WFMU: Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from June 11, 2024

Listener comments!
	👻 7:01pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	👻 8:08pm Austin Rich: Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.
	8:57pm Imaginos: Ahoy!
	9:00pm Mr. X: Have a cigar, you're gonna go far You're gonna fly, you're never gonna die...
	👻 9:01pm Austin Rich: Thanks for joining us, Imaginos and Mr. X! I'll meet you two at the drop site.
	9:01pm Krys O.: Hey!
	9:01pm Geoff-U: Hello!
	👻 9:01pm Austin Rich: Krys O! Geoff-U! I hope you brought your decoder rings.
	👻 9:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Politicians In My Eyes" by "Death" On their reunion tour, Death came to PDX, and I regret not going to that show often.
	9:03pm Krys O.: ↳ Song: "Politicians In My Eyes" by "Death" I love Death!
	👻 9:03pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:03 This blew my mind in 2009 when I finally heard it. It is such a great record!
	9:14pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "I Wanna Grow Up To Be A Politician" by "The Byrds" Good choice.
	👻 9:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:00 I almost considered that tune.
	👻 9:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @8:57 As usual, wonderful to see you in the chat.
	👻 9:15pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:14 I get that song stuck in my head all the time.
	👻 9:16pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @9:01 Always a pleasure to see you in the chat. We should get together for some food on the patio soon!
	👻 9:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Passport Please" by "Porest" After first hearing this Porest album, I couldn't help but think that he was riffing on, "Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him."
	👻 9:19pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Passport Please" by "Porest" One of the best shows I saw in 2016 was Porest and Sir Richard Bishop at Turn Turn Turn! in PDX.
	9:21pm Krys O.: G'night, all!
	👻 9:21pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:21 Sleep well, Krys O!
	👻 9:22pm **** **: For your protection, Big Brother has decided to censor my account.
	9:25pm Mr. X: When I saw Bad Brains in Portland, H.R. went through the motions of singing into his microphone, but he didn't make a sound. I guess he was resting his instrument, throat. I felt ripped off, but the rest of the band was great.
	👻 9:26pm **** **: ↳ Mr. X @9:25 I never saw them, though I do love that first record quite a bit.
	👻 9:28pm **** **: ↳ Song: "Right Wing Pigeons" by "Dead Milkmen" I appreciate that the album version of this song is generic enough, that it could apply to every president. When they play it live, they always change it for the current president.
	9:35pm Geoff-U: ↳ Austin Rich @9:16 Heck yeah!
	👻 9:39pm **** **: ↳ Song: "Let's All Smoke" by "The Heats" According to secret records I found, this band is a vintage power pop group, but I think it was the 1998 re-issue that made them known to a larger audience.
	👻 9:40pm **** **: In the parlance of "Closet Radio" (a show that I miss dearly), apparently I'm a sucker for that "Powder Puff" music.
	👻 9:42pm **** **: ↳ Song: "Soapbox Cutter" by "Porest" This song always makes me dance.
	9:43pm Imaginos: Getting sleepy
	👻 9:43pm **** **: ↳ Song: "Soapbox Cutter" by "Porest" I was told that Sir Richard Bishop may have appeared as a guitar player on this track, but you know how much you can trust that kind of thing.
	👻 9:43pm **** **: ↳ Imaginos @9:43 Sleep well!
	9:43pm Imaginos: ↳ **** ** @9:43 Thank you
	9:44pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Soapbox Cutter" by "Porest" I was trying to fave-star this one, but apparently I already did. Damn, I have such good taste.
	👻 9:45pm **** **: ↳ Mr. X @9:44 This whole album is a real tear-down of American politics. It's among my favorites, personally.
	👻 9:46pm **** **: "They got their masters and their shit PHDs. But they're as stupid as a stupid can be..."
	👻 9:47pm **** **: ↳ Song: "The Politics of Time" by "Minutemen" I love the ridiculous guitar solo on this one.
	👻 9:49pm **** **: ↳ Song: "Bad Politics" by "Yo La Tengo" I have been quoted as saying in the past, "There is a Yo La Tengo song for every occasion." I can neither confirm nor deny that this happened.
	👻 9:53pm **** **: ↳ Song: "Great Cop" by "Fugazi" Cheeze it! It's the Heat!
	👻 9:53pm **** **: ↳ Song: "Great Cop" by "Fugazi" I ain't sayin' nothin'.
	9:53pm WR: delurk RE: Firesign Theatre, though I have nearly all their releases on Columbia Records from when they were originally released, last I looked, digitally they could be found on You Tube. Plus they have released a lot of material old and relatively recent which is available via their website www.firesigntheatre.com or bandcamp firesigntheatre.bandcamp.com... Ex-Sheena's dj ironybread did interesting program for a couple of years wfmu.org... No Firesign material in his show because he has edited / produced much of what has been issued / reissued in the last 10 years. relurk
	👻 9:55pm **** **: ↳ WR @9:53 I love ironybread! That guy is the secret behind so many amazing releases.
	👻 9:56pm **** **: ↳ Song: "Who Are They? (Live)" by "Stick Against Stone" A little bird told me we might know someone in this band.
	9:56pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Who Are They? (Live)" by "Stick Against Stone" Who Are They? lyrics by Robert "Xeres" Shepard [It seems certain] people, human beings, Think they ought to take charge, rule the world. Napoleon Bonaparte. KGB and Mafia. Should I wonder about human beings? What is inside their minds? Who are they? Exxon, Gulf, and OPEC. Bilderburg and FBI. If I knew why they must rule the world We could talk it over. Who are they? The Illuminati. Alexander the Great. They play a very thrilling game. Perhaps they feel it burning in their guts. To learn the art of killing shame The soul must carve out deep, deep ruts. Is there danger to know who are they? Would I forgive their fate as human beings? Holy Roman Empire. Trilateral Commission. Can they crush what I say? Who are they? Their names and hearts secret. Who are they? Jerry Falwell. The Visagoths and Vandals Is there something that cries "human being" Behind the need to rule? Who are they? Ronald Reagan. Sauron the Dark Lord. My sympathy is hard to generate For those who are so big and mean. But that's the shadow of my own fear and hate Which is cast upon what should be clean. It seems certain people, human beings, Think they ought to take charge, rule the world. The CIA. Adolph Hitler. Is there something that cries "human being" Behind the need to rule? Who are they? Cosa Nostra. The Fortune 500. Is there something that cries "human being" Behind the need to rule? Who are they? Ahkenahten. Listen to me I am right! My sympathy is hard to generate For those who are so big and mean. But that's the shadow of my own fear and hate Which is cast upon what is clean. They play a very thrilling game. Perhaps they feel it burning in their guts. To learn the art of killing shame The soul must carve out deep, deep ruts. Deep, deep ruts. Deep, deep ruts. Perhaps they feel it burning in their guts. To learn the art of killing shame The soul must carve out deep, deep ruts.
	9:56pm Mr. X: ↳ Mr. X @9:56 Recorded live at the Eugene Saturday Market Eugene, Oregon July 6th, 1985 Personnel: Sari Jozokos Morninghawk - vocals Daniel Ramirez - guitar Richard Vitale - drums David Soule - bass Robert "Xeres" Shepard - saxophone Will Kreth - sound engineer
	👻 9:57pm **** **: ↳ Mr. X @9:56 Very cool! Now I know.
	9:57pm Mr. X: ↳ Mr. X @9:56 Info about Stick Against Stone: Wikipedia article: en.wikipedia.org... BandCamp page: stickagainststone.bandcamp.com Discogs listing: www.discogs.com... FaceBook page: www.facebook.com... YouTube channel: www.youtube.com...
	👻 9:59pm **** **: I do like that you equate Reagan with Sauron. It really felt like it, didn't it?
	9:59pm Mr. X: Thanks for playing my old band!
	10:01pm Mr. X: ↳ **** ** @9:59 I was once within 20 feet of Ronald Reagan, before he became president. I felt a sense of queasy despair in the pit of my stomach.
	👻 10:01pm **** **: ↳ Mr. X @10:01 Yikes! That is too close.
