WFMU: Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from August 6, 2024

Listener comments!
	8:30pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	8:46pm Arvo Zylo: hey hey hey
	8:55pm JM in Texas: Howdy……ready for the noize!!!
	8:57pm Austin Rich: Nice to see you, Arvo and JM! I think this show will appeal to both of you.
	8:57pm Imaginos: Ahoy
	9:00pm JM in Texas: Austin, really enjoyed your 2parter on Undressing Underground!
	9:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: ""What Is Noise?"" by "Chris The Organizer" Chris is on the far right.
	9:01pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ JM in Texas @8:55 Hi JM, my friend was reading an article that I wrote thanks to you posting it on "X". I also enjoyed Austin's interview, and thank him for his compliments!
	9:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ JM in Texas @9:00 Oh, thank you! I had a great time on that show. I need to send them a package.
	9:02pm JM in Texas: Hello Arvo & Imaginos!
	9:02pm ramencity: One thing inflation hasn't impacted is free noise!
	9:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @8:57 Lovely to see you, Imaginos! Thanks for stoppin' in.
	9:03pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @9:02 Ramen City Kid! Hooray!
	9:03pm Imaginos: ↳ JM in Texas @9:02 Ahoy!
	9:03pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:02 Glad to be here
	9:04pm Austin Rich: Except our show. We always start on time!
	9:06pm BC Sterrett: Yo yo!
	9:08pm Arvo Zylo: I was telling someone that I miss coffee shops that weren't dominated by laptops...
	9:08pm JM in Texas: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:01 YES - we’ve enjoyed a nice back & forth this past week. From Austin’s interview to you sometimes hosting in Austin’s absence……didn’t realize you had been filling in during the day some on WFMU. I enjoyed one of those shows last night while at work.
	9:09pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ JM in Texas @9:08 Thank you! To be clear, Austin has been having me as a guest, but the manager of Sheena's jungle room has been hosting me to fill-in for others who are on vacation... Thanks for listening!
	9:10pm BC Sterrett: Helllooo@!
	9:10pm Imaginos: News flash the Dictators just released a new album
	9:10pm Arvo Zylo: I have yet to explore AI music... Darn...
	9:10pm Imaginos: For Max I will stay up
	9:13pm Arvo Zylo: Incidentally, I just finished working on some radio noise that my friend sent me, among other things... I haven't done noise in a while, just drone.... Nice serendipity.
	9:14pm Austin Rich: Like a lot of fests of this nature, there were two rooms, with two "set-ups." So while a few bands are setting up in one room, the other room can have performances. This is how they get 12 bands to play in four hours more or less seamlessly.
	9:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:08 There are a few, but not as many as I would like. Maybe I should open one?
	9:16pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:13 There's a pretty good range of "noise" in the Mid-Valley. Eugene has a great scene, that is currently suffering from a lack of venues. Maybe someday...
	9:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Live" by "WAHNTHAC" The performer here used to have a project called "Deadly Discs" that I quite liked, and they have a few tapes they've put out that are in that "Dungeon Synth" vein. But I like the move toward black metal.
	9:20pm Austin Rich: Sound reinforcement provided by Jim Whittemore, who played in the post-punk band The Scientific Americans, and later, in an electro project that he leads, "Luthor Maggot." Jim has led a wild life, but now lives in Corvallis, and runs sound for events like this, bringing in gear he's accumulated over the years. Here's an interview I did with him on the show in 2017: midvalleymutations.com...
	9:27pm Austin Rich: I've only been to a handful of shows since 2020, but this event has the largest number of masked people I've seen at live show so far. It is true that some wear masks as part of their stage gear, but some masks in the audience, too.
	9:28pm Austin Rich: Free Earplugs: the backbone of any noise show.
	9:28pm Mr. X: Geetings Mutatelings!
	9:29pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:28 Mr. X! I'm so glad you dropped in!
	9:30pm Austin Rich: Chefkirk is legendary in the noise scene, going back to at least 2005. Started on the east coast, now lives in Eugene. Chefkirk was a part of JUICE MACHINE, an incredible Eugene duo that we paid tribute to on the show, not too long ago: wfmu.org...
	9:31pm JM in Texas: I really appreciate hearing the performer pronounce the projects name: WAHNTHAC (new to my ears)
	9:31pm Austin Rich: ↳ JM in Texas @9:31 I think that was their FIRST performance? (Or, among their first.) So Chris was helping ALL of us.
	9:32pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:30 Chefkirk! Just FYI his whole catalog is available for a dollar! Worth every penny! and then some!
	9:32pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @9:20 Jim/Luthor did the soundboard for us when my band played in Corvallis. He did a superb job, considering the unpredictability of our whole approach. And he's a nice guy, besides.
	9:33pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:32 chefkirk.bandcamp.com...
	9:34pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:14 I just imagine everything in Oregon being surrounded by woods. Seems like there are a lot of coffee shops already, but what do I know? I would be nervous about opening a public business from here on... you never know when the next epidemic (bird flu or otherwise) will hit.
	9:34pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:32 He has been very complementary toward me every time I see him. He's got a new set-up that allows for running a PA on Batteries, using a wireless mixer. He wants to host shows on the beach or in the woods.
	9:35pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:34 I think I'll stick to slinging books, which has bought me bread and butter for too many years, now.
	9:36pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:35 A noble pursuit
	9:36pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:34 And yes: everything around us is woods. Most houses I lived in growing up had a forest in the back yard. My parents would open the door and ask me to leave until it was dark, and I was happy to run around in the woods and read books most of the day. Oregon rules.
	9:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:36 Books are forever! Or, until they burn up...
	9:38pm Arvo Zylo: I did not realize that WAHNTHAC did game boy black metal! And he was on your show before... deadlydiscs.bandcamp.com...
