WFMU: Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from April 5, 2022

Listener comments!
	🎸 ♥ 8:12pm Austin Rich: Good Hello!
	8:34pm Obadiah Baird: Hello Austin.
	🎸 ♥ 8:42pm Austin Rich: Nice to see you in the chat, Obadiah!
	🎸 ♥ 9:00pm Krys O.: Greetings!
	9:00pm Obadiah Baird: Hello!
	♥ 9:00pm HyperDose: Very excited to be here!
	9:01pm Mr Fab: howdy, Austin. Live guests, right on!
	♥ 9:01pm Scott67: G'day Austin & Mutants! 👍😎🍻🎶📻🌞🌏👾
	♥ 9:01pm drowsy: Exciting!!!! Thanks Rich and Obediah!
	9:01pm Obadiah Baird: Super nervous to hear myself.
	🎸 ♥ 9:01pm Aitch: Mutating here
	9:01pm Geoff-U: Hullo all! waves
	♥ 9:02pm Scott67: Welcome Obadiah!👍😎🍻
	9:02pm Geoff-U: As usual, greetings from Hardcorevallis
	9:03pm xapnomapcase1: Hi chat!
	9:03pm Obadiah Baird: My hometown of Corvallis! Welcome.
	♥ 9:03pm Pauly from Clifton: Hi Rich, Obadiah, folks!
	♥ 9:04pm HyperDose: Lava Lamp Lounge is sounding great tonight!
	9:04pm Geoff-U: Obadiah - mine too - I just moved back after about 30 plus years :)
	9:05pm AndrewBunny: Good hello, sir
	🎸 ♥ 9:05pm Austin Rich: It started raining just around the time Obadiah started playing. For people who were curious.
	9:06pm Obadiah Baird: Nice sound Austin!
	9:06pm Ellen Lovebug: This sounds pretty and serene
	🎸 ♥ 9:06pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, everyone! Sit back with something nice to drink, and enjoy the performance!
	🎸 ♥ 9:06pm Austin Rich: Good to see you in the chat, Ellen!
	🎸 ♥ 9:06pm Krys O.: Sounds lovely. Thanks for presenting this.
	🎸 ♥ 9:07pm Austin Rich: And Andrew Bunny, Krys O, HyperDose! Always nice to see you in the chat.
	9:07pm Ellen Lovebug: Thanks, I'm excited to be here. True story: Nearly every day, I do crossword puzzles over the phone with my mom, who's back East. Today, one of the crossword puzzle clues was "Type of lamp popular in the 1960s." Naturally, the answer was Lava, and of course, I thought of you!
	♥ 9:07pm HyperDose: This is gorgeous
	🎸 ♥ 9:08pm Austin Rich: Obadiah: maybe you wanna talk a little about the guitar you were playing? It sounds lovely.
	9:08pm Mr Fab: I picture someone named Obadiah as a grizzled old Western miner, traveling in a covered wagon.
	🎸 ♥ 9:08pm Austin Rich: That's sweet Ellen!
	9:08pm Ellen Lovebug: :)
	🎸 ♥ 9:08pm Austin Rich: You're not far off, Mr. Fab.
	9:09pm Obadiah Baird: I somehow have become a collector of old beat up vintage Kay guitars. This is all performed on a Kay Jumbo from the late 50's or early 60's.
	🎸 ♥ 9:09pm Austin Rich: For people who are curious about getting some of Obadiah's music, you can find it here: obadiahbaird.bandcamp.com
	9:09pm Ellen Lovebug: It's thrilling to get to hear this, because I'm Facebook friends with you, Obadiah, but I haven't had the chance to listen to your work before
	🎸 ♥ 9:10pm Austin Rich: As you can see, I used a regular vocal mic and a zoom recorder to capture all of this. Motorcycles and reved up hondas, included.
	🎸 ♥ 9:13pm Austin Rich: If I remember correctly, you started working on this set of songs at the end of 2019?
	9:13pm Ellen Lovebug: I'm finding this really relaxing.
	9:14pm Obadiah Baird: Yeah, most of it was written late 2019 and early 2020. I've had a hard time writing music since then for some reason.
	🎸 ♥ 9:14pm Austin Rich: This set of songs has become essential "pandemic listening" for me. I've listened to them over and over and I really don't tire of them.
	🎸 ♥ 9:15pm Austin Rich: We were actively drinking from the bottle visible in the photo. Hope no one minds.
	9:16pm Obadiah Baird: I might currently be drinking whiskey also.
	🎸 ♥ 9:16pm Austin Rich: Cheers!
	🎸 ♥ 9:18pm Austin Rich: There was about 10 minutes where I was convinced this entire recording did not come out, and that it was just dogs barking and cars driving past for the entire time. I was relieved to listen back, and find out that it came out great! It helped that the performance was so good.
	♥ 9:19pm HyperDose: I hear you with the creative block, Obadiah. Considering when the material was written and what was going on, it's totally understandable needing a break to recharge and get inspired again.
	♥ 9:20pm HyperDose: Yeah this sounds really good, Austin. Great engineering!
	9:20pm Kat: Austin, I'm probably the only person who's heard these more than you, and I don't tire of them either. Obadiah captured something so essential about 2020, even though many of them were started earlier.
	🎸 ♥ 9:21pm Austin Rich: Like Mr. Albini, my version of engineering is: record the sound of the person playing, the way that they play, and just let it be. Maybe add a little reverb.
	🎸 ♥ 9:21pm Austin Rich: Kat! Great to see you in the chat! (tee hee.)
	9:21pm Obadiah Baird: I lie in this song. I absolutely endorse walking alone and drinking. Some of my best walking and drinking has been done that way.
	9:21pm Mr Fab: Reduced by Austin Rich.
	🎸 ♥ 9:22pm Austin Rich: And you were totally mincing, too.
	9:22pm Kat: I hope you also endorse falling in love
	🎸 ♥ 9:22pm Austin Rich: Mr. Fab: I might steal that! That's really good.
	🎸 ♥ 9:23pm Austin Rich: Kat: we should write the liner notes for the next edition of Obadiah's CD.
	🎸 ♥ 9:24pm Austin Rich: If I remember correctly, you had an X cover ready first, and then this was the second song you arranged, yes?
	9:25pm Obadiah Baird: No X cover. That is a good idea though.
	🎸 ♥ 9:26pm Austin Rich: Didn't you do Riding With Mary, or something like that?
	9:26pm Obadiah Baird: Nope. I probably should.
	♥ 9:26pm HyperDose: Love this interpretation of the song
	🎸 ♥ 9:27pm Austin Rich: Hmmmmmm. What was that bonus track on the CD, then? It's escaping me at the moment...
	🎸 ♥ 9:27pm Austin Rich: Yeah, I think Obadiah really nailed this song.
	9:27pm Obadiah Baird: It was a Born Against song! I completely forgot about that!
	🎸 ♥ 9:28pm Austin Rich: That's Right! And Born Against do an X cover, so I got that confused in my head.
	9:28pm Obadiah Baird: Thank you. I really love that song. I was nervous doing it because there have already been so many great versions.
	🎸 ♥ 9:29pm Austin Rich: Not to hammer it too much, but if you want to get Obadiah's music, you can find it here. And, it's free! (And I "reduced" it, as Mr. Fab says.) obadiahbaird.bandcamp.com
	🎸 ♥ 9:29pm Austin Rich: I remember the first time you played the completed version of this song for me, and I spontaneously started crying.
	9:30pm Obadiah Baird: This is probably the most personal song I've ever written. It's still difficult to perform.
	♥ 9:30pm HyperDose: Here's another fantastic version of Bella Ciao: www.youtube.com...
	🎸 ♥ 9:30pm Austin Rich: You still did a great job, I think.
	🎸 ♥ 9:33pm Austin Rich: Does this last song have a title yet?
	9:34pm Obadiah Baird: Not really. It's just an outro.
	🎸 ♥ 9:34pm Austin Rich: Cool. I'm glad I guessed right.
	9:34pm Ellen Lovebug: Spontaneously crying from a song is a high compliment to the lyricist <3
	9:36pm Obadiah Baird: Thank you for listening to my music everybody.
	9:36pm xapnomapcase1: zap no map case
	9:37pm Ellen Lovebug: It has been wonderful. Wow! 24th Radioversary, that's amazing! <3
	♥ 9:37pm HyperDose: Thank you for sharing it with us! And congrats on the radio milestone, Austin!
	9:38pm Heather: Hey y'all! Hi Xapnomapcase! Hi Ellen! Great set, Obadiah!! Great show as always!! Happy Anniversary Austin!
