WFMU: Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from September 5, 2023

Listener comments!
	👻 6:46pm Austin Rich: Good Hello
	8:56pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Ahoy!
	9:00pm Krys O.: Howdy!
	9:01pm Aitch: oh really?
	👻 9:01pm Austin Rich: Imaginos and Krys O! What a wonderful pair. Sit and stay a spell!
	👻 9:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ Aitch @9:01 Truly!
	9:02pm Krys O.: It's the genuine article.
	👻 9:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:02 A genuine fake, certainly... I think...
	9:02pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Krys O. @9:02 Is that so?
	9:02pm Mr. X: The underlying fabric of reality is a bit frayed at the edges.
	👻 9:03pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:02 A little ironing and mending will fix that. Thanks for joining us!
	9:03pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Show me the real deal and it'll be a Violet Crumble
	9:04pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Mr. X @9:02 The Black hole has spaghettified it
	9:05pm WR: Hello Austin and folks. Will be stepping away from the screens to drop off some mail and make some food but want to first repost the link for Big City Orchestra streaming ubuibi.org... and say that you are my hero. You do work to pay the bills and yet are very productive with two Sheena shows, Big City Orchestra and several other projects.
	9:05pm Mr. X: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:04 That explains a lot.
	9:05pm Krys O.: I have a Zen-a-Day calendar at my desk at work. It really puts things into perspective.
	9:06pm coelacanth∅: good evening Austin Rich, mutations
	9:07pm laurapanic: hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
	👻 9:07pm ramencity: Bonjour! Tuning in from Seattle this week; the radio tastes different up here...
	9:08pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Looking forward to that project.
	9:09pm coelacanth∅: i saw halloween candy and decorations on the selling floor over a month ago already. shameful.
	9:10pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: As you know I been working on my own FG show.
	9:13pm Mr. X: When I was a teenager, I founded a religion called Furdism. One of our founding tenets is that reality is a lentil.
	👻 9:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ WR @9:05 You are so sweet, WR. Thank you! I do like to make radio and other fun stuff, so hopefully someone is enjoying it. And, more importantly: I have fun. Or try to.
	👻 9:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:05 That's smart. I should do that.
	9:13pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Real World" by "Pere Ubu" Great song, great album, great band.
	👻 9:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ coelacanth∅ @9:06 So good to have you around, coelacanthø!
	👻 9:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @9:07 Howdy, howdy. Thank ya kindly for joining us... Wait, that was last week.
	9:14pm Krys O.: ↳ Song: "Real World" by "Pere Ubu" I appreciated Pere Ubu when I was a teenager in the late 70s even though I never saw them live.
	👻 9:15pm Austin Rich: ↳ coelacanth∅ @9:09 Yeah, they've been all over the place the last month. Halloween creep is real!
	👻 9:15pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:10 Indeed! That's gonna be fun.
	👻 9:15pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:13 That sounds very similar to some other fake religions I know of. We'll have to talk about this someday.
	9:15pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Mr. X @9:13 Certainly puts a different spin on Neil making Lentil soup n the Young Ones
	9:16pm coelacanth∅: pere ubu was so good for a few years there
	👻 9:16pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:13 Agreed! I do love them, even more as I get older.
	9:16pm laurapanic: ↳ Song: "Real World" by "Pere Ubu" I have always seen Pere Ubu referenced but never heard them. This is cool
	9:16pm Mr. X: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:15 Neil had much wisdom.
	👻 9:16pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:14 I never saw them, either. But they really feel "current" in a way that is sort of perfect for 2023.
	👻 9:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:15 Ha! That's perfect.
	9:17pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Mr. X @9:16 And he did a great version of Hole In My Shoe
	👻 9:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @9:16 This is a good one to start with, too; The Modern Dance has a lot of classics on it.
	👻 9:18pm ramencity: I think I got introduced to Pere Ubu by a cover of "Heart of Darkness" that Mission of Burma did on their live album
	👻 9:18pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:17 Always time for a Young Ones Re-Watch.
	👻 9:19pm ramencity: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:15 "That's not pasta Neil that's SNOW!"
	9:19pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @9:18 Young Ones Max Headroom crossover with the boys as Fringers.
	9:19pm Mr. X: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:17 I hope sto sneak a few cuts from Neil's Heavy Concept album onto Austin's show some day.
	9:19pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Austin Rich @9:17 dub housing as well. song of the bailing man, which i consider their last great album, may be my favorite pere ubu album. not a popular opinion.
	9:20pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Mr. X @9:19 Awesome
	9:21pm coelacanth∅: (never seen the young ones)
	9:21pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Shoegazer is underrated
	9:22pm coelacanth∅: Paul Cavenaugh via wfmu introduced me to pere ubu, c.1983
	9:23pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Can you imagine Neil having a philosophical chat with Max?
