WFMU: Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from October 24, 2024

Listener comments!
	👻 10:20am Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	👻 11:56am Austin Rich: One-stop shopping for all your Magnetic Monster Resources: midvalleymutations.com...
	12:00pm Krys O.: Good afternoon (almost). Gathering my ersatz lunchables to listen from work.
	👻 12:00pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @12:00 Yay! Wonderful to see you in the Digital Salon.
	12:03pm Kat in the chat: Oh good hello! I haven’t been able to tune in evenings lately, so this is a fun work day surprise.
	👻 12:09pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Magnet" by "Yo La Tengo" I've said it before, and I'll say it again: There's a Yo La Tengo song for EVERY occasion.
	12:22pm Mr Fab: Hey, Austin, and fellow magnetic enthusiasts! Might have to go into a work meeting soon, but really enjoying this. "Someone is wrecking my store with magnetic power!" LOL
	👻 12:23pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @12:22 This movie is seriously weird. It tries to be serious... and does it so badly.
	12:23pm Krys O.: We use magnets in our production department. I wish it were as enthralling as this.
	👻 12:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @12:23 The power of imagination helps quite a bit, I'm sure.
	12:26pm Krys O.: I had a neighbor who was convinced she was being attacked by electromagnetic waves by us and the town. She complained to the health department and even called the police once.
	👻 12:26pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @12:26 "I hear the police are good at handling magnetism." I-yi-yi.
	12:27pm Mr Fab: "Dress Like Devo At Work Day" ha, oh! How I wish that was a real thing.
	12:27pm Krys O.: This movie has a terrific cast!
	👻 12:28pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @12:27 I'm sort of obsessed with Richard Carlson's work. He's sort of charmingly not great.
	12:31pm Krys O.: ↳ Austin Rich @12:28 He's no Hugh Marlowe.
	👻 12:32pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @12:31 Oh, yeah! There's some classics in his filmography.
	12:32pm Mr Fab: "The maniac sings with weird voices when it's working" - does Man Or Astroman need more samples?
	12:33pm Krys O.: ↳ Austin Rich @12:32 When I was a kid, I used to confuse the two Carlson and Marlowe.
	12:35pm Listener Robert: You know the situation is serious when even the bullshit is radioactive and magnetized.
	👻 12:41pm Austin Rich: ↳ Listener Robert @12:35 These scientists have TWO problems to deal with.
	12:41pm David Shortell: ↳ Austin Rich @12:28 He starred in a TV series called “I Led Three Lives”, which sounds similar to the radio series (and subsequent movie) “I Was a Communist for the FBI”.
	👻 12:43pm Austin Rich: ↳ David Shortell @12:41 There's a tiny reference to "I Was A Communist..." later on! Nice to see you in the Digital Salon, David!
	👻 12:43pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Science Gone Too Far" by "The Dictators" I'm far too obsessed with this tune. What a great era for the Dictators.
	12:47pm Krys O.: I just had to go into the production department to check stock on some magnets for an order. Synchronicity!
	👻 12:48pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @12:47 Those Magnets are a problem this time of year! (So I've heard...)
	12:48pm Krys O.: Carlson was very crush-able in Abbott & Costello's movie Hold That Ghost.
	👻 12:49pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @12:48 I still need to see that one!
	12:49pm Mr Fab: Office of Scientific Investigation! That was where the $6 Million Man worked.
	👻 12:49pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @12:49 I BELIEVE it was a reference, if I recall...
	12:51pm Krys O.: ↳ Austin Rich @12:49 Joan Davis was the best in that.
	👻 12:51pm Austin Rich: Whoops! We lost connection for a moment. I'll post a clean version on the archive, after. Sorry!
	👻 12:52pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @12:51 Oh, right! She's quite a looker.
	1:03pm Mr Fab: wasn't there a band called Monster Magnet?
	1:04pm Mr Fab: Ah, yes, The Mothers' "The Return of the Son of Monster Magnet"
	1:05pm Krys O.: ↳ Mr Fab @1:03 Yes! Great band.
	1:07pm Listener Robert: There was an unfortunate medical fad in the 1950s that sought to limit weight gain in pregnancy.
	1:12pm Krys O.: ↳ Listener Robert @1:07 Zoinks! Well, pregnancy was rarely depicted in any realistic way in television or films. Women were thin but wearing flowing clothing.
	1:12pm David Shortell: ↳ Mr Fab @1:03 Yes, but they were NOT named after the Mothers track like I first assumed. Dave's not a Zappa fan. He told me the name was inspired by the Wham-O toy and other things--like the title of an episode of the anime series "The 8th Man" (though I think he might've meant a "Gigantor" episode with that title).
	👻 1:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ David Shortell @1:12 OH, I misunderstood. I was sure it was a reference to that. My mistake.
	1:16pm David Shortell: ↳ David Shortell @1:12 At one one of their shows at the Brighton Bar (R.I.P.), a fan proudly held up his vintage Wham-O Monster Magnet for all to see.
	👻 1:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ David Shortell @1:16 I suspect some of those old Wham-O toys are worth quite a bit.
	1:22pm David Shortell: ↳ Mr Fab @1:04 When the Foolkiller first appeared in Steve Gerber's "Man-Thing" in 1973, someone wrote in asking if the character was named after the Eagles song. Gerber said it was actually inspired by that Mothers track. I assume he was kidding.
	👻 1:23pm Austin Rich: ↳ David Shortell @1:22 Steve Gerber was a likely to pull your leg as to reference The Mothers (and The Eagles), so it's really hard to say with him.
	👻 1:25pm Arvo Zylo: HI
	👻 1:25pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @1:25 Nice to see you in the chat.
	1:28pm Kat in the chat: I like the noise show jokes!
	1:28pm Krys O.: Excellent sound effects!
	👻 1:29pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @1:28 I do love the sounds in the movie!
	👻 1:29pm Austin Rich: ↳ Kat in the chat @1:28 I do what I can to represent all my personalities.
	1:32pm David Shortell: ↳ Krys O. @1:05 There was a much lesser known group simply called Magnet. They once played at the Brighton Bar with the Velvet Underground’s Moe Tucker guest-drumming! Joe and John from Monster Magnet attended, eager to meet Moe. Those two are now in the Ribeye Brothers, who will play Saturday at the Low Dive (1000 Ocean Ave N, Asbury Park, NJ) with New Hope’s Reeder Station (featuring Steve Garvey, former Buzzcock).
