WFMU: Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from December 10, 2024

Listener comments!
	👻 5:58pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	8:54pm Imaginos: Ahoy me hearties!
	👻 8:58pm Arvo Zylo: Hi
	8:59pm Imaginos: ↳ Arvo Zylo @8:58 Nice to see you
	👻 9:00pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Imaginos @8:54 Likewise!
	9:01pm Krys O.: This old biddy needs to get some shut-eye. Have fun, you kiddos!
	👻 9:01pm Austin Rich: Sleep well, Krys!
	9:01pm Imaginos: ↳ Krys O. @9:01 Sleep well
	👻 9:01pm Austin Rich: Nice to see you in the digital salon, Imaginos and Arvo! Sit down, put your feet up. This one will be fun... hopefully?
	👻 9:01pm Arvo Zylo: I have listened to punk for a lot of the last 24 hours. Funny that it is also happening here today.
	👻 9:02pm Austin Rich: I've been thinking about this song a lot lately. Something about the bit about voting for what's-his-name...
	👻 9:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:01 Hopefully there isn't that much overlap...
	👻 9:03pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:02 Nausea is also a great track on this album.
	👻 9:06pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:02 Zero Boys, Gang Green, Zounds, Wasted Youth, Verbal Abuse, Scream, Ill Repute, Conflict, Blitz...
	9:07pm laurapanic: oooh this sounds fun - I'll be here for the first bit, then corporate hell beckons....
	9:07pm Imaginos: I screwed up a recipe on purpose once so people wouldn't ask me to cook in the future
	👻 9:07pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:03 You are correct, my fault. "I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts" is also a good one on that album though.
	9:08pm Mr. X: A band that I used to be in had an alternate joke name: Punky Duncelings.
	👻 9:08pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Song: "Baja" by "The Astronauts" That is a great cover...
	9:09pm Webhamster Henry: Hi Austin .. just checking out the mutations.
	👻 9:09pm Arvo Zylo: I know the Wipers are coming!
	👻 9:09pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Fire In The Rain" by "Agent Orange" One of my fave movies that really captures poor, Oregon punks, and was filmed here in the Mid-Valley! Crispen Glover plays a great methhead in that movie.
	👻 9:10pm Austin Rich: ↳ Webhamster Henry @9:09 Webhamster Henry! Lovely to see you in the Digital Salon.
	👻 9:10pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Fire In The Rain" by "Agent Orange" I'm a sucker for Agent Orange. This is the path I think pop-punk should have followed.
	👻 9:11pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Song: "Fire In The Rain" by "Agent Orange" I remember an Agent Orange show in the 90s, it was so empty that those of us who stubbornly tried to keep a pit going basically ended up running laps around a mostly empty room. I have not seen this movie since I was a kid. Probably should fix that.
	👻 9:12pm Austin Rich: For those who have not seen this movie: a group of friends discover that one of their close friends had murdered another friend of theirs. The friend group all take sides, and all hell breaks loose. Kids take guns to school... it gets VERY wild.
	👻 9:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:11 I was talking about this not long ago: some legendary shows, by legendary bands, were attended by 12 people and the sound-person.
	👻 9:14pm Arvo Zylo: I'm going to try to lower my adverb count from now on, sorry...
	👻 9:15pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:14 No problem. We all talk the way we do.
	👻 9:16pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Prison Bars" by "The Radiators From Space" The newest addition to my collection. This album came into our store, and I had to pick it up. Just glancing at the cover, I had a hunch it would be great... and it was!
	👻 9:16pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:13 In my case, it was my first time seeing crowd members jump on stage and just stay there dancing for a bit, then jump back off into the crowd. No crowd surfing because there was not enough people, but it was pretty wild. Older punkers showing the young bucks how to do it. I still regret not seeing a Toy Dolls show that happened around the same time, I heard talk about that show for years after because there were a whole lot of "first gen punks" who were more wild than anyone. Lots of fighting, though, apparently.
	👻 9:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:16 I regret not seeing the Toy Dolls. Everyone I know who went RAVED about the show for ages.
	👻 9:19pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "We Are The One" by "The Avengers" If you want a great comp, both volumes of the Dangerhouse Records collection is FANTASTIC.
	👻 9:21pm Arvo Zylo: My friend stashed what now remains of my vinyl collection. An infinitisimally small fraction of what once was, before the purge I had to make during the pandemic. The only punk vinyl LP I still own is Ramones' Rocket to Russia, unless I'm mistaken. I used to have quite a bit.
	👻 9:22pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Babylonian Gorgon" by "The Bags" Wish I could have caught one of those Alice Bag shows when she toured about 10 years ago. I heard she was fantastic.
	👻 9:23pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:21 To have your entire punk collection reduced to "Rocket To Russian" isn't a bad way to go. But I know what you mean; I used to have so many more records, and old roommates and less than considerate "friends" have lightened the load over the years.
	👻 9:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Get Me Out of Here" by "The Muffs" Unlike most of the conversation here in the Digital Salon tonight, I DID see The Muffs when I could, and they were ALWAYS great. I wish I could have seen them more.
	👻 9:24pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:23 I have definitely had that happen too. Had a friend from high school steal a lot of my CDs, and I know he sold them to a used CD store that I ended up working at, because I knew the distinctive marks and things. So he sold them for 10 cents each, I sold them for the marked up price to strangers.
	👻 9:26pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:24 Having stuff stolen from me by old roommates is one of the reasons I have trust issues. So many lost albums over the years...
	👻 9:26pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Song: "Get Me Out of Here" by "The Muffs" This might not be a widely held opinion, but this would not work if it were recorded digitally in pro tools. It works because it was recorded to tape.
	9:27pm Aitch: Lurking here
	👻 9:27pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Doom Town" by "Wipers" This record was a gift from The Ramen City Kid, who also shares a love of The Wipers. I have a few of their LPs, but this one is my fave.
	👻 9:27pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:26 I think a lot of the charm of punk is that it is a very analog medium.
	👻 9:28pm Austin Rich: ↳ Aitch @9:27 We love our lurkers!
	👻 9:28pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:27 I had heard of them in the 90s, but they weren't hard enough for me at the time. I think you were officially the one who converted me as a grown up.
	👻 9:29pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:28 I used to be like that, too. But as I get older I sort of like that early, "wimpier" punk stuff, back when that was as hard as they could get! Hardcore was Minor Threat!