	👻 9:23pm Austin Rich: ↳ coelacanth∅ @9:21 I recommend it! There's not that many episodes, and they're all pretty funny.
	9:23pm Aitch: Is that ant wearing a boob-tube?
	👻 9:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ Aitch @9:23 Possibly a "Boom-Tube."
	9:25pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @9:23 Breughal would love Vyvyan's car.
	9:26pm Aitch: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:25 worked for Harry Potter
	9:29pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @9:23 The dynamic between the characters is great
	👻 9:30pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Francis Bacon" by "John S. Hall & Kramer" Colin Wilson has a writing credit on the original UK telefilm for "Max Headroom."
	👻 9:33pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "What We Really Were" by "Mission of Burma" I was very excited to get to see Mission of Burma twice during their reunion shows, before they called it quits again. They put on great shows, and I had a blast both times. So incredibly lucky!
	9:33pm Paco_Jones: Hey Austin. Cool show thus far.
	9:34pm Krys O.: ↳ Song: "Francis Bacon" by "John S. Hall & Kramer" I remember when this album was in the new bin at WFMU.
	👻 9:34pm Austin Rich: ↳ Paco_Jones @9:33 Paco! Hooray! Paco wrote three different theme songs for me over the years, and wrote the original theme for Mid-Valley Mutations when I launched it in 2016! Thanks for hanging out!
	9:34pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Trying to stay awake. This show is awesome
	👻 9:35pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:34 Very cool! That album has a very special place in my heart.
	9:35pm Krys O.: ↳ Song: "What We Really Were" by "Mission of Burma" This brings back memories too.
	👻 9:35pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:34 If you fall asleep, it's okay. We'll see you soon.
	9:36pm Krys O.: ↳ Austin Rich @9:35 And I played a Shimmy Disc release on the Wiggle Room. Wow!
	9:36pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @9:35 We got that cold reading this Thursday.
	9:36pm laurapanic: ↳ Song: "Unauthorized Autobiography" by "Unwound" Unwound unparalleled
	👻 9:36pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Unauthorized Autobiography" by "Unwound" The only live show I have seen this year was Unwound, with The Ramen City Kid, on their reunion tour. it was incredible. They've still got it!
	👻 9:36pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:36 Shimmy-Disc put out a ton of great albums. The odds are in our favor.
	9:36pm laurapanic: ↳ Austin Rich @9:36 jelly
	👻 9:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @9:36 <taps side of nose>
	👻 9:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @9:36 I'll try not to rub it in too much.
	9:37pm Krys O.: My turn to jump off to slumberland. Thanks, Austin! Take care, everyone.
	👻 9:38pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:37 See ya next time! Sleep well!
	9:38pm Paco_Jones: ↳ Austin Rich @9:34 Yes, I did. I enjoyed it too. I'd make more if you like. You're welcome, I like to see what the cool kids are up to now and then.
	9:38pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Krys O. @9:37 Sleep well
	👻 9:38pm Austin Rich: ↳ Paco_Jones @9:38 I would love to get a new theme song from you! It's a tradition at this point.
	9:40pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Quark" by "Ken Nordine" Ken Nordine is kind of hypnotic.
	9:40pm Paco_Jones: ↳ Austin Rich @9:38 It's a deal. Let's talk details via email and I'll get started. It'll be a good reason to get the machines working again.
	9:42pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: We are oysters. Sometimes our irritants turn into pearls.
	👻 9:45pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:40 Agreed. I play him a lot, but I always think that I want to play more. He's quite good.
	👻 9:45pm Austin Rich: ↳ Paco_Jones @9:40 Rad! Yes, we'll e-about it.
	9:46pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Going to get some sleep. Will get together Thursday. Just email me the link.
	👻 9:47pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:46 Will do! Thanks again!
	9:47pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @9:47 You're welcome.
	👻 9:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Trying To Pretend" by "Vivian Girls" I recall, when this album came out, every DJ I knew just played the hell out of it, me included. Then I didn't listen for a long time. I'm very happy to report that it's still really good!
	9:52pm laurapanic: loving this little bracket
	👻 9:53pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @9:52 Sometimes you need to dance.
	9:59pm Mr. X: I feel sorry for Schroedinger's cat, trapped in a box between realities. But the real question is, did they try to stuff the cat into the box and get scratched and clawed, or were they smart enough to just leave the box sitting out for the cat to jump into on its own?
	👻 10:04pm ramencity: ↳ Mr. X @9:59 ""Whatever you do kitty, don't go into this here box what I am holding"
	👻 10:05pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:59 An experienced scientist would do the later. An amature, the former, methinks.