	9:39pm Obadiah Baird: It's a good thing I could swear on internet radio. What with the whiskey and all.
	9:40pm Ellen Lovebug: Welcome back, Heather! Ooh, I caught the Nick Cave show in Portland in 2019
	🎸 ♥ 9:41pm Austin Rich: I did the "drum programming" on this song, too!
	9:41pm Obadiah Baird: This is quite different from the live tracks. My Punk project from last year.
	9:42pm xapnomapcase1: I like this song a lot.
	9:42pm Obadiah Baird: Best way around creative block is to completely change it up in my experience.
	9:42pm Mr Fab: yeah, cranking this!
	9:42pm Heather: That song slapped!
	🎸 ♥ 9:43pm Austin Rich: (This photo is from another time we did radio together, pre-pandemic, when we didn't have to meet at a distance on a patio.)
	🎸 ♥ 9:44pm Austin Rich: Obadiah and I talk about his previous music experience, and his Lovecraft-inspired zine, "The Audient Void," in this podcast: anywhenanywhere.com...
	9:45pm Obadiah Baird: Beelzebubba is one of the alltime great albums.
	🎸 ♥ 9:46pm Austin Rich: I agree, Obadiah!
	9:49pm Ellen Lovebug: I need to feel inspired. I've felt I lacked a muse since my mental health breakdown began in November of 2020. I initially wrote multiple poems and stories earlier in 2020.
	🎸 ♥ 9:49pm Austin Rich: It's funny. I took a lot of care in micing Obadiah for this conversation. Then I forgot to face the mic whil e I was talking to him.
	🎸 ♥ 9:50pm Austin Rich: This is our Halloween, "Literary" show I was referencing: midvalleymutations.com...
	9:51pm Ellen Lovebug: Obadiah, do you still run a Lovecraft 'zine? Perhaps you could review the multiple-award-winning Lovecraft fan film I helped make!
	9:52pm Ellen Lovebug: I need to go back to work but will try to tune in Monday and Tuesday. Ciao, pals!
	9:52pm Obadiah Baird: I am still publishing The Audient Void although it has been on a bit of a hiatus during covid.
	9:52pm Obadiah Baird: Thanks for listening!
	🎸 ♥ 9:53pm Austin Rich: Night Ellen! Talk to you soon! (And, remember Ellen: Patio session when you're ready!)
	🎸 ♥ 9:54pm Austin Rich: Bandcamp, you say? obadiahbaird.bandcamp.com
	♥ 9:54pm Scott67: Thanks Austin & Obadiah, nice stuff. Gotta head to my folks for lunch now. Cheers! ✌😎🍻🌞🌏
	🎸 ♥ 9:54pm Austin Rich: Later Scott 67!
	9:55pm Obadiah Baird: Thanks for listening!
	♥ 9:55pm HyperDose: This is a great format
	9:55pm Heather: Goodnight Ellen!
	🎸 ♥ 9:56pm Austin Rich: Someday, we need to have the Heather / Ellen David Bowie show, where I let you two sell me on Bowie.
	9:57pm Obadiah Baird: I still can't believe you need to be sold on Bowie!
	🎸 ♥ 9:58pm Austin Rich: I mean, Roxy Music exists...
	🎸 ♥ 9:59pm Austin Rich: This Nick Cave record is pretty ridiculously good, btw.
	🎸 ♥ 9:59pm Austin Rich: Can't wait for Nick Cage to cover it.
	9:59pm Heather: I am here for that! Anyone read that Nick Cave book And The Ass Saw The Angel? It was in the back seat of a friend's car and I read it and i rode with them on their Chinese food delivery route (??? I was a teen. I had nothing better to do.) For some reason, I HATED it!
	10:00pm Obadiah Baird: There were periods during the last couple of years where I almost exclusively listened to Nick Cave.
	🎸 ♥ 10:00pm Austin Rich: I have that book, and haven't read it yet. Been meaning to. Maybe I don't need to?
	🎸 ♥ 10:01pm Austin Rich: I could imagine a crazy weird dance re-mix of this song that would be popular in all the Fringe Bars in Max Headroom.
	10:02pm Obadiah Baird: When Idiot Prayer came out in 2020 I put on a side each night and fell asleep listening to it for a couple of weeks
	🎸 ♥ 10:02pm Aitch: He can be a pompous turd but I've seen him live in Birthday Party, Bad Seeds (a few) and Grinderman. Every time it's been amazing.
	🎸 ♥ 10:02pm Austin Rich: I wish I could have seen Grinderman and Birthday Party. Those are my fave eras of Nick Cave.
	🎸 ♥ 10:03pm Aitch: He so can't play the guitar, but very loudly it's marvellous
	10:03pm xapnomapcase1: That's the only Nick Cave song I like!
	10:03pm Heather: I'd be interested to hear your take! Maybe as an adult, I'd have a less firey reaction to the book?
	10:04pm xapnomapcase1: No offense to Nick Cave fans. He's just not my thing.
	10:04pm Obadiah Baird: I've been meaning to read it for a while.
	10:04pm Obadiah Baird: We don't have to all like the same stuff. It's all good.
	🎸 ♥ 10:05pm Austin Rich: Obadiah secretly wants to join the "convince Austin about Bowie" show.
	10:05pm Heather: No offense taken, Xapnomapcase. I mean, Austin doesn't even know Bowie! 😂 and yes, what Obadiah says!
	10:06pm Obadiah Baird: YOU SHOULDN'T NEED TO BE CONVINCED!
	10:07pm Obadiah Baird: But yes I would like to convince you.
	10:07pm xapnomapcase1: Doesn't know Bowie??? I might have to re-evaluate some friendships....
	10:07pm xapnomapcase1: Kidding.
	10:08pm Heather: Ahem. Again. What Obadiah says.
	🎸 ♥ 10:08pm Austin Rich: I do know Bowie. I played him on the show even, like a month ago or so. (Before '75 part one.) I'm familiar with his work, and where it fits in rock and roll history. But Brian Eno...
	10:08pm xapnomapcase1: You can keep Brian Eno too. If we're going that way, I'm John Cale all the way.
	10:09pm Heather: Nowwww you said you played him on the show for me which I greatly appreciated.....
	🎸 ♥ 10:09pm Austin Rich: John Cale totally rules. And I did play it for Heather, knowing that he fit into the "glam" scene I was talkin' about.
	10:09pm xapnomapcase1: A huge part of our D&D game that never happened was based on Bowie's Blackstar.
	🎸 ♥ 10:10pm Austin Rich: That's the one Bowie album I listened to, as it came out, and even said, "Wow, this is good!"
	10:10pm Obadiah Baird: That sounds like an amazingly weird DnD game!
	10:10pm xapnomapcase1: In retrospect, regarding that game, I shouldn't have overwritten it. I got in my own way there.
	🎸 ♥ 10:10pm Austin Rich: We should get back to roleplaying. Heather and I need to get a Cyberpunk 2020 game going for our podcast.
	10:11pm Obadiah Baird: I would LOVE to play Cyberpunk 2020!
	🎸 ♥ 10:11pm Austin Rich: Weren't we gonna get Kat and Marla to play a game in 2020... and then Covid sort of scuttled that?
	10:12pm Heather: Yes!! podcast reboot! I still have my notes somewhere!
	10:12pm xapnomapcase1: Speaking of Delta Blues, there's a really good documentary about Robert Johnson on Netflix. I watched it last week. Son House was of course in it, as the grand old man of the Blues, even then.
	🎸 ♥ 10:12pm Austin Rich: Obadiah: I do hope that I'm getting all the songs / albums / covers right. But if I get any wrong, let me know.
	10:13pm Obadiah Baird: I'm also an obsessive collector and reader of classic cyberpunk literature.
	🎸 ♥ 10:13pm Austin Rich: That "Damned" record reference is a true story: I had an ex who had a copy that was so thin that her needle almost tore a hole in her copy.
	10:13pm xapnomapcase1: I like the Billy Idol album Cyberpunk...
	🎸 ♥ 10:13pm Austin Rich: Oh yeah, we need to get Obadiah on the show for that reason, Heather!
	🎸 ♥ 10:14pm Austin Rich: Heather and I have a rare Max Headroom script that has never been published that we've been meaning to act out on the podcast.
	🎸 ♥ 10:15pm Austin Rich: "There is the opposite of that."
	🎸 ♥ 10:16pm Austin Rich: www.loc.gov...
	10:17pm Heather: Yes Obadiah please be on the podcast!
	🎸 ♥ 10:17pm Austin Rich: Hopefully that link was the one you were thinking of, Obadiah?