	9:31pm Four Dimensional: Hey Austin
	9:31pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:27 Punk was made for analog and vinyl. There's something about the slight hiss and craclkle that enhances the quality
	9:31pm laurapanic: ↳ Austin Rich @9:29 I've kinda gone the other way! i'M LOVING HARDCORE AND DARK METAL LIKE i NEVER, EVER DID. sorry for caps. Work caps. I use caps for work stuff at times.
	👻 9:31pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:29 Screeching Weasel had some angrier stuff, but then they would get too "whiney" for me at the time. I liked The Bollweevils, and the Ramones, and that was really the only pop punk I would like in the 90s. I was more into Minor Threat, The Casualties, early Black Flag, etc.
	9:33pm laurapanic: I also love really long songs. More stuff over 7mins!! As a youngster I would have HATED that.
	👻 9:36pm Arvo Zylo: I liked those long LARD tracks when I was young...
	👻 9:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:36 Yeah, LARD got a pass for a lot of stuff that they did.
	👻 9:37pm Arvo Zylo: I AM YOUR CLOCK
	👻 9:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:31 Casualties were underrated. I should listen to them again.
	👻 9:38pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:37 Ah I guess they have MeToo issues now... Anti Flag too, another one I saw a lot in the 90s.
	👻 9:40pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:38 I shouldn't be surprised. With Anti-Flag, either. I used to love those guys. I feel like it is far too often I hear about some punk guy that I am now disappointed in. Sigh.
	9:41pm laurapanic: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:37 ICONIC TRACK
	👻 9:42pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Mr. Magazine Man" by "Hazel" Hazel included a "dancer" who was as much a member of the band as anyone else. If Fred was not there, it was NOT a Hazel show.
	👻 9:44pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Mr. Magazine Man" by "Hazel" "Drinking From Puddles" was a legendary punk show from the Mid-Valley, that hosted a number of great bands / phone calls in their time. This compilation is incredible, and will be featured a few times tonight.
	👻 9:46pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "White Jesus of 114th Street" by "Rye Coalition" Probably one of my favorite records of the 90's. I almost wore the grooves flat on this one.
	👻 9:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Neruda's Wave" by "Saccharine Trust" I bought this record from Joe Baiza when we played those shows together, and it sounds VERY good on two LPs at 45. Smart move on his part.
	👻 9:53pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Fuck" by "Nicole Panter" This is a composite track, using an instrumental I created from the Repo Man Soundtrack, and a phone call from Nicole Panter, the manager of the Germs.
	👻 9:55pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Fuck" by "Nicole Panter" I had a long correspondence with Nicole for years, where I would ask her stupid questions about the OG punk scene, and about her spoken word records. She must have thought I was a total nerd.
	9:56pm Aitch: ↳ Austin Rich @9:53 Away in a germy manger?
	👻 9:57pm Austin Rich: ↳ Aitch @9:56 Anything for the holidays.
	👻 9:57pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Fuck" by "Nicole Panter" "A Work In Progress..."
	9:59pm Claire & Dan: Claire says "Bah, Humbug!" Dan echoes the sentiment.
	👻 10:00pm Austin Rich: ↳ Claire & Dan @9:59 Ahhhh, Claire & Dan! It is lovely to see you in the Digital Salon!
	10:01pm Claire & Dan: You will also see us at your performance this week. Dan is bringing his new 3-D camera! So be prepared to be deep.
	10:02pm Imaginos: Spell I has been known to replace vegetarian with veterinarian
	10:09pm Imaginos: Maybe you'll hate a song today and love it tomorrow
	👻 10:10pm Arvo Zylo: Compilations can be a way to have out of print singles reissued, too. Much cheaper than expensive out of print singles, and personally, I didn't migrate to the singles section of record stores nearly as often, to be honest.
	10:14pm Imaginos: Getting sleepy. Had a great time here
	👻 10:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:10 Absolutely! I love those "Killed By Death" comps for that reason. I can't afford those singles, but I can get those comps.
	👻 10:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @10:14 It is much later for you than for me. Sleep well!
	10:14pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "When The Shit Hits The Fan" by "Circle Jerks" The album is almost as good as the movie.
	👻 10:15pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Song: "When The Shit Hits The Fan" by "Circle Jerks" Iggy Pop has a great track on this soundtrack. I'm pretty sure it had the guitarist from The Sex Pistols on it. Allegedly, he made up the song on the spot in the studio with the band.
	👻 10:15pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:14 I would say the soundtrack is as influential as the movie!
	👻 10:16pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:15 Iggy makes good soundtrack donations. I love his "Dogs In Space" song, too. ("I'm Livin' On Dogfood.")
	👻 10:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Rock and Roll Man" by "Tit Wrench" Another record I almost wore out in the 90's. Our band, Cathead, lifted riffs from Tit Wrench records any chance we could.
	👻 10:18pm Arvo Zylo: I thought Tit Wrench was a music fest up to this point...
	👻 10:19pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:18 I think you would like their stuff. I get their song, "Rave On, Fuckface," stuck in my head ALL the time.
	👻 10:21pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Violence Forever" by "Squid Pisser feat. Meghan O... Meghan O'Neil is in a few punk bands: Super Unison and Punch, and probably more.
	👻 10:22pm Arvo Zylo: The Barbies, by the way, were a New Wave band from 1980 who were recently reissued www.discogs.com...
	👻 10:22pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Anything With A Mind" by "Worst Case Scenario" This is, essentially, Unwound, minus Sara Lund.
	👻 10:23pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:22 Hmmmm. Will have to look into that.
	👻 10:25pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "My Knife In My Side" by "Wax Edison" This record showed up in my "box" at the radio station in Portland, when I worked there. And fortunately it was good, otherwise I would have probably thrown it away; the cover looks like it would be some hippy bullshit.
	👻 10:27pm Austin Rich: "Prison Warden! Dry your eyes! All the prisoners, need not to make you cry!"
	👻 10:27pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "I Hate The Rich" by "The Dils" This might be my favorite song.
	👻 10:28pm Austin Rich: The Dils released four singles, and on them, eight songs. EVERY SONG IS EXCELLENT IN EVERY WAY. What an incredible hit-ratio when it comes to music.
	👻 10:29pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:27 This reminds me of the time I played "Kill From The Heart" really loud in the studio, and all the students left. There was a little student lounge outside the on air studio, which was annoying because these kids would come in and start messing with the studio computer while I was recording.
