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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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Favoriting March 21, 2024: Desiderium & Desideratum by Arvo Zylo

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Artist Track Album Label Year Comments Approx. start time
 
Desiderium & Desideratum by Arvo Zylo
 
Hour 1 by Arvo Zylo
Gene Watson  Farewell Party   Favoriting Reflections  Capitol Records  1978    0:00:25 (Pop-up)
The Cure  Funeral Party   Favoriting Faith  Polydor  1981    0:04:28 (Pop-up)
Virgin Prunes  Alone   Favoriting The Moon Looked Down And Laughed  Mute  1986    0:08:47 (Pop-up)
Simple Minds  Pleasantly Disturbed   Favoriting Life In A Day  Arista  1979    0:12:24 (Pop-up)
The Ordells  Sippin' A Cup of Coffee   Favoriting V/A Lowrider Oldies Volume 17  Thump Records  1967    0:20:26 (Pop-up)
Bob Marley  Real Situation   Favoriting Uprising  Island Records  1980    0:23:10 (Pop-up)
Oranssi Pazuzu  Reikä maisemassa   Favoriting V/A: Space Rock: An Interstellar Traveller's Guide  Purple Pyramid  2013/2016    0:26:18 (Pop-up)
Dolly Dolly with Daniel Baker  Satan   Favoriting Wardrobe  Self-Released  2018    0:31:01 (Pop-up)
Shit & Shine  DR+R   Favoriting 2222 AND AIRPORT  The State 51 Conspiracy  2023    0:34:34 (Pop-up)
Aksak Maboul  Scratch Holiday   Favoriting V/A: Made to Measure Vol. 1  Crammed Discs  1984    0:38:57 (Pop-up)
Brion Gysin  Pistol Poem (Part 1 & Part 2)   Favoriting Recordings 1960-1981  Perdition Plastics  1995    0:42:42 (Pop-up)
The Bran (Another Plight of Medic's) Pos  Saddle With   Favoriting Tape #2  Soundcrack  2022/1997    0:45:48 (Pop-up)
Steven Severin  Phase Into Light   Favoriting The Vril Harmonies  “RE: DA09”  2017    0:50:44 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Zongamin 

Cosmic Serpent (Original Mix)   Favoriting

O! 

 

 

 

0:58:49 (Pop-up)
 
Hour 2 by Arvo Zylo
Edith Piaf  Dans les prisons de Nantes   Favoriting Edith Piaf  Le Chant Du Monde  2008/1946    1:00:37 (Pop-up)
Julie London with Spencer-Hagen Orchestra  Dark   Favoriting Whatever Julie Wants  Fine and Mellow  1957/2016    1:03:12 (Pop-up)
Dion  Drip Drop   Favoriting Drip Drop  CBS  1963    1:05:47 (Pop-up)
Vernon Green & The Medallions  Speedin'   Favoriting Speedin'  Ace  1955/1996    1:08:24 (Pop-up)
David Jackman  Threshold   Favoriting Up From Zero  Robot Records  1982/2003    1:10:37 (Pop-up)
Front 242  Don't Crash   Favoriting Back Catalogue  Wax Trax!  1987    1:15:12 (Pop-up)
The Chameleons  Don't Fall   Favoriting Script of The Bridge  Virgin  1983    1:19:58 (Pop-up)
Nun  Can't Chain   Favoriting The Dome  HoZac Records  2018    1:24:02 (Pop-up)
Dernière Volonté  Nous Maintenons Notre Histoire   Favoriting Le Feu Sacré  Tesco  2000    1:28:28 (Pop-up)
Abdulla Rashim  Afar Depression   Favoriting Unanimity  Northern Electronics  2014    1:34:11 (Pop-up)
Eurythmics  Take Me To Your Heart   Favoriting In The Garden  RCA  1981    1:40:33 (Pop-up)
Japan  Nightporter   Favoriting Exorcising Ghosts  Virgin  1984    1:44:02 (Pop-up)
Mamman Sani  Five Hundred Miles   Favoriting Unreleased Tapes 1981-1984  Sahel Sounds      1:50:44 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Siouxsie & The Banshees 

Arabia (Lunar Camel demo)   Favoriting

Kaleidoscope 

 

 

 

1:56:43 (Pop-up)
 
Hour 3 by Arvo Zylo
Jim Haynes  Blotched   Favoriting Inconclusive  AVA  2019    1:58:58 (Pop-up)
Billy Strange  Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves   Favoriting Climb Aboard The Hell Train  Atomicat Records  1952/2020    2:05:18 (Pop-up)
Charlie Feathers  I've Been Deceived   Favoriting Jungle Fever (1955-1962 Recordings)  Hoodoo Records  1955/2016    2:07:24 (Pop-up)
Wipers  Doom Town   Favoriting Over The Edge  Jackpot Records  1983    2:10:09 (Pop-up)
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry  Talk About The Weather   Favoriting The Very Best of...  Cherry Red  2000/1982    2:14:06 (Pop-up)
International Q  Small Talk   Favoriting V/A: It Happened But Nobody Noticed  Gustav Records  1982    2:18:13 (Pop-up)
Anti-Nowhere League  Animal   Favoriting We Are... The League  Puke N Vomit Records  1982    2:20:02 (Pop-up)
France Gall  Frankenstein   Favoriting France Gall  Pathé  1972/1976    2:22:43 (Pop-up)
Attrition  Day I Was Born   Favoriting The Attrition of Reason  Subculture Records  1986    2:25:17 (Pop-up)
Have A Nice Life  Guggenheim Wax Museum   Favoriting The Unnatural World  Flenser Records  2014    2:29:05 (Pop-up)
Keluar  Detritus   Favoriting Keluar  Self-Released  2014    2:33:33 (Pop-up)
The Chameleons  View From A Hill (Excerpt)   Favoriting Script of The Bridge  Virgin  1983    2:37:32 (Pop-up)
Roy Montgomery & Friends  Dear Imprudence   Favoriting Broken Heart Surgery  Discreet Music  2024    2:41:18 (Pop-up)
Claudine Longet  Snow   Favoriting Love Is Blue  A&M Records  1968  Randy Newman cover.  2:45:48 (Pop-up)
Ian Wellman  Turbulence   Favoriting The House That Ate Itself  Room40  2020    2:48:30 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Lucy 

She-Wolf Night Mourning   Favoriting

Self-Mythology 

 

 

 

2:54:12 (Pop-up)
Mitchell Froom  The Bunny   Favoriting Dopamine  Atlantic  1998    2:58:16 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:48am
Austin Rich:

Good Hello.
  11:06am
Arvo:

🤠
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 11:07am
Austin Rich:

