WFMU: Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from February 15, 2022

Listener comments!
	👻 8:37pm Austin Rich: Good Hello!
	8:57pm Xeres of Xeron: I've reset my modem and router, ready to rumble.
	👻 9:00pm Austin Rich: While The Ventures aren't exactly Prog, The Ventures In Space is about a Proggy as they ever got.
	9:00pm Krys O.: Hey, hey, hey!
	9:01pm AndrewBunny: Well, hello!
	👻 9:02pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, @Xeres of Xeron, @Krys O, and @AndrewBunny! Thanks for tuning in!
	9:04pm Krys O.: My dad, when he was in his 70s and beyond, would comb through the obituaries of the local paper every day to look for people he knew.
	👻 9:05pm Austin Rich: Hopefully this is more of a celebration, rather than a melancholy meandering through memories...
	9:05pm Krys O.: Hear, hear!
	9:06pm HyperDose: This is already getting me in the feels. Been in a weird headspace lately. Too much death in such a short amount of time.
	9:07pm Aitch: greetings and salmutations
	👻 9:07pm Austin Rich: Nearly all of these selections are only from 2022, even! Such a fast pace...
	👻 9:07pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, Aitch!
	9:07pm Mr Fab: Bowie died 5 months or so before Prince. But Blowfly died around the same day as Bowie.
	9:07pm Mr. X: When I was a teen, there was one record shop in town that sold imports. I always loved the Budgie album covers, but couldn't afford to buy imports.
	9:08pm {AN} EeL: I had a co-worker long ago that was a HUGE Budgie fan
	👻 9:08pm Austin Rich: I mostly know Budgie from reputation. But I've enjoyed most of the stuff I've heard. Your right, Mr. Fab! I forgot that it was months before! My memory is already going...
	9:08pm Krys O.: I'm sorry for the collective losses. A friend of mine passed away recently in a nursing home. She wasn't much older than me. I'm planning on a little tribute to her in the next show. 2017 was a very rough year with four very good friends dying.
	👻 9:08pm Austin Rich: I had a chance to see Blowfly, and I missed it. I was such a fool in College.
	9:09pm {AN} EeL: Austin I think being a fool in college is part of the deal
	👻 9:09pm Austin Rich: While I could have played Foreigner, I decided I like early King Crimson better.
	👻 9:10pm Austin Rich: I think you're right, An Eel. And: great to see you in the chat!
	9:10pm Mr. X: Who died: Budgie bassist Burke Shelley
	9:10pm AndrewBunny: I'm only 59, and my friends are already dying in greater numbers than I ever would've thought.
	9:10pm Krys O.: Sadly, Judy Dyble who had a beautiful rendition of this song passed away not long ago. She was very personable and approachable on social media. She would send messages and comments to practically everyone.
	9:10pm Mr. X: Who died: Ventures guitarist Don Wilson
	👻 9:10pm Austin Rich: I was thinking that, myself, @AndrewBunny. Aren't we not that old?
	9:11pm HyperDose: This was the right choice 🕯️ Very happy to be present and alive with you all
	👻 9:11pm Austin Rich: Thanks for the run-down, Mr. X! I'll try to give some factoids during the next VO...
	9:11pm Krys O.: @AndrewBunny: I'll be 59 later this year. I know the feeling.
	9:11pm {AN} EeL: Enjoying the show despite the potential melancholy of it - Glad I can tune in. Good call on the crimson o'er foreigner
	9:11pm AndrewBunny: Austin, I didn't think we were!
	9:12pm Krys O.: There is beauty in sadness. We can't be happy all the time. That would be effing boring, right?
	👻 9:12pm Austin Rich: Those early King Crimson albums are so good. I would play them at punk shows I'd be DJing, and people would look at me funny. But now they are fans!
	9:13pm HyperDose: What the cathartic nature of a sad song feels like to me: i0.wp.com...
	9:13pm Geoff-U: Good evening Austin
	👻 9:14pm Austin Rich: Whoops. Preview of the next song...
	9:14pm PaulRobeson1920: Good evening ya’ll It’s way past my bed time but the music is calling us
	9:14pm Krys O.: That happens. No worries, Austin Rich.
	👻 9:14pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, Geoff-U! And I don't think I said hello to @Hyperdose, either! Or PaulRobeson1920!