	👻 10:30pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Top Secret" by "Kaos" What? Records was an essential part of the LA Punk Scene. The Dils & The Dils alone would make them absolutely essential.
	10:30pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:28 And yet, the lack of more Dils is tragic.
	👻 10:30pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:30 They went on to more music, that was not as great. But yeah... I would love for there to be another secret Dils single that I didn't know about. How cool would that be?
	👻 10:31pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:29 It was the Spits version, not the Dicks version, if I recall correctly. I have played both on the radio...
	👻 10:31pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Rat Race" by "Skullbusters" One of my fave under-rated comps.
	👻 10:32pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:31 I ADORE The Spits!
	👻 10:33pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:30 Yes, let's try to channel the universe where there where more Dils records! That could be our project for Human Dinosaur.
	👻 10:33pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Subliminal" by "Suicidal Tendencies" Hands down, one of my fave punk records.
	👻 10:34pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:33 Saw them in the 90s too, singer still wore a bandana down to his eyelashes...
	👻 10:35pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Subliminal" by "Suicidal Tendencies" Seeing Suicidal live was really eye-opening. All this bonkers kids in the pit who seemed like they might take you out if you look at them wrong, and then you would have the best conversations between bands. They were EXCELLENT!
	👻 10:35pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:34 I think he always does that.
	10:36pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:33 So I would guess that channeling punk universes requires broken glass and rusty safety pins, rather than the amethyst crystals and redwood scented massage oil needed to channel New Age universes...
	👻 10:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Systems Suck" by "Deadly Reign" This comp is an amazing snapshot of the late 70s / early 80's punk scene in Cali (and Nevada, aparently). A lot of these bands didn't last long. This comp sort of let's them live into the moder era.
	👻 10:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:36 Ha! And some cheap, cheap beer. Pabst? Cheaper, probably?
	👻 10:38pm Arvo Zylo: There could have been a punk version of MTV that would have challenged the regular MTV, I think, if it had the reach. Also, I just reluctantly watched this movie called Y2K and it was a crappy cheesy horror movie about a real virus happening on New Years Eve that makes computers go crazy and try to implant all the humans. I just thought the whole time it would be so much better if it were a punk movie, instead it had a cameo from Fred Durst and was just agony to watch.
	10:38pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:37 Generic BEER
	👻 10:39pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Song: "Systems Suck" by "Deadly Reign" This was a great comp, got it from the Alternative Tentacles mail order the old fashioned way.
	👻 10:40pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Mr. X @10:38 Lets Go Do Some Crimes!
	10:42pm Mr. X: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:40 Plate of shrimp!
	👻 10:47pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "We've Got the Neutron Bomb" by "The Weirdos" One of the greatest punk bands / songs.
	👻 10:49pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:47 Glad I got to see The Weirdos some time in the 2000s.
	10:49pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:47 One of my faves, too.
	👻 10:51pm Austin Rich: I suspect we are all in agreement, but The Weirdos are so good as musicians, who also can also dash out a great punk riff, too. It's that combo of sloppy and knowing that makes them great.
	10:54pm mattorefice: Thank you for all the good tunes (and tunes trivia) tonight!
	👻 10:55pm Austin Rich: ↳ mattorefice @10:54 Matt! I do love when you make an appearance in the Digital Salon! Thank you for droppin' by!
	👻 10:55pm Arvo Zylo: ok good show thanks and have a good night. Nice to hear live vinyl once in a while.
	👻 10:56pm Heather Z: I've been tuned in all show and loving what I'm hearing while crafting and doing some punk rock laundry!! Thanks for a great night!
	👻 10:56pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:55 We've got quite a bit of show left! We'll be going long tonight.
	👻 10:57pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Twin Cities Sound" by "The Soviettes" Way back when, I hosted The Soviettes live on my show, and I have an interview with them in the archive, too. They were a lot of fun live, and their records are great!
	10:57pm Mr. X: Grumpy Punk is sounding altogether too cheerful tonight.
	👻 10:57pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @10:56 Nice to see you in the Digital Salon!
	👻 10:57pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:57 It's the only way to get a smile out of him.
	👻 10:58pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Heather Z @10:56 Hi Heather, yes I think it is time for punk rock dishes over here...
	👻 10:59pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Song For Lon Mabon" by "Crackerbash" Out here in the Mid-Valley, Lon Mabon was a hatemonger and the leader of a group, The OCA, that tried to pass anti-gay laws in the 90's. Crackerbash wrote this song about wanting to terrorize him the way he terrorized the queer community.
	👻 10:59pm Heather Z: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:58 Hi Arvo! Punk rock chores is the way to do em!!
	👻 11:00pm Austin Rich: "You get just what you earn! You ever see a match burn, TWICE!"
	👻 11:01pm Austin Rich: "Time Wounds All Heels They Say!"
	11:02pm David Shortell: Maybe there's time for one more Astronauts song: youtube.com...
	👻 11:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Pablo Picasso" by "The Burning Sensations" I used to think the hight of cool was to drive around listening to THIS song, with the windows rolled down, wearing sunglasses, so everyone could see how cool you are. I did this for real, in the 90's, TOO MANY TIMES.
	11:02pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:59 Is old Lon still around? Seems like he would fit right into the upcoming administration.
	👻 11:03pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @11:02 If he hasn't already been given a position.
	👻 11:03pm Austin Rich: ↳ David Shortell @11:02 Oooo! I didn't know about this one.
	👻 11:04pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @11:02 When we were kids, we liked to change up lyrics to be goofy and I'll never hear this without hearing my friend Leigh say, "Pablo Picasso was never called a cherry wood table."
	👻 11:05pm Austin Rich: The irony is: Pablo Picasso was most likely very difficult to work with. Someone, most likely, did call him an asshole. And probably very often.
	11:05pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Pablo Picasso" by "The Burning Sensations" So weren't Burning Sensations actually some other band? Or am I thinking of Juicy Bananas?
	👻 11:05pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @11:05 You're thinking of The Juicy Bananas, which was just Repo Man cast and Sy Richardson doing vocals.
	👻 11:06pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Monsanto" by "Pleasant Gehman" I'm sort of Obsessed with Pleasant Gehman's writing. en.wikipedia.org...
	👻 11:07pm Austin Rich: All the old punks in Southern Cali would go to Disneyland to score drugs or "hook up."