	👻 1:35pm Arvo Zylo: "with a bottle in his teddy"
	👻 1:36pm Arvo Zylo: I can only imagine what the writing process was like for these comments! Lots of practice! Intensive courses in sarcasm!
	👻 1:38pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @1:36 I watch the movie a bunch, and just keep writing down jokes. Then it's a layered process of recording, watching it all, cutting the jokes that don't work, writing new jokes, and then watching it again to see if it all works again. I probably have to watch the movie at least 5 times to make it any good.
	👻 1:39pm Austin Rich: ↳ Austin Rich @1:38 I was putting the finishing touches on this particular show back when I had Covid over a year ago, so there are some lines you can hear that were recorded while I was VERY sick, and you can hear it.
	👻 1:42pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Krys O. @12:26 There is actually documented evidence of electromagnetic tampering and plausible technology, although tinfoil hats (or aluminum foil) will not do much to prevent it... mindjustice.org...
	1:43pm David Shortell: Did I miss the part of this movie with “The Time Tunnel”’s John Zaremba? I wonder if he’s related to the Fleshtones’ Peter Zaremba.
	👻 1:44pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @1:38 That is an intensive process! I would like to rent a theater and do marathons because they don't seem to happen near me. Movie marathons are important.
	👻 1:45pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @1:44 I would love to screen these with an audience, but it hasn't happened yet.
	👻 1:46pm Austin Rich: ↳ David Shortell @1:43 I think he's in the last section here, but I'm not entirely sure.
	👻 1:48pm Austin Rich: "I feel like I've seen all of this before." A lot of the footage used in this end sequence is stolen from a German Film, that was popular in Europe, and Ivan Tors had access to for his films.
	👻 1:49pm Arvo Zylo: I played several movies on the radio just for atmosphere, but never thought to make commentary. I also wouldn't have been able to easily link people to the videos where I was at. This archive system is still a fairly rare occurrence!
	👻 1:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: ""Jeff's New Control Panel"" They recreated the "control panel" from the film they ripped off, so that Jeff could be seen manning the controls. But to match with the footage, Jeff had to dress like the character from the other film.
	1:51pm Krys O.: BTW--King Donovan was married to Imogene Coca for 27 years until his death. He was also ten years younger than Imogene.
	👻 1:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @1:49 I have played movies and made jokes before, but now I can easily link to videos, which I couldn't do before.
	1:52pm Feldy: This is fun! Hey Austin
	👻 1:52pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @1:51 Oh, interesting. I'll have to read more about King Donovan.
	👻 1:52pm Austin Rich: ↳ Feldy @1:52 Feldy! Nice to see you in the chat.
	2:02pm Krys O.: Wonderful! (applause)
	2:03pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @1:51 Ha, Ed Wood would approve.
	👻 2:04pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @2:03 Seriously. While they were trying to make "hard sci-fi," they took a lot from Mr. Wood, too.
	👻 2:05pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "I Killed The Monster" by "Daniel Johnston" This album's been getting a lot of play in my house lately. The "Rock and Roll" era Daniel that could have been. I like to imagine a universe where this band was able to channel Daniel's music into a long career.
	2:08pm Mr Fab: Guess I must have lost track of Daniel Johnston's career for a while - wasn't aware of his garage-rock band Danny & the Nightmares until Miss Mei played some recently.
	👻 2:09pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @2:08 Oh, yeah! That record rules. Butthole Surfers / Daniel, together at last!
	2:13pm Mr Fab: That was some very creative radio, Austin - esp since it was also video.
	👻 2:15pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @2:13 I have thought about turning this show into a "Public Access" style show, too, but I'm not sure I want to commit to making video EVERY time. Maybe a couple times a year.
	2:16pm Mr Fab: Next week, BC Sterrett will take over all of Thursday's programming for his annual vintage Halloween record marathon, all the way up to 8pm EST. Bevare! BEVARE!!
	👻 2:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @2:16 I'm really looking forward to that!
	👻 2:18pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Hauntmobile." by "Xeres of Xeron" You can hear the follow-up story - Hauntropolis - at this link: wfmu.org...
	2:18pm Krys O.: FYI-Archive.org appears to be back in the saddle again!
	👻 2:19pm Austin Rich: And here's the link to my Halloween Radio Podcast, where I include just about any radio broadcast I make in the Halloween Mode: austinrich.org...
	2:20pm Krys O.: ↳ Austin Rich @2:19 Nice! Thanks!
	👻 2:20pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @2:18 Look at that! Wonderful, wonderful! I depend on that site so much, and I hate to see them have such hard times.
	👻 2:21pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @2:20 I don't remember what happened. Was it something about hosting a Frank Sinatra 78 that they were sued for or something? I do love archive.org. Mainly for experimental tapes and occult books, but eventually I'm sure I'll find other bits there worth traversing.
	👻 2:23pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @2:21 Some group of vandals were defacing the website, so they have been offline for a week or so, to make sure there isn't any permanent damage. I think they have changed some of the back-end, to ensure the data is safe.
	👻 2:23pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Edited Excerpts From Four Halloween Broadcasts ma... Now, listen as you hear an Austin that is 20 years younger...
	2:24pm Roy_Santiago: Hey Austin! Filling in for Zebub?
	👻 2:24pm Austin Rich: That first voice is John Zacherly.
	👻 2:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ Roy_Santiago @2:24 Yeah! I'll be done at 3, sharp, so you can start on time!
	👻 2:24pm Austin Rich: This second voice is mine, doing my "Halloween" Voice.
	👻 2:25pm Austin Rich: This third voice was a KPSU volunteer, an older gentleman, who wrote and recorded this whole monologue, telling how you could find the KPSU studios back in the day...
	👻 2:26pm Austin Rich: ↳ Austin Rich @2:25 He wrote / recorded this in the early 2000's, and it was available for DJs to play on the radio for YEARS. I don't have a pristine, uncut version. I actually don't play the whole thing, sadly. I would love to find a pristine version, if any old KPSU voluteers are out there...
	👻 2:27pm Austin Rich: And then this fourth voice is from a Halloween LP that I love, and have played on my show since the late 90's.
	👻 2:28pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @2:24 I tried to put together a monster music comp LP once, but the cover artist charged in advance and never delivered. I had to try to get him on Judge Mathis to get a refund! I did a cover of a song by Fats Waller, and I took a piano class just to learn that song, but my second choice would have been "A Wicked Thought" by Zacherley. I wrote to Zacherley a few times too, no reply. At that time, he had such terrible arthritis that his fingers were crooked and jagged, almost bent at right angles. Must have been so painful!
	👻 2:29pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @2:28 I can only imagine! I do love those old Zacherly songs.