	👻 10:06pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Realness Keepers" by "Drats!!!" "Drats!!!" has another album, "Welcome To New Grenada," that is a tribute to the movie, "Over The Edge." As I understand it, that album is now available with the new editions of, "Over The Edge."
	👻 10:10pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "The Valley of The Blind" by "Nomeansno" I think I saw Nomeansno about five times before they called it quits, and I value all of those shows! They were always amazing, and all of their albums are really excellent. Well worth working through their whole catalog.
	👻 10:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "The Valley of The Blind" by "Nomeansno" I know everyone has their own favorite NMN album, but I think this one is often overlooked. It has a lot of great songs on it, but I think "Wrong" sort of outshines this one in the minds of some fans. To each their own; they're all great. But I have a soft spot for this one.
	10:13pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:10 I saw them 2 or 3 times myself. Every time I was very impressed with their work ethic. They are such perfectionists.
	👻 10:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:13 Agreed. You could tell they put in the hours to play that well.
	10:17pm laurapanic: ↳ Austin Rich @10:10 I saw them 3 times in Australia. Definitely in my top 10 bands I love foreverrrrrrrr. 0+2 is amazing.
	👻 10:18pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @10:17 I feel like I talk about them constantly, but that's probably because all the people I want to talk to also really like them. So it all works out.
	10:18pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Why Can't I Touch It?" by "Buzzcocks" Breaking out the classics tonight.
	👻 10:20pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:18 Also very happy that I got to see the Buzzcocks a handful of times before Pete passed away. What a STELLAR band on stage.
	10:22pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:20 We played this tune a lot on Brain Spackle.
	👻 10:23pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:22 It's certainly a great tune. And this whole "Singles" collection is just too great!
	👻 10:26pm ramencity: Yeah, I used my shitty walkman to tape a WOW Hall Nomeansno show in 1991, you remembered correctly!
	10:30pm Mr. X: Anyone here ever owned a pack of Eno's Oblique Strategies cards?
	👻 10:31pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:30 I have only read about them. I've been meaning to see if you can find them online somewhere, where you can print them out and make your own. (I assume so?)
	10:33pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:31 I don't know if they were ever mass produced. It's not something you would run across at the record stores or bookstores...
	👻 10:33pm ramencity: I wanted to record an album called "Taking Lance Mountain By Strategy"
	👻 10:34pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @10:33 That's pretty brill.
	👻 10:34pm ramencity: I also remember the famous Brian Eno quote "Everything can be fixed with either oyster sauce or backing vocals."
	👻 10:34pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @10:34 "Mmmmmmm. Brian Eno advice."
	👻 10:35pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Is This Real? (Demo Version)" by "The Wipers" I love the little "ska" part of this song.
	👻 10:38pm ramencity: Oh damn! I just read that the composer Gloria Coates just died. I was going to make you play something of hers on your show sometime
	👻 10:39pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:33 Looks like they are mass produced now: www.amazon.com...
	👻 10:40pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @10:38 Oh no! Yeah, we need to do a tribute show, soon.
	10:41pm coelacanth∅: silly young me dismissed wipers because they were too pop. somehow buzzcocks, who were at times considerably more pop, got a pass. still i never either one live...nor the germs who i dissed also, but don't remember why! also, since i'm confessin'. don't really know nomeansno.
	10:41pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:39 Dang! $118 bucks! Lordy.
	👻 10:41pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Fake Names" by "Parts & Labor" I was really in love with this band when they were new, and tried to keep up with all their new albums. But I lost track of them after a while. I wouldn't be surprised if they are still around and have a new album. There's SO MUCH MUSIC.
	👻 10:42pm Austin Rich: ↳ coelacanth∅ @10:41 Learning about music is life-long. I'm sure you love stuff I dismissed, too. When's your show?
	10:42pm coelacanth∅: ...actually i never saw that a buzzcocks show was happening anywhere near me, in the late 70s/early 80s -when i *would've" gone see them.
	👻 10:43pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:41 Creativity ain't cheap!
	👻 10:43pm Austin Rich: ↳ coelacanth∅ @10:42 I only saw them in the 2000's. But they were great!
	10:50pm Paco_Jones: Great show! We'll talk theme song soon. Have a good night.
	👻 10:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Paco_Jones @10:50 Thanks Paco! Yes, let's talk!
	👻 10:51pm Heather Z: You know I have to pop in for TMBG!!! Awesome show tonight!
	👻 10:52pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @10:51 Nice to see you in the chat... at the end of the show!
	👻 10:53pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @10:52 Getting a slight second wind but day here has me beat. But I've been tuned in and listening!