	👻 11:07pm Arvo Zylo: I like the Repo Man soundtrack and everything but I'm sure plenty of people called Picasso an asshole, maybe not to his face... In terms of 80s punk soundtracks, Return of the Living Dead is right up there, though, although not pure punk music...
	👻 11:08pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @11:07 Agreed! Return of The Living Dead is one of my fave movies / soundtracks, for sure!
	👻 11:10pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Disneyland" by "The Eyes" There was a great Garage Rock band called The Eyes. And there was a great punk band called The Eyes. Was there a great 80's band called The Eyes? I don't know...
	11:11pm David Shortell: ↳ Austin Rich @11:03 My favorite alleged Astronauts tune is the theme from “Ride the Wild Surf”: a 1964 Columbia picture starring Fabian, Tab Hunter, Barbara Eden and others. I don’t believe it’s really the Astronauts playing it though!
	11:18pm David Shortell: ↳ Austin Rich @11:10 The first one you’re thinking of is likely the 60’s English freakbeat group known for “I’m Rowed Out”, “When the Night Falls” and “You’re Too Much”. The Eyes that you played is the punk group with future Go-Go Charlotte Caffey. I don’t know of any other Eyes.
	👻 11:21pm Heather Z: We have a Ben Morey and The Eyes here in Rochester!
	11:21pm Mr. X: Does Yamantaka Eye of Boredoms count?
	👻 11:22pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Graveyard" by "Dead Moon" One of the best Portland husband / wife bands, I saw Dead Moon every chance I could. Maybe five times? Six? They were always amazing. Toody, Fred's wife / Dead Moon's bass player has a thrift store in Portland, as I understand it.
	👻 11:22pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @11:21 I do love The Boredoms.
	11:22pm Mr. X: Fun show, Austin! Thanks for the memories and the new-to-me stuff as well.
	👻 11:22pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @11:21 There's an "The Eyes" for the 2020's! Excellent!
	👻 11:24pm Austin Rich: Thanks everyone! Ya'll are amazing.
	👻 11:24pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @11:22 Had to pop back in to mention! They're good, too, from what I recall, and definitely tick the 2020s box! Night all and thanks for a lovely evening!
	11:24pm David Shortell: ↳ Austin Rich @9:53 The same Nicole who acted in the 1981 HBO special "The Pee-Wee Herman Show".
	👻 11:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ David Shortell @11:24 Yes! That was one of the e-mails we traded: me asking her about that!
	👻 11:25pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Mohawk Redemption" by "Drew Blood" This poem brings a tear to my eyes.
	11:25pm David Shortell: ↳ Austin Rich @11:24 And of course her brother Gary is the "Jimbo" cartoonist who designed the show's set.
	👻 11:26pm Austin Rich: ↳ David Shortell @11:25 YES! Those Jimbo comics are incredible.
	👻 11:27pm Austin Rich: And Beefheart is afterward! Ashtray Heart is the song in which Beefheart complains about how punks stole everything from him! How perfect.

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from December 10, 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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December 10, 2024: Punk For X-Mas, Week 1

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Approx. start time
This Is Supposed To Be The New World? "This Is Supposed To Be The New World?"
X	The New World "The New World" by "X"	More Fun in the New World	Elektra	1983	0:00:32 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: The Astronauts	Baja "Baja" by "The Astronauts"	Surfin' with the Astronauts	RCA Victor	1963	0:03:19 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Living In Doom Town "Living In Doom Town"
Agent Orange	Fire In The Rain "Fire In The Rain" by "Agent Orange"	River's Edge Soundtrack	Enigma Records	1987	0:08:46 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Messages	Tony Charge "Tony Charge" by "Messages"	Exhibit A	Play Records	1985	0:11:47 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Radiators From Space	Prison Bars	TV Tube Heart	Chiswick Records	1977	0:15:24 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Avengers	We Are The One "We Are The One" by "The Avengers"	Dangerhouse Volume 1	Frontier	1991	0:18:11 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Bags	Babylonian Gorgon "Babylonian Gorgon" by "The Bags"	Dangerhouse Volume Two: Give Me A Little Pain!	Frontier	1991	0:20:44 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Muffs	Get Me Out of Here "Get Me Out of Here" by "The Muffs"	Nardwuar The Human Serviette Presents... Clam Chowder & Ice Vs Big Macs & Bombers	NardWuar Records	1991	0:23:15 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Wipers	Doom Town "Doom Town" by "Wipers"	Over the Edge	Brain Eater Records	1983	0:26:16 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: The Astronauts	Miserlou "Miserlou" by "The Astronauts"	Surfin' with the Astronauts	RCA Victor	1963	0:30:08 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Nothing Mean's Nothing Anymore "Nothing Mean's Nothing Anymore"
Madelynn Von Ritz	When I Close My Eyes I See Blood	Cruising: Music From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Lorimar Records	1980	0:36:14 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Calamity Jane	Come On "Come On" by "Calamity Jane"	Stars Kill Rock	Kill Rock Stars	1993	0:38:17 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Hazel	Mr. Magazine Man "Mr. Magazine Man" by "Hazel"	Drinking From Puddles: A Radio History	Kill Rock Stars	1999	0:41:12 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Alley Cats	Nothing Means Nothing Anymore	Dangerhouse Volume 1	Frontier	1991	0:43:14 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Rye Coalition	White Jesus of 114th Street	KARP / Rye Coalition Split 12"	Troubleman Records	1995	0:46:23 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Saccharine Trust	Neruda's Wave "Neruda's Wave" by "Saccharine Trust"	The Great One Is Dead	Recess Records	2001	0:50:19 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Nicole Panter	Fuck "Fuck" by "Nicole Panter"	Drinking From Puddles: A Radio History	Kill Rock Stars	1999	0:52:40 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Bambi's	I'm Not Loose "I'm Not Loose" by "The Bambi's"	Exhibit A	Play Records	1985	0:57:31 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: The Astronauts	Surfer's Stomp "Surfer's Stomp" by "The Astronauts"	Surfin' with the Astronauts	RCA Victor	1963	1:00:17 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Rat Race "Rat Race"