	👻 2:31pm Austin Rich: For this era of my radio show, I would usually just DJ. (Not much in the way of cut-ups, or anything.) And in the weeks leading into Halloween, I would slowly add Halloween songs to my playlists, so I wouldn't do "full shows" until the last week or so. This first year, I slipped in Halloween music starting on September 28th, and over the next few weeks. This is a edit of stuff from those first few shows.
	👻 2:31pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Song: "Halloween" by "Misfits" Glad I got to see the Misfits before the pandemic. It was tame, but still fun. The nostalgia of going to a show without worrying about a deadly virus...
	2:31pm Roy_Santiago: ↳ Austin Rich @2:24 Awesomesalsa
	👻 2:33pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @2:31 My boss / friend Obadiah saw the Misfits recently (a few years ago), and said it was satisfying, even if it wasn't exactly the same. I can only imagine; I love those songs a lot, but never got to see them. I currently have a Devil Lock, only because I can!
	👻 2:33pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Song: "Haunted House" by "Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs" Great tune! Sam the Sham did a great version of Little Red Ridin' Hood too. The version of this song I remember best is by Jumpin' Gene Simmons, a bargain bin find, but also on one of Elvira's compilations...
	👻 2:33pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @2:33 That's my fave version of Little Red Riding Hood! Sam The Sham is the best.
	2:33pm Krys O.: ↳ Arvo Zylo @2:21 More on that ongoing legal battle: www.rollingstone.com...
	👻 2:34pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @2:33 archive.org was also asked to remove "1984" from their services, which seems like something from a book I once read, but can't seem to find anymore...
	👻 2:35pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Krys O. @2:33 Thanks!
	👻 2:36pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Whistling Past The Graveyard" by "Screamin' Jay H... This is a case of the cover being better. I like the Tom Waits version, but when Screamin' Jay sings it, the songs actually seems to describe Screamin' Jay's actual lifestyle better. It's his song, more than Tom's.
	👻 2:36pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @2:34 I assumed they would get heat from operating as a library without a license, but I haven't read a lot about it.
	👻 2:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @2:36 I don't pretend to understand law, but given all the good they do, it seems silly to pick on them, even if there are copyright issues.
	👻 2:37pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Song: "Whistling Past The Graveyard" by "Screamin' Jay H... Screamin' Jay also covered another Tom Waits song: "Heart Attack & Vine" if I remember correctly.
	👻 2:38pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Pet Semetary" by "Ramones" This is one of the songs that I use to make the case that Brain Drain isn't THAT bad. It's not a GREAT Ramones album, but still...
	👻 2:38pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @2:37 I think you're right! Screamin' Jay did quality material, right up to the end.
	👻 2:40pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @2:38 The only Ramones album I don't like is Adios Amigos. Incidentally, Pet Semetary is the only movie that scared me as a kid. We drove past Resurrection Cemetery on the way home, and I already knew about the legendary ghost Resurrection Mary, and the headlights reflecting off of the tombstones in a repetitive fashion just terrified me. My parents took me to any number of R rated movies as a kid, to their credit.
	👻 2:41pm Austin Rich: Me, 20 years younger...
	👻 2:41pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @2:38 "Black Music For White People" is the album it's on.
	👻 2:41pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @2:40 Pet Semetary totally scared me as a kid, too. Scary movie!
	👻 2:42pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Sinister Purpose" by "Zacherle w/ Southern Cultur... I make fun of Rob Zombie in the VO, but really, this compilation record is VERY good, and I like Rob a little better, as years have worn on. For a while he was wearing a little thin on me, personality-wise. But I've come to like him better as I have aged.
	👻 2:43pm Austin Rich: I think Southern Culture On The Skids are one of the perfect rock and roll bands.
	👻 2:44pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Song: "Sinister Purpose" by "Zacherle w/ Southern Cultur... Rob Zombie did release just the audio of old horror movies on CD. I used to see them in the used CD store I worked in all the time, and would play them when I had the chance over the speakers. Buzz Osborne has a funny interview where he talks about opening for Rob Zombie, and they just did total feedback after the crowd heckled. Rob Zombie would tell them to stop sound checking because he was "eating".
	👻 2:45pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Arvo Zylo @2:44 Melvins I mean
	👻 2:45pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Rapid Fire Vampire Attack" by "Los Cincos" I'm still looking for a copy of this "Los Cincos" 7", or the "One-Eyed Richard And The God-Damned Liars" LP, if anyone wants to sell a record nerd something amazing.
	2:46pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @2:43 Totally agree. Now that The Cramps are no longer active, SCOTS are our top sleaze-meisters.
	👻 2:47pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @2:46 I feel very lucky to have seen the Cramps twice before Lux passed. I wanted to see him more, but I assumed he had drank the blood of some creature from the black leather lagoon, and would live forever.
	2:48pm Mr Fab: One of Rob Zombie's finest moments is his film "House of a Thousand Corpses" - we took our under-18 daughter to see the reissue last year!
	👻 2:48pm Austin Rich: More 20 year old VOs. I don't sound that different, do I?
	👻 2:49pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @2:48 That movie is VERY good. There's a few scenes in there that are truly brilliant and inspired.
	👻 2:50pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @2:47 I saw them once, their last tour if I'm not mistaken. Lux had already had gold teeth to replace his natural ones because he was always swinging things around between his teeth. He was swinging around a 2x4 between his teeth when I saw them. He also threw his mic stand and almost hit Poison Ivy in the head. And he grabbed a stage diver, put him in a headlock, and punched him several times, before grabbing him by the pants and throwing him back into the crowd. It was really a lot of fun.
	👻 2:51pm Austin Rich: At one of the shows, Lux was in heels the whole time, and was climbing amplifiers and jumping off and running around. I kept thinking: How is he balancing in those shoes? That takes some practice.
	👻 2:53pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Gravewalk" by "Satan's Pilgrims" I am a Satan's Pilgrims FAN. Seen them a handful of times over the years, and they were always great. I think they lost a member not long ago, so I worry that they won't play again. Sigh. Getting old is dumb.
	👻 2:53pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @2:51 wow
	👻 2:53pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Spectra Sonic Sound" by "The Nation of Ulysses" This is one of my favorite albums from the 90's. Just perfect. "13 Point Plan To Destroy America"? Yes Please!
	2:55pm Krys O.: Thanks, Austin!
	👻 2:56pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @2:55 There was more, but I wanna end on time. So this is my last song... Thanks again everyone! Have a great day!