	👻 10:53pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @10:53 Thanks for tuning in. It's always nice to know you are there.
	👻 10:54pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @10:53 I'm here most every week! Missed Dimestore last night, sadly, but I'm usually there, too.
	11:00pm Mr. X: Thanks for the cool show, Austin! It's been real!
	11:01pm laurapanic: great show! Love hanging with the music geeks
	11:02pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Rich! Thanks Austin! 'night y'all
	👻 11:05pm Austin Rich: Oh: that sample. "Even this show isn't real." That's from "Pump Up The Volume." A classic, essential radio movie! About... the realness of a DJ.
	👻 11:05pm Austin Rich: ↳ Austin Rich @11:05 (And, essentially, it's a remake of "Over The Edge.")
	👻 11:06pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @11:01 The Music Geeks is our superhero group, apparently.
	11:07pm Aitch: Thanks Austin
	👻 11:07pm Austin Rich: ↳ Aitch @11:07 Aitch! Thanks for listening.
	11:08pm WR: thank you Austin.
	👻 11:08pm Austin Rich: ↳ WR @11:08 Thanks WR! Keep up the good work!
	11:09pm coelacanth∅: gods bless William Shatner.
	👻 11:09pm Austin Rich: ↳ coelacanth∅ @11:09 Seriously. An incredible career.
	11:10pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Austin Rich @11:09 (and an incredible attitude)
	👻 11:11pm Austin Rich: ↳ coelacanth∅ @11:10 Agreed. I've appreciated his interviews, too. Funny dude.
	11:11pm coelacanth∅: Thanks again! tchau
	11:12pm Mr Fab: Hey Austin, caught the last 15 minutes or so of your show driving around doing stuff. Greatness all around, loved it!

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from September 5, 2023

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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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September 5, 2023: Realer Than The Realest Thing Ever

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Approx. start time
"The Real World" ""The Real World""
The Who	The Real Me "The Real Me" by "The Who"	Quadrophenia	MCA Records	1973	0:00:58 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: The Red Krayola	The Surrealist Dream No. 1	Japan In Paris in LA	Drag City Records	2004	0:04:11 (Pop-up)
Pere Ubu	Real World "Real World" by "Pere Ubu"	The Modern Dance	Blank Records	1978	0:12:04 (Pop-up)
Nuclear Sockets	Pretenders Zeal "Pretenders Zeal" by "Nuclear Sockets"	Killed By Death Vol. 24	Not On A Label	1999	0:15:47 (Pop-up)
What We Really Were "What We Really Were"
Music behind DJ: The Champs	The Real Me "The Real Me" by "The Champs"	All American	Champion Records	1962	0:19:48 (Pop-up)
Stereolab	Surrealchemist "Surrealchemist" by "Stereolab"	Peng!	American Records	1992	0:22:29 (Pop-up)
John S. Hall & Kramer	Francis Bacon	Real Men	Shimmy Disc Records	1991	0:29:20 (Pop-up)
Mission of Burma	What We Really Were	ONoffON	Matador Records	2004	0:31:07 (Pop-up)
Unwound	Unauthorized Autobiography	Repetition	Kill Rock Stars	1996	0:35:15 (Pop-up)
Ken Nordine	Quark "Quark" by "Ken Nordine"	A Transparent Mask	Asphodel Records	2001	0:38:09 (Pop-up)
Trying To Pretend "Trying To Pretend"
Music behind DJ: Powers of Blue	You Blow My Mind "You Blow My Mind" by "Powers of Blue"	Everything You Always Wanted to Know About 60s Mind Expansive Punkadelic Garage Rock Instrumentals But Were Afraid to Ask	Arf! Arf! Records	1993	0:41:08 (Pop-up)
The Bangles	The Real World "The Real World" by "The Bangles"	Children Of Nuggets: Original Artyfacts 2nd Psychedelic Era 1976-1996	Rhino Recprds	2005	0:44:25 (Pop-up)
Rip Rig & Panic	Storm The Reality Asylum	Grlz: Women Ahead Of Their Time	Crippled Dick Hot Wax! Records	2005	0:46:49 (Pop-up)
Vivian Girls	Trying To Pretend "Trying To Pretend" by "Vivian Girls"	Share the Joy	Polyvinyl Records	2011	0:50:32 (Pop-up)
The Ways	Is It Real? "Is It Real?" by "The Ways"	Teenline Vol. 5	Hyped To Death	2004	0:52:56 (Pop-up)
Realness Kept "Realness Kept"
Music behind DJ: ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead	Segue: In the Realms of the Unreal	So Divided	Interscope Records	2006	0:59:19 (Pop-up)
Drats!!!	Realness Keepers "Realness Keepers" by "Drats!!!"	Too Entertaining???	whothehellisjim? Entertainment	2009	1:04:09 (Pop-up)
Nomeansno	The Valley of The Blind	0 + 2 = 1	Alternative Tentacles	1991	1:08:33 (Pop-up)
Z-Rocks	Real World "Real World" by "Z-Rocks"	Teenline Vol. 3	Hyped To Death	2004	1:11:31 (Pop-up)
The Red Krayola	The Surrealist Dream No. 1	Japan In Paris in LA	Drag City Records	2004	1:14:27 (Pop-up)
Buzzcocks	Why Can't I Touch It? "Why Can't I Touch It?" by "Buzzcocks"	Singles Going Steady	I.R.S. Records	1979	1:17:10 (Pop-up)
Is This Real? "Is This Real?"