	9:39pm Mr. X: The Interzone Cafe - the venue in Corvallis where all this took place - is a comfortable little nook near campus. We really enjoyed playing there.
	9:39pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:36 That sounds like a dream! Until the forest fires...
	9:40pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:37 Someone on Twitter asked who I thought of when I heard the name Frank and my answer of course was Jim Woodring.
	9:41pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:38 I live-streamed most of a previous fest they had in 2019. Here's day 1: midvalleymutations.com...
	9:41pm Austin Rich: Day 2, Part 1: midvalleymutations.com...
	9:41pm Austin Rich: Day 2, Part 2: midvalleymutations.com...
	9:43pm Austin Rich: Newport, OR - for those who don't know - is on the coast. I love the idea of experimental music on the Oregon Coast.
	9:44pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:40 Oh, yes! I love Jim Woodring's work. His comics are fantastic.
	9:45pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:39 That was one of the few shows I had to miss at Interzone, back in the day. And I think I was visiting family, if I'm not mistaken. Sigh.
	9:46pm JM in Texas: Thx for the links!
	9:48pm Austin Rich: What I really appreciated about this fest was the range of music that people performed. There's more examples coming, but I have been to shows like this in the past, where the line-up was all dudes, playing noise walls. While I do like that stuff too, I find the range of music over time to be very engaging.
	9:56pm Austin Rich: Yes, there were kids (and a baby) at this noise show. The age range was all over the place.
	9:57pm ramencity: ↳ Austin Rich @9:56 Oh, I thought that was a sampled baby!
	9:57pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @9:56 Oh! I thought that was sampled, part of the music.
	9:57pm Arvo Zylo: Tell that baby to stick a sock in it! Some serious noise going on here!
	9:57pm Mr. X: ↳ ramencity @9:57 jinx!
	9:58pm ramencity: "Eraserheadcore" is a noise sub-sub-sub-genre, yeah?
	9:58pm Imaginos: Baby=upcoming talent
	9:59pm Imaginos: Awww
	10:00pm ramencity: ↳ Imaginos @9:58 "Get that kid a contract!"
	10:02pm Imaginos: The only thing about coffee shops is no Ramune.
	10:04pm Arvo Zylo: I'm also assuming that a license is required to charge at the door, in fairness, not to take away from anyone's graciousness.
	10:08pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:04 They do have shows at Interzone, where they charge. But for the experimental shows Chris puts on, he doesn't want a cover.
	10:08pm Austin Rich: The "awwww" you heard on the recording was when the members of Leash Kid hugged before they started playing, as seen in the photo.
	10:09pm Mr. X: Here's a video of organizer Chris Durnin making his own noise, along with Matt Kellam, billing themselves as "no-method," on Nov 3, 2017 in Eugene. www.youtube.com...
	10:09pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Live" by "Leash Kid" I liked different things about different sets, so it's hard to pick a favorite. But this was the one I've listened to a few times since, and I'm quite taken with.
	10:10pm Austin Rich: Interview with Chris about Music and Art: anywhenanywhere.com...
	10:11pm Austin Rich: No-Method, Playboy Smooth, Coach Waters, Project Aisle, Nigel & Chemotroph, LIVE on this show, in 2017, to promote the shows this group was putting on in Corvallis. midvalleymutations.com...
	10:11pm Austin Rich: Chemotroph, Grease Beast & Luthor Maggot, promoting an electronic music show they were all playing in 2017. midvalleymutations.com...
	10:12pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:09 Bitchin' flute action!
	10:14pm JM in Texas: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:12 Yeah, this is beautiful!
	10:16pm Austin Rich: I have video of nearly everything from this show, too, but I have not had the chance to render it. I was hoping I could offer links to video, too. Oh well...
	10:18pm Austin Rich: Are there still Leash Kids out in the world? I feel like I don't see it as much as I used to. I would see parents holding their kids on some weird leash, and I would worry about our future. I think these two did, too.
	10:18pm Arvo Zylo: Searched bandcamp, indie rock proj with the same name, but that's it....
	10:22pm Arvo Zylo: They can put a leash on the indie rock, if you ask me...
	10:22pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:22 Indie Rock doesn't really mean anything, either. Like: anything that isn't the other genres, as near as I can figure.
	10:23pm coelacanth∅: Greetings Austin Rich and mutants
	10:23pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:22 Indie Rock is sorta like The Red Hot Chili Peppers to me, every time I hear it on the radio, I cringe. I know it when I hear it!
	10:23pm Imaginos: ↳ coelacanth∅ @10:23 Ahoy!
	10:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ coelacanth∅ @10:23 Thanks for coming! Glad you can make it.
	10:24pm Austin Rich: You can sort of see Jasper in the photo. I've had him since I was 4. Everyone as the show loved him.
	10:24pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ coelacanth∅ @10:23 Howdy!
	10:24pm Heather: Whooooo Mini Mutations!!!
	10:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather @10:24 Thanks for poppin' in, Heather.
	10:25pm coelacanth∅: 'been bouncing back & forth between 2 - tuned in on-off-on...my moods bouncing accordingly
	10:25pm Arvo Zylo: Meanwhile, looking like some sort of Teddy Bear repair man!
	10:25pm Heather: ↳ Austin Rich @10:24 I've been here all along enjoying the show!
	10:25pm Imaginos: ↳ Heather @10:24 Ahoy, Heather. How goes the time?
	10:25pm coelacanth∅: Aloha Imaginos! Arvo!
	10:26pm Austin Rich: I would have liked to have had better monitors, and have the music louder in general. But this was a fun show, in the end.
	10:26pm coelacanth∅: hi Heather!
	10:26pm Heather: ↳ Imaginos @10:25 Ahoy Imaginos! The time goes too quickly!!
	10:26pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:25 I was intentionally "painting the town brown," in an all-brown outfit.
	10:26pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Heather @10:26 Hi Heather!
