WFMU: Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from January 9, 2024

Listener comments!
	🎸 ♥ 4:34pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	7:30pm Arvo: Howdy!
	♥ 8:56pm Imaginos: Ahoy!
	🎸 ♥ 9:00pm Austin Rich: Nice to see you in the chat, Arvo and Imaginos!
	9:02pm Mr. X: Greetings fellow newtants!
	🎸 ♥ 9:02pm Krys O.: Hello again! I need to get some sleep. Take care, all!
	♥ 9:03pm Imaginos: Ford Prefect
	9:03pm ramencity: I knew't it!
	9:04pm ramencity: axolotl axolotl nnn ts nnn ts nnn ts nnn ts
	🎸 ♥ 9:09pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @9:04 Oh! We have a newt in the chat!
	🎸 ♥ 9:09pm Austin Rich: Here's a little background on the author. en.wikipedia.org...
	9:09pm Mr. X: Yep, the guy who coined the word "robot."
	🎸 ♥ 9:10pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:09 And so much more!
	🎸 ♥ 9:13pm Austin Rich: "One of them... touched me."
	🎸 ♥ 9:14pm Austin Rich: It's incredible what you can accomplish when you are fortified with Irish Whiskey.
	🎸 ♥ 9:19pm Austin Rich: Karel did work as a journalist in newspapers, and Olga really was an actress, too. This presentation blends reality and fiction in a very interesting way.
	♥ 9:19pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:14 Or Bailey's
	9:20pm ramencity: Are you going to czech out some prague rock next week?
	🎸 ♥ 9:22pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @9:20 I'll just play that old TV commercial over and over again: "In Prague, you can trade 'em for a car."
	🎸 ♥ 9:23pm Austin Rich: I do appreciate how "bodily" Henry Goodman chooses to make "Van Toch."
	♥ 9:24pm Imaginos: Newts vs Oyster Boys. Who would win?
	♥ 9:25pm Imaginos: Taught them how to use a weapon? Yeah, great idea
	🎸 ♥ 9:25pm Austin Rich: The Newts are pretty clever. It's hard to say.
	9:26pm ramencity: What is Czech hip-hoppers' favorite refreshing beverage?
	9:27pm Mr. X: ↳ ramencity @9:26 Prague nog?
	🎸 ♥ 9:27pm Austin Rich: "Rained all day." That is a Laugh line for me!
	9:27pm ramencity: ↳ Mr. X @9:27 Oh man! That's actually better than the real answer!
	🎸 ♥ 9:27pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:25 What could possibly go wrong?
	🎸 ♥ 9:28pm Austin Rich: "This is like a dream..."
	9:28pm ramencity: ↳ ramencity @9:26 Bohemian Rap Sodee! I'll get me coat...
	🎸 ♥ 9:29pm Austin Rich: "They cute." The captain is sort of amazing.
	9:29pm Mr. X: ↳ ramencity @9:28 chuckle
	🎸 ♥ 9:30pm Austin Rich: Hmmmmmmm. Olga seems to be supplying a whole lot of Karel's story... Not sure if that was a theory at any point, but this presentation seems to think so, perhaps unconsciously.
	🎸 ♥ 9:33pm Austin Rich: Karel's critique of US Tabloids and culture... that's pretty funny.
	🎸 ♥ 9:34pm Austin Rich: "Three strings of pearls and nothing else," becomes a fashion craze.
	🎸 ♥ 9:35pm Austin Rich: Mr. McGivern's most obvious appearance.
	🎸 ♥ 9:36pm Austin Rich: Teach them to talk... what could go wrong?
	9:38pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Taras Bulba Rhapsody for Orchestra" by "Janáček" Czech composers in the background, good choice.
	9:39pm ramencity: Janacek's piano music is the shiznit
	9:40pm ramencity: Geoffrey McGivern shoulda been the Fifth Doctor
	♥ 9:41pm Imaginos: ↳ ramencity @9:40 I agree
	♥ 9:44pm Imaginos: It counts
	🎸 ♥ 9:46pm Austin Rich: "Crime, horse racing, football." Zing!