Music behind DJ: The Endd	This Is Really The Zoo Plus Two	Everything You Always Wanted to Know About 60s Mind Expansive Punkadelic Garage Rock Instrumentals But Were Afraid to Ask	Arf! Arf! Records	1993	1:23:45 (Pop-up)
Brian Eno	The Great Pretender "The Great Pretender" by "Brian Eno"	Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)	Island Records	1974	1:29:22 (Pop-up)
The Wipers	Is This Real? (Demo Version)	Boxed Set	Zeno Records	2001	1:33:47 (Pop-up)
Germs	Let's Pretend "Let's Pretend" by "Germs"	(MIA): The Complete Anthology	Slash Records	2000	1:36:24 (Pop-up)
Parts & Labor	Fake Names "Fake Names" by "Parts & Labor"	Constant Future	Jagjaguwar Records	2011	1:38:56 (Pop-up)
The Homosexuals	Divorce Proceedings from Reality	Astral Glamour	Hyped To Death	2004	1:42:55 (Pop-up)
The Exploding Hearts	I'm A Pretender (Alternate Mix)	Shattered	Dirtnap Records	2006	1:44:00 (Pop-up)
I'm Real? "I'm Real?"
Music behind DJ: Ennio Morricone	Trafelato "Trafelato" by "Ennio Morricone"	Crime and Dissonance	Ipecac Recordings	2005	1:46:43 (Pop-up)
They Might Be Giants	Counterfeit Faker	Long Tall Weekend	eMusic.com	1999	1:50:41 (Pop-up)
Minutemen	Fake Contest "Fake Contest" by "Minutemen"	What Makes a Man Start Fires?	SST Records	1983	1:52:34 (Pop-up)
The Flaming Lips	Okay I'll Admit That I Really Don't Understand	The Soft Bulletin Companion	Warner Bros.	1999	1:54:15 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Joy Wants Eternity	What Lies Behind	You Who Pretend To Sleep	Beep Repaired Records	2007	1:58:46 (Pop-up)
William Shatner	Real "Real" by "William Shatner"	Has Been	Shout! Factory Records	2004	2:06:49 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	👻 6:46pm Austin Rich: Good Hello
	8:56pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Ahoy!
	9:00pm Krys O.: Howdy!
	9:01pm Aitch: oh really?
	👻 9:01pm Austin Rich: Imaginos and Krys O! What a wonderful pair. Sit and stay a spell!
	👻 9:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ Aitch @9:01 Truly!
	9:02pm Krys O.: It's the genuine article.
	👻 9:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:02 A genuine fake, certainly... I think...
	9:02pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Krys O. @9:02 Is that so?
	9:02pm Mr. X: The underlying fabric of reality is a bit frayed at the edges.
	👻 9:03pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:02 A little ironing and mending will fix that. Thanks for joining us!
	9:03pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Show me the real deal and it'll be a Violet Crumble
	9:04pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Mr. X @9:02 The Black hole has spaghettified it
	9:05pm WR: Hello Austin and folks. Will be stepping away from the screens to drop off some mail and make some food but want to first repost the link for Big City Orchestra streaming ubuibi.org... and say that you are my hero. You do work to pay the bills and yet are very productive with two Sheena shows, Big City Orchestra and several other projects.
	9:05pm Mr. X: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:04 That explains a lot.
	9:05pm Krys O.: I have a Zen-a-Day calendar at my desk at work. It really puts things into perspective.
	9:06pm coelacanth∅: good evening Austin Rich, mutations
	9:07pm laurapanic: hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
	👻 9:07pm ramencity: Bonjour! Tuning in from Seattle this week; the radio tastes different up here...
	9:08pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Looking forward to that project.
	9:09pm coelacanth∅: i saw halloween candy and decorations on the selling floor over a month ago already. shameful.
	9:10pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: As you know I been working on my own FG show.
