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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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Do The CRASH! CRASH!
Behead The Prophet No Lord Shall Live  Have You Heard The Music?   Favoriting Making Craters Where Buildings Stood  Sound Pollution Records  1999 
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Music behind DJ:
The Chantays 

Move It   Favoriting

"Pipeline" b/w "Move It" 

Dot Records 

1962 

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The Dimestore Haloes  Dumb Radio   Favoriting Dumb Radio  With An X  2001 
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The Beltones  Shitty In Pink   Favoriting "Shitty In Pink" b/w "Nobody To Love"  Radio Records  2001 
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Crimpshrine  Sleep, What's That?   Favoriting Sleep, What's That? EP  Lookout! Records  1988 
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The Weirdos  Teenage   Favoriting Message From The Underworld  Insipid Records  1991 
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Boba Fett Youth  Bike Power   Favoriting Boba Fett Youth  Bucky Records  1995 
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Chicano-Christ  Come' CaCa   Favoriting Chicano-Christ  Nemesis Records  1991 
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Ashtray  The Drinking Song   Favoriting Ashtray  Not On A Label  2003 
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The Agenda  Crash! Crash!   Favoriting Do The Crash! Crash!  With An X  2002 
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Dead Milkmen  Welcome To Undertown   Favoriting Welcome To Undertown  Quid Ergo Records  2013 
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VOM  I'm In Love With Your Mom   Favoriting Live At Surf City  Kryptonite Records  2001 
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The Miss  Question & Answer Session   Favoriting Question & Answer Session  Question & Answer Session  2002 
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Modern Vibrations

Music behind DJ:
The Bob Crewe Generation 

Music To Watch Girls By   Favoriting

"Music To Watch Girls By" b/w "Girls On The Rocks" 

Dynovoice Records 

1966 

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The Quaint (Die Quaint)  Water Is Wet   Favoriting Political Songs  Not On A Label  2019 
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Dub Narcotic Sound System  Fuck Shit Up   Favoriting Fuck Shit Up  K Records  1994 
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/root_DIR  SOPA v. 2.0   Favoriting Grover Grind  Not On A Label  2016 
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Midnight Persuasion  Modern Vibrations   Favoriting Modern Vibrations  No Front Teeth Records  2013 
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Nation of Ulysess  The Sound of Jazz to Come   Favoriting The Birth Of The Ulysses Aesthetic (The Synthesis Of Speed And Transformation)  Discord Records  1991 
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Oswald Five-0  Eraser   Favoriting "Eraser" b/w "Felony Flats"  Imp Records  1992 
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New Bloods  Danger!   Favoriting New Bloods  Raw Sugar Records  2007 
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Sex Crime  Night Vision   Favoriting Night Vision  Danger Records  2013 
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Pierced Arrows  Caroline   Favoriting "In My Brain" b/w "Caroline"  Tombstone Records  2007 
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Dub Narcotic Sound System  Version   Favoriting Fuck Shit Up  K Records  1994 
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I Hate Your Generation

Music behind DJ:
The Crabs 

Giant Squid   Favoriting

Alien Girl 

Soda Girl Records 

1994 

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Boris The Sprinkler  Drugs & Masturbation (Revised Pacific Northwest Hit Novelty Single Version or Alternate)   Favoriting Drugs & Masturbation  Mutant Pop  1998 
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The Droids  Elementarz   Favoriting Boris The Sprinkler / The Droids Split  Power Ground Records  1995 
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The Hissyfits  Decorate   Favoriting All Dolled Up  Mutant Pop  1998 
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Stink  I Don't Want Anything That You've Got   Favoriting I Don't Want Anything That You've Got  Mutant Pop  1995 
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Buglite  Marcia   Favoriting The Marcia Brady Fan Club  Creep Records  1995 
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After School Special  Teenage Crush   Favoriting Adam Baum  Loss Control Productions  1995 
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The Automatics  I Hate Your Generation   Favoriting 10 Golden Greats!  Mutant Pop  1996 
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The Connie Dungs  I Don't Wanna Be Alone   Favoriting No Chance  Mutant Pop  1997 
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Celibate Commandos  Noose of Culture   Favoriting The Decline And Fall Of Our Power To Ignore The Decline And Fall Of Our Power  Oedipus Records  1990 
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Jon Cougar Concentration Camp  I'll Be Where I'm At   Favoriting Victoria's Secret Sauce  Mutant Pop  1996 
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The Pullouts  Laundry Girl   Favoriting A Lot Of Power Tool In A Little Space  Mutant Pop  1996 
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The Kung Fu Monkeys  Office Surfer   Favoriting Hi-Fi At Low Tide  Mutant Pop  1998 
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Coffee And Cigarettes

