WFMU: Dimestore Radio Theater with Austin Rich: Playlist from April 25, 2022

Listener comments!
	🎸 ♥ 5:56pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	6:00pm SW: Evening all!
	🎸 ♥ 6:01pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, SW!
	6:01pm Charles: Hello Austin and fellow thrill-seekers!
	🎸 ♥ 6:02pm Austin Rich: Given that Thanksgiving was the 25th, I think that was probably on the minds of listeners as they hunkered down for this particular adventure.
	🎸 ♥ 6:02pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, Charles!
	♥ 6:02pm HyperDose: "You never take me anywhere!" :'(
	6:02pm Mr Fab: taking off my fedora and raincoat, settling down with a shot of bourbon from the bottle in my bottom drawer.
	🎸 ♥ 6:03pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, HyperDose!
	♥ 6:03pm HyperDose: You've got a false bottom guy, Mr Fab?
	🎸 ♥ 6:03pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, Mr. Fab!
	6:04pm Listener Robert: Special "tobacco", huh?
	🎸 ♥ 6:04pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, Listener Robert. Certainly, it is an "international" blend.
	♥ 6:05pm Scott67: G'day Austin & Serial Listeners! ✌😎☕🎶📻🌞🌏🌻
	6:05pm Mr Fab: Listener Robert: was wondering that, too...
	6:06pm Mr Fab: Will Lucy be with the Diamond In The Sky?
	🎸 ♥ 6:07pm Austin Rich: It was pretty common in the US in the 20's - 40's, and a lot of oldtime radio "noir" stories have Marijuana as a mcguffin of some kind.
	♥ 6:07pm Scott67: Clay Pigeon
	♥ 6:08pm HyperDose: "McGuffin" The term was originated by Angus MacPhail for film, adopted by Alfred Hitchcock. I learned a new fact!
	🎸 ♥ 6:08pm Austin Rich: Good hello, Scott67!
	6:08pm Charles: Martin is great. I hope he'll stick around for a long time.
	♥ 6:09pm Scott67: Chuffing a McGuffin HyperD? ✌😎💨
	🎸 ♥ 6:09pm Austin Rich: In the pre-internet days of the world, you could really leave a letter for almost anyone anywhere, so long as you could address it well enough. My friend, in the Peace Corps, told me I could send mail to him as "The American" in his village, and it would get ot him, no matter where he was.
	6:10pm SW: This story seems more intriguing so far than the annoying schoolgirls last week
	♥ 6:11pm HyperDose: Not right now, cobber. Probably going to take a tolerance break that will line up nicely with the surgery and recovery next week
	🎸 ♥ 6:11pm Austin Rich: Yeah, the quality of the candidate who writes to Box 13 fluctuates from week to week. I think the author liked to imagine that it was "just like real life" that way, but I think it means that some adventures are less full of... adventure, as it were.
	6:13pm Charles: I already forgot the code phrase. I'd be terrible for this.
	6:14pm Mr Fab: True about ye olden days of mail, Austin - I once heard a radio host of an international music show said that you could write to "Ravi Shankar: India," and he'd get it.
	🎸 ♥ 6:14pm Austin Rich: Most detectives seem to be really good at remembering details that most readers / viewers easily overlook.
	🎸 ♥ 6:17pm Austin Rich: There was also added importance given to messages / mail, in an era when it was harder to stay in touch with people. I think mail carries less important in general, unfortunately. As someone who mails out hundreds of musical postcards every month, I'm astonished at how many are not delivered, and how many bounce back that are legitimately addressed. It's really strange. But every e-mail I send lives on forever...
	6:17pm SW: This cabbie must be related to dick van dyke
	6:18pm SW: cor blimey
	6:20pm Listener Robert: In the world of drama, the line between knockout and permanent brain damage is a very thick one!
	🎸 ♥ 6:21pm Austin Rich: I keep meaning to count the number of times Dan has been knocked out in all the episodes, but I haven't gotten around to it.
	♥ 6:21pm Scott67: Predicting Concussion Brain Injuries.
	6:25pm Listener Robert: How DOES he know he's never been involved in anything shady? Someone with Holiday's skills might've pulled off who knows how many capers undetected?
