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A combination of collage, new experimental records and other bits and bobs, Mid-Valley Mutations is a tour through the mind of Austin Rich, who has been broadcasting in some form since 1998. Heavily influenced by Dr Demento, Don Joyce and old fashioned College Radio, Austin creates Audio Essays on a variety of subjects, and even just plays records, from time to time. Sometimes Live music and Interviews will grace the program, helping create a situation where you don't really know what you're going to hear, when you tune in. What you need to know is when you enter the Mid-Valley region, be prepared for the Musical Mutations... in whatever form they take.

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Artist Track Album Label Year Images Approx. start time
  This episode contains sample from James Burke's, "Connections," TV Program, S1E1.
Fervent Torpor  At The Playground   Favoriting 1000 Years of Solitude  Self-Released  2017 
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Brad Anderson  Upwelling   Favoriting Darwinian Playground  Self-Released  2020 
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Four Dimensional Nightmare  Fifth Genesis   Favoriting Transcending Radio  Self-Released  2018 
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George & Caplin  Staionwagon Sleepingbag   Favoriting Things Past  Beta-Lactam Ring  2006 
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Ibiza Shock Troops  [track 3]   Favoriting Rave Nozzle  Self-Released  2019 
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Illusion of Safety & Z'ev  Smaller Revolutions   Favoriting If There Is No Doorway, One Must Break Out Through The Wall.  No Part Of It  2022 
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Lube Fondue  Laika (Barker Or Howler)   Favoriting Homeless Cosmonaut  Self-Released  2009 
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Dead Air Fresheners  Carseat Collapse Recall   Favoriting Fast Radio Bursts  Personal Archives  2016 
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Miss Murgatroid  Through Alien Empires   Favoriting Through Alien Empires  Japan Overseas  1997 
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1:02:43 (Pop-up)
Homogenized Terrestrials  Sun Transfusion   Favoriting Shadows Think Twice  Aubjects  2015 
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Trey Gunn  The Magic Poker   Favoriting Playing With Borrowed Time  Self-Released  1985 
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Idler Arms  Krummholz Formation   Favoriting Kubelik Unbugged  Butte County Free Music Society  2012 
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Bob Bucko Jr.  Improv I 042714   Favoriting Crank Spirit  Personal Archives  2016 
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Divine Circles  [track 4]   Favoriting Instruments  Self-Released  2014 
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Epos Nemo Latrocinium  Radiant Poison (Dose Two)   Favoriting Iter Itineris I  Self-Released  2012 
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Listener comments!

  2/19 9:42pm
Cathy:

I am listening now, sweetie. You are such an unpredictable one!
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Austin Rich:

↳ Cathy @9:42
Am I? I always thought I was fairly milquetoast. Maybe the pocket protector isn't sending the right message?
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Austin Rich:

Good Hello!
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Pauly from Clifton:

Hiya, Austin, Folks!
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Krys O.:

Hey there!
  9:01pm
Charles:

hello 2 u all
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Mr Fab:

Ahoy, mutants!
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Austin Rich:

↳ Pauly from Clifton @9:01
Nice to see you again, Pauly! How's your Tuesday?
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Austin Rich:

↳ Krys O. @9:01
Nice to see you, Krys O! What's shakin'?
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Austin Rich:

↳ Charles @9:01
Welcome, Charles!
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Krys O.:

Oh, man. I used to watch James Burke on PBS as a kid. Thanks for this, Austin.
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ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

Ahoy!
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Austin Rich:

↳ Mr Fab @9:01
We are ready to mutate!
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Austin Rich:

↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:02
Always a pleasure. Write any good books lately?
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Austin Rich:

↳ Krys O. @9:02
He's one of my faves.
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Krys O.:

Have you ever seen Dr. Jonathan Miller's series, The Body in Question? It was from around the same time as Connections.
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Pauly from Clifton:

↳ Austin Rich @9:01
Thanks, Austin! Likewise! Enjoying Mardi Gras with some Jambalaya.
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Austin Rich:

↳ Krys O. @9:03
I haven't! I'll have to look that up.
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Austin Rich:

↳ Pauly from Clifton @9:03
That sounds so good. Why am I not eating Jambalaya?
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ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

