WFMU: Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from April 2, 2024

Listener comments!
	🎸 ♥ 6:14pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	♥ 8:57pm Imaginos: Ahoy!
	🎸 ♥ 9:01pm Krys O.: Hi!
	🎸 ♥ 9:01pm Aitch: Let us all mutate
	🎸 ♥ 9:02pm Kat in the chat: on mute.. mute-ate that is
	9:03pm Mr. X: Just don't destroy all mutants...
	🎸 ♥ 9:05pm Kat in the chat: I see there's a Philly date... Mondays are tough, but not out of the question
	🎸 ♥ 9:08pm Austin Rich: More information about Sproton Layer: en.wikipedia.org...
	9:08pm ramencity: I don't always layer, but when I do - it's Sproton!
	🎸 ♥ 9:08pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @9:08 Hooray! Nice to see you in the chat!
	♥ 9:08pm Imaginos: ↳ Mr. X @9:03 Save the mutants!
	🎸 ♥ 9:09pm Austin Rich: And, Imaginos and Krys O, Aitch, Mr. X! Thanks for coming by!
	🎸 ♥ 9:10pm Austin Rich: It's so hectic behind the scenes at the top of the show, I do hope I greeted everyone! If I forgot, bear with me! You are loved and appreciated!
	♥ 9:11pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:09 Glad to join tonight. I keep nodding off but the show seems too cool to miss
	🎸 ♥ 9:11pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "The Blessing of the Dawn Source" by "Sproton Layer" The album that became "With Magnetic Fields Disrupted" was recorded in 1970, but released in 1991.
	🎸 ♥ 9:15pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Destroy A.M." by "Destroy All Monsters" Ben and his brother played in an experimental combo - Empool - and eventually the members of what would become "Destroy All Monsters" evolved out of their practice / jam sessions.
	🎸 ♥ 9:15pm Austin Rich: More information about Destroy All Monsters: en.wikipedia.org...
	9:17pm Arvo: Hi! Just got back from seeing the new Liam Neeson movie. Wishing everyone the best.
	🎸 ♥ 9:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @9:17 Arvo! Thanks for joining us tonight.
	♥ 9:17pm Imaginos: ↳ Arvo @9:17 Wishing the best back atcha
	🎸 ♥ 9:18pm Kat in the chat: Hi Arvo!
	9:20pm Arvo: ↳ Kat in the chat @9:18 Hi All!
	🎸 ♥ 9:20pm Austin Rich: The single we were talking about: sensoriumsaxphoneorchestra.bandcamp.com...
	🎸 ♥ 9:23pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Looking Down at the Ground at This and That" by "... Miller Twins is Ben and his twin brother, Lawrence.
	9:25pm Arvo: As a person who has put together brass drone ensembles, this is speaking my language, although I am not the biggest Beatles fan in the world... I have to admit I have never seen a single record by Destroy All Monsters in "the wild", which is a shame. It's good stuff.
	9:26pm Arvo: I love twins making music!
	9:26pm Arvo: Is this being promoted at all? I didn't see it on the newsletter...
	🎸 ♥ 9:26pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @9:25 Their records were hard to track down until I could just pay full prices online for them.
	🎸 ♥ 9:27pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @9:26 This was very last minute, and I couldn't get it in the promotions cycle.
	🎸 ♥ 9:28pm Austin Rich: The tour dates image at the top of the playlist is a digital image of a painting that Ben made.
	♥ 9:28pm Imaginos: Going to bed. I can't stay awake and the cat is demanding silence
	🎸 ♥ 9:28pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:28 Sleep well.
	♥ 9:28pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:28 Thank you
	9:29pm Arvo: I do enjoy an SK1 when it can loop especially. It's like a little mellotron if you play it right.
	🎸 ♥ 9:29pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @9:29 I've always wanted one. But now I can't really afford one.
	🎸 ♥ 9:30pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "The Arctic" by "Ben Miller" I believe this is unreleased, at this time.
	🎸 ♥ 9:38pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "The Bar" by "GKW" I believe this is unreleased, at this time.