	9:15pm {AN} EeL: @ Austin - A good friend forced Crimson on me, & I Forced Psychic TV on them. I for sure got the better deal out of it -
	👻 9:15pm Austin Rich: Okay, I didn't play it, but I have a fondness for Procol Harum because I watched Northern Exposure as a kid. Am I the only one that remembers them destroying a piano in one episode to "Whiter Shade of Pale"? I couldn't find any corroboration of it online...
	👻 9:16pm Austin Rich: That's a good trade, An Eel!
	9:16pm Mr Fab: I keep thinking this song is going to be "Season of the Witch"
	👻 9:17pm Austin Rich: It's almost... but not quite... there...
	9:17pm Mr. X: Good point, Fab.
	9:17pm PaulRobeson1920: Hello Mr.Austin Rich!
	9:17pm Scott67: G'day Austin & Mutants! Took me a minute to limp over here today. 👍😎🍻👣🎶📻🌞🌏
	👻 9:18pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, @Scott67! We'll save some space on the couch and some painkillers for ya.
	9:20pm Geoff-U: I'm actually enjoying this sans narcotics, first day with no Vicodin since I broke my arm and got surgery, yay!
	9:21pm Scott67: Cheers mate! That's another reason I'm late. My Sister rang, so I was putting in my pain relief order. Including the buck a can from Vietnam. 👍😎🍻
	9:24pm PaulRobeson1920: No Human being can ever be lost Rather they have been returned to where they came from. Restored, as we all must be someday Baby
	9:25pm drowsy: ...you rang?
	9:25pm Mr. X: @Austin, you are so thorough with the research and info! Thanks!
	9:26pm drowsy: Very happy to be here early-ish! Thanks Austin Rich! What's up Los Mutantes?
	👻 9:27pm Austin Rich: This, to me, is THE Johnny Fever clip that I think about - probably ever since I was 12 - when I think of Johnny Fever.
	9:27pm Mr Fab: in case you missed the definitive tribute to Dr Johnny Fever: wfmu.org...
	9:27pm Will the Sound Guy: Hi Austin Rich and all!!!
	👻 9:27pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, drowsy! And Will the Sound Guy!
	👻 9:27pm Austin Rich: "It was once sort of a hobby."
	9:27pm Arje D Irie Mon: Put your valentines in the box and proceed to the dance floor piano pal
	👻 9:28pm Austin Rich: Thanks for the link, Mr. Fab! I was gonna dig that up for the next VO. Good Hello, Arje D Irie Mon!
	👻 9:29pm Austin Rich: People probably know Garry Bradbury better as one of the members of Severed Heads. But his solo work is great, and almost all is on Bandcamp, too. I'm not sure who gets the money now, hopefully the family...
	9:31pm AndrewBunny: Got to see Severed Heads many moons ago when I lived in the Orlando area. MC 900 Ft Jesus opened, and the show was just fantastic
	9:31pm Geoff-U: Lucky!!
	👻 9:31pm Austin Rich: As an experimental artist, this and Nurse With Wound are sort of platonic ideals for making art. I'm nowhere near as good, but I aspire. Very Jealous, @AndrewBunny!
	9:33pm AndrewBunny: Vangelis passed away?
	9:33pm Scott67: Snake Scale!!
	👻 9:33pm Austin Rich: I used to have a copy of the audio from Blade Runner (the whole movie), that I would put on to sleep to. But this particular soundtrack mix sort of throws me. No, Douglas Trumbell, the FX person for Blade Runner passed.
	9:34pm AndrewBunny: Oh, right! He did 2001 as well. Huge loss.
	9:34pm Scott67: Have this soundtrack, & every version of Blade Runner. A fave Film experience of my youth, & now! 👍😎
	9:34pm Geoff-U: Austin have you heard Ran Slavin? "The Mediterranean Drift" is recommended - noisy and ambient in all the right ways
	👻 9:35pm Austin Rich: Hmmmmm. I'll have to check that out, Geoff-U. Your picks are always solid.
	9:35pm drowsy: wow - I like that story! I really hope the proposed serial Blade Runner gets made and gets made well.
	9:35pm Scott67: Wrote an essay on Blade Runner at Uni.
	👻 9:35pm Austin Rich: Scott67: I'm still impressed with what they did, considering everything stacked against it.
	👻 9:36pm Austin Rich: I wrote one at college, too!