	2:57pm Mr Fab: ↳ Song: "It's Halloween (Excerpt)" by "The Shaggs" YES!! I believe this was the first song I heard by the Shaggs. Rodney Bingenheimer played it when this album finally got a proper release in the '80s, and I just stared at my radio in disbelief. Like, what IS this..?
	👻 2:58pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @2:57 My old roommate gave it to my for my birthday, when it was reissued in 1999. I also sort of stared at the radio, and was dumbfounded. I think I read about it in a book, later, but Irwin.
	👻 2:59pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Song: "Everyday (Is Halloween)" by "Ministry" As a Chicago person, I have heard this song hundreds of times. It was on mainstream radio at night.
	👻 2:59pm Austin Rich: By Irwin...
	3:00pm Mr Fab: Thanks Austin, this was great
	👻 3:00pm Arvo Zylo: Alright, cheerio, good show, ol' chap

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from October 24, 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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October 24, 2024: The Magnetic Monster! (Radio Riffing w/ Austin & Mitch)

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Approx. start time
Introduction... "Introduction..."
Mini-Mutations	Halloween Ambience	Halloween Ambience	Mid-Valley Mutations	2023	0:00:08 (Pop-up)
Shot Reverse Shot	Radio Riffing Theme	Radio Riffing Theme	Mid-Valley Mutations	2023	0:02:46 (Pop-up)
Part 1 "Part 1"
You can watch part one of "The Magnetic Monster" - with our commentary - here: https://midvalleymutations.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/magnetic-monster-1.mp4
Yo La Tengo	Magnet "Magnet" by "Yo La Tengo"	Prisoners of Love: A Smattering of Scintillating Senescent Songs: 1985–2003	Matador	2005	0:09:07 (Pop-up)
The Magnetic Monster	Excerpt 1 "Excerpt 1" by "The Magnetic Monster"	The Magnetic Monster	United Artists	1953	0:13:14 (Pop-up)
	"The Magnetic Monster" ""The Magnetic Monster""				0:13:19 (Pop-up)
	"Jeff Stewart & His Team of A-Men" ""Jeff Stewart & His Team of A-Men""				0:13:53 (Pop-up)
	"At The Office of Scientific Investigation"				0:14:40 (Pop-up)
	"Jeff & His Wife..." ""Jeff & His Wife...""				0:15:28 (Pop-up)
	"One Ring-y Ding-y..." ""One Ring-y Ding-y...""				0:16:27 (Pop-up)
	"Dan & Jeff: The Mulder & Scully of OSI."				0:17:02 (Pop-up)
	"Meanwhile, At Simple Simon's Hardware Store"				0:18:54 (Pop-up)
	"A-Men Investigation Tactics" ""A-Men Investigation Tactics""				0:21:55 (Pop-up)
	"Cheese It. It's The Heat." ""Cheese It. It's The Heat.""				0:25:58 (Pop-up)
	"Dress Like Devo At Work Day" ""Dress Like Devo At Work Day""				0:26:18 (Pop-up)
	"The Magnetic Monster Strikes!" ""The Magnetic Monster Strikes!""				0:27:40 (Pop-up)
	"Empty!" ""Empty!""				0:28:38 (Pop-up)
	"The M.A.N.I.A.C." ""The M.A.N.I.A.C.""				0:29:31 (Pop-up)
You can watch part two of "The Magnetic Monster" - with our commentary - here: https://midvalleymutations.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/magnetic-monster-2.mp4
Part 2 "Part 2"
The Dictators	Science Gone Too Far	"Sleepin' With The TV On" b/w "Science Gone To Far"	Asylum Records	1977	0:42:43 (Pop-up)
The Magnetic Monster	Excerpt 2 "Excerpt 2" by "The Magnetic Monster"	The Magnetic Monster	United Artists	1953	0:46:11 (Pop-up)
	"Dan At The Switchboard." ""Dan At The Switchboard.""				0:46:15 (Pop-up)
	"The OSI Screening Calls" ""The OSI Screening Calls""				0:46:51 (Pop-up)
	"Meanwhile, At The Local Airport" ""Meanwhile, At The Local Airport""				0:48:50 (Pop-up)
	"Interviewing The Cabbie" ""Interviewing The Cabbie""				0:49:11 (Pop-up)
	"Recalling Doomed Flights" ""Recalling Doomed Flights""				0:50:47 (Pop-up)
	"Radioactive Insurance" ""Radioactive Insurance""				0:51:39 (Pop-up)
	"Meanwhile, On Flight 17..." ""Meanwhile, On Flight 17...""				0:52:12 (Pop-up)
	"Our Hapless Pilots" ""Our Hapless Pilots""				0:53:20 (Pop-up)
	"Using the Cane to Move The Dangerous Bag"				0:54:39 (Pop-up)
	"Revealing The Magnetic Monster's Secrets"				0:55:47 (Pop-up)
	"Jeff Returns Home After A Long Night."				1:00:31 (Pop-up)
	"Jeff & His Wife Reunite" ""Jeff & His Wife Reunite""				1:00:47 (Pop-up)
You can watch part three of "The Magnetic Monster" - with our commentary - here: https://midvalleymutations.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/magnetic-monster-3.mp4
Part 3 "Part 3"
Critical Dad	Magnetic Is "Magnetic Is" by "Critical Dad"	New Parents	Self-Released	2015	1:12:57 (Pop-up)
The Magnetic Monster	Excerpt 3 "Excerpt 3" by "The Magnetic Monster"	The Magnetic Monster	United Artists	1953	1:15:55 (Pop-up)
	"Breakfast at The Stewart's" ""Breakfast at The Stewart's""				1:16:05 (Pop-up)
	"Getting The Phone Call" ""Getting The Phone Call""				1:17:35 (Pop-up)
	"Back At OSI Headquarters" ""Back At OSI Headquarters""				1:18:43 (Pop-up)
	"OSI's Top Men Discuss The Matter" ""OSI's Top Men Discuss The Matter""				1:19:37 (Pop-up)
	"The Bolt-And-Watch Trick" ""The Bolt-And-Watch Trick""				1:20:24 (Pop-up)
	"Taking A Look At The Problem" ""Taking A Look At The Problem""				1:21:46 (Pop-up)
	"Feeding The Data To The M.A.N.I.A.C."				1:24:20 (Pop-up)
	"A Coffee Break" ""A Coffee Break""				1:26:37 (Pop-up)
	"Fighting The Magnetic Monster" ""Fighting The Magnetic Monster""				1:27:17 (Pop-up)
	"Another Meeting of OSI's Top Men" ""Another Meeting of OSI's Top Men""				1:29:22 (Pop-up)