	🎸 ♥ 9:40pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "25 Hours" by "Six Minutes To Think" I believe this is unreleased, at this time.
	9:40pm Arvo: Pretty sure I first heard Destroy All Monsters at WZRD, playing it on air as I heard them for the first time...
	🎸 ♥ 9:47pm Austin Rich: Here are some visual excerpts from the collaboration he was talking about, with the French artist, Franck Vigroux: youtu.be...
	9:48pm ramencity: "Ego Waffles"
	🎸 ♥ 9:48pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Reverse Coil Distinction With Altered Mirror" by ... I believe this group had all three of the musical Miller Brothers performing together. (Something they also did in Sproton Layer.)
	9:49pm Mr. X: Today I figured out how to listen to Sheena's in my car. Pretty proud of myself for tackling some newfangled technology.
	9:49pm Arvo: Always nice when a person's body of work makes a good freeform set.
	🎸 ♥ 9:50pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:49 Very cool! You can cruise around my old stomping grounds and play Sheena's.
	🎸 ♥ 9:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Reverse Coil Distinction With Altered Mirror" by ... As I understand it, the Miller Brothers recorded a lot of music growing up, and some of it has only just recently been released, in the last several years.
	9:52pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @9:50 Exactly so. I had "Music Only I Care About with Miss Mei" blasting out the window on the way to the pharmacy.
	9:55pm Ben: Thanks Austin!
	9:56pm ramencity: I do love me some Birdsongs of the Mesozoic... #BornInTheWrongTime
	9:57pm ramencity: fuck the holocene!
	9:57pm Ben: Roger also plays in The Anvil Orchestra
	🎸 ♥ 9:57pm Austin Rich: benmiller.info
	🎸 ♥ 10:03pm Austin Rich: You can find more of this performance here: www.youtube.com...
	🎸 ♥ 10:04pm Austin Rich: Does anyone have any questions for Ben? He's hangin' out in the chat with us.
	🎸 ♥ 10:06pm WR: Great episode tonight, Austin. I knew a little of Destroy All Monsters and also know of Birdsongs of the Mesozoic but didn't know of the Miller brothers and the various creativity spawned. A new old fan, here.
	🎸 ♥ 10:06pm Austin Rich: ↳ WR @10:06 WR! Thanks for poppin' in!
	🎸 ♥ 10:07pm Austin Rich: We had a small break in the stream! Sorry everyone!
	🎸 ♥ 10:08pm Austin Rich: I'll make sure to post a pristine version of this show to the archive, after the show!
	10:09pm Arvo: I heard of Birdsongs of The Mesozoic because my friends ONO played with them, and also I may have heard them name checked by Paul Lemos of Controlled Bleeding.
	🎸 ♥ 10:10pm Austin Rich: Here's a link to Ben's "In C" project: livingrecords.bandcamp.com...
	🎸 ♥ 10:11pm Kat in the chat: If I was still in the Midwest I'd be tempted to travel for that In C. I saw Bitchin Bajas do something similar in Chicago.
	10:11pm Arvo: It must be agony to have to wait twenty years for something to get released, either from record label red tape, "production hell", or bands breaking up, erc.
	🎸 ♥ 10:12pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:11 Or the thing that you do isn't "in vogue" yet.
	🎸 ♥ 10:12pm Kat in the chat: I'll be adding Ben's version to my In C collection on Bandcamp Friday :) thanks for posting the link Austin
	10:12pm Ben: Color of Sound CD https://livingrecords.bandcamp.com/album/color-of-sound
	🎸 ♥ 10:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ Ben @10:12 Oh! I was looking for that! Thanks.
	10:15pm ramencity: ↳ Song: "Sunken Gardens" by "Ben Miller" I am also digging this - bandcamp Friday here I come!
	🎸 ♥ 10:15pm Kat in the chat: ↳ ramencity @10:15 looks like lots to explore there
	🎸 ♥ 10:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Nox [Excerpt]" by "Anne Carson" Here's some audio from the Anne Carson performance we were discussing.