	10:27pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:26 Brown noise?
	10:27pm Heather: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:26 Hi Arvo!!
	10:28pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:26 You and Jasper cosplay as UPS workers.
	10:28pm Imaginos: ↳ Heather @10:26 So much time, so little of it belongs to us
	10:28pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:27 Ha! I've enjoyed all-brown outfits for years. Because of that Homestarrunner website, when I would dress like this, my friends would call me "The Brownsmith."
	10:29pm Heather: ↳ Imaginos @10:28 That's so true, alas!
	10:29pm Arvo Zylo: Brown noise, also known as Brownian noise or red noise, is a type of low-frequency sound noise produced by the same process that causes Brownian motion. It is characterized by a heavy emphasis on low-frequency sounds, similar to the sounds of waterfalls, thunder, or heavy rain. Key Characteristics: Random walk behavior: Brown noise exhibits random fluctuations in sound pressure, similar to the random movements of particles in Brownian motion. 1/f^2 frequency spectrum: Brown noise has a power spectral density that decreases with frequency, following a 1/f^2 relationship. Low-frequency dominance: Brown noise focuses on low-frequency sounds, typically below 200 Hz, which are perceived as deep and rumbling. Unrelated to color: The term “brown” in brown noise does not refer to the color, but rather is named after Robert Brown, a Scottish botanist who discovered Brownian motion in 1827.
	10:30pm Austin Rich: Jasper was a big hit with the folks at the show. I once had a girlfriend, many years ago, who tried to make clothes for Jasper, and it was weird. We didn't date for long.
	10:30pm Arvo Zylo: Is the earth spinning faster?
	10:31pm ramencity: Beige noise.
	10:31pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:30 That seems like a sweet thing to do for a person if you ask me. I have no stuffed animals, but if I did, babes could make clothes for 'em all day if that's what they wanna do!
	10:32pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ ramencity @10:31 Roast beef flavor noise!
	10:32pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:31 The clothes were all wrong. And she bear-napped him to do it. It was a whole thing. She did some other stuff all around then then I should have taken as signs. Live and learn.
	10:33pm Imaginos: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:32 With a dry rub or gravy?
	10:33pm ramencity: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:32 Gravy noise!
	10:33pm Mr. X: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:29 I think I first heard of Brownian motion in the Isaac Asimov novelization of the movie Fantastic Voyage. Apparently when you are shrunk down that little, Brownian Motion can be kind of a problem.
	10:33pm Austin Rich: Can I have my noise in pill form?
	10:33pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:32 Ah, bearnapping is different!
	10:34pm Imaginos: ↳ Mr. X @10:33 It was the Guide for me
	10:34pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:33 I loved that movie. I'm not sure I liked the book as much, but I still read it.
	10:34pm Arvo Zylo: I do often wish I could inject or imbibe experiences, especially the experience of reading books. So many books...
	10:35pm Austin Rich: It would be nice to wake up and, for instance, be able to say, "I know kung fu."
	10:36pm Mr. X: ↳ Imaginos @10:34 Ah, that's right! Brownian motion in a cup of tea was the basis for the Improbability Drive, if I recall correctly.
	10:37pm Imaginos: ↳ Mr. X @10:36 Yes
	10:37pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:29 some people think the term "brown noise" refers to frequencies (low) that make a person involuntarily poop. i've heard this and read this; and supposedly the us military has used it in this way. which of course they would! ...but i looked into it to find 1) it wasn't named for that, and 2) it doesn't do that!
	10:40pm Imaginos: Brown shoes don't make it
	10:41pm coelacanth∅: quit school. why fake it?
	10:42pm coelacanth∅: wasn't that song a response to a fashion faux pa a la lyndon b johnson?
	10:43pm JM in Texas: #CassetteTapeLove
	10:44pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ coelacanth∅ @10:37 I wrote an article about sonic weaponry once. I believe they are real, they are not a secret in other countries. I will never forget my experience during 9/11 where my friends and I all fell asleep at the same exact time after a loud and persistent, and clearly synthetic cicada-type noise... I do not remember the inventor of the noise that caused people to have bowel problems, but I do remember the "Earthquake machine" that Tesla made. Some people tried to remake it, and it did cause some tremors, but nothing approximating an "earthquake".
	10:47pm Imaginos: Always glad to hang out with you here
	10:47pm JM in Texas: Pretty sure harsh noise / extreme sound describes were projected towards the Branch Dravidian Compound at Mount Carmel outside Waco back in 93.
	10:48pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:44 i created 2 very full cds based around my own cicada recordings. the 2nd cd is specifically geared as a lullaby
	10:49pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ JM in Texas @10:47 I heard they were blasting classic rock like ACDC on repeat or something like that.
	10:50pm Austin Rich: Unrelated, but the comic book "Transmetropolitan" featured a "Bowel Disrupter" gun, that does what it says on the tin, as they say.
	10:50pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ coelacanth∅ @10:48 That's cool! Dave Phillips let me work with some of his field recordings, very nice guy. Cicadas, frogs, all kinds of stuff. I am a hopeless city boy with a serious drought of field recordings, but on the plus side, an abysmal amount of mosquito bites.
	10:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Live" by "Trigger Object" This set was hypnotizing. Everyone was dancing and grooving to Trigger Object. She was really in the zone for this one.
	10:51pm coelacanth∅: ↳ JM in Texas @10:47 yes, 24/7 ac/dc...i think something else too, maybe ratt? ugh. then they just bombed the place. women and children first.
	10:51pm Imaginos: Reminds me of the outback
	10:52pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:51 This is good stuff.
	10:52pm Austin Rich: We'll go about 15 minutes over. Sorry everyone!
	10:52pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @10:52 Worth it.
	10:53pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ coelacanth∅ @10:51 I remember seeing it on the news, when they were trying to say it was a mass suicide where they set the building on fire themselves. Always trust the news!