	"Dan, Lightly Boasting" ""Dan, Lightly Boasting""				1:29:38 (Pop-up)
	"Another Big Discussion" ""Another Big Discussion""				1:30:29 (Pop-up)
	"Calling Canada" ""Calling Canada""				1:32:33 (Pop-up)
	"Draining A City" ""Draining A City""				1:32:45 (Pop-up)
You can watch part four of "The Magnetic Monster" - with our commentary - here: https://midvalleymutations.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/magnetic-monster-4.mp4
Part 4 "Part 4"
Destroy All Monsters	Nobody Knows	"What Do I Get" b/w "Nobody Knows"	IDBI Records	1979	1:38:25 (Pop-up)
The Magnetic Monster	Excerpt 4 "Excerpt 4" by "The Magnetic Monster"	The Magnetic Monster	United Artists	1953	1:41:40 (Pop-up)
	"Travel by Plane" ""Travel by Plane""				1:41:51 (Pop-up)
	"Suggestive Refueling" ""Suggestive Refueling""				1:42:51 (Pop-up)
	"Meeting The Canadians" ""Meeting The Canadians""				1:44:52 (Pop-up)
	"The Team Gathered To Fight The Magnetic Monster"				1:46:12 (Pop-up)
	"The Deltatron" ""The Deltatron""				1:47:49 (Pop-up)
	"Jeff's New Control Panel" ""Jeff's New Control Panel""				1:49:01 (Pop-up)
	"Getting Another Phone Call" ""Getting Another Phone Call""				1:50:08 (Pop-up)
	"Jeff Hard At Work" ""Jeff Hard At Work""				1:51:55 (Pop-up)
	"A Late-Stage Argument" ""A Late-Stage Argument""				1:54:15 (Pop-up)
	"Canadian Sabotage" ""Canadian Sabotage""				1:55:18 (Pop-up)
	"Last Minute Repairs" ""Last Minute Repairs""				1:56:34 (Pop-up)
	"An Underwater Explosion" ""An Underwater Explosion""				1:58:18 (Pop-up)
	"Jeff & Dan, Dejected" ""Jeff & Dan, Dejected""				1:58:48 (Pop-up)
	"Dan & Jeff, In Celebration" ""Dan & Jeff, In Celebration""				1:59:52 (Pop-up)
HOUR 3 "HOUR 3"
	"A House, And A Patch of Grass" ""A House, And A Patch of Grass""				2:00:35 (Pop-up)
	"Roll Credits" ""Roll Credits""				2:01:30 (Pop-up)
Here's a complete version of, "The Magnetic Monster," for you to enjoy at your leisure: https://midvalleymutations.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/the-magnetic-monster-w-commentary.mp4
Or, if you just want our commentary, here's an .mp3 you can line up with your copy of the film, so you can enjoy the hilarity on your own: https://midvalleymutations.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/the-magnetic-monster-mid-valley-mutations-commentary.mp3
One-Stop Shopping for Magnetic Monster A/V Links: https://midvalleymutations.com/listening/the-magnetic-monster/
Epilogue... "Epilogue..."
Daniel Johnston	I Killed The Monster	Artistic Vice	Shimmy Disc	1991	2:03:44 (Pop-up)
Shot Reverse Shot	Radio Riffing Ending Theme	Radio Riffing Theme	Mid-Valley Mutations	2023	2:09:53 (Pop-up)
Xeres of Xeron	Hauntmobile. "Hauntmobile." by "Xeres of Xeron"	Hauntmobile	Mid-Valley Mutations	2022	2:14:35 (Pop-up)
Edited Excerpts From Four Halloween Broadcasts made 20 years ago, on KPSU in Portland Oregon, on September 28th, and October 5th, 12th & 19th.
Music behind DJ: Austin Rich / KPSU	Halloween At KPSU	Halloween At KPSU	KPSU	2004	2:23:16 (Pop-up)
Misfits	Halloween "Halloween" by "Misfits"	Legacy of Brutality	Plan 9 Records	1985	2:29:08 (Pop-up)
Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs	Haunted House	Wolly Bully	MGM Records	1965	2:30:56 (Pop-up)
Screamin' Jay Hawkins	Whistling Past The Graveyard	Portrait of A Man: A History of	Edsel Records	1995	2:34:07 (Pop-up)
Ramones	Pet Semetary "Pet Semetary" by "Ramones"	Brain Drain	Sire Records	1989	2:37:29 (Pop-up)

Zacherle w/ Southern Culture On The Skids	Sinister Purpose	Halloween Hootenanny	Zombie A Go-Go	1998	2:41:31 (Pop-up)
Los Cincos	Rapid Fire Vampire Attack	The Blood Fusion	Outer Universe Research Records	1996	2:44:30 (Pop-up)

Satan's Pilgrims	Gravewalk "Gravewalk" by "Satan's Pilgrims"	Halloween Hootenanny	Zombie A Go-Go	1998	2:49:36 (Pop-up)

The Nation of Ulysses	Spectra Sonic Sound	13 Point Program to Destroy America	Dischord Records	1991	2:52:24 (Pop-up)
The Shaggs	It's Halloween (Excerpt)	Philosophy of The World	RCA Victor	1999	2:54:36 (Pop-up)
Ministry	Everyday (Is Halloween) "Everyday (Is Halloween)" by "Ministry"	"All Day" b/w "Everyday (Is Halloween)"	Wax Trax!	1985	2:56:08 (Pop-up)
John Zacherle	Happy Halloween "Happy Halloween" by "John Zacherle"	Halloween Hootenanny	Zombie A Go-Go	1998	2:58:47 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	👻 10:20am Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	👻 11:56am Austin Rich: One-stop shopping for all your Magnetic Monster Resources: midvalleymutations.com...
	12:00pm Krys O.: Good afternoon (almost). Gathering my ersatz lunchables to listen from work.
	👻 12:00pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @12:00 Yay! Wonderful to see you in the Digital Salon.
	12:03pm Kat in the chat: Oh good hello! I haven’t been able to tune in evenings lately, so this is a fun work day surprise.
	👻 12:09pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Magnet" by "Yo La Tengo" I've said it before, and I'll say it again: There's a Yo La Tengo song for EVERY occasion.
	12:22pm Mr Fab: Hey, Austin, and fellow magnetic enthusiasts! Might have to go into a work meeting soon, but really enjoying this. "Someone is wrecking my store with magnetic power!" LOL
	👻 12:23pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @12:22 This movie is seriously weird. It tries to be serious... and does it so badly.