	🎸 ♥ 10:20pm Austin Rich: Here's a question I forgot to ask, Ben: Is "The Fourth World Quartet" a reference to Jack Kirby's "Fourth World" stories?
	10:20pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:17 Makes me think of Ken Nordine's "Kingdom of Noxt"
	🎸 ♥ 10:21pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:20 I could always go for some Ken Nordine.
	10:22pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:20 Joh Hassell had that Eno-produced Fourth World Music album
	10:23pm Mr. X: ↳ Mr. X @10:22 *Jon
	10:23pm Ben: NO, Austin. It was just sort of "beyond"...
	10:25pm Ben: I did stuff like The Eleventh Hour in NYC, off and on. But this group is more focused, and more traditional than I have played in decades.
	🎸 ♥ 10:26pm Austin Rich: Do you enjoy playing Sax, or Guitar, more?
	10:26pm Ben: Both, just different animals
	🎸 ♥ 10:27pm Austin Rich: I like playing my bass, but I think I just like playing music, as you say.
	10:29pm Arvo: Nice spy jazz vibe.
	🎸 ♥ 10:29pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:29 I was thinking it would be great for the next "Detective Marcus Little" installment that I write.
	10:30pm Arvo: Being from Chicago, talk of Ken Nordine warms my heart.
	10:30pm Ben: thanks yeah sort of film noir
	🎸 ♥ 10:30pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:30 I always think of you when I hear about Chicago stuff.
	🎸 ♥ 10:30pm Kat in the chat: I'm fading a bit, will be listening but getting ready for bed. Thanks! Really good show.
	🎸 ♥ 10:31pm Austin Rich: ↳ Kat in the chat @10:30 Thanks for hangin' in there, Kat! See ya next time.
	🎸 ♥ 10:31pm Aitch: ↳ Song: "Forest" by "Sproton Layer" this is fun
	10:33pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:30 Gaw shucks! Gawrsh! Thanks !
	🎸 ♥ 10:33pm Austin Rich: We really only get to scratch the surface in this show. Hopefully ya'll are inspired to do a little research, and find the albums that work for you.
	🎸 ♥ 10:34pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Saved by the Bell" by "Ben Miller" I think this one might be unreleased?
	10:34pm Ben: unreleased, label-search
	10:37pm Mr. X: ↳ Ben @10:34 I've been known to urge Austin to establish his own label.
	🎸 ♥ 10:37pm Austin Rich: I dig the drums on this track.
	🎸 ♥ 10:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:37 If only I had the resources! I totally would.
	🎸 ♥ 10:42pm Austin Rich: (And these dates are listed above, too, in the image at the top of the playlist.)
	🎸 ♥ 10:42pm Austin Rich: (Click the image to enlarge.)
	🎸 ♥ 10:44pm Austin Rich: You can find a lot of Ben's albums here: livingrecords.bandcamp.com
	🎸 ♥ 10:45pm Austin Rich: More Empool: empool.bandcamp.com
	10:50pm Ben: Thanks!
	🎸 ♥ 10:52pm WR: thanks for mentioning the tour dates image at the top of the playlist, I had passed over it earlier and was just looking around on Ben's website for tour deatails.
	10:52pm Arvo: Always an honor!
	🎸 ♥ 10:53pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "'Sters [Excerpt]" by "Empool" Ben: are there more Empool recordings from this era? This is great!
	10:54pm Mr. X: ↳ Ben @10:50 Always great to have the actual artist in the chat! Thanks for stopping by, Ben. I was unfamiliar with your work, and I must say, the sheer versatility of it all is amazing. I'm really enjoying the sounds!
	10:54pm Arvo: I had several Famous Monsters magazines but never that LP for some reason. I had a good amount of Halloween records.
	🎸 ♥ 10:55pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:54 I am a sucker for back-issues of Famous Monsters.
	10:55pm Mr. X: Excellent show tonight, Austin. Many thanks!
	10:55pm Arvo: I once scanned around 80 different eyeballs, mostly from that magazine...
	🎸 ♥ 10:56pm Aitch: Making me want to stop work and start tweaking with my Eurorack
	🎸 ♥ 10:57pm Austin Rich: Thanks everyone! I had fun. See ya'll next time?
