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

Listener comments!
	👻 9:23am Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	8:57pm Imaginos: Ahoy
	8:58pm JM in Texas: HoHoHo!
	8:59pm Mr. X: Merry Mutations!
	👻 9:00pm Arvo Zylo: Hello!
	👻 9:01pm Austin Rich: Nice to see you, Imaginos, JM, Mr. X, and Arvo! Get ready for some vaguely holiday mutations...
	9:01pm Krys O.: ↳ Song: "Snowflakes Are Dancing (Children's Corner, No. 4)... Hey! That's my favorite Tomita album.
	9:01pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @9:01 The vaguer the better.
	👻 9:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:01 I love Tomita! This one is particularly good for this time of year, I think.
	9:01pm Kat in the chat: Checking in for more mutated seasonal content!
	9:01pm mattorefice: oh good
	👻 9:02pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Mr. X @9:01 I'll drink to that!
	9:03pm Charles: Hello
	9:03pm Imaginos: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:02 How does some smoking bishop sound?
	👻 9:05pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Imaginos @9:03 I used to bartend, but I still had to look it up. Sounds delicious! I have to admit I am not drinking libations, just good 'ol lions mane tea.
	9:06pm Hunterian: Long winter's nap…mmm…
	9:07pm postconsumer: yay! Storytime...
	9:07pm Kat in the chat: Everything you just said is true, Austin. I've been thinking of those things... also sleeping more, and my dreams have been less about work anxiety and more weird and personal.
	9:08pm Imaginos: Unreliable narrator?
	👻 9:09pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Song: "Secret Girl" by "Sonic Youth" I still need to look into Sonic Youth's more experimental side. I was listening to Body/Head recently, which is a project by Kim Gordon and Bill Nace. Nice guitar noise with Jandek vibes at times, and the occasional harmonica...
	👻 9:10pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:08 If they want to narrate some story to you, can they be trusted? They have some motive, I think...
	👻 9:11pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:09 I love Sonic Youth, and many of their side projects. But it's not for everyone. I think you'd like the more experimental records, but they all have neat parts to them.
	9:12pm David Shortell: ↳ Song: "Rip Van Winkle Part 1" by "Boris Karloff" If Tim Burton were to film this Washington Irving story like he did "Sleepy Hollow", what would it be like?
	👻 9:12pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Icicle Tracking" by "Cheryl E. Leonard & Wobbly" Cheryl makes her own instruments out of bones, sticks, and other things she finds in nature. If I'm not mistaken, this album was recorded in various parks.
	👻 9:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ David Shortell @9:12 If Boris Karloff were to narrate this story, and have it sort of go off in various unexpected directions, what would it sound like?
	9:20pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Starfog" by "Poul Anderson" Clearly I haven't read enough Poul Anderson. Good stuff.
	👻 9:20pm Austin Rich: This story about The Sexton is Dickens first attempt at, "A Christmas Carol." You'll notice some similarities...
	👻 9:21pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:20 I like some better than others. But He's well worth checking out.
	9:21pm Krys O.: Good night, all!
	👻 9:21pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:21 Sleep well, Krys O! Enjoy your Krys-Mas!
	👻 9:21pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Krys O. @9:21 night!
	9:21pm JM in Texas: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:09 I highly recommend: Yokokimthurston (2012) Another (kind of related), Lee Ranaldo, Jim O'Rourke and William Hooker as, Clouds (1997) Arvo, thx for the postcard I received this week!
	9:21pm Imaginos: ↳ Krys O. @9:21 Sleep well
	9:22pm Kat in the chat: Good night, Krys!
	👻 9:22pm Austin Rich: ↳ JM in Texas @9:21 Good Recommendations! I like those Lee Ranaldo records.
	👻 9:23pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ JM in Texas @9:21 Thanks! And Thanks for letting me know you received the post card!
	9:24pm JM in Texas: Austin - I started my pre dawn early AM with the Fourth Sunday Players and Winter Drone IV = good stuff!
	👻 9:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ JM in Texas @9:24 Oh, that's wonderful! I think das did a great job mixing that one.
	9:24pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "The Story Of The Goblins Who Stole A Sexton Part ... I've been reading Dickens' Our Mutual Friend. It's almost a thousand pages long.But I am almost done with it.
	👻 9:26pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ JM in Texas @9:21 I've listened to a fair amount of Jim O'Rourke solo, and I've listened to Silver Sessions, but (other than Body/Head, as previously mentioned) that's about it.
	👻 9:26pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:24 I should read more Dickens. My dad is a fan.
	👻 9:28pm Austin Rich: "More than ever the world needed shielding against strangeness."
	9:29pm Mr. X: So Rip Van Winkle is dreaming all this?
	9:29pm Imaginos: Rhino had good offers
	9:32pm JM in Texas: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:26 The SYR’s 1-4 are must listens, so is In The Fishtank with SY and The Ex
	9:32pm Geoff-U: Hullo, happy X-mas eve!
	👻 9:35pm Arvo Zylo: I am interested in their experimental work. I am familiar with a number of their proper music recordings...
	9:35pm Mr. X: When I was a wee tyke, during our frequent Ohio thunderstorms, my dad calmed me by telling me it was just Rip's diminutive comrades playing ninepins.