	🎸 ♥ 10:18pm Austin Rich: Since we did a two-hour show were we played mostly Obadiah's picks, that cover a lot of other ground (where we don't talk as much), here's a link to that. It's a pretty broad range of Obadiah's taste, and if I remember correctly, this is the show from just after you discovered the Marc Ribot / Tom Waits version of Bella Caio.
	🎸 ♥ 10:19pm Austin Rich: midvalleymutations.com...
	10:20pm Mr Fab: My wife likes "Death Letter." She calls it "the coolin' board song."
	🎸 ♥ 10:21pm Austin Rich: That guitar lead-in...
	🎸 ♥ 10:21pm Austin Rich: I do LOVE the cover of this Johnny Cash album. I have a good number of his records... most of the classic era ones... and this cover is just a beautiful photo.
	🎸 ♥ 10:22pm Austin Rich: This specifically grew out of a conversation that we had off-mic, at a previous gathering, about the best live albums. What's your favorite live album?
	10:24pm Obadiah Baird: I love that you did let it run twice.
	10:24pm AndrewBunny: Too many to list, but the first one I thought of was 801.
	10:24pm xapnomapcase1: What Do Pretty Girls Do by Kirsty MacColl. It's "live" in that it's radio sessions, but it's as close as we can get without bootlegs.
	🎸 ♥ 10:24pm Austin Rich: I mean, it's a song that's that good.
	10:25pm Obadiah Baird: I mean who puts out a live album with the same track back to back. It's the moment that won me over to this album when I first listened to it when I was 16.
	🎸 ♥ 10:25pm Austin Rich: 801, AndrewBunny? I don't know it.
	🎸 ♥ 10:26pm Austin Rich: I have contended for many years that this is the best live album of all time. I've listened to it recently. I'm not sure I'm wrong? en.wikipedia.org...
	10:26pm Mr Fab: 801! With Eno and Phil Manzanera. Yup, pretty great.
	🎸 ♥ 10:26pm Austin Rich: I need to look that up! Already it sounds like it's fantastic.
	10:27pm Obadiah Baird: I also need to check that out!
	10:27pm AndrewBunny: ENO, Phil Manzanera, Simon Phillips, LLoyd Watson, Bill McCormick. The cover is a fantastic grainy shot of the Bill's Precision bass headstock
	10:31pm AndrewBunny: And my fave hipster live album: Throbbing Gristle's Heathen Earth.
	🎸 ♥ 10:31pm Austin Rich: That TG record is great!
	10:32pm Obadiah Baird: My other favorite live album is Seafish Louisville by the Gits.
	10:34pm Heather: The Cramps!!! Yessss!!!
	10:34pm xapnomapcase1: The Gits! Mia Zapata's death still hurts.
	🎸 ♥ 10:34pm Austin Rich: That Gits live album is ESSENTIAL.
	10:35pm xapnomapcase1: The Gits and Evil Stig still get a lot of play around here.
	10:35pm AndrewBunny: Oh, it just hit me: my fave obscure live record(s): John Cage (with David Tudor) Variations IV, volumes 1 & 2!
	10:35pm Obadiah Baird: The Gits are incredibly underrated.
	10:36pm AndrewBunny: Oh, poop! I forgot: RAMONES It's Alive!!!!
	10:36pm xapnomapcase1: Story about Throbbing Gristle. The very first time I got high with edibles, I ate an entire 100mg cookie. I happened to be listening to TG's Greatest Hits, and the backwards version of "Slug Bait" came on just as it was hitting. I seriously thought the Devil was talking to me, and I am NOT religious.
	10:36pm Mr Fab: “Live At Napa State Mental Hospital” I’d absolutely the greatest live VIDEO ever.
	🎸 ♥ 10:36pm Austin Rich: You are right about Ramones It's Alive!
	🎸 ♥ 10:37pm Austin Rich: I could see that being rough, xapnomapcase1.
	🎸 ♥ 10:37pm Austin Rich: If you haven't seen the video Mr. Fab and I were talking about, it is CRUCIAL. You need to watch it later tonight, if you've never seen it. It's LATE 70's CRAMPS, too! youtu.be...
	10:37pm xapnomapcase1: It was great! Scary in the moment, but it would have been worse listening to it forward. At least backwards, I don't hear the story...
	10:39pm xapnomapcase1: Another live album that's pretty great is Paris by The Cure. I now...that's pretty mainstream, but they're still my favorite band, and Paris has a lot of the more "obscure" songs.
	10:39pm Obadiah Baird: I've always loved the Cure
	🎸 ♥ 10:39pm Austin Rich: I love the bass in this song. The sound is SO good. I try to emulate that sound and I just need an OG amp, I've realized.
	10:40pm xapnomapcase1: Looking at that Tiny Tim picture...I had no idea he had a heart attack on stage.
	10:40pm xapnomapcase1: The night he died.
	10:40pm Obadiah Baird: This whole album is amazing.
	🎸 ♥ 10:40pm Austin Rich: The scream is just chilling.
	🎸 ♥ 10:41pm Austin Rich: I guess I don't really know how well known Poison Idea are outside of the area, because I always think of them as local legends. People outside of PDX: how well known are Poison Idea?
	10:41pm xapnomapcase1: They're punk icons.
	🎸 ♥ 10:42pm Austin Rich: I always think of the guy I met from Seattle, who was shocked that we all knew Sir Mix-A-Lot. I remember he said something like, "Oh. I always thought he was a local guy."
	10:42pm AndrewBunny: Certainly heard OF them, but haven't listened to them...
	🎸 ♥ 10:44pm Austin Rich: I know I mentioned this earlier, but we're gonna go over tonight. There's no one on after, and there's at least four more songs (plus banter) left. So hang in there after 8 PM / 11 PM! We'll be going for a bit longer.
	10:47pm sufferwords: American Leather… Germs reference
	🎸 ♥ 10:47pm Austin Rich: Ah! Good ear, sufferwords!
	🎸 ♥ 10:48pm Austin Rich: (In the early days of the interweb, when you still had dial-up, I ran a "Germs" website. I would get e-mail from OG punks who were excited about the website, and I would say, "Yeah, I was 6 when Darby died.")
	🎸 ♥ 10:50pm Austin Rich: Ironically, Dead Moon would fill stadiums when they toured Europe, and then we could go and see them for about $10 at a local bar and buy them drinks afterwards. I saw them five times, and they blew me away every time.
	10:51pm Obadiah Baird: Dead Moon is on the short list of bands that I feel most lucky to have seen live.
	10:51pm sufferwords: saw his last show and ten or so others - when GI came out (best ‘lpunk’ record of all time) we were shocked that they had actually been playing songs at the gigs
	🎸 ♥ 10:52pm Austin Rich: If anyone is not familiar with Fred Cole / Dead Moon, Fred got started in music in 1964, and is a key figure in almost every era of rock and roll since. en.wikipedia.org...
	10:52pm xapnomapcase1: Yes, live recordings of The Germs are more of a showcase of bad equipment, with someone screaming semi-melodically way far in the background.
	🎸 ♥ 10:53pm Austin Rich: (Though I can only imagine that everyone here probably knows Dead Moon pretty well.)
	🎸 ♥ 10:54pm Austin Rich: The band before Dead Moon - The Rats - also equally great, and worth checking out!
	🎸 ♥ 10:55pm Austin Rich: You can really hear the evening birds coming out during our chat.
	10:56pm sufferwords: we heard nothing of Portland in LA
	🎸 ♥ 10:57pm Austin Rich: That's what Greg Sage of the Wipers used to say. He would call to book shows or sell records, and people would say, "Portland? Never heard of it!" Then hang up on him.
	10:57pm Obadiah Baird: The Wipers were easily one of the best bands of the era and nobody heard about them because they were from portland.
	10:58pm sufferwords: have heard plenty since though
	🎸 ♥ 10:58pm Austin Rich: So glad the cork picked up.
	10:59pm sufferwords: Coney Island Baby
	🎸 ♥ 11:00pm Austin Rich: While unrelated to these conversations, here's the last link I'll offer up of radio that Obadiah and I have done. I used to host a News Magazine style show, and we had Obadiah on in the early days of the pandemic, to talk about some crazy shit that went down in Salem. In that show, we feature a VERY early version of Obadiah's guitar playing, before we took a serious attempt at recording the songs. betweenradiozine.com...
	11:01pm sufferwords: saw Lou do Street Hassle with Ian Dury doing New Boots and… at the Roxy..,, not bragging but this is portably the only place that statement might carry any water
	11:01pm Obadiah Baird: I feel like solo Reed is super inconsistent but I do love this album.
	11:02pm Obadiah Baird: I'm impressed that you saw Ian Drury. I have a weird soft spot for that stiff records stuff.