	10:01pm wenzo: Salutations Austinius & Sheena’s Denizens
	👻 10:01pm **** **: ↳ wenzo @10:01 wenzo! Your secret's safe with us.
	10:06pm Barno (from Akron): How do you do, fellow kids?
	10:07pm Hunterian: I feel like I just fell into a room that has no exit but am fine with that
	👻 10:11pm **** **: ↳ Hunterian @10:07 Don't worry. They come to let us out when they have decided what is best for us.
	10:11pm Mr. X: Love those dinky Shriner cars.
	10:12pm Hunterian: ↳ **** ** @10:11 Well that's a relief (but what if I don't want to be let out?)
	👻 10:13pm **** **: ↳ Hunterian @10:12 As Devo taught us: Freedom of choice, man. You do you.
	👻 10:13pm **** **: ↳ Mr. X @10:11 They're pretty great. I always wanted a fez, too, after seeing them in those "Life In Hell" comics.
	10:14pm Hunterian: ↳ **** ** @10:13 I'm prepared for as much DKs as is necessary
	👻 10:15pm **** **: ↳ Hunterian @10:14 There's always room for Jello.
	10:15pm Hunterian: ↳ **** ** @10:15 BOOM—YES!!!
	👻 10:17pm **** **: ↳ Hunterian @10:15 I really felt like I discovered something important when I first heard them as a youth. I have Semi-Colin of the hardcore band "/root_DIR" to thank for first playing them for me.
	👻 10:19pm **** **: I was reading about the secret true history of Firesign Theater, and I was reminded that a few of their albums were nominated for Science Fiction awards, as there is a strange sort of "predicting the near future" quality to their albums.
	👻 10:19pm **** **: ↳ Song: "Diplomat Smile" by "Porest" This one also makes me dance.
	10:20pm Hunterian: ↳ **** ** @10:17 I was turned on to them by Little Bobby Tables
	10:23pm Mr. X: Am I remembering right that Porest has played live on your show before?
	👻 10:24pm **** **: ↳ Mr. X @10:23 I wish! No, I just went to see him, and we chatted a bunch at his show. I would love to have him on my show, if anyone out there can make that happen!
	10:24pm Geoff-U: Funny coincidence, I smoked two cigarettes last night. It was mildly enjoyable. Since wife quit smoking I almost never do but I was around friends smoking and had had a few beers...
	👻 10:25pm **** **: ↳ Geoff-U @10:24 I smoked for many years. I finally quit tobacco, but I think about smoking a lot. I should probably do something about that someday.
	👻 10:26pm **** **: ↳ Geoff-U @10:24 Initially, I was looking for all stuff about cigarettes and cigars, but I wasn't coming up with as much stuff as I thought I would.
	👻 10:28pm **** **: ↳ Song: "The Republic" by "Gang of Four" I am at a point in my life where I just want to listen to Gang of Four albums and imagine a better world.
	👻 10:29pm **** **: ↳ Song: "Nov. 22" by "Destroy All Monsters" If all goes well, I will record an interview with the other Miller Twin - Lawrence Miller - very soon, so that I'll have a matched set to go with the interview I did with Ben Miller.
	10:29pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Nov. 22" by "Destroy All Monsters" The obligatory Kennedy assassination conspiracy song.
	👻 10:30pm **** **: ↳ Mr. X @10:29 A conspiracy I grow less and less interested in as time goes on, in spite of reading far too many books on the subject in the 90's.
	10:33pm Mr. X: ↳ **** ** @10:30 When I was a teen, I had a poster on my wall about all the coincidences between Kennedy and Lincoln.
	👻 10:33pm Heather: My smoke filled room here is only a lil incense plume but I've been tuned in and digging the show! Hi all!
	👻 10:35pm **** **: ↳ Mr. X @10:33 I recall a friend when I was in High School who had that poster, too.
	👻 10:35pm **** **: ↳ Heather @10:33 Thanks for droppin' in! Hopefully you are enjoying the Boardroom sample I keep talking over.
	10:36pm Mr. X: ↳ Heather @10:33 What flavor of incense?
	👻 10:36pm **** **: ↳ Song: "Smoke Rings" by "Michelene Impossible" One of those Grunge acts from the 90's that got lost in the shuffle of some of the other more famous bands from Seattle in that era. I'm not super familiar, but I do like this song, and I wish there had been more of this in those days.
	👻 10:36pm Heather: ↳ **** ** @10:35 I absolutely am! I'm also compiling a mental list of cigar and cigarette songs and should put that on paper before I forget!
	👻 10:37pm Heather: ↳ Mr. X @10:36 Myrrh going on this week! It's nice. Light and pleasant. Gotta get me some classic nag champa soon, though.
	10:40pm Mr. X: ↳ Heather @10:37 Very nice. My favorite is Primo's Night Queen. I have some nag champa too.
	👻 10:41pm Heather: ↳ Mr. X @10:40 Oo, I'll have to check put this Primo's Night Queen!
	10:42pm Mr. X: ↳ Heather @10:41 In the triangular box, like a Toblerone.
	👻 10:44pm Heather: ↳ Mr. X @10:42 Ah! I have a lot of the Hem brand in the hexagonal box. I'll look for the triangle one next time!
	👻 10:45pm **** **: What kind of tea is everyone drinking? (It's tea and incense talk here in the chat.)
	👻 10:46pm **** **: ↳ Song: "They Saved Hitler's Cock" by "The Angry Samoans" There is a part of me that thinks about the Angry Samoans more than I probably should.
	10:46pm Geoff-U: Hahaha classic A.S. track :D
	10:47pm Mr. X: ↳ **** ** @10:45 My go-to is usually licorice root.
	👻 10:47pm Heather: ↳ **** ** @10:45 Lavender! I love tea!
	👻 10:48pm Heather: ↳ Mr. X @10:47 That's delicious, for sure.
	👻 10:49pm **** **: I drink more tea now than I ever used to, but I'm sort of a noob. I'm not really familiar with anything, beyond, "I found this in our cabinet, so Marla must have bought it."
	10:50pm Barno in Akron: Howdy everyone! I was enjoying the show from the car - now, typing safe from my office :)
	10:50pm Mr. X: Astute conspiracy investigators will note a preponderance of bands starting with A through G. There is a specific reason for this which we shall not divulge.
	👻 10:51pm Heather: ↳ **** ** @10:49 Marla knows what she's doing. I'm sure you have delicious tea there!
	👻 10:51pm **** **: "I'm not done yet. I'm still talking." Fuck yeah?
	👻 10:51pm Heather: ↳ **** ** @10:51 Yesss!
	👻 10:51pm **** **: ↳ Song: "The Field Recording Part 3" by "Porest" This one makes me dance, too. Porest makes me dance.
	👻 10:52pm **** **: ↳ Heather @10:51 Only... she said some pretty awful things, so... I'm happy and sad at the same time?
	👻 10:53pm **** **: ↳ Song: "Spanish Bombs" by "The Clash" I think about this album once a week.
	👻 10:54pm **** **: ↳ Barno in Akron @10:50 Thanks for safely joining us, Barno. I hope the mission was a success?
	👻 10:54pm Heather: ↳ **** ** @10:52 I have to cheer a woman saying she's still talking!
	10:55pm Geoff-U: Hahaha
	10:56pm Geoff-U: This Porest stuff is really cool
	10:56pm Geoff-U: not familiar with it
	👻 10:56pm **** **: ↳ Geoff-U @10:55 That Porest album is fantastic. Well worth it, if anyone doesn't already have his stuff.
	👻 10:56pm **** **: porest.bandcamp.com
	10:57pm Barno in Akron: ↳ **** ** @10:54 Taking my son to work... he doesn't drive and got a job 20 minutes from home - Hahaha!
	👻 10:57pm **** **: ↳ Song: "The Conspiracy Song" by "The Dead Milkmen" A very underrated Milkmen record.
	👻 10:58pm **** **: ↳ Barno in Akron @10:57 That's a very nice dad move. And driving is sort of a "Dad Move."