	9:35pm Geoff-U: It might already have been mentioned but Murray Street is a fun Sonic Youth album, in my humble opinion
	9:37pm Kat in the chat: I'm realizing how much later Sonic Youth I completely missed out on.
	👻 9:38pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:35 I love that! The fact that the goblins in that story are bowling was a nice image in my mind.
	👻 9:38pm Arvo Zylo: That "Dream A Little Dream" (presuming the version by Doris Day?) was featured prominently in Stranger Things Season 4, relevant to a great guest appearance by Robert Englund...
	👻 9:40pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:38 I did sample that from Doris Day. I haven't seen Stranger Things since the first Season, but I love that song ever since my mom would play and sing it for us when we were kids. For years I was more familiar with the Melanie version.
	9:40pm David Shortell: ↳ Mr. X @9:20 Same here. Maybe I should start with "Eutopia", his contribution to Harlan Ellison's anthology "Dangerous Visions".
	👻 9:41pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Gnosis" by "Soriah" I've been lucky enough to record Soriah a few times, when they appeared on the "What's This Called?" show in Portland, and I was the engineer. I got to sit in on a set with Soriah and The Silverman collaborating, too. (I didn't engineer that one.) Soriah is a lot of fun to see live, and This record is very good.
	9:41pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @9:40 The Mamas & the Papas version with Mama Cass is the one embedded in my brain.
	👻 9:41pm Austin Rich: ↳ David Shortell @9:40 I think we have a copy of that collection for sale in our store.
	👻 9:41pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:41 Oh, yes! That version is great, too!
	9:41pm Kat in the chat: ↳ Mr. X @9:41 I was just about to say the same, Mr. X!
	👻 9:44pm Austin Rich: I had to reconstruct this bit of the Poul Anderson story from an audiobook, as the LP this audio came from had a skip that I couldn't fix.
	👻 9:44pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:40 I always snapped up anything by Doris Day at the thrift store.
	👻 9:46pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Gnosis" by "Soriah" Soriah is actually throat singing, a trick he learned from goat hearders in rural Asia, where his wife and kids live.
	9:46pm Mr. X: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:44 Toward the end of his life, my dad confessed to me that he had had a crush on Doris Day when he was a teen, and had a poster of her on his wall.
	👻 9:47pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:46 Your dad rules! (And has good taste!)
	👻 9:47pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:46 I'll always be impressed by people who can do circular breathing.
	9:49pm David Shortell: ↳ Austin Rich @9:40 Melanie Safka? I didn't know she sang it.
	👻 9:50pm Austin Rich: ↳ David Shortell @9:49 Yeah, my mom had some version of it that she listened to when I was growing up... unless I'm imagining it?
	9:51pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "The Grey Havens" by "Bo Hansson" A friend of mine in high school had this album. Surprised that anyone else has ever hear of it.
	👻 9:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "The Grey Havens" by "Bo Hansson" I loved the idea of pairing a bit of story about Goblins with this "Lord of the Rings" tribute album.
	👻 9:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:51 I just bought a copy not long ago. I'm looking for his album inspired by Watership Down.
	👻 9:51pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Mr. X @9:46 That's pretty cool. I said it the other day, but if I had a choice, I'd be born around 1945, 1955 max, even if I were a marginalized sort. I'd gladly dodge drafts and everything else just to see acts like The Shangri-Las live in their prime, and in the prime of what we now call "pop music". I listen to all kinds of music, of course, but after 1970, there is a lot more that I need to side-step in order to find the goods. And also, people were able to just drift from job to job and travel the world, or they could own a house and car, support a family, with a janitor job. It seems pretty ideal also to be retirement age at this time, to say the least.
	9:51pm JM in Texas: ↳ Geoff-U @9:35 I agree with your humble opinion, mostly because members of Borbetomagus appear on the album. Radical Adults Lick Godhead Style is my jam!!!
	9:53pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @9:51 Attic Thoughts is my favorite Bo Hanssen album.
	👻 9:53pm Austin Rich: I should mention: I'm now on the hunt for anyone wanting to sell their record / zine / flyer collections, as we sell that stuff at my work, and we're trying to get more stock! Let me know, I might be interested in buying your old stuff!
	9:55pm Geoff-U: ↳ JM in Texas @9:51 How cool! I learned a thing today. Reading about Borbetomagus now. Thanks!
	👻 9:55pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Mr. X @9:53 I am not a fan of Lord of The Rings, and there are a few "inspired by" albums now, but I am intrigued. It looks like this is one of those days where I spend the time listening while also reading about music...
	👻 9:56pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "She Passes Through the Night (Instrumental)" by "... This song has lyrics usually, so I used some software to create an instrumental version.
	9:56pm JM in Texas: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:35 SYR = Sonic Youth Records, these are their “experimental” releases, a few examples: SYR 1 sonicyouth.bandcamp.com... SYR 5: kimgordonikuemoridjolive.bandcamp.com... SYR 8 (Merzbow) sonicyouth.bandcamp.com...
	👻 9:57pm Austin Rich: ↳ JM in Texas @9:56 I agree: those SYR records are almost always excellent.
	👻 9:57pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:53 I got your email about that. I have already packed up a box for Bob Bucko, Jr., who has apparently been involved in the opening of a new record store in Iowa. My record collection is sparse, but I will see what else I have that I can part with. I'm getting to be more austere since I had to purge a lot of my collection during the pandemic.