Music behind DJ:
The Famous Monsters 

The Reluctant Ghoul   Favoriting

Q. Kock Knock. A. Halloween!!! 

Estrus Records 

1998 

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Dirt Bike Annie  The Wedding Song   Favoriting The Wedding EP  Mutant Pop  2001 
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Plow United  Big Promises   Favoriting Matthau Records Compilation  Matthau Records  1995 
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The Fratelli's  Nobody Like Me Again   Favoriting No Band Photo, Vol 1  Mutant Pop  1999 
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Bigwig  Old Lady   Favoriting Matthau Records Compilation  Matthau Records  1995 
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The Proms  I Met A Girl Named Rock 'n' Roll   Favoriting No Band Photo, Vol 1  Mutant Pop  1999 
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Slacker  Coffee And Cigarettes   Favoriting Covering The Bases  Mutant Pop  1997 
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Ruth's Hat  Won't You Be   Favoriting No Band Photo, Vol 1  Mutant Pop  1999 
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The Halflings  Mikey's Gone   Favoriting Matthau Records Compilation  Matthau Records  1995 
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Spodie  Brenda's Got A Devilock   Favoriting No Band Photo, Vol 1  Mutant Pop  1999 
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The Boils  Queen Society   Favoriting Matthau Records Compilation  Matthau Records  1995 
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Music behind DJ:
Man... Or Astro-Man? 

Chemical Cats   Favoriting

Analog Series Vol. 2 

Chunklet Magazine 

2012 

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Murder City Devils  Dancing Shoes   Favoriting Dancing Shoes  Die Young Stay Pretty Records  1998 
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Neckties Make Me Nervous  Apparently The Khmer Rouge Are Killing Quite A Lot Of People In Portland   Favoriting Neckties Make Me Nervous  Tiger Force Ultra  2006 
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Listener comments!

Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:02pm
Austin Rich:

Good Hello
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:00pm
Scott67:

G'day Austin & Mutants! Rip shit up mate!
🌏☀️📻🎶🍻😎🤙💨🍺
Avatar 9:01pm
HyperDose:

Good Hello, Austin. Hope our company and these angsty tunes can help lift your spirits!
  9:01pm
Feldy:

Thanks!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:01pm
Austin Rich:

Good Hello! This one goes to 11.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:02pm
Scott67:

Fuck yesss! 🤘😎🍻
Avatar 9:02pm
Mr Fab:

Wow, i'm awake!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:03pm
Aitch:

Slight change of pace, time to mutate
Avatar 9:04pm
HyperDose:

Haven't heard anything from Dot Records I didn't like.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:04pm
Krys O.:

Hey, ho!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:05pm
Krys O.:

Pat Boone was on Dot.
  9:06pm
Heather:

Hi everyone! Popping in to confirm that Angela is The Best! Can't wait to hear these records!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:06pm
Austin Rich:

Dot has one of my favorite logos!
Avatar 9:07pm
Mr Fab:

Queer satanic punk + violin? Ok, i have GOT to hear more of those guys.
Avatar 9:07pm
xapnomapcase1:

What now?
  9:07pm
Feldy:

Hey Austin!
  9:07pm
ramencity:

Moo moo, buckaroos
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:07pm
Austin Rich:

It's nice to see you, Scott67, HyperDose, Feldy, Mr. Fab, Aitch, Krys O, Heather and xapnomapcase! It's a rock and roll dance party in the chat tonight!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:08pm
Austin Rich:

And the ramencitykid, too! Hooray!
Avatar 9:08pm
Mr. X:

Party down, mutant punks!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:09pm
Austin Rich:

With An X once offered a "One Record A Month" deal, which I loved, and got some great records from. There's a few "With An X" records in tonights set.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:09pm
Austin Rich:

Not to be confused with Mr. X, who just arrived!
Avatar 9:09pm
Mr Fab:

Huh, I have The Chantays "Move It" 45 on Downey Records. Guessed it got picked up by Pat Boone & Co.
Avatar 9:09pm
HyperDose:

Boston knows how to party
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:10pm
Austin Rich:

I realized, preparing for this show, that I have far too many records with naked folks on the front.

I think it was issued on a couple labels, Mr. Fab. (According to discogs.)
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:12pm
Austin Rich:

This Beltones record was a birthday gift from a short-lived co-worker, from my Barnes & Noble Days, who knew the band, and had a few duplicates of this records in his collection. So a lot of us got this record. He was so short lived, I think I worked with him for four months.
Avatar 9:12pm
HyperDose:

@Austin My personal favorite and a sweet punk rock album: images.fanart.tv...
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:12pm
Austin Rich:

This Crimpshrine record is one of my all-time fave records, period.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:13pm
Austin Rich:

The zinewriter, Aaron Cometbus, is playing drums on this Crimpshrine record.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:15pm
Austin Rich:

This particular Weridos record was re-issued in 1991, but was originally recorded in 1978, if my research is correct.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:16pm
Austin Rich:

I've never heard that band, HyperDose. I'll have to check it out.
  9:16pm
Bill:

It's a good one!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:17pm
Austin Rich:

This is a double-dose of records I got from ramencity kid. (Boba Fett Youth, and the next selection...)
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:17pm
Austin Rich:

"Fuck cars! I've got Bike Power!"
Avatar 9:18pm
HyperDose:

Boba Fett Youth definitely fucks!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:19pm
Austin Rich:

This Chicano-Christ record is ridiculous, and I love it.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:20pm
Austin Rich:

I let Ashtray stay with me when they were on tour, and they gave me this 7", and signed it for me. They were so sweet; the singers are married, and now have kids, and don't drink so much anymore...
Avatar 9:21pm
Mr. X:

Nice flow, reminds me of a somewhat more modern Modern Mono.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:21pm
Austin Rich:

Ashtray played on my radio show back on that tour, and they prepared radio-friendly versions of all their songs! It was really cute.
Avatar 9:22pm
Mr Fab:

that Chicano-Christ was muy loco. Reminds me of Manic Hispanic. Maybe Chicano-Christ was early lineup of Manic Hispanic?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:22pm
Austin Rich:

I really miss Modern Mono.

Hmmm, Mr. Fab. Good question! I'll have to look into that.
  9:23pm
Bill:

This Agenda track is really great!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:24pm
Austin Rich:

Modern Mono was one of those things that, by the time I found it, it wasn't around much longer. But fortunately, my friend Colin had recordings, and I got to know the show better that way.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:24pm
Austin Rich:

The Agenda are REALLY underrated.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:25pm
Austin Rich:

This was part of several records that our (the ramencitykid and I) mutual friend Matt gifted me, and I was very grateful for. This song still cracks me up the most of this era of DM.
Avatar 9:28pm
xapnomapcase1:

I have this one too. Early Angry Samoans.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:28pm
Austin Rich:

This VOM record was a genuine bootleg that I bought, but I didn't know that at the time. I thought it was a real re-issue, as reported on the back.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:28pm
Austin Rich:

Richard Meltzer, the rock critic that sort of invented rock and roll journalism along with Lester Bangs, is singing for VOM. And yeah, the Angry Samoans are backing him!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:30pm
Austin Rich:

I really love this Miss record. They have an album that is excellent, too.
  9:31pm
ramencity:

Hank is in Qatar now! Sounds toasty
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:31pm
Austin Rich:

(Hank is in The Miss.) Woah! Qatar! That sounds like a story.
Avatar 9:33pm
Mr Fab:

Meltzer used to host an overnight radio show, til he got bored with it and walked away. Don Bolles took it over.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:37pm
Austin Rich:

That's great, Mr. Fab! I think he wrote about doing radio in one of his books, but he mostly just broke rules, as he put it.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:37pm
Austin Rich:

This Dub Narcotic record is the best record of the 90's. Hands down.
  9:38pm
Bill:

I think I willed you to play something by Calvin Johnson.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:38pm
Austin Rich:

I think Meltzer lives in PDX, if I'm not mistaken.

Sometimes, I'm listening, Bill.
Avatar 9:39pm
HyperDose:

Can the drummer get some? 🥁
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:40pm
Austin Rich:

The guys in /root_DIR asked me to design the cover for their record, and you can see it here. Our mutual friend, kiisu, appears on one of the tracks, singing, which makes this record a sort-of Cathead reunion.

We have a band now, all of us, called The Short Pockets, which has six songs and has played one show.
  9:40pm
Bill:

He toured Canada on a train in 2009. I think he ran into a bit of a snag when the train workers decided to strike, if I remember correctly.
  9:41pm
ramencity:

Train strikes are the best!
Avatar 9:41pm
Mr. X:

Hey, and I even met the /root_DIR guys that one time.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:41pm
Austin Rich:

Midnight Persuasion does not exist anymore, but is actually a Salem, Oregon band! And I really like this record.
Avatar 9:42pm
Mr. X:

Salem ain't ALL bad.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:42pm
Austin Rich:

I think all the guys in this band are "lifers" (always in some band, some how, some way).
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:43pm
Austin Rich:

This Nation of Ulysses record is the other most important record released in the '90s.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:44pm
Austin Rich:

"A Love Supreme."
  9:45pm
Bill:

Were these guys all in the Cupid Car Club band? I have that record that has "Grape Juice Plus" on it.
Avatar 9:45pm
Mr. X:

A 'Trane strike
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xapnomapcase1:

Oh Jeez. Am I 15 again? Because I'm sure feeling it right now.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:45pm
Austin Rich:

I think at least one member was also in Cupid Car Club, but ramencitykid would know more.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:46pm
Austin Rich:

"13 Point Plan To Destroy America" by Nation of Ulysses is still one of my favorite records of all time.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:47pm
Austin Rich:

"We dance on your grave every night! When you die, we come alive!"
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:48pm
Austin Rich:

While I didn't choose it for this show, there is another song by Oswald 5-0 called, "A Love Supreme," that almost made the cut. But I think about this song all the time.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:49pm
Austin Rich:

I made a little video of me flipping through all the records I used to make this show. I'll make sure to re-post it to the Sheena's social media.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:49pm
Austin Rich:

Oswald 5-0 were heroes to all the punk kids in Eugene, because they were classy, dressed sharp, put on great shows, and really taught us all what it was to be cool. Their records stand the test of time, for sure.
Avatar 9:49pm
Mr. X:

House of Records must have made a fortune off of you, Austin.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:50pm
Austin Rich:

House of Records helped raise me, after my parents kicked me out.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:51pm
Austin Rich:

Didn't Diane from Oswald write a novel, ramencitykid?
Avatar 9:51pm
Mr. X:

And now you will raise a new generation at So Lame Records.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:52pm
Austin Rich:

I had the New Bloods on my show back in 2007, and they thanked me in the credits for this seven inch because of that!