	10:57pm Arvo: Ben and Austin, I will be doing an email blast soon, if you all want to prepare a little mp3 folder with a hi red photo and a good promo blurb, I will mention it. I don't have a huge list, but it's not small.
	10:57pm Arvo: *hi res
	10:59pm Mr. X: Happy Holocene!
	11:00pm Arvo: Ok, congrats on a job well done, have a good night.
	11:01pm Arvo: I don't know a thing about rhubarb

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from April 2, 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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April 2, 2024: An Interview w/ Ben Miller

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Approx. start time
	TOUR DATES "TOUR DATES"
(Backing Music during this interview is a long-form Mini-Mutations re-mix of a live ambient track, originally performed by youtube.com/@stateazure.)
Percolating "Percolating"
Ben Miller	Interview Introduction	Interview w/ Ben Miller 28 March 2024	Mid-Valley Mutations	2024	0:00:25 (Pop-up)
Shadows In Blue	Mid-Valley Mutations Opening Theme	Mid-Valley Mutations Opening Theme	Self-Released	2024	0:00:45 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: The Sensorium Saxophone Orchestra	Little Church	Little Church		2015	0:02:19 (Pop-up)
Days of Diamonds "Days of Diamonds"
Ben Miller	Interview Excerpt 1 "Interview Excerpt 1" by "Ben Miller"	Interview w/ Ben Miller 28 March 2024	Mid-Valley Mutations	2024	0:05:48 (Pop-up)
Sproton Layer	The Blessing of the Dawn Source	With Magnetic Fields Disrupted	New Alliance	1970 / 1991	0:07:35 (Pop-up)
Ben Miller	Interview Excerpt 2 "Interview Excerpt 2" by "Ben Miller"	Interview w/ Ben Miller 28 March 2024	Mid-Valley Mutations	2024	0:11:22 (Pop-up)
Destroy All Monsters	Destroy A.M.	Days of Diamonds EP	Black Hole Records	1979	0:14:16 (Pop-up)
Ben Miller	Interview Excerpt 3 "Interview Excerpt 3" by "Ben Miller"	Interview w/ Ben Miller 28 March 2024	Mid-Valley Mutations	2024	0:18:22 (Pop-up)
Miller Twins	Looking Down at the Ground at This and That	Early Compositions 1973-1976	Cuneiform Records	1974/2023	0:22:48 (Pop-up)
Ben Miller	Interview Excerpt 4 "Interview Excerpt 4" by "Ben Miller"	Interview w/ Ben Miller 28 March 2024	Mid-Valley Mutations	2024	0:27:02 (Pop-up)
Ben Miller	The Arctic "The Arctic" by "Ben Miller"				0:29:49 (Pop-up)
Ben Miller	Interview Excerpt 5 "Interview Excerpt 5" by "Ben Miller"	Interview w/ Ben Miller 28 March 2024	Mid-Valley Mutations	2024	0:36:40 (Pop-up)
GKW	The Bar "The Bar" by "GKW"	The Bar		1983	0:38:09 (Pop-up)
Ben Miller	Interview Excerpt 6 "Interview Excerpt 6" by "Ben Miller"	Interview w/ Ben Miller 28 March 2024	Mid-Valley Mutations	2024	0:39:05 (Pop-up)
Six Minutes To Think	25 Hours "25 Hours" by "Six Minutes To Think"			1990	0:40:13 (Pop-up)
Ben Miller	Interview Excerpt 7 "Interview Excerpt 7" by "Ben Miller"	Interview w/ Ben Miller 28 March 2024	Mid-Valley Mutations	2024	0:43:07 (Pop-up)
The Fourth World Quartet	Reverse Coil Distinction With Altered Mirror	1975	Cuneiform Records	1975 / 2021	0:48:02 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: M3	Plow "Plow" by "M3"	Unearthing	Sublingual Records	2001	0:52:02 (Pop-up)