	👻 9:58pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ JM in Texas @9:56 Thank you! Bookmarking everything!
	👻 9:59pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:56 i really need to learn how to remove vocals and isolate them/instrumentals! I've never had any luck with any of the methods at top level search results...
	9:59pm mattorefice: happy holiday austin rich and company -- I must away to be santa
	👻 10:00pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:59 It works on some recordings better than others. But I can send you a link. It does take a little time to process the files, so patience is important.
	👻 10:00pm Austin Rich: ↳ mattorefice @9:59 Thanks for tuning in! I do appreciate knowing you're there.
	👻 10:01pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:00 Please do! Thanks!
	10:05pm JM in Texas: Look at Austin treating us to some Sonic Youth
	👻 10:08pm Arvo Zylo: kinky goblins
	10:09pm David Shortell: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:55 Michael Moorcock said that Poul Anderson's "The Broken Sword" is better than Tolkien.
	10:13pm Imaginos: Getting sleepy
	👻 10:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @10:13 I understand. Sleep well! Happy Christmas Eve!
	10:14pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @10:13 You too. Merry Christmas
	10:15pm JM in Texas: ↳ Imaginos @10:14 Merry Christmas, Imaginos!
	👻 10:16pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "We're On Our Way To Jupiter" by "Cricketone Choru... This is genuinely how this record goes. The story stops suddenly for THIS song!
	10:17pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "We're On Our Way To Jupiter" by "Cricketone Choru... "Next stop is Jupiter..." - Sun Ra
	👻 10:18pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:17 I really need to do a mash-up of those two! I didn't even think about that. This is why I need your brain helping every week.
	10:18pm JM in Texas: ↳ Austin Rich @10:16 Thx for clearing that up because I was sitting here pondering where-O-where did you pull this from???
	10:18pm Kat in the chat: ↳ Austin Rich @10:16 That's so weird
	👻 10:19pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "I'm Off To Cape Kennedy / A Tune About The Moon" ... Of course, this song came to mind after the song about Jupiter. This is from a kids record in my collection, that I really love! It's about an elephant that is sad that he can't be in love with an ant, so he wants to go to the moon.
	👻 10:21pm Austin Rich: There's a Christmas connection to this Clyde & Phyllis song! I guess it makes it appropriate?
	10:21pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:19 An elephant with psychedelic bell-bottoms, no less.
	👻 10:22pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:21 This whole record is as weird as you think it is. I'm not sure it's actually "for" kids.
	👻 10:23pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Moontown - Walking On The Moon" by "Lucia Pamela" And, songs about the moon remind me of this song by the legend, Lucia Pamela!
	👻 10:23pm Heather Z: Heck yeah Lucia Pamela!!!
	10:23pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:22 Must be a statement about marriage equality for ants and elephants!
	👻 10:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:23 I think you're supposed to listen to the elephant "get very high" going to the moon, and take note of his "advice."
	👻 10:24pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Song: "Moontown - Walking On The Moon" by "Lucia Pamela" Long time favorite.
	👻 10:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:24 My old roommate gifted this to me in the year 2000, because of her song about the year 2000. I've loved it ever since.
	👻 10:26pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Hierarchy of Bodies" by "EMS" EMS is known by many names, but I saw them perform under the name "Trigger Object" over the summer at one of the few shows that I attended, in person. They are fantastic live, and I would love to see them do an EMS set live. I bought this record from them when I saw them.
	👻 10:31pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @10:23 Thanks for lurking.
	10:34pm David Shortell: ↳ Song: "Thought Bubbles" by "Sonic Youth" I never heard of that 1987 film “Made in U.S.A.” The Sonic Youth movie scene that impresses me most was Elina Löwensohn’s “Kool Thing” dance in Hal Hartley’s “Simple Men” (1992).
	👻 10:35pm Austin Rich: ↳ David Shortell @10:34 I love that scene. I should rewatch his movies again. I remember liking them quite a bit... 25 + years ago...
	👻 10:40pm Heather Z: The song about the elephant and the ant made me cry a bit! I, too, would go to the moon for the ant I love.
	10:42pm David Shortell: ↳ Mr. X @10:23 Groucho: "How that elephant got into the ant's pajamas, I'll never know."
	10:44pm Geoff-U: Haha
	👻 10:46pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Elderly Woman on Black [Excerpt]" by "Pas Musique" This band sent me a nice package of LPs and CDs of their music, out of the blue, without any warning. And it's pretty good! So it made it on the show. Not to drop hints in the Digital Salon, but... yeah, that's how it works. If your record is good, and you send it to me, I'll play it. I'm that easy.
	10:50pm Geoff-U: I gotta head out, have a fun X-mas, everyone (if you do that sorta thing) otherwise have an awesome Wednesday :)
	10:51pm Geoff-U: Thanks for another fun show Austin! I just wrapped a bunch of gifts while listening, very fun
	👻 10:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @10:50 You too! Have a great weekend.
	👻 10:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Austin Rich @10:51 Or, holiday!
	10:52pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "An End To History" by "Synergy" I was just listening to this last night. It's on my Electropop playlist.
	👻 10:52pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "An End To History" by "Synergy" I have a few Synergy records now, and I really like their style. Seems like they're sort of on a Vangelis vibe, but go their own way...