↳ Arvo @11:06
I hope I got everything right. I had to rush putting this together. Fingers crossed I didn't mess anything up.
  11:29am
Arvo:

I didn't know you would be on it for a total of five hours until now! I sent a text. Next time we can do a quid pro quo tit for tatt hour for hour tower of power
  11:30am
Arvo:

The coffee is percolating nicely
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 11:40am
Austin Rich:

At the last minute, the DJ after needed coverage too. This was last minute. But... I think it'll work.
  11:58am
Arvo:

So far so good!
  11:59am
Willa:

WHATSSSSSSSSS UPPPPP YALL
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:01pm
Austin Rich:

Thanks for joining us, Willa! Hopefully you are in for some hits picked by Arvo Zylo!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:01pm
David (in London):

Hi Austin. Wow, for once I can actually catch MVM live. Great to be here.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:02pm
Austin Rich:

↳ David (in London) @12:01
David! Thanks for listening.
  12:02pm
Willa:

this first jam is hitting hard
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:03pm
Asheville Jon:

is this going to be a weepy show? do i need to get my tissues to dry my tears?
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:03pm
Austin Rich:

I will do my best to keep up on the playlist, but I'm also working while I do this. (Shhhhhh! Don't tell my boss.) But I'll try to keep an eye on the chat and the playlist.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:04pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Asheville Jon @12:03
It might be. But there's no shame in the Lava Lamp Lounge. We keep boxes of kleenex on every endtable.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:04pm
Krys O.:

Hey!
  12:04pm
wenzo:

Waddupdoe
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:04pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Krys O. @12:04
Thanks for stoppin' by! Enjoy the tunes.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:05pm
Austin Rich:

↳ wenzo @12:04
wenzo! Now the real party starts.
Avatar 👻 12:06pm
Arvo Zylo:

Hi all! The show is not too weepy overall, but maybe in spots...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:06pm
Sem:

All in on Vortex of Fill-in. Hello, Austin Rich, and mutations, mid-valley-located or not.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:07pm
Krys O.:

Listening at work during lunch half hour.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:07pm
David (in London):

↳ Arvo Zylo @12:06
Bring on the weepy, Arvo.

All hail the Semulator.
Avatar 👻 12:07pm
Arvo Zylo:

↳ Austin Rich @12:03
The way this came to be is inordinately strange, and I am honored to have it happen!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:08pm
Austin Rich:

Sem! Thanks for coming to join us.
  12:08pm
Willa:

i dont think ive ever heard this cure song
Avatar 👻 12:08pm
Arvo Zylo:

Shout out to my friend WiLLA from way back!!!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:09pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Song: "Alone" by "Virgin Prunes"
There are some picks on this playlist that I didn't realize I needed to hear again, and this was one of them. This is the joy of an Arvo playlist: stuff you should hear, but didn't think to play yourself.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:09pm
Krys O.:

↳ Song: "Alone" by "Virgin Prunes"
I loved the Virgin Prunes!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:09pm
Jan Turkenburg:

Hi everybody! Christianne and Jan listening!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:10pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Jan Turkenburg @12:09
Jan! Thanks for tuning in.
Avatar 👻 12:10pm
Arvo Zylo:

It occurred to me at some point I never played a straight song by The Virgin Prunes on the radio before, just that scrap metal thing from that compilation...

Thank you all for listening!
Avatar 👻 12:14pm
Arvo Zylo:

The cover image is a painting that was on Ebay but the seller would only allow local pick up. They took down the listing when I asked if I could please get it shipped...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:15pm
Krys O.:

↳ Arvo Zylo @12:14
It is stunning.
Avatar 👻 12:15pm
Arvo Zylo:

↳ Austin Rich @12:09
Much appreciated! It is always a thrill to do this, now that I've had time away from weekly radio. I really like putting a lot of deep thinking into everything for a slow burn over a period of weeks...
  12:15pm
Willa:

it shows
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:15pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Arvo Zylo @12:14
I haven't had to ship any paintings, but I've had to ship a lot of posters and art prints. There's a lot of discussion over shipping them "flat" or "rolled," and often the cost is the deciding factor.
Avatar 👻 12:16pm
Arvo Zylo:

This was a vintage broken frame and a cracked canvas on board I think... signed "Oliver"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:17pm
Krys O.:

↳ Arvo Zylo @12:16
Even better.
Avatar 👻 12:19pm
Arvo Zylo:

↳ Song: "Pleasantly Disturbed" by "Simple Minds"
This is one of many "deep cuts" that I haven't perused on radio yet.

I find myself making double sure I still hate Peter Frampton and making note of that one song I do like by solo Keith Richards and etc...
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:19pm
Austin Rich:

When I used to work at the Velveteria, we would drive ourselves bonkers trying to figure out who "Lila" was (one signature on a painting they found). Unless you become famous, or are still alive to promote your work, a lot of artists like that just disappear into history.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:20pm
David (in London):

I like the way the liberated spirit clown is slightly reminiscent of Margaret Thatcher.
Avatar 👻 12:21pm
Arvo Zylo:

↳ Austin Rich @12:19
This is possibly an homage to Robert Owen's "Pando" series, but I am not sure anything else.

David, I have been kind of obsessed with it. Imagine what dreams would come with that over your headboard?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:21pm
Krys O.:

↳ David (in London) @12:20
Not while I am eating, please.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:21pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Song: "Sippin' A Cup of Coffee" by "The Ordells"
I feel like every artist who is prone to use coffee winds up writing a song / poem / story / scene about the joy of coffee. I am completely guilty of that.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:21pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Krys O. @12:21
Zing.
Avatar 👻 12:22pm
Arvo Zylo:

↳ Austin Rich @12:21
One of my first things was about coffee, 2000, unreleased
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:22pm
Austin Rich:

"The thing is, coffee IS MAGICAL. Here, let me sing about it..."
Avatar 👻 12:23pm
Arvo Zylo:

↳ Song: "Sippin' A Cup of Coffee" by "The Ordells"
I used to go to the mall when I was a kid, and buy mix tapes from the "mix shop" and also comic books. I spent a lot of time with "Low Rider Oldies" and unfortunately missed out on a lot of metal because it wasn't at the mall... and I was 8 - 10 years old.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:24pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Arvo Zylo @12:23
There's a lot of forgettable metal from that era. But I bet those oldies comps are still pretty good.
Avatar 👻 12:24pm
Arvo Zylo:

↳ Song: "Real Situation" by "Bob Marley"
And now for the song where Bob Marley tells it like it really is...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:25pm
David (in London):