	🎸 ♥ 9:48pm Austin Rich: The newt cracks me up. He's like Max Headroom: just repeating nonsense he's read.
	♥ 9:49pm Imaginos: Sounds like man
	🎸 ♥ 9:49pm Austin Rich: "Perished from the consequences of his popularity." Zing.
	🎸 ♥ 9:55pm Austin Rich: Depending on a new race to be your new working class. What could possibly go wrong?
	♥ 9:56pm Imaginos: Getting sleepy
	🎸 ♥ 9:56pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:56 Sleep well!
	9:59pm Mr. X: Newt Brexit.
	🎸 ♥ 10:00pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:59 That's pretty good.
	🎸 ♥ 10:01pm Austin Rich: "In this they agree with man." Zing.
	🎸 ♥ 10:05pm Austin Rich: "Czech for Newts" is something I feel like someone should write.
	🎸 ♥ 10:07pm Austin Rich: "Erection!" "Filth!" So funny...
	🎸 ♥ 10:09pm Austin Rich: "Comrade Newts!"
	🎸 ♥ 10:09pm Austin Rich: Newt Researchers; AI Researchers. "Same as it ever was..."
	10:11pm Mr. X: Here in Oregon, we have a species called the rough skinned newt, which has toxic skin. When I've gone on hikes with my niece near a stream where the rough skinned newts abound, she always insists on picking them up and holding them in her hands. She won't listen to my warnings.
	10:12pm ramencity: ↳ Mr. X @10:11 The brown ones w/ the orange bellies? We called 'em 'mud dogs' when I was a kid
	10:12pm ramencity: and we totally played with them (gently)
	🎸 ♥ 10:12pm Heather Z: ↳ Mr. X @10:11 What happens with the toxins?!
	10:12pm Mr. X: ↳ ramencity @10:12 Yep, those are them.
	10:13pm Mr Fab: Hey Austin, turned in about 10 minutes ago to hear the story about talking newts. Really funny!
	10:14pm Mr. X: ↳ Heather Z @10:12 It's a neurotoxin. It won't kill you, but it kills a few nerve and brain cells.
	🎸 ♥ 10:14pm Heather Z: ↳ ramencity @10:12 Do you have newt superpowers from the toxins absorbed when you were a kid?
	10:14pm ramencity: ↳ Mr. X @10:14 That explains a lot about my development!
	10:14pm ramencity: ↳ Heather Z @10:14 Yes. Yes I do...
	🎸 ♥ 10:15pm Heather Z: ↳ Mr. X @10:14 Oh wow.... I guess maybe that's a superpower of sorts? I don't know if we have newts around here in the wild... I now have to Google this.
	10:16pm Mr. X: ↳ Heather Z @10:12 Wiki says "Toxicity is generally experienced only if the newt is ingested, although some individuals have been reported to experience skin irritation after dermal contact, particularly if the eyes are touched after handling the animal without washing hands. In 1979, a 29-year-old man from Oregon died after ingesting a rough-skinned newt."
	10:17pm Mr. X: Rough-skinned Newt: en.wikipedia.org...
	🎸 ♥ 10:17pm Heather Z: ↳ Mr. X @10:16 I had no idea! When I was a baby, my sister had a newt and it "ran away." Probably 6 feet tall and living in my folks' crawl space attic with the red squirrels now.
	10:19pm ramencity: You could sing some newt shanties for us Austin!
	🎸 ♥ 10:20pm Heather Z: ↳ ramencity @10:19 Omg yes I want to hear the newt shanties. And drink a Shandy with a newt, though we shan't shake paws. Dermal contact and all.
	🎸 ♥ 10:23pm Austin Rich: If I had thought ahead, I would have TOTALLY prepared some Newt Shanties. That's on me for not fully preparing for this program.