Forgotten Kings "Forgotten Kings"
Ben Miller	Interview Excerpt 8 "Interview Excerpt 8" by "Ben Miller"	Interview w/ Ben Miller 28 March 2024	Mid-Valley Mutations	2024	0:59:49 (Pop-up)
Sproton Layer	Forest "Forest" by "Sproton Layer"	Live 14 June 2013	Unreleaesd	2013	1:02:07 (Pop-up)
Ben Miller	Interview Excerpt 9 "Interview Excerpt 9" by "Ben Miller"	Interview w/ Ben Miller 28 March 2024	Mid-Valley Mutations	2024	1:07:16 (Pop-up)
Ben Miller	Sunken Gardens "Sunken Gardens" by "Ben Miller"	Color of Sound	Living Records	2013	1:11:32 (Pop-up)
Ben Miller	Interview Excerpt 10 "Interview Excerpt 10" by "Ben Miller"	Interview w/ Ben Miller 28 March 2024	Mid-Valley Mutations	2024	1:14:56 (Pop-up)
Anne Carson	Nox [Excerpt] "Nox [Excerpt]" by "Anne Carson"	https://youtu.be/zJSZXuGNp08?si=vnS1U6eJcuC4xy4z		2011	1:17:26 (Pop-up)
Ben Miller	Interview Excerpt 11 "Interview Excerpt 11" by "Ben Miller"	Interview w/ Ben Miller 28 March 2024	Mid-Valley Mutations	2024	1:23:43 (Pop-up)
The Eleventh Hour	Snail "Snail" by "The Eleventh Hour"	Under The Wire	Living Records	2023	1:24:05 (Pop-up)
Ben Miller	Interview Excerpt 12 "Interview Excerpt 12" by "Ben Miller"	Interview w/ Ben Miller 28 March 2024	Mid-Valley Mutations	2024	1:28:22 (Pop-up)
Miller-Ruby	Blasé "Blasé" by "Miller-Ruby"	Thought Crime	Living Records	2021	1:30:31 (Pop-up)
Ben Miller	Interview Excerpt 13 "Interview Excerpt 13" by "Ben Miller"	Interview w/ Ben Miller 28 March 2024	Mid-Valley Mutations	2024	1:33:23 (Pop-up)
Ben Miller	Saved by the Bell "Saved by the Bell" by "Ben Miller"				1:33:47 (Pop-up)
Ben Miller	Interview Excerpt 14 "Interview Excerpt 14" by "Ben Miller"	Interview w/ Ben Miller 28 March 2024	Mid-Valley Mutations	2024	1:38:34 (Pop-up)
Third Border	Forgotten Kings "Forgotten Kings" by "Third Border"	Sun of Water, Sea of Light	Living Records	2006	1:39:37 (Pop-up)
Ben Miller	Interview Excerpt 15 "Interview Excerpt 15" by "Ben Miller"	Interview w/ Ben Miller 28 March 2024	Mid-Valley Mutations	2024	1:41:49 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Empool	'Sters [Excerpt] "'Sters [Excerpt]" by "Empool"	May 9th 1978	Self-Released	2020	1:46:48 (Pop-up)
Who? "Who?"
Non-fiction	Who's Running The World?	Who's Running The World	Living Records	1982	1:56:11 (Pop-up)
Ben Miller	Interview Outro "Interview Outro" by "Ben Miller"	Interview w/ Ben Miller 28 March 2024	Mid-Valley Mutations	2024	1:59:03 (Pop-up)
Shadows In Blue	Mid-Valley Mutations Closing Theme	Mid-Valley Mutations Closing Theme	Self-Released	2024	1:59:32 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	🎸 ♥ 6:14pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	♥ 8:57pm Imaginos: Ahoy!
	🎸 ♥ 9:01pm Krys O.: Hi!
	🎸 ♥ 9:01pm Aitch: Let us all mutate
	🎸 ♥ 9:02pm Kat in the chat: on mute.. mute-ate that is
	9:03pm Mr. X: Just don't destroy all mutants...
	🎸 ♥ 9:05pm Kat in the chat: I see there's a Philly date... Mondays are tough, but not out of the question
	🎸 ♥ 9:08pm Austin Rich: More information about Sproton Layer: en.wikipedia.org...
	9:08pm ramencity: I don't always layer, but when I do - it's Sproton!
	🎸 ♥ 9:08pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @9:08 Hooray! Nice to see you in the chat!
	♥ 9:08pm Imaginos: ↳ Mr. X @9:03 Save the mutants!
	🎸 ♥ 9:09pm Austin Rich: And, Imaginos and Krys O, Aitch, Mr. X! Thanks for coming by!
	🎸 ♥ 9:10pm Austin Rich: It's so hectic behind the scenes at the top of the show, I do hope I greeted everyone! If I forgot, bear with me! You are loved and appreciated!
	♥ 9:11pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:09 Glad to join tonight. I keep nodding off but the show seems too cool to miss
	🎸 ♥ 9:11pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "The Blessing of the Dawn Source" by "Sproton Layer" The album that became "With Magnetic Fields Disrupted" was recorded in 1970, but released in 1991.
	🎸 ♥ 9:15pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Destroy A.M." by "Destroy All Monsters" Ben and his brother played in an experimental combo - Empool - and eventually the members of what would become "Destroy All Monsters" evolved out of their practice / jam sessions.
	🎸 ♥ 9:15pm Austin Rich: More information about Destroy All Monsters: en.wikipedia.org...
	9:17pm Arvo: Hi! Just got back from seeing the new Liam Neeson movie. Wishing everyone the best.
	🎸 ♥ 9:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @9:17 Arvo! Thanks for joining us tonight.
	♥ 9:17pm Imaginos: ↳ Arvo @9:17 Wishing the best back atcha
	🎸 ♥ 9:18pm Kat in the chat: Hi Arvo!
	9:20pm Arvo: ↳ Kat in the chat @9:18 Hi All!
	🎸 ♥ 9:20pm Austin Rich: The single we were talking about: sensoriumsaxphoneorchestra.bandcamp.com...
	🎸 ♥ 9:23pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Looking Down at the Ground at This and That" by "... Miller Twins is Ben and his twin brother, Lawrence.
	9:25pm Arvo: As a person who has put together brass drone ensembles, this is speaking my language, although I am not the biggest Beatles fan in the world... I have to admit I have never seen a single record by Destroy All Monsters in "the wild", which is a shame. It's good stuff.
	9:26pm Arvo: I love twins making music!
	9:26pm Arvo: Is this being promoted at all? I didn't see it on the newsletter...
	🎸 ♥ 9:26pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @9:25 Their records were hard to track down until I could just pay full prices online for them.
	🎸 ♥ 9:27pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @9:26 This was very last minute, and I couldn't get it in the promotions cycle.
	🎸 ♥ 9:28pm Austin Rich: The tour dates image at the top of the playlist is a digital image of a painting that Ben made.
	♥ 9:28pm Imaginos: Going to bed. I can't stay awake and the cat is demanding silence
	🎸 ♥ 9:28pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:28 Sleep well.
	♥ 9:28pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:28 Thank you
	9:29pm Arvo: I do enjoy an SK1 when it can loop especially. It's like a little mellotron if you play it right.
	🎸 ♥ 9:29pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @9:29 I've always wanted one. But now I can't really afford one.
	🎸 ♥ 9:30pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "The Arctic" by "Ben Miller" I believe this is unreleased, at this time.
	🎸 ♥ 9:38pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "The Bar" by "GKW" I believe this is unreleased, at this time.
	🎸 ♥ 9:40pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "25 Hours" by "Six Minutes To Think" I believe this is unreleased, at this time.
	9:40pm Arvo: Pretty sure I first heard Destroy All Monsters at WZRD, playing it on air as I heard them for the first time...
	🎸 ♥ 9:47pm Austin Rich: Here are some visual excerpts from the collaboration he was talking about, with the French artist, Franck Vigroux: youtu.be...
	9:48pm ramencity: "Ego Waffles"
	🎸 ♥ 9:48pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Reverse Coil Distinction With Altered Mirror" by ... I believe this group had all three of the musical Miller Brothers performing together. (Something they also did in Sproton Layer.)
	9:49pm Mr. X: Today I figured out how to listen to Sheena's in my car. Pretty proud of myself for tackling some newfangled technology.
	9:49pm Arvo: Always nice when a person's body of work makes a good freeform set.
	🎸 ♥ 9:50pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:49 Very cool! You can cruise around my old stomping grounds and play Sheena's.
	🎸 ♥ 9:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Reverse Coil Distinction With Altered Mirror" by ... As I understand it, the Miller Brothers recorded a lot of music growing up, and some of it has only just recently been released, in the last several years.
	9:52pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @9:50 Exactly so. I had "Music Only I Care About with Miss Mei" blasting out the window on the way to the pharmacy.
	9:55pm Ben: Thanks Austin!
	9:56pm ramencity: I do love me some Birdsongs of the Mesozoic... #BornInTheWrongTime
	9:57pm ramencity: fuck the holocene!
	9:57pm Ben: Roger also plays in The Anvil Orchestra
	🎸 ♥ 9:57pm Austin Rich: benmiller.info
	🎸 ♥ 10:03pm Austin Rich: You can find more of this performance here: www.youtube.com...
	🎸 ♥ 10:04pm Austin Rich: Does anyone have any questions for Ben? He's hangin' out in the chat with us.
	🎸 ♥ 10:06pm WR: Great episode tonight, Austin. I knew a little of Destroy All Monsters and also know of Birdsongs of the Mesozoic but didn't know of the Miller brothers and the various creativity spawned. A new old fan, here.
	🎸 ♥ 10:06pm Austin Rich: ↳ WR @10:06 WR! Thanks for poppin' in!
	🎸 ♥ 10:07pm Austin Rich: We had a small break in the stream! Sorry everyone!
	🎸 ♥ 10:08pm Austin Rich: I'll make sure to post a pristine version of this show to the archive, after the show!
	10:09pm Arvo: I heard of Birdsongs of The Mesozoic because my friends ONO played with them, and also I may have heard them name checked by Paul Lemos of Controlled Bleeding.
	🎸 ♥ 10:10pm Austin Rich: Here's a link to Ben's "In C" project: livingrecords.bandcamp.com...
	🎸 ♥ 10:11pm Kat in the chat: If I was still in the Midwest I'd be tempted to travel for that In C. I saw Bitchin Bajas do something similar in Chicago.
	10:11pm Arvo: It must be agony to have to wait twenty years for something to get released, either from record label red tape, "production hell", or bands breaking up, erc.
	🎸 ♥ 10:12pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:11 Or the thing that you do isn't "in vogue" yet.
	🎸 ♥ 10:12pm Kat in the chat: I'll be adding Ben's version to my In C collection on Bandcamp Friday :) thanks for posting the link Austin
	10:12pm Ben: Color of Sound CD https://livingrecords.bandcamp.com/album/color-of-sound
	🎸 ♥ 10:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ Ben @10:12 Oh! I was looking for that! Thanks.
	10:15pm ramencity: ↳ Song: "Sunken Gardens" by "Ben Miller" I am also digging this - bandcamp Friday here I come!
	🎸 ♥ 10:15pm Kat in the chat: ↳ ramencity @10:15 looks like lots to explore there
	🎸 ♥ 10:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Nox [Excerpt]" by "Anne Carson" Here's some audio from the Anne Carson performance we were discussing.
	🎸 ♥ 10:20pm Austin Rich: Here's a question I forgot to ask, Ben: Is "The Fourth World Quartet" a reference to Jack Kirby's "Fourth World" stories?
	10:20pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:17 Makes me think of Ken Nordine's "Kingdom of Noxt"
	🎸 ♥ 10:21pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:20 I could always go for some Ken Nordine.
	10:22pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:20 Joh Hassell had that Eno-produced Fourth World Music album
	10:23pm Mr. X: ↳ Mr. X @10:22 *Jon
	10:23pm Ben: NO, Austin. It was just sort of "beyond"...
	10:25pm Ben: I did stuff like The Eleventh Hour in NYC, off and on. But this group is more focused, and more traditional than I have played in decades.
	🎸 ♥ 10:26pm Austin Rich: Do you enjoy playing Sax, or Guitar, more?
	10:26pm Ben: Both, just different animals
	🎸 ♥ 10:27pm Austin Rich: I like playing my bass, but I think I just like playing music, as you say.
	10:29pm Arvo: Nice spy jazz vibe.
	🎸 ♥ 10:29pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:29 I was thinking it would be great for the next "Detective Marcus Little" installment that I write.
	10:30pm Arvo: Being from Chicago, talk of Ken Nordine warms my heart.
	10:30pm Ben: thanks yeah sort of film noir
	🎸 ♥ 10:30pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:30 I always think of you when I hear about Chicago stuff.
	🎸 ♥ 10:30pm Kat in the chat: I'm fading a bit, will be listening but getting ready for bed. Thanks! Really good show.
	🎸 ♥ 10:31pm Austin Rich: ↳ Kat in the chat @10:30 Thanks for hangin' in there, Kat! See ya next time.
	🎸 ♥ 10:31pm Aitch: ↳ Song: "Forest" by "Sproton Layer" this is fun
	10:33pm Arvo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:30 Gaw shucks! Gawrsh! Thanks !
	🎸 ♥ 10:33pm Austin Rich: We really only get to scratch the surface in this show. Hopefully ya'll are inspired to do a little research, and find the albums that work for you.
	🎸 ♥ 10:34pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Saved by the Bell" by "Ben Miller" I think this one might be unreleased?
	10:34pm Ben: unreleased, label-search
	10:37pm Mr. X: ↳ Ben @10:34 I've been known to urge Austin to establish his own label.
	🎸 ♥ 10:37pm Austin Rich: I dig the drums on this track.
	🎸 ♥ 10:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:37 If only I had the resources! I totally would.
	🎸 ♥ 10:42pm Austin Rich: (And these dates are listed above, too, in the image at the top of the playlist.)
	🎸 ♥ 10:42pm Austin Rich: (Click the image to enlarge.)
	🎸 ♥ 10:44pm Austin Rich: You can find a lot of Ben's albums here: livingrecords.bandcamp.com
	🎸 ♥ 10:45pm Austin Rich: More Empool: empool.bandcamp.com
	10:50pm Ben: Thanks!
	🎸 ♥ 10:52pm WR: thanks for mentioning the tour dates image at the top of the playlist, I had passed over it earlier and was just looking around on Ben's website for tour deatails.
	10:52pm Arvo: Always an honor!
	🎸 ♥ 10:53pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "'Sters [Excerpt]" by "Empool" Ben: are there more Empool recordings from this era? This is great!
	10:54pm Mr. X: ↳ Ben @10:50 Always great to have the actual artist in the chat! Thanks for stopping by, Ben. I was unfamiliar with your work, and I must say, the sheer versatility of it all is amazing. I'm really enjoying the sounds!
	10:54pm Arvo: I had several Famous Monsters magazines but never that LP for some reason. I had a good amount of Halloween records.
	🎸 ♥ 10:55pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo @10:54 I am a sucker for back-issues of Famous Monsters.
	10:55pm Mr. X: Excellent show tonight, Austin. Many thanks!
	10:55pm Arvo: I once scanned around 80 different eyeballs, mostly from that magazine...
	🎸 ♥ 10:56pm Aitch: Making me want to stop work and start tweaking with my Eurorack
	🎸 ♥ 10:57pm Austin Rich: Thanks everyone! I had fun. See ya'll next time?
	10:57pm Arvo: Ben and Austin, I will be doing an email blast soon, if you all want to prepare a little mp3 folder with a hi red photo and a good promo blurb, I will mention it. I don't have a huge list, but it's not small.
	10:57pm Arvo: *hi res
	10:59pm Mr. X: Happy Holocene!
	11:00pm Arvo: Ok, congrats on a job well done, have a good night.
	11:01pm Arvo: I don't know a thing about rhubarb

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from April 2, 2024

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