	6:26pm Listener Robert: And his business at an adventure writer is a perfect cover.
	6:26pm SW: That's the brain injuries for you
	♥ 6:27pm HyperDose: Finally a realistic gunshot that isn't layered with a thousand other explosion samples!
	🎸 ♥ 6:28pm Austin Rich: The sound design on this show is usually pretty good, by comparison.
	🎸 ♥ 6:31pm Austin Rich: The sound on this episode is particularly terrible, unfortunately. I did my best to do some clean up, and it does sound a little better, now. But there's only so much you can do in some cases. Just use your imagination, and you'll be able to hear through the dirt.
	6:31pm SW: Now that's some distorted drama
	♥ 6:32pm Scott67: These quick changes, I'm having trouble doing up my swashbuckle!💀
	🎸 ♥ 6:33pm Austin Rich: Yeah. I'm pretty sure this was a home recording, made by a fan. (It even sounds a little "slower" than regular speed.) Which, very cool that we even have anything to refer to, but... yeah. It doesn't sound great.
	♥ 6:36pm Scott67: WTF!!
	6:36pm Listener Robert: MST3K for audio?
	🎸 ♥ 6:36pm Austin Rich: Hmmmm. Having some connection issues here. Hopefully ya'll aren't having too many issues listening?
	♥ 6:37pm Maulydaft: damn.... no it's screwed up!
	♥ 6:37pm HyperDose: pearl clutch
	6:38pm Listener Robert: This is fun!
	♥ 6:38pm HyperDose: I'm hearing punk rock!
	6:38pm Charles: The music comes from the show and not my mind right?
	♥ 6:38pm Scott67: Just some Hanna Babera & heavy guitar cutting in!! Constantly.
	♥ 6:38pm Feldy: Hey Austin. Listening and working, enjoying the show
	6:39pm SW: Well this is weird lol
	♥ 6:39pm Scott67: Bit of road rage & raga!
	🎸 ♥ 6:40pm Austin Rich: Hmmmm. I think I keep loosing connection, and then it plays some Sheena stuff. Then I re-connect, and it plays Scarlet Queen. I suspect that means that the archive will be all messed up. Perhaps I'll have to actually get it replaced after the fact, this time.
	♥ 6:40pm Maulydaft: Elliott Lewis sounds a lot like Howard Duff!
	♥ 6:41pm Feldy: I thought it was my computer. Sometimes I press the wrong key and YouTube starts playing
	🎸 ♥ 6:42pm Austin Rich: A little, Maulydaft. I should do a side-by-side comparison, some time.
	🎸 ♥ 6:42pm Austin Rich: We are having some stormy, weird weather here. I wouldn't be surprised if it's affecting our connectivity.
	♥ 6:42pm Maulydaft: Duff without the snide humour and light heartness :)
	♥ 6:43pm Scott67: Seems to have settled now.
	🎸 ♥ 6:43pm Austin Rich: I'll make sure I send an updated file to Rebecca afterwards, for the die-hard "scarlet queens" in the audience.
	6:45pm Mr Fab: Good plan, Austin.
	♥ 6:48pm Scott67: He's like when you give a kida plastic sword.
	🎸 ♥ 6:48pm Austin Rich: No matter how old people are, when they get a sword, they act a little strange.
	🎸 ♥ 6:50pm Austin Rich: True story: my mom's girlfriend from when i was in High School was the kind of woman who kept swords on the wall and attended Sci-Fi conventions. Whenever a friend would come over, they would always ask about the decorative swords.
	♥ 6:53pm Scott67: Do they ak, where are the decorative heads?
	🎸 ♥ 6:54pm Austin Rich: So one ever asked that. Everyone wanted to pose with them. This was before cell phones and computers, but if there had been, everyone would want a selfie with them.
	♥ 6:58pm Feldy: ACME® Coffee. I love coffee bean 'leavings'
	🎸 ♥ 6:59pm Austin Rich: Mmmmmmm. Coffee. Let's all have some, now.
	♥ 7:07pm Feldy: Never heard of that Wally Wood project
	♥ 7:09pm Scott67: Double Espresso coming up! 👍😎💨☕
	7:10pm Mr Fab: There was a band called the Vulgar Boatmen.