	👻 9:36pm Austin Rich: (Minored in Film. I wrote about Repo Man, too.)
	9:37pm Scott67: Austin, true!! Have youread the book my whatsisname Salmon?
	9:37pm Geoff-U: I actually won tickets to Bladerunner on KFLY radio. Because I was only 11 years old, my dad had to accompany me. He thought it was going to be some silly space shoot-em-up. We came out of the movie and he was stoking his beard in philosophical contemplation lol
	9:38pm Scott67: I was Visual Art. Love Repo Man too & & & geeking here!!!
	9:39pm AndrewBunny: Music comp/theory. But I minored in philosophy. Is there even such a thing as "minoring" though?
	9:42pm Scott67: All faves!!
	9:43pm PaulRobeson1920: @AndrewBunny Epictetus? Way way past my bed time
	9:44pm PaulRobeson1920: Standing on the shoulders of giants
	9:45pm AndrewBunny: Existentialism. Camus, Nietzsche's Will to Power. I'd mostly write my papers the night before they were due, inspired by drinking much Schaeffer's Beer...
	9:45pm PaulRobeson1920: I could copy & Past Epictetus’s ideas concerning the ultimate, however where is the fun in that!?
	9:46pm PaulRobeson1920: Ah shucks, well Learning is a Self process & the teacher is there to guide
	9:48pm PaulRobeson1920: Now, I may not be the most articulate teacher or even a very good one but you tell em’ they don’t have to run…
	👻 9:48pm Austin Rich: I wonder if you could do a check of College Education at Sheena, and start some sort of school. I bet we all know enough to teach something good.
	9:51pm AndrewBunny: Perfect track for Mardi Gras season! Always loved this track
	👻 9:52pm Austin Rich: I wanted to play something that wasn't Chapel of Love, and I really like that one.
	9:52pm Mr. X: Erik Muller's poetry reading was at Barnes & Noble in Eugene, 1/13/2019. The event was called Burnin' Down the Barnes.
	👻 9:53pm Austin Rich: That's excellent, Mr. X! Do you know the names of the poems?
	9:53pm Scott67: Animals with a laugh track, trips me every time.
	9:53pm Mr. X: Unfortunately I am finding no info about the poem titles.
	👻 9:54pm Austin Rich: I wanted to play Funkadellic after this song, but just ran out of time.
	9:54pm PaulRobeson1920: Epictetus was not concerned with where or in what circles he could teach. His philosophy was for one & all. The common man, the begger, the king, women, children, soldiers, hermits, Herman's hermits
	9:55pm Mr. X: Love all the name dropping in the Betty Davis tune.
	9:55pm AndrewBunny: I'm concerned with the deeper significance of the fact that there was no Herman, just Peter Noone.
	👻 9:55pm Austin Rich: I knew I liked Betty Davis, but hearing so much of her lately has really upped that game.
	9:56pm AndrewBunny: This Betty Davis track sounds like it could be a Cap'n Beefheart tune!
	9:56pm Mr. X: And she was married to Miles?
	9:57pm Geoff-U: this is great
	9:57pm AndrewBunny: Married less than a year, IIRC
	9:57pm PaulRobeson1920: Part of Epictetus’s enduring appeal and widespread influence is that he wasn’t fussy about distinguishing between professional philosophers and ordinary people. He expressed his message clearly and zealously to all people interested in living a morally awake life. I LOVE BETTY DAVIS
	10:00pm PaulRobeson1920: While many readers have turned to Eastern sources for nonsectarian spiritual guidance, the West has had a vital, if overlooked, classic treasury of such helpful action-wisdom all along. One of the wittiest teachers who ever lived, Epictetus’s teachings rank with those contained in the greatest wisdom literature of human civilization. The Discourses could be thought of as the West’s answer to Buddhism’s Dhammapada or Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching. Those who fault Western philosophy with being overly cerebral and inadequately addressing the nonrational dimensions of life may be surprised to learn that The Art of Living is actually a philosophy of inner freedom and tranquility, a way of life whose purpose is to lighten our hearts. An unexpectedly East-West flavor enlivens The Art of Living. On the one hand, its style is irrefutably Western: It exalts reason and is full of stern, no-nonsense moral directives. On the other hand, a soft Easterly wind seems to blow when Epictetus discusses the nature of the universe. His depiction of Ultimate Reality, for instance, which he equates with Nature itself, is remarkably fluid and elusive: startlingly reminiscent of the Tao. For Epictetus, a happy life and a virtuous life are synonymous. Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
	10:00pm PaulRobeson1920: Bed Timeee
	10:00pm Mid-Fodder Oatations: Evening Austin and all, pulling up a rocking chair in the front row.
