WFMU: Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from August 30, 2022

Listener comments!
	👻 5:50pm Austin Rich: Good Hello
	8:57pm Krys O.: Hey dere!
	8:59pm HyperDose: A neighborly hello and a wave to my pals Austin and Krys!
	8:59pm Aitch: Hey Austin and crew
	9:00pm Scott67: G'day Austin & Mail-Mutants!📨📩📬 🌏☀️📻🎶🍻😎🤙👣🐶🐾🐾
	9:01pm Charles: You've got mail!
	9:01pm Mr. X: hey hey
	9:01pm Krys O.: (giving a little wrist wiggle wave)
	👻 9:02pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, everyone! (Krys O, HyperDose, Aitch, Scott67, Charles and Mr. X!)
	👻 9:02pm Austin Rich: Takes a while for me to get kick started at first.
	9:03pm Mr Fab: Greetings, mutants and mutoids!
	👻 9:03pm Austin Rich: This show is gonna get a little strange. Hope ya'll don't mind?
	9:04pm Scott67: Strange is how I live!🍻😎🤙
	9:04pm coelacanth∅: 'evening Austin and beautiful mutants
	👻 9:05pm Austin Rich: Mr. Fab and coelacanthø! Now it's a party!
	9:05pm Mr Fab: Wait a minute..."strange" on WFMU?!? Well, it's a little unorthodox, but ok...
	9:06pm Mr. X: Strange is the new weird.
	9:07pm Aitch: strange a relative thing. (you should see my relatives)
	9:08pm Mr Fab: Aitch: boom!
	9:15pm DJ Babs: I'm definitely feeling mutated now!
	👻 9:16pm Austin Rich: Some of these artists are easy to find with a simple search. Some are not. If the name is not easy to google... chances are the artist isn't really online. We can always reach out by mail, if someone is interested in the work you hear.
	9:17pm DJ Babs: I come for the obscurities, I stay for the obscurities!
	9:17pm Charles: Thanks for giving us a dimestore show yesterday by the way. Everything went well under the care of Shangri-La and (Artificial?/Mecanical?/Hologram?) Austin.
	👻 9:17pm Austin Rich: A DJ after my own heart, DJ Babs!
	👻 9:18pm Austin Rich: That's great to hear, Charles! It was my anniversary yesterday, so we were off on the Oregon Coast, having fish and chips and watching seals.
	9:18pm Mr. X: So as these business card cds spin, how does the cd player deal with the cut off parts without discontinuity? How can it find the exact spot in the track where it left off without any dead air? I don't get it. Am I still stuck in the vinyl record mindset of a continuous groove? CDs don't have to have that kind of continuity?
	9:18pm coelacanth∅: never heard of/seen this format before. if one got passed to me i'd be wary of putting it into my vintage (old) cd player or my old (old) laptop. the manual for the yamaha definitely says not to
	👻 9:19pm Austin Rich: This Mini-Mutations track is one that was only available via the QR code. I performed it once, live, for a festival, a few years ago, but this mix is new for this presentation. (Not drastically different, just minor tweaks, but different enough.)
	9:19pm Charles: Happy anniversary!
	👻 9:20pm Austin Rich: It plays just like a regular CD, Mr. X. It just plays five + minutes of stuff, and then you get to the outer edge of where it can't take new data. (The discs all play inside to outside.)
	9:21pm coelacanth∅: cds get written to from the inside, out, so i assume where it gets to an incomplete path around there's nothing recorded there.
	9:21pm Mr. X: Ah, right, I forgot they start on the inside.
	9:21pm DJ Babs: I would imagine that the cd is readable only in the area that could be continuously spun...isn't that why most of those mini cds only hold 1-2 tracks?
	9:21pm DJ Babs: basically what coelacanth said, lol.
	👻 9:22pm Austin Rich: en.wikipedia.org...
	9:22pm coelacanth∅: ...or what Austin said
	9:22pm DJ Babs: yes! I'm slow on the draw today, lol
	9:22pm coelacanth∅: haha, or what Babs said!
	👻 9:22pm Austin Rich: I did successfully make a biz-card cdr with 99 tracks on it, all a couple seconds. So it's just like a regular CD, just smaller.