	10:53pm JM in Texas: Good night, Geoff! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all the Mutants!!! Cya in 2025
	👻 10:54pm Austin Rich: Also: it seems as if Passport Records usually put out really good records. I have a few things on this label now, and they're all great. So that's my tip of the week!
	👻 10:57pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Half-Earth" by "Sagan" This band, and their albums, are in tribute to Carl Sagan's "Cosmos" TV series, and is a really excellent record.
	👻 11:01pm Heather Z: I know you said you're going late (yay) and I'm staying tuned in but it's 11 here so just wanted to thank you for making my Xmas eve a good one! Happy Xmas to all who celebrate and to all a good night.
	👻 11:09pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Song: "An End To History" by "Synergy" I played "The Jupiter Menace" recently on another radio show.
	11:10pm Mr. X: Trippy show tonight, Austin. Thanks for offsetting xmas a bit for me.
	11:11pm Kat in the chat: Completely engrossing, Austin, thank you!
	👻 11:13pm Arvo Zylo: Good show, I was here for most of it, but someone set off the fire alarm. Yay.
	👻 11:19pm Austin Rich: Good Old Arthur C. Clarke. Always ready to rain on your religious parade.
	👻 11:22pm Austin Rich: This is not how the original Rip Van Winkle story ends.

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from December 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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December 24, 2024: “Born With Stars At Their Feet, But Their Souls Are Lost At Sea...” (Dreams & Stars: A Sci-Fi Holiday Radio Yarn

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Approx. start time
Hour 1 "Hour 1"
Noel "Noel"
The Following Music Block Contains Audio Samples From The Following Records
The Curious Scriptorium	"Noel" by J.R.R. Tolkien	"Noel" by J.R.R. Tolkien	YouTube	2023
Jean Aked	"Stars" by Robert Frost	"Stars" by Robert Frost	YouTube	2012
The Following Music Block Contains Audio Samples From The Previous Records
Tomita	Snowflakes Are Dancing (Children's Corner, No. 4)	Snowflakes Are Dancing	RCA	1974	0:00:04 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Shadows In Blue	Mid-Valley Mutations Opening Theme	Mid-Valley Mutations Opening Theme	Mid-Valley Mutations	2024	0:02:08 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Sonic Youth	Secret Girl "Secret Girl" by "Sonic Youth"	Made in USA	Rhino Records	1995	0:03:47 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Ripped "Ripped"
The Following Music Block Contains Audio Samples From The Following Records
Boris Karloff	Rip Van Winkle Part 1	The Legend of Sleepy Hollow / Rip Van Winkle	Cricket Records	1959	0:09:24 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Poul Anderson	Starfog "Starfog" by "Poul Anderson"	Yonder: Seven Tales Of The Space Age	Cademon Records	1980	0:09:26 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Boris Karloff	The Story Of The Goblins Who Stole A Sexton Part 1	The Pickwick Papers	Cademon Records	1961	0:09:28 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Poul Anderson	World Without Stars	Yonder: Seven Tales Of The Space Age	Cademon Records	1980	0:09:29 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Following Music Block Contains Audio Samples From The Previous Records
Cheryl E. Leonard & Wobbly	Icicle Tracking	Multiple Park	Gilgongo Records	2023	0:09:32 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Daona	Mono No Aware "Mono No Aware" by "Daona"	Live Machines	Faustus Recordings	2024	0:19:15 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Sir Richard Bishop	Ectoplasm "Ectoplasm" by "Sir Richard Bishop"	Graviton Polarity Generator	Social Music Record Club	2010	0:25:13 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Sonic Youth	Moon In The Bathroom "Moon In The Bathroom" by "Sonic Youth"	Made in USA	Rhino Records	1995	0:28:52 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Sexton-Mania "Sexton-Mania"
The Following Music Block Contains Audio Samples From The Following Records
Poul Anderson	Tau Zero II [Excerpt]	Yonder: Seven Tales Of The Space Age	Cademon Records	1980	0:36:12 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Boris Karloff	The Story Of The Goblins Who Stole A Sexton Part 2	The Pickwick Papers	Cademon Records	1961	0:36:14 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Poul Anderson	Tau Zero I "Tau Zero I" by "Poul Anderson"	Yonder: Seven Tales Of The Space Age	Cademon Records	1980	0:36:16 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Boris Karloff	The Story Of The Goblins Who Stole A Sexton Part 3	The Pickwick Papers	Cademon Records	1961	0:36:17 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Poul Anderson	The Enemy Stars "The Enemy Stars" by "Poul Anderson"	Yonder: Seven Tales Of The Space Age	Cademon Records	1980	0:36:19 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Following Music Block Contains Audio Samples From The Previous Records
Vangelis	Heaven And Hell (Part 2) [Excerpt]	Heaven And Hell	RCA	1976	0:36:23 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Soriah	Gnosis "Gnosis" by "Soriah"	Cathartes	Xeй-Aът Music	2021	0:39:01 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Bo Hansson	The Grey Havens "The Grey Havens" by "Bo Hansson"	Music Inspired by Lord of the Rings	Charisma Records	1972	0:49:41 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