	9:13pm Mr. X: When I was a teenager, I founded a religion called Furdism. One of our founding tenets is that reality is a lentil.
	👻 9:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ WR @9:05 You are so sweet, WR. Thank you! I do like to make radio and other fun stuff, so hopefully someone is enjoying it. And, more importantly: I have fun. Or try to.
	👻 9:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:05 That's smart. I should do that.
	9:13pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Real World" by "Pere Ubu" Great song, great album, great band.
	👻 9:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ coelacanth∅ @9:06 So good to have you around, coelacanthø!
	👻 9:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @9:07 Howdy, howdy. Thank ya kindly for joining us... Wait, that was last week.
	9:14pm Krys O.: ↳ Song: "Real World" by "Pere Ubu" I appreciated Pere Ubu when I was a teenager in the late 70s even though I never saw them live.
	👻 9:15pm Austin Rich: ↳ coelacanth∅ @9:09 Yeah, they've been all over the place the last month. Halloween creep is real!
	👻 9:15pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:10 Indeed! That's gonna be fun.
	👻 9:15pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:13 That sounds very similar to some other fake religions I know of. We'll have to talk about this someday.
	9:15pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Mr. X @9:13 Certainly puts a different spin on Neil making Lentil soup n the Young Ones
	9:16pm coelacanth∅: pere ubu was so good for a few years there
	👻 9:16pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:13 Agreed! I do love them, even more as I get older.
	9:16pm laurapanic: ↳ Song: "Real World" by "Pere Ubu" I have always seen Pere Ubu referenced but never heard them. This is cool
	9:16pm Mr. X: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:15 Neil had much wisdom.
	👻 9:16pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:14 I never saw them, either. But they really feel "current" in a way that is sort of perfect for 2023.
	👻 9:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:15 Ha! That's perfect.
	9:17pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Mr. X @9:16 And he did a great version of Hole In My Shoe
	👻 9:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @9:16 This is a good one to start with, too; The Modern Dance has a lot of classics on it.
	👻 9:18pm ramencity: I think I got introduced to Pere Ubu by a cover of "Heart of Darkness" that Mission of Burma did on their live album
	👻 9:18pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:17 Always time for a Young Ones Re-Watch.
	👻 9:19pm ramencity: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:15 "That's not pasta Neil that's SNOW!"
	9:19pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @9:18 Young Ones Max Headroom crossover with the boys as Fringers.
	9:19pm Mr. X: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:17 I hope sto sneak a few cuts from Neil's Heavy Concept album onto Austin's show some day.
	9:19pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Austin Rich @9:17 dub housing as well. song of the bailing man, which i consider their last great album, may be my favorite pere ubu album. not a popular opinion.
	9:20pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Mr. X @9:19 Awesome
	9:21pm coelacanth∅: (never seen the young ones)
	9:21pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Shoegazer is underrated
	9:22pm coelacanth∅: Paul Cavenaugh via wfmu introduced me to pere ubu, c.1983
	9:23pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Can you imagine Neil having a philosophical chat with Max?
	👻 9:23pm Austin Rich: ↳ coelacanth∅ @9:21 I recommend it! There's not that many episodes, and they're all pretty funny.
	9:23pm Aitch: Is that ant wearing a boob-tube?
	👻 9:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ Aitch @9:23 Possibly a "Boom-Tube."
	9:25pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @9:23 Breughal would love Vyvyan's car.
	9:26pm Aitch: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:25 worked for Harry Potter
	9:29pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @9:23 The dynamic between the characters is great
	👻 9:30pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Francis Bacon" by "John S. Hall & Kramer" Colin Wilson has a writing credit on the original UK telefilm for "Max Headroom."
	👻 9:33pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "What We Really Were" by "Mission of Burma" I was very excited to get to see Mission of Burma twice during their reunion shows, before they called it quits again. They put on great shows, and I had a blast both times. So incredibly lucky!
	9:33pm Paco_Jones: Hey Austin. Cool show thus far.
	9:34pm Krys O.: ↳ Song: "Francis Bacon" by "John S. Hall & Kramer" I remember when this album was in the new bin at WFMU.
	👻 9:34pm Austin Rich: ↳ Paco_Jones @9:33 Paco! Hooray! Paco wrote three different theme songs for me over the years, and wrote the original theme for Mid-Valley Mutations when I launched it in 2016! Thanks for hanging out!
	9:34pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Trying to stay awake. This show is awesome
	👻 9:35pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:34 Very cool! That album has a very special place in my heart.
	9:35pm Krys O.: ↳ Song: "What We Really Were" by "Mission of Burma" This brings back memories too.
	👻 9:35pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:34 If you fall asleep, it's okay. We'll see you soon.