Circle Jerks	When The Shit Hits The Fan	Repo Man (Music From Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	San Andreas Records	1984	1:13:38 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Tit Wrench	Rock and Roll Man "Rock and Roll Man" by "Tit Wrench"	Everyone Knows There's A God	Vinyl Communications	1994	1:16:37 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Squid Pisser feat. Meghan O'Neil	Violence Forever	My Tadpole Legion	Sweatband Records	2023	1:19:56 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Worst Case Scenario	Anything With A Mind	Worst Case Scenario	Vermiform Records	1996	1:22:06 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Wax Edison	My Knife In My Side "My Knife In My Side" by "Wax Edison"	Fires Rabbits	Self-Released	2011	1:23:52 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Damage Deposit	Video Games And The Simpsons Are Killing Hardcore	No Hold Back... All Attack!!!	Havoc Records	2002	1:26:11 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Men's Recovery Project	Prison Warden	Grappling with the Homonids	Vermiform Records	1998	1:26:52 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Dils	I Hate The Rich "I Hate The Rich" by "The Dils"	What? Stuff (v/a)	Bomp	1990	1:27:27 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Kaos	Top Secret "Top Secret" by "Kaos"	What? Stuff (v/a)	Bomp	1990	1:29:08 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Skullbusters	Rat Race "Rat Race" by "Skullbusters"	We Got Party	Mystic Records	1987	1:31:07 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Active Ingredient	I Hate MTV "I Hate MTV" by "Active Ingredient"	We Got Party	Mystic Records	1987	1:32:26 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Suicidal Tendencies	Subliminal "Subliminal" by "Suicidal Tendencies"	Suicidal Tendencies	Frontier	1983	1:33:24 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Deadly Reign	Systems Suck "Systems Suck" by "Deadly Reign"	Not So Quiet On The Western Front	Alternative Tentacles	1982	1:36:25 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: The Astronauts	Astronauts Medley "Astronauts Medley" by "The Astronauts"	Surfin' with the Astronauts	RCA Victor	1963	1:37:58 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Sounds & Songs "Sounds & Songs"
The Weirdos	We've Got the Neutron Bomb	Dangerhouse Volume Two: Give Me A Little Pain!	Frontier	1991	1:47:19 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Vibrators	Rocket To The Moon "Rocket To The Moon" by "The Vibrators"	Guilty	Anagram Records	1982	1:50:07 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Tribe 8	Speed Fortress "Speed Fortress" by "Tribe 8"	Stars Kill Rock	Kill Rock Stars	1993	1:52:38 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Soviettes	Twin Cities Sound "Twin Cities Sound" by "The Soviettes"	No Hold Back... All Attack!!!	Havoc Records	2002	1:56:31 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Crackerbash	Song For Lon Mabon "Song For Lon Mabon" by "Crackerbash"	Drinking From Puddles: A Radio History	Kill Rock Stars	1999	1:58:32 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Burning Sensations	Pablo Picasso	Repo Man (Music From Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	San Andreas Records	1984	2:01:41 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Pleasant Gehman	Monsanto "Monsanto" by "Pleasant Gehman"	Drinking From Puddles: A Radio History	Kill Rock Stars	1999	2:05:42 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Eyes	Disneyland "Disneyland" by "The Eyes"	Dangerhouse Volume 1	Frontier	1991	2:09:56 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: The Astronauts	Banzai Pipeline "Banzai Pipeline" by "The Astronauts"	Surfin' with the Astronauts	RCA Victor	1963	2:11:57 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Dead Moon	Graveyard "Graveyard" by "Dead Moon"	Drinking From Puddles: A Radio History	Kill Rock Stars	1999	2:21:00 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Drew Blood	Mohawk Redemption "Mohawk Redemption" by "Drew Blood"				2:25:22 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	👻 5:58pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	8:54pm Imaginos: Ahoy me hearties!
	👻 8:58pm Arvo Zylo: Hi
	8:59pm Imaginos: ↳ Arvo Zylo @8:58 Nice to see you
	👻 9:00pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Imaginos @8:54 Likewise!
	9:01pm Krys O.: This old biddy needs to get some shut-eye. Have fun, you kiddos!
	👻 9:01pm Austin Rich: Sleep well, Krys!
	9:01pm Imaginos: ↳ Krys O. @9:01 Sleep well
	👻 9:01pm Austin Rich: Nice to see you in the digital salon, Imaginos and Arvo! Sit down, put your feet up. This one will be fun... hopefully?
	👻 9:01pm Arvo Zylo: I have listened to punk for a lot of the last 24 hours. Funny that it is also happening here today.
	👻 9:02pm Austin Rich: I've been thinking about this song a lot lately. Something about the bit about voting for what's-his-name...
	👻 9:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:01 Hopefully there isn't that much overlap...
	👻 9:03pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:02 Nausea is also a great track on this album.
	👻 9:06pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:02 Zero Boys, Gang Green, Zounds, Wasted Youth, Verbal Abuse, Scream, Ill Repute, Conflict, Blitz...
	9:07pm laurapanic: oooh this sounds fun - I'll be here for the first bit, then corporate hell beckons....
	9:07pm Imaginos: I screwed up a recipe on purpose once so people wouldn't ask me to cook in the future
	👻 9:07pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:03 You are correct, my fault. "I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts" is also a good one on that album though.
	9:08pm Mr. X: A band that I used to be in had an alternate joke name: Punky Duncelings.
	👻 9:08pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Song: "Baja" by "The Astronauts" That is a great cover...
	9:09pm Webhamster Henry: Hi Austin .. just checking out the mutations.
	👻 9:09pm Arvo Zylo: I know the Wipers are coming!
	👻 9:09pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Fire In The Rain" by "Agent Orange" One of my fave movies that really captures poor, Oregon punks, and was filmed here in the Mid-Valley! Crispen Glover plays a great methhead in that movie.
	👻 9:10pm Austin Rich: ↳ Webhamster Henry @9:09 Webhamster Henry! Lovely to see you in the Digital Salon.
	👻 9:10pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Fire In The Rain" by "Agent Orange" I'm a sucker for Agent Orange. This is the path I think pop-punk should have followed.
	👻 9:11pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Song: "Fire In The Rain" by "Agent Orange" I remember an Agent Orange show in the 90s, it was so empty that those of us who stubbornly tried to keep a pit going basically ended up running laps around a mostly empty room. I have not seen this movie since I was a kid. Probably should fix that.
	👻 9:12pm Austin Rich: For those who have not seen this movie: a group of friends discover that one of their close friends had murdered another friend of theirs. The friend group all take sides, and all hell breaks loose. Kids take guns to school... it gets VERY wild.
