Favoriting Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from April 11, 2023 Favoriting

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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.

Tuesday 9 - 11pm (EDT) | On WFMU's Sheena's Jungle Room
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Favoriting April 11, 2023: MUTATION FEST! (Week 1)

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Opening Ceremony
Arvo Zylo  Sick Kitchen [Excerpt]   Favoriting 27 February 2023 
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Billy Yfantis  Live For Today (Deep in Space Mix)   Favoriting 6 March 2023 
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Obadiah Baird  Live!   Favoriting 9 April 2023 
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Col du Void  A Vaporous Mutation   Favoriting 30 January 2023 and 22 March 2023 
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The Eugene Difficult Music Ensemble  Identity Pitches (Stine Janvin and Cory Arcangel), Sonic Meditation XII: One Word (Pauline Oliveros) & Storm King (Erin Blake)   Favoriting 31 March 2023 
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Scot Jenerik  Street of Crocodiles [Excerpt]   Favoriting Live on 21 October 2023 in Portland OR, at Azoth 
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The Shape of Minds to Come  Interview   Favoriting 24 March 2023 
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Arvo Zylo  Sick Kitchen [Excerpt]   Favoriting 27 February 2023 
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Listener comments!

Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:27pm
Austin Rich:

Good Hello
  9:00pm
brad253:

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

↳ brad253 @9:00
Howdy, Brad! Nice to see you in the chat!
Avatar 9:01pm
ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

Ahoy!
  9:01pm
Charles:

Get mutated!
  9:02pm
brad253:

good to be here. I'm ready for some cool weirdness
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:02pm
Austin Rich:

↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:01
Imaginos! Thanks for hanging out.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:02pm
Krys O.:

Howdy!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:02pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Charles @9:01
Charles! Hooray!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:02pm
Aitch:

We're all gonna mutate
Kids are saying yeah hup
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:02pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Krys O. @9:02
Now the festival is something to talk about! Krys is wandering around, taking in the show!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:03pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Aitch @9:02
Hooray, it's aitch!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:03pm
Kat in Chicago:

Ready to get my cells rearranged
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:03pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Kat in Chicago @9:03
"Nice. Kat made it. Very cool."
  9:03pm
?:

🤘🔥🤘
Avatar 9:03pm
Mr. X:

All hail the Mutocracy!!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:03pm
Austin Rich:

↳ @9:03
Nice to see you, ?.
Avatar 9:04pm
Geoff-U:

Happy FEST y'all!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:04pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Mr. X @9:03
Mr. X! Excellent. And Geoff-U, too!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:04pm
Krys O.:

↳ Austin Rich @9:02
I've got my Wellies on because of the mud.
  9:05pm
Arvo:

Good morning 🌞
Avatar 9:05pm
Geoff-U:

Cleanest porta-potties ever
Avatar 9:05pm
ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

Hail the Mutant Reformation
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:05pm
Aitch:

Do we need pillz or is this more a weed thing?
Avatar 9:05pm
ramencity:

I mutated me a a gastropod to slime around the fairgrounds
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:07pm
Krys O.:

Always glad to board op when I can.
  9:07pm
Scot Jenerik:

🤘🔥🤘
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:09pm
Pauly from Clifton:

Viva Mutations Fest! Where the porto potties?
Avatar 9:09pm
Geoff-U:

↳ Aitch @9:05
I took a Sudafed for my allergies... pollen hell out there!
Avatar 9:10pm
ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

↳ Pauly from Clifton @9:09
Just don't sit on the plexiglass toioet
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:10pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Geoff-U @9:09
I'm on the allergy med train, too.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:11pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Pauly from Clifton @9:09
Hopefully there's enough. There should be a few in every direction.
Avatar 9:11pm
ramencity:

BAZILLION
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:12pm
Aitch:

Blessed with fest
Avatar 9:14pm
ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

Between the Fest and Camp Nano this has been a fun and busy day
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:14pm
Austin Rich:

↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:14
What's Camp Nano? I'm not familiar.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:15pm
Austin Rich:

↳ ramencity @9:11
I'm trying to cut it back to just a jillion, but... I have too many ideas.
  9:15pm
Charles:

Not exactly the place for that but I was too exhausted yesterday to comment so I just wanted to say that I think the latest Box 13 episode was one of my faves. Loved X-1 as well.
Avatar 9:15pm
ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

↳ Austin Rich @9:14
Part of NaNoWriMo. Its a writing challenge
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:15pm
Krys O.:

Will listen for a bit while I get ready for bed. Thanks, Austin for all you do for amazing radio!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:16pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Krys O. @9:15
That is a really good Box 13 story. The final one isn't so bad, either... but it's hard to top that one.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:16pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Krys O. @9:15
Ahhh, thanks Krys.
  9:16pm
Charles:

I never get tired of drone ambiences. Loving this.
Avatar 9:16pm
Geoff-U:

This is a quality drone
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:16pm
Austin Rich:

↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:15
Is it the editing challenge? I've completed the November challenge a couple times, but never anything else.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:17pm
Pauly from Clifton:

↳ Austin Rich @9:11
I'll just need to moderate my intake of liquids. Great start!
Avatar 9:17pm
Mr. X:

It feels like Eraserhead in here.
Avatar 9:17pm
ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

↳ Austin Rich @9:16
Right now I am picturing stars zipping by
  9:17pm
Tom Nicol:

👋
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:18pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Tom Nicol @9:17
Tom! Nice to see you in the chat.
Avatar 9:18pm
ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

Camp nano is a mini challenge. Like the November one but you can set your own goal
  9:19pm
Tom Nicol:

Thanks!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:19pm
Austin Rich:

↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:18
I like that. Instead of 50,000, you shoot for something a little shorter?
Avatar 9:19pm
Geoff-U:

For those drone lovers out there I highly recommend looking up Ellen Fullman performing on the Long String Instrument - real neat!
Avatar 9:19pm
ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

↳ Austin Rich @9:19
I'm trying for 20,000
  9:20pm
Milkies:

Hiiiii
Avatar 9:20pm
ramencity:

You're never alone when you're with a drone...
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:20pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Milkies @9:20
Hello, Milkies!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:20pm
Kat in Chicago:

A two-hour droooooonnnnnnneeeee...
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:21pm
Austin Rich:

↳ ramencity @9:20
I've been watching, "One Drone To Live," as one of my regular soaps recently.
Avatar 9:25pm
ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

This music makes me think of Freeside.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:29pm
Kat in Chicago:

Neato!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:29pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Song: "Live!" by "Obadiah Baird"
Many apologies for the "Amazon" ad behind Obadiah. I almost tried to edit it out, but... it became hard.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:31pm
Austin Rich:

Is Obadiah in the chat? I wasn't sure if he could make it tonight, or not.
  9:32pm
Arvo:

Look out honey cuz I'm using technology

Ain't got time to make no apology 🦾
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:33pm
Austin Rich:

In the photo (and in the video), you can see The Hong Kong Cavalier, my primary ride.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:33pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Arvo @9:32
Hell yeah!
  9:34pm
Arvo:

Hey I liked that first Obadiah track.

Thanka all for the compliments on the drone!

I can't watch videos right now because God told me to go fry an egg

No bunny
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:35pm
Austin Rich:

I realize you can't quite sync the video and audio very easily. The videos are available, supplementary material. But the main show is on Sheena's.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:36pm
Kat in Chicago:

Mine's synced up pretty well!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:36pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Kat in Chicago @9:36
You can get close if you try. It's an experiment in multi-media.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:38pm
Austin Rich:

We had the doors open for ventilation, and there's a lot of ambient noise in the garage. But I think his playing and singing still come through well. I do wanna give these tunes a pro-treatment someday.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:39pm
Austin Rich:

I had the mic on a table that he is rocking with his foot. So there's occasional noise on the mic that is him, keeping tempo.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:40pm
Pauly from Clifton:

↳ Austin Rich @9:38
I love the way Obadiah sounds with the ambient noise intact. Adds to the visceral quality of this performance. Wonderful.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:41pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Pauly from Clifton @9:40
I find it charming, too. But I could also hear a really pro studio version of all of these, too.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:43pm
Austin Rich:

The original tune that he is covering:

bornagainst.bandcamp.com...
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:44pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Austin Rich @9:43
While I love the band that they had after Born Against, I HIGHLY recommend everything Born Against recorded. A young me was skating to Born Against a LOT.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:45pm
Austin Rich:

(Men's Recovery Project is the band that following Born Against.)
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:49pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Song: "Sick Kitchen [Excerpt]" by "Arvo Zylo"
nopartofit.bandcamp.com
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:50pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Song: "Live For Today (Deep in Space Mix)" by "Billy Yfa...
billyyfantis.bandcamp.com
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:50pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Song: "Live!" by "Obadiah Baird"
obadiahbaird.bandcamp.com
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:51pm
Pauly from Clifton:

↳ Austin Rich @9:41
Agreed! It would be a treat to hear studio versions of these tunes.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:52pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Pauly from Clifton @9:51
We've done some "live as isolated as possible" recordings of some of these tunes. I just don't have a pro-studio space to really tackle a good recording like this. Not yet, anyway.
Avatar 10:01pm
Scot Jenerik:

A gift to those here. The Col du Void track is a free download during this festival. So if you dig it, go download it. Enjoy! colduvoid.bandcamp.com...
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:01pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Scot Jenerik @10:01
Very cool! Free download!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:02pm
Kat in Chicago:

↳ Scot Jenerik @10:01
Thank you!
Avatar 10:09pm
Scot Jenerik:

↳ Kat in Chicago @10:02
quite welcome
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:09pm
Webhamster Henry:

You just said the secret work (Pauline Oliveros)
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:09pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Webhamster Henry @10:09
Yes!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:09pm
Webhamster Henry:

↳ Webhamster Henry @10:09
*word. well, sometimes a secret work too.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:11pm
Austin Rich:

It's very kind of the audience to remain so quiet during the performances. Kudos to all of the Mutation Fest attendees!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:13pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Webhamster Henry @10:09
I'm quite enamored with Pauline Oliveros' output. And there's always more of it than I realize.
Avatar 10:13pm
Geoff-U:

Ohhhh man that Claritin is kicking in!!!
Avatar 10:13pm
Geoff-U:

Perfect song for it too!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:14pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Geoff-U @10:13
Nice! We aim to meet all your pharma-musical needs!
Avatar 10:14pm
Geoff-U:

My sinuses are so open I can *smell* the difficulty
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:15pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Geoff-U @10:14
I recall when I was young, and would take OG Allergy meds, and mix them with an espresso... it was legal drugs, and I was wacked out all Spring.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:16pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Song: "Identity Pitches (Stine Janvin and Cory Arcangel)...
edme.bandcamp.com
  10:18pm
Arvo:

Some sorta difficult Tupperware violin device
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:19pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Arvo @10:18
Tupperware Villain was where my mind went, and now I think I might be onto something.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:21pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Song: "Identity Pitches (Stine Janvin and Cory Arcangel)...
It was one of the kind gents in this group who was talking to Watt about some of the radio I'm involved with, including this fest. Thanks Randolph!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:28pm
Aitch:

Impending shroom
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:28pm
Austin Rich:

There was a group out of Portland that went by the name "Boyband," that played a lot of musical word games as part of their performances. I ran sound for them once on the radio.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:29pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Aitch @10:28
We can all sense it coming.
  10:29pm
Arvo:

Some bandcamp codes for no part of it, if anyone is interested... https://getmusic.fm/labels/nopartofit
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:30pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Arvo @10:29
Oooo! Free music! Get in on it!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:35pm
Austin Rich:

The interview I referenced:

anywhenanywhere.com...
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:43pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Arvo @10:29
If you are debating which No Part of It release to get: I very much recommend the Dave Fuglewicz release. And the Leslie Keffer album is delightful.
  10:44pm
Arvo:

↳ Song: "Street of Crocodiles [Excerpt]" by "Scot Jenerik"
This is pretty wild. I was reading that they just found a new kind of dinosaur bones that resemble crocodiles. Far out.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:45pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Arvo @10:44
I'm a fan of Scot's work, and I very much recommend Aume, too. (One of the bands he plays in.)
  10:45pm
Arvo:

↳ Austin Rich @10:43
Thank you!
Avatar 10:45pm
Scot Jenerik:

BTW, this was a live recording from the performance in Portland, OR at Azoth on October 21, 2023
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:46pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Scot Jenerik @10:45
That's right! I forgot it was at Azoth. I played a show there, pre-pandemic, and it was a great space. I like that stage!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:52pm
Aitch:

Mine were running about half a second of delay between, turned one off
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:52pm
Kat in Chicago:

SchneiderTM rings a bell
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:52pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Aitch @10:52
That's what I was thinking. It's hard to sync up well, but you get the gist...
  10:55pm
Arvo:

Cubulaxx (tm)

T. Dimuzio just did a release dedicated to Twin Peaks...
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:55pm
Austin Rich:

Dates and names spelled out:

27 April – Ende Tymes 13, Brooklyn, NY
29 April – Rhizome, Washington DC
02 May – Solar Culture Center, Tucson, AZ
06 May – 2220, Los Angeles, CA with Ulrich Krieger
07 May – The Lab, San Francisco, CA with Thomas Dimuzio
12 May – The Old Church, Portland, OR
14 May – Red Gate, Vancouver, BC with Caroline Sophia and Giorgio Magnanensi
15 May – Substation, Seattle, WA
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:56pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Arvo @10:55
I stole the Cubulaxx Unit idea from Don Joyce, who used it as a running gag on his show, going back to the early 80s. There's inevitably a Don Joyce reference sooner or later...
  10:58pm
Arvo:

When I use "Goodnight, whatever you are!" That is a Zacherle reference/homage/nod.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:58pm
Austin Rich:

John Duncan:

johnduncan.org
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:58pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Arvo @10:58
I always thought that was yours! But that is a great Zacherle homage. He was so great.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:59pm
Austin Rich:

SchneiderTM:

schneidertm.net
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:00pm
Austin Rich:

Chandra Shukla:

xambuca.bandcamp.com
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:01pm
Austin Rich:

Scot Jenerik:

scotjenerik.bandcamp.com
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:02pm
Austin Rich:

Before the call, we were talking about the Lava Lamps that you can see in my office / studio. SchneiderTM decided to turn on his kitchen lights, to keep their space dynamic, too.
Avatar 11:10pm
Scot Jenerik:

I hope those out in Mutation land are in proximity to this show
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:14pm
Austin Rich:

One thing I realized, doing interviews recently compared to older interviews I've done, is that I use "uhm" a lot more. I need to work on ironing out the uhms, which I used to be a lot better about.
  11:19pm
Arvo:

Leif is a great man! I got to take part on Sons of God with him and some friends on Chicago!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:22pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Arvo @11:19
Interviews like this always lead me on a few searches. I like to think I know what I'm doing, but I learn a lot about music from the people I interview.
Avatar 11:25pm
Geoff-U:

Cool interview! Inspiring. I'm powering on the synthesizers now :D
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:26pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Geoff-U @11:25
Excellent! And you are close to the Portland show! I feel like you would really enjoy this.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:28pm
Aitch:

Cool Blue Flame on Drummer Stream also runs movies alongside the audio.
Great show.
wfmu.org...
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:28pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Aitch @11:28
Very cool! I'll have to check that out.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:34pm
Austin Rich:

Scroll up to see the dates again!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:36pm
Kat in Chicago:

Great interview!
Avatar 11:37pm
Scot Jenerik:

Thanks Austin. was a pleasure.
Avatar 11:37pm
Geoff-U:

Really fun!! I'm gonna walk over to concessions and get a corn dog
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:39pm
Austin Rich:

Thanks again everyone! I think next week will be closer to two hours... but, you never know...
  11:46pm
Arvo:

I hope that is all in the archive! I enjoyed the interview. I haven't had a lava lamp that didn't get busted by cats, not since high school! Goodnight, and congrats on the anniversary!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:47pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Arvo @11:46
The archive got most of it... and I have all of it! I'll make sure it's easily available. Thanks everyone!
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