David Lance Callahan	She Passes Through the Night (Instrumental)	Tiny Global Productions	Tiny Global Productions	2021	0:55:46 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Sonic Youth	Thought Bubbles "Thought Bubbles" by "Sonic Youth"	Made in USA	Rhino Records	1995	1:04:27 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Lost In Space "Lost In Space"
The Following Music Block Contains Audio Samples From The Following Records
Boris Karloff	Rip Van Winkle Part 2	The Legend of Sleepy Hollow / Rip Van Winkle	Cricket Records	1959	1:13:12 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Poul Anderson	Tau Zero II [Another Excerpt]	Yonder: Seven Tales Of The Space Age	Cademon Records	1980	1:13:13 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Boris Karloff	The Story Of The Goblins Who Stole A Sexton Part 4	The Pickwick Papers	Cademon Records	1961	1:13:15 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Following Music Block Contains Audio Samples From The Previous Records
Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt	Man Carrying Thing [Excerpt]	Made Out of Sound	Palilalia	2021	1:13:18 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Cricketone Chorus and Orchestra	We're On Our Way To Jupiter	The Legend of Sleepy Hollow / Rip Van Winkle	Cricket Records	1959	1:16:00 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Roger Flax	I'm Off To Cape Kennedy / A Tune About The Moon	Clyde & Phyllis : A Musical Fantasy About The World's First Guitar Playing Elephant	Golden Records	1971	1:18:32 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Lucia Pamela	Moontown - Walking On The Moon	Into Outer Space With...	Arf! Arf! Records	1992	1:22:27 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
EMS	Hierarchy of Bodies "Hierarchy of Bodies" by "EMS"	House Of Low Culture / Caustic Touch / Daniel Menche / EMS Split	Accident Prone	2017	1:25:29 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Sonic Youth	Rim Thrusters "Rim Thrusters" by "Sonic Youth"	Made in USA	Rhino Records	1995	1:36:13 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Watching The Stars "Watching The Stars"
The Following Music Block Contains Audio Samples From The Following Records
Poul Anderson	Tau Zero I [Yet Another Excerpt]	Yonder: Seven Tales Of The Space Age	Cademon Records	1980	1:44:35 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Boris Karloff	Rip Van Winkle Part 3	The Legend of Sleepy Hollow / Rip Van Winkle	Cricket Records	1959	1:44:37 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Arthur C. Clarke	The Star (Part 1)	Transit Of Earth	Cademon Records	1978	1:44:38 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Following Music Block Contains Audio Samples From The Previous Records
Pas Musique	Elderly Woman on Black [Excerpt]	Amateur Radio	Alrealon Musique	2021	1:44:42 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Synergy	An End To History "An End To History" by "Synergy"	Audion	Passport Records	1981	1:51:01 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Sagan	Half-Earth "Half-Earth" by "Sagan"	Anti-Ark	Seeland Records	2021	1:56:54 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Mini-Mutations	Dream A Little Dream	Live...			2:06:35 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Sonic Youth	Pre-Poured Wood "Pre-Poured Wood" by "Sonic Youth"	Made in USA	Rhino Records	1995	2:10:25 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Final Dream "The Final Dream"
The Following Music Block Contains Audio Samples From The Following Records
Arthur C. Clarke	The Star (Part 2)	Transit Of Earth	Cademon Records	1978	2:13:48 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Boris Karloff	Rip Van Winkle Part 4	The Legend of Sleepy Hollow / Rip Van Winkle	Cricket Records	1959	2:13:50 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Following Music Block Contains Audio Samples From The Previous Records
Tomita	Footprints in the Snow (Preludes, Book I, No. 6)	Snowflakes Are Dancing	RCA	1974	2:14:36 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Shadows In Blue	Mid-Valley Mutations Closing Theme	Mid-Valley Mutations Closing Theme	Mid-Valley Mutations	2024	2:18:41 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Sonic Youth	Coughing Up Tweed "Coughing Up Tweed" by "Sonic Youth"	Made in USA	Rhino Records	1995	2:20:38 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	👻 9:23am Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	8:57pm Imaginos: Ahoy
	8:58pm JM in Texas: HoHoHo!
	8:59pm Mr. X: Merry Mutations!
	👻 9:00pm Arvo Zylo: Hello!
	👻 9:01pm Austin Rich: Nice to see you, Imaginos, JM, Mr. X, and Arvo! Get ready for some vaguely holiday mutations...
	9:01pm Krys O.: ↳ Song: "Snowflakes Are Dancing (Children's Corner, No. 4)... Hey! That's my favorite Tomita album.
	9:01pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @9:01 The vaguer the better.
	👻 9:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:01 I love Tomita! This one is particularly good for this time of year, I think.
	9:01pm Kat in the chat: Checking in for more mutated seasonal content!
	9:01pm mattorefice: oh good
	👻 9:02pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Mr. X @9:01 I'll drink to that!
	9:03pm Charles: Hello
	9:03pm Imaginos: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:02 How does some smoking bishop sound?
	👻 9:05pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Imaginos @9:03 I used to bartend, but I still had to look it up. Sounds delicious! I have to admit I am not drinking libations, just good 'ol lions mane tea.
	9:06pm Hunterian: Long winter's nap…mmm…
	9:07pm postconsumer: yay! Storytime...