	🎸 ♥ 11:03pm Austin Rich: I'm impressed, sufferwords.
	11:04pm sufferwords: being older has some perks
	🎸 ♥ 11:04pm Austin Rich: Yeah. I sort of wish I was both older, younger, and... well, had a larger record collection.
	11:05pm sufferwords: saw Elvis Costello’s first show in LA… The Whiskey- my first ‘punk’ show
	🎸 ♥ 11:06pm Austin Rich: That's very cool! Never saw Elvis, but I probably should have.
	11:06pm sufferwords: I’m telling ya fellas - dig into Street Hassle
	11:06pm AndrewBunny: My first ever show was Talking Heads in New Orleans 1979...
	🎸 ♥ 11:07pm Austin Rich: My first show: Robert Palmer. My mom took me, as she was a fan.
	🎸 ♥ 11:08pm Austin Rich: sufferwords: I have a copy of Street Hassle around here somewhere. I think my mom gave it to me.
	11:08pm AndrewBunny: Saw EC & Attractions with Squeeze opening January 1981 (my 18th birthday). Trust had just come out. I remember being a little disappointed cause Joolz just quit and some guy named Paul Carrack took over...
	🎸 ♥ 11:09pm Aitch: Julien Cope bit of a pop gem
	🎸 ♥ 11:09pm Austin Rich: Anyone else wanna share their first show?
	11:09pm Obadiah Baird: Julian Copes biography is is one of the great rock bios.
	11:10pm xapnomapcase1: The Cure at the Rose Bowl. Wish tour. So...1991 or 2.
	🎸 ♥ 11:10pm Aitch: Ultravox '81
	🎸 ♥ 11:10pm Austin Rich: Obadiah has turned me onto Julian Cope.
	11:10pm xapnomapcase1: It was June 92.
	🎸 ♥ 11:10pm Austin Rich: Ultravox! In the prime era, too! Damn, I'm very jealous. AND... I'll be talking about them next week...
	11:10pm Obadiah Baird: This whole album is so great.
	11:12pm AndrewBunny: Loved JC's Krautrocksampler book. So over the top, and it's obvious he's such a huge fan!
	🎸 ♥ 11:12pm Austin Rich: I probably talk about Ultravox to Heather as much as she talks about Bowie to me.
	11:12pm Heather: First show: Jane's Addition with The Rollins Band opening. 90 or 91?
	11:13pm Obadiah Baird: I need a copy of Krautrocksampler but they are so hard to come by and quite expensive these days.
	11:13pm sufferwords: saw the Trust tour at The Pier in NYC/ i think i went to MTV first night party at The Ritz that night- B-52’s played/ I was a pup
	11:13pm Heather: *Addiction darned autocorrect
	🎸 ♥ 11:14pm Austin Rich: Damn. I do love the B-52's. And that first couple records are FLAWLESS.
	11:14pm Heather: And Austin, I think that may be true!
	11:14pm sufferwords: Pure Pop for Now People is non stop
	11:15pm Obadiah Baird: Call back to Ian Drury!
	🎸 ♥ 11:15pm Austin Rich: Ian Drury got mentioned! Take a drink!
	🎸 ♥ 11:15pm Aitch: Bon Scott AC/DC please.
	11:15pm AndrewBunny: OB, I just looked at my copy: still has the price sticker from the Virgin store in New Orleans: $19.99 (it was brand new then, and still in print). I remember thinking it was insanely expensive, but I had to have it...
	11:16pm Obadiah Baird: That book is almost certainly worth considerably more now.
	🎸 ♥ 11:16pm Austin Rich: I feel like my mind is still set at mid-90's prices. When I see records for sale now, I go, "Damn, that's expensive!" And it's probably not.
	🎸 ♥ 11:18pm Austin Rich: Getting near the end here. Thanks for listening everyone! Any last comments, Obadiah?
	🎸 ♥ 11:18pm Austin Rich: Also: Make sure to get his tunes, for free, here: obadiahbaird.bandcamp.com
	11:19pm AndrewBunny: AR, absolutely. I'm 59, and when I started buying LPs in the 70s, top 40 records were $3.99, and everything else was $4.99. Singles were 79cents...
	11:19pm Obadiah Baird: I appreciate everyone listening to my music and the music I love. I hope y'all enjoyed it.
	11:20pm AndrewBunny: OB, thanks for the music!
	11:20pm Obadiah Baird: I love listening to and talking about music.
	11:20pm Heather: Obadiah, it was GREAT! Awesome show, I very much enjoyed it! Thanks so much!
	🎸 ♥ 11:20pm Austin Rich: We will do this again.
	11:21pm sufferwords: good show ‘kids’
	♥ 11:22pm HyperDose: Thank you Austin and Obadiah, this was a very fun show. Loved the conversational format!
	11:22pm Geoff-U: Great show!
	11:22pm Geoff-U: Thanks Austin :)
	11:22pm Obadiah Baird: That was super cool! Thank you everybody.
	🎸 ♥ 11:23pm Aitch: Enjoyed that thanks
	♥ 11:24pm drowsy: Thanks for the show guys.
	🎸 ♥ 11:28pm Austin Rich: Thanks for tuning in! See ya all again next week!

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from April 5, 2022

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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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Artist	Track	Album	Approx. start time
Getting Started "Getting Started"
Austin & Obadiah	Intro "Intro" by "Austin & Obadiah"	28 March 2022	0:00:47 (Pop-up)
The Eleven-SixtyFours	Now Is The Time (Instrumental)	Smothered, Covered, Chunked & Capped EP	0:00:48 (Pop-up)

Obadiah Baird, Live on the Lava Lamp Lounge Patio, 28 March 2022
Obadiah Baird	Intro (Live) "Intro (Live)" by "Obadiah Baird"	28 March 2022	0:04:45 (Pop-up)
Obadiah Baird	Wolves (Live) "Wolves (Live)" by "Obadiah Baird"	28 March 2022	0:06:42 (Pop-up)
Obadiah Baird	In Hell (Soft Decaying Things) [Live]	28 March 2022	0:11:41 (Pop-up)
Obadiah Baird	If This is Love? (Live)	28 March 2022	0:15:57 (Pop-up)
Obadiah Baird	Tell You Brother (Live)	28 March 2022	0:20:27 (Pop-up)
Obadiah Baird	Bella Ciao (Live) "Bella Ciao (Live)" by "Obadiah Baird"	28 March 2022	0:24:05 (Pop-up)
Obadiah Baird	Weight of Loss (Live)	28 March 2022	0:28:09 (Pop-up)
Obadiah Baird	Outro (Live) "Outro (Live)" by "Obadiah Baird"	28 March 2022	0:33:15 (Pop-up)

On The Patio "On The Patio"
The Eleven-SixtyFours	History Lesson Part 3 (Instrumental)	Smothered, Covered, Chunked & Capped EP	0:35:37 (Pop-up)
Obadiah Baird	Dedicated "Dedicated" by "Obadiah Baird"	Obadiah Baird 2021 Single	0:40:44 (Pop-up)
Austin & Obadiah	On The Patio "On The Patio" by "Austin & Obadiah"	28 March 2022	0:42:24 (Pop-up)
(This section has backing music from this YouTube upload: https://youtu.be/jmQpc8xSSuM)
Dead Milkmen	The Guitar (Excerpt)	Beelzebubba	0:44:55 (Pop-up)
Austin & Obadiah	On The Patio "On The Patio" by "Austin & Obadiah"	28 March 2022	0:45:19 (Pop-up)
	"Remain Indoors" ""Remain Indoors""		0:47:22 (Pop-up)
Austin & Obadiah	On The Patio "On The Patio" by "Austin & Obadiah"	28 March 2022	0:47:30 (Pop-up)
Strong Bad	Circles (Excerpt) "Circles (Excerpt)" by "Strong Bad"	Strong Bad Sings (And Other Types of Hits)	0:49:05 (Pop-up)
Austin & Obadiah	On The Patio "On The Patio" by "Austin & Obadiah"	28 March 2022	0:49:25 (Pop-up)
	"What Does It Mean, What Does It Mean?"		0:52:18 (Pop-up)
Austin & Obadiah	On The Patio "On The Patio" by "Austin & Obadiah"	28 March 2022	0:52:24 (Pop-up)
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis	Hand of God	Carnage	0:56:59 (Pop-up)
Austin & Obadiah	On The Patio "On The Patio" by "Austin & Obadiah"	28 March 2022	1:02:11 (Pop-up)