	10:23pm ramencity: I am kind of surprised Martinu didn't do an opera of War of the Newts - he was very prolific!
	🎸 ♥ 10:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @10:23 Agreed! I really had no idea what to pick, and I think I picked a good one, but knew I was doing his career a disservice, no matter what I picked.
	🎸 ♥ 10:25pm Austin Rich: "The Newt Age has been kind to us." So many great samples!
	10:26pm Mr. X: Bondy is a venerable Czech name, because of poet Egon Bondy. There's a Plastic People of the Universe song about Egon Bondy.
	🎸 ♥ 10:27pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:26 Oh shit! I didn't even think about that! I love those Plastic People songs.
	10:27pm ramencity: ↳ Mr. X @10:26 Yeah, I was thinking abt Plastic People too! I haven't listened to them in ages
	🎸 ♥ 10:28pm Austin Rich: Someone HAS to be neutral, so they can make money. I get it now.
	10:30pm Mr. X: Hard to collect Plastic People of the Universe albums, they weren't exactly best sellers in the US.
	🎸 ♥ 10:30pm Austin Rich: "Civilized Mediocrity."
	🎸 ♥ 10:31pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:30 I just have mp3s and CD copies. I keep waiting to find a re-issue that is affordable.
	🎸 ♥ 10:34pm Austin Rich: More information about George Poles, who wrote this dramatization: kitsonpress.co.uk...
	10:34pm Mr. X: I have a friend in Prague, an American ex-pat. She teaches English there. She became obsessed with the Czech Republic because one of her favorite actors on Stargate is Czech.
	10:35pm ramencity: Newt Shanty #1 Salamander, Salamander, rise up and be strong The morning is here and there's work to be done
	🎸 ♥ 10:35pm Austin Rich: This was one of the major reasons I wanted to air this. Their breaking into the broadcast!
	🎸 ♥ 10:36pm Heather Z: These bits are great ASMR
	🎸 ♥ 10:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @10:36 I'm not sure if it would be relaxing. But I guess it TECHNICALLY counts as ASMR.
	🎸 ♥ 10:38pm Austin Rich: Did ASMR have a name yet in 2005? I think it was on YouTube by then, but I don't think it had the collective name yet until later, according to the "This American Life" story I heard.
	🎸 ♥ 10:38pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @10:37 I wish I had the receptors for ASMR but, alas, I don't. This does sound like it to me, though! Especially the breathy, "ahhh"
	🎸 ♥ 10:40pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @10:38 That's one kind, for sure. There's many kinds.
	🎸 ♥ 10:40pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @10:38 Gosh, I'm not sure. I probably also first learned about it from TAL.
	🎸 ♥ 10:41pm Austin Rich: Unfettered expansion is bad.
	🎸 ♥ 10:42pm Austin Rich: Capitalism is bad.
	🎸 ♥ 10:42pm Austin Rich: But this presentation says it a little more eloquently than that.
	10:43pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:41 Mm-kay?
	🎸 ♥ 10:44pm Austin Rich: Also: I'm detecting notes of anti-fascism, but I think that was on the tin before I opened it, if I'm not mistaken.
	10:45pm Mr. X: ↳ Mr. X @10:43 Sorry. South Park reference.
	🎸 ♥ 10:45pm Austin Rich: "We're neutral." Zing.
	🎸 ♥ 10:47pm Austin Rich: Sorry for the grim ending. But: Well, the world is grim right now.
	🎸 ♥ 10:47pm WR: newt-monia
	🎸 ♥ 10:48pm Heather Z: ↳ WR @10:47 Zing!
	10:53pm Mr. X: Super interesting choice, Austin. I read the book in my 20s and liked it a lot. This radio dramatization is great. Thanks for another terrific Tuesday, Austin!
	🎸 ♥ 10:54pm Austin Rich: I really loved this book, and the radio version made me cry. But in a good way. Thanks for joining me on this journey everyone!