	👻 9:23pm Austin Rich: You can play, "Guess The Sample," with this piece.
	9:24pm Mr. X: I like that this format had its origins with Linux. Cool.
	9:26pm Charles: The Event!
	👻 9:26pm Austin Rich: Yes. Let's not speak too much of The Event.
	9:29pm Mr. X: This sounds familiar. Did I catch this when you played it live?
	👻 9:29pm Austin Rich: Yeah. It was part of the NorCal NoiseFest a few years ago.
	👻 9:30pm Austin Rich: I did it live before, but this is a studio version, with bass and other keyboard parts and stuff.
	9:30pm Mr. X: Ah that's right! I totally remember "Come out with your hands washed!"
	9:32pm drowsy: On the campus of University College Cork, Ireland. They had some sweet stencils on the ground, urging people to wash their hands. "Give 'em a Good Scrub!" with suitable image!
	👻 9:32pm Austin Rich: Nice! I like that, drowsy!
	👻 9:33pm Austin Rich: I'm going camping, in case people are curious. That's how the song ends...
	9:33pm drowsy: Glad to hear the mini-mutes!
	👻 9:42pm Austin Rich: Part of the "Personal Business" project was that the pieces were often unique to each card you got in the mail. I have no idea how many of the cards I got from these artists were completely unique, or had the same material on it for everyone, but as I understand it - especially in the case of Hal McGee - each card I got from him was completely unique. The first card I sent out has personalized music, where I changed something about each card to make it unique. But after that, I make coookie-cutter cards.
	9:44pm Kat in Chicago: Laundry done, time to get mutated
	👻 9:44pm Austin Rich: We're getting very weird this week, Kat!
	9:45pm Kat in Chicago: So I hear. I shall have to go back and catch up on what I missed. Cool concept.
	👻 9:45pm Austin Rich: JUICE MACHINE live in Eugene now, but were originally from the east coast. (Near Florida.) JUICE MACHINE and Hal McGee, who put on this project, go WAY back, so I was excited to get a card from them for this project.
	9:46pm Krys O.: I've been enjoying the sounds whilst doling out snacks to kitties and doing dishes. Must close the pod bay doors to hunker down for the night Best of luck for the new endeavors, Austin! G'night, all.
	👻 9:46pm Austin Rich: See ya next time, Krys O!
	👻 9:48pm Austin Rich: Chefkirk - half of JUICE MACHINE - and I got to perform together this last weekend, with Lob of Instagon, for a LoopFest that was hosted in Corvallis, OR on Saturday. It was the first time I played in front of people this year. (And probably the last time, too.)
	👻 9:50pm Austin Rich: In total I made about 12 cards for this project. But no one has received all 12 cards... yet.
	👻 9:51pm Austin Rich: The Fourth Sunday Players are myself, univac, and Big City Orchestra, performing once a month on UB Radio Salon, a show that Big City Orchestra has run for years and years. We write scripts, perform music, and have a lot of radio fun.
	9:52pm Mr Fab: I think I've heard you play JUICE MACHINE before - really like 'em. Do they have any stuff available?
	👻 9:52pm Austin Rich: This excerpt was one I liked from a long "drone" that we made during the holiday season last year.
	👻 9:52pm Austin Rich: juicemachine.bandcamp.com
	👻 9:52pm Austin Rich: It's a husband and wife team, and I adore them so!
	👻 9:53pm Austin Rich: Chefkirk is the noisier half of JUICE MACHINE, but he is very prolific as a solo artist, too.
	9:57pm Mr Fab: cool, thx!
	9:57pm Mr Fab: JUICE MACHINE is not a very google-able name.
	👻 9:58pm Austin Rich: If you start to follow them via Bandcamp, Chefkirk usually mails out links to his videos for JUICE MACHINE, which I also recommend. Very abstract and beautiful.
	10:10pm Bill: Yes, Aversion To Reality is in Canada!
	10:11pm Bill: Yes!! Great show, Thanks!
	👻 10:12pm Austin Rich: I was hoping a few people from the group could tune in! This was one of the most fun mail-art projects that I got to participate in, and I would love to do more stuff like this.