Grinderman	No Pussy Blues (Excerpt)	Grinderman	1:03:17 (Pop-up)
Austin & Obadiah	On The Patio "On The Patio" by "Austin & Obadiah"	28 March 2022	1:03:29 (Pop-up)
Son House	Death Letter Blues "Death Letter Blues" by "Son House"	The Delta Blues of Son House	1:08:56 (Pop-up)
Austin & Obadiah	On The Patio "On The Patio" by "Austin & Obadiah"	28 March 2022	1:12:26 (Pop-up)
Johnny Cash	San Quentin (live) "San Quentin (live)" by "Johnny Cash"	Live At San Quentin	1:20:44 (Pop-up)
Johnny Cash	San Quentin (live, again)	Live At San Quentin	1:24:55 (Pop-up)
Austin & Obadiah	On The Patio "On The Patio" by "Austin & Obadiah"	28 March 2022	1:28:00 (Pop-up)
The Cramps	Banter Excerpt "Banter Excerpt" by "The Cramps"	Live At Napa State Mental Hospital	1:33:44 (Pop-up)
Austin & Obadiah	On The Patio "On The Patio" by "Austin & Obadiah"	28 March 2022	1:34:03 (Pop-up)
Poison Idea	Feel the Darkness "Feel the Darkness" by "Poison Idea"	Feel The Darkness	1:39:00 (Pop-up)
Austin & Obadiah	On The Patio "On The Patio" by "Austin & Obadiah"	28 March 2022	1:44:55 (Pop-up)
Dead Moon	Shadows of the Night "Shadows of the Night" by "Dead Moon"	Trash & Burn	1:51:13 (Pop-up)
Austin & Obadiah	On The Patio "On The Patio" by "Austin & Obadiah"	28 March 2022	1:54:05 (Pop-up)
Lou Reed	Romeo Had Juliette "Romeo Had Juliette" by "Lou Reed"	New York	1:59:23 (Pop-up)
Austin & Obadiah	On The Patio "On The Patio" by "Austin & Obadiah"	28 March 2022	2:02:30 (Pop-up)
Elvis Costello	... On ... "... On ..." by "Elvis Costello"	The Simpsons	2:03:14 (Pop-up)
Austin & Obadiah	On The Patio "On The Patio" by "Austin & Obadiah"	28 March 2022	2:03:24 (Pop-up)
The Velvet Underground & Nico	Heroin (Excerpt)	The Velvet Underground & Nico	2:03:34 (Pop-up)
Lou Reed	Take A Walk On The Wild Side (Excerpt)	Transformer	2:04:26 (Pop-up)
Austin & Obadiah	On The Patio "On The Patio" by "Austin & Obadiah"	28 March 2022	2:05:17 (Pop-up)
Lou Reed	Halloween Parade (Excerpt)	New York	2:06:00 (Pop-up)
Austin & Obadiah	On The Patio "On The Patio" by "Austin & Obadiah"	28 March 2022	2:06:09 (Pop-up)
Julian Cope	Metrani Vavin "Metrani Vavin" by "Julian Cope"	World Shut Your Mouth	2:09:57 (Pop-up)
Austin & Obadiah	On The Patio "On The Patio" by "Austin & Obadiah"	28 March 2022	2:12:47 (Pop-up)

Outro "Outro"
The Eleven-SixtyFours	Normal Man (Instrumental)	Smothered, Covered, Chunked & Capped EP	2:21:52 (Pop-up)
Obadiah Baird	Regan, Nancy "Regan, Nancy" by "Obadiah Baird"	Obadiah Baird 2021 Single	2:25:37 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	🎸 ♥ 8:12pm Austin Rich: Good Hello!
	8:34pm Obadiah Baird: Hello Austin.
	🎸 ♥ 8:42pm Austin Rich: Nice to see you in the chat, Obadiah!
	🎸 ♥ 9:00pm Krys O.: Greetings!
	9:00pm Obadiah Baird: Hello!
	♥ 9:00pm HyperDose: Very excited to be here!
	9:01pm Mr Fab: howdy, Austin. Live guests, right on!
	♥ 9:01pm Scott67: G'day Austin & Mutants! 👍😎🍻🎶📻🌞🌏👾
	♥ 9:01pm drowsy: Exciting!!!! Thanks Rich and Obediah!
	9:01pm Obadiah Baird: Super nervous to hear myself.
	🎸 ♥ 9:01pm Aitch: Mutating here
	9:01pm Geoff-U: Hullo all! waves
	♥ 9:02pm Scott67: Welcome Obadiah!👍😎🍻
	9:02pm Geoff-U: As usual, greetings from Hardcorevallis
	9:03pm xapnomapcase1: Hi chat!
	9:03pm Obadiah Baird: My hometown of Corvallis! Welcome.
	♥ 9:03pm Pauly from Clifton: Hi Rich, Obadiah, folks!
	♥ 9:04pm HyperDose: Lava Lamp Lounge is sounding great tonight!
	9:04pm Geoff-U: Obadiah - mine too - I just moved back after about 30 plus years :)
	9:05pm AndrewBunny: Good hello, sir
	🎸 ♥ 9:05pm Austin Rich: It started raining just around the time Obadiah started playing. For people who were curious.
	9:06pm Obadiah Baird: Nice sound Austin!
	9:06pm Ellen Lovebug: This sounds pretty and serene
	🎸 ♥ 9:06pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, everyone! Sit back with something nice to drink, and enjoy the performance!
	🎸 ♥ 9:06pm Austin Rich: Good to see you in the chat, Ellen!
	🎸 ♥ 9:06pm Krys O.: Sounds lovely. Thanks for presenting this.
	🎸 ♥ 9:07pm Austin Rich: And Andrew Bunny, Krys O, HyperDose! Always nice to see you in the chat.
	9:07pm Ellen Lovebug: Thanks, I'm excited to be here. True story: Nearly every day, I do crossword puzzles over the phone with my mom, who's back East. Today, one of the crossword puzzle clues was "Type of lamp popular in the 1960s." Naturally, the answer was Lava, and of course, I thought of you!
	♥ 9:07pm HyperDose: This is gorgeous
	🎸 ♥ 9:08pm Austin Rich: Obadiah: maybe you wanna talk a little about the guitar you were playing? It sounds lovely.
	9:08pm Mr Fab: I picture someone named Obadiah as a grizzled old Western miner, traveling in a covered wagon.
	🎸 ♥ 9:08pm Austin Rich: That's sweet Ellen!
	9:08pm Ellen Lovebug: :)
	🎸 ♥ 9:08pm Austin Rich: You're not far off, Mr. Fab.
	9:09pm Obadiah Baird: I somehow have become a collector of old beat up vintage Kay guitars. This is all performed on a Kay Jumbo from the late 50's or early 60's.
	🎸 ♥ 9:09pm Austin Rich: For people who are curious about getting some of Obadiah's music, you can find it here: obadiahbaird.bandcamp.com
	9:09pm Ellen Lovebug: It's thrilling to get to hear this, because I'm Facebook friends with you, Obadiah, but I haven't had the chance to listen to your work before
	🎸 ♥ 9:10pm Austin Rich: As you can see, I used a regular vocal mic and a zoom recorder to capture all of this. Motorcycles and reved up hondas, included.
	🎸 ♥ 9:13pm Austin Rich: If I remember correctly, you started working on this set of songs at the end of 2019?
	9:13pm Ellen Lovebug: I'm finding this really relaxing.
	9:14pm Obadiah Baird: Yeah, most of it was written late 2019 and early 2020. I've had a hard time writing music since then for some reason.
	🎸 ♥ 9:14pm Austin Rich: This set of songs has become essential "pandemic listening" for me. I've listened to them over and over and I really don't tire of them.
	🎸 ♥ 9:15pm Austin Rich: We were actively drinking from the bottle visible in the photo. Hope no one minds.
	9:16pm Obadiah Baird: I might currently be drinking whiskey also.
	🎸 ♥ 9:16pm Austin Rich: Cheers!
	🎸 ♥ 9:18pm Austin Rich: There was about 10 minutes where I was convinced this entire recording did not come out, and that it was just dogs barking and cars driving past for the entire time. I was relieved to listen back, and find out that it came out great! It helped that the performance was so good.
	♥ 9:19pm HyperDose: I hear you with the creative block, Obadiah. Considering when the material was written and what was going on, it's totally understandable needing a break to recharge and get inspired again.
	♥ 9:20pm HyperDose: Yeah this sounds really good, Austin. Great engineering!
	9:20pm Kat: Austin, I'm probably the only person who's heard these more than you, and I don't tire of them either. Obadiah captured something so essential about 2020, even though many of them were started earlier.