	9:36pm Krys O.: ↳ Austin Rich @9:35 And I played a Shimmy Disc release on the Wiggle Room. Wow!
	9:36pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @9:35 We got that cold reading this Thursday.
	9:36pm laurapanic: ↳ Song: "Unauthorized Autobiography" by "Unwound" Unwound unparalleled
	👻 9:36pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Unauthorized Autobiography" by "Unwound" The only live show I have seen this year was Unwound, with The Ramen City Kid, on their reunion tour. it was incredible. They've still got it!
	👻 9:36pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:36 Shimmy-Disc put out a ton of great albums. The odds are in our favor.
	9:36pm laurapanic: ↳ Austin Rich @9:36 jelly
	👻 9:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @9:36 <taps side of nose>
	👻 9:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @9:36 I'll try not to rub it in too much.
	9:37pm Krys O.: My turn to jump off to slumberland. Thanks, Austin! Take care, everyone.
	👻 9:38pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:37 See ya next time! Sleep well!
	9:38pm Paco_Jones: ↳ Austin Rich @9:34 Yes, I did. I enjoyed it too. I'd make more if you like. You're welcome, I like to see what the cool kids are up to now and then.
	9:38pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Krys O. @9:37 Sleep well
	👻 9:38pm Austin Rich: ↳ Paco_Jones @9:38 I would love to get a new theme song from you! It's a tradition at this point.
	9:40pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Quark" by "Ken Nordine" Ken Nordine is kind of hypnotic.
	9:40pm Paco_Jones: ↳ Austin Rich @9:38 It's a deal. Let's talk details via email and I'll get started. It'll be a good reason to get the machines working again.
	9:42pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: We are oysters. Sometimes our irritants turn into pearls.
	👻 9:45pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:40 Agreed. I play him a lot, but I always think that I want to play more. He's quite good.
	👻 9:45pm Austin Rich: ↳ Paco_Jones @9:40 Rad! Yes, we'll e-about it.
	9:46pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: Going to get some sleep. Will get together Thursday. Just email me the link.
	👻 9:47pm Austin Rich: ↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:46 Will do! Thanks again!
	9:47pm ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova: ↳ Austin Rich @9:47 You're welcome.
	👻 9:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Trying To Pretend" by "Vivian Girls" I recall, when this album came out, every DJ I knew just played the hell out of it, me included. Then I didn't listen for a long time. I'm very happy to report that it's still really good!
	9:52pm laurapanic: loving this little bracket
	👻 9:53pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @9:52 Sometimes you need to dance.
	9:59pm Mr. X: I feel sorry for Schroedinger's cat, trapped in a box between realities. But the real question is, did they try to stuff the cat into the box and get scratched and clawed, or were they smart enough to just leave the box sitting out for the cat to jump into on its own?
	👻 10:04pm ramencity: ↳ Mr. X @9:59 ""Whatever you do kitty, don't go into this here box what I am holding"
	👻 10:05pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:59 An experienced scientist would do the later. An amature, the former, methinks.
	👻 10:06pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Realness Keepers" by "Drats!!!" "Drats!!!" has another album, "Welcome To New Grenada," that is a tribute to the movie, "Over The Edge." As I understand it, that album is now available with the new editions of, "Over The Edge."
	👻 10:10pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "The Valley of The Blind" by "Nomeansno" I think I saw Nomeansno about five times before they called it quits, and I value all of those shows! They were always amazing, and all of their albums are really excellent. Well worth working through their whole catalog.
	👻 10:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "The Valley of The Blind" by "Nomeansno" I know everyone has their own favorite NMN album, but I think this one is often overlooked. It has a lot of great songs on it, but I think "Wrong" sort of outshines this one in the minds of some fans. To each their own; they're all great. But I have a soft spot for this one.
	10:13pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:10 I saw them 2 or 3 times myself. Every time I was very impressed with their work ethic. They are such perfectionists.
	👻 10:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:13 Agreed. You could tell they put in the hours to play that well.
	10:17pm laurapanic: ↳ Austin Rich @10:10 I saw them 3 times in Australia. Definitely in my top 10 bands I love foreverrrrrrrr. 0+2 is amazing.
	👻 10:18pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @10:17 I feel like I talk about them constantly, but that's probably because all the people I want to talk to also really like them. So it all works out.
	10:18pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Why Can't I Touch It?" by "Buzzcocks" Breaking out the classics tonight.
	👻 10:20pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:18 Also very happy that I got to see the Buzzcocks a handful of times before Pete passed away. What a STELLAR band on stage.
	10:22pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:20 We played this tune a lot on Brain Spackle.
	👻 10:23pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:22 It's certainly a great tune. And this whole "Singles" collection is just too great!