	👻 9:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:11 I was talking about this not long ago: some legendary shows, by legendary bands, were attended by 12 people and the sound-person.
	👻 9:14pm Arvo Zylo: I'm going to try to lower my adverb count from now on, sorry...
	👻 9:15pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:14 No problem. We all talk the way we do.
	👻 9:16pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Prison Bars" by "The Radiators From Space" The newest addition to my collection. This album came into our store, and I had to pick it up. Just glancing at the cover, I had a hunch it would be great... and it was!
	👻 9:16pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:13 In my case, it was my first time seeing crowd members jump on stage and just stay there dancing for a bit, then jump back off into the crowd. No crowd surfing because there was not enough people, but it was pretty wild. Older punkers showing the young bucks how to do it. I still regret not seeing a Toy Dolls show that happened around the same time, I heard talk about that show for years after because there were a whole lot of "first gen punks" who were more wild than anyone. Lots of fighting, though, apparently.
	👻 9:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:16 I regret not seeing the Toy Dolls. Everyone I know who went RAVED about the show for ages.
	👻 9:19pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "We Are The One" by "The Avengers" If you want a great comp, both volumes of the Dangerhouse Records collection is FANTASTIC.
	👻 9:21pm Arvo Zylo: My friend stashed what now remains of my vinyl collection. An infinitisimally small fraction of what once was, before the purge I had to make during the pandemic. The only punk vinyl LP I still own is Ramones' Rocket to Russia, unless I'm mistaken. I used to have quite a bit.
	👻 9:22pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Babylonian Gorgon" by "The Bags" Wish I could have caught one of those Alice Bag shows when she toured about 10 years ago. I heard she was fantastic.
	👻 9:23pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:21 To have your entire punk collection reduced to "Rocket To Russian" isn't a bad way to go. But I know what you mean; I used to have so many more records, and old roommates and less than considerate "friends" have lightened the load over the years.
	👻 9:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Get Me Out of Here" by "The Muffs" Unlike most of the conversation here in the Digital Salon tonight, I DID see The Muffs when I could, and they were ALWAYS great. I wish I could have seen them more.
	👻 9:24pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:23 I have definitely had that happen too. Had a friend from high school steal a lot of my CDs, and I know he sold them to a used CD store that I ended up working at, because I knew the distinctive marks and things. So he sold them for 10 cents each, I sold them for the marked up price to strangers.
	👻 9:26pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:24 Having stuff stolen from me by old roommates is one of the reasons I have trust issues. So many lost albums over the years...
	👻 9:26pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Song: "Get Me Out of Here" by "The Muffs" This might not be a widely held opinion, but this would not work if it were recorded digitally in pro tools. It works because it was recorded to tape.
	9:27pm Aitch: Lurking here
	👻 9:27pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Doom Town" by "Wipers" This record was a gift from The Ramen City Kid, who also shares a love of The Wipers. I have a few of their LPs, but this one is my fave.
	👻 9:27pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:26 I think a lot of the charm of punk is that it is a very analog medium.
	👻 9:28pm Austin Rich: ↳ Aitch @9:27 We love our lurkers!
	👻 9:28pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:27 I had heard of them in the 90s, but they weren't hard enough for me at the time. I think you were officially the one who converted me as a grown up.
	👻 9:29pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:28 I used to be like that, too. But as I get older I sort of like that early, "wimpier" punk stuff, back when that was as hard as they could get! Hardcore was Minor Threat!
	9:31pm Four Dimensional: Hey Austin
	9:31pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:27 Punk was made for analog and vinyl. There's something about the slight hiss and craclkle that enhances the quality
	9:31pm laurapanic: ↳ Austin Rich @9:29 I've kinda gone the other way! i'M LOVING HARDCORE AND DARK METAL LIKE i NEVER, EVER DID. sorry for caps. Work caps. I use caps for work stuff at times.
	👻 9:31pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:29 Screeching Weasel had some angrier stuff, but then they would get too "whiney" for me at the time. I liked The Bollweevils, and the Ramones, and that was really the only pop punk I would like in the 90s. I was more into Minor Threat, The Casualties, early Black Flag, etc.
	9:33pm laurapanic: I also love really long songs. More stuff over 7mins!! As a youngster I would have HATED that.
	👻 9:36pm Arvo Zylo: I liked those long LARD tracks when I was young...
	👻 9:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:36 Yeah, LARD got a pass for a lot of stuff that they did.
	👻 9:37pm Arvo Zylo: I AM YOUR CLOCK
	👻 9:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:31 Casualties were underrated. I should listen to them again.
	👻 9:38pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:37 Ah I guess they have MeToo issues now... Anti Flag too, another one I saw a lot in the 90s.
	👻 9:40pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:38 I shouldn't be surprised. With Anti-Flag, either. I used to love those guys. I feel like it is far too often I hear about some punk guy that I am now disappointed in. Sigh.
	9:41pm laurapanic: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:37 ICONIC TRACK
	👻 9:42pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Mr. Magazine Man" by "Hazel" Hazel included a "dancer" who was as much a member of the band as anyone else. If Fred was not there, it was NOT a Hazel show.
	👻 9:44pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Mr. Magazine Man" by "Hazel" "Drinking From Puddles" was a legendary punk show from the Mid-Valley, that hosted a number of great bands / phone calls in their time. This compilation is incredible, and will be featured a few times tonight.
	👻 9:46pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "White Jesus of 114th Street" by "Rye Coalition" Probably one of my favorite records of the 90's. I almost wore the grooves flat on this one.
	👻 9:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Neruda's Wave" by "Saccharine Trust" I bought this record from Joe Baiza when we played those shows together, and it sounds VERY good on two LPs at 45. Smart move on his part.
	👻 9:53pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Fuck" by "Nicole Panter" This is a composite track, using an instrumental I created from the Repo Man Soundtrack, and a phone call from Nicole Panter, the manager of the Germs.
	👻 9:55pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Fuck" by "Nicole Panter" I had a long correspondence with Nicole for years, where I would ask her stupid questions about the OG punk scene, and about her spoken word records. She must have thought I was a total nerd.
	9:56pm Aitch: ↳ Austin Rich @9:53 Away in a germy manger?
	👻 9:57pm Austin Rich: ↳ Aitch @9:56 Anything for the holidays.
	👻 9:57pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Fuck" by "Nicole Panter" "A Work In Progress..."