	🎸 ♥ 10:54pm Heather Z: Awesome show, Austin! I learned a lot, too, namely wash my hands after cuddling a newt! Which I might have done as a matter of course but now I surely will.
	🎸 ♥ 10:55pm WR: I've known about the book, War With The Newts, for decades but now know I need to read it. Thank you! Austin! Laters folks, Onward...
	10:55pm ramencity: Axolotl what you can do for your country!
	🎸 ♥ 10:55pm Austin Rich: I have learned that I am an obsessive hand washer, since I got married. No one makes you realize the things you do a lot until you are married to them.
	🎸 ♥ 10:56pm Austin Rich: ↳ WR @10:55 It's a great read.
	🎸 ♥ 10:56pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @10:55 You should have written my voice overs for this show.
	🎸 ♥ 11:00pm Austin Rich: I might as well let this Martinů piece finish. So... I guess I'm going over! Ha! All that bravado, and... I can't even keep my own guesses straight.
	🎸 ♥ 11:04pm WR: ↳ Song: "Échec Au Roi [Excerpt]" by "Bohuslav Martinů" Good to the last note. Thank you.

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from January 9, 2024

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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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January 9, 2024: The War With The Newts (Happy Birthday, Karel Čapek)

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Approx. start time
BBC Radio	The War With The Newts (Part 1)	18 September 2005	BBC Radio 3	2005	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Dramatised by George Poles. Directed by Elizabeth Freestone. Cast: Dermot Crowley as Capek, Sally Hawkins as Olga, Henry Goodman as Van Toch, Geoffrey Beevers as Povandra, Tina Gray and Mrs. Povandra, Adrian Scarborough as G.H. Bondy, and with Ben Crowe, Martin Hyder, and Geoffrey McGivern rounding out the ensemble.
Josef Suk	Scherzo Fantastico Op 25	Fairy Tale	Naxos	2011	0:03:45 (Pop-up)
BBC Radio	The War With The Newts (Part 2)	18 September 2005	BBC Radio 3	2005	0:08:25 (Pop-up)
Janáček	Taras Bulba Rhapsody for Orchestra	Taras Bulba / Sinfonietta	Phillips	1980	0:36:31 (Pop-up)
BBC Radio	The War With The Newts (Part 3)	18 September 2005	BBC Radio 3	2005	0:45:10 (Pop-up)
Bohuslav Martinů	Échec Au Roi [Excerpt]	Échec Au Roi / The Revolt (Ballets In 1 Act)	Supraphon	1993	1:11:40 (Pop-up)
BBC Radio	The War With The Newts (Part 4)	18 September 2005	BBC Radio 3	2005	1:23:41 (Pop-up)
Bohuslav Martinů	Échec Au Roi [Excerpt]	Échec Au Roi / The Revolt (Ballets In 1 Act)	Supraphon	1993	1:53:19 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	🎸 ♥ 4:34pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	7:30pm Arvo: Howdy!
	♥ 8:56pm Imaginos: Ahoy!
	🎸 ♥ 9:00pm Austin Rich: Nice to see you in the chat, Arvo and Imaginos!
	9:02pm Mr. X: Greetings fellow newtants!
	🎸 ♥ 9:02pm Krys O.: Hello again! I need to get some sleep. Take care, all!
	♥ 9:03pm Imaginos: Ford Prefect
	9:03pm ramencity: I knew't it!
	9:04pm ramencity: axolotl axolotl nnn ts nnn ts nnn ts nnn ts
	🎸 ♥ 9:09pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @9:04 Oh! We have a newt in the chat!
	🎸 ♥ 9:09pm Austin Rich: Here's a little background on the author. en.wikipedia.org...
	9:09pm Mr. X: Yep, the guy who coined the word "robot."
	🎸 ♥ 9:10pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:09 And so much more!
	🎸 ♥ 9:13pm Austin Rich: "One of them... touched me."