	10:01pm PaulRobeson1920: Thank you! I’ll be Glistening till I fall asleep
	👻 10:02pm Austin Rich: I'm a sucker for that Universal Telephone Ring Sound effect.
	👻 10:03pm Austin Rich: Good hello, Mid-Fodder Oatations!
	👻 10:05pm Austin Rich: One of the first bands to send me music when I decided to relaunch my radio show as "Mid-Valley Mutations" was The Giant Worm. (My show changed names around then, but I've been on the air since 98.) Xeres sent me TONS of Worm recordings, and they were early supporters of the new show. I had them on for Episode #24. midvalleymutations.com...
	👻 10:07pm Austin Rich: One of my favorite Giant Worm memories was when I was asked to MC, and perform at, a fest they threw in Eugene a few years ago. While my voice and stuff I was doing is all over this too much, you get a lot of cool music in this YouTube Playlist, that features a Worm Performance, too: youtube.com...
	10:07pm Mid-Fodder Oatations: Listening in while winding the day down.
	10:13pm Mr. X: The hubcap collection was collectively known as the "hubcaphone."
	👻 10:13pm Austin Rich: When my show was still called "Blasphuphmus Radio," I helped fund one of the Olympia Experimental Fests, and got some Giant Worm stuff (a CD and a poster) for helping fund it, which was my first taste of The Giant Worm. (This was in the early 2010's, I think?) Not long after, we were negotiating how to get them live on What's This Called? (The show I was an engineer for for many years while I lived in Portland.) And then, finally: their appearances on my show. I'll have to find a link to that photo later, and put it in the podcast show notes.
	👻 10:14pm Austin Rich: I hope Pete is listening! Is he in the chat or anything?
	10:16pm Mr. X: We had a section of the studio wall where we scrawled amusing potential names for the band.
	👻 10:17pm Austin Rich: Hopefully you snapped some photos of that wall at some point?
	10:17pm Mr. X: The Jell-o Show was an annual event in Eugene sponsored by the Radar Angels. Might still be going on, for all I know.
	10:18pm Mr. X: AR: I think I do have some shots of the wall. I'll hunt around for them.
	👻 10:19pm Austin Rich: The Long Division Trio came to Salem to play once, for a show I put on. It was one of the tightest performances I've ever seen, and the staff at The Space all pulled me aside to ask, "Where did you find this band?"
	👻 10:19pm Austin Rich: ("The Space" was the name of the club, which doesn't exist anymore.)
	10:24pm Pete da Fraser: I'm here and there!
	10:24pm Mr. X: Pete!
	👻 10:25pm Austin Rich: Pete is here! Did you catch the call, Pete?
	👻 10:26pm Austin Rich: While we mentioned it in the call, it should be mentioned that all of these performances by The Giant Worm are improvised. No overdubs, no planning. I think that helps give some insight into things.
	10:28pm Mr. X: This poetry blows me away, Pete. Nice work.
	👻 10:28pm Austin Rich: While I love all these selections, and I was happy to play them, these were hand picked by the members of The Giant Worm. Mr. X & Pete: any thoughts regarding why you picked these songs?
	10:29pm Mr. X: Moment is just pretty. And short.
	👻 10:30pm Austin Rich: Short is one of those qualities I would like to embody, musically, someday. But I'm too long in the tooth, I think.
	10:30pm Mr. X: Pete chose Off the Shelf. But I'd say it showcases Gary's jazzy side.
	👻 10:31pm Austin Rich: You should probably prepare a statement about "protoWorm," Mr. X...
	10:32pm Pete da Fraser: Yes X Man, I love his drumming on Off The Shelf, and how we play of each other. Plus I got the last beer.
	👻 10:33pm Austin Rich:
	10:33pm Mr. X: Well, we were talking about how the band went through decades of not being able to settle on a name. So when I started work on making a digital archive of the old tapes, I needed a label. So I came up with the term "protoWorm" to cover everything the band did before it settled on the name The Giant Worm.