	9:59pm Claire & Dan: Claire says "Bah, Humbug!" Dan echoes the sentiment.
	👻 10:00pm Austin Rich: ↳ Claire & Dan @9:59 Ahhhh, Claire & Dan! It is lovely to see you in the Digital Salon!
	10:01pm Claire & Dan: You will also see us at your performance this week. Dan is bringing his new 3-D camera! So be prepared to be deep.
	10:02pm Imaginos: Spell I has been known to replace vegetarian with veterinarian
	10:09pm Imaginos: Maybe you'll hate a song today and love it tomorrow
	👻 10:10pm Arvo Zylo: Compilations can be a way to have out of print singles reissued, too. Much cheaper than expensive out of print singles, and personally, I didn't migrate to the singles section of record stores nearly as often, to be honest.
	10:14pm Imaginos: Getting sleepy. Had a great time here
	👻 10:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:10 Absolutely! I love those "Killed By Death" comps for that reason. I can't afford those singles, but I can get those comps.
	👻 10:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @10:14 It is much later for you than for me. Sleep well!
	10:14pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "When The Shit Hits The Fan" by "Circle Jerks" The album is almost as good as the movie.
	👻 10:15pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Song: "When The Shit Hits The Fan" by "Circle Jerks" Iggy Pop has a great track on this soundtrack. I'm pretty sure it had the guitarist from The Sex Pistols on it. Allegedly, he made up the song on the spot in the studio with the band.
	👻 10:15pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:14 I would say the soundtrack is as influential as the movie!
	👻 10:16pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:15 Iggy makes good soundtrack donations. I love his "Dogs In Space" song, too. ("I'm Livin' On Dogfood.")
	👻 10:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Rock and Roll Man" by "Tit Wrench" Another record I almost wore out in the 90's. Our band, Cathead, lifted riffs from Tit Wrench records any chance we could.
	👻 10:18pm Arvo Zylo: I thought Tit Wrench was a music fest up to this point...
	👻 10:19pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:18 I think you would like their stuff. I get their song, "Rave On, Fuckface," stuck in my head ALL the time.
	👻 10:21pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Violence Forever" by "Squid Pisser feat. Meghan O... Meghan O'Neil is in a few punk bands: Super Unison and Punch, and probably more.
	👻 10:22pm Arvo Zylo: The Barbies, by the way, were a New Wave band from 1980 who were recently reissued www.discogs.com...
	👻 10:22pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Anything With A Mind" by "Worst Case Scenario" This is, essentially, Unwound, minus Sara Lund.
	👻 10:23pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:22 Hmmmm. Will have to look into that.
	👻 10:25pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "My Knife In My Side" by "Wax Edison" This record showed up in my "box" at the radio station in Portland, when I worked there. And fortunately it was good, otherwise I would have probably thrown it away; the cover looks like it would be some hippy bullshit.
	👻 10:27pm Austin Rich: "Prison Warden! Dry your eyes! All the prisoners, need not to make you cry!"
	👻 10:27pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "I Hate The Rich" by "The Dils" This might be my favorite song.
	👻 10:28pm Austin Rich: The Dils released four singles, and on them, eight songs. EVERY SONG IS EXCELLENT IN EVERY WAY. What an incredible hit-ratio when it comes to music.
	👻 10:29pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:27 This reminds me of the time I played "Kill From The Heart" really loud in the studio, and all the students left. There was a little student lounge outside the on air studio, which was annoying because these kids would come in and start messing with the studio computer while I was recording.
	👻 10:30pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Top Secret" by "Kaos" What? Records was an essential part of the LA Punk Scene. The Dils & The Dils alone would make them absolutely essential.
	10:30pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:28 And yet, the lack of more Dils is tragic.
	👻 10:30pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:30 They went on to more music, that was not as great. But yeah... I would love for there to be another secret Dils single that I didn't know about. How cool would that be?
	👻 10:31pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:29 It was the Spits version, not the Dicks version, if I recall correctly. I have played both on the radio...
	👻 10:31pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Rat Race" by "Skullbusters" One of my fave under-rated comps.
	👻 10:32pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:31 I ADORE The Spits!
	👻 10:33pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:30 Yes, let's try to channel the universe where there where more Dils records! That could be our project for Human Dinosaur.
	👻 10:33pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Subliminal" by "Suicidal Tendencies" Hands down, one of my fave punk records.
	👻 10:34pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:33 Saw them in the 90s too, singer still wore a bandana down to his eyelashes...
	👻 10:35pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Subliminal" by "Suicidal Tendencies" Seeing Suicidal live was really eye-opening. All this bonkers kids in the pit who seemed like they might take you out if you look at them wrong, and then you would have the best conversations between bands. They were EXCELLENT!
	👻 10:35pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:34 I think he always does that.
	10:36pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:33 So I would guess that channeling punk universes requires broken glass and rusty safety pins, rather than the amethyst crystals and redwood scented massage oil needed to channel New Age universes...
	👻 10:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Systems Suck" by "Deadly Reign" This comp is an amazing snapshot of the late 70s / early 80's punk scene in Cali (and Nevada, aparently). A lot of these bands didn't last long. This comp sort of let's them live into the moder era.
	👻 10:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:36 Ha! And some cheap, cheap beer. Pabst? Cheaper, probably?
	👻 10:38pm Arvo Zylo: There could have been a punk version of MTV that would have challenged the regular MTV, I think, if it had the reach. Also, I just reluctantly watched this movie called Y2K and it was a crappy cheesy horror movie about a real virus happening on New Years Eve that makes computers go crazy and try to implant all the humans. I just thought the whole time it would be so much better if it were a punk movie, instead it had a cameo from Fred Durst and was just agony to watch.
	10:38pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:37 Generic BEER
	👻 10:39pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Song: "Systems Suck" by "Deadly Reign" This was a great comp, got it from the Alternative Tentacles mail order the old fashioned way.
	👻 10:40pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Mr. X @10:38 Lets Go Do Some Crimes!
	10:42pm Mr. X: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:40 Plate of shrimp!
	👻 10:47pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "We've Got the Neutron Bomb" by "The Weirdos" One of the greatest punk bands / songs.
	👻 10:49pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:47 Glad I got to see The Weirdos some time in the 2000s.
	10:49pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:47 One of my faves, too.
	👻 10:51pm Austin Rich: I suspect we are all in agreement, but The Weirdos are so good as musicians, who also can also dash out a great punk riff, too. It's that combo of sloppy and knowing that makes them great.