	10:54pm Austin Rich: As I understand it, Trigger Object will support Wolf Eyes on a few shows in the NW this Fall.
	10:57pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:53 right - watching them shoot flame throwers in at point blank range, and saying "mass suicide"... something doesn't compute here
	10:59pm Austin Rich: I'm glad I played before Trigger Object. This would have been hard to follow.
	10:59pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:54 I was looking at their bandcamp, seems like they have done vinyl and even sold out of copies, so apparently they tour, one can guess.
	10:59pm JM in Texas: ↳ coelacanth∅ @10:51 I saw Ratt back in the day. Dangerous But Worth The Risk is still a nice little jamm!
	11:00pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ JM in Texas @10:59 I saw Ratt for free in the 90s, no regrets. I figured out a way to drink underage, is what I remember.
	11:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @11:00 My first two shows were: Robert Palmer (Simply Irresistible Tour.) Skid Row opening for Bon Jovi.
	11:02pm Mr. X: My favorite example of weaponized music is in Mars Attacks, when they explode the aliens' heads with cowboy yodels.
	11:03pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @11:02 Which is how I know I'm not Martian: I love those Yodels! But it's also how I TEST for Martians. Just to be safe.
	11:03pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Mr. X @11:02 hahaha
	11:03pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @11:01 My first show was supposed to be REEL BIG FISH, but someone stole my ticket. Then it was supposed to be Marilyn Manson, but my ride flaked. Then it was a big Ska fest called "Ska Against Racism". Although, I honestly don't remember what my first show was that wasn't "big". I started going to The Fireside Bowl for shows (with a backpack full of beer) when I was 16. First show I remember was Dystopia.
	11:04pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @11:03 Smart move.
	11:05pm Austin Rich: I was a pretty mainstream rock and roll kid for most of my youth. I blame Nirvana interviews for introducing me to the idea that there was music that wasn't mainstream, or wasn't on the radio. Even my mom's record store mostly stocked classic rock, so to even know there was other kinds of music out there was very exciting. But it didn't happen for me until I was in High School. And even then, finding it took years. You couldn't find it in my home town, no matter where you looked!
	11:07pm JM in Texas: ↳ Austin Rich @11:01 I first saw Bon Jovi open for Ratt. Jovi was touring 7800° Fahrenheit.
	11:08pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @11:05 I was engrossed in MTV until I was about 16 and my friend took me to a show and played some stuff for me. I hadn't really been to a record store that wasn't in a mall before that.
	11:08pm Austin Rich: ↳ JM in Texas @11:07 Ha! I know that album. (I had all their records back then... on tape!)
	11:09pm Arvo Zylo: I sold beer at a Bon Jovi concert. A woman told me I made her panties wet! Woop
	11:09pm coelacanth∅: i was lucky i guess i had a sophisticated far beyond his years older brother.
	11:09pm Arvo Zylo: OK, I have to leave. Good show, thanks for being a pillar of thee communiteee
	11:09pm Mr. X: I've been thinking about putting together a show of cuts from "classic rock" albums where they try to be experimental.
	11:10pm Austin Rich: Certainly, there's an audience for everything, and I have nostalgia for dumb stuff, too. But Bon Jovi did not age as well for me.
	11:10pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Mr. X @11:09 Chicago Transit Authority - Freeform Guitar!
	11:10pm Austin Rich: ↳ coelacanth∅ @11:09 I always wanted an older brother like that! Years later, my siblings and other family members all told me I was that older brother for them. I had no idea!
	11:10pm Mr. X: ↳ Arvo Zylo @11:10 Oh yes, my man, Terry Kath!
	11:11pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @11:09 That's a great idea!
	11:11pm coelacanth∅: (and my parents, somehow amidst their un-coolness, turned us onto "real" music when i was ~3. just 5 albums but a very solid groundwork.)
	11:11pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Arvo Zylo @11:09 'night, Arvo
	11:12pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ coelacanth∅ @11:11 take care!
	11:12pm Austin Rich: ↳ coelacanth∅ @11:11 Occasionally, parents know what's up. The pretend to be dumb sometimes when they say they don't know who John Cage is, but I've seen their search history. They know.
	11:12pm JM in Texas: ↳ Arvo Zylo @11:03 My 1st show (with parents & grandparents) was The Oak Ridge Boys back in Elvira’s heyday! The first show I purchased a ticket for was Black Sabbath - Born Again tour. Ian Gillian (Deep Purple) was the lead singer……this was right after Dio departed. Night Ranger (Dawn Patrol) opened. (40 years ago, I was 15) www.concertarchives.org...
	11:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ JM in Texas @11:12 I grew up in a town called Oakridge! My parents referred to us as "The Oakridge Boys" occasionally!
	11:13pm Mr. X: Excellent show, Austin! Thanks! And bless Interzone Cafe, Luthor Maggot, and organizer Chris.
	11:13pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Austin Rich @11:10 we were not friends! most of my exposure to good music was incidental on his part. ...we were friendly sometimes though.
	11:14pm Austin Rich: Thanks again, everyone! See ya'll next time.
	11:15pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Austin! tchau
	5:03pm coelacanth@8-31-24: finally back to hear the whole episode through. Thanks again Austin!

