yard rocks!)
	10:08pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "They Never Taught Us That In School" by "Gayle Ha... Talk about another amazing compilation! There's a million great hits on this set. Well worth tracking down!
	10:10pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Boppin' High School Baby" by "Don Willis" The title of this comp is a little misleading; there was nothing that was called "punk" in the 50's. But There is a ton of high energy rockabilly like this, and it's all pretty wild.
	10:12pm coelacanth∅: Greetings Austin Rich
	10:12pm Austin Rich: ↳ coelacanth∅ @10:12 Hey! It's wonderful to see you. It's been a while. Sit down, stay a spell.
	10:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "High School Caesar" by "Reggie Perkins" I pulled this off the WFMU "Beware of the Blog" in 2008 or so. This might have been my introduction to Kogar The Swingin' Ape, one of the world's most obsessive Cramps Archivist.
	10:17pm Austin Rich: I love a silly Peter Lorre impersonation... unless that is actually him, somehow?
	10:18pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Austin Rich @10:12 has it? maybe a few weeks... and now need to cook dinner so listening from afar
	10:18pm Aitch: Rather glad when school finished. Still know a stack of the people though, mostly good people, lucky
	10:19pm Austin Rich: ↳ coelacanth∅ @10:18 Dinner is important!
	10:19pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Exploring The A/V Department During Lunch" by "Mi... This one might be a little autobiographical. Ahem.
	10:23pm Maulydaft: "You wonder past the pile of Monty Python films" :D :D
	10:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ Aitch @10:18 I know a lot of people still in school, either teaching, or working as an admin. Being that close to a library... and librarians... is hard to resist.
	10:28pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "High School Shop Class Constructs Bicycle Built f... I really love this Jad Fair / Yo La Tengo album. It's just fantastic, top to bottom. I've been playing it on my show since the earliest days, when this album first came out.
	10:29pm Austin Rich: My friend David is a Teacher and High School Principal, and I thought it would be funny to send the original "Time Bomb High School" song to him. This was his response.
	10:31pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Song: "High School Shop Class Constructs Bicycle Built f... how silly. every time I've built a bicycle for 26 i connected them front to back. it just made sense.
	10:33pm Maulydaft: At one time 4 of my friends, in just a handful of friends, were librarians! They are mostly good people :D
	10:34pm Geoff-U: My dad was a librarian for my entire life... my mom had her MLS degree and was a librarian for a bit but then did other stuff. I worked at both the OSU and U of O libraries in the summers too
	10:35pm Maulydaft: Or if you're a middle aged child at heart!! :D
	10:36pm Austin Rich: wfmu.org...
	10:36pm Heather: Popping in to recommend the Uncle Austin summer camp! I checked out Saturday's ep and it was a really fun and family friendly listen!
	10:36pm drowsy: lurkin and typin. thanks Austin!
	10:37pm Austin Rich: I really did work in a Print Shop on the LCC campus. And I managed a computer lab, too!
	10:40pm Austin Rich: If I was just a TINY bit older, I suspect I probably would have been obsessed with Van Halen. As it is, this might be their best tune... and it is FANTASTIC.
	10:40pm Maulydaft: ha! hilarious song choice :D
	10:41pm Austin Rich: ↳ Maulydaft @10:40 I had plenty of crushes on teachers. It got a little more complicated, when I went to college at 30. I mean... they're really smart! What's not to love?
	10:42pm Maulydaft: ↳ Austin Rich @10:41 oh yeah that's complicated!
	10:43pm Maulydaft: I went back to school at 30 and again at 39. I did NOT like being back :(
	10:43pm drowsy: I never noticed that the angel had TFG's comboverunderaround hair. Ooh yeah college at 30 would still be a roth not hagar vh vibe to come correct.
	10:44pm Austin Rich: I recall having a very weird conversation with one person I dated, where we were trying to figure out if I would register for their class next term...
	10:44pm Maulydaft: ↳ Austin Rich @10:44 LOL!
	10:45pm Austin Rich: ↳ Maulydaft @10:43 I sort of liked being older. I took it more seriously, and I was more willing to ask dumb questions and use office hours. I was still not a great student, but I tried harder for sure.
	10:46pm Austin Rich: ↳ drowsy @10:43 I don't know a lot about Van Halen, but some tunes certainly hit the nostalgia vibe for me. Hanging out at the arcade, listening to the older kids play pinball and talk about music. That sort of thing.
	10:48pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "School's Out" by "The Spits" I sort of want to be in a band that sounds like The Spits. I'm WAY TOO obsessed with their records.
	10:49pm drowsy: ↳ Austin Rich @10:48 worthy
	10:49pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "History Lesson Part 3" by "The Eleven-SixtyFours" More autobiography. I changed the lyrics just a little bit...
	10:50pm Maulydaft: ↳ Austin Rich @10:45 Very true about trying harder... and asking questions. I was too shy as a younger person to talk in class :o
	10:51pm Maulydaft: ↳ Austin Rich @10:49 Nice take :)
	10:51pm drowsy: ↳ Song: "History Lesson Part 3" by "The Eleven-SixtyFours" nice! and is that photo real or a collage?
	10:57pm Geoff-U: I have to take off, thank you again for another great show!
	11:01pm Mr. X: Thank you for not playing that Alice Cooper song. (Yet?)
	11:01pm drowsy: Hey I should say that I do dive into your archives and of course I enjoy them - but the anti-facism in Feb was v special. Thanks for that one! (also what Mr X said)
	11:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @11:01 Ha! My mom would play that song every year, on the last day of school, when we would get home from school that day.
	11:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ drowsy @11:01 I wanna do a follow up on that one! I have the book, which goes into so much that they didn't talk about on the show. Maybe I should read chapters and play music...?
	11:03pm Barno in Akron: Thanks Austin!
	11:04pm Austin Rich: ↳ Barno in Akron @11:03 Thanks Barno!
	11:04pm drowsy: ↳ Austin Rich @11:02 I'd love it if you made it! thanks for all the effort - is what I'm sayin. I have not been tuned in live so much recently but I am mutating on the regs. Cheers everyone and good night.
	11:05pm Austin Rich: ↳ drowsy @11:04 Sleep well! Schedules are complicated. You do you!
	11:07pm Austin Rich: Thanks for listening, everyone! Enjoy your new pencil cases! See you at Study Hall!
	11:08pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Austin!
	2:03pm Arvo Zylo: Never got into Van Halen, but "Hot For Teacher" is hard to beat!

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