	👻 10:26pm ramencity: Yeah, I used my shitty walkman to tape a WOW Hall Nomeansno show in 1991, you remembered correctly!
	10:30pm Mr. X: Anyone here ever owned a pack of Eno's Oblique Strategies cards?
	👻 10:31pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:30 I have only read about them. I've been meaning to see if you can find them online somewhere, where you can print them out and make your own. (I assume so?)
	10:33pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:31 I don't know if they were ever mass produced. It's not something you would run across at the record stores or bookstores...
	👻 10:33pm ramencity: I wanted to record an album called "Taking Lance Mountain By Strategy"
	👻 10:34pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @10:33 That's pretty brill.
	👻 10:34pm ramencity: I also remember the famous Brian Eno quote "Everything can be fixed with either oyster sauce or backing vocals."
	👻 10:34pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @10:34 "Mmmmmmm. Brian Eno advice."
	👻 10:35pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Is This Real? (Demo Version)" by "The Wipers" I love the little "ska" part of this song.
	👻 10:38pm ramencity: Oh damn! I just read that the composer Gloria Coates just died. I was going to make you play something of hers on your show sometime
	👻 10:39pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:33 Looks like they are mass produced now: www.amazon.com...
	👻 10:40pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @10:38 Oh no! Yeah, we need to do a tribute show, soon.
	10:41pm coelacanth∅: silly young me dismissed wipers because they were too pop. somehow buzzcocks, who were at times considerably more pop, got a pass. still i never either one live...nor the germs who i dissed also, but don't remember why! also, since i'm confessin'. don't really know nomeansno.
	10:41pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:39 Dang! $118 bucks! Lordy.
	👻 10:41pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Fake Names" by "Parts & Labor" I was really in love with this band when they were new, and tried to keep up with all their new albums. But I lost track of them after a while. I wouldn't be surprised if they are still around and have a new album. There's SO MUCH MUSIC.
	👻 10:42pm Austin Rich: ↳ coelacanth∅ @10:41 Learning about music is life-long. I'm sure you love stuff I dismissed, too. When's your show?
	10:42pm coelacanth∅: ...actually i never saw that a buzzcocks show was happening anywhere near me, in the late 70s/early 80s -when i *would've" gone see them.
	👻 10:43pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:41 Creativity ain't cheap!
	👻 10:43pm Austin Rich: ↳ coelacanth∅ @10:42 I only saw them in the 2000's. But they were great!
	10:50pm Paco_Jones: Great show! We'll talk theme song soon. Have a good night.
	👻 10:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Paco_Jones @10:50 Thanks Paco! Yes, let's talk!
	👻 10:51pm Heather Z: You know I have to pop in for TMBG!!! Awesome show tonight!
	👻 10:52pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @10:51 Nice to see you in the chat... at the end of the show!
	👻 10:53pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @10:52 Getting a slight second wind but day here has me beat. But I've been tuned in and listening!
	👻 10:53pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @10:53 Thanks for tuning in. It's always nice to know you are there.
	👻 10:54pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @10:53 I'm here most every week! Missed Dimestore last night, sadly, but I'm usually there, too.
	11:00pm Mr. X: Thanks for the cool show, Austin! It's been real!
	11:01pm laurapanic: great show! Love hanging with the music geeks
	11:02pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Rich! Thanks Austin! 'night y'all
	👻 11:05pm Austin Rich: Oh: that sample. "Even this show isn't real." That's from "Pump Up The Volume." A classic, essential radio movie! About... the realness of a DJ.
	👻 11:05pm Austin Rich: ↳ Austin Rich @11:05 (And, essentially, it's a remake of "Over The Edge.")
	👻 11:06pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @11:01 The Music Geeks is our superhero group, apparently.
	11:07pm Aitch: Thanks Austin
	👻 11:07pm Austin Rich: ↳ Aitch @11:07 Aitch! Thanks for listening.
	11:08pm WR: thank you Austin.
	👻 11:08pm Austin Rich: ↳ WR @11:08 Thanks WR! Keep up the good work!
	11:09pm coelacanth∅: gods bless William Shatner.
	👻 11:09pm Austin Rich: ↳ coelacanth∅ @11:09 Seriously. An incredible career.
	11:10pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Austin Rich @11:09 (and an incredible attitude)
	👻 11:11pm Austin Rich: ↳ coelacanth∅ @11:10 Agreed. I've appreciated his interviews, too. Funny dude.
	11:11pm coelacanth∅: Thanks again! tchau
	11:12pm Mr Fab: Hey Austin, caught the last 15 minutes or so of your show driving around doing stuff. Greatness all around, loved it!

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from September 5, 2023

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