	👻 10:13pm Austin Rich: Since you're here, Bill: How many cards did you end up mailing out for the group?
	10:14pm Bill: I didn't keep track, but it was a good amount, maybe 8 or 9? I have one more package I gotta mail out. Hal sent it on the last day of the project.
	10:14pm Mr. X: It always amazes me how many people out there are doing home-made DIY music & sounds.
	10:15pm Bill: I just sent Hal a microcassette for his newest compilation project!
	👻 10:15pm Austin Rich: Bill: if you send me some of those, I'll play them for the follow-up show! But no rush. I'll send you some of my other cards in trade. I need to get on the microcassette project. That'll be fun!
	10:18pm Mr. X: "The medium is the message." But the message sure can vary a lot for any given medium.
	👻 10:19pm Austin Rich: Mr. X: if you ever wanna get in on my Once A Year mail art project, let me know! Always looking for new group members.
	10:19pm Bill: Cool! I don't have hard copies of them, just the files. I can compile them on a disc or something if you like!. I may add them to the bandcamp page one day also.
	👻 10:20pm Austin Rich: I really enjoyed the diversity of artists, and sounds, that this project produced. It was great to realize that so many people had such great ideas.
	👻 10:21pm Austin Rich: Bill: Yeah, that totally works. I bought about 150 blanks when the project started, in case I had a couple discs not burn properly. (Which did happen.) I could mail you a few if you wanted. (Again, we could work out a trade or something... I'm not too worried.)
	10:22pm Mr. X: Aside from the fact that I wouldn't join any club that would have me as a member, it's tempting, Austin.
	10:22pm Bill: Yeah, sounds good! We'll work something out.
	👻 10:22pm Austin Rich: This Jeremiah Paddock disc came with a mini-zine, too, that I took a photo of. This was one of my faves of the bunch.
	👻 10:23pm Austin Rich: I might have a drop-out for the 2022 "less weird" group. I'm having a harder time with that group than the experimental group, for some reason.
	👻 10:24pm Austin Rich: Bill: Is Jeremiah from somewhere exotic? I can't remember if he's out of country, of Florida, or where?
	10:24pm Kat in Chicago: I think it would be harder to be "less weird" :)
	10:24pm Bill: I was amazed that I managed to come up with songs for the less weird group!
	👻 10:25pm Austin Rich: Kat: Well, depends on how far extreme you plant the "weird" flag. A little to the right of really odd isn't that "normal."
	10:25pm Bill: I can't remember where he's from, but yes, I think somewhere exotic.
	👻 10:25pm Austin Rich: (We get some pretty strange stuff in the "less weird" group, too.)
	10:31pm Bill: I like that you can click on the artwork pictures to make them larger!
	👻 10:33pm Austin Rich: I actually played all battery powered gear for this piece, and it was mixed on a laptop... on battery power!
	👻 10:33pm Austin Rich: (The mixer was the only thing that wasn't actually battery powered.)
	10:34pm Bill: Sounds great!
	👻 10:34pm Austin Rich: This is the tapeworm I was playing: www.mothhuntermods.com...
	10:34pm Mr. X: Mitch runs on batteries? So if they get too annoying, I can just take their batteries out.
	👻 10:35pm Austin Rich: Mitch was on my laptop...
	👻 10:37pm Austin Rich: I'll see how much of this I can play before I need to call it a night... it goes on and on and on...
	👻 10:39pm Austin Rich: You can find Hal's other work - going back to 1981 - here: www.haltapes.com
	👻 10:42pm Austin Rich: Hal organizes a number of mail art and DIY art projects that often require people to mail things to each other, but occasionally manifest entirely in digital form, too. The projects are as wide ranging as his music and art.
	👻 10:46pm Austin Rich: Hal's dog, Stanley, is often a feature of his assemblages.
	👻 10:47pm Austin Rich: It sounds like we are getting a behind-the-scenes audio look at one of Hal's shows, that he puts on outside, at the racquetball court near where he lives.
	10:48pm Mr. X: What a racket.
	👻 10:49pm Austin Rich: Ha!