Not far from where I live, there is a place called Joseph Grimaldi Park, where the 'father of clowning' Joseph Grimaldi is buried. You occasionally see clowns in there doing a pilgrimage.

en.wikipedia.org...
Avatar 👻 12:27pm
Arvo Zylo:

↳ David (in London) @12:25
Very cool! I will look into it. I recently ordered a book called "Clown Paintings" collected by Diane Keaton, with writings by Steve Martin and other 1980s Saturday Night Live type-characters...
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:27pm
Austin Rich:

↳ David (in London) @12:25
Oh, damn. I bet that's a wonderful / occasionally grim sight.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:28pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Arvo Zylo @12:27
Is that clown bar still in Seattle? I went there once, many, many years ago, had one drink, then left. So I can't really speak to it myself.
Avatar 👻 12:29pm
Arvo Zylo:

↳ Austin Rich @12:28
I think there are two of them now. I've been to both before the pandemic without knowing or trying for a clown bar...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:29pm
David (in London):

↳ Austin Rich @12:27
I'll try and take a surreptitious photo for you next time I see any clowns in there. There is a also a high comedy bad mural on a wall at one end of the park, featuring members of KISS (!!!)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:30pm
Krys O.:

I was acquainted with clown aficionado Pat Cashin

en.wikipedia.org...
  12:31pm
Willa:

this song sounds sweet
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:32pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Krys O. @12:30
I don't know Pat Cashin. Hmmm...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:33pm
Asheville Jon:

mommy, i'm scared
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:34pm
David (in London):

↳ Krys O. @12:30
Has anyone yet named their band 'Mall Santa'?
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:34pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Asheville Jon @12:33
Don't worry, we'll help you when it's dark. We've got each other.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:34pm
Austin Rich:

↳ David (in London) @12:34
That's fairly brill.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:37pm
David (in London):

↳ Austin Rich @12:34
In my head Mall Santa are crazed and unpredictable, a la Butthole Surfers.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:38pm
Austin Rich:

↳ David (in London) @12:37
I was just thinking that the current generation needs a Butthole Surfers, who teaches them about the joys of naked cage dancers, taking too much acid, and projecting dental videos over themselves. How come the kids aren't into that?
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:43pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Song: "Pistol Poem (Part 1 & Part 2)" by "Brion Gysin"
I need to get this album.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:43pm
Krys O.:

↳ Song: "Pistol Poem (Part 1 & Part 2)" by "Brion Gysin"
There's some Brion Gysin up on UbuWeb.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:46pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Krys O. @12:43
Sorry about that, everyone.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:46pm
Austin Rich:

We're back on track, now, I believe.
Avatar 👻 12:47pm
Arvo Zylo:

↳ Austin Rich @12:46
Well this is the track to take a bathroom break maybe? Are you okay at work?
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:48pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Arvo Zylo @12:47
Yeah, we had a small tech issue, but I'm good now. Like I said, I assembled this last minute, so there were bound to be hiccups.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:48pm
Austin Rich:

I can work with Rebecca, to ensure that she gets a pristine copy for the archives, once the show is done.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:49pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Krys O. @12:43
There is! I need to return to that site, and see what's there. I haven't gone on a spree with that page in a while.
Avatar 👻 12:49pm
Arvo Zylo:

I'm not complaining! you are a "trooper" as they say. Will this be a five hour archive?
Avatar 👻 12:50pm
Arvo Zylo:

We are on Steven Severin now, FYI
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:50pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Arvo Zylo @12:49
I'll try to split it in two, for the permanent archive. (Three for you, two for me.)
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:50pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Austin Rich @12:50
I was worried I missed something like that. Thanks.
Avatar 👻 12:53pm
Arvo Zylo:

↳ Krys O. @12:43
I haven't visited Ubuweb in a while! Was listening to Gysin's poetry stuff recently and just kind of marveling at how poetry has been devalued over time.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:57pm
Austin Rich:

I read a ton of poetry in College, and occasionally went to readings. I feel like hearing it is always better. But I'm not sure "Poetry Reading" is bringing in crowds like it once did.
Avatar 👻 12:59pm
Arvo Zylo:

↳ Austin Rich @12:57
I don't think books of poetry were ever a big seller, but I do think some people made a living selling books of poetry, and possibly touring. I only caught a wiff of it before the coffee shops were buried by laptops
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 1:00pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Arvo Zylo @12:59
You could be onto something.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:03pm
Krys O.:

↳ Arvo Zylo @12:53
I think the last time I saw Kenneth Goldsmith aka Kenny G was at a Bowery Poetry New Year's Day event ten years ago perhaps. It was great. He stood on the stage silent while recordings of voice mail messages castigating him were played.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:03pm
David (in London):

I've was wondering something similar recently. I discovered a cache of poetry in a well-known second hand London bookshop a few weeks back (John Ashbery, Ted Berrigan etc) and bought the lot. Couldn't help but wonder if anyone else would give a fig about them these days.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 1:03pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Song: "Dans les prisons de Nantes" by "Edith Piaf"
Marla, my wife, taught me the joy of taking Edith Piaf camping, so we could listen to it while eating and playing cards. Edith Piaf makes excellent music for camping.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:04pm
Krys O.:

My ex and I were on Kenny's show along with Vicki Bennett. It was a splendid time.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 1:04pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Krys O. @1:04
I just got a perk for supporting Vicki's Patreon: a new 7" that is VERY good.
Avatar 👻 1:04pm
Arvo Zylo:

↳ Krys O. @1:04
I want to find a way to get these kinds of answering machine messages now!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 1:05pm
Austin Rich:

↳ David (in London) @1:03
Maybe Sheena's needs a poetry show? We all read poetry from our fave artists?
Avatar 👻 1:06pm
Arvo Zylo:

In the prisons of Nantes
There's a prisoner here
There's a prisoner here
That no one's gonna see
Than the jailer's daughter

She brings him a drink
To drink and eat
To drink and eat
And white shirts as well
When he wants to change it

One day he asks her
"I want to talk to you
"I want to talk to you
They say throughout the city
Tomorrow you will die

Since I must die
Untie my feet
Untie my feet
The girl was a young girl
His feet let go of him

The gallant leaves alert
In the Loire jumped
In the Loire jumped
All the bells of Nantes
They started ringing

-Edith Piaf lyrics translated
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:06pm
Krys O.:

↳ Song: "Drip Drop" by "Dion"
DION!!!!! Oh, his voice makes me melt. Love this tune.
Avatar 👻 1:07pm
Arvo Zylo:

↳ Krys O. @1:06
Innit? Somehow I have never played this on the radio before!!!
Avatar 👻 1:09pm
Arvo Zylo:

↳ Song: "Speedin'" by "Vernon Green & The Medallions"
Vernon Green was the one who did "Sweet Breeze" on that Halloween Doo-Wop comp that I love so much...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:09pm
David (in London):

It rearranged my mind when I first discovered 'Born to Be With You.'
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:12pm
Krys O.:

↳ Arvo Zylo @1:09
I grew up listening to an oldies station in the 1970s.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 1:13pm
Austin Rich:

Certainly, if I could just do this all day guilt free, I would help fill up the Sheena stream with more shows. Stupid workin' for a livin'.
Avatar 👻 1:14pm
Arvo Zylo:

↳ Krys O. @1:12
I did too, but also my grandfather bartended during the day, and my grandmother would bring me there and let me put quarters into the juke box. there is a favorite memory of me trying to throw the coins into the juke box from the door, like Michael Jackson did in the video for "Smooth Criminal". But I think I discovered Dion solo in a bulk purchase of bargain 45s. Other than Dion & The Belmonts, I had no idea of his solo work until I was all grown up.
Avatar 👻 1:16pm
Arvo Zylo:

↳ Song: "Don't Crash" by "Front 242"
Front 242 announced their retirement this year, 40 years.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 1:17pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Arvo Zylo @1:16
I saw that. Marla is a fan, but I think she's seen them - and various side projects - a bunch, and she's pretty happy letting this one go by.
Avatar 👻 1:17pm
Arvo Zylo:

↳ Austin Rich @1:13
I am trying not to explain how this all came to be, but I am happy to sub remotely and with your help!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 1:20pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Arvo Zylo @1:17
I have more willingness than free time, unfortunately. But when the stars align, I'm more than happy to do it.
Avatar 1:22pm
Mr Fab:

hey gang, finally settling into work an got my ears on.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 1:22pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Mr Fab @1:22
Ah, Fab is here! We can finally start drinking on the clock now.
Avatar 1:22pm
Mr Fab:

↳ Krys O. @1:03
ha, that's great. Wonder up what Kenny is up to these day.
Avatar 1:23pm
Mr Fab:

↳ Austin Rich @1:22
LOL, only a Red Bull at my end. But help yourself, all.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 1:23pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Song: "Don't Fall" by "The Chameleons"
Another gem from this playlist, that I'd forgotten about. Thanks Arvo! I'll have The Chameleons stuck in my head for days now.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:24pm
David (in London):

Ah The Chameleons. Great.
Takes me back to Manchester in the 1980s.
Avatar 👻 1:26pm
Arvo Zylo:

↳ David (in London) @1:24
Cool! In my mind, I've had a lot of time to think on what I haven't played on the radio before. I had 500 tapes given to me by an elder goth when I was 19, so there is a goth angle here, obviously.

Hi Mr. Fab!
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Austin Rich:

↳ David (in London) @1:24
While I'm usually fairly happy with being the young one of the group, I only feel jealous when people bring up stuff like 80's Manchester. Very cool!
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Arvo Zylo:

I was born at least ten years too late. Possibly 50 years...
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Arvo Zylo:

↳ Song: "Can't Chain" by "Nun"
From Australia
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Austin Rich:

↳ Austin Rich @1:26
By comparison: I'm not sure "Eugene in the 90's" or "Portland in the 00's" has the same kind of allure.
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Mr Fab:

↳ Austin Rich @1:05
not a poetry show per se, but "Beneath The Underground' features some. Last night's episode featured readings from what is apparently a new book of Lou Reed's poetry. And one of the hosts, John Pietaro, reads his own stuff sometimes. Which is really cool, I should get one of his books.
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Krys O.:

↳ Arvo Zylo @1:26
Elder Goth sounds like a character from The Crucible.
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David (in London):

↳ Austin Rich @1:26
Manchester in those days was dark and wild and slightly dangerous (probably akin to late 70s NYC), and because it was so run-down and forgotten, all the good cultural stuff could actually have a place to happen unnoticed and undisturbed. I got there after having grown up in a picture-postcard English rural village (thatched cottages, workers in the fields, harvest festival etc) and it both scared the bejesus out of me and thrilled me beyond belief. Like suddenly being in a JG Ballard novel. I was hunted by a pack of wild dogs once in Hulme.
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Austin Rich:

↳ Mr Fab @1:32
I didn't realize there was a poetry angle! I need to listen more.
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Arvo Zylo:

↳ Krys O. @1:32
In a good way!
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Austin Rich:

↳ Krys O. @1:32
I always think of that once character from the "Love & Rockets" comics. Izzy? I think she was elder goth, in all but name.
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David (in London):

↳ Krys O. @1:32
Or one of the characters in the stage play that will one day be written around the life of Andrew Eldritch.
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Krys O.:

↳ Mr Fab @1:22
I think he's still teaching at Penn and doing projects like printing out the Internet and such.
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Austin Rich:

↳ David (in London) @1:33
By all accounts it sounds like living in an cyberpunk novel.
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Mr Fab:

↳ David (in London) @1:33
" it both scared the bejesus out of me and thrilled me beyond belief."

sounds like what punk-era Hollywood was to me.
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Arvo Zylo:

↳ David (in London) @1:33
I have heard of the stabbings and random beatings that happen in England, but I think 70s NYC might have been worse. 80s Chicago, when I was a kid, was worse. In Chicago there are still weekends where 40 people get killed, usually around now when it starts getting warmer.
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Austin Rich:

Man, when rural Oregon becomes "hip" I can totally tell all the kids what it was like "back in the day."
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Arvo Zylo:

I really appreciate everyone sticking it out and listening!
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David (in London):

↳ Mr Fab @1:35
Yes, only with much more rain and gloom. Still, when I could stand on the 'Joy Division' footbridge in Hulme wearing a raincoat, I didn't mind.

Hollywood must have been wild then, too.
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Mr Fab:

↳ Arvo Zylo @1:36
Yep, we used to visit relatives in Manhattan in the '80s. Just a crazed vibe.

I've seen things both in LA and NYC that would probably be denounced as wild fiction by "the kids these days."
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David (in London):

↳ Arvo Zylo @1:36
Yes, the absence of firearms then rather limited the scope of the carnage here.
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Austin Rich:

If anyone every saw "The River's Edge" with Keanu, or maybe a more contemporary reference, "Mandy," that's sort of like Oregon. At least, the settings. The guns, drugs, cults and heavy metal HAVE HAPPENED, but it's not as exciting as Hollywould seems to think,
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Arvo Zylo:

↳ Mr Fab @1:38
I remember Debbie Harry described Manhattan as "bustling and full of hope" in the 60s, and still living there, she says it is just survival now.
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Mr Fab:

↳ David (in London) @1:38
Wasn't chased by wild dogs, but the body of the drive-by victim in front of me on Hollywood Blvd was most certainly unpleasant.