	🎸 ♥ 9:14pm Austin Rich: It's incredible what you can accomplish when you are fortified with Irish Whiskey.
	🎸 ♥ 9:19pm Austin Rich: Karel did work as a journalist in newspapers, and Olga really was an actress, too. This presentation blends reality and fiction in a very interesting way.
	♥ 9:19pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:14 Or Bailey's
	9:20pm ramencity: Are you going to czech out some prague rock next week?
	🎸 ♥ 9:22pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @9:20 I'll just play that old TV commercial over and over again: "In Prague, you can trade 'em for a car."
	🎸 ♥ 9:23pm Austin Rich: I do appreciate how "bodily" Henry Goodman chooses to make "Van Toch."
	♥ 9:24pm Imaginos: Newts vs Oyster Boys. Who would win?
	♥ 9:25pm Imaginos: Taught them how to use a weapon? Yeah, great idea
	🎸 ♥ 9:25pm Austin Rich: The Newts are pretty clever. It's hard to say.
	9:26pm ramencity: What is Czech hip-hoppers' favorite refreshing beverage?
	9:27pm Mr. X: ↳ ramencity @9:26 Prague nog?
	🎸 ♥ 9:27pm Austin Rich: "Rained all day." That is a Laugh line for me!
	9:27pm ramencity: ↳ Mr. X @9:27 Oh man! That's actually better than the real answer!
	🎸 ♥ 9:27pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:25 What could possibly go wrong?
	🎸 ♥ 9:28pm Austin Rich: "This is like a dream..."
	9:28pm ramencity: ↳ ramencity @9:26 Bohemian Rap Sodee! I'll get me coat...
	🎸 ♥ 9:29pm Austin Rich: "They cute." The captain is sort of amazing.
	9:29pm Mr. X: ↳ ramencity @9:28 chuckle
	🎸 ♥ 9:30pm Austin Rich: Hmmmmmmm. Olga seems to be supplying a whole lot of Karel's story... Not sure if that was a theory at any point, but this presentation seems to think so, perhaps unconsciously.
	🎸 ♥ 9:33pm Austin Rich: Karel's critique of US Tabloids and culture... that's pretty funny.
	🎸 ♥ 9:34pm Austin Rich: "Three strings of pearls and nothing else," becomes a fashion craze.
	🎸 ♥ 9:35pm Austin Rich: Mr. McGivern's most obvious appearance.
	🎸 ♥ 9:36pm Austin Rich: Teach them to talk... what could go wrong?
	9:38pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Taras Bulba Rhapsody for Orchestra" by "Janáček" Czech composers in the background, good choice.
	9:39pm ramencity: Janacek's piano music is the shiznit
	9:40pm ramencity: Geoffrey McGivern shoulda been the Fifth Doctor
	♥ 9:41pm Imaginos: ↳ ramencity @9:40 I agree
	♥ 9:44pm Imaginos: It counts
	🎸 ♥ 9:46pm Austin Rich: "Crime, horse racing, football." Zing!
	🎸 ♥ 9:48pm Austin Rich: The newt cracks me up. He's like Max Headroom: just repeating nonsense he's read.
	♥ 9:49pm Imaginos: Sounds like man
	🎸 ♥ 9:49pm Austin Rich: "Perished from the consequences of his popularity." Zing.
	🎸 ♥ 9:55pm Austin Rich: Depending on a new race to be your new working class. What could possibly go wrong?
	♥ 9:56pm Imaginos: Getting sleepy
	🎸 ♥ 9:56pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:56 Sleep well!
	9:59pm Mr. X: Newt Brexit.
	🎸 ♥ 10:00pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:59 That's pretty good.
	🎸 ♥ 10:01pm Austin Rich: "In this they agree with man." Zing.
	🎸 ♥ 10:05pm Austin Rich: "Czech for Newts" is something I feel like someone should write.
	🎸 ♥ 10:07pm Austin Rich: "Erection!" "Filth!" So funny...