	👻 10:50pm Austin Rich: Hal also (famously) hosts "Apartment Shows," where a limited number of guests are invited to his house, to play for each other, and they are often filmed and recorded and available soon afterwards. These shows are "quiet" shows, as he can't annoy his neighbors. So there are stipulations on the kinds of gear and sounds you can use and make. If I ever go to Florida, I would love to try to play one.
	10:52pm Bill: That'd be lots of fun!
	👻 10:53pm Austin Rich: This cards from Hal often have unique Polaroids in them, too.
	👻 10:53pm Austin Rich: These cards, that is...
	10:55pm Mr. X: Didn't I see a documentary about the dwindling supply of Polaroid film stock? Hal must have stocked up early in the game...
	👻 10:56pm Austin Rich: I'm not sure... I think this is some new technology? They are small... maybe an off-brand, that is similar? I could be wrong; who knows?
	10:56pm Bill: Fujifilm has a polaroid-type camera too. I think that's what Hal has.
	👻 10:57pm Austin Rich: I did an interview with Hal that I should air on this show at some point.
	10:57pm Bill: Yes, definitely!
	11:00pm Mr Fab: Cool stuff! Obscure musics that I never would have heard otherwise.
	👻 11:00pm Austin Rich: That's what Sheena does best!
	11:01pm Mr. X: A one-of-a-kind show tonight, Austin! And strange indeed. Like Mid-Valley Mutations used to be. Radio like grandma used to make. Thanks for the fun!
	👻 11:01pm Austin Rich: I've got a number of odd ones in the can, but Summer feels like rock and roll to me.
	11:02pm lurker∅: Thanks Austin!
	11:02pm Scott67: Spring here tomorrow!🍻😎🤙☀️🌏
	👻 11:03pm Austin Rich: How funny! Summer is about to wrap up, soon! Here, anyway...
	11:03pm Scott67: Thanks Austin!🍻😎🤙💨🍺
	11:32pm WR: Thank you! Rich! Busy so not active in comments but enjoyed the audio ride.

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from August 30, 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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August 30, 2022: PERSONAL BUSINESS: A Mail-Art Review

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Approx. start time
Legalize Food "Legalize Food"
Michael Thomas Jacksons	Washing Acronyms (8)	Washing Acronyms	Self-Released	2022
Mini-Mutations	"Call Me" ""Call Me"" by "Mini-Mutations"	"Call Me"	Self-Released	2022	0:00:14 (Pop-up)
Dylan Houser	Unjoy Yourself "Unjoy Yourself" by "Dylan Houser"	Abandoned Seers	Self-Released	2022	0:05:41 (Pop-up)
Jason Irving	Legalize Food "Legalize Food" by "Jason Irving"	Legalize Food	Self-Released	2022	0:12:29 (Pop-up)
Mini-Mutations	"Health Habits" (Studio Version - New Mix, Prevoiusly Only Available Live)	Hand Washing Tutorial	Self-Released	2021	0:17:28 (Pop-up)
Girls On Fire	Is The Moon A Dead World? (1)	Is The Moon A Dead World?	Self-Released	2022	0:32:41 (Pop-up)

Washing Acronyms "Washing Acronyms"
Dylan Houser	OKMNX "OKMNX" by "Dylan Houser"	Abandoned Seers	Self-Released	2022	0:35:22 (Pop-up)
Michael Thomas Jacksons	Washing Acronyms (7)	Washing Acronyms	Self-Released	2022	0:38:25 (Pop-up)
Cacophony '33'	PERSONAL BUSINESS "PERSONAL BUSINESS" by "Cacophony '33'"	PERSONAL BUSINESS	Self-Released	2022	0:39:34 (Pop-up)
JUICE MACHINE	PB.1 "PB.1" by "JUICE MACHINE"	PB.1	Self-Released	2022	0:43:41 (Pop-up)
The Fourth Sunday Players	[Excerpt]	On the Third Sunday the Fourth Sunday Droned	Self-Released	2021	0:48:42 (Pop-up)