	12:23pm Krys O.: We use magnets in our production department. I wish it were as enthralling as this.
	👻 12:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @12:23 The power of imagination helps quite a bit, I'm sure.
	12:26pm Krys O.: I had a neighbor who was convinced she was being attacked by electromagnetic waves by us and the town. She complained to the health department and even called the police once.
	👻 12:26pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @12:26 "I hear the police are good at handling magnetism." I-yi-yi.
	12:27pm Mr Fab: "Dress Like Devo At Work Day" ha, oh! How I wish that was a real thing.
	12:27pm Krys O.: This movie has a terrific cast!
	👻 12:28pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @12:27 I'm sort of obsessed with Richard Carlson's work. He's sort of charmingly not great.
	12:31pm Krys O.: ↳ Austin Rich @12:28 He's no Hugh Marlowe.
	👻 12:32pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @12:31 Oh, yeah! There's some classics in his filmography.
	12:32pm Mr Fab: "The maniac sings with weird voices when it's working" - does Man Or Astroman need more samples?
	12:33pm Krys O.: ↳ Austin Rich @12:32 When I was a kid, I used to confuse the two Carlson and Marlowe.
	12:35pm Listener Robert: You know the situation is serious when even the bullshit is radioactive and magnetized.
	👻 12:41pm Austin Rich: ↳ Listener Robert @12:35 These scientists have TWO problems to deal with.
	12:41pm David Shortell: ↳ Austin Rich @12:28 He starred in a TV series called “I Led Three Lives”, which sounds similar to the radio series (and subsequent movie) “I Was a Communist for the FBI”.
	👻 12:43pm Austin Rich: ↳ David Shortell @12:41 There's a tiny reference to "I Was A Communist..." later on! Nice to see you in the Digital Salon, David!
	👻 12:43pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Science Gone Too Far" by "The Dictators" I'm far too obsessed with this tune. What a great era for the Dictators.
	12:47pm Krys O.: I just had to go into the production department to check stock on some magnets for an order. Synchronicity!
	👻 12:48pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @12:47 Those Magnets are a problem this time of year! (So I've heard...)
	12:48pm Krys O.: Carlson was very crush-able in Abbott & Costello's movie Hold That Ghost.
	👻 12:49pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @12:48 I still need to see that one!
	12:49pm Mr Fab: Office of Scientific Investigation! That was where the $6 Million Man worked.
	👻 12:49pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @12:49 I BELIEVE it was a reference, if I recall...
	12:51pm Krys O.: ↳ Austin Rich @12:49 Joan Davis was the best in that.
	👻 12:51pm Austin Rich: Whoops! We lost connection for a moment. I'll post a clean version on the archive, after. Sorry!
	👻 12:52pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @12:51 Oh, right! She's quite a looker.
	1:03pm Mr Fab: wasn't there a band called Monster Magnet?
	1:04pm Mr Fab: Ah, yes, The Mothers' "The Return of the Son of Monster Magnet"
	1:05pm Krys O.: ↳ Mr Fab @1:03 Yes! Great band.
	1:07pm Listener Robert: There was an unfortunate medical fad in the 1950s that sought to limit weight gain in pregnancy.
	1:12pm Krys O.: ↳ Listener Robert @1:07 Zoinks! Well, pregnancy was rarely depicted in any realistic way in television or films. Women were thin but wearing flowing clothing.
	1:12pm David Shortell: ↳ Mr Fab @1:03 Yes, but they were NOT named after the Mothers track like I first assumed. Dave's not a Zappa fan. He told me the name was inspired by the Wham-O toy and other things--like the title of an episode of the anime series "The 8th Man" (though I think he might've meant a "Gigantor" episode with that title).
	👻 1:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ David Shortell @1:12 OH, I misunderstood. I was sure it was a reference to that. My mistake.
	1:16pm David Shortell: ↳ David Shortell @1:12 At one one of their shows at the Brighton Bar (R.I.P.), a fan proudly held up his vintage Wham-O Monster Magnet for all to see.
	👻 1:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ David Shortell @1:16 I suspect some of those old Wham-O toys are worth quite a bit.
	1:22pm David Shortell: ↳ Mr Fab @1:04 When the Foolkiller first appeared in Steve Gerber's "Man-Thing" in 1973, someone wrote in asking if the character was named after the Eagles song. Gerber said it was actually inspired by that Mothers track. I assume he was kidding.
	👻 1:23pm Austin Rich: ↳ David Shortell @1:22 Steve Gerber was a likely to pull your leg as to reference The Mothers (and The Eagles), so it's really hard to say with him.
	👻 1:25pm Arvo Zylo: HI
	👻 1:25pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @1:25 Nice to see you in the chat.
	1:28pm Kat in the chat: I like the noise show jokes!
	1:28pm Krys O.: Excellent sound effects!
	👻 1:29pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @1:28 I do love the sounds in the movie!
	👻 1:29pm Austin Rich: ↳ Kat in the chat @1:28 I do what I can to represent all my personalities.
	1:32pm David Shortell: ↳ Krys O. @1:05 There was a much lesser known group simply called Magnet. They once played at the Brighton Bar with the Velvet Underground’s Moe Tucker guest-drumming! Joe and John from Monster Magnet attended, eager to meet Moe. Those two are now in the Ribeye Brothers, who will play Saturday at the Low Dive (1000 Ocean Ave N, Asbury Park, NJ) with New Hope’s Reeder Station (featuring Steve Garvey, former Buzzcock).
	👻 1:35pm Arvo Zylo: "with a bottle in his teddy"
	👻 1:36pm Arvo Zylo: I can only imagine what the writing process was like for these comments! Lots of practice! Intensive courses in sarcasm!
	👻 1:38pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @1:36 I watch the movie a bunch, and just keep writing down jokes. Then it's a layered process of recording, watching it all, cutting the jokes that don't work, writing new jokes, and then watching it again to see if it all works again. I probably have to watch the movie at least 5 times to make it any good.
	👻 1:39pm Austin Rich: ↳ Austin Rich @1:38 I was putting the finishing touches on this particular show back when I had Covid over a year ago, so there are some lines you can hear that were recorded while I was VERY sick, and you can hear it.
	👻 1:42pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Krys O. @12:26 There is actually documented evidence of electromagnetic tampering and plausible technology, although tinfoil hats (or aluminum foil) will not do much to prevent it... mindjustice.org...