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from August 6, 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	Approx. start time
Chris The Organizer	"What Is Noise?"	27 July 2024	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
orraterra	Live [Excerpt] "Live [Excerpt]" by "orraterra"	27 July 2024	0:00:21 (Pop-up)
Shadows In Blue	Mid-Valley Mutations Opening Theme	Mid-Valley Mutations Opening Theme	0:03:40 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: situations	Live [Excerpt] "Live [Excerpt]" by "situations"	27 July 2024	0:05:06 (Pop-up)
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WAHNTHAC	Live "Live" by "WAHNTHAC"	27 July 2024	0:12:07 (Pop-up)
Chefkirk	Live "Live" by "Chefkirk"	27 July 2024	0:27:38 (Pop-up)
J. Deher	Live "Live" by "J. Deher"	27 July 2024	0:41:30 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Leather Jester	Live [Excerpt] "Live [Excerpt]" by "Leather Jester"	27 July 2024	0:56:15 (Pop-up)
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Leash Kid	Live "Live" by "Leash Kid"	27 July 2024	1:06:03 (Pop-up)
Mini-Mutations	Live "Live" by "Mini-Mutations"	27 July 2024	1:22:47 (Pop-up)
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Listener comments!
	8:30pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	8:46pm Arvo Zylo: hey hey hey
	8:55pm JM in Texas: Howdy……ready for the noize!!!
	8:57pm Austin Rich: Nice to see you, Arvo and JM! I think this show will appeal to both of you.
	8:57pm Imaginos: Ahoy
	9:00pm JM in Texas: Austin, really enjoyed your 2parter on Undressing Underground!
	9:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: ""What Is Noise?"" by "Chris The Organizer" Chris is on the far right.
	9:01pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ JM in Texas @8:55 Hi JM, my friend was reading an article that I wrote thanks to you posting it on "X". I also enjoyed Austin's interview, and thank him for his compliments!
	9:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ JM in Texas @9:00 Oh, thank you! I had a great time on that show. I need to send them a package.
	9:02pm JM in Texas: Hello Arvo & Imaginos!
	9:02pm ramencity: One thing inflation hasn't impacted is free noise!
	9:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @8:57 Lovely to see you, Imaginos! Thanks for stoppin' in.
	9:03pm Austin Rich: ↳ ramencity @9:02 Ramen City Kid! Hooray!
	9:03pm Imaginos: ↳ JM in Texas @9:02 Ahoy!
	9:03pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:02 Glad to be here
	9:04pm Austin Rich: Except our show. We always start on time!
	9:06pm BC Sterrett: Yo yo!
	9:08pm Arvo Zylo: I was telling someone that I miss coffee shops that weren't dominated by laptops...
	9:08pm JM in Texas: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:01 YES - we’ve enjoyed a nice back & forth this past week. From Austin’s interview to you sometimes hosting in Austin’s absence……didn’t realize you had been filling in during the day some on WFMU. I enjoyed one of those shows last night while at work.
	9:09pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ JM in Texas @9:08 Thank you! To be clear, Austin has been having me as a guest, but the manager of Sheena's jungle room has been hosting me to fill-in for others who are on vacation... Thanks for listening!
	9:10pm BC Sterrett: Helllooo@!
	9:10pm Imaginos: News flash the Dictators just released a new album
	9:10pm Arvo Zylo: I have yet to explore AI music... Darn...
	9:10pm Imaginos: For Max I will stay up
	9:13pm Arvo Zylo: Incidentally, I just finished working on some radio noise that my friend sent me, among other things... I haven't done noise in a while, just drone.... Nice serendipity.
	9:14pm Austin Rich: Like a lot of fests of this nature, there were two rooms, with two "set-ups." So while a few bands are setting up in one room, the other room can have performances. This is how they get 12 bands to play in four hours more or less seamlessly.
	9:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:08 There are a few, but not as many as I would like. Maybe I should open one?
	9:16pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:13 There's a pretty good range of "noise" in the Mid-Valley. Eugene has a great scene, that is currently suffering from a lack of venues. Maybe someday...
	9:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Live" by "WAHNTHAC" The performer here used to have a project called "Deadly Discs" that I quite liked, and they have a few tapes they've put out that are in that "Dungeon Synth" vein. But I like the move toward black metal.
	9:20pm Austin Rich: Sound reinforcement provided by Jim Whittemore, who played in the post-punk band The Scientific Americans, and later, in an electro project that he leads, "Luthor Maggot." Jim has led a wild life, but now lives in Corvallis, and runs sound for events like this, bringing in gear he's accumulated over the years. Here's an interview I did with him on the show in 2017: midvalleymutations.com...
	9:27pm Austin Rich: I've only been to a handful of shows since 2020, but this event has the largest number of masked people I've seen at live show so far. It is true that some wear masks as part of their stage gear, but some masks in the audience, too.
	9:28pm Austin Rich: Free Earplugs: the backbone of any noise show.
	9:28pm Mr. X: Geetings Mutatelings!
	9:29pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:28 Mr. X! I'm so glad you dropped in!
	9:30pm Austin Rich: Chefkirk is legendary in the noise scene, going back to at least 2005. Started on the east coast, now lives in Eugene. Chefkirk was a part of JUICE MACHINE, an incredible Eugene duo that we paid tribute to on the show, not too long ago: wfmu.org...
	9:31pm JM in Texas: I really appreciate hearing the performer pronounce the projects name: WAHNTHAC (new to my ears)
	9:31pm Austin Rich: ↳ JM in Texas @9:31 I think that was their FIRST performance? (Or, among their first.) So Chris was helping ALL of us.
	9:32pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:30 Chefkirk! Just FYI his whole catalog is available for a dollar! Worth every penny! and then some!
	9:32pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @9:20 Jim/Luthor did the soundboard for us when my band played in Corvallis. He did a superb job, considering the unpredictability of our whole approach. And he's a nice guy, besides.
	9:33pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:32 chefkirk.bandcamp.com...
	9:34pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:14 I just imagine everything in Oregon being surrounded by woods. Seems like there are a lot of coffee shops already, but what do I know? I would be nervous about opening a public business from here on... you never know when the next epidemic (bird flu or otherwise) will hit.
	9:34pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:32 He has been very complementary toward me every time I see him. He's got a new set-up that allows for running a PA on Batteries, using a wireless mixer. He wants to host shows on the beach or in the woods.