	9:07pm Kat in the chat: Everything you just said is true, Austin. I've been thinking of those things... also sleeping more, and my dreams have been less about work anxiety and more weird and personal.
	9:08pm Imaginos: Unreliable narrator?
	👻 9:09pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Song: "Secret Girl" by "Sonic Youth" I still need to look into Sonic Youth's more experimental side. I was listening to Body/Head recently, which is a project by Kim Gordon and Bill Nace. Nice guitar noise with Jandek vibes at times, and the occasional harmonica...
	👻 9:10pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:08 If they want to narrate some story to you, can they be trusted? They have some motive, I think...
	👻 9:11pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:09 I love Sonic Youth, and many of their side projects. But it's not for everyone. I think you'd like the more experimental records, but they all have neat parts to them.
	9:12pm David Shortell: ↳ Song: "Rip Van Winkle Part 1" by "Boris Karloff" If Tim Burton were to film this Washington Irving story like he did "Sleepy Hollow", what would it be like?
	👻 9:12pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Icicle Tracking" by "Cheryl E. Leonard & Wobbly" Cheryl makes her own instruments out of bones, sticks, and other things she finds in nature. If I'm not mistaken, this album was recorded in various parks.
	👻 9:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ David Shortell @9:12 If Boris Karloff were to narrate this story, and have it sort of go off in various unexpected directions, what would it sound like?
	9:20pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Starfog" by "Poul Anderson" Clearly I haven't read enough Poul Anderson. Good stuff.
	👻 9:20pm Austin Rich: This story about The Sexton is Dickens first attempt at, "A Christmas Carol." You'll notice some similarities...
	👻 9:21pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:20 I like some better than others. But He's well worth checking out.
	9:21pm Krys O.: Good night, all!
	👻 9:21pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:21 Sleep well, Krys O! Enjoy your Krys-Mas!
	👻 9:21pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Krys O. @9:21 night!
	9:21pm JM in Texas: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:09 I highly recommend: Yokokimthurston (2012) Another (kind of related), Lee Ranaldo, Jim O'Rourke and William Hooker as, Clouds (1997) Arvo, thx for the postcard I received this week!
	9:21pm Imaginos: ↳ Krys O. @9:21 Sleep well
	9:22pm Kat in the chat: Good night, Krys!
	👻 9:22pm Austin Rich: ↳ JM in Texas @9:21 Good Recommendations! I like those Lee Ranaldo records.
	👻 9:23pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ JM in Texas @9:21 Thanks! And Thanks for letting me know you received the post card!
	9:24pm JM in Texas: Austin - I started my pre dawn early AM with the Fourth Sunday Players and Winter Drone IV = good stuff!
	👻 9:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ JM in Texas @9:24 Oh, that's wonderful! I think das did a great job mixing that one.
	9:24pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "The Story Of The Goblins Who Stole A Sexton Part ... I've been reading Dickens' Our Mutual Friend. It's almost a thousand pages long.But I am almost done with it.
	👻 9:26pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ JM in Texas @9:21 I've listened to a fair amount of Jim O'Rourke solo, and I've listened to Silver Sessions, but (other than Body/Head, as previously mentioned) that's about it.
	👻 9:26pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:24 I should read more Dickens. My dad is a fan.
	👻 9:28pm Austin Rich: "More than ever the world needed shielding against strangeness."
	9:29pm Mr. X: So Rip Van Winkle is dreaming all this?
	9:29pm Imaginos: Rhino had good offers
	9:32pm JM in Texas: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:26 The SYR’s 1-4 are must listens, so is In The Fishtank with SY and The Ex
	9:32pm Geoff-U: Hullo, happy X-mas eve!
	👻 9:35pm Arvo Zylo: I am interested in their experimental work. I am familiar with a number of their proper music recordings...
	9:35pm Mr. X: When I was a wee tyke, during our frequent Ohio thunderstorms, my dad calmed me by telling me it was just Rip's diminutive comrades playing ninepins.
	9:35pm Geoff-U: It might already have been mentioned but Murray Street is a fun Sonic Youth album, in my humble opinion
	9:37pm Kat in the chat: I'm realizing how much later Sonic Youth I completely missed out on.
	👻 9:38pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:35 I love that! The fact that the goblins in that story are bowling was a nice image in my mind.
	👻 9:38pm Arvo Zylo: That "Dream A Little Dream" (presuming the version by Doris Day?) was featured prominently in Stranger Things Season 4, relevant to a great guest appearance by Robert Englund...
	👻 9:40pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:38 I did sample that from Doris Day. I haven't seen Stranger Things since the first Season, but I love that song ever since my mom would play and sing it for us when we were kids. For years I was more familiar with the Melanie version.
	9:40pm David Shortell: ↳ Mr. X @9:20 Same here. Maybe I should start with "Eutopia", his contribution to Harlan Ellison's anthology "Dangerous Visions".
	👻 9:41pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Gnosis" by "Soriah" I've been lucky enough to record Soriah a few times, when they appeared on the "What's This Called?" show in Portland, and I was the engineer. I got to sit in on a set with Soriah and The Silverman collaborating, too. (I didn't engineer that one.) Soriah is a lot of fun to see live, and This record is very good.
	9:41pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @9:40 The Mamas & the Papas version with Mama Cass is the one embedded in my brain.