	🎸 ♥ 9:21pm Austin Rich: Like Mr. Albini, my version of engineering is: record the sound of the person playing, the way that they play, and just let it be. Maybe add a little reverb.
	🎸 ♥ 9:21pm Austin Rich: Kat! Great to see you in the chat! (tee hee.)
	9:21pm Obadiah Baird: I lie in this song. I absolutely endorse walking alone and drinking. Some of my best walking and drinking has been done that way.
	9:21pm Mr Fab: Reduced by Austin Rich.
	🎸 ♥ 9:22pm Austin Rich: And you were totally mincing, too.
	9:22pm Kat: I hope you also endorse falling in love
	🎸 ♥ 9:22pm Austin Rich: Mr. Fab: I might steal that! That's really good.
	🎸 ♥ 9:23pm Austin Rich: Kat: we should write the liner notes for the next edition of Obadiah's CD.
	🎸 ♥ 9:24pm Austin Rich: If I remember correctly, you had an X cover ready first, and then this was the second song you arranged, yes?
	9:25pm Obadiah Baird: No X cover. That is a good idea though.
	🎸 ♥ 9:26pm Austin Rich: Didn't you do Riding With Mary, or something like that?
	9:26pm Obadiah Baird: Nope. I probably should.
	♥ 9:26pm HyperDose: Love this interpretation of the song
	🎸 ♥ 9:27pm Austin Rich: Hmmmmmm. What was that bonus track on the CD, then? It's escaping me at the moment...
	🎸 ♥ 9:27pm Austin Rich: Yeah, I think Obadiah really nailed this song.
	9:27pm Obadiah Baird: It was a Born Against song! I completely forgot about that!
	🎸 ♥ 9:28pm Austin Rich: That's Right! And Born Against do an X cover, so I got that confused in my head.
	9:28pm Obadiah Baird: Thank you. I really love that song. I was nervous doing it because there have already been so many great versions.
	🎸 ♥ 9:29pm Austin Rich: Not to hammer it too much, but if you want to get Obadiah's music, you can find it here. And, it's free! (And I "reduced" it, as Mr. Fab says.) obadiahbaird.bandcamp.com
	🎸 ♥ 9:29pm Austin Rich: I remember the first time you played the completed version of this song for me, and I spontaneously started crying.
	9:30pm Obadiah Baird: This is probably the most personal song I've ever written. It's still difficult to perform.
	♥ 9:30pm HyperDose: Here's another fantastic version of Bella Ciao: www.youtube.com...
	🎸 ♥ 9:30pm Austin Rich: You still did a great job, I think.
	🎸 ♥ 9:33pm Austin Rich: Does this last song have a title yet?
	9:34pm Obadiah Baird: Not really. It's just an outro.
	🎸 ♥ 9:34pm Austin Rich: Cool. I'm glad I guessed right.
	9:34pm Ellen Lovebug: Spontaneously crying from a song is a high compliment to the lyricist <3
	9:36pm Obadiah Baird: Thank you for listening to my music everybody.
	9:36pm xapnomapcase1: zap no map case
	9:37pm Ellen Lovebug: It has been wonderful. Wow! 24th Radioversary, that's amazing! <3
	♥ 9:37pm HyperDose: Thank you for sharing it with us! And congrats on the radio milestone, Austin!
	9:38pm Heather: Hey y'all! Hi Xapnomapcase! Hi Ellen! Great set, Obadiah!! Great show as always!! Happy Anniversary Austin!
	9:39pm Obadiah Baird: It's a good thing I could swear on internet radio. What with the whiskey and all.
	9:40pm Ellen Lovebug: Welcome back, Heather! Ooh, I caught the Nick Cave show in Portland in 2019
	🎸 ♥ 9:41pm Austin Rich: I did the "drum programming" on this song, too!
	9:41pm Obadiah Baird: This is quite different from the live tracks. My Punk project from last year.
	9:42pm xapnomapcase1: I like this song a lot.
	9:42pm Obadiah Baird: Best way around creative block is to completely change it up in my experience.
	9:42pm Mr Fab: yeah, cranking this!
	9:42pm Heather: That song slapped!
	🎸 ♥ 9:43pm Austin Rich: (This photo is from another time we did radio together, pre-pandemic, when we didn't have to meet at a distance on a patio.)
	🎸 ♥ 9:44pm Austin Rich: Obadiah and I talk about his previous music experience, and his Lovecraft-inspired zine, "The Audient Void," in this podcast: anywhenanywhere.com...
	9:45pm Obadiah Baird: Beelzebubba is one of the alltime great albums.
	🎸 ♥ 9:46pm Austin Rich: I agree, Obadiah!
	9:49pm Ellen Lovebug: I need to feel inspired. I've felt I lacked a muse since my mental health breakdown began in November of 2020. I initially wrote multiple poems and stories earlier in 2020.
	🎸 ♥ 9:49pm Austin Rich: It's funny. I took a lot of care in micing Obadiah for this conversation. Then I forgot to face the mic whil e I was talking to him.
	🎸 ♥ 9:50pm Austin Rich: This is our Halloween, "Literary" show I was referencing: midvalleymutations.com...
	9:51pm Ellen Lovebug: Obadiah, do you still run a Lovecraft 'zine? Perhaps you could review the multiple-award-winning Lovecraft fan film I helped make!
	9:52pm Ellen Lovebug: I need to go back to work but will try to tune in Monday and Tuesday. Ciao, pals!
	9:52pm Obadiah Baird: I am still publishing The Audient Void although it has been on a bit of a hiatus during covid.
	9:52pm Obadiah Baird: Thanks for listening!
	🎸 ♥ 9:53pm Austin Rich: Night Ellen! Talk to you soon! (And, remember Ellen: Patio session when you're ready!)
	🎸 ♥ 9:54pm Austin Rich: Bandcamp, you say? obadiahbaird.bandcamp.com
	♥ 9:54pm Scott67: Thanks Austin & Obadiah, nice stuff. Gotta head to my folks for lunch now. Cheers! ✌😎🍻🌞🌏
	🎸 ♥ 9:54pm Austin Rich: Later Scott 67!
	9:55pm Obadiah Baird: Thanks for listening!
	♥ 9:55pm HyperDose: This is a great format
	9:55pm Heather: Goodnight Ellen!
	🎸 ♥ 9:56pm Austin Rich: Someday, we need to have the Heather / Ellen David Bowie show, where I let you two sell me on Bowie.
	9:57pm Obadiah Baird: I still can't believe you need to be sold on Bowie!
	🎸 ♥ 9:58pm Austin Rich: I mean, Roxy Music exists...
	🎸 ♥ 9:59pm Austin Rich: This Nick Cave record is pretty ridiculously good, btw.
	🎸 ♥ 9:59pm Austin Rich: Can't wait for Nick Cage to cover it.
	9:59pm Heather: I am here for that! Anyone read that Nick Cave book And The Ass Saw The Angel? It was in the back seat of a friend's car and I read it and i rode with them on their Chinese food delivery route (??? I was a teen. I had nothing better to do.) For some reason, I HATED it!
	10:00pm Obadiah Baird: There were periods during the last couple of years where I almost exclusively listened to Nick Cave.
	🎸 ♥ 10:00pm Austin Rich: I have that book, and haven't read it yet. Been meaning to. Maybe I don't need to?
	🎸 ♥ 10:01pm Austin Rich: I could imagine a crazy weird dance re-mix of this song that would be popular in all the Fringe Bars in Max Headroom.
	10:02pm Obadiah Baird: When Idiot Prayer came out in 2020 I put on a side each night and fell asleep listening to it for a couple of weeks
	🎸 ♥ 10:02pm Aitch: He can be a pompous turd but I've seen him live in Birthday Party, Bad Seeds (a few) and Grinderman. Every time it's been amazing.
	🎸 ♥ 10:02pm Austin Rich: I wish I could have seen Grinderman and Birthday Party. Those are my fave eras of Nick Cave.
	🎸 ♥ 10:03pm Aitch: He so can't play the guitar, but very loudly it's marvellous
	10:03pm xapnomapcase1: That's the only Nick Cave song I like!
	10:03pm Heather: I'd be interested to hear your take! Maybe as an adult, I'd have a less firey reaction to the book?
	10:04pm xapnomapcase1: No offense to Nick Cave fans. He's just not my thing.
	10:04pm Obadiah Baird: I've been meaning to read it for a while.
	10:04pm Obadiah Baird: We don't have to all like the same stuff. It's all good.
	🎸 ♥ 10:05pm Austin Rich: Obadiah secretly wants to join the "convince Austin about Bowie" show.