	👻 10:34pm Austin Rich:
	👻 10:34pm Austin Rich: A practical name! I love it.
	10:36pm Ellen: Hi, Austin! I've been working, but I hopped on for the Giant Worm tribute. If my memory serves, I saw Robert & company at Cozmic Pizza?
	10:37pm Ellen Lovebug: I'm going to enjoy scrolling through the chat to get a sense of what work made me miss.
	10:37pm Pete da Fraser: And Fred Kellogg is on beatbox on Do Not Panic. Personally, I am unable to panic any more, that's what a life of improv will do.
	10:37pm Mr. X: Gary is speaking through a bullhorn in Do Not Panic.
	10:38pm Mr. X: Welcome, Ellen. Yes, I remember you were at that show.
	10:39pm Pete da Fraser: I only wish Gary could have saved me from my ex-wife like he did that damn mantis.
	10:39pm Mr. X: Pete, I think Invisible was one of your picks, also?
	10:39pm Scott67: Apparently decapitation completes copulation.
	👻 10:40pm austinrich: Good Hello, Ellen! Great to see you in the chat.
	10:40pm Pete da Fraser: Correct, I like Invisible. Nice work all around I think, love Colin's bass.
	10:40pm Ellen Lovebug: I loved Northern Exposure. twitter.com...
	👻 10:41pm austinrich: The rhythm section of The Giant Worm impressed me a ton. And it was all improvised.
	10:41pm Pete da Fraser: Scott, I'll have to introduce you to my ex-wife.
	10:42pm Ellen Lovebug: @Mr. Fab, thanks for the link to the Johnny Fever tribute. That's worth a listen!
	👻 10:42pm austinrich: This is the earliest Worm recording included in this show, I think?
	10:42pm Mr. X: The rhythm section of Colin and Gary specialized in what they called "angular" rhythms.
	10:42pm Ellen Lovebug: @Austin I saw Severed Heads, with Skinny Puppy, while I was in high school, at the Metro in Chicago
	10:43pm Pete da Fraser: X Man, was the Cozmic Pizza gig the last one we did in Eugene? Or something different?
	👻 10:43pm austinrich: Very cool, Ellen! I'm super jealous. What a line-up!
	10:43pm Mr. X: Yes, "Goldfish" is from the early 90s. I believe the guitarist is Karl Becker who later joined Jolly Mon.
	10:43pm Ellen Lovebug: @Austin I saw Nurse With Wound in Portland with various folks from the Merkin Lounge and Icky's crowd. Pretty sure it was Elijah and Arlan.
	10:44pm ramencity: Just got back from Thai food, and boy is my stomach tired!
	10:44pm Mr. X: @Pete: Yes
	10:44pm Geoff-U: this is great
	👻 10:44pm austinrich: I had been trying to wrangle the Giant Worm to play Salem, and we finally made it work... except Pete couldn't make it. So I was asked to take recordings of Pete's voice, and play them along with a live performance of The Worm, at the show. It worked, and these are recordings from that show. I had a lot of fun at that show, and always wanted to do it again. That was the time I was talking about, where I would look over, and Gary would be looking at me, every time. I suspect everyone who plays with him says that. "It was me! He was looking at me!"
	10:44pm Geoff-U: anyone here like Hell Cows?
	👻 10:45pm austinrich: (Full video of this show at The Space: www.facebook.com...)
	👻 10:45pm austinrich: I've got a Hell Cows record.
	10:45pm Mr. X: Gary was big on eye contact. That's why Pete's sound booth had a window in it.
	10:46pm Geoff-U: I loved the Hell Cows brand of angular skronk, reminds me of this
	👻 10:46pm austinrich: I played a show with a band that had Hell Cows members in it. I was always asking them about Hell Cows.
	10:46pm Mr. X: Saw Hell Cows warm up for the Butthole Surfers.
	👻 10:46pm austinrich: Hell Cows and Godzik Pink were particularly great at that kind of Skronk.
	👻 10:47pm austinrich: The mix on this show sounds pretty good, Mr. X. You did great. I need to get the full mix from you.
	10:48pm Geoff-U: this sounds wonderful and the playing is amazing
	10:48pm ramencity: I saw Hell Cows open for Thinkin' Fellers. In the audience were random chaps on acid dressed as Victorian undertakers. Ah, Eugene...
	10:48pm Mr. X: I'll get that to you soon, AR.