	♥ 7:11pm Feldy: My coffee shop would be called "Yes to Coffee" because I never say no
	7:11pm SW: If it wasn't after midnight here I'd love some tasty coffee too.
	7:15pm Charles: All good ideas.
	♥ 7:16pm HyperDose: The thought of old timey horror radio excites me
	7:17pm SW: Where there any overly dramatic soapy kinda shows?
	🎸 ♥ 7:19pm Austin Rich: Absolutely, SW. I was thinking that I should get a Soap Opera running during the early part of the day, and maybe get Constance to co-host with me. Maybe a Soap and a daytime comedy could pair well...
	7:19pm John R.: Hi Austin and gang, I wonder if any of the Universal Monsters ever did any radio adaptations ?
	🎸 ♥ 7:19pm Austin Rich: There's a 30's Frankenstein radio adaptation that might be fun to run in October.
	7:19pm SW: That could be cool! 😁
	7:20pm Charles: I'm so down for all of that. Radio's great isn't it?
	🎸 ♥ 7:20pm Austin Rich: And there's lots of radio adaptations of the classic Universal Horror films, as one hour radio dramas. I could do some double features around the holidays, too.
	7:20pm John R.: @Austin: Awesome!😊
	7:21pm Mr Fab: Yeah, and you dont have to wait til October, it's monsters all year round here!
	🎸 ♥ 7:22pm Austin Rich: Might be good to do some monster double features at the end of Summer.
	7:24pm John R.: @Mr.Fab:👍
	7:25pm Charles: It's cute to listen to them be amazed at older stuff while we do the same with the show.
	🎸 ♥ 7:25pm Austin Rich: Someday, I do want to take all the commercials that feature music by Korla Pandit (the stuff I cut out, because it's a really dumb commercial), and run all of them as one long "Chandu" episodes. Maybe for April first next year or something...
	7:26pm Charles: I can hear it in my mind, being presented like the intro of Chandu. Korla .. the musician!
	🎸 ♥ 7:27pm Austin Rich: Yes, Charles! I love it!
	🎸 ♥ 7:29pm Austin Rich: Box 13 is presented perfectly for commercial breaks. The music consistently has a break point three times an episodes, and was presented that way originally (where there would be commercials, I put in a "fake" commerical.) I have to fudge things for the other shows. The Voyage of the Scarlet Queen doesn't really have those kinds of music cues that work consistently in the show, so I've had to cut up my own, and interject them a few times each episodes. However, the format of each episode sort of has a break at the beginning and at the end, and there's usually a pretty good spot in the middle that works best.
	🎸 ♥ 7:31pm Austin Rich: With Chandu, there are two commercial breaks each episode, that contain ads for "White King Soap." (Who paid for the show.) I replace them with my own commercials. Dimension X didn't begin with any commercial breaks at first, but at some point, Wheaties becomes the sponsor, and I cut out those commercial breaks, and put in the ones I make up.
	7:31pm SW: Laters peoples, sleep calls. Cool show again Austin!
	🎸 ♥ 7:31pm Austin Rich: Thanks for sticking around, SW!
	7:32pm Charles: That's great work Austin, fits well.
	🎸 ♥ 7:33pm Austin Rich: The Weaties commercials on Dimension X are really boring, and don't have music by Korla, so I probably won't re-air those anywhere, ever. But this period of Dimension X has slightly shorter shows, because a lot of time was given over to the Wheaties ads.
	🎸 ♥ 7:34pm Austin Rich: As a result, for a while, "Dimestore Revelations" will be a few minutes longer, to make up for this.
	7:36pm Mr Fab: or you could play a Korla record!
	🎸 ♥ 7:37pm Austin Rich: This episode aired just after the 4th of July, on a Friday. So I imagine there were a lot of kids, and possibly a lot of adults, who were enjoying summer vacation and might have tuned in to listen to this show. And this story was well known in print. People might have tuned in, based on the reputation, too. It's possibly this episodes had a LOT of listeners.
	🎸 ♥ 7:38pm Austin Rich: If I had any Korla records, I'd be playing them a bunch! But I could probably find them all online if I really wanted.