	9:35pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:34 I think I'll stick to slinging books, which has bought me bread and butter for too many years, now.
	9:36pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:35 A noble pursuit
	9:36pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:34 And yes: everything around us is woods. Most houses I lived in growing up had a forest in the back yard. My parents would open the door and ask me to leave until it was dark, and I was happy to run around in the woods and read books most of the day. Oregon rules.
	9:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:36 Books are forever! Or, until they burn up...
	9:38pm Arvo Zylo: I did not realize that WAHNTHAC did game boy black metal! And he was on your show before... deadlydiscs.bandcamp.com...
	9:39pm Mr. X: The Interzone Cafe - the venue in Corvallis where all this took place - is a comfortable little nook near campus. We really enjoyed playing there.
	9:39pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:36 That sounds like a dream! Until the forest fires...
	9:40pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:37 Someone on Twitter asked who I thought of when I heard the name Frank and my answer of course was Jim Woodring.
	9:41pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:38 I live-streamed most of a previous fest they had in 2019. Here's day 1: midvalleymutations.com...
	9:41pm Austin Rich: Day 2, Part 1: midvalleymutations.com...
	9:41pm Austin Rich: Day 2, Part 2: midvalleymutations.com...
	9:43pm Austin Rich: Newport, OR - for those who don't know - is on the coast. I love the idea of experimental music on the Oregon Coast.
	9:44pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:40 Oh, yes! I love Jim Woodring's work. His comics are fantastic.
	9:45pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:39 That was one of the few shows I had to miss at Interzone, back in the day. And I think I was visiting family, if I'm not mistaken. Sigh.
	9:46pm JM in Texas: Thx for the links!
	9:48pm Austin Rich: What I really appreciated about this fest was the range of music that people performed. There's more examples coming, but I have been to shows like this in the past, where the line-up was all dudes, playing noise walls. While I do like that stuff too, I find the range of music over time to be very engaging.
	9:56pm Austin Rich: Yes, there were kids (and a baby) at this noise show. The age range was all over the place.
	9:57pm ramencity: ↳ Austin Rich @9:56 Oh, I thought that was a sampled baby!
	9:57pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @9:56 Oh! I thought that was sampled, part of the music.
	9:57pm Arvo Zylo: Tell that baby to stick a sock in it! Some serious noise going on here!
	9:57pm Mr. X: ↳ ramencity @9:57 jinx!
	9:58pm ramencity: "Eraserheadcore" is a noise sub-sub-sub-genre, yeah?
	9:58pm Imaginos: Baby=upcoming talent
	9:59pm Imaginos: Awww
	10:00pm ramencity: ↳ Imaginos @9:58 "Get that kid a contract!"
	10:02pm Imaginos: The only thing about coffee shops is no Ramune.
	10:04pm Arvo Zylo: I'm also assuming that a license is required to charge at the door, in fairness, not to take away from anyone's graciousness.
	10:08pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:04 They do have shows at Interzone, where they charge. But for the experimental shows Chris puts on, he doesn't want a cover.
	10:08pm Austin Rich: The "awwww" you heard on the recording was when the members of Leash Kid hugged before they started playing, as seen in the photo.
	10:09pm Mr. X: Here's a video of organizer Chris Durnin making his own noise, along with Matt Kellam, billing themselves as "no-method," on Nov 3, 2017 in Eugene. www.youtube.com...
	10:09pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Live" by "Leash Kid" I liked different things about different sets, so it's hard to pick a favorite. But this was the one I've listened to a few times since, and I'm quite taken with.
	10:10pm Austin Rich: Interview with Chris about Music and Art: anywhenanywhere.com...
	10:11pm Austin Rich: No-Method, Playboy Smooth, Coach Waters, Project Aisle, Nigel & Chemotroph, LIVE on this show, in 2017, to promote the shows this group was putting on in Corvallis. midvalleymutations.com...
	10:11pm Austin Rich: Chemotroph, Grease Beast & Luthor Maggot, promoting an electronic music show they were all playing in 2017. midvalleymutations.com...
	10:12pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:09 Bitchin' flute action!
	10:14pm JM in Texas: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:12 Yeah, this is beautiful!
	10:16pm Austin Rich: I have video of nearly everything from this show, too, but I have not had the chance to render it. I was hoping I could offer links to video, too. Oh well...
	10:18pm Austin Rich: Are there still Leash Kids out in the world? I feel like I don't see it as much as I used to. I would see parents holding their kids on some weird leash, and I would worry about our future. I think these two did, too.
	10:18pm Arvo Zylo: Searched bandcamp, indie rock proj with the same name, but that's it....
	10:22pm Arvo Zylo: They can put a leash on the indie rock, if you ask me...
	10:22pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:22 Indie Rock doesn't really mean anything, either. Like: anything that isn't the other genres, as near as I can figure.
	10:23pm coelacanth∅: Greetings Austin Rich and mutants
	10:23pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:22 Indie Rock is sorta like The Red Hot Chili Peppers to me, every time I hear it on the radio, I cringe. I know it when I hear it!
	10:23pm Imaginos: ↳ coelacanth∅ @10:23 Ahoy!
	10:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ coelacanth∅ @10:23 Thanks for coming! Glad you can make it.
	10:24pm Austin Rich: You can sort of see Jasper in the photo. I've had him since I was 4. Everyone as the show loved him.
	10:24pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ coelacanth∅ @10:23 Howdy!
	10:24pm Heather: Whooooo Mini Mutations!!!
	10:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather @10:24 Thanks for poppin' in, Heather.
	10:25pm coelacanth∅: 'been bouncing back & forth between 2 - tuned in on-off-on...my moods bouncing accordingly
	10:25pm Arvo Zylo: Meanwhile, looking like some sort of Teddy Bear repair man!
	10:25pm Heather: ↳ Austin Rich @10:24 I've been here all along enjoying the show!