	10:48pm Pete da Fraser: X Man, absolutely right! Austin, you were asking me what it was like to play with Gary. He sat at his kit, staring you in the eye, waiting like a tiger at the watering hole. In a friendly way of course.
	10:48pm Geoff-U: haha ramencity
	👻 10:48pm austinrich: I never saw the Fellers, but I saw White Shark Shivers, and that was basically the Fellers in a new form.
	👻 10:49pm austinrich: Great to see you in the chat, ramencity!
	10:49pm ramencity: Moo moo buckaroo!
	10:50pm Mr. X: I was having problems with my saxophone mouthpiece during this show. So I removed it and blew into the horn as if it was a trumpet.
	10:51pm geebers: hey pete! geebers is at the watering hole!
	👻 10:51pm austinrich: This was a fun night, Mr. X. There were some other great bands that same show. I think I have recordings of more of the other bands, too. Somewhere...
	10:52pm Pete da Fraser: Part the grass slowly, Geebers.
	10:52pm Ellen Lovebug: I'm sorry for your loss of Feyd. Your new furbabies are darlings.
	10:52pm Ellen Lovebug: What do we have to look forward to next week, Austin?
	10:52pm Geoff-U: Great show Austin, thank you
	10:52pm ramencity: Won't Feyd Away...
	10:53pm Ellen Lovebug: I used to fall asleep to Neroli by Brian Eno
	👻 10:53pm austinrich: Fortunately, Feyd died of old age, and we took care of her to the very end. We had a great time with her, but sometimes... it's time to say goodbye.
	10:54pm Ellen Lovebug: I'm certain that she felt your love through every moment
	10:54pm Pete da Fraser: Sorry about Feyd, Austin. And many, many thanks for a beautiful and touching show. Let's play in the future, whichever future, whichever world.
	10:54pm Mr. X: Austin, it really helped me to process my grief to do this project with you. It was nice to have something constructive, yet meaningful, to do.
	👻 10:55pm austinrich: Now, the official soundtrack version of this tune is not this long. I think some fun person on the internet cooked up this "longer" version for fun, and it sounds pretty good to me, so I've decided to run with it. But Certainly, Eno's original version is a little shorter. Rumor has it that Eno composed more Dune music when the project was going to be with the previous director, Jodorowsky. However, only this piece has surfaced, so I think it's safe to say that this is probably as far as Eno ever got.
	10:56pm Ellen Lovebug: That's so beautiful. Your love was evident in your voice.
	👻 10:56pm austinrich: Thanks Mr. X! There's bee too much loss lately. Hopefully we have been able to celebrate those we lost, rather than wallow. But there's probably time for wallowing, too.
	👻 10:57pm austinrich: I was debating going a third hour, and just playing MX-80, since we lost Bruce Anderson, too. But I'll have to save that for another show.
	10:58pm ramencity: I didn't know abt Bruce Anderson! Mymyonga Von Bontee is still my all-time fave geetar solo...
	10:58pm Mr. X: Thank you too, Austin. And I'll second what Pete said, let's collaborate on more stuff.
	👻 11:00pm austinrich: Well, I'm going a few minutes over, but I should say goodbye soon, as the show is wrapping up. Thanks everyone who was in the chat! We had fun, and it's been a heavy show. Next week maybe I'll play a silly show or something, to balance it out.
	👻 11:00pm austinrich: I think Bruce was just the other day, ramencity. But so much other stuff has happened, that it all gets drowned out.
	11:00pm Ellen Lovebug: I'll do my best to be part of the fun at least a half hour each Monday and Tuesday. I really enjoy your programming
	👻 11:01pm austinrich: I so enjoy doing these shows on The Jungle Room. It really gives me something to look forward to each week, and there's a great community here. I have a blast every week.
	11:02pm Ellen Lovebug: I rejoice for you, and I thank you :)
	👻 11:03pm austinrich: Thanks everyone! It's been a heavy, but fun show. See ya'll next week!
	11:04pm Mid-Fodder Oatations: Thanks Austin, have a great night.
	11:24pm Scott67: Thanks Austin. Sorry mate, my sister was dropping in some pain relief. ✌😎🍻

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from February 15, 2022

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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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We are taking live calls and telling ghost stories for Halloween this year, with our very special guest, Heather Zajkowski! Got a spooky story? Want to get it on our show? Tune in, find the link in the Playlist, join the call, and tell your story on the air! Supernatural Experiences, one and all… you’ll find them on our show, Halloween night!