	👻 9:41pm Austin Rich: ↳ David Shortell @9:40 I think we have a copy of that collection for sale in our store.
	👻 9:41pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:41 Oh, yes! That version is great, too!
	9:41pm Kat in the chat: ↳ Mr. X @9:41 I was just about to say the same, Mr. X!
	👻 9:44pm Austin Rich: I had to reconstruct this bit of the Poul Anderson story from an audiobook, as the LP this audio came from had a skip that I couldn't fix.
	👻 9:44pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:40 I always snapped up anything by Doris Day at the thrift store.
	👻 9:46pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Gnosis" by "Soriah" Soriah is actually throat singing, a trick he learned from goat hearders in rural Asia, where his wife and kids live.
	9:46pm Mr. X: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:44 Toward the end of his life, my dad confessed to me that he had had a crush on Doris Day when he was a teen, and had a poster of her on his wall.
	👻 9:47pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:46 Your dad rules! (And has good taste!)
	👻 9:47pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:46 I'll always be impressed by people who can do circular breathing.
	9:49pm David Shortell: ↳ Austin Rich @9:40 Melanie Safka? I didn't know she sang it.
	👻 9:50pm Austin Rich: ↳ David Shortell @9:49 Yeah, my mom had some version of it that she listened to when I was growing up... unless I'm imagining it?
	9:51pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "The Grey Havens" by "Bo Hansson" A friend of mine in high school had this album. Surprised that anyone else has ever hear of it.
	👻 9:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "The Grey Havens" by "Bo Hansson" I loved the idea of pairing a bit of story about Goblins with this "Lord of the Rings" tribute album.
	👻 9:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:51 I just bought a copy not long ago. I'm looking for his album inspired by Watership Down.
	👻 9:51pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Mr. X @9:46 That's pretty cool. I said it the other day, but if I had a choice, I'd be born around 1945, 1955 max, even if I were a marginalized sort. I'd gladly dodge drafts and everything else just to see acts like The Shangri-Las live in their prime, and in the prime of what we now call "pop music". I listen to all kinds of music, of course, but after 1970, there is a lot more that I need to side-step in order to find the goods. And also, people were able to just drift from job to job and travel the world, or they could own a house and car, support a family, with a janitor job. It seems pretty ideal also to be retirement age at this time, to say the least.
	9:51pm JM in Texas: ↳ Geoff-U @9:35 I agree with your humble opinion, mostly because members of Borbetomagus appear on the album. Radical Adults Lick Godhead Style is my jam!!!
	9:53pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @9:51 Attic Thoughts is my favorite Bo Hanssen album.
	👻 9:53pm Austin Rich: I should mention: I'm now on the hunt for anyone wanting to sell their record / zine / flyer collections, as we sell that stuff at my work, and we're trying to get more stock! Let me know, I might be interested in buying your old stuff!
	9:55pm Geoff-U: ↳ JM in Texas @9:51 How cool! I learned a thing today. Reading about Borbetomagus now. Thanks!
	👻 9:55pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Mr. X @9:53 I am not a fan of Lord of The Rings, and there are a few "inspired by" albums now, but I am intrigued. It looks like this is one of those days where I spend the time listening while also reading about music...
	👻 9:56pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "She Passes Through the Night (Instrumental)" by "... This song has lyrics usually, so I used some software to create an instrumental version.
	9:56pm JM in Texas: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:35 SYR = Sonic Youth Records, these are their “experimental” releases, a few examples: SYR 1 sonicyouth.bandcamp.com... SYR 5: kimgordonikuemoridjolive.bandcamp.com... SYR 8 (Merzbow) sonicyouth.bandcamp.com...
	👻 9:57pm Austin Rich: ↳ JM in Texas @9:56 I agree: those SYR records are almost always excellent.
	👻 9:57pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:53 I got your email about that. I have already packed up a box for Bob Bucko, Jr., who has apparently been involved in the opening of a new record store in Iowa. My record collection is sparse, but I will see what else I have that I can part with. I'm getting to be more austere since I had to purge a lot of my collection during the pandemic.
	👻 9:58pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ JM in Texas @9:56 Thank you! Bookmarking everything!
	👻 9:59pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:56 i really need to learn how to remove vocals and isolate them/instrumentals! I've never had any luck with any of the methods at top level search results...
	9:59pm mattorefice: happy holiday austin rich and company -- I must away to be santa
	👻 10:00pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:59 It works on some recordings better than others. But I can send you a link. It does take a little time to process the files, so patience is important.
	👻 10:00pm Austin Rich: ↳ mattorefice @9:59 Thanks for tuning in! I do appreciate knowing you're there.
	👻 10:01pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:00 Please do! Thanks!
	10:05pm JM in Texas: Look at Austin treating us to some Sonic Youth
	👻 10:08pm Arvo Zylo: kinky goblins
	10:09pm David Shortell: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:55 Michael Moorcock said that Poul Anderson's "The Broken Sword" is better than Tolkien.
	10:13pm Imaginos: Getting sleepy
	👻 10:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @10:13 I understand. Sleep well! Happy Christmas Eve!
	10:14pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @10:13 You too. Merry Christmas
	10:15pm JM in Texas: ↳ Imaginos @10:14 Merry Christmas, Imaginos!
	👻 10:16pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "We're On Our Way To Jupiter" by "Cricketone Choru... This is genuinely how this record goes. The story stops suddenly for THIS song!