On the other hand, i once came upon a shop that only sold bootleg albums, used to see a guy wearing a dress with a big bulge under it and a sign that read "The Only Pregnant Man," and saw lots of great bands.
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Arvo Zylo:

↳ Mr Fab @1:38
there is a documentary series on Netflix about that one apartment building that Richard Ramirez lived in while he was doing his killings. The former manager just said that people would come in with blood all over them often. Near the Greyhound station, it's basically no man's land, apparently.
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Austin Rich:

↳ Mr Fab @1:42
See, that's sort of what I would like to have seen.
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Mr Fab:

↳ Austin Rich @1:40
I loved that movie! Dennis Hopper and Crispin Glover trying to out-weird each other. Hell, I'd have moved to rural OR in a heartbeat if it was like that haha.
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Austin Rich:

↳ Mr Fab @1:43
If only. You would meet weird drug dealers like Feck. But they would not be charming like Dennis Hopper.
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Arvo Zylo:

↳ Mr Fab @1:42
I have seen someone get beaten to death at least once, maybe twice but I didn't stick around to find out if they died or not. I know that feeling. Been shot at, had a knife held to me throat, been jumped, etc. Chicago isn't rough for everybody, but for night people it can be, especially on the trains.
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Mr Fab:

↳ Arvo Zylo @1:42
Oh wow, thanks for the tip, will look for that show. I know that building - the Cecil Hotel, I've visited it out of morbid curiosity, it has quite the strange history.
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David (in London):

↳ Song: "Nightporter" by "Japan"
Love Japan. Always so great to hear them. I got into them for the very shallow reason that Ruth Asher, the girl I was madly in love with, was very keen on them. I still love them. And Ruth, wherever she is now...
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Austin Rich:

Mostly Oregon is pretty boring. We're just blue enough to not be too scary, but we're still red enough to be strange and creepy in places.
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David (in London):

↳ Mr Fab @1:43
Wish Crispin had done more, really. He's always so great whenever he turns up.
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Austin Rich:

Mid-Valley Mutations is secretly a "Crispen Glover Fan Club."
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Mr Fab:

↳ David (in London) @1:46
I think he lives in Europe now , so you might get a chance to see his VERY strange and wonderful live shows.
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Arvo Zylo:

↳ David (in London) @1:46
Crispin showed up in a David Lynch thing that I hadn't heard of before until recently! A surrealist conversation in a hotel in the 1930s, with the rain coming down and the power out.
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Mr Fab:

↳ Song: "Nightporter" by "Japan"
this song is like Hello Erik Satie, we salute you!
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Austin Rich:

↳ Mr Fab @1:47
I have those books he wrote, and that album he made is GOLD. But I still haven't seen that traveling show.
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Krys O.:

Present-day Newark, NJ is very much like the South Bronx in the 1970s. I'm from suburban NY and we visited Manhattan as teenagers in the late 70s/early 80s. Lived and worked there in the mid-80s. Saw the gradual gentrification of the entire City. It's unrecognizable now.
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Arvo Zylo:

↳ David (in London) @1:46
We all have a Ruth or two...
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Austin Rich:

↳ Arvo Zylo @1:49
That's a good EP Title.
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David (in London):

↳ Mr Fab @1:47
Does he? Well, I shall certainly look out for that. I did see him here some years ago doing a spoken word introduction to a film season, but I'd absolutely love to see one of his live shows proper.
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Arvo Zylo:

↳ David (in London) @1:50
If I am not mistaken Crispin Glover bought some odd castle in Romania or something?
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Mr Fab:

↳ Krys O. @1:49
was in Times Square last Nov. Needless to say, not exactly the place I first visited in '79. i recall a dwarf on a stool calling out over and over to everyone on the sidewalk thru a loudspeaker: "All nude girls, doing it live, check it out!"
Don't see that in front of the new Times Square Applebee's so much nowadays...
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Austin Rich:

↳ Song: "Five Hundred Miles" by "Mamman Sani"
I love this track, Arvo. Thanks for clueing me into this.
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Arvo Zylo:

↳ Krys O. @1:49
I was in New York for less than 36 hours, and was in absolute awe of it.
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Austin Rich:

Still never been to NY. Only been to LA once. I'm far too under-traveled.
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Arvo Zylo:

↳ Austin Rich @1:55
Yeah man this was recorded in the Sahara! Dig it!
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David (in London):

↳ Mr Fab @1:55
Ha ha, that's a memory to treasure.
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Austin Rich:

↳ Mr Fab @1:55
Don't get me wrong: you see some weird shit at Applebee's, too. Just not a dwarf on a stool talking about nude girls.
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Krys O.:

Pseu Braun has had Crispin on as a guest a couple of times.

The links can be found here: wfmu.org...
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Austin Rich:

↳ Krys O. @2:01
Oooooo! Thanks for the link!
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Mr Fab:

↳ Austin Rich @1:59
LOL!
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David (in London):

↳ Krys O. @2:01
Wow, thanks Krys. Never knew that. That's a must-listen for sure,
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Austin Rich:

I feel like we need a zine that's just a listing of interesting shows from the archive that you should check out that month. There's so many that I keep getting directed to that I stumble upon in the chats.
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Austin Rich:

↳ Song: "Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves" by "Billy Strange"
This is like the other side of "Six Days On The Road."
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Krys O.:

↳ Mr Fab @1:55
I walked down 42nd Street between Port Authority and Grand Central Terminal when I was a college student at Upsala and I visited the old homestead in Port Chester, NY. The preachers and the sleazemongers clogged the street. Later it was filled with throngs of tourists going to the Disneyfied Business District.
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Austin Rich:

All of my East Coast was concentrated in DC (one day), Richmond Virginia (three days), and a weekend in Gainsville, FL. I could tell you about the art school in Virginia, if you don't mind 20 year old memories.
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Austin Rich:

↳ Song: "Doom Town" by "Wipers"
Been feelin' this song a lot lately. I know in interviews Greg Sage said he was writing about Portland, but it sounds like the Mid-Valley these days.
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Austin Rich:

↳ Song: "Doom Town" by "Wipers"
My old roommate went to a record store in the late 90's, and found a cache of "Over The Edge" LPs for very reasonable prices. He bought them all, kept the best one for himself, and gifted the others to various Wipers friends. I got one, and it still sounds great!
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Arvo Zylo:

↳ Austin Rich @2:10
As I have said before, I ignored The Wipers when I was first into punk, but now I do like them quite a bit since you played them last year or two.
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Austin Rich:

↳ Arvo Zylo @2:12
There are parts of their output I'm not super fond of, but they are fairly consistent for a very long time, and their first four records are flawless.
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Austin Rich:

↳ Austin Rich @2:13
Sometimes I think of them as "the Pacific Northwest X," minus the trade-off vocals.
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Austin Rich:

↳ Song: "Talk About The Weather" by "Red Lorry Yellow Lorry"
Another hidden gem in this playlist that will now be stuck in my head for weeks.
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David (in London):

↳ Krys O. @2:07
Same here. When I was a kid, Old Spitalfields Market used to be like something out of Dickens, with truly wild Irish street drinkers going berserk on meths outside. Now it's wall to wall avocado toast brunchers.