	🎸 ♥ 7:39pm Austin Rich: Earnest Kinoy's own time in the concentration camps certainly informed this plot point.
	🎸 ♥ 7:41pm Austin Rich: A paper could be written about the way SFX are used in this episode, and how recordings stand in for real things... that are fake things meant to be real, in the world of the story. But I'm not in college anymore, so I don't need to write papers like that.
	7:44pm Mr Fab: This show looks cool: en.wikipedia.org...
	🎸 ♥ 7:45pm Austin Rich: Yeah! I dig that Sinatra show, and it's pretty good, all things considered. That might be a good follow-up to Box 13, for sure.
	🎸 ♥ 7:46pm Austin Rich: There's a very short-lived detective show with a female lead, Candy Matson, that has all the roles reversed, for the most part. It's pretty good, but only lasted for a very short run. That one would be fun, too.
	🎸 ♥ 7:47pm Austin Rich: There's also an adventure show with Bogart and Bacall in the leads, and that show is GREAT, but also, not very long lived.
	🎸 ♥ 7:48pm Austin Rich: Well, I guess i lasted over a year, so maybe that's not too bad.
	7:49pm Mr Fab: Those sound amazing.
	🎸 ♥ 7:51pm Austin Rich: I think the only "detective" show that I'm not a fan of is Dragnet. I've tried, but the radio version is just BORING. There's other Jack Webb shows that are good, and I'd play those first, if I had to choose.
	7:54pm Mr Fab: interesting, because I love the TV version of Dragnet. The camp aspect helps, I admit.
	7:54pm Charles: Family-sized cartons. That cracked me up
	7:55pm John R.: Gotta go, but thank Austin you for excellent show ! I’ll listen to the rest later.
	🎸 ♥ 7:56pm Austin Rich: Yeah, I never saw much of the TV version (aside from sticking around for the theme music), so I don't have the same soft spot. I'll let someone else do Dragnet, and I can do "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar."
	🎸 ♥ 7:57pm Austin Rich: (There's just under 1000 episodes of Johnny Dollar, so if I get to that point, I'm locking myself in for the "long haul" with Dimestore...)
	♥ 7:57pm Scott67: Thanks Austin! Always entertaining mate! ☕😎🤙📻🌞🌏
	🎸 ♥ 7:57pm Austin Rich: "You're not thirsty, John." That part always creeps me out.
	7:57pm Listener Robert: Maybe I've raised this before here, but did you ever see the SCTV version of Johnny Dollar, "Dan Money"?
	🎸 ♥ 7:58pm Austin Rich: This same actor does this same kind of call in a few episodes of Dimension X.
	🎸 ♥ 7:58pm Austin Rich: Yes, Listener Robert! SCTV was SOOOOO good!
	7:59pm Charles: Thanks for a great time everyone!
	🎸 ♥ 7:59pm Austin Rich: Thanks everyone!
	7:59pm Mr Fab: Damn, Bradbury was so good. So DARK, tho.
	🎸 ♥ 7:59pm Austin Rich: Yeah. I love this story.
	🎸 ♥ 7:59pm Austin Rich: So creepy. So perfect.
	♥ 8:00pm Feldy: Later folks
	🎸 ♥ 8:00pm Austin Rich: Until next week...
	8:00pm Mr Fab: Great stuff, today Austin!
	♥ 8:00pm HyperDose: Thanks, Austin. Sick sound design this week!
	♥ 9:01pm WR: Still waiting for the archive to be added....
	♥ 9:01pm WR: I mean, I will wait for the archive...

Dimestore Radio Theater with Austin Rich: Playlist from April 25, 2022

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Join us for two hours of old time radio dramas, as we present four different pulp fiction stories, every week! Noir Stories with everymen getting wrapped up in dangerous adventures! Sea-faring Tales that are as two-fisted as they are filled with romance! Mysterious Magicians from the Far East, or maybe a Science Fiction yarn from the Atomic Age! Dimestore Radio Theater offers a chance to engage in Theater of The Mind, and enter a world of incredible tales from both yesterday and tomorrow!