	🎸 ♥ 10:09pm Austin Rich: "Comrade Newts!"
	🎸 ♥ 10:09pm Austin Rich: Newt Researchers; AI Researchers. "Same as it ever was..."
	10:11pm Mr. X: Here in Oregon, we have a species called the rough skinned newt, which has toxic skin. When I've gone on hikes with my niece near a stream where the rough skinned newts abound, she always insists on picking them up and holding them in her hands. She won't listen to my warnings.
	10:12pm ramencity: ↳ Mr. X @10:11 The brown ones w/ the orange bellies? We called 'em 'mud dogs' when I was a kid
	10:12pm ramencity: and we totally played with them (gently)
	🎸 ♥ 10:12pm Heather Z: ↳ Mr. X @10:11 What happens with the toxins?!
	10:12pm Mr. X: ↳ ramencity @10:12 Yep, those are them.
	10:13pm Mr Fab: Hey Austin, turned in about 10 minutes ago to hear the story about talking newts. Really funny!
	10:14pm Mr. X: ↳ Heather Z @10:12 It's a neurotoxin. It won't kill you, but it kills a few nerve and brain cells.
	🎸 ♥ 10:14pm Heather Z: ↳ ramencity @10:12 Do you have newt superpowers from the toxins absorbed when you were a kid?
	10:14pm ramencity: ↳ Mr. X @10:14 That explains a lot about my development!
	10:14pm ramencity: ↳ Heather Z @10:14 Yes. Yes I do...
	🎸 ♥ 10:15pm Heather Z: ↳ Mr. X @10:14 Oh wow.... I guess maybe that's a superpower of sorts? I don't know if we have newts around here in the wild... I now have to Google this.
	10:16pm Mr. X: ↳ Heather Z @10:12 Wiki says "Toxicity is generally experienced only if the newt is ingested, although some individuals have been reported to experience skin irritation after dermal contact, particularly if the eyes are touched after handling the animal without washing hands. In 1979, a 29-year-old man from Oregon died after ingesting a rough-skinned newt."
	10:17pm Mr. X: Rough-skinned Newt: en.wikipedia.org...
	🎸 ♥ 10:17pm Heather Z: ↳ Mr. X @10:16 I had no idea! When I was a baby, my sister had a newt and it "ran away." Probably 6 feet tall and living in my folks' crawl space attic with the red squirrels now.
	10:19pm ramencity: You could sing some newt shanties for us Austin!
	🎸 ♥ 10:20pm Heather Z: ↳ ramencity @10:19 Omg yes I want to hear the newt shanties. And drink a Shandy with a newt, though we shan't shake paws. Dermal contact and all.
	🎸 ♥ 10:23pm Austin Rich: If I had thought ahead, I would have TOTALLY prepared some Newt Shanties. That's on me for not fully preparing for this program.
	10:23pm ramencity: I am kind of surprised Martinu didn't do an opera of War of the Newts - he was very prolific!
	🎸 ♥ 10:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @10:23 Agreed! I really had no idea what to pick, and I think I picked a good one, but knew I was doing his career a disservice, no matter what I picked.
	🎸 ♥ 10:25pm Austin Rich: "The Newt Age has been kind to us." So many great samples!
	10:26pm Mr. X: Bondy is a venerable Czech name, because of poet Egon Bondy. There's a Plastic People of the Universe song about Egon Bondy.
	🎸 ♥ 10:27pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:26 Oh shit! I didn't even think about that! I love those Plastic People songs.
	10:27pm ramencity: ↳ Mr. X @10:26 Yeah, I was thinking abt Plastic People too! I haven't listened to them in ages
	🎸 ♥ 10:28pm Austin Rich: Someone HAS to be neutral, so they can make money. I get it now.
	10:30pm Mr. X: Hard to collect Plastic People of the Universe albums, they weren't exactly best sellers in the US.
	🎸 ♥ 10:30pm Austin Rich: "Civilized Mediocrity."
	🎸 ♥ 10:31pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:30 I just have mp3s and CD copies. I keep waiting to find a re-issue that is affordable.
	🎸 ♥ 10:34pm Austin Rich: More information about George Poles, who wrote this dramatization: kitsonpress.co.uk...
	10:34pm Mr. X: I have a friend in Prague, an American ex-pat. She teaches English there. She became obsessed with the Czech Republic because one of her favorite actors on Stargate is Czech.
	10:35pm ramencity: Newt Shanty #1 Salamander, Salamander, rise up and be strong The morning is here and there's work to be done
	🎸 ♥ 10:35pm Austin Rich: This was one of the major reasons I wanted to air this. Their breaking into the broadcast!
	🎸 ♥ 10:36pm Heather Z: These bits are great ASMR
	🎸 ♥ 10:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @10:36 I'm not sure if it would be relaxing. But I guess it TECHNICALLY counts as ASMR.
	🎸 ♥ 10:38pm Austin Rich: Did ASMR have a name yet in 2005? I think it was on YouTube by then, but I don't think it had the collective name yet until later, according to the "This American Life" story I heard.
	🎸 ♥ 10:38pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @10:37 I wish I had the receptors for ASMR but, alas, I don't. This does sound like it to me, though! Especially the breathy, "ahhh"
	🎸 ♥ 10:40pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @10:38 That's one kind, for sure. There's many kinds.
	🎸 ♥ 10:40pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @10:38 Gosh, I'm not sure. I probably also first learned about it from TAL.
	🎸 ♥ 10:41pm Austin Rich: Unfettered expansion is bad.
	🎸 ♥ 10:42pm Austin Rich: Capitalism is bad.
	🎸 ♥ 10:42pm Austin Rich: But this presentation says it a little more eloquently than that.
	10:43pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:41 Mm-kay?
	🎸 ♥ 10:44pm Austin Rich: Also: I'm detecting notes of anti-fascism, but I think that was on the tin before I opened it, if I'm not mistaken.
	10:45pm Mr. X: ↳ Mr. X @10:43 Sorry. South Park reference.
	🎸 ♥ 10:45pm Austin Rich: "We're neutral." Zing.
	🎸 ♥ 10:47pm Austin Rich: Sorry for the grim ending. But: Well, the world is grim right now.
	🎸 ♥ 10:47pm WR: newt-monia
	🎸 ♥ 10:48pm Heather Z: ↳ WR @10:47 Zing!
	10:53pm Mr. X: Super interesting choice, Austin. I read the book in my 20s and liked it a lot. This radio dramatization is great. Thanks for another terrific Tuesday, Austin!
	🎸 ♥ 10:54pm Austin Rich: I really loved this book, and the radio version made me cry. But in a good way. Thanks for joining me on this journey everyone!
	🎸 ♥ 10:54pm Heather Z: Awesome show, Austin! I learned a lot, too, namely wash my hands after cuddling a newt! Which I might have done as a matter of course but now I surely will.
	🎸 ♥ 10:55pm WR: I've known about the book, War With The Newts, for decades but now know I need to read it. Thank you! Austin! Laters folks, Onward...
	10:55pm ramencity: Axolotl what you can do for your country!
	🎸 ♥ 10:55pm Austin Rich: I have learned that I am an obsessive hand washer, since I got married. No one makes you realize the things you do a lot until you are married to them.
	🎸 ♥ 10:56pm Austin Rich: ↳ WR @10:55 It's a great read.
	🎸 ♥ 10:56pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @10:55 You should have written my voice overs for this show.
	🎸 ♥ 11:00pm Austin Rich: I might as well let this Martinů piece finish. So... I guess I'm going over! Ha! All that bravado, and... I can't even keep my own guesses straight.
	🎸 ♥ 11:04pm WR: ↳ Song: "Échec Au Roi [Excerpt]" by "Bohuslav Martinů" Good to the last note. Thank you.

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from January 9, 2024

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