It also helped that I was close friends with Cassia, from this band.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:52pm
Austin Rich:

Hopefully, Mr. X! It's mostly older dudes who come in right now, but maybe I need to work on the weekends to see the kids.
Avatar 9:53pm
Mr. X:

Putting in a plug for Austin's new place of employment, So Lame Records:
www.solamerecords.com
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:54pm
Austin Rich:

Sex Crime has at least one of The Epoxies, but also one of The Headliners (a PDX band). Sort of a local supergroup.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:55pm
Austin Rich:

(I think Sex Crime is not together anymore, but they put on great shows when they were around.)
  9:55pm
Bill:

I like that keyboard action.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:56pm
Austin Rich:

Yeah, they were so much fun.
  9:56pm
Bill:

And the wobbly grooves on the record.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:57pm
Austin Rich:

Pierced Arrows was a short-lived band that was essentially Dead Moon with a new drummer. A ton of fun, but didn't really last long. Both songs on this record are amazing.
  9:57pm
Bill:

I have this one! I got to see them here in Winnipeg.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:57pm
Austin Rich:

They were great, Bill! But everything Fred and Toody did was solid gold.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:58pm
Austin Rich:

I think I counted, and only saw Dead Moon about six times. But I had opportunities that I turned down, and I really regret it, now.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:59pm
coelacanth∅:

greetings Austin and mutants
  9:59pm
Bill:

Yep! I got to see Dead Moon, Pierced Arrows, and the Fred & Toody tour they did in 2015 (I think).
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:59pm
Austin Rich:

coelacanthø! Great to see you in the chat!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:00pm
Austin Rich:

I love that he just called this one "Version," and just raps over the music bed. So good.
  10:01pm
Bill:

I remember this. I think i have this record too.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:01pm
Will thee Sound Guy:

Hi Austin Rich and all!!!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:01pm
Austin Rich:

This one is a CLASSIC.

Howdy, Will!
  10:03pm
ramencity:

Sorry, I was doing some 'homework' w/ this in the background. I don't know about Diane o' Oswald writing any novels, but she is an artist. Nick's wife Gail wrote a novel that was sort of about Robert Christie I guess (RIP).
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:05pm
coelacanth∅:

hey Will!
  10:06pm
Heather:

I have it on good authority that there was also a Celibate Commandos record in this box!!!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:07pm
Austin Rich:

And they make an appearance in this set, too, Heather!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:08pm
Austin Rich:

Here's the novel, ramencitykid:

www.amazon.com...
  10:09pm
ramencity:

wow I had no idea!
  10:09pm
Heather:

Yesssss!!! I'm so excited! My friend Leigh and I used to write letters in the high school library to Al Burian from that band. And he wrote us back! We were and are pretty big fans.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:09pm
Austin Rich:

Norb, from Boris The Sprinkler, was sort of famous for being able to do rants like this, and often, making them up as he goes. (Though he usually wrote stuff for recordings.)
Avatar 10:11pm
xapnomapcase1:

Ahem. Rev. Norb.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:11pm
Austin Rich:

Sorry. Yes, he is a Rev. Pardon.
Avatar 10:13pm
xapnomapcase1:

One of the VERY few MP records with a woman. I was so excited to buy this one.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:14pm
Austin Rich:

I was gonna say, I think this is the only one? But I could be wrong.
Avatar 10:14pm
xapnomapcase1:

It's almost certainly the only all woman one, but it's possible there was a woman or two elsewhere. I couldn't say for sure.
  10:14pm
Bill:

There's a book by Norb that I got a few years back. Still haven't finished reading it. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39885869-fear-of-a-norb-planet
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:15pm
Austin Rich:

I remember hearing about that book, Bill! Is it good? (I suspect so, but sometimes you can be disappointed.)
Avatar 10:15pm
Mr Fab:

The My Bloody Valentine of the northwest?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:16pm
Austin Rich:

Ha! That sort of tracks...
  10:16pm
Bill:

Yeah, it has some crazy ranting articles in it. I remember he talks about how Maximum RnR got sick of him and basically got rid of him.
  10:17pm
b0b0b0b0b Plasticland:

there was a band in Milwaukee in the 80s named Boris the Sprinkler. .same one???
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:17pm
Austin Rich:

Though, most of the Mutant Pop records featured bands from all over the US. I think they only had two bands that were officially from the Northwest, but they sort of got lumped into that scene.
  10:17pm
Bill:

It has artwork by our very own local artist Darren Marinuk on the cover.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:18pm
Austin Rich:

Hmmm. Don't think so, bob Plasticland. This one got started in the early '90's.
Avatar 10:19pm
xapnomapcase1:

BUGLITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I miss them so much.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:20pm
Austin Rich:

Buglite was the band I was the most excited about, when I got this box of records. There's a lot of Buglite records, and I only knew a couple songs before this batch. And they really capture something about the mid-90's that I really miss.
Avatar 10:20pm
Mr. X:

I confess that I occasionally watched The Brady Bunch when I was a kid.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:20pm
Austin Rich:

I've seen my share; I grew up at the right time for it to always be in re-runs.
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xapnomapcase1:

I should also say that all of these records may not be strictly Mutant Pop, but they were all purchased from Tim.
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xapnomapcase1:

God, I love Buglite so much.
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Austin Rich:

LIke, Buglite had a record on MP, but a lot of records on other labels, too.
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b0b0b0b:

wow weird...i remember bc my Girlfriend at the time loved that band
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xapnomapcase1:

Plus their own label for a second, Matthau records.
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Austin Rich:

This band, too. After School Special had a MP record, but this one was on another label.
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xapnomapcase1:

When the label went down, Tim sold off all of the Buglite stuff in a bundle. That's how I managed to get all of it.
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xapnomapcase1:

RIP David Jones.
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Austin Rich:

Bob: it's possible there are two. I need to look into it.
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Austin Rich:

When I had Dr. Frank on my show in 2007, he told me that before he came to meet me, he had been to Tim's to raid his remaining MP stuff.
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xapnomapcase1:

I imagine it was a fruitful day. I clearly never met a MP record I didn't like.
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Austin Rich:

One of the Jesses from The Automatics went on to be in The Epoxies, and then The Bloodtypes.

The Epoxies were supposed to reunite before covid... but that is now on hold, as I understand.
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Aitch:

Working through this, great show A Rich
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Austin Rich:

Thanks Aitch! I had a lot of fun putting it together.
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xapnomapcase1:

Boy, Brandon's voice is an acquired taste.
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Austin Rich:

There's a record for Heather up next.
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Austin Rich:

I had that Connie Dungs song stuck in my head for a while after I listened to that record.
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Heather:

Yessssss!!! "Metaphorically, of course," makes me smile every time!!
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Austin Rich:

I started wearing bow ties at jobs that required "ties" because I hated regular ties so much. But now I don't mind the occasional regular tie... but I prefer bow ties.
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Austin Rich:

I also got this Pullouts song stuck in my head, assembling this.
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xapnomapcase1:

Yeah, this was a mixtape song.
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Bill:

The bass tone in this Pullouts track is what I remember most from the '90's.
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Heather:

The bow ties are a solid look!
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Austin Rich:

Right, Bill? I was thinking that listening to all these records.
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Bill:

I played drums in this same kind of way in the '90's too haha
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Austin Rich:

The Kung Fu Monkeys was the best discovery that I didn't know anything about until this box arrived. There's a few Kung Fu Monkeys records, and I really love all of them!
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Austin Rich:

We all played "in that way" in the '90's. It was like a virus.
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xapnomapcase1:

They're so great. I still can't help but feel happy.
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Bill:

So true haha! And yes, this Kung Fu Monkeys song is great!
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Austin Rich:

They sort of have a Ne-er Do Well's vibe, another indie-surf band of the same era.
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b0b0b0b Plasticland:

yeah it said Boris the Sprinkler a band formed in Green Bay Wisconsin..in the 90s but I think they musta moved to milwaukee at some p0int
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ramencity:

Got any 45s with songs about Jean Luc Godard??
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ramencity:

Maybe the X song "Breathless" is about "Bout du Souffle"
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Austin Rich:

That's a good choice, ramencitykid. I don't have that single, but I should get more X singles, anyway.
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Austin Rich:

This set actually draws heavily from a few different "comps" that were also included in this package of records, to expand the number of artists I could include in the show.
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Austin Rich:

I was talking about this the other day: the first few years of the 2000s still felt like the '90's. I mark the switch to the 2000's around 2004 for me.
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Austin Rich:

Since the cover to this MP record actually "breaks" the tradition they established with all their other records, the cover is a comic that makes fun of that.
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Mr Fab:

a People Who Died special? I nominate WFMU pals like Howie Pyro (of D-generation, and er, Danzig) and Brother Cleve, of Combustible Edison, and Del Fuegos.
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Austin Rich:

Yeah, I've been collecting some names and people to feature. There's a lot of ground to cover... might become a two-parter.
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ramencity:

That short-lived band with jean Luc Godard and Queen Elizabeth - that heady autumn of 1962...
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Austin Rich:

Because of short runs, often on colored vinyl, and with hand-written inserts, etc... a lot of records from the various indie scenes of the '90's are quite valuable. Though not always the bands you think. Still, if you bought records in the '90's, and you were prone to buying stuff on small labels, check discogs. You might be sitting on some very important records.
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Mr Fab:

I know what you mean about the early aughts were basically still the '90s: movements like the lounge revival and "big beat" electronica like Fatboy Slim were still big for the first couple years of the new millennium. People were still buying physical formats. Downloading hadn't overturned the apple cart yet. Record stores all started to close in 2005.
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b0b0b0b plasticland:

I moved from Milwaukee 1997 I've lived in Atlanta since then home of man or Astro man? I believe..seen them play with MC5
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Austin Rich:

"Godard & The Royals" were an instrumental band, yes, ramencitykid?
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Bill:

For me, things started changing in the late '90's.
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Austin Rich:

I love Man Or Astro-Man?! I think I've seen 'em almost 20 times?
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Austin Rich:

This Proms song has been stuck in my head for a while now, too.
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Mr. X:

QEII rattled her jewelry, by request.
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b0b0b0b Plasticland:

I think man or Astro man are or were from Atlanta
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ramencity:

Godard & The Royals - not "surf" but "apres-ski" rock!
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Austin Rich:

In a lot of ways, actually drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes sort of dominated my '90's.
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Austin Rich:

I think you are right, Bob. But they toured a LOT in the '90's, and I think they had friends in Eugene, where I lived, because they played there every six months, for years.
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Austin Rich:

This "Ruth's Hat" song also has a place in my head forever now.
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Bill:

Love that wobbly groove sound.
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Austin Rich:

Yeah, this episode has a bit of "fuzz" over it, from the turntables.
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Mr Fab:

haha, Matthau Records. With Walter lurking in the background.
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Austin Rich:

The name "Spodie" for a goofy punk band in the late '90's is almost the MOST '90's think I can think of.
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Austin Rich:

The sense of humor in the '90's was pretty great.
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Aitch:

refer Ween
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Mr Fab:

i missed most of this.In the '90s, I figured rock was no longer cutting edge, everything had been done, so I hiked off to explore jazz, international (esp. African), thrift-store oldies, avant-garde, etc. By the end of the "Nineties" (2003 or so) I realized I missed rockin, and came back.
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Scott67:

Thanks Austin, the Punk in a button down bow tie!
Go LOOOOOOONGERRRRRR!!!!
🤘😎🤙🍻💨🍺
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Bill:

Thanks, Austin! It was a fun show!
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Austin Rich:

I always thought of myself and the Nerdy Punk. I could tell you who recorded the record everyone loves!
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ramencity:

I got my Safeways shoes on - see you next time!
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Austin Rich:

See ya, ramencitykid, and Bill, and Scott67, Mr. Fab, Aitch, xapnomapcase, and Heather! Until next week...
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Heather:

Thanks for an awesome show, Austin!! Have a great night, everyone!
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Aitch:

Cheers Austin.
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Mr Fab:

Thanks for the rawk, austin - most enlightening!
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Austin Rich:

No sweat, Mr. Fab. I do what I can.
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