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April 25, 2022: Episode #14

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Approx. start time
Box 13	"Diamond In The Sky" ""Diamond In The Sky"" by "Box 13"	21 November 1948	Mayfair Productions	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
The Voyage of The Scarlet Queen	"The Fat Trader and the Sword of Apokaezhan"	2 October 1947	Mutual	0:30:58 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Glenn Miller	Song Of The Volga Boatmen			1:04:35 (Pop-up)
Chandu The Magician	"Meeting With Princess Nadji"	14 July 1948	Mutual–Don Lee Networ	1:20:51 (Pop-up)
Dimension X	"Mars Is Heaven" ""Mars Is Heaven"" by "Dimension X"	7 July 1950	NBC Radio	1:32:04 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	🎸 ♥ 5:56pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	6:00pm SW: Evening all!
	🎸 ♥ 6:01pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, SW!
	6:01pm Charles: Hello Austin and fellow thrill-seekers!
	🎸 ♥ 6:02pm Austin Rich: Given that Thanksgiving was the 25th, I think that was probably on the minds of listeners as they hunkered down for this particular adventure.
	🎸 ♥ 6:02pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, Charles!
	♥ 6:02pm HyperDose: "You never take me anywhere!" :'(
	6:02pm Mr Fab: taking off my fedora and raincoat, settling down with a shot of bourbon from the bottle in my bottom drawer.
	🎸 ♥ 6:03pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, HyperDose!
	♥ 6:03pm HyperDose: You've got a false bottom guy, Mr Fab?
	🎸 ♥ 6:03pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, Mr. Fab!
	6:04pm Listener Robert: Special "tobacco", huh?
	🎸 ♥ 6:04pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, Listener Robert. Certainly, it is an "international" blend.
	♥ 6:05pm Scott67: G'day Austin & Serial Listeners! ✌😎☕🎶📻🌞🌏🌻
	6:05pm Mr Fab: Listener Robert: was wondering that, too...
	6:06pm Mr Fab: Will Lucy be with the Diamond In The Sky?
	🎸 ♥ 6:07pm Austin Rich: It was pretty common in the US in the 20's - 40's, and a lot of oldtime radio "noir" stories have Marijuana as a mcguffin of some kind.
	♥ 6:07pm Scott67: Clay Pigeon
	♥ 6:08pm HyperDose: "McGuffin" The term was originated by Angus MacPhail for film, adopted by Alfred Hitchcock. I learned a new fact!
	🎸 ♥ 6:08pm Austin Rich: Good hello, Scott67!
	6:08pm Charles: Martin is great. I hope he'll stick around for a long time.
	♥ 6:09pm Scott67: Chuffing a McGuffin HyperD? ✌😎💨
	🎸 ♥ 6:09pm Austin Rich: In the pre-internet days of the world, you could really leave a letter for almost anyone anywhere, so long as you could address it well enough. My friend, in the Peace Corps, told me I could send mail to him as "The American" in his village, and it would get ot him, no matter where he was.
	6:10pm SW: This story seems more intriguing so far than the annoying schoolgirls last week
	♥ 6:11pm HyperDose: Not right now, cobber. Probably going to take a tolerance break that will line up nicely with the surgery and recovery next week
	🎸 ♥ 6:11pm Austin Rich: Yeah, the quality of the candidate who writes to Box 13 fluctuates from week to week. I think the author liked to imagine that it was "just like real life" that way, but I think it means that some adventures are less full of... adventure, as it were.
	6:13pm Charles: I already forgot the code phrase. I'd be terrible for this.
	6:14pm Mr Fab: True about ye olden days of mail, Austin - I once heard a radio host of an international music show said that you could write to "Ravi Shankar: India," and he'd get it.
	🎸 ♥ 6:14pm Austin Rich: Most detectives seem to be really good at remembering details that most readers / viewers easily overlook.
	🎸 ♥ 6:17pm Austin Rich: There was also added importance given to messages / mail, in an era when it was harder to stay in touch with people. I think mail carries less important in general, unfortunately. As someone who mails out hundreds of musical postcards every month, I'm astonished at how many are not delivered, and how many bounce back that are legitimately addressed. It's really strange. But every e-mail I send lives on forever...