Ted Trager	VI "VI" by "Ted Trager"	VI	Self-Released	2022	0:53:20 (Pop-up)
Aversion To Reality	loss of hearing	PERSONAL BUSINESS	Self-Released	2022	0:57:31 (Pop-up)
E. Rich Thiele	Hippy Down "Hippy Down" by "E. Rich Thiele"	Hippy Down	Self-Released	2022	0:58:43 (Pop-up)
Girls On Fire	Is The Moon A Dead World? (2)	Is The Moon A Dead World?	Self-Released	2022	1:03:44 (Pop-up)
Dylan Houser	Thud of Gander "Thud of Gander" by "Dylan Houser"	Abandoned Seers	Self-Released	2022	1:06:24 (Pop-up)

Patterns Everywhere "Patterns Everywhere"
Girls On Fire	Patricia Mae ♥ (2)	Patricia Mae ♥	Self-Released	2022	1:10:19 (Pop-up)
Homogenized Terrestrials	Patterns Everywhere	Patterns Everywhere	Self-Released	2022	1:11:30 (Pop-up)
auvikogue	PB 11 "PB 11" by "auvikogue"	PB 11	Self-Released	2022	1:16:05 (Pop-up)
Jeremiah Paddock	All of My Ghosts	All of My Ghosts	Self-Released	2022	1:20:32 (Pop-up)
Michael Thomas Jacksons	Washing Acronyms (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)	Washing Acronyms	Self-Released	2022	1:24:47 (Pop-up)
Mini-Mutations	The Five Minute Experimental Mile	The Five Minute Experimental Mile	Self-Released	2021	1:30:13 (Pop-up)
The Hal McGee Mega-Mix "The Hal McGee Mega-Mix"
Hal McGee	5-minute one of a kind chance process mix for Austin	September 2021 Report	Self-Released	2021	1:35:20 (Pop-up)
Hal McGee	Dictaphone Assemblage Is My Life in progress mix for Austin	November 23rd 2021	Self-Released	2021	1:40:22 (Pop-up)
Hal McGee	Excerpt for Austin "Excerpt for Austin" by "Hal McGee"	Six Days In January	Self-Released	2022	1:51:08 (Pop-up)
Hal McGee	Excerpt for Austin "Excerpt for Austin" by "Hal McGee"	Four Days In March	Self-Released	2022	1:55:03 (Pop-up)
Hal McGee	Excerpt for Austin (Late March)	March 2022 Report	Self-Released	2022	2:00:11 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	👻 5:50pm Austin Rich: Good Hello
	8:57pm Krys O.: Hey dere!
	8:59pm HyperDose: A neighborly hello and a wave to my pals Austin and Krys!
	8:59pm Aitch: Hey Austin and crew
	9:00pm Scott67: G'day Austin & Mail-Mutants!📨📩📬 🌏☀️📻🎶🍻😎🤙👣🐶🐾🐾
	9:01pm Charles: You've got mail!
	9:01pm Mr. X: hey hey
	9:01pm Krys O.: (giving a little wrist wiggle wave)
	👻 9:02pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, everyone! (Krys O, HyperDose, Aitch, Scott67, Charles and Mr. X!)
	👻 9:02pm Austin Rich: Takes a while for me to get kick started at first.
	9:03pm Mr Fab: Greetings, mutants and mutoids!
	👻 9:03pm Austin Rich: This show is gonna get a little strange. Hope ya'll don't mind?
	9:04pm Scott67: Strange is how I live!🍻😎🤙
	9:04pm coelacanth∅: 'evening Austin and beautiful mutants
	👻 9:05pm Austin Rich: Mr. Fab and coelacanthø! Now it's a party!
	9:05pm Mr Fab: Wait a minute..."strange" on WFMU?!? Well, it's a little unorthodox, but ok...
	9:06pm Mr. X: Strange is the new weird.
	9:07pm Aitch: strange a relative thing. (you should see my relatives)
	9:08pm Mr Fab: Aitch: boom!
	9:15pm DJ Babs: I'm definitely feeling mutated now!
	👻 9:16pm Austin Rich: Some of these artists are easy to find with a simple search. Some are not. If the name is not easy to google... chances are the artist isn't really online. We can always reach out by mail, if someone is interested in the work you hear.
	9:17pm DJ Babs: I come for the obscurities, I stay for the obscurities!