	10:54pm mattorefice: Thank you for all the good tunes (and tunes trivia) tonight!
	👻 10:55pm Austin Rich: ↳ mattorefice @10:54 Matt! I do love when you make an appearance in the Digital Salon! Thank you for droppin' by!
	👻 10:55pm Arvo Zylo: ok good show thanks and have a good night. Nice to hear live vinyl once in a while.
	👻 10:56pm Heather Z: I've been tuned in all show and loving what I'm hearing while crafting and doing some punk rock laundry!! Thanks for a great night!
	👻 10:56pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:55 We've got quite a bit of show left! We'll be going long tonight.
	👻 10:57pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Twin Cities Sound" by "The Soviettes" Way back when, I hosted The Soviettes live on my show, and I have an interview with them in the archive, too. They were a lot of fun live, and their records are great!
	10:57pm Mr. X: Grumpy Punk is sounding altogether too cheerful tonight.
	👻 10:57pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @10:56 Nice to see you in the Digital Salon!
	👻 10:57pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:57 It's the only way to get a smile out of him.
	👻 10:58pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Heather Z @10:56 Hi Heather, yes I think it is time for punk rock dishes over here...
	👻 10:59pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Song For Lon Mabon" by "Crackerbash" Out here in the Mid-Valley, Lon Mabon was a hatemonger and the leader of a group, The OCA, that tried to pass anti-gay laws in the 90's. Crackerbash wrote this song about wanting to terrorize him the way he terrorized the queer community.
	👻 10:59pm Heather Z: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:58 Hi Arvo! Punk rock chores is the way to do em!!
	👻 11:00pm Austin Rich: "You get just what you earn! You ever see a match burn, TWICE!"
	👻 11:01pm Austin Rich: "Time Wounds All Heels They Say!"
	11:02pm David Shortell: Maybe there's time for one more Astronauts song: youtube.com...
	👻 11:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Pablo Picasso" by "The Burning Sensations" I used to think the hight of cool was to drive around listening to THIS song, with the windows rolled down, wearing sunglasses, so everyone could see how cool you are. I did this for real, in the 90's, TOO MANY TIMES.
	11:02pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:59 Is old Lon still around? Seems like he would fit right into the upcoming administration.
	👻 11:03pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @11:02 If he hasn't already been given a position.
	👻 11:03pm Austin Rich: ↳ David Shortell @11:02 Oooo! I didn't know about this one.
	👻 11:04pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @11:02 When we were kids, we liked to change up lyrics to be goofy and I'll never hear this without hearing my friend Leigh say, "Pablo Picasso was never called a cherry wood table."
	👻 11:05pm Austin Rich: The irony is: Pablo Picasso was most likely very difficult to work with. Someone, most likely, did call him an asshole. And probably very often.
	11:05pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Pablo Picasso" by "The Burning Sensations" So weren't Burning Sensations actually some other band? Or am I thinking of Juicy Bananas?
	👻 11:05pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @11:05 You're thinking of The Juicy Bananas, which was just Repo Man cast and Sy Richardson doing vocals.
	👻 11:06pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Monsanto" by "Pleasant Gehman" I'm sort of Obsessed with Pleasant Gehman's writing. en.wikipedia.org...
	👻 11:07pm Austin Rich: All the old punks in Southern Cali would go to Disneyland to score drugs or "hook up."
	👻 11:07pm Arvo Zylo: I like the Repo Man soundtrack and everything but I'm sure plenty of people called Picasso an asshole, maybe not to his face... In terms of 80s punk soundtracks, Return of the Living Dead is right up there, though, although not pure punk music...
	👻 11:08pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @11:07 Agreed! Return of The Living Dead is one of my fave movies / soundtracks, for sure!
	👻 11:10pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Disneyland" by "The Eyes" There was a great Garage Rock band called The Eyes. And there was a great punk band called The Eyes. Was there a great 80's band called The Eyes? I don't know...
	11:11pm David Shortell: ↳ Austin Rich @11:03 My favorite alleged Astronauts tune is the theme from “Ride the Wild Surf”: a 1964 Columbia picture starring Fabian, Tab Hunter, Barbara Eden and others. I don’t believe it’s really the Astronauts playing it though!
	11:18pm David Shortell: ↳ Austin Rich @11:10 The first one you’re thinking of is likely the 60’s English freakbeat group known for “I’m Rowed Out”, “When the Night Falls” and “You’re Too Much”. The Eyes that you played is the punk group with future Go-Go Charlotte Caffey. I don’t know of any other Eyes.
	👻 11:21pm Heather Z: We have a Ben Morey and The Eyes here in Rochester!
	11:21pm Mr. X: Does Yamantaka Eye of Boredoms count?
	👻 11:22pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Graveyard" by "Dead Moon" One of the best Portland husband / wife bands, I saw Dead Moon every chance I could. Maybe five times? Six? They were always amazing. Toody, Fred's wife / Dead Moon's bass player has a thrift store in Portland, as I understand it.
	👻 11:22pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @11:21 I do love The Boredoms.
	11:22pm Mr. X: Fun show, Austin! Thanks for the memories and the new-to-me stuff as well.
	👻 11:22pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @11:21 There's an "The Eyes" for the 2020's! Excellent!
	👻 11:24pm Austin Rich: Thanks everyone! Ya'll are amazing.
	👻 11:24pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @11:22 Had to pop back in to mention! They're good, too, from what I recall, and definitely tick the 2020s box! Night all and thanks for a lovely evening!
	11:24pm David Shortell: ↳ Austin Rich @9:53 The same Nicole who acted in the 1981 HBO special "The Pee-Wee Herman Show".
	👻 11:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ David Shortell @11:24 Yes! That was one of the e-mails we traded: me asking her about that!
	👻 11:25pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Mohawk Redemption" by "Drew Blood" This poem brings a tear to my eyes.
	11:25pm David Shortell: ↳ Austin Rich @11:24 And of course her brother Gary is the "Jimbo" cartoonist who designed the show's set.
	👻 11:26pm Austin Rich: ↳ David Shortell @11:25 YES! Those Jimbo comics are incredible.
	👻 11:27pm Austin Rich: And Beefheart is afterward! Ashtray Heart is the song in which Beefheart complains about how punks stole everything from him! How perfect.

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from December 10, 2024

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