	6:17pm SW: This cabbie must be related to dick van dyke
	6:18pm SW: cor blimey
	6:20pm Listener Robert: In the world of drama, the line between knockout and permanent brain damage is a very thick one!
	🎸 ♥ 6:21pm Austin Rich: I keep meaning to count the number of times Dan has been knocked out in all the episodes, but I haven't gotten around to it.
	♥ 6:21pm Scott67: Predicting Concussion Brain Injuries.
	6:25pm Listener Robert: How DOES he know he's never been involved in anything shady? Someone with Holiday's skills might've pulled off who knows how many capers undetected?
	6:26pm Listener Robert: And his business at an adventure writer is a perfect cover.
	6:26pm SW: That's the brain injuries for you
	♥ 6:27pm HyperDose: Finally a realistic gunshot that isn't layered with a thousand other explosion samples!
	🎸 ♥ 6:28pm Austin Rich: The sound design on this show is usually pretty good, by comparison.
	🎸 ♥ 6:31pm Austin Rich: The sound on this episode is particularly terrible, unfortunately. I did my best to do some clean up, and it does sound a little better, now. But there's only so much you can do in some cases. Just use your imagination, and you'll be able to hear through the dirt.
	6:31pm SW: Now that's some distorted drama
	♥ 6:32pm Scott67: These quick changes, I'm having trouble doing up my swashbuckle!💀
	🎸 ♥ 6:33pm Austin Rich: Yeah. I'm pretty sure this was a home recording, made by a fan. (It even sounds a little "slower" than regular speed.) Which, very cool that we even have anything to refer to, but... yeah. It doesn't sound great.
	♥ 6:36pm Scott67: WTF!!
	6:36pm Listener Robert: MST3K for audio?
	🎸 ♥ 6:36pm Austin Rich: Hmmmm. Having some connection issues here. Hopefully ya'll aren't having too many issues listening?
	♥ 6:37pm Maulydaft: damn.... no it's screwed up!
	♥ 6:37pm HyperDose: pearl clutch
	6:38pm Listener Robert: This is fun!
	♥ 6:38pm HyperDose: I'm hearing punk rock!
	6:38pm Charles: The music comes from the show and not my mind right?
	♥ 6:38pm Scott67: Just some Hanna Babera & heavy guitar cutting in!! Constantly.
	♥ 6:38pm Feldy: Hey Austin. Listening and working, enjoying the show
	6:39pm SW: Well this is weird lol
	♥ 6:39pm Scott67: Bit of road rage & raga!
	🎸 ♥ 6:40pm Austin Rich: Hmmmm. I think I keep loosing connection, and then it plays some Sheena stuff. Then I re-connect, and it plays Scarlet Queen. I suspect that means that the archive will be all messed up. Perhaps I'll have to actually get it replaced after the fact, this time.
	♥ 6:40pm Maulydaft: Elliott Lewis sounds a lot like Howard Duff!
	♥ 6:41pm Feldy: I thought it was my computer. Sometimes I press the wrong key and YouTube starts playing
	🎸 ♥ 6:42pm Austin Rich: A little, Maulydaft. I should do a side-by-side comparison, some time.
	🎸 ♥ 6:42pm Austin Rich: We are having some stormy, weird weather here. I wouldn't be surprised if it's affecting our connectivity.
	♥ 6:42pm Maulydaft: Duff without the snide humour and light heartness :)
	♥ 6:43pm Scott67: Seems to have settled now.
	🎸 ♥ 6:43pm Austin Rich: I'll make sure I send an updated file to Rebecca afterwards, for the die-hard "scarlet queens" in the audience.
	6:45pm Mr Fab: Good plan, Austin.
	♥ 6:48pm Scott67: He's like when you give a kida plastic sword.
	🎸 ♥ 6:48pm Austin Rich: No matter how old people are, when they get a sword, they act a little strange.
	🎸 ♥ 6:50pm Austin Rich: True story: my mom's girlfriend from when i was in High School was the kind of woman who kept swords on the wall and attended Sci-Fi conventions. Whenever a friend would come over, they would always ask about the decorative swords.
	♥ 6:53pm Scott67: Do they ak, where are the decorative heads?