	9:17pm Charles: Thanks for giving us a dimestore show yesterday by the way. Everything went well under the care of Shangri-La and (Artificial?/Mecanical?/Hologram?) Austin.
	👻 9:17pm Austin Rich: A DJ after my own heart, DJ Babs!
	👻 9:18pm Austin Rich: That's great to hear, Charles! It was my anniversary yesterday, so we were off on the Oregon Coast, having fish and chips and watching seals.
	9:18pm Mr. X: So as these business card cds spin, how does the cd player deal with the cut off parts without discontinuity? How can it find the exact spot in the track where it left off without any dead air? I don't get it. Am I still stuck in the vinyl record mindset of a continuous groove? CDs don't have to have that kind of continuity?
	9:18pm coelacanth∅: never heard of/seen this format before. if one got passed to me i'd be wary of putting it into my vintage (old) cd player or my old (old) laptop. the manual for the yamaha definitely says not to
	👻 9:19pm Austin Rich: This Mini-Mutations track is one that was only available via the QR code. I performed it once, live, for a festival, a few years ago, but this mix is new for this presentation. (Not drastically different, just minor tweaks, but different enough.)
	9:19pm Charles: Happy anniversary!
	👻 9:20pm Austin Rich: It plays just like a regular CD, Mr. X. It just plays five + minutes of stuff, and then you get to the outer edge of where it can't take new data. (The discs all play inside to outside.)
	9:21pm coelacanth∅: cds get written to from the inside, out, so i assume where it gets to an incomplete path around there's nothing recorded there.
	9:21pm Mr. X: Ah, right, I forgot they start on the inside.
	9:21pm DJ Babs: I would imagine that the cd is readable only in the area that could be continuously spun...isn't that why most of those mini cds only hold 1-2 tracks?
	9:21pm DJ Babs: basically what coelacanth said, lol.
	👻 9:22pm Austin Rich: en.wikipedia.org...
	9:22pm coelacanth∅: ...or what Austin said
	9:22pm DJ Babs: yes! I'm slow on the draw today, lol
	9:22pm coelacanth∅: haha, or what Babs said!
	👻 9:22pm Austin Rich: I did successfully make a biz-card cdr with 99 tracks on it, all a couple seconds. So it's just like a regular CD, just smaller.
	👻 9:23pm Austin Rich: You can play, "Guess The Sample," with this piece.
	9:24pm Mr. X: I like that this format had its origins with Linux. Cool.
	9:26pm Charles: The Event!
	👻 9:26pm Austin Rich: Yes. Let's not speak too much of The Event.
	9:29pm Mr. X: This sounds familiar. Did I catch this when you played it live?
	👻 9:29pm Austin Rich: Yeah. It was part of the NorCal NoiseFest a few years ago.
	👻 9:30pm Austin Rich: I did it live before, but this is a studio version, with bass and other keyboard parts and stuff.
	9:30pm Mr. X: Ah that's right! I totally remember "Come out with your hands washed!"
	9:32pm drowsy: On the campus of University College Cork, Ireland. They had some sweet stencils on the ground, urging people to wash their hands. "Give 'em a Good Scrub!" with suitable image!
	👻 9:32pm Austin Rich: Nice! I like that, drowsy!
	👻 9:33pm Austin Rich: I'm going camping, in case people are curious. That's how the song ends...
	9:33pm drowsy: Glad to hear the mini-mutes!
	👻 9:42pm Austin Rich: Part of the "Personal Business" project was that the pieces were often unique to each card you got in the mail. I have no idea how many of the cards I got from these artists were completely unique, or had the same material on it for everyone, but as I understand it - especially in the case of Hal McGee - each card I got from him was completely unique. The first card I sent out has personalized music, where I changed something about each card to make it unique. But after that, I make coookie-cutter cards.
	9:44pm Kat in Chicago: Laundry done, time to get mutated
	👻 9:44pm Austin Rich: We're getting very weird this week, Kat!
	9:45pm Kat in Chicago: So I hear. I shall have to go back and catch up on what I missed. Cool concept.
	👻 9:45pm Austin Rich: JUICE MACHINE live in Eugene now, but were originally from the east coast. (Near Florida.) JUICE MACHINE and Hal McGee, who put on this project, go WAY back, so I was excited to get a card from them for this project.