February 15, 2022: The People Who Died: 2022 Edition

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Artist	Track	Album	Approx. start time
The People Who Progged "The People Who Progged"
The Ventures	He Never Came Back "He Never Came Back" by "The Ventures"	Ventures In Space
Steven Sondheim	No More "No More" by "Steven Sondheim"	Into The Woods	0:02:38 (Pop-up)
Budgie	Make Me Happy "Make Me Happy" by "Budgie"	Squawk	0:06:57 (Pop-up)
King Crimson	I Talk To The Wind "I Talk To The Wind" by "King Crimson"	In the Court of the Crimson King	0:09:37 (Pop-up)
Procol Harum	Cerdes Outside the Gates Of	Procol Harum	0:14:20 (Pop-up)

Electronique Fantastique "Electronique Fantastique"
Peanuts	Briefcase "Briefcase" by "Peanuts"	A Charlie Brown Valentine	0:20:52 (Pop-up)
The Ventures	Journey To The Stars	Ventures In Space	0:25:01 (Pop-up)
Dr. Johnny Fever	Drunk Test "Drunk Test" by "Dr. Johnny Fever"	WKRP in Cincinnati	0:26:09 (Pop-up)
Garry Bradbury	Memory Lane "Memory Lane" by "Garry Bradbury"	Panspermia Plus	0:28:47 (Pop-up)
Vangelis	Main Titles "Main Titles" by "Vangelis"	Blade Runner Soundtrack	0:32:47 (Pop-up)
Michaelangelo Antonioni	Opening Title Sequence	La Notta Film	0:36:21 (Pop-up)

Land of Broken Hearts "Land of Broken Hearts"
Peanuts	I Haven't Seen Your Name Yet	A Charlie Brown Valentine	0:38:50 (Pop-up)
The Ventures	Lullaby of The Leaves	"Ginchy" b/w "Lullaby of The Leaves"	0:38:57 (Pop-up)
Erik Muller	First Poem "First Poem" by "Erik Muller"	Live At A Reading	0:47:01 (Pop-up)
Erik Muller	Second Poem "Second Poem" by "Erik Muller"	Live At A Reading	0:47:49 (Pop-up)
The Five Satins	Land of Broken Hearts		0:48:11 (Pop-up)
The Dixie Cups	Iko Iko "Iko Iko" by "The Dixie Cups"	Chapel of Love	0:50:58 (Pop-up)
Dr. Johnny Fever	Pink Floyd "Pink Floyd" by "Dr. Johnny Fever"	WKRP in Cincinnati	0:52:54 (Pop-up)
Betty Davis	They Say I'm Different	They Say I'm Different	0:54:19 (Pop-up)
Peanuts	Refreshments Will Be Served In The Back	A Charlie Brown Valentine	0:58:25 (Pop-up)
MX-80	Halloween Theme "Halloween Theme" by "MX-80"	Das Love Boat	0:58:44 (Pop-up)

A Phone Call From Pete da Fraser "A Phone Call From Pete da Fraser"
Pete da Fraser	Phone Interview "Phone Interview" by "Pete da Fraser"	11 February 2022	1:02:33 (Pop-up)
The Long Division Trio	House "House" by "The Long Division Trio"	Live at Sprout, Springfield, Oregon, 9-11-2015	1:03:27 (Pop-up)
Remember Valsetz	Percussion/Log Jam	Live at the Butte Tavern, Nov 21, 1989	1:10:03 (Pop-up)
The Long Division Trio	Fifty-Nine	Live at Sprout, Springfield, Oregon, 9-11-2015	1:17:28 (Pop-up)

Pure, Unprocessed Worm "Pure, Unprocessed Worm"
The Giant Worm	Moment "Moment" by "The Giant Worm"	Paging Dr. Pavlov	1:24:48 (Pop-up)
Pete Remembers	"Pete Remembers"		1:26:39 (Pop-up)
The Giant Worm	Off The Shelf "Off The Shelf" by "The Giant Worm"	Soundcloud Selections	1:28:54 (Pop-up)
Xeres Bit	"Xeres Bit"		1:36:02 (Pop-up)
The Giant Worm	Do Not Panic "Do Not Panic" by "The Giant Worm"	Soundcloud Selections	1:36:04 (Pop-up)
Xeres Bit	"Xeres Bit"		1:37:55 (Pop-up)
The Giant Worm	Invisible "Invisible" by "The Giant Worm"	Paging Dr. Pavlov	1:38:34 (Pop-up)
The Giant Worm	The Goldfish Goes Hungry	protoWorm	1:42:36 (Pop-up)
Xeres Bit	"Xeres Bit"		1:44:50 (Pop-up)
The Giant Worm	Cheese / Abandon Ship	Live at the Space, 5/28/17	1:45:05 (Pop-up)

Elegy For Those We Lost "Elegy For Those We Lost"
Xeres Bit	"Xeres Bit"		1:51:21 (Pop-up)
Brian Eno	Prophecy Theme "Prophecy Theme" by "Brian Eno"	The Dune Soundtrack (1984)	1:51:27 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	👻 8:37pm Austin Rich: Good Hello!