	🎸 ♥ 6:54pm Austin Rich: So one ever asked that. Everyone wanted to pose with them. This was before cell phones and computers, but if there had been, everyone would want a selfie with them.
	♥ 6:58pm Feldy: ACME® Coffee. I love coffee bean 'leavings'
	🎸 ♥ 6:59pm Austin Rich: Mmmmmmm. Coffee. Let's all have some, now.
	♥ 7:07pm Feldy: Never heard of that Wally Wood project
	♥ 7:09pm Scott67: Double Espresso coming up! 👍😎💨☕
	7:10pm Mr Fab: There was a band called the Vulgar Boatmen.
	♥ 7:11pm Feldy: My coffee shop would be called "Yes to Coffee" because I never say no
	7:11pm SW: If it wasn't after midnight here I'd love some tasty coffee too.
	7:15pm Charles: All good ideas.
	♥ 7:16pm HyperDose: The thought of old timey horror radio excites me
	7:17pm SW: Where there any overly dramatic soapy kinda shows?
	🎸 ♥ 7:19pm Austin Rich: Absolutely, SW. I was thinking that I should get a Soap Opera running during the early part of the day, and maybe get Constance to co-host with me. Maybe a Soap and a daytime comedy could pair well...
	7:19pm John R.: Hi Austin and gang, I wonder if any of the Universal Monsters ever did any radio adaptations ?
	🎸 ♥ 7:19pm Austin Rich: There's a 30's Frankenstein radio adaptation that might be fun to run in October.
	7:19pm SW: That could be cool! 😁
	7:20pm Charles: I'm so down for all of that. Radio's great isn't it?
	🎸 ♥ 7:20pm Austin Rich: And there's lots of radio adaptations of the classic Universal Horror films, as one hour radio dramas. I could do some double features around the holidays, too.
	7:20pm John R.: @Austin: Awesome!😊
	7:21pm Mr Fab: Yeah, and you dont have to wait til October, it's monsters all year round here!
	🎸 ♥ 7:22pm Austin Rich: Might be good to do some monster double features at the end of Summer.
	7:24pm John R.: @Mr.Fab:👍
	7:25pm Charles: It's cute to listen to them be amazed at older stuff while we do the same with the show.
	🎸 ♥ 7:25pm Austin Rich: Someday, I do want to take all the commercials that feature music by Korla Pandit (the stuff I cut out, because it's a really dumb commercial), and run all of them as one long "Chandu" episodes. Maybe for April first next year or something...
	7:26pm Charles: I can hear it in my mind, being presented like the intro of Chandu. Korla .. the musician!
	🎸 ♥ 7:27pm Austin Rich: Yes, Charles! I love it!
	🎸 ♥ 7:29pm Austin Rich: Box 13 is presented perfectly for commercial breaks. The music consistently has a break point three times an episodes, and was presented that way originally (where there would be commercials, I put in a "fake" commerical.) I have to fudge things for the other shows. The Voyage of the Scarlet Queen doesn't really have those kinds of music cues that work consistently in the show, so I've had to cut up my own, and interject them a few times each episodes. However, the format of each episode sort of has a break at the beginning and at the end, and there's usually a pretty good spot in the middle that works best.
	🎸 ♥ 7:31pm Austin Rich: With Chandu, there are two commercial breaks each episode, that contain ads for "White King Soap." (Who paid for the show.) I replace them with my own commercials. Dimension X didn't begin with any commercial breaks at first, but at some point, Wheaties becomes the sponsor, and I cut out those commercial breaks, and put in the ones I make up.
	7:31pm SW: Laters peoples, sleep calls. Cool show again Austin!
	🎸 ♥ 7:31pm Austin Rich: Thanks for sticking around, SW!
	7:32pm Charles: That's great work Austin, fits well.
	🎸 ♥ 7:33pm Austin Rich: The Weaties commercials on Dimension X are really boring, and don't have music by Korla, so I probably won't re-air those anywhere, ever. But this period of Dimension X has slightly shorter shows, because a lot of time was given over to the Wheaties ads.
	🎸 ♥ 7:34pm Austin Rich: As a result, for a while, "Dimestore Revelations" will be a few minutes longer, to make up for this.