	10:05pm Heather: No offense taken, Xapnomapcase. I mean, Austin doesn't even know Bowie! 😂 and yes, what Obadiah says!
	10:06pm Obadiah Baird: YOU SHOULDN'T NEED TO BE CONVINCED!
	10:07pm Obadiah Baird: But yes I would like to convince you.
	10:07pm xapnomapcase1: Doesn't know Bowie??? I might have to re-evaluate some friendships....
	10:07pm xapnomapcase1: Kidding.
	10:08pm Heather: Ahem. Again. What Obadiah says.
	🎸 ♥ 10:08pm Austin Rich: I do know Bowie. I played him on the show even, like a month ago or so. (Before '75 part one.) I'm familiar with his work, and where it fits in rock and roll history. But Brian Eno...
	10:08pm xapnomapcase1: You can keep Brian Eno too. If we're going that way, I'm John Cale all the way.
	10:09pm Heather: Nowwww you said you played him on the show for me which I greatly appreciated.....
	🎸 ♥ 10:09pm Austin Rich: John Cale totally rules. And I did play it for Heather, knowing that he fit into the "glam" scene I was talkin' about.
	10:09pm xapnomapcase1: A huge part of our D&D game that never happened was based on Bowie's Blackstar.
	🎸 ♥ 10:10pm Austin Rich: That's the one Bowie album I listened to, as it came out, and even said, "Wow, this is good!"
	10:10pm Obadiah Baird: That sounds like an amazingly weird DnD game!
	10:10pm xapnomapcase1: In retrospect, regarding that game, I shouldn't have overwritten it. I got in my own way there.
	🎸 ♥ 10:10pm Austin Rich: We should get back to roleplaying. Heather and I need to get a Cyberpunk 2020 game going for our podcast.
	10:11pm Obadiah Baird: I would LOVE to play Cyberpunk 2020!
	🎸 ♥ 10:11pm Austin Rich: Weren't we gonna get Kat and Marla to play a game in 2020... and then Covid sort of scuttled that?
	10:12pm Heather: Yes!! podcast reboot! I still have my notes somewhere!
	10:12pm xapnomapcase1: Speaking of Delta Blues, there's a really good documentary about Robert Johnson on Netflix. I watched it last week. Son House was of course in it, as the grand old man of the Blues, even then.
	🎸 ♥ 10:12pm Austin Rich: Obadiah: I do hope that I'm getting all the songs / albums / covers right. But if I get any wrong, let me know.
	10:13pm Obadiah Baird: I'm also an obsessive collector and reader of classic cyberpunk literature.
	🎸 ♥ 10:13pm Austin Rich: That "Damned" record reference is a true story: I had an ex who had a copy that was so thin that her needle almost tore a hole in her copy.
	10:13pm xapnomapcase1: I like the Billy Idol album Cyberpunk...
	🎸 ♥ 10:13pm Austin Rich: Oh yeah, we need to get Obadiah on the show for that reason, Heather!
	🎸 ♥ 10:14pm Austin Rich: Heather and I have a rare Max Headroom script that has never been published that we've been meaning to act out on the podcast.
	🎸 ♥ 10:15pm Austin Rich: "There is the opposite of that."
	🎸 ♥ 10:16pm Austin Rich: www.loc.gov...
	10:17pm Heather: Yes Obadiah please be on the podcast!
	🎸 ♥ 10:17pm Austin Rich: Hopefully that link was the one you were thinking of, Obadiah?
	🎸 ♥ 10:18pm Austin Rich: Since we did a two-hour show were we played mostly Obadiah's picks, that cover a lot of other ground (where we don't talk as much), here's a link to that. It's a pretty broad range of Obadiah's taste, and if I remember correctly, this is the show from just after you discovered the Marc Ribot / Tom Waits version of Bella Caio.
	🎸 ♥ 10:19pm Austin Rich: midvalleymutations.com...
	10:20pm Mr Fab: My wife likes "Death Letter." She calls it "the coolin' board song."
	🎸 ♥ 10:21pm Austin Rich: That guitar lead-in...
	🎸 ♥ 10:21pm Austin Rich: I do LOVE the cover of this Johnny Cash album. I have a good number of his records... most of the classic era ones... and this cover is just a beautiful photo.
	🎸 ♥ 10:22pm Austin Rich: This specifically grew out of a conversation that we had off-mic, at a previous gathering, about the best live albums. What's your favorite live album?
	10:24pm Obadiah Baird: I love that you did let it run twice.
	10:24pm AndrewBunny: Too many to list, but the first one I thought of was 801.
	10:24pm xapnomapcase1: What Do Pretty Girls Do by Kirsty MacColl. It's "live" in that it's radio sessions, but it's as close as we can get without bootlegs.
	🎸 ♥ 10:24pm Austin Rich: I mean, it's a song that's that good.
	10:25pm Obadiah Baird: I mean who puts out a live album with the same track back to back. It's the moment that won me over to this album when I first listened to it when I was 16.
	🎸 ♥ 10:25pm Austin Rich: 801, AndrewBunny? I don't know it.
	🎸 ♥ 10:26pm Austin Rich: I have contended for many years that this is the best live album of all time. I've listened to it recently. I'm not sure I'm wrong? en.wikipedia.org...
	10:26pm Mr Fab: 801! With Eno and Phil Manzanera. Yup, pretty great.
	🎸 ♥ 10:26pm Austin Rich: I need to look that up! Already it sounds like it's fantastic.
	10:27pm Obadiah Baird: I also need to check that out!
	10:27pm AndrewBunny: ENO, Phil Manzanera, Simon Phillips, LLoyd Watson, Bill McCormick. The cover is a fantastic grainy shot of the Bill's Precision bass headstock
	10:31pm AndrewBunny: And my fave hipster live album: Throbbing Gristle's Heathen Earth.
	🎸 ♥ 10:31pm Austin Rich: That TG record is great!
	10:32pm Obadiah Baird: My other favorite live album is Seafish Louisville by the Gits.
	10:34pm Heather: The Cramps!!! Yessss!!!
	10:34pm xapnomapcase1: The Gits! Mia Zapata's death still hurts.
	🎸 ♥ 10:34pm Austin Rich: That Gits live album is ESSENTIAL.
	10:35pm xapnomapcase1: The Gits and Evil Stig still get a lot of play around here.
	10:35pm AndrewBunny: Oh, it just hit me: my fave obscure live record(s): John Cage (with David Tudor) Variations IV, volumes 1 & 2!
	10:35pm Obadiah Baird: The Gits are incredibly underrated.
	10:36pm AndrewBunny: Oh, poop! I forgot: RAMONES It's Alive!!!!
	10:36pm xapnomapcase1: Story about Throbbing Gristle. The very first time I got high with edibles, I ate an entire 100mg cookie. I happened to be listening to TG's Greatest Hits, and the backwards version of "Slug Bait" came on just as it was hitting. I seriously thought the Devil was talking to me, and I am NOT religious.
	10:36pm Mr Fab: “Live At Napa State Mental Hospital” I’d absolutely the greatest live VIDEO ever.
	🎸 ♥ 10:36pm Austin Rich: You are right about Ramones It's Alive!
	🎸 ♥ 10:37pm Austin Rich: I could see that being rough, xapnomapcase1.
	🎸 ♥ 10:37pm Austin Rich: If you haven't seen the video Mr. Fab and I were talking about, it is CRUCIAL. You need to watch it later tonight, if you've never seen it. It's LATE 70's CRAMPS, too! youtu.be...
	10:37pm xapnomapcase1: It was great! Scary in the moment, but it would have been worse listening to it forward. At least backwards, I don't hear the story...
	10:39pm xapnomapcase1: Another live album that's pretty great is Paris by The Cure. I now...that's pretty mainstream, but they're still my favorite band, and Paris has a lot of the more "obscure" songs.
	10:39pm Obadiah Baird: I've always loved the Cure
	🎸 ♥ 10:39pm Austin Rich: I love the bass in this song. The sound is SO good. I try to emulate that sound and I just need an OG amp, I've realized.
	10:40pm xapnomapcase1: Looking at that Tiny Tim picture...I had no idea he had a heart attack on stage.
	10:40pm xapnomapcase1: The night he died.
	10:40pm Obadiah Baird: This whole album is amazing.
	🎸 ♥ 10:40pm Austin Rich: The scream is just chilling.
	🎸 ♥ 10:41pm Austin Rich: I guess I don't really know how well known Poison Idea are outside of the area, because I always think of them as local legends. People outside of PDX: how well known are Poison Idea?
	10:41pm xapnomapcase1: They're punk icons.