	10:58pm Mr. X: Fun show tonight, Austin! Thanks!
	👻 10:59pm **** **: ↳ Mr. X @10:58 There's more, for people who can stay a bit into the next hour...
	10:59pm Barno in Akron: ↳ **** ** @10:58 Hahaha, and picking him up from work at 5:30AM is a "Mom Move." :)
	10:59pm Mr. X: ↳ **** ** @10:59 Cool, I'll stick around.
	👻 11:06pm Heather Z: I'm here for the rest but saying good night to the chat! Thanks for a great show, Austin and Mr. X, and have a great night everyone!
	11:07pm Geoff-U: Thanks for the great show!!
	👻 11:09pm **** **: ↳ Song: "Rooms For The Memory" by "Michael Hutchence" The day that Michael Hutchence died, we watched this movie. It was a pretty sad night. I think about this movie and soundtrack a lot, and have been tempted to try and track down copies of both the movie and soundtraci. (I have a digital copy of the soundtrack, that I made from a cassette I found.) But the movie... I haven't seen it in 20ish years? I really hope it holds up.
	👻 11:10pm **** : ↳ ** ** @11:09 (I should revise: it was the day that his death was announced publicly. If I recall correctly: he might have been dead for a day or two before the news broke, as was the style of a pre-internet world.)
	11:11pm Hunterian: ↳ **** ** @10:29 Very interested in the Ben Miller interview, where will that be published/broadcast?
	👻 11:11pm **** **: ↳ Song: "Rooms For The Memory" by "Michael Hutchence" I miss you, Lyra. I hope you're okay. Her punk name was "Lyra Cyst." She wrote a great zine, too: Plasma Whore. Miss that girl.
	11:12pm Mr. X: ↳ **** ** @11:09 www.youtube.com...
	👻 11:12pm **** **: ↳ Hunterian @11:11 It was on this very show, a few weeks back. Here's a link: wfmu.org...
	11:13pm Hunterian: ↳ **** ** @11:12 Thanks, I'll check it out
	👻 11:13pm **** **: ↳ Mr. X @11:12 Oh! Look at that!
	👻 11:14pm **** **: ↳ Mr. X @11:12 I guess I can watch it again. I wonder if it's actually good? I know there's an Iggy Pop song in the movie, among other things.
	11:14pm Hunterian: Fantastic show, so happy to have stumbled upon it
	11:14pm Mr. X: ↳ **** ** @11:14 I'll check it out, too.
	👻 11:14pm **** **: ↳ Hunterian @11:14 Thank you. I do like to have fun.
	👻 11:16pm **** **: ↳ Song: "The Smoker (Freely Adapted From An Iroquois Legen... This seemed like the only logical way to cap off a show like this. Price's voice is... too good.
	👻 11:16pm **** **: ↳ Mr. X @11:14 Nick Cave's early band - Boys Next Door - also show up on the soundtrack.
	👻 11:17pm **** **: ↳ Song: "The Smoker (Freely Adapted From An Iroquois Legen... I am a sucker for the Caedmon Records releases, and I find them very soothing to listen to. (I think I heard too much stuff like this growing up.) I've been trying to find as many Caedmon Records as I can, but holy cats, there are a lot!
	11:24pm WR: thank you! Austin! or should I write ******. Laters.

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from June 11, 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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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Approx. start time
How Do We Look To See? "How Do We Look To See?"
Death	Politicians In My Eyes "Politicians In My Eyes" by "Death"	...For the Whole World to See	Drag City Records	2009	0:01:03 (Pop-up)
Shadows In Blue	Mid-Valley Mutations Opening Theme	Mid-Valley Mutations Opening Theme	Self Released	2024	0:06:43 (Pop-up)

Passport To Paranoia "Passport To Paranoia"
The Byrds	I Wanna Grow Up To Be A Politician	Byrdmaniax	Columbia Records	1971	0:12:43 (Pop-up)
Firesign Theater	Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him: Passport Please	Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him	Columbia Records	1968	0:14:38 (Pop-up)
Porest	Passport Please "Passport Please" by "Porest"	Modern Journal of Popular Savagery	Nashazphone Records	2016	0:15:31 (Pop-up)
Firesign Theater	Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him: Information, May I Help You Sir?	Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him	Columbia Records	1968	0:20:52 (Pop-up)
Bad Brains	Big Takeover "Big Takeover" by "Bad Brains"	Bad Brains	ROIR Records	1982	0:22:38 (Pop-up)
Firesign Theater	Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him: Are You Alone?	Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him	Columbia Records	1968	0:25:33 (Pop-up)
Dead Milkmen	Right Wing Pigeons "Right Wing Pigeons" by "Dead Milkmen"	Big Lizard In My Backyard	Restless Records	1985	0:26:09 (Pop-up)

The Best & The Brightest "The Best & The Brightest"
The Heats	Let's All Smoke "Let's All Smoke" by "The Heats"	Smoke	Chuckie Boy	1998	0:37:43 (Pop-up)
Firesign Theater	Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him: Port & Cigars In The War Room	Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him	Columbia Records	1968	0:40:56 (Pop-up)
Porest	Soapbox Cutter "Soapbox Cutter" by "Porest"	Modern Journal of Popular Savagery	Nashazphone Records	2016	0:42:01 (Pop-up)
Firesign Theater	Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him: Choking	Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him	Columbia Records	1968	0:46:00 (Pop-up)
Minutemen	The Politics of Time "The Politics of Time" by "Minutemen"	Double Nickels On the Dime	SST Records	1984	0:46:35 (Pop-up)
Firesign Theater	Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him: Which Side Are You On?	Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him	Columbia Records	1968	0:47:44 (Pop-up)
Yo La Tengo	Bad Politics "Bad Politics" by "Yo La Tengo"	Prisoners of Love: A Smattering of Scintillating Senescent Songs: 1985–2003	Matador Records	2005	0:48:31 (Pop-up)
Firesign Theater	Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him: The Speech	Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him	Columbia Records	1968	0:51:19 (Pop-up)
Fugazi	Great Cop "Great Cop" by "Fugazi"	In On the Kill Taker	Dischord Records	1993	0:52:26 (Pop-up)
Firesign Theater	Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him: 40 Long & Miserable Years	Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him	Columbia Records	1968	0:54:17 (Pop-up)
Stick Against Stone	Who Are They? (Live)	The Oregon Bootleg Tapes	MediaGroove Records	2014	0:55:37 (Pop-up)

Smile & Nod & Keep Going "Smile & Nod & Keep Going"
Firesign Theater	Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him: Tapping The Line	Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him	Columbia Records	1968	1:10:54 (Pop-up)
Dead Kennedys	Stars and Stripes of Corrupution	Frankenchrist	Alternative Tentacles	1985	1:11:04 (Pop-up)
Firesign Theater	Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him: Beat The Reaper Part 1	Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him	Columbia Records	1968	1:17:22 (Pop-up)
Porest	Diplomat Smile "Diplomat Smile" by "Porest"	Modern Journal of Popular Savagery	Nashazphone Records	2016	1:18:49 (Pop-up)
Firesign Theater	Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him: Beat The Reaper Part 2	Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him	Columbia Records	1968	1:22:39 (Pop-up)
Gang of Four	The Republic "The Republic" by "Gang of Four"	Solid Gold	Warner Bros. Records	1981	1:24:22 (Pop-up)
Firesign Theater	Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him: Taxi, Buddy?	Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him	Columbia Records	1968	1:27:40 (Pop-up)
Destroy All Monsters	Nov. 22 "Nov. 22" by "Destroy All Monsters"	"Nov. 22" b/w "Meet The Creeper"	IDBI Records	1979	1:28:12 (Pop-up)
Firesign Theater	Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him: Radio Broadcast	Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him	Columbia Records	1968	1:32:27 (Pop-up)
Michelene Impossible	Smoke Rings "Smoke Rings" by "Michelene Impossible"	The New Seattle Music Scene	Insight Records	1997	1:34:39 (Pop-up)

"So I smile and say, 'When a lovely flame dies...' "
Porest	The Field Recording Part 1	Modern Journal of Popular Savagery	Nashazphone Records	2016	1:43:35 (Pop-up)
The Angry Samoans	They Saved Hitler's Cock	Back From Samoa	Bad Trip Records	1982	1:45:40 (Pop-up)
Porest	The Field Recording Part 2	Modern Journal of Popular Savagery	Nashazphone Records	2016	1:47:16 (Pop-up)
Germs	Communist Eyes "Communist Eyes" by "Germs"	(GI)	Slash Records	1979	1:48:31 (Pop-up)
Porest	The Field Recording Part 3	Modern Journal of Popular Savagery	Nashazphone Records	2016	1:50:43 (Pop-up)
The Clash	Spanish Bombs "Spanish Bombs" by "The Clash"	London Calling	CBS Records	1979	1:51:39 (Pop-up)
Porest	The Field Recording Part 4	Modern Journal of Popular Savagery	Nashazphone Records	2016	1:54:51 (Pop-up)
The Dead Milkmen	The Conspiracy Song	Soul Rotation	Hollywood Records	1992	1:56:08 (Pop-up)

Michael Hutchence	Rooms For The Memory	Dogs In Space (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	Atlantic Records	1986	2:07:37 (Pop-up)
Firesign Theater	Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him: That's It, You've Made It	Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him	Columbia Records	1968	2:12:49 (Pop-up)
Shadows In Blue	Mid-Valley Mutations Opening Theme	Mid-Valley Mutations Opening Theme	Self Released	2024	2:13:29 (Pop-up)
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Vincent Price	The Smoker (Freely Adapted From An Iroquois Legend)	Tales Of Witches, Ghosts And Goblins	Caedmon Records	1972	2:15:26 (Pop-up)

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	👻 7:01pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	👻 8:08pm Austin Rich: Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.