	7:36pm Mr Fab: or you could play a Korla record!
	🎸 ♥ 7:37pm Austin Rich: This episode aired just after the 4th of July, on a Friday. So I imagine there were a lot of kids, and possibly a lot of adults, who were enjoying summer vacation and might have tuned in to listen to this show. And this story was well known in print. People might have tuned in, based on the reputation, too. It's possibly this episodes had a LOT of listeners.
	🎸 ♥ 7:38pm Austin Rich: If I had any Korla records, I'd be playing them a bunch! But I could probably find them all online if I really wanted.
	🎸 ♥ 7:39pm Austin Rich: Earnest Kinoy's own time in the concentration camps certainly informed this plot point.
	🎸 ♥ 7:41pm Austin Rich: A paper could be written about the way SFX are used in this episode, and how recordings stand in for real things... that are fake things meant to be real, in the world of the story. But I'm not in college anymore, so I don't need to write papers like that.
	7:44pm Mr Fab: This show looks cool: en.wikipedia.org...
	🎸 ♥ 7:45pm Austin Rich: Yeah! I dig that Sinatra show, and it's pretty good, all things considered. That might be a good follow-up to Box 13, for sure.
	🎸 ♥ 7:46pm Austin Rich: There's a very short-lived detective show with a female lead, Candy Matson, that has all the roles reversed, for the most part. It's pretty good, but only lasted for a very short run. That one would be fun, too.
	🎸 ♥ 7:47pm Austin Rich: There's also an adventure show with Bogart and Bacall in the leads, and that show is GREAT, but also, not very long lived.
	🎸 ♥ 7:48pm Austin Rich: Well, I guess i lasted over a year, so maybe that's not too bad.
	7:49pm Mr Fab: Those sound amazing.
	🎸 ♥ 7:51pm Austin Rich: I think the only "detective" show that I'm not a fan of is Dragnet. I've tried, but the radio version is just BORING. There's other Jack Webb shows that are good, and I'd play those first, if I had to choose.
	7:54pm Mr Fab: interesting, because I love the TV version of Dragnet. The camp aspect helps, I admit.
	7:54pm Charles: Family-sized cartons. That cracked me up
	7:55pm John R.: Gotta go, but thank Austin you for excellent show ! I’ll listen to the rest later.
	🎸 ♥ 7:56pm Austin Rich: Yeah, I never saw much of the TV version (aside from sticking around for the theme music), so I don't have the same soft spot. I'll let someone else do Dragnet, and I can do "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar."
	🎸 ♥ 7:57pm Austin Rich: (There's just under 1000 episodes of Johnny Dollar, so if I get to that point, I'm locking myself in for the "long haul" with Dimestore...)
	♥ 7:57pm Scott67: Thanks Austin! Always entertaining mate! ☕😎🤙📻🌞🌏
	🎸 ♥ 7:57pm Austin Rich: "You're not thirsty, John." That part always creeps me out.
	7:57pm Listener Robert: Maybe I've raised this before here, but did you ever see the SCTV version of Johnny Dollar, "Dan Money"?
	🎸 ♥ 7:58pm Austin Rich: This same actor does this same kind of call in a few episodes of Dimension X.
	🎸 ♥ 7:58pm Austin Rich: Yes, Listener Robert! SCTV was SOOOOO good!
	7:59pm Charles: Thanks for a great time everyone!
	🎸 ♥ 7:59pm Austin Rich: Thanks everyone!
	7:59pm Mr Fab: Damn, Bradbury was so good. So DARK, tho.
	🎸 ♥ 7:59pm Austin Rich: Yeah. I love this story.
	🎸 ♥ 7:59pm Austin Rich: So creepy. So perfect.
	♥ 8:00pm Feldy: Later folks
	🎸 ♥ 8:00pm Austin Rich: Until next week...
	8:00pm Mr Fab: Great stuff, today Austin!
	♥ 8:00pm HyperDose: Thanks, Austin. Sick sound design this week!
	♥ 9:01pm WR: Still waiting for the archive to be added....
	♥ 9:01pm WR: I mean, I will wait for the archive...

Dimestore Radio Theater with Austin Rich: Playlist from April 25, 2022

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