	🎸 ♥ 10:42pm Austin Rich: I always think of the guy I met from Seattle, who was shocked that we all knew Sir Mix-A-Lot. I remember he said something like, "Oh. I always thought he was a local guy."
	10:42pm AndrewBunny: Certainly heard OF them, but haven't listened to them...
	🎸 ♥ 10:44pm Austin Rich: I know I mentioned this earlier, but we're gonna go over tonight. There's no one on after, and there's at least four more songs (plus banter) left. So hang in there after 8 PM / 11 PM! We'll be going for a bit longer.
	10:47pm sufferwords: American Leather… Germs reference
	🎸 ♥ 10:47pm Austin Rich: Ah! Good ear, sufferwords!
	🎸 ♥ 10:48pm Austin Rich: (In the early days of the interweb, when you still had dial-up, I ran a "Germs" website. I would get e-mail from OG punks who were excited about the website, and I would say, "Yeah, I was 6 when Darby died.")
	🎸 ♥ 10:50pm Austin Rich: Ironically, Dead Moon would fill stadiums when they toured Europe, and then we could go and see them for about $10 at a local bar and buy them drinks afterwards. I saw them five times, and they blew me away every time.
	10:51pm Obadiah Baird: Dead Moon is on the short list of bands that I feel most lucky to have seen live.
	10:51pm sufferwords: saw his last show and ten or so others - when GI came out (best ‘lpunk’ record of all time) we were shocked that they had actually been playing songs at the gigs
	🎸 ♥ 10:52pm Austin Rich: If anyone is not familiar with Fred Cole / Dead Moon, Fred got started in music in 1964, and is a key figure in almost every era of rock and roll since. en.wikipedia.org...
	10:52pm xapnomapcase1: Yes, live recordings of The Germs are more of a showcase of bad equipment, with someone screaming semi-melodically way far in the background.
	🎸 ♥ 10:53pm Austin Rich: (Though I can only imagine that everyone here probably knows Dead Moon pretty well.)
	🎸 ♥ 10:54pm Austin Rich: The band before Dead Moon - The Rats - also equally great, and worth checking out!
	🎸 ♥ 10:55pm Austin Rich: You can really hear the evening birds coming out during our chat.
	10:56pm sufferwords: we heard nothing of Portland in LA
	🎸 ♥ 10:57pm Austin Rich: That's what Greg Sage of the Wipers used to say. He would call to book shows or sell records, and people would say, "Portland? Never heard of it!" Then hang up on him.
	10:57pm Obadiah Baird: The Wipers were easily one of the best bands of the era and nobody heard about them because they were from portland.
	10:58pm sufferwords: have heard plenty since though
	🎸 ♥ 10:58pm Austin Rich: So glad the cork picked up.
	10:59pm sufferwords: Coney Island Baby
	🎸 ♥ 11:00pm Austin Rich: While unrelated to these conversations, here's the last link I'll offer up of radio that Obadiah and I have done. I used to host a News Magazine style show, and we had Obadiah on in the early days of the pandemic, to talk about some crazy shit that went down in Salem. In that show, we feature a VERY early version of Obadiah's guitar playing, before we took a serious attempt at recording the songs. betweenradiozine.com...
	11:01pm sufferwords: saw Lou do Street Hassle with Ian Dury doing New Boots and… at the Roxy..,, not bragging but this is portably the only place that statement might carry any water
	11:01pm Obadiah Baird: I feel like solo Reed is super inconsistent but I do love this album.
	11:02pm Obadiah Baird: I'm impressed that you saw Ian Drury. I have a weird soft spot for that stiff records stuff.
	🎸 ♥ 11:03pm Austin Rich: I'm impressed, sufferwords.
	11:04pm sufferwords: being older has some perks
	🎸 ♥ 11:04pm Austin Rich: Yeah. I sort of wish I was both older, younger, and... well, had a larger record collection.
	11:05pm sufferwords: saw Elvis Costello’s first show in LA… The Whiskey- my first ‘punk’ show
	🎸 ♥ 11:06pm Austin Rich: That's very cool! Never saw Elvis, but I probably should have.
	11:06pm sufferwords: I’m telling ya fellas - dig into Street Hassle
	11:06pm AndrewBunny: My first ever show was Talking Heads in New Orleans 1979...
	🎸 ♥ 11:07pm Austin Rich: My first show: Robert Palmer. My mom took me, as she was a fan.
	🎸 ♥ 11:08pm Austin Rich: sufferwords: I have a copy of Street Hassle around here somewhere. I think my mom gave it to me.
	11:08pm AndrewBunny: Saw EC & Attractions with Squeeze opening January 1981 (my 18th birthday). Trust had just come out. I remember being a little disappointed cause Joolz just quit and some guy named Paul Carrack took over...
	🎸 ♥ 11:09pm Aitch: Julien Cope bit of a pop gem
	🎸 ♥ 11:09pm Austin Rich: Anyone else wanna share their first show?
	11:09pm Obadiah Baird: Julian Copes biography is is one of the great rock bios.
	11:10pm xapnomapcase1: The Cure at the Rose Bowl. Wish tour. So...1991 or 2.
	🎸 ♥ 11:10pm Aitch: Ultravox '81
	🎸 ♥ 11:10pm Austin Rich: Obadiah has turned me onto Julian Cope.
	11:10pm xapnomapcase1: It was June 92.
	🎸 ♥ 11:10pm Austin Rich: Ultravox! In the prime era, too! Damn, I'm very jealous. AND... I'll be talking about them next week...
	11:10pm Obadiah Baird: This whole album is so great.
	11:12pm AndrewBunny: Loved JC's Krautrocksampler book. So over the top, and it's obvious he's such a huge fan!
	🎸 ♥ 11:12pm Austin Rich: I probably talk about Ultravox to Heather as much as she talks about Bowie to me.
	11:12pm Heather: First show: Jane's Addition with The Rollins Band opening. 90 or 91?
	11:13pm Obadiah Baird: I need a copy of Krautrocksampler but they are so hard to come by and quite expensive these days.
	11:13pm sufferwords: saw the Trust tour at The Pier in NYC/ i think i went to MTV first night party at The Ritz that night- B-52’s played/ I was a pup
	11:13pm Heather: *Addiction darned autocorrect
	🎸 ♥ 11:14pm Austin Rich: Damn. I do love the B-52's. And that first couple records are FLAWLESS.
	11:14pm Heather: And Austin, I think that may be true!
	11:14pm sufferwords: Pure Pop for Now People is non stop
	11:15pm Obadiah Baird: Call back to Ian Drury!
	🎸 ♥ 11:15pm Austin Rich: Ian Drury got mentioned! Take a drink!
	🎸 ♥ 11:15pm Aitch: Bon Scott AC/DC please.
	11:15pm AndrewBunny: OB, I just looked at my copy: still has the price sticker from the Virgin store in New Orleans: $19.99 (it was brand new then, and still in print). I remember thinking it was insanely expensive, but I had to have it...
	11:16pm Obadiah Baird: That book is almost certainly worth considerably more now.
	🎸 ♥ 11:16pm Austin Rich: I feel like my mind is still set at mid-90's prices. When I see records for sale now, I go, "Damn, that's expensive!" And it's probably not.
	🎸 ♥ 11:18pm Austin Rich: Getting near the end here. Thanks for listening everyone! Any last comments, Obadiah?
	🎸 ♥ 11:18pm Austin Rich: Also: Make sure to get his tunes, for free, here: obadiahbaird.bandcamp.com
	11:19pm AndrewBunny: AR, absolutely. I'm 59, and when I started buying LPs in the 70s, top 40 records were $3.99, and everything else was $4.99. Singles were 79cents...
	11:19pm Obadiah Baird: I appreciate everyone listening to my music and the music I love. I hope y'all enjoyed it.
	11:20pm AndrewBunny: OB, thanks for the music!
	11:20pm Obadiah Baird: I love listening to and talking about music.
	11:20pm Heather: Obadiah, it was GREAT! Awesome show, I very much enjoyed it! Thanks so much!
	🎸 ♥ 11:20pm Austin Rich: We will do this again.
	11:21pm sufferwords: good show ‘kids’
	♥ 11:22pm HyperDose: Thank you Austin and Obadiah, this was a very fun show. Loved the conversational format!
	11:22pm Geoff-U: Great show!
	11:22pm Geoff-U: Thanks Austin :)
	11:22pm Obadiah Baird: That was super cool! Thank you everybody.
	🎸 ♥ 11:23pm Aitch: Enjoyed that thanks
	♥ 11:24pm drowsy: Thanks for the show guys.
	🎸 ♥ 11:28pm Austin Rich: Thanks for tuning in! See ya all again next week!

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from April 5, 2022

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