	8:57pm Xeres of Xeron: I've reset my modem and router, ready to rumble.
	👻 9:00pm Austin Rich: While The Ventures aren't exactly Prog, The Ventures In Space is about a Proggy as they ever got.
	9:00pm Krys O.: Hey, hey, hey!
	9:01pm AndrewBunny: Well, hello!
	👻 9:02pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, @Xeres of Xeron, @Krys O, and @AndrewBunny! Thanks for tuning in!
	9:04pm Krys O.: My dad, when he was in his 70s and beyond, would comb through the obituaries of the local paper every day to look for people he knew.
	👻 9:05pm Austin Rich: Hopefully this is more of a celebration, rather than a melancholy meandering through memories...
	9:05pm Krys O.: Hear, hear!
	9:06pm HyperDose: This is already getting me in the feels. Been in a weird headspace lately. Too much death in such a short amount of time.
	9:07pm Aitch: greetings and salmutations
	👻 9:07pm Austin Rich: Nearly all of these selections are only from 2022, even! Such a fast pace...
	👻 9:07pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, Aitch!
	9:07pm Mr Fab: Bowie died 5 months or so before Prince. But Blowfly died around the same day as Bowie.
	9:07pm Mr. X: When I was a teen, there was one record shop in town that sold imports. I always loved the Budgie album covers, but couldn't afford to buy imports.
	9:08pm {AN} EeL: I had a co-worker long ago that was a HUGE Budgie fan
	👻 9:08pm Austin Rich: I mostly know Budgie from reputation. But I've enjoyed most of the stuff I've heard. Your right, Mr. Fab! I forgot that it was months before! My memory is already going...
	9:08pm Krys O.: I'm sorry for the collective losses. A friend of mine passed away recently in a nursing home. She wasn't much older than me. I'm planning on a little tribute to her in the next show. 2017 was a very rough year with four very good friends dying.
	👻 9:08pm Austin Rich: I had a chance to see Blowfly, and I missed it. I was such a fool in College.
	9:09pm {AN} EeL: Austin I think being a fool in college is part of the deal
	👻 9:09pm Austin Rich: While I could have played Foreigner, I decided I like early King Crimson better.
	👻 9:10pm Austin Rich: I think you're right, An Eel. And: great to see you in the chat!
	9:10pm Mr. X: Who died: Budgie bassist Burke Shelley
	9:10pm AndrewBunny: I'm only 59, and my friends are already dying in greater numbers than I ever would've thought.
	9:10pm Krys O.: Sadly, Judy Dyble who had a beautiful rendition of this song passed away not long ago. She was very personable and approachable on social media. She would send messages and comments to practically everyone.
	9:10pm Mr. X: Who died: Ventures guitarist Don Wilson
	👻 9:10pm Austin Rich: I was thinking that, myself, @AndrewBunny. Aren't we not that old?
	9:11pm HyperDose: This was the right choice 🕯️ Very happy to be present and alive with you all
	👻 9:11pm Austin Rich: Thanks for the run-down, Mr. X! I'll try to give some factoids during the next VO...
	9:11pm Krys O.: @AndrewBunny: I'll be 59 later this year. I know the feeling.
	9:11pm {AN} EeL: Enjoying the show despite the potential melancholy of it - Glad I can tune in. Good call on the crimson o'er foreigner
	9:11pm AndrewBunny: Austin, I didn't think we were