↳ Austin Rich @9:02
Just two chapters total so far of Coefficient, and Reassignment as far as Max Headroom fanfiction goes. I should introduce you to my Beny Tchaikovsky fanfiction
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ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

The large often discount the small. Having the ability to squash the average housefly, mankind had seen them as nothing more than a common nuisance. So when the time of the Cataclysm had come, when the beasts of the fields and jungles and the Savannah had begun to change in ways that had nothing to do with evolution, the insects were largely ignored.
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ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

Awww..
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ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

The Young Ones, Rising Damp, Lovejoy
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Krys O.:

↳ Austin Rich @9:04
Miller was in Beyond the Fringe with Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, and Alan Bennett. He was a physician and an opera director.
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Austin Rich:

↳ Krys O. @9:10
Oh! That is a very good pedigree. I've got some Beyond the Fringe LPs around here.
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Austin Rich:

↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:10
Lot's of Young Ones in my house.
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ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

You would have liked Lovejoy. Very like its detectives
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Austin Rich:

I do love a good english mystery or detective story. It's all those episodes of Mystery on PBS.
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Austin Rich:

When he says "over a decade ago" that probably places the story at some point in 60's, if I'm not mistaken.
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Krys O.:

I binged on the Jeremy Brett Sherlock Homes series a couple of years ago. Brett was a joy to watch.
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ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

Matt Frewer also made a good Holmes.
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Austin Rich:

↳ Krys O. @9:23
Agreed! I should re-watch those. Probably haven't seen them in a couple decades.
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Krys O.:

Z'ev played a concert at Upsala College when I was a student. I'll never forget that.
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Austin Rich:

↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:24
I have both of those, too! I took a Holmes class in college. I do love those stories.
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Austin Rich:

↳ Krys O. @9:24
I imagine! How cool.
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ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

New England weather
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StringOFperils:

Good evening. Can I hide in here for a while?
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Austin Rich:

↳ StringOFperils @9:27
Please! And: thanks for thinking of us.
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StringOFperils:

James Burke's always a draw. Loved Connections. It was amazing.
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Austin Rich:

↳ StringOFperils @9:29
This was mostly just an excuse to re-watch these.
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Krys O.:

I wish I could stick around longer, but I need to get some sleep. Thanks, Austin and take care, everyone!
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Austin Rich:

↳ Krys O. @9:32
Sleep well, Krys O! Take care!
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ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

↳ StringOFperils @9:29
His most recent was last January that I know of
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StringOFperils:

Really?! Wow. Had no idea. Or too many ideas. One of those.
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ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

My cat is licking my salt and vinegar crisps
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Austin Rich:

↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:38
You can't turn your back on your crips! We had a cat that will steal our chips, but then when he gets it to himself in the corner, he doesn't like it, and leaves it there.
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Austin Rich:

1965! I thought I remembered that correctly.
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ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

I was thinking about your chapbook idea, Austin. I like it, but I would like to do it with my song lyrics
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ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

↳ Austin Rich @9:39
I was born that year
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Austin Rich:

↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:41
That's a good idea, too!
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Austin Rich:

↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:42
It was a good year.
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Austin Rich:

↳ Song: "Laika (Barker Or Howler)" by "Lube Fondue"
Laika, of course, was one of the Russian Space Dogs, during that period of their program.
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Austin Rich:

↳ Austin Rich @9:44
en.wikipedia.org...
  9:45pm
brad253:

Hey Austin, Thanks for giving Tom and I a spin!
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Austin Rich:

↳ brad253 @9:45
Hey, Brad! Thanks for tuning in! I always enjoy playing your tunes, both you and Tom!
  9:50pm
brad253:

I rarely comment, but I'm always tuned in on Tuesday nights. Always something new and weird to hear. Thanks!
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Austin Rich:

↳ brad253 @9:50
Ah, that's sweet, Brad. Thanks for listening!
  9:52pm
brad253:

If I hadn't tuned in I would not have known there was a band/project named Lube Fondue :)
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Austin Rich:

↳ Song: "Carseat Collapse Recall" by "Dead Air Fresheners"
Full Disclosure: I played with / in the Dead Air Fresheners on a number of occasions, a few times delivering lyrics and stories over their music. I appear on a few of their recordings, but largely, Dead Air Fresheners are anonymous, and perform masked. These days, one of the members has recruited his children, who perform with the band, on various instruments. I haven't performed with them in years, but they were a big part of me getting back to performing in front of crowds again.
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ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

↳ Austin Rich @9:55
Sounds like you benefited from your experience
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Austin Rich:

↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:57
Indeed. I used to live in their neighborhood, way back when, and they were an interesting troop of folks. Always a lot going on with them.
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ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

I was pretty isolated creatively growing up and even later in life. Western Mass is quite dull.
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Austin Rich:

↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:00
That was sort of the promise of the Internet: to finally break the isolation.
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ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

↳ Austin Rich @10:01
Its working very nicely
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ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

Hipbone, legbone
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ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

Time capsule in a way
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Austin Rich:

↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:00
I think small towns have that effect on people, too. I felt like I lived a million miles from everything as a kid. I felt like I could never meet the kinds of people I would hear on the radio.
  10:14pm
Heather:

Hi hi! Been enjoying the show while working with the cursed number 1 shade of green!
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Austin Rich:

↳ Heather @10:14
Nice to see you in the chat! Hopefully this works well for painting?
  10:16pm
Heather:

↳ Austin Rich @10:16
It's a great listen, for sure!!
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ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

↳ Austin Rich @10:14
I think people in small towns expect to be eschewed if they don't fit the normal order of things
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Austin Rich:

↳ Song: "The Magic Poker" by "Trey Gunn"
Before Trey Gunn was famous, he used to live in Eugene, going to the U of O, selling and giving away his tapes of weird guitar experiments.
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Austin Rich:

↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:19
This is true. Small towns are more likely to look down on anything that doesn't fit the norm.
  10:22pm
Heather:

↳ Austin Rich @10:20
I agree. My folks are both from the same small town and there was a lot of hand wringing over what people would think when, e.g., I started wearing all black. My thought was "who cares?" But that didn't go over well.
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Austin Rich:

↳ Heather @10:22
It's funny how little the offense can be, too. "Wearing All Black." Haven't weird people been doing that for hundreds of years?
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StringOFperils:

In small isolated towns, like the one I grew up in , it seems like people create false narratives about others, and become suspicious and paranoid, because there's so little else to do, other than working on your truck or having a bake-sale or something
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Austin Rich:

↳ StringOFperils @10:28
Ooooo! I think you hit the nail on the head.
  10:29pm
Heather:

↳ Austin Rich @10:24
That's the thing! I didn't take up murder as a hobby! I just liked black nail polish!
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StringOFperils:

It's a kind of negative creativity that becomes a living hallucination
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Austin Rich:

I know I retreated into TV and radio when I was a kid. There were lots of things to watch and listen to.
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ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

↳ Austin Rich @10:29
I did the same, but with Lets Pretend records and sneaking into my parents room to watch Benny Hill
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Austin Rich:

↳ Heather @10:29
Well, Black was a standard fashion color for decades and decades, because it looked find dirty and was easy to make stuff for the whole family in that color. Fancy colored fabrics are really an Industrial Revolution innovation.

There were other colors of fabric pre-industrial revolution. but they were costly.
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Austin Rich:

↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:31
I have a few Let's Pretend records, that I found at thrift stores. And Benny Hill is always good for a larf.
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coelacanth∅:

Greetings Rich and mutants
  10:33pm
Heather:

↳ Austin Rich @10:31
It was a good choice for someone who used to spill as much coffee as I did! My friend Leigh once bought a white skirt. And spilled Earl Grey on it nearly immediately. Should have stuck to black!
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Austin Rich:

↳ coelacanth∅ @10:33
Greetings and Salutations! Always wonderful to see you.
  10:34pm
Heather:

↳ coelacanth∅ @10:33
Hi Coel!
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coelacanth∅:

olá, Heather!
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Austin Rich:

↳ Song: "Improv I 042714" by "Bob Bucko Jr."
Bob Bucko Jr. runs the Personal Archives record label, which releases a wide range of interesting and incredible experiemtnal music. I recommend checking out the Personal Archives label. Good stuff!
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Austin Rich:

↳ Austin Rich @10:35
personalarchives.bandcamp.com
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Austin Rich:

↳ Song: "[track 4]" by "Divine Circles"
Divine Circles is a one-person act, playing a Cello with a looping pedal. They use loops and samples to create layered performances, and it is BEAUTIFUL to watch and listen to. I got to engineer their sound once for a radio gig, and it was fantastic. They gave me this CD, and I don't think you can find this recording elsewhere. (I believe this CD was a demo for the live set they were doing on that tour.) Excellent stuff; I highly recommend.
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Austin Rich:

↳ Austin Rich @10:39
divinecircles.bandcamp.com
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ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

Very interesting recording. The music is almost hypnotic
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Austin Rich:

There used to be full video of the set I recorded on YouTube, but it isn't easily searchable at the moment.
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Austin Rich:

↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:42
They put on a very cool show. It was an honor to engineer them for radio.
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ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

Sent you the Beny Tchaikovsky fanfiction
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StringOFperils:

This makes for a very dreamy way of learning history. Like sleep tapes.
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Austin Rich:

↳ StringOFperils @10:49
I like that. "Sleep Tapes."
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ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

↳ StringOFperils @10:49
I agree
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Austin Rich:

↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:49
Got it! Thanks!
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Mr Fab:

↳ StringOFperils @10:49
Yes, cool way to use spoken-word on music. Works really well.
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ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

CDs are modern time capsules
  10:54pm
Heather:

I heard those CDs clanking! Cds are still great, even if I'm down to only one computer that has a drive and that's an add on!
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StringOFperils:

CDs are more reliable than hard-drives, even if they are unstable.
  10:56pm
Heather:

That's how I DJ live at wayo! Shuffling a big old bag of CDs! It is stressful but also fun! And there's times for dance breaks!
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coelacanth∅:

i like cds because they can be created at home for 30-40¢ and can be presented with cover art, like an LP -which is far superior in both sound and presentation, but is obviously not a do-it-yourself format.
  10:57pm
Heather:

↳ StringOFperils @10:54
I agree. I've had more computers jam or do the surprise restarts than I can count but, as long as the player works, CDs just play like they should.
  10:58pm
Heather:

↳ coelacanth∅ @10:56
Also agree! The Spotify mix just isn't the same as a real home burned CD.
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Mr Fab:

I didnt like CDs because the commercial sale price was ridiculously expensive. Twice the price of vinyl or cassettes (at the time) even tho the production costs were pennys in comparison. A genuine great rock n roll swindle.
Now they’re cheaper in thrifts than vinyl, so I’m catching up on ‘90s things I missed.
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Austin Rich:

I do have a lot of digital music, too. And a lot of records. And a lot of tapes. And some transcriptions discs. And some 8 Tracks. And some other stuff too. Reel to reels, even?
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ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

And I have old songs that you can't even find anymore
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Austin Rich:

↳ Mr Fab @10:59
In the old Days, CDs were OVERPRICED, for sure. And a scam, as you say. But these days, it's hard to sell CDs at those prices anymore.
  11:00pm
Arvo:

Just saying hello! Late here. Nice looking playlist. Hi to Austin and Heather!
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Austin Rich:

↳ Arvo @11:00
Arvo! Nice to see you!
  11:01pm
Heather:

↳ Arvo @11:00
Hi Arvo!!
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coelacanth∅:

true Mr.Fab. i think i've only bought 1-2 dozen cds new in my life, out of ... 500?
total scam ( like "texting")
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StringOFperils:

I used to pay stupid prices for CDs . Unbelievably expensive sometimes to get imports.
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ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

Well, I am going to bed, so sleep well
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Austin Rich:

As a DJ, I used to get Free CDs in the mail. A LOT OF CDS IN THE MAIL. So many, I had to give a lot away, just so I wasn't overwhelmed. These days, it's back to just a few a week.
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Cp304:

Thanks Austin Rich night all
  11:03pm
Heather:

Night all! Awesome show as always, Austin! Thank you!
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coelacanth∅:

and that's a wrap. Thanks Austin Rich!
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Austin Rich:

Sleep well everyone.
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StringOFperils:

Time to bail out. Thank you Austin! Goodnight all!
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