	9:46pm Krys O.: I've been enjoying the sounds whilst doling out snacks to kitties and doing dishes. Must close the pod bay doors to hunker down for the night Best of luck for the new endeavors, Austin! G'night, all.
	👻 9:46pm Austin Rich: See ya next time, Krys O!
	👻 9:48pm Austin Rich: Chefkirk - half of JUICE MACHINE - and I got to perform together this last weekend, with Lob of Instagon, for a LoopFest that was hosted in Corvallis, OR on Saturday. It was the first time I played in front of people this year. (And probably the last time, too.)
	👻 9:50pm Austin Rich: In total I made about 12 cards for this project. But no one has received all 12 cards... yet.
	👻 9:51pm Austin Rich: The Fourth Sunday Players are myself, univac, and Big City Orchestra, performing once a month on UB Radio Salon, a show that Big City Orchestra has run for years and years. We write scripts, perform music, and have a lot of radio fun.
	9:52pm Mr Fab: I think I've heard you play JUICE MACHINE before - really like 'em. Do they have any stuff available?
	👻 9:52pm Austin Rich: This excerpt was one I liked from a long "drone" that we made during the holiday season last year.
	👻 9:52pm Austin Rich: juicemachine.bandcamp.com
	👻 9:52pm Austin Rich: It's a husband and wife team, and I adore them so!
	👻 9:53pm Austin Rich: Chefkirk is the noisier half of JUICE MACHINE, but he is very prolific as a solo artist, too.
	9:57pm Mr Fab: cool, thx!
	9:57pm Mr Fab: JUICE MACHINE is not a very google-able name.
	👻 9:58pm Austin Rich: If you start to follow them via Bandcamp, Chefkirk usually mails out links to his videos for JUICE MACHINE, which I also recommend. Very abstract and beautiful.
	10:10pm Bill: Yes, Aversion To Reality is in Canada!
	10:11pm Bill: Yes!! Great show, Thanks!
	👻 10:12pm Austin Rich: I was hoping a few people from the group could tune in! This was one of the most fun mail-art projects that I got to participate in, and I would love to do more stuff like this.
	👻 10:13pm Austin Rich: Since you're here, Bill: How many cards did you end up mailing out for the group?
	10:14pm Bill: I didn't keep track, but it was a good amount, maybe 8 or 9? I have one more package I gotta mail out. Hal sent it on the last day of the project.
	10:14pm Mr. X: It always amazes me how many people out there are doing home-made DIY music & sounds.
	10:15pm Bill: I just sent Hal a microcassette for his newest compilation project!
	👻 10:15pm Austin Rich: Bill: if you send me some of those, I'll play them for the follow-up show! But no rush. I'll send you some of my other cards in trade. I need to get on the microcassette project. That'll be fun!
	10:18pm Mr. X: "The medium is the message." But the message sure can vary a lot for any given medium.
	👻 10:19pm Austin Rich: Mr. X: if you ever wanna get in on my Once A Year mail art project, let me know! Always looking for new group members.
	10:19pm Bill: Cool! I don't have hard copies of them, just the files. I can compile them on a disc or something if you like!. I may add them to the bandcamp page one day also.
	👻 10:20pm Austin Rich: I really enjoyed the diversity of artists, and sounds, that this project produced. It was great to realize that so many people had such great ideas.
	👻 10:21pm Austin Rich: Bill: Yeah, that totally works. I bought about 150 blanks when the project started, in case I had a couple discs not burn properly. (Which did happen.) I could mail you a few if you wanted. (Again, we could work out a trade or something... I'm not too worried.)
	10:22pm Mr. X: Aside from the fact that I wouldn't join any club that would have me as a member, it's tempting, Austin.
	10:22pm Bill: Yeah, sounds good! We'll work something out.
	👻 10:22pm Austin Rich: This Jeremiah Paddock disc came with a mini-zine, too, that I took a photo of. This was one of my faves of the bunch.
	👻 10:23pm Austin Rich: I might have a drop-out for the 2022 "less weird" group. I'm having a harder time with that group than the experimental group, for some reason.