	1:43pm David Shortell: Did I miss the part of this movie with “The Time Tunnel”’s John Zaremba? I wonder if he’s related to the Fleshtones’ Peter Zaremba.
	👻 1:44pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @1:38 That is an intensive process! I would like to rent a theater and do marathons because they don't seem to happen near me. Movie marathons are important.
	👻 1:45pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @1:44 I would love to screen these with an audience, but it hasn't happened yet.
	👻 1:46pm Austin Rich: ↳ David Shortell @1:43 I think he's in the last section here, but I'm not entirely sure.
	👻 1:48pm Austin Rich: "I feel like I've seen all of this before." A lot of the footage used in this end sequence is stolen from a German Film, that was popular in Europe, and Ivan Tors had access to for his films.
	👻 1:49pm Arvo Zylo: I played several movies on the radio just for atmosphere, but never thought to make commentary. I also wouldn't have been able to easily link people to the videos where I was at. This archive system is still a fairly rare occurrence!
	👻 1:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: ""Jeff's New Control Panel"" They recreated the "control panel" from the film they ripped off, so that Jeff could be seen manning the controls. But to match with the footage, Jeff had to dress like the character from the other film.
	1:51pm Krys O.: BTW--King Donovan was married to Imogene Coca for 27 years until his death. He was also ten years younger than Imogene.
	👻 1:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @1:49 I have played movies and made jokes before, but now I can easily link to videos, which I couldn't do before.
	1:52pm Feldy: This is fun! Hey Austin
	👻 1:52pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @1:51 Oh, interesting. I'll have to read more about King Donovan.
	👻 1:52pm Austin Rich: ↳ Feldy @1:52 Feldy! Nice to see you in the chat.
	2:02pm Krys O.: Wonderful! (applause)
	2:03pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @1:51 Ha, Ed Wood would approve.
	👻 2:04pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @2:03 Seriously. While they were trying to make "hard sci-fi," they took a lot from Mr. Wood, too.
	👻 2:05pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "I Killed The Monster" by "Daniel Johnston" This album's been getting a lot of play in my house lately. The "Rock and Roll" era Daniel that could have been. I like to imagine a universe where this band was able to channel Daniel's music into a long career.
	2:08pm Mr Fab: Guess I must have lost track of Daniel Johnston's career for a while - wasn't aware of his garage-rock band Danny & the Nightmares until Miss Mei played some recently.
	👻 2:09pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @2:08 Oh, yeah! That record rules. Butthole Surfers / Daniel, together at last!
	2:13pm Mr Fab: That was some very creative radio, Austin - esp since it was also video.
	👻 2:15pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @2:13 I have thought about turning this show into a "Public Access" style show, too, but I'm not sure I want to commit to making video EVERY time. Maybe a couple times a year.
	2:16pm Mr Fab: Next week, BC Sterrett will take over all of Thursday's programming for his annual vintage Halloween record marathon, all the way up to 8pm EST. Bevare! BEVARE!!
	👻 2:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @2:16 I'm really looking forward to that!
	👻 2:18pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Hauntmobile." by "Xeres of Xeron" You can hear the follow-up story - Hauntropolis - at this link: wfmu.org...
	2:18pm Krys O.: FYI-Archive.org appears to be back in the saddle again!
	👻 2:19pm Austin Rich: And here's the link to my Halloween Radio Podcast, where I include just about any radio broadcast I make in the Halloween Mode: austinrich.org...
	2:20pm Krys O.: ↳ Austin Rich @2:19 Nice! Thanks!
	👻 2:20pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @2:18 Look at that! Wonderful, wonderful! I depend on that site so much, and I hate to see them have such hard times.
	👻 2:21pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @2:20 I don't remember what happened. Was it something about hosting a Frank Sinatra 78 that they were sued for or something? I do love archive.org. Mainly for experimental tapes and occult books, but eventually I'm sure I'll find other bits there worth traversing.
	👻 2:23pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @2:21 Some group of vandals were defacing the website, so they have been offline for a week or so, to make sure there isn't any permanent damage. I think they have changed some of the back-end, to ensure the data is safe.
	👻 2:23pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Edited Excerpts From Four Halloween Broadcasts ma... Now, listen as you hear an Austin that is 20 years younger...
	2:24pm Roy_Santiago: Hey Austin! Filling in for Zebub?
	👻 2:24pm Austin Rich: That first voice is John Zacherly.
	👻 2:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ Roy_Santiago @2:24 Yeah! I'll be done at 3, sharp, so you can start on time!
	👻 2:24pm Austin Rich: This second voice is mine, doing my "Halloween" Voice.
	👻 2:25pm Austin Rich: This third voice was a KPSU volunteer, an older gentleman, who wrote and recorded this whole monologue, telling how you could find the KPSU studios back in the day...
	👻 2:26pm Austin Rich: ↳ Austin Rich @2:25 He wrote / recorded this in the early 2000's, and it was available for DJs to play on the radio for YEARS. I don't have a pristine, uncut version. I actually don't play the whole thing, sadly. I would love to find a pristine version, if any old KPSU voluteers are out there...
	👻 2:27pm Austin Rich: And then this fourth voice is from a Halloween LP that I love, and have played on my show since the late 90's.
	👻 2:28pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @2:24 I tried to put together a monster music comp LP once, but the cover artist charged in advance and never delivered. I had to try to get him on Judge Mathis to get a refund! I did a cover of a song by Fats Waller, and I took a piano class just to learn that song, but my second choice would have been "A Wicked Thought" by Zacherley. I wrote to Zacherley a few times too, no reply. At that time, he had such terrible arthritis that his fingers were crooked and jagged, almost bent at right angles. Must have been so painful!
	👻 2:29pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @2:28 I can only imagine! I do love those old Zacherly songs.
	👻 2:31pm Austin Rich: For this era of my radio show, I would usually just DJ. (Not much in the way of cut-ups, or anything.) And in the weeks leading into Halloween, I would slowly add Halloween songs to my playlists, so I wouldn't do "full shows" until the last week or so. This first year, I slipped in Halloween music starting on September 28th, and over the next few weeks. This is a edit of stuff from those first few shows.
	👻 2:31pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Song: "Halloween" by "Misfits" Glad I got to see the Misfits before the pandemic. It was tame, but still fun. The nostalgia of going to a show without worrying about a deadly virus...
	2:31pm Roy_Santiago: ↳ Austin Rich @2:24 Awesomesalsa
	👻 2:33pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @2:31 My boss / friend Obadiah saw the Misfits recently (a few years ago), and said it was satisfying, even if it wasn't exactly the same. I can only imagine; I love those songs a lot, but never got to see them. I currently have a Devil Lock, only because I can!