	10:25pm Imaginos: ↳ Heather @10:24 Ahoy, Heather. How goes the time?
	10:25pm coelacanth∅: Aloha Imaginos! Arvo!
	10:26pm Austin Rich: I would have liked to have had better monitors, and have the music louder in general. But this was a fun show, in the end.
	10:26pm coelacanth∅: hi Heather!
	10:26pm Heather: ↳ Imaginos @10:25 Ahoy Imaginos! The time goes too quickly!!
	10:26pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:25 I was intentionally "painting the town brown," in an all-brown outfit.
	10:26pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Heather @10:26 Hi Heather!
	10:27pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:26 Brown noise?
	10:27pm Heather: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:26 Hi Arvo!!
	10:28pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:26 You and Jasper cosplay as UPS workers.
	10:28pm Imaginos: ↳ Heather @10:26 So much time, so little of it belongs to us
	10:28pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:27 Ha! I've enjoyed all-brown outfits for years. Because of that Homestarrunner website, when I would dress like this, my friends would call me "The Brownsmith."
	10:29pm Heather: ↳ Imaginos @10:28 That's so true, alas!
	10:29pm Arvo Zylo: Brown noise, also known as Brownian noise or red noise, is a type of low-frequency sound noise produced by the same process that causes Brownian motion. It is characterized by a heavy emphasis on low-frequency sounds, similar to the sounds of waterfalls, thunder, or heavy rain. Key Characteristics: Random walk behavior: Brown noise exhibits random fluctuations in sound pressure, similar to the random movements of particles in Brownian motion. 1/f^2 frequency spectrum: Brown noise has a power spectral density that decreases with frequency, following a 1/f^2 relationship. Low-frequency dominance: Brown noise focuses on low-frequency sounds, typically below 200 Hz, which are perceived as deep and rumbling. Unrelated to color: The term “brown” in brown noise does not refer to the color, but rather is named after Robert Brown, a Scottish botanist who discovered Brownian motion in 1827.
	10:30pm Austin Rich: Jasper was a big hit with the folks at the show. I once had a girlfriend, many years ago, who tried to make clothes for Jasper, and it was weird. We didn't date for long.
	10:30pm Arvo Zylo: Is the earth spinning faster?
	10:31pm ramencity: Beige noise.
	10:31pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:30 That seems like a sweet thing to do for a person if you ask me. I have no stuffed animals, but if I did, babes could make clothes for 'em all day if that's what they wanna do!
	10:32pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ ramencity @10:31 Roast beef flavor noise!
	10:32pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:31 The clothes were all wrong. And she bear-napped him to do it. It was a whole thing. She did some other stuff all around then then I should have taken as signs. Live and learn.
	10:33pm Imaginos: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:32 With a dry rub or gravy?
	10:33pm ramencity: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:32 Gravy noise!
	10:33pm Mr. X: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:29 I think I first heard of Brownian motion in the Isaac Asimov novelization of the movie Fantastic Voyage. Apparently when you are shrunk down that little, Brownian Motion can be kind of a problem.
	10:33pm Austin Rich: Can I have my noise in pill form?
	10:33pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:32 Ah, bearnapping is different!
	10:34pm Imaginos: ↳ Mr. X @10:33 It was the Guide for me
	10:34pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:33 I loved that movie. I'm not sure I liked the book as much, but I still read it.
	10:34pm Arvo Zylo: I do often wish I could inject or imbibe experiences, especially the experience of reading books. So many books...
	10:35pm Austin Rich: It would be nice to wake up and, for instance, be able to say, "I know kung fu."
	10:36pm Mr. X: ↳ Imaginos @10:34 Ah, that's right! Brownian motion in a cup of tea was the basis for the Improbability Drive, if I recall correctly.
	10:37pm Imaginos: ↳ Mr. X @10:36 Yes
	10:37pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:29 some people think the term "brown noise" refers to frequencies (low) that make a person involuntarily poop. i've heard this and read this; and supposedly the us military has used it in this way. which of course they would! ...but i looked into it to find 1) it wasn't named for that, and 2) it doesn't do that!
	10:40pm Imaginos: Brown shoes don't make it
	10:41pm coelacanth∅: quit school. why fake it?
	10:42pm coelacanth∅: wasn't that song a response to a fashion faux pa a la lyndon b johnson?
	10:43pm JM in Texas: #CassetteTapeLove
	10:44pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ coelacanth∅ @10:37 I wrote an article about sonic weaponry once. I believe they are real, they are not a secret in other countries. I will never forget my experience during 9/11 where my friends and I all fell asleep at the same exact time after a loud and persistent, and clearly synthetic cicada-type noise... I do not remember the inventor of the noise that caused people to have bowel problems, but I do remember the "Earthquake machine" that Tesla made. Some people tried to remake it, and it did cause some tremors, but nothing approximating an "earthquake".
	10:47pm Imaginos: Always glad to hang out with you here
	10:47pm JM in Texas: Pretty sure harsh noise / extreme sound describes were projected towards the Branch Dravidian Compound at Mount Carmel outside Waco back in 93.
	10:48pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:44 i created 2 very full cds based around my own cicada recordings. the 2nd cd is specifically geared as a lullaby
	10:49pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ JM in Texas @10:47 I heard they were blasting classic rock like ACDC on repeat or something like that.
	10:50pm Austin Rich: Unrelated, but the comic book "Transmetropolitan" featured a "Bowel Disrupter" gun, that does what it says on the tin, as they say.
	10:50pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ coelacanth∅ @10:48 That's cool! Dave Phillips let me work with some of his field recordings, very nice guy. Cicadas, frogs, all kinds of stuff. I am a hopeless city boy with a serious drought of field recordings, but on the plus side, an abysmal amount of mosquito bites.
	10:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Live" by "Trigger Object" This set was hypnotizing. Everyone was dancing and grooving to Trigger Object. She was really in the zone for this one.