	8:57pm Imaginos: Ahoy!
	9:00pm Mr. X: Have a cigar, you're gonna go far You're gonna fly, you're never gonna die...
	👻 9:01pm Austin Rich: Thanks for joining us, Imaginos and Mr. X! I'll meet you two at the drop site.
	9:01pm Krys O.: Hey!
	9:01pm Geoff-U: Hello!
	👻 9:01pm Austin Rich: Krys O! Geoff-U! I hope you brought your decoder rings.
	👻 9:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Politicians In My Eyes" by "Death" On their reunion tour, Death came to PDX, and I regret not going to that show often.
	9:03pm Krys O.: ↳ Song: "Politicians In My Eyes" by "Death" I love Death!
	👻 9:03pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:03 This blew my mind in 2009 when I finally heard it. It is such a great record!
	9:14pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "I Wanna Grow Up To Be A Politician" by "The Byrds" Good choice.
	👻 9:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:00 I almost considered that tune.
	👻 9:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @8:57 As usual, wonderful to see you in the chat.
	👻 9:15pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:14 I get that song stuck in my head all the time.
	👻 9:16pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @9:01 Always a pleasure to see you in the chat. We should get together for some food on the patio soon!
	👻 9:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Passport Please" by "Porest" After first hearing this Porest album, I couldn't help but think that he was riffing on, "Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him."
	👻 9:19pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Passport Please" by "Porest" One of the best shows I saw in 2016 was Porest and Sir Richard Bishop at Turn Turn Turn! in PDX.
	9:21pm Krys O.: G'night, all!
	👻 9:21pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:21 Sleep well, Krys O!
	👻 9:22pm **** **: For your protection, Big Brother has decided to censor my account.
	9:25pm Mr. X: When I saw Bad Brains in Portland, H.R. went through the motions of singing into his microphone, but he didn't make a sound. I guess he was resting his instrument, throat. I felt ripped off, but the rest of the band was great.
	👻 9:26pm **** **: ↳ Mr. X @9:25 I never saw them, though I do love that first record quite a bit.
	👻 9:28pm **** **: ↳ Song: "Right Wing Pigeons" by "Dead Milkmen" I appreciate that the album version of this song is generic enough, that it could apply to every president. When they play it live, they always change it for the current president.
	9:35pm Geoff-U: ↳ Austin Rich @9:16 Heck yeah!
	👻 9:39pm **** **: ↳ Song: "Let's All Smoke" by "The Heats" According to secret records I found, this band is a vintage power pop group, but I think it was the 1998 re-issue that made them known to a larger audience.
	👻 9:40pm **** **: In the parlance of "Closet Radio" (a show that I miss dearly), apparently I'm a sucker for that "Powder Puff" music.
	👻 9:42pm **** **: ↳ Song: "Soapbox Cutter" by "Porest" This song always makes me dance.
	9:43pm Imaginos: Getting sleepy
	👻 9:43pm **** **: ↳ Song: "Soapbox Cutter" by "Porest" I was told that Sir Richard Bishop may have appeared as a guitar player on this track, but you know how much you can trust that kind of thing.
	👻 9:43pm **** **: ↳ Imaginos @9:43 Sleep well!
	9:43pm Imaginos: ↳ **** ** @9:43 Thank you
	9:44pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Soapbox Cutter" by "Porest" I was trying to fave-star this one, but apparently I already did. Damn, I have such good taste.
	👻 9:45pm **** **: ↳ Mr. X @9:44 This whole album is a real tear-down of American politics. It's among my favorites, personally.
	👻 9:46pm **** **: "They got their masters and their shit PHDs. But they're as stupid as a stupid can be..."
	👻 9:47pm **** **: ↳ Song: "The Politics of Time" by "Minutemen" I love the ridiculous guitar solo on this one.
	👻 9:49pm **** **: ↳ Song: "Bad Politics" by "Yo La Tengo" I have been quoted as saying in the past, "There is a Yo La Tengo song for every occasion." I can neither confirm nor deny that this happened.
	👻 9:53pm **** **: ↳ Song: "Great Cop" by "Fugazi" Cheeze it! It's the Heat!
	👻 9:53pm **** **: ↳ Song: "Great Cop" by "Fugazi" I ain't sayin' nothin'.
	9:53pm WR: delurk RE: Firesign Theatre, though I have nearly all their releases on Columbia Records from when they were originally released, last I looked, digitally they could be found on You Tube. Plus they have released a lot of material old and relatively recent which is available via their website www.firesigntheatre.com or bandcamp firesigntheatre.bandcamp.com... Ex-Sheena's dj ironybread did interesting program for a couple of years wfmu.org... No Firesign material in his show because he has edited / produced much of what has been issued / reissued in the last 10 years. relurk
	👻 9:55pm **** **: ↳ WR @9:53 I love ironybread! That guy is the secret behind so many amazing releases.
	👻 9:56pm **** **: ↳ Song: "Who Are They? (Live)" by "Stick Against Stone" A little bird told me we might know someone in this band.
	9:56pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Who Are They? (Live)" by "Stick Against Stone" Who Are They? lyrics by Robert "Xeres" Shepard [It seems certain] people, human beings, Think they ought to take charge, rule the world. Napoleon Bonaparte. KGB and Mafia. Should I wonder about human beings? What is inside their minds? Who are they? Exxon, Gulf, and OPEC. Bilderburg and FBI. If I knew why they must rule the world We could talk it over. Who are they? The Illuminati. Alexander the Great. They play a very thrilling game. Perhaps they feel it burning in their guts. To learn the art of killing shame The soul must carve out deep, deep ruts. Is there danger to know who are they? Would I forgive their fate as human beings? Holy Roman Empire. Trilateral Commission. Can they crush what I say? Who are they? Their names and hearts secret. Who are they? Jerry Falwell. The Visagoths and Vandals Is there something that cries "human being" Behind the need to rule? Who are they? Ronald Reagan. Sauron the Dark Lord. My sympathy is hard to generate For those who are so big and mean. But that's the shadow of my own fear and hate Which is cast upon what should be clean. It seems certain people, human beings, Think they ought to take charge, rule the world. The CIA. Adolph Hitler. Is there something that cries "human being" Behind the need to rule? Who are they? Cosa Nostra. The Fortune 500. Is there something that cries "human being" Behind the need to rule? Who are they? Ahkenahten. Listen to me I am right! My sympathy is hard to generate For those who are so big and mean. But that's the shadow of my own fear and hate Which is cast upon what is clean. They play a very thrilling game. Perhaps they feel it burning in their guts. To learn the art of killing shame The soul must carve out deep, deep ruts. Deep, deep ruts. Deep, deep ruts. Perhaps they feel it burning in their guts. To learn the art of killing shame The soul must carve out deep, deep ruts.