	👻 2:33pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Song: "Haunted House" by "Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs" Great tune! Sam the Sham did a great version of Little Red Ridin' Hood too. The version of this song I remember best is by Jumpin' Gene Simmons, a bargain bin find, but also on one of Elvira's compilations...
	👻 2:33pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @2:33 That's my fave version of Little Red Riding Hood! Sam The Sham is the best.
	2:33pm Krys O.: ↳ Arvo Zylo @2:21 More on that ongoing legal battle: www.rollingstone.com...
	👻 2:34pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @2:33 archive.org was also asked to remove "1984" from their services, which seems like something from a book I once read, but can't seem to find anymore...
	👻 2:35pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Krys O. @2:33 Thanks!
	👻 2:36pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Whistling Past The Graveyard" by "Screamin' Jay H... This is a case of the cover being better. I like the Tom Waits version, but when Screamin' Jay sings it, the songs actually seems to describe Screamin' Jay's actual lifestyle better. It's his song, more than Tom's.
	👻 2:36pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @2:34 I assumed they would get heat from operating as a library without a license, but I haven't read a lot about it.
	👻 2:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @2:36 I don't pretend to understand law, but given all the good they do, it seems silly to pick on them, even if there are copyright issues.
	👻 2:37pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Song: "Whistling Past The Graveyard" by "Screamin' Jay H... Screamin' Jay also covered another Tom Waits song: "Heart Attack & Vine" if I remember correctly.
	👻 2:38pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Pet Semetary" by "Ramones" This is one of the songs that I use to make the case that Brain Drain isn't THAT bad. It's not a GREAT Ramones album, but still...
	👻 2:38pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @2:37 I think you're right! Screamin' Jay did quality material, right up to the end.
	👻 2:40pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @2:38 The only Ramones album I don't like is Adios Amigos. Incidentally, Pet Semetary is the only movie that scared me as a kid. We drove past Resurrection Cemetery on the way home, and I already knew about the legendary ghost Resurrection Mary, and the headlights reflecting off of the tombstones in a repetitive fashion just terrified me. My parents took me to any number of R rated movies as a kid, to their credit.
	👻 2:41pm Austin Rich: Me, 20 years younger...
	👻 2:41pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @2:38 "Black Music For White People" is the album it's on.
	👻 2:41pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @2:40 Pet Semetary totally scared me as a kid, too. Scary movie!
	👻 2:42pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Sinister Purpose" by "Zacherle w/ Southern Cultur... I make fun of Rob Zombie in the VO, but really, this compilation record is VERY good, and I like Rob a little better, as years have worn on. For a while he was wearing a little thin on me, personality-wise. But I've come to like him better as I have aged.
	👻 2:43pm Austin Rich: I think Southern Culture On The Skids are one of the perfect rock and roll bands.
	👻 2:44pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Song: "Sinister Purpose" by "Zacherle w/ Southern Cultur... Rob Zombie did release just the audio of old horror movies on CD. I used to see them in the used CD store I worked in all the time, and would play them when I had the chance over the speakers. Buzz Osborne has a funny interview where he talks about opening for Rob Zombie, and they just did total feedback after the crowd heckled. Rob Zombie would tell them to stop sound checking because he was "eating".
	👻 2:45pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Arvo Zylo @2:44 Melvins I mean
	👻 2:45pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Rapid Fire Vampire Attack" by "Los Cincos" I'm still looking for a copy of this "Los Cincos" 7", or the "One-Eyed Richard And The God-Damned Liars" LP, if anyone wants to sell a record nerd something amazing.
	2:46pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @2:43 Totally agree. Now that The Cramps are no longer active, SCOTS are our top sleaze-meisters.
	👻 2:47pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @2:46 I feel very lucky to have seen the Cramps twice before Lux passed. I wanted to see him more, but I assumed he had drank the blood of some creature from the black leather lagoon, and would live forever.
	2:48pm Mr Fab: One of Rob Zombie's finest moments is his film "House of a Thousand Corpses" - we took our under-18 daughter to see the reissue last year!
	👻 2:48pm Austin Rich: More 20 year old VOs. I don't sound that different, do I?
	👻 2:49pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @2:48 That movie is VERY good. There's a few scenes in there that are truly brilliant and inspired.
	👻 2:50pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @2:47 I saw them once, their last tour if I'm not mistaken. Lux had already had gold teeth to replace his natural ones because he was always swinging things around between his teeth. He was swinging around a 2x4 between his teeth when I saw them. He also threw his mic stand and almost hit Poison Ivy in the head. And he grabbed a stage diver, put him in a headlock, and punched him several times, before grabbing him by the pants and throwing him back into the crowd. It was really a lot of fun.
	👻 2:51pm Austin Rich: At one of the shows, Lux was in heels the whole time, and was climbing amplifiers and jumping off and running around. I kept thinking: How is he balancing in those shoes? That takes some practice.
	👻 2:53pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Gravewalk" by "Satan's Pilgrims" I am a Satan's Pilgrims FAN. Seen them a handful of times over the years, and they were always great. I think they lost a member not long ago, so I worry that they won't play again. Sigh. Getting old is dumb.
	👻 2:53pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @2:51 wow
	👻 2:53pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Spectra Sonic Sound" by "The Nation of Ulysses" This is one of my favorite albums from the 90's. Just perfect. "13 Point Plan To Destroy America"? Yes Please!
	2:55pm Krys O.: Thanks, Austin!
	👻 2:56pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @2:55 There was more, but I wanna end on time. So this is my last song... Thanks again everyone! Have a great day!
	2:57pm Mr Fab: ↳ Song: "It's Halloween (Excerpt)" by "The Shaggs" YES!! I believe this was the first song I heard by the Shaggs. Rodney Bingenheimer played it when this album finally got a proper release in the '80s, and I just stared at my radio in disbelief. Like, what IS this..?
	👻 2:58pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @2:57 My old roommate gave it to my for my birthday, when it was reissued in 1999. I also sort of stared at the radio, and was dumbfounded. I think I read about it in a book, later, but Irwin.
	👻 2:59pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Song: "Everyday (Is Halloween)" by "Ministry" As a Chicago person, I have heard this song hundreds of times. It was on mainstream radio at night.
	👻 2:59pm Austin Rich: By Irwin...
	3:00pm Mr Fab: Thanks Austin, this was great
	👻 3:00pm Arvo Zylo: Alright, cheerio, good show, ol' chap

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from October 24, 2024

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