	10:51pm coelacanth∅: ↳ JM in Texas @10:47 yes, 24/7 ac/dc...i think something else too, maybe ratt? ugh. then they just bombed the place. women and children first.
	10:51pm Imaginos: Reminds me of the outback
	10:52pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:51 This is good stuff.
	10:52pm Austin Rich: We'll go about 15 minutes over. Sorry everyone!
	10:52pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @10:52 Worth it.
	10:53pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ coelacanth∅ @10:51 I remember seeing it on the news, when they were trying to say it was a mass suicide where they set the building on fire themselves. Always trust the news!
	10:54pm Austin Rich: As I understand it, Trigger Object will support Wolf Eyes on a few shows in the NW this Fall.
	10:57pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:53 right - watching them shoot flame throwers in at point blank range, and saying "mass suicide"... something doesn't compute here
	10:59pm Austin Rich: I'm glad I played before Trigger Object. This would have been hard to follow.
	10:59pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:54 I was looking at their bandcamp, seems like they have done vinyl and even sold out of copies, so apparently they tour, one can guess.
	10:59pm JM in Texas: ↳ coelacanth∅ @10:51 I saw Ratt back in the day. Dangerous But Worth The Risk is still a nice little jamm!
	11:00pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ JM in Texas @10:59 I saw Ratt for free in the 90s, no regrets. I figured out a way to drink underage, is what I remember.
	11:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @11:00 My first two shows were: Robert Palmer (Simply Irresistible Tour.) Skid Row opening for Bon Jovi.
	11:02pm Mr. X: My favorite example of weaponized music is in Mars Attacks, when they explode the aliens' heads with cowboy yodels.
	11:03pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @11:02 Which is how I know I'm not Martian: I love those Yodels! But it's also how I TEST for Martians. Just to be safe.
	11:03pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Mr. X @11:02 hahaha
	11:03pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @11:01 My first show was supposed to be REEL BIG FISH, but someone stole my ticket. Then it was supposed to be Marilyn Manson, but my ride flaked. Then it was a big Ska fest called "Ska Against Racism". Although, I honestly don't remember what my first show was that wasn't "big". I started going to The Fireside Bowl for shows (with a backpack full of beer) when I was 16. First show I remember was Dystopia.
	11:04pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @11:03 Smart move.
	11:05pm Austin Rich: I was a pretty mainstream rock and roll kid for most of my youth. I blame Nirvana interviews for introducing me to the idea that there was music that wasn't mainstream, or wasn't on the radio. Even my mom's record store mostly stocked classic rock, so to even know there was other kinds of music out there was very exciting. But it didn't happen for me until I was in High School. And even then, finding it took years. You couldn't find it in my home town, no matter where you looked!
	11:07pm JM in Texas: ↳ Austin Rich @11:01 I first saw Bon Jovi open for Ratt. Jovi was touring 7800° Fahrenheit.
	11:08pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @11:05 I was engrossed in MTV until I was about 16 and my friend took me to a show and played some stuff for me. I hadn't really been to a record store that wasn't in a mall before that.
	11:08pm Austin Rich: ↳ JM in Texas @11:07 Ha! I know that album. (I had all their records back then... on tape!)
	11:09pm Arvo Zylo: I sold beer at a Bon Jovi concert. A woman told me I made her panties wet! Woop
	11:09pm coelacanth∅: i was lucky i guess i had a sophisticated far beyond his years older brother.
	11:09pm Arvo Zylo: OK, I have to leave. Good show, thanks for being a pillar of thee communiteee
	11:09pm Mr. X: I've been thinking about putting together a show of cuts from "classic rock" albums where they try to be experimental.
	11:10pm Austin Rich: Certainly, there's an audience for everything, and I have nostalgia for dumb stuff, too. But Bon Jovi did not age as well for me.
	11:10pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Mr. X @11:09 Chicago Transit Authority - Freeform Guitar!
	11:10pm Austin Rich: ↳ coelacanth∅ @11:09 I always wanted an older brother like that! Years later, my siblings and other family members all told me I was that older brother for them. I had no idea!
	11:10pm Mr. X: ↳ Arvo Zylo @11:10 Oh yes, my man, Terry Kath!
	11:11pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @11:09 That's a great idea!
	11:11pm coelacanth∅: (and my parents, somehow amidst their un-coolness, turned us onto "real" music when i was ~3. just 5 albums but a very solid groundwork.)
	11:11pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Arvo Zylo @11:09 'night, Arvo
	11:12pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ coelacanth∅ @11:11 take care!
	11:12pm Austin Rich: ↳ coelacanth∅ @11:11 Occasionally, parents know what's up. The pretend to be dumb sometimes when they say they don't know who John Cage is, but I've seen their search history. They know.
	11:12pm JM in Texas: ↳ Arvo Zylo @11:03 My 1st show (with parents & grandparents) was The Oak Ridge Boys back in Elvira’s heyday! The first show I purchased a ticket for was Black Sabbath - Born Again tour. Ian Gillian (Deep Purple) was the lead singer……this was right after Dio departed. Night Ranger (Dawn Patrol) opened. (40 years ago, I was 15) www.concertarchives.org...
	11:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ JM in Texas @11:12 I grew up in a town called Oakridge! My parents referred to us as "The Oakridge Boys" occasionally!
	11:13pm Mr. X: Excellent show, Austin! Thanks! And bless Interzone Cafe, Luthor Maggot, and organizer Chris.
	11:13pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Austin Rich @11:10 we were not friends! most of my exposure to good music was incidental on his part. ...we were friendly sometimes though.
	11:14pm Austin Rich: Thanks again, everyone! See ya'll next time.
	11:15pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Austin! tchau
	5:03pm coelacanth@8-31-24: finally back to hear the whole episode through. Thanks again Austin!

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