	👻 10:24pm Austin Rich: Bill: Is Jeremiah from somewhere exotic? I can't remember if he's out of country, of Florida, or where?
	10:24pm Kat in Chicago: I think it would be harder to be "less weird" :)
	10:24pm Bill: I was amazed that I managed to come up with songs for the less weird group!
	👻 10:25pm Austin Rich: Kat: Well, depends on how far extreme you plant the "weird" flag. A little to the right of really odd isn't that "normal."
	10:25pm Bill: I can't remember where he's from, but yes, I think somewhere exotic.
	👻 10:25pm Austin Rich: (We get some pretty strange stuff in the "less weird" group, too.)
	10:31pm Bill: I like that you can click on the artwork pictures to make them larger!
	👻 10:33pm Austin Rich: I actually played all battery powered gear for this piece, and it was mixed on a laptop... on battery power!
	👻 10:33pm Austin Rich: (The mixer was the only thing that wasn't actually battery powered.)
	10:34pm Bill: Sounds great!
	👻 10:34pm Austin Rich: This is the tapeworm I was playing: www.mothhuntermods.com...
	10:34pm Mr. X: Mitch runs on batteries? So if they get too annoying, I can just take their batteries out.
	👻 10:35pm Austin Rich: Mitch was on my laptop...
	👻 10:37pm Austin Rich: I'll see how much of this I can play before I need to call it a night... it goes on and on and on...
	👻 10:39pm Austin Rich: You can find Hal's other work - going back to 1981 - here: www.haltapes.com
	👻 10:42pm Austin Rich: Hal organizes a number of mail art and DIY art projects that often require people to mail things to each other, but occasionally manifest entirely in digital form, too. The projects are as wide ranging as his music and art.
	👻 10:46pm Austin Rich: Hal's dog, Stanley, is often a feature of his assemblages.
	👻 10:47pm Austin Rich: It sounds like we are getting a behind-the-scenes audio look at one of Hal's shows, that he puts on outside, at the racquetball court near where he lives.
	10:48pm Mr. X: What a racket.
	👻 10:49pm Austin Rich: Ha!
	👻 10:50pm Austin Rich: Hal also (famously) hosts "Apartment Shows," where a limited number of guests are invited to his house, to play for each other, and they are often filmed and recorded and available soon afterwards. These shows are "quiet" shows, as he can't annoy his neighbors. So there are stipulations on the kinds of gear and sounds you can use and make. If I ever go to Florida, I would love to try to play one.
	10:52pm Bill: That'd be lots of fun!
	👻 10:53pm Austin Rich: This cards from Hal often have unique Polaroids in them, too.
	👻 10:53pm Austin Rich: These cards, that is...
	10:55pm Mr. X: Didn't I see a documentary about the dwindling supply of Polaroid film stock? Hal must have stocked up early in the game...
	👻 10:56pm Austin Rich: I'm not sure... I think this is some new technology? They are small... maybe an off-brand, that is similar? I could be wrong; who knows?
	10:56pm Bill: Fujifilm has a polaroid-type camera too. I think that's what Hal has.
	👻 10:57pm Austin Rich: I did an interview with Hal that I should air on this show at some point.
	10:57pm Bill: Yes, definitely!
	11:00pm Mr Fab: Cool stuff! Obscure musics that I never would have heard otherwise.
	👻 11:00pm Austin Rich: That's what Sheena does best!
	11:01pm Mr. X: A one-of-a-kind show tonight, Austin! And strange indeed. Like Mid-Valley Mutations used to be. Radio like grandma used to make. Thanks for the fun!
	👻 11:01pm Austin Rich: I've got a number of odd ones in the can, but Summer feels like rock and roll to me.
	11:02pm lurker∅: Thanks Austin!
	11:02pm Scott67: Spring here tomorrow!🍻😎🤙☀️🌏
	👻 11:03pm Austin Rich: How funny! Summer is about to wrap up, soon! Here, anyway...
	11:03pm Scott67: Thanks Austin!🍻😎🤙💨🍺
	11:32pm WR: Thank you! Rich! Busy so not active in comments but enjoyed the audio ride.

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from August 30, 2022

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