	10:17pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "We're On Our Way To Jupiter" by "Cricketone Choru... "Next stop is Jupiter..." - Sun Ra
	👻 10:18pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:17 I really need to do a mash-up of those two! I didn't even think about that. This is why I need your brain helping every week.
	10:18pm JM in Texas: ↳ Austin Rich @10:16 Thx for clearing that up because I was sitting here pondering where-O-where did you pull this from???
	10:18pm Kat in the chat: ↳ Austin Rich @10:16 That's so weird
	👻 10:19pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "I'm Off To Cape Kennedy / A Tune About The Moon" ... Of course, this song came to mind after the song about Jupiter. This is from a kids record in my collection, that I really love! It's about an elephant that is sad that he can't be in love with an ant, so he wants to go to the moon.
	👻 10:21pm Austin Rich: There's a Christmas connection to this Clyde & Phyllis song! I guess it makes it appropriate?
	10:21pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:19 An elephant with psychedelic bell-bottoms, no less.
	👻 10:22pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:21 This whole record is as weird as you think it is. I'm not sure it's actually "for" kids.
	👻 10:23pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Moontown - Walking On The Moon" by "Lucia Pamela" And, songs about the moon remind me of this song by the legend, Lucia Pamela!
	👻 10:23pm Heather Z: Heck yeah Lucia Pamela!!!
	10:23pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:22 Must be a statement about marriage equality for ants and elephants!
	👻 10:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:23 I think you're supposed to listen to the elephant "get very high" going to the moon, and take note of his "advice."
	👻 10:24pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Song: "Moontown - Walking On The Moon" by "Lucia Pamela" Long time favorite.
	👻 10:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:24 My old roommate gifted this to me in the year 2000, because of her song about the year 2000. I've loved it ever since.
	👻 10:26pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Hierarchy of Bodies" by "EMS" EMS is known by many names, but I saw them perform under the name "Trigger Object" over the summer at one of the few shows that I attended, in person. They are fantastic live, and I would love to see them do an EMS set live. I bought this record from them when I saw them.
	👻 10:31pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @10:23 Thanks for lurking.
	10:34pm David Shortell: ↳ Song: "Thought Bubbles" by "Sonic Youth" I never heard of that 1987 film “Made in U.S.A.” The Sonic Youth movie scene that impresses me most was Elina Löwensohn’s “Kool Thing” dance in Hal Hartley’s “Simple Men” (1992).
	👻 10:35pm Austin Rich: ↳ David Shortell @10:34 I love that scene. I should rewatch his movies again. I remember liking them quite a bit... 25 + years ago...
	👻 10:40pm Heather Z: The song about the elephant and the ant made me cry a bit! I, too, would go to the moon for the ant I love.
	10:42pm David Shortell: ↳ Mr. X @10:23 Groucho: "How that elephant got into the ant's pajamas, I'll never know."
	10:44pm Geoff-U: Haha
	👻 10:46pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Elderly Woman on Black [Excerpt]" by "Pas Musique" This band sent me a nice package of LPs and CDs of their music, out of the blue, without any warning. And it's pretty good! So it made it on the show. Not to drop hints in the Digital Salon, but... yeah, that's how it works. If your record is good, and you send it to me, I'll play it. I'm that easy.
	10:50pm Geoff-U: I gotta head out, have a fun X-mas, everyone (if you do that sorta thing) otherwise have an awesome Wednesday :)
	10:51pm Geoff-U: Thanks for another fun show Austin! I just wrapped a bunch of gifts while listening, very fun
	👻 10:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Geoff-U @10:50 You too! Have a great weekend.
	👻 10:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Austin Rich @10:51 Or, holiday!
	10:52pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "An End To History" by "Synergy" I was just listening to this last night. It's on my Electropop playlist.
	👻 10:52pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "An End To History" by "Synergy" I have a few Synergy records now, and I really like their style. Seems like they're sort of on a Vangelis vibe, but go their own way...
	10:53pm JM in Texas: Good night, Geoff! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all the Mutants!!! Cya in 2025
	👻 10:54pm Austin Rich: Also: it seems as if Passport Records usually put out really good records. I have a few things on this label now, and they're all great. So that's my tip of the week!
	👻 10:57pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Half-Earth" by "Sagan" This band, and their albums, are in tribute to Carl Sagan's "Cosmos" TV series, and is a really excellent record.
	👻 11:01pm Heather Z: I know you said you're going late (yay) and I'm staying tuned in but it's 11 here so just wanted to thank you for making my Xmas eve a good one! Happy Xmas to all who celebrate and to all a good night.
	👻 11:09pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Song: "An End To History" by "Synergy" I played "The Jupiter Menace" recently on another radio show.
	11:10pm Mr. X: Trippy show tonight, Austin. Thanks for offsetting xmas a bit for me.
	11:11pm Kat in the chat: Completely engrossing, Austin, thank you!
	👻 11:13pm Arvo Zylo: Good show, I was here for most of it, but someone set off the fire alarm. Yay.
	👻 11:19pm Austin Rich: Good Old Arthur C. Clarke. Always ready to rain on your religious parade.
	👻 11:22pm Austin Rich: This is not how the original Rip Van Winkle story ends.

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

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