	9:56pm Mr. X: ↳ Mr. X @9:56 Recorded live at the Eugene Saturday Market Eugene, Oregon July 6th, 1985 Personnel: Sari Jozokos Morninghawk - vocals Daniel Ramirez - guitar Richard Vitale - drums David Soule - bass Robert "Xeres" Shepard - saxophone Will Kreth - sound engineer
	👻 9:57pm **** **: ↳ Mr. X @9:56 Very cool! Now I know.
	9:57pm Mr. X: ↳ Mr. X @9:56 Info about Stick Against Stone: Wikipedia article: en.wikipedia.org... BandCamp page: stickagainststone.bandcamp.com Discogs listing: www.discogs.com... FaceBook page: www.facebook.com... YouTube channel: www.youtube.com...
	👻 9:59pm **** **: I do like that you equate Reagan with Sauron. It really felt like it, didn't it?
	9:59pm Mr. X: Thanks for playing my old band!
	10:01pm Mr. X: ↳ **** ** @9:59 I was once within 20 feet of Ronald Reagan, before he became president. I felt a sense of queasy despair in the pit of my stomach.
	👻 10:01pm **** **: ↳ Mr. X @10:01 Yikes! That is too close.
	10:01pm wenzo: Salutations Austinius & Sheena’s Denizens
	👻 10:01pm **** **: ↳ wenzo @10:01 wenzo! Your secret's safe with us.
	10:06pm Barno (from Akron): How do you do, fellow kids?
	10:07pm Hunterian: I feel like I just fell into a room that has no exit but am fine with that
	👻 10:11pm **** **: ↳ Hunterian @10:07 Don't worry. They come to let us out when they have decided what is best for us.
	10:11pm Mr. X: Love those dinky Shriner cars.
	10:12pm Hunterian: ↳ **** ** @10:11 Well that's a relief (but what if I don't want to be let out?)
	👻 10:13pm **** **: ↳ Hunterian @10:12 As Devo taught us: Freedom of choice, man. You do you.
	👻 10:13pm **** **: ↳ Mr. X @10:11 They're pretty great. I always wanted a fez, too, after seeing them in those "Life In Hell" comics.
	10:14pm Hunterian: ↳ **** ** @10:13 I'm prepared for as much DKs as is necessary
	👻 10:15pm **** **: ↳ Hunterian @10:14 There's always room for Jello.
	10:15pm Hunterian: ↳ **** ** @10:15 BOOM—YES!!!
	👻 10:17pm **** **: ↳ Hunterian @10:15 I really felt like I discovered something important when I first heard them as a youth. I have Semi-Colin of the hardcore band "/root_DIR" to thank for first playing them for me.
	👻 10:19pm **** **: I was reading about the secret true history of Firesign Theater, and I was reminded that a few of their albums were nominated for Science Fiction awards, as there is a strange sort of "predicting the near future" quality to their albums.
	👻 10:19pm **** **: ↳ Song: "Diplomat Smile" by "Porest" This one also makes me dance.
	10:20pm Hunterian: ↳ **** ** @10:17 I was turned on to them by Little Bobby Tables
	10:23pm Mr. X: Am I remembering right that Porest has played live on your show before?
	👻 10:24pm **** **: ↳ Mr. X @10:23 I wish! No, I just went to see him, and we chatted a bunch at his show. I would love to have him on my show, if anyone out there can make that happen!
	10:24pm Geoff-U: Funny coincidence, I smoked two cigarettes last night. It was mildly enjoyable. Since wife quit smoking I almost never do but I was around friends smoking and had had a few beers...
	👻 10:25pm **** **: ↳ Geoff-U @10:24 I smoked for many years. I finally quit tobacco, but I think about smoking a lot. I should probably do something about that someday.
	👻 10:26pm **** **: ↳ Geoff-U @10:24 Initially, I was looking for all stuff about cigarettes and cigars, but I wasn't coming up with as much stuff as I thought I would.
	👻 10:28pm **** **: ↳ Song: "The Republic" by "Gang of Four" I am at a point in my life where I just want to listen to Gang of Four albums and imagine a better world.
	👻 10:29pm **** **: ↳ Song: "Nov. 22" by "Destroy All Monsters" If all goes well, I will record an interview with the other Miller Twin - Lawrence Miller - very soon, so that I'll have a matched set to go with the interview I did with Ben Miller.
	10:29pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Nov. 22" by "Destroy All Monsters" The obligatory Kennedy assassination conspiracy song.
	👻 10:30pm **** **: ↳ Mr. X @10:29 A conspiracy I grow less and less interested in as time goes on, in spite of reading far too many books on the subject in the 90's.
	10:33pm Mr. X: ↳ **** ** @10:30 When I was a teen, I had a poster on my wall about all the coincidences between Kennedy and Lincoln.
	👻 10:33pm Heather: My smoke filled room here is only a lil incense plume but I've been tuned in and digging the show! Hi all!
	👻 10:35pm **** **: ↳ Mr. X @10:33 I recall a friend when I was in High School who had that poster, too.
	👻 10:35pm **** **: ↳ Heather @10:33 Thanks for droppin' in! Hopefully you are enjoying the Boardroom sample I keep talking over.
	10:36pm Mr. X: ↳ Heather @10:33 What flavor of incense?
	👻 10:36pm **** **: ↳ Song: "Smoke Rings" by "Michelene Impossible" One of those Grunge acts from the 90's that got lost in the shuffle of some of the other more famous bands from Seattle in that era. I'm not super familiar, but I do like this song, and I wish there had been more of this in those days.
	👻 10:36pm Heather: ↳ **** ** @10:35 I absolutely am! I'm also compiling a mental list of cigar and cigarette songs and should put that on paper before I forget!
	👻 10:37pm Heather: ↳ Mr. X @10:36 Myrrh going on this week! It's nice. Light and pleasant. Gotta get me some classic nag champa soon, though.
	10:40pm Mr. X: ↳ Heather @10:37 Very nice. My favorite is Primo's Night Queen. I have some nag champa too.
	👻 10:41pm Heather: ↳ Mr. X @10:40 Oo, I'll have to check put this Primo's Night Queen!
	10:42pm Mr. X: ↳ Heather @10:41 In the triangular box, like a Toblerone.
	👻 10:44pm Heather: ↳ Mr. X @10:42 Ah! I have a lot of the Hem brand in the hexagonal box. I'll look for the triangle one next time!
	👻 10:45pm **** **: What kind of tea is everyone drinking? (It's tea and incense talk here in the chat.)
	👻 10:46pm **** **: ↳ Song: "They Saved Hitler's Cock" by "The Angry Samoans" There is a part of me that thinks about the Angry Samoans more than I probably should.
	10:46pm Geoff-U: Hahaha classic A.S. track :D
	10:47pm Mr. X: ↳ **** ** @10:45 My go-to is usually licorice root.
	👻 10:47pm Heather: ↳ **** ** @10:45 Lavender! I love tea!
	👻 10:48pm Heather: ↳ Mr. X @10:47 That's delicious, for sure.
	👻 10:49pm **** **: I drink more tea now than I ever used to, but I'm sort of a noob. I'm not really familiar with anything, beyond, "I found this in our cabinet, so Marla must have bought it."
	10:50pm Barno in Akron: Howdy everyone! I was enjoying the show from the car - now, typing safe from my office :)
	10:50pm Mr. X: Astute conspiracy investigators will note a preponderance of bands starting with A through G. There is a specific reason for this which we shall not divulge.
	👻 10:51pm Heather: ↳ **** ** @10:49 Marla knows what she's doing. I'm sure you have delicious tea there!
