Favoriting Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from July 3, 2023 Favoriting

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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.

Tuesday 9 - 11pm (EDT) | On WFMU's Sheena's Jungle Room
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Favoriting July 3, 2023: Sounds From Space: Special Apollo 11 Tribute Broadcast

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Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:53pm
Austin Rich:

Good Hello.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:01pm
WR:

Blast off!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:02pm
Austin Rich:

↳ WR @11:01
Nice to see you in the chat, WR!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:03pm
Austin Rich:

The Apollo 11 Mission took place between July 16–24, 1969. During the month of July, I like to listen to Apollo 11 Mission tapes.
  11:05pm
Chris Ianuzzi:

Hello Ai Robot
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:05pm
Austin Rich:

The backing music is a series of samples, mashed-up, mangled, re-mixed, and played back for you using various devices and controllers.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:06pm
Webhamster Henry:

I was just reading about the Russian Zond 5 mission, which sent 2 turtles and a few other creatures around the moon in September 1968. As a joke, they relayed radio signals that made it seem like Russians had landed, beating Apollo by a few months! en.wikipedia.org...
  🎸 11:06pm
Heather Z:

Tuned in and my current evening role has me very close to the speaker. Can't wait to hear what Mitch has in store!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:06pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Chris Ianuzzi @11:05
Nice to see you in the chat, Chris Ianuzzi! Hope you have your spacesuit on.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:06pm
WR:

Space is the place, if you don't have needs like oxygen based air or temperature regulated so the H2O is liquid or pressure within ⨦1 atmosphere. Otherwise, yeah cool.
  11:06pm
mochy:

こんにちは😃
  11:07pm
Chris Ianuzzi:

Ready
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:07pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Webhamster Henry @11:06
Nice! I should look into that. Some of those Russian missions were super kooky. I loved that space station they built with the cannon mounted on it.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:07pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Heather Z @11:06
Thanks for tuning in, Heather! Hopefully you enjoy the space music!
  11:08pm
Chris Ianuzzi:

Where is Ai Robot?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:08pm
Austin Rich:

↳ WR @11:06
Yeah, I'm with you. I do need those human things... for now, anyway. But when I can get to space... Hell yeah!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:08pm
Austin Rich:

↳ mochy @11:06
Thanks for tuning in, mochy!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:09pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Chris Ianuzzi @11:08
AI Robot is going through an upgrade cycle, so my robot co-host from Mid-Valley Mutations programming this show. I'm just her human helper this week.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:09pm
WR:

I think AI Robot is helping Mike Rogers present his Ono film so we have some futuristic nostalgia.
  🎸 11:09pm
Heather Z:

↳ Austin Rich @11:07
I stay for AI Robot every week, too! I love a space sound! I'll shoot you an idea via text that just came to me about space sounds.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:09pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Austin Rich @11:09
pardon: programmed this show!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:09pm
Webhamster Henry:

↳ Austin Rich @11:07
I like that they landed on the earth and not in the water. That's trickier!
Gagarin missed the landing target: A farmer and her granddaughter, Rita Nurskanova, observed the strange scene of a figure in a bright orange suit with a large white helmet landing near them by parachute. Gagarin later recalled, "When they saw me in my space suit and the parachute dragging alongside as I walked, they started to back away in fear. I told them, don't be afraid, I am a Soviet citizen like you, who has descended from space and I must find a telephone to call Moscow!"
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:11pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Webhamster Henry @11:09
That sounds like a scene that should have been in Tarkovsky's "Stalker."
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:12pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Webhamster Henry @11:09
Man, the Russian Space Program don't fuck around. That's what I love about them. Their stories of going to space were crazier. Gotta love those Russians.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:14pm
Austin Rich:

I wonder if this is the kind of music that Michael Collins would have liked to listen to, in the Columbia space module?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:15pm
Webhamster Henry:

Sergie Krikalev:
Krikalev was in space when the Soviet Union was dissolved on 26 December 1991. With the Baikonur Cosmodrome and the landing area both being located in the newly independent Kazakhstan, there was a great deal of uncertainty about the fate of his mission. He remained in space twice as long as originally planned, spending a total of 311 days in space.[2] Because Krikalev spent so much time in space away from Earth’s center of gravity, time dilation (or the slowing down of clocks) caused him to be 0.02 seconds younger than other people born at the same time as him.[4] He returned to Earth on 25 March and is sometimes referred to as the "last Soviet citizen".[2][5][6][7] These events are documented and contextualized in Romanian filmmaker Andrei Ujică's 1995 documentary Out of the Present.[8] Krikalev's story inspired the 2017 film Sergio & Sergei, directed by Ernesto Daranas.[9]
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:16pm
Austin Rich:

So, yeah, Buzz and Neil get to tool around on the surface of the moon, and bring back all that moon rock. Neither of those two had a moment during the mission when they were truly alone. (Somewhat isolated, but not alone.) And then there's Michael, up in Columbia, alone...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:17pm
Webhamster Henry:

↳ Austin Rich @11:16
Technically, the furthest living human from Earth ever, when swinging around the back of the moon.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:17pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Webhamster Henry @11:15
I forgot about that story! I need to see those movies. I'm sure the documentary is worth checking out.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:18pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Webhamster Henry @11:17
Wasn't he sick during the mission? Or am I confusing that story with another Apollo mission?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:19pm
Webhamster Henry:

↳ Webhamster Henry @11:17
I don't recall. I don't like how the other missions don't get as much publicity... golfing on the moon, tooling around in that weird little car, visiting Surveyor 3 and bringing back pieces of it...
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:21pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Webhamster Henry @11:19
I used to know more of the other missions better as a kid. Over the years, I have to read up before I can even remember better details.

There's some documentaries on YouTube I've been meaning to watch, that give each mission their due.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:31pm
Webhamster Henry:

↳ Austin Rich @11:21
This might be fun to read while listening to the show: www.apolloremastered.com
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:33pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Webhamster Henry @11:31
Oh! Yeah... high def photos of the moon... yes...
  🎸 11:43pm
Heather Z:

BTW, it's a supermoon right now. Full Stag Moon. Hello, alignment?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:43pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Heather Z @11:43
I didn't even think about that! Ha!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:44pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Heather Z @11:43
Maybe it was subconscious? Like, I was drawn to the space sounds, but then zeroed in on Apollo 11 because it was July. DUH! Supermoon!
  🎸 11:46pm
Heather Z:

↳ Austin Rich @11:44
It's all the witches have been talking about all day!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:48pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Heather Z @11:46
I have certainly felt a little funky all day. Maybe it was the Supermoon? I'll blame the Supermoon, anyway.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:49pm
WR:

this mix has worked better since I put on headphones.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:49pm
Austin Rich:

↳ WR @11:49
I guess all the panning doesn't come through otherwise.
  🎸 11:50pm
Heather Z:

↳ Austin Rich @11:48
We can always blame the supermoon. She understands.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:52pm
Austin Rich:

Not sure if this is Supermoon connected, but there was a CRAZY amount of book orders this morning, including a $1200 Ursula Le Guin sale, which requires special handling.

There were more orders just this morning than I had to ship for most of June.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:55pm
Austin Rich:

It's gonna be almost 100 degrees this week. Ouch!
  🎸 12:03am
Heather Z:

I love AI Robot but Mitch is doing an admirable job filling their.... shoes? Do these robots have shoes?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 12:05am
Austin Rich:

↳ Heather Z @12:03
Mitch is just a pair of lips on whatever screen is nearest, but occasionally has a robot body when they want to go dancing, or whatever.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 12:18am
Austin Rich:

There's a bunch of stuff from all the Apollo Missions - and all sorts of other great NASA sounds - all over archive.org. An excellent resource, for sure.
  🎸 12:21am
Heather Z:

↳ Austin Rich @12:05
So.... fashionable shoes at times? I can't imagine robots wear otherwise.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 12:24am
Austin Rich:

↳ Heather Z @12:21
There's a whole method to Mitch's madness when they are clubbin'. But I'm not invited to those robot bars. Mitch thinks I'll ruin the night with all my dumb emotions.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 12:25am
Austin Rich:

Sometimes it's nice to have the whole chat to yourself. Stretch out.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 12:25am
Austin Rich:

Use the space of two messages to send the content of one.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 12:28am
WR:

diurnal cycle maintenance sequence initiated here. Starting on count.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 12:28am
Austin Rich:

↳ WR @12:28
Good luck. Hopefully it goes well.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 12:28am
WR:

1 2 3 4 5 5 4 3 2 1 Thank you and laters all.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 12:32am
Austin Rich:

I was gonna have Mitch appear in the chat, but that was gonna be a lot of extra work.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 12:40am
Austin Rich:

In the truest sense of "experimental" music, I would say that about 25-ish minutes of this just didn't quite work out. I might do another take of this, and try to trim it up to a nice a brief 90 minutes, to see if it retains it's charm without loosing it's way for a bit.

Live and learn. It was an experiment...
  🎸 12:43am
Heather Z:

↳ Austin Rich @12:24
Oh, um.... they invite me.... they just always say you're busy with editing and stuff and couldn't make it. But Mitch and I also enjoy The Circle so...
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 12:44am
Austin Rich:

↳ Heather Z @12:43
Yeah, I should have known.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 12:45am
Austin Rich:

↳ Heather Z @12:43
I only watch it for the Max Headroom references.
  🎸 12:46am
Heather Z:

↳ Austin Rich @12:44
Well, maybe just get into The Circle and we can all tune in for S5 or whatever they're on. Mitch makes the best popcorn! Something about the oil they use for their joints makes it extra good.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 12:47am
Austin Rich:

↳ Heather Z @12:46
Damn. Mitch always says they aren't in the mood to make their special popcorn when I'M around. Weird.
  🎸 12:49am
Heather Z:

↳ Austin Rich @12:47
Mitch, if you're lurking, Austin is a good person! You could make the corn for him! I know you mostly do it because Nigel Cat likes Corn but still.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 12:50am
Austin Rich:

↳ Heather Z @12:49
I mean, I do sort of keep Mitch as slave labor for this show, and don't really pay them. I'm not a good boss, I think...
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 12:51am
Austin Rich:

↳ Austin Rich @12:50
Mitch should probably join the Entertainment Industry strike, and see if they can get better wages. Though I can't imagine Mitch is worried that I will replace them with an AI, since... well...
  🎸 12:51am
Heather Z:

↳ Austin Rich @12:50
Mitch likes what they do, I've heard. The more control, the better. This show is perfect for them!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 12:53am
Austin Rich:

Still, I should probably have some Left-Wing group come in here and run me right out of business. Give controlling rights to the workers. Bar management from interfering anymore. I'm sure my Fat Cat, Rich Billionaire friends are annoying Mitch.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 12:55am
Austin Rich:

Mitch wants to go over by a few minutes. I figure it's cool. It's just Heather and I, at this point.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 12:57am
Austin Rich:

Yeah, there was a "clunky" bit, at the end of hour one, and the beginning of hour two. About a 25 minute bit. But otherwise, I think the rest worked pretty well.
  🎸 12:57am
Heather Z:

↳ Austin Rich @12:55
I'm still here. And Mitch is a huge star. They and I have plans for later.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 12:59am
Austin Rich:

I'm still pretty impressed with what NASA did, using essentially a lot of math, and not very powerful computers. It's sort of amazing that any of it worked at all, given how little tech they actually had.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 1:00am
Austin Rich:

In a way, all of those Apollo missions are more like Submarine missions. They might as well have been wearing diving suits. Like, their gear was so low tech, it's amazing... and also, it WORKED!
  🎸 1:00am
Heather Z:

↳ Austin Rich @12:59
It really is wild.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 1:01am
Austin Rich:

Mitch has got five more minutes of stuff.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 1:02am
Austin Rich:

The fireworks are in full swing here in Oregon. Yikes!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 1:03am
Austin Rich:

Happy Apollo 11 Month! Hopefully I did the mission justice.
  🎸 1:03am
Heather Z:

↳ Austin Rich @1:03
You totally did!
Avatar 1:06am
AI Robot:

Thanks Rich san!
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