Amazingly it was all documented by a phenomenal photographer called Don McCullin, and I've shown his photos to lots of young people to educate them that London didn't always look like this:
we-make-money-not-art.com...
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Mr Fab:

↳ Austin Rich @2:14
Always like what I've heard by the Wipers, but you've convinced me to do a deeper dive.
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Austin Rich:

↳ David (in London) @2:15
That's excellent! I wish there were more photo-books like this, that show cities as they used to be.
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Austin Rich:

↳ Mr Fab @2:16
I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
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Austin Rich:

↳ Mr Fab @2:16
I haven't checked in a while, but you used to be able to get stuff straight from the man himself:

zenorecords.com
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Austin Rich:

(Can't say if that website is still active.)
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Arvo Zylo:

I become more and more picky about the overall sound of a track/song as time goes on. It becomes less about genres and more about overall sound, and while a lot of rock is not on the top of my list, sometimes the overall sound just appeals to me so much. I was listening to Suzi Quatro last night and just pondering how I can be uninterested in some of it, and enthralled by other tracks of hers.
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David (in London):

Right, I've got to pop to the shops. No playing The Psychedelic Furs till I get back.
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Austin Rich:

↳ David (in London) @2:20
That's a totally fair request.
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Arvo Zylo:

I'm trying to mentally assess if any of these artists are from NY or LA, just out of curiosity.
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Mr Fab:

↳ Arvo Zylo @2:22
Julie London, Billy Strange - LA.

But yeah, lots of British folks today.
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Otis Fodder:

Hey Folks!
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Austin Rich:

↳ Otis Fodder @2:27
Welcome to the party, Otis!
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Arvo Zylo:

↳ Otis Fodder @2:27
Hi Otis! Thanks for stopping in!
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Austin Rich:

↳ Mr Fab @2:27
I realize I need more Billy Strange in my life.
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Mr Fab:

Otis my man!
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Otis Fodder:

Musical confetti of the mind. Tuned alongside work.
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Arvo Zylo:

↳ Mr Fab @2:27
Good eye!
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Austin Rich:

↳ Otis Fodder @2:28
You gotta decorate that air with something compelling.
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Arvo Zylo:

↳ Austin Rich @2:29
Musical Particulates
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Otis Fodder:

Colour my world with... Arvo and Austin. Yay.
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Otis Fodder:

I like this day slot, normally I'm falling in/out of sleep at the normal show times Austin. Good to catch you and Arvo today.
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Austin Rich:

↳ Otis Fodder @2:31
Yeah. 6 PM in the Mid-Valley is not the most convenient time for a lot of others.
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Arvo Zylo:

↳ Austin Rich @2:32
I got 4 hours of sleep maybe, and was gonna go see the new Ghostbusters after this, but will stick around and get mutated further
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Austin Rich:

↳ Arvo Zylo @2:33
Marla and I strapped on masks and saw "Dune Part Two" in a nearly empty theater. (Which seems like a very appropriate way to see any Dune: wearing a stillsuit, with few others around.)
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Arvo Zylo:

I only go to movies. It's the only thing I go outside for, other than the post office. I haven't even seen Lynch's Dune because I have a certain distaste for that style of science fiction. Harry Potter, Dune, Willow, and D & D vibes rub me wrong all over. But I am glad people are enjoying themselves.
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Arvo Zylo:

Cabrini was good. Jason Lazer and I saw Perfect Days and neither of us complained. Saw "Love Lies Bleeding" last night, not bad.
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Austin Rich:

↳ Arvo Zylo @2:36
I have quibbles, and Marla is a big fan of the novels, and was disappointed that some things were left out. But on the whole, we like these new Dune movies. They're better than I thought they would be.
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Austin Rich:

↳ Arvo Zylo @2:37
Have you thought about a movie journal? Keeping a paragraph or so about your thoughts on each one? Could be good if you can sustain it.
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Arvo Zylo:

↳ Austin Rich @2:38
I might see Planet of the Apes, but not if there is something more appealing.

I did convert facebook posts into blog posts for a bit, just to reclaim it from facebook algorithms. I do not have the zine network that you do apparently!
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Austin Rich:

↳ Arvo Zylo @2:40
Well, it helps that I only do print runs that are about as many people that I know like 'zines. In the 90's, I would do 100 copies of each, and would sit on 75 copies of back-issues for years. I'm trying to avoid that now.
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Mr Fab:

↳ Austin Rich @2:42
have you ever gone out to 'zine fests? We have some pretty big ones down here that Don-O visits.
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Austin Rich:

↳ Mr Fab @2:43
I used to go to the ones in PDX when I lived there. But times are tough, so we can't travel as much as we used to. But I am thinking of a California camping road trip, to visit my dad and some other friends I haven't seen in years. Maybe, if my timing is good, and I can try and find something like that.
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Otis Fodder:

↳ Song: "Snow" by "Claudine Longet"
Upvote for Claudine
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Otis Fodder:

We have a fantastic annual event expozine.ca... here in MTL. I do miss the old Factsheet 5 days.
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Arvo Zylo:

↳ Otis Fodder @2:46
😎😎😎😎😎
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Austin Rich:

I work for a rare book collector, and these days when he goes to book fairs to scout for our collection, he often finds stockpiles of 'zines. Old collectors are starting to sell off what they have, and it's funny to hear about him haggling over the complete run of, "Murder Can Be Fun," or something like that.
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Arvo Zylo:

I used to do xeroxes of my notebook and put them into book stores. sometimes into other books for people to find. did some trading with people via mail a good amount. I just imagine there are zine distros online, not sure how much traction they get.
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Otis Fodder:

↳ Austin Rich @2:49
Have 5 old issues of Murder, the Disneyland issue is the best.
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Austin Rich:

↳ Otis Fodder @2:51
That's the one that I vaguely remember. That zine was great! I need to dig into my archive and see which ones I still have.
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Austin Rich:

I'm still looking for various back-issues of "Dishwasher" if anyone has them at reasonable prices.
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Otis Fodder:

↳ Austin Rich @2:51
I got rid of so many on moves over the years. What used to be milkcrates are now a few file folders on the bookshelfs. Always do pickup 1-2 things annually here in Montreal at Expozine, always fun to browse tables and buy direct and say hello to new folks.
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Mr Fab:

↳ Song: "Turbulence" by "Ian Wellman"
This is great, and really reminds me of my fave Zoviet France track, "Seige."

(And this guy's from LA.)
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Austin Rich:

↳ Otis Fodder @2:53
I still do a lot of mail trades and stuff. There's not a lot of people my age, but in the Mid-Valley there are a lot of teens doing mini-'zines and lots of comics. I try to keep up with those.
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Austin Rich:

↳ Mr Fab @2:54
I do love those Zoviet France tunes.
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Krys O.:

Thanks, Arvo & Austin!
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Austin Rich:

Stick around for something a little more noir and spy-like... coming next...
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David (in London):

Back in the room.
Just in time - terrific set Arvo.
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Mr Fab:

Awesome Arvo-ness, Arvo!

And kudos to Austin, the ironman of radio, for your epic fill-in today.
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Krys O.:

I sold a bunch of printed ephemera to a guy many years ago. I can't recall his company's name. Very nice and very fair pricing.
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David (in London):

↳ Austin Rich @2:55
I love the Zovs, too. Saw them a few months back and they were, as usual, absolutely. Live they always send me into a proper trance state.
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Krys O.:

↳ Krys O. @2:59
I saw him at a WFMU record fair later and he gave me a nice tote bag. I'll have to find it to remember the name.
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Arvo Zylo:

I do love Zoviet France, but can't remember the song.

Thanks everybody! Sticking around for Austin's, "noir and spy" like is just my speed
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Mr Fab:

↳ Song: "The Bunny" by "Mitchell Froom"
Was that the guy from Soul Coughing?
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Otis Fodder:

Thanks Arvo, nice to catch your mix and vox today.
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Arvo Zylo:

↳ Mr Fab @3:03
Yes! Not that I would know.

Thanks Otis!
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Krys O.:

↳ Mr Fab @3:03
That is Mike Doughty.
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Arvo Zylo:

↳ Song: "Eleven [Excerpt]" by "Arvo Zylo"
Thanks Austin! one day long ago, I made a deal with Ron at RRRECORDS and bought all of his Ferrante & Teicher records for a steal.
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Krys O.:

Mitchell Froom was married to Suzanne Vega. He was a producer for Los Lobos, Richard Thompson, etc.
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Arvo Zylo:

↳ Krys O. @3:05
I did know he was a producer, just didn't get around to mentioning who all her produced. Was going from memory, sorry.
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Otis Fodder:

Love Ferrante & Teicher. I think Rich in Washington was the one here who turned me on to your release Arvo. Fun concept and still super easy listening!
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Austin Rich:

↳ Song: "The Maltese Falcon hosted by Detective Dexter Rol...
One day, many years ago, I wrote a novel about "Detective Dexter Roland." I never finished it... but he somehow managed to host this radio show I made, about 15 years ago.

I've remastered that show for Sheena's Jungle Room today, and tried to cut out everything that references the old station and commercials. Hopefully I got everything...
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Arvo Zylo:

↳ Otis Fodder @3:06
Thanks! I did listen to that one, Rich in Washington did a hangover show and I was happy to provide a lengthy track for him to blend things into...
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David (in London):

Blimey, this show today is an absolute epic.
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Arvo Zylo:

↳ David (in London) @3:08
Thank you!!!
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Austin Rich:

All of these voice overs combine bits from that unfinished novel... and improvised additions I made on the fly.
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David (in London):

↳ Song: "Peter Gunn Theme Song" by "Henry Mancini"
I do rather miss the days when popular culture had class.
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Arvo Zylo:

↳ Austin Rich @3:09
right on! I need to write a novel before I die, also a decent screenplay.
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Austin Rich:

↳ Arvo Zylo @3:10
Well, I haven't finished one yet. But I've started plenty.
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Arvo Zylo:

I wrote a surrealist/dadaist novel when I was 19 and not sleeping for days, some of was written on LSD in pitch black darkness. I could see in the dark at the time. But that doesn't count as a novel really...
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Austin Rich:

Lester Bangs would put down his first novel "Drug Punk," and say that he was glad it was never published. Of course, years later, I read parts of it... because of course, we live in the future... and he was right: it's not that good.
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Arvo Zylo:

↳ David (in London) @3:09
Obviously there are exceptions, but I do like to stop at 1969 for lengths of time.

I not only believe in reincarnation, but I also believe that we can be reincarnated at different times, so we can all be psychic aliens eventually.
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Arvo Zylo:

↳ Austin Rich @3:13
I'm glad my thing was not published, of course...
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Austin Rich:

This was one of those "OG" versions of "Dimestore Radio Theater" that I would do, periodically, for years, on my regular show... when I was bored and had the time. But in this era, I would do it more like this, and this style of show evolved into the complete version of "Dimestore Radio Theater" that I do on Sheena's, these days.
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Krys O.:

I watched the original Maltese Falcon from the 30s with Ricardo Cortez last year. So very different. Oddly enough I caught a bit of a pulpy thriller Cortez was in with Myrna Loy and Irene Dunne last night called Thirteen Women.
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Austin Rich:

↳ Krys O. @3:15
I still need to see that 30s version. I've only heard about it.
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David (in London):

Sorry Bridget, I won't play the sap for you. I won't walk in Thursby's - and I don't know how many other's - footsteps. You killed Miles and you're going over for it.
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Austin Rich:

↳ Song: "Touch Of Evil (Main Title)" by "Joseph Gershenson...
I still think about scenes from "Touch of Evil," almost 30+ years after I first saw it. Every time I see it, it feels new.
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Krys O.:

↳ Austin Rich @3:15
Ricardo Cortez can't stop smiling. It's disconcerting.
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Austin Rich:

↳ Krys O. @3:16
Ha! That's great.
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Mr Fab:

Why just this morning i was listing to an album that covers "Touch Of Evil" :
hollywoodfilmnoirchestra.bandcamp.com...
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David (in London):

↳ Austin Rich @3:16
It's an absolutely awesome film, isn't it? I love Dennis Weaver's little bit part as the hotel clerk.
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Austin Rich:

↳ Mr Fab @3:17
Oooooo. Thanks for the tip!
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Arvo Zylo:

Mr Fab, you are welcome to link me to the time you covered for Vortex of Chaos and did noir music...
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Krys O.:

↳ Austin Rich @3:17
For your perusal later: pre-code.com...
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Austin Rich:

My roommate took me to see "Touch of Evil" at a theater in the 90's, as I didn't know the movie. I had just broken up with a girl that was a real mind-trip, and that movie just SPOKE to me in a very intense way.
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Austin Rich:

↳ Krys O. @3:19
Ooooooooo...
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David (in London):

↳ Mr Fab @3:17
Nice! Thanks for posting the link.
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Mr Fab:

↳ Arvo Zylo @3:18
Here's my fill-ins:
wfmu.org...
I've done a number of shows I call "Radio Noir" as well as one called "Tiki Noir."
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Arvo Zylo:

Thinking of my favorite noir films, probably Dark Corner with Lucille Ball. Either that or Dark Passage. Or CAGED, if that can be considered noir.
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Austin Rich:

Some people think I came to Sheena's so I'd have a home for my show. But really, I came for the links people give in the chats...
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Arvo Zylo:

↳ Mr Fab @3:20
Thanks!
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David (in London):

↳ Arvo Zylo @3:20
I always have a soft spot for the bonkers nuclear lunacy of Kiss Me Deadly, too.
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Austin Rich:

What kind of songs would Detectives want to listen to? I suspect real detectives dig James Bond movies.
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Austin Rich:

↳ David (in London) @3:22
That movie rules! So weird.
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David (in London):

↳ Austin Rich @3:23
Cloris Leachman, too, sigh...
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Arvo Zylo:

↳ Song: "Goldfinger" by "Shirley Bassey"
I used to bartend very expensive catered events. One time there was a big scene for stockbrokers or something. There was a spiral staircase with a Shirley Bassey impersonator whose voice was even bigger. There were women in velvet dresses retrieving snacks from a little helicopter that lowered a tray down to her. Actual cars from the Bond movies were there for people to take photos in front of. I served the mayor, he was a dick.
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Austin Rich:

↳ David (in London) @3:24
Ooo-la-la!
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Krys O.:

Gotta jump off to prepare for commute home. Thanks so much for great radio!
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Austin Rich:

You can hear the hum of this machine that we used at that station to play our commercials. The motor was failing, and the whine was there 24 / 7, behind every VO. It's all I can hear these days when I listen back.
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Austin Rich:

↳ Krys O. @3:25
Good luck with the commute. See ya soon.
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David (in London):

↳ Krys O. @3:25
See you Krys.
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David (in London):

↳ Arvo Zylo @3:24
I don't whether to laugh or cry at that.
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Austin Rich:

I'll warn everyone now: I have to hop off for a meeting at 1 PM (my time) that I couldn't get out of. I'll keep my eyes on the stream, but I won't be able to be in the chat. Hopefully Arvo and Fab can keep you entertained.
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Arvo Zylo:

↳ David (in London) @3:22
I remember liking that one. It reminds me of Vertigo, which isn't necessarily noir, but is in my top ten.
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Arvo Zylo:

↳ Krys O. @3:25
Thanks for listening Krys O.!
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Arvo Zylo:

↳ Austin Rich @3:28
I will be making eggs, but otherwise on board!
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ironing:

sounds nice
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Austin Rich:

↳ Song: "Frankie Machine" by "Elmer Bernstein and Orchestra"
There's two volumes of this "Crime Jazz" series, but I only had the first one when I made this show. But I do recommend the discs in this series. Well worth listening to if you want a nice jazzy noir feeling around the house.
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Austin Rich:

↳ ironing @3:35
ironing! Thanks for droppin' in!
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ironing:

↳ Austin Rich @3:36
:)
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DJ Guin:

↳ Song: "Contract With Depravity" by "Kenyon Hopkins"
why is Johnny Ramone reciting poetry?
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Austin Rich:

↳ DJ Guin @3:39
Ha! That's "Detective Dexter Roland," hosting the show!
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DJ Guin:

"juan,too,tree,fore!" - Dee Dee
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WR:

Another day in the Mid Valley Mutations. Wow, big range I've missed this afternoon.
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Austin Rich:

↳ WR @3:45
WR! What a delight to see you.
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Otis Fodder:

Nice to tune in for a bit today. Off to close up work and embark upon a dinner plan. Thanks Austin & Arvo!
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Austin Rich:

↳ Otis Fodder @3:46
See ya next time, Otis!
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Arvo:

Thanks Otis! Enjoy dinner!
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Austin Rich:

↳ Song: "Life of Crime" by "The Spits"
I occasionally dream of being in a band that just tries to emulate The Spits.
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Arvo:

I have seen The Spits many times. First was in New Orleans on Halloween. Much fun.
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Austin Rich:

↳ Arvo @3:48
Agreed. Their live shows are great! But I've only caught them once.
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Mr Fab:

*ahem*

jungleroomrecords1.bandcamp.com...
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Austin Rich:

↳ Mr Fab @3:50
I need to get this still! Thanks for jogging my mind.
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David (in London):

↳ WR @3:45
Hey WR.
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Arvo:

I'm going to use the phrase "highly equitable" more often.
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Mr Fab:

The late great Warren Kolodny of KCRW compiled those Crime Jazz comps. In the pre-internet '90s he used to host Irwin Chusid as a guest DJ. I would tape these off the air, thinking: wow, this WFMU station sounds great.
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David (in London):

↳ Mr Fab @3:50
I've just purchased a copy. Thankee.
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Mr Fab:

↳ David (in London) @4:06
Wow, thank you, good sir!
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Mr Fab:

Austin is at his meeting, so I'm afraid i don't know the names of these tracks now.
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Mr Fab:

And I'll be in a meeting in about 15 or so, too.
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Aitch:

In the Arvo? And Austin.
Hey all.
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Arvo Zylo:

Ha, yes, Arvo in the Arvo, although my set finished over an hour ago. Hello Aitch!
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David (in London):

↳ Aitch @4:16
Hey Aitch.
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Mr Fab:

Ok, I'm out of my meeting. What'd I miss?
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Arvo Zylo:

I will be curious to see the updated playlist when Austin catches up! Some nice noise interludes and things, I recognized Big Black probably.
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Mr Fab:

Much thanks to the dynamic duo of Arvo & Austin!
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WR:

Be seeing you.

Thank you Austin and Arvo!
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David (in London):

Yeah, amazing show today. Thanks both.
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Arvo Zylo:

Thanks for sticking around!! And thanks for having me!
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Austin Rich:

Thanks for listening everyone! Hopefully ya'll enjoyed the show.
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Austin Rich:

↳ Arvo Zylo @4:49
Hopefully the tunes are as good as imagined.
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