	👻 10:51pm **** **: "I'm not done yet. I'm still talking." Fuck yeah?
	👻 10:51pm Heather: ↳ **** ** @10:51 Yesss!
	👻 10:51pm **** **: ↳ Song: "The Field Recording Part 3" by "Porest" This one makes me dance, too. Porest makes me dance.
	👻 10:52pm **** **: ↳ Heather @10:51 Only... she said some pretty awful things, so... I'm happy and sad at the same time?
	👻 10:53pm **** **: ↳ Song: "Spanish Bombs" by "The Clash" I think about this album once a week.
	👻 10:54pm **** **: ↳ Barno in Akron @10:50 Thanks for safely joining us, Barno. I hope the mission was a success?
	👻 10:54pm Heather: ↳ **** ** @10:52 I have to cheer a woman saying she's still talking!
	10:55pm Geoff-U: Hahaha
	10:56pm Geoff-U: This Porest stuff is really cool
	10:56pm Geoff-U: not familiar with it
	👻 10:56pm **** **: ↳ Geoff-U @10:55 That Porest album is fantastic. Well worth it, if anyone doesn't already have his stuff.
	👻 10:56pm **** **: porest.bandcamp.com
	10:57pm Barno in Akron: ↳ **** ** @10:54 Taking my son to work... he doesn't drive and got a job 20 minutes from home - Hahaha!
	👻 10:57pm **** **: ↳ Song: "The Conspiracy Song" by "The Dead Milkmen" A very underrated Milkmen record.
	👻 10:58pm **** **: ↳ Barno in Akron @10:57 That's a very nice dad move. And driving is sort of a "Dad Move."
	10:58pm Mr. X: Fun show tonight, Austin! Thanks!
	👻 10:59pm **** **: ↳ Mr. X @10:58 There's more, for people who can stay a bit into the next hour...
	10:59pm Barno in Akron: ↳ **** ** @10:58 Hahaha, and picking him up from work at 5:30AM is a "Mom Move." :)
	10:59pm Mr. X: ↳ **** ** @10:59 Cool, I'll stick around.
	👻 11:06pm Heather Z: I'm here for the rest but saying good night to the chat! Thanks for a great show, Austin and Mr. X, and have a great night everyone!
	11:07pm Geoff-U: Thanks for the great show!!
	👻 11:09pm **** **: ↳ Song: "Rooms For The Memory" by "Michael Hutchence" The day that Michael Hutchence died, we watched this movie. It was a pretty sad night. I think about this movie and soundtrack a lot, and have been tempted to try and track down copies of both the movie and soundtraci. (I have a digital copy of the soundtrack, that I made from a cassette I found.) But the movie... I haven't seen it in 20ish years? I really hope it holds up.
	👻 11:10pm **** : ↳ ** ** @11:09 (I should revise: it was the day that his death was announced publicly. If I recall correctly: he might have been dead for a day or two before the news broke, as was the style of a pre-internet world.)
	11:11pm Hunterian: ↳ **** ** @10:29 Very interested in the Ben Miller interview, where will that be published/broadcast?
	👻 11:11pm **** **: ↳ Song: "Rooms For The Memory" by "Michael Hutchence" I miss you, Lyra. I hope you're okay. Her punk name was "Lyra Cyst." She wrote a great zine, too: Plasma Whore. Miss that girl.
	11:12pm Mr. X: ↳ **** ** @11:09 www.youtube.com...
	👻 11:12pm **** **: ↳ Hunterian @11:11 It was on this very show, a few weeks back. Here's a link: wfmu.org...
	11:13pm Hunterian: ↳ **** ** @11:12 Thanks, I'll check it out
	👻 11:13pm **** **: ↳ Mr. X @11:12 Oh! Look at that!
	👻 11:14pm **** **: ↳ Mr. X @11:12 I guess I can watch it again. I wonder if it's actually good? I know there's an Iggy Pop song in the movie, among other things.
	11:14pm Hunterian: Fantastic show, so happy to have stumbled upon it
	11:14pm Mr. X: ↳ **** ** @11:14 I'll check it out, too.
	👻 11:14pm **** **: ↳ Hunterian @11:14 Thank you. I do like to have fun.
	👻 11:16pm **** **: ↳ Song: "The Smoker (Freely Adapted From An Iroquois Legen... This seemed like the only logical way to cap off a show like this. Price's voice is... too good.
	👻 11:16pm **** **: ↳ Mr. X @11:14 Nick Cave's early band - Boys Next Door - also show up on the soundtrack.
	👻 11:17pm **** **: ↳ Song: "The Smoker (Freely Adapted From An Iroquois Legen... I am a sucker for the Caedmon Records releases, and I find them very soothing to listen to. (I think I heard too much stuff like this growing up.) I've been trying to find as many Caedmon Records as I can, but holy cats, there are a lot!
	11:24pm WR: thank you! Austin! or should I write ******. Laters.

Listener comments!
	👻 7:01pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	👻 8:08pm Austin Rich: Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.
	8:57pm Imaginos: Ahoy!
	9:00pm Mr. X: Have a cigar, you're gonna go far You're gonna fly, you're never gonna die...
	👻 9:01pm Austin Rich: Thanks for joining us, Imaginos and Mr. X! I'll meet you two at the drop site.
	9:01pm Krys O.: Hey!
	9:01pm Geoff-U: Hello!
	👻 9:01pm Austin Rich: Krys O! Geoff-U! I hope you brought your decoder rings.
	👻 9:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Politicians In My Eyes" by "Death" On their reunion tour, Death came to PDX, and I regret not going to that show often.
	9:03pm Krys O.: ↳ Song: "Politicians In My Eyes" by "Death" I love Death!
	👻 9:03pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:03 This blew my mind in 2009 when I finally heard it. It is such a great record!
	9:14pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "I Wanna Grow Up To Be A Politician" by "The Byrds" Good choice.
	👻 9:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:00 I almost considered that tune.
	👻 9:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @8:57 As usual, wonderful to see you in the chat.
	👻 9:15pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:14 I get that song stuck in my head all the time.
	👻 9:16pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @9:01 Always a pleasure to see you in the chat. We should get together for some food on the patio soon!
	👻 9:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Passport Please" by "Porest" After first hearing this Porest album, I couldn't help but think that he was riffing on, "Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him."
	👻 9:19pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Passport Please" by "Porest" One of the best shows I saw in 2016 was Porest and Sir Richard Bishop at Turn Turn Turn! in PDX.
	9:21pm Krys O.: G'night, all!
	👻 9:21pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:21 Sleep well, Krys O!
	👻 9:22pm **** **: For your protection, Big Brother has decided to censor my account.
	9:25pm Mr. X: When I saw Bad Brains in Portland, H.R. went through the motions of singing into his microphone, but he didn't make a sound. I guess he was resting his instrument, throat. I felt ripped off, but the rest of the band was great.
	👻 9:26pm **** **: ↳ Mr. X @9:25 I never saw them, though I do love that first record quite a bit.
	👻 9:28pm **** **: ↳ Song: "Right Wing Pigeons" by "Dead Milkmen" I appreciate that the album version of this song is generic enough, that it could apply to every president. When they play it live, they always change it for the current president.
	9:35pm Geoff-U: ↳ Austin Rich @9:16 Heck yeah!
	👻 9:39pm **** **: ↳ Song: "Let's All Smoke" by "The Heats" According to secret records I found, this band is a vintage power pop group, but I think it was the 1998 re-issue that made them known to a larger audience.
	👻 9:40pm **** **: In the parlance of "Closet Radio" (a show that I miss dearly), apparently I'm a sucker for that "Powder Puff" music.
	👻 9:42pm **** **: ↳ Song: "Soapbox Cutter" by "Porest" This song always makes me dance.
	9:43pm Imaginos: Getting sleepy
	👻 9:43pm **** **: ↳ Song: "Soapbox Cutter" by "Porest" I was told that Sir Richard Bishop may have appeared as a guitar player on this track, but you know how much you can trust that kind of thing.
	👻 9:43pm **** **: ↳ Imaginos @9:43 Sleep well!
	9:43pm Imaginos: ↳ **** ** @9:43 Thank you
	9:44pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Soapbox Cutter" by "Porest" I was trying to fave-star this one, but apparently I already did. Damn, I have such good taste.
	👻 9:45pm **** **: ↳ Mr. X @9:44 This whole album is a real tear-down of American politics. It's among my favorites, personally.
	👻 9:46pm **** **: "They got their masters and their shit PHDs. But they're as stupid as a stupid can be..."
	👻 9:47pm **** **: ↳ Song: "The Politics of Time" by "Minutemen" I love the ridiculous guitar solo on this one.
	👻 9:49pm **** **: ↳ Song: "Bad Politics" by "Yo La Tengo" I have been quoted as saying in the past, "There is a Yo La Tengo song for every occasion." I can neither confirm nor deny that this happened.
	👻 9:53pm **** **: ↳ Song: "Great Cop" by "Fugazi" Cheeze it! It's the Heat!
	👻 9:53pm **** **: ↳ Song: "Great Cop" by "Fugazi" I ain't sayin' nothin'.
	9:53pm WR: delurk RE: Firesign Theatre, though I have nearly all their releases on Columbia Records from when they were originally released, last I looked, digitally they could be found on You Tube. Plus they have released a lot of material old and relatively recent which is available via their website www.firesigntheatre.com or bandcamp firesigntheatre.bandcamp.com... Ex-Sheena's dj ironybread did interesting program for a couple of years wfmu.org... No Firesign material in his show because he has edited / produced much of what has been issued / reissued in the last 10 years. relurk
	👻 9:55pm **** **: ↳ WR @9:53 I love ironybread! That guy is the secret behind so many amazing releases.
	👻 9:56pm **** **: ↳ Song: "Who Are They? (Live)" by "Stick Against Stone" A little bird told me we might know someone in this band.
	9:56pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Who Are They? (Live)" by "Stick Against Stone" Who Are They? lyrics by Robert "Xeres" Shepard [It seems certain] people, human beings, Think they ought to take charge, rule the world. Napoleon Bonaparte. KGB and Mafia. Should I wonder about human beings? What is inside their minds? Who are they? Exxon, Gulf, and OPEC. Bilderburg and FBI. If I knew why they must rule the world We could talk it over. Who are they? The Illuminati. Alexander the Great. They play a very thrilling game. Perhaps they feel it burning in their guts. To learn the art of killing shame The soul must carve out deep, deep ruts. Is there danger to know who are they? Would I forgive their fate as human beings? Holy Roman Empire. Trilateral Commission. Can they crush what I say? Who are they? Their names and hearts secret. Who are they? Jerry Falwell. The Visagoths and Vandals Is there something that cries "human being" Behind the need to rule? Who are they? Ronald Reagan. Sauron the Dark Lord. My sympathy is hard to generate For those who are so big and mean. But that's the shadow of my own fear and hate Which is cast upon what should be clean. It seems certain people, human beings, Think they ought to take charge, rule the world. The CIA. Adolph Hitler. Is there something that cries "human being" Behind the need to rule? Who are they? Cosa Nostra. The Fortune 500. Is there something that cries "human being" Behind the need to rule? Who are they? Ahkenahten. Listen to me I am right! My sympathy is hard to generate For those who are so big and mean. But that's the shadow of my own fear and hate Which is cast upon what is clean. They play a very thrilling game. Perhaps they feel it burning in their guts. To learn the art of killing shame The soul must carve out deep, deep ruts. Deep, deep ruts. Deep, deep ruts. Perhaps they feel it burning in their guts. To learn the art of killing shame The soul must carve out deep, deep ruts.
	9:56pm Mr. X: ↳ Mr. X @9:56 Recorded live at the Eugene Saturday Market Eugene, Oregon July 6th, 1985 Personnel: Sari Jozokos Morninghawk - vocals Daniel Ramirez - guitar Richard Vitale - drums David Soule - bass Robert "Xeres" Shepard - saxophone Will Kreth - sound engineer
	👻 9:57pm **** **: ↳ Mr. X @9:56 Very cool! Now I know.
	9:57pm Mr. X: ↳ Mr. X @9:56 Info about Stick Against Stone: Wikipedia article: en.wikipedia.org... BandCamp page: stickagainststone.bandcamp.com Discogs listing: www.discogs.com... FaceBook page: www.facebook.com... YouTube channel: www.youtube.com...
	👻 9:59pm **** **: I do like that you equate Reagan with Sauron. It really felt like it, didn't it?
	9:59pm Mr. X: Thanks for playing my old band!
	10:01pm Mr. X: ↳ **** ** @9:59 I was once within 20 feet of Ronald Reagan, before he became president. I felt a sense of queasy despair in the pit of my stomach.
	👻 10:01pm **** **: ↳ Mr. X @10:01 Yikes! That is too close.
	10:01pm wenzo: Salutations Austinius & Sheena’s Denizens
	👻 10:01pm **** **: ↳ wenzo @10:01 wenzo! Your secret's safe with us.
	10:06pm Barno (from Akron): How do you do, fellow kids?
	10:07pm Hunterian: I feel like I just fell into a room that has no exit but am fine with that
	👻 10:11pm **** **: ↳ Hunterian @10:07 Don't worry. They come to let us out when they have decided what is best for us.
	10:11pm Mr. X: Love those dinky Shriner cars.
	10:12pm Hunterian: ↳ **** ** @10:11 Well that's a relief (but what if I don't want to be let out?)
	👻 10:13pm **** **: ↳ Hunterian @10:12 As Devo taught us: Freedom of choice, man. You do you.
	👻 10:13pm **** **: ↳ Mr. X @10:11 They're pretty great. I always wanted a fez, too, after seeing them in those "Life In Hell" comics.
	10:14pm Hunterian: ↳ **** ** @10:13 I'm prepared for as much DKs as is necessary
	👻 10:15pm **** **: ↳ Hunterian @10:14 There's always room for Jello.
	10:15pm Hunterian: ↳ **** ** @10:15 BOOM—YES!!!
	👻 10:17pm **** **: ↳ Hunterian @10:15 I really felt like I discovered something important when I first heard them as a youth. I have Semi-Colin of the hardcore band "/root_DIR" to thank for first playing them for me.
	👻 10:19pm **** **: I was reading about the secret true history of Firesign Theater, and I was reminded that a few of their albums were nominated for Science Fiction awards, as there is a strange sort of "predicting the near future" quality to their albums.
	👻 10:19pm **** **: ↳ Song: "Diplomat Smile" by "Porest" This one also makes me dance.
	10:20pm Hunterian: ↳ **** ** @10:17 I was turned on to them by Little Bobby Tables
	10:23pm Mr. X: Am I remembering right that Porest has played live on your show before?
	👻 10:24pm **** **: ↳ Mr. X @10:23 I wish! No, I just went to see him, and we chatted a bunch at his show. I would love to have him on my show, if anyone out there can make that happen!
	10:24pm Geoff-U: Funny coincidence, I smoked two cigarettes last night. It was mildly enjoyable. Since wife quit smoking I almost never do but I was around friends smoking and had had a few beers...
	👻 10:25pm **** **: ↳ Geoff-U @10:24 I smoked for many years. I finally quit tobacco, but I think about smoking a lot. I should probably do something about that someday.
	👻 10:26pm **** **: ↳ Geoff-U @10:24 Initially, I was looking for all stuff about cigarettes and cigars, but I wasn't coming up with as much stuff as I thought I would.
	👻 10:28pm **** **: ↳ Song: "The Republic" by "Gang of Four" I am at a point in my life where I just want to listen to Gang of Four albums and imagine a better world.
	👻 10:29pm **** **: ↳ Song: "Nov. 22" by "Destroy All Monsters" If all goes well, I will record an interview with the other Miller Twin - Lawrence Miller - very soon, so that I'll have a matched set to go with the interview I did with Ben Miller.
	10:29pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Nov. 22" by "Destroy All Monsters" The obligatory Kennedy assassination conspiracy song.
	👻 10:30pm **** **: ↳ Mr. X @10:29 A conspiracy I grow less and less interested in as time goes on, in spite of reading far too many books on the subject in the 90's.
	10:33pm Mr. X: ↳ **** ** @10:30 When I was a teen, I had a poster on my wall about all the coincidences between Kennedy and Lincoln.
	👻 10:33pm Heather: My smoke filled room here is only a lil incense plume but I've been tuned in and digging the show! Hi all!
	👻 10:35pm **** **: ↳ Mr. X @10:33 I recall a friend when I was in High School who had that poster, too.
	👻 10:35pm **** **: ↳ Heather @10:33 Thanks for droppin' in! Hopefully you are enjoying the Boardroom sample I keep talking over.
	10:36pm Mr. X: ↳ Heather @10:33 What flavor of incense?
	👻 10:36pm **** **: ↳ Song: "Smoke Rings" by "Michelene Impossible" One of those Grunge acts from the 90's that got lost in the shuffle of some of the other more famous bands from Seattle in that era. I'm not super familiar, but I do like this song, and I wish there had been more of this in those days.
	👻 10:36pm Heather: ↳ **** ** @10:35 I absolutely am! I'm also compiling a mental list of cigar and cigarette songs and should put that on paper before I forget!
	👻 10:37pm Heather: ↳ Mr. X @10:36 Myrrh going on this week! It's nice. Light and pleasant. Gotta get me some classic nag champa soon, though.
	10:40pm Mr. X: ↳ Heather @10:37 Very nice. My favorite is Primo's Night Queen. I have some nag champa too.
	👻 10:41pm Heather: ↳ Mr. X @10:40 Oo, I'll have to check put this Primo's Night Queen!
	10:42pm Mr. X: ↳ Heather @10:41 In the triangular box, like a Toblerone.
	👻 10:44pm Heather: ↳ Mr. X @10:42 Ah! I have a lot of the Hem brand in the hexagonal box. I'll look for the triangle one next time!
	👻 10:45pm **** **: What kind of tea is everyone drinking? (It's tea and incense talk here in the chat.)
	👻 10:46pm **** **: ↳ Song: "They Saved Hitler's Cock" by "The Angry Samoans" There is a part of me that thinks about the Angry Samoans more than I probably should.
	10:46pm Geoff-U: Hahaha classic A.S. track :D
	10:47pm Mr. X: ↳ **** ** @10:45 My go-to is usually licorice root.
	👻 10:47pm Heather: ↳ **** ** @10:45 Lavender! I love tea!
	👻 10:48pm Heather: ↳ Mr. X @10:47 That's delicious, for sure.
	👻 10:49pm **** **: I drink more tea now than I ever used to, but I'm sort of a noob. I'm not really familiar with anything, beyond, "I found this in our cabinet, so Marla must have bought it."
	10:50pm Barno in Akron: Howdy everyone! I was enjoying the show from the car - now, typing safe from my office :)
	10:50pm Mr. X: Astute conspiracy investigators will note a preponderance of bands starting with A through G. There is a specific reason for this which we shall not divulge.
	👻 10:51pm Heather: ↳ **** ** @10:49 Marla knows what she's doing. I'm sure you have delicious tea there!
	👻 10:51pm **** **: "I'm not done yet. I'm still talking." Fuck yeah?
	👻 10:51pm Heather: ↳ **** ** @10:51 Yesss!
	👻 10:51pm **** **: ↳ Song: "The Field Recording Part 3" by "Porest" This one makes me dance, too. Porest makes me dance.
	👻 10:52pm **** **: ↳ Heather @10:51 Only... she said some pretty awful things, so... I'm happy and sad at the same time?
	👻 10:53pm **** **: ↳ Song: "Spanish Bombs" by "The Clash" I think about this album once a week.
	👻 10:54pm **** **: ↳ Barno in Akron @10:50 Thanks for safely joining us, Barno. I hope the mission was a success?
	👻 10:54pm Heather: ↳ **** ** @10:52 I have to cheer a woman saying she's still talking!
	10:55pm Geoff-U: Hahaha
	10:56pm Geoff-U: This Porest stuff is really cool
	10:56pm Geoff-U: not familiar with it
	👻 10:56pm **** **: ↳ Geoff-U @10:55 That Porest album is fantastic. Well worth it, if anyone doesn't already have his stuff.
	👻 10:56pm **** **: porest.bandcamp.com
	10:57pm Barno in Akron: ↳ **** ** @10:54 Taking my son to work... he doesn't drive and got a job 20 minutes from home - Hahaha!
	👻 10:57pm **** **: ↳ Song: "The Conspiracy Song" by "The Dead Milkmen" A very underrated Milkmen record.
	👻 10:58pm **** **: ↳ Barno in Akron @10:57 That's a very nice dad move. And driving is sort of a "Dad Move."
	10:58pm Mr. X: Fun show tonight, Austin! Thanks!
	👻 10:59pm **** **: ↳ Mr. X @10:58 There's more, for people who can stay a bit into the next hour...
	10:59pm Barno in Akron: ↳ **** ** @10:58 Hahaha, and picking him up from work at 5:30AM is a "Mom Move." :)
	10:59pm Mr. X: ↳ **** ** @10:59 Cool, I'll stick around.
	👻 11:06pm Heather Z: I'm here for the rest but saying good night to the chat! Thanks for a great show, Austin and Mr. X, and have a great night everyone!
	11:07pm Geoff-U: Thanks for the great show!!
	👻 11:09pm **** **: ↳ Song: "Rooms For The Memory" by "Michael Hutchence" The day that Michael Hutchence died, we watched this movie. It was a pretty sad night. I think about this movie and soundtrack a lot, and have been tempted to try and track down copies of both the movie and soundtraci. (I have a digital copy of the soundtrack, that I made from a cassette I found.) But the movie... I haven't seen it in 20ish years? I really hope it holds up.
	👻 11:10pm **** : ↳ ** ** @11:09 (I should revise: it was the day that his death was announced publicly. If I recall correctly: he might have been dead for a day or two before the news broke, as was the style of a pre-internet world.)
	11:11pm Hunterian: ↳ **** ** @10:29 Very interested in the Ben Miller interview, where will that be published/broadcast?
	👻 11:11pm **** **: ↳ Song: "Rooms For The Memory" by "Michael Hutchence" I miss you, Lyra. I hope you're okay. Her punk name was "Lyra Cyst." She wrote a great zine, too: Plasma Whore. Miss that girl.
	11:12pm Mr. X: ↳ **** ** @11:09 www.youtube.com...
	👻 11:12pm **** **: ↳ Hunterian @11:11 It was on this very show, a few weeks back. Here's a link: wfmu.org...
	11:13pm Hunterian: ↳ **** ** @11:12 Thanks, I'll check it out
	👻 11:13pm **** **: ↳ Mr. X @11:12 Oh! Look at that!
	👻 11:14pm **** **: ↳ Mr. X @11:12 I guess I can watch it again. I wonder if it's actually good? I know there's an Iggy Pop song in the movie, among other things.
	11:14pm Hunterian: Fantastic show, so happy to have stumbled upon it
	11:14pm Mr. X: ↳ **** ** @11:14 I'll check it out, too.
	👻 11:14pm **** **: ↳ Hunterian @11:14 Thank you. I do like to have fun.
	👻 11:16pm **** **: ↳ Song: "The Smoker (Freely Adapted From An Iroquois Legen... This seemed like the only logical way to cap off a show like this. Price's voice is... too good.
	👻 11:16pm **** **: ↳ Mr. X @11:14 Nick Cave's early band - Boys Next Door - also show up on the soundtrack.
	👻 11:17pm **** **: ↳ Song: "The Smoker (Freely Adapted From An Iroquois Legen... I am a sucker for the Caedmon Records releases, and I find them very soothing to listen to. (I think I heard too much stuff like this growing up.) I've been trying to find as many Caedmon Records as I can, but holy cats, there are a lot!
	11:24pm WR: thank you! Austin! or should I write ******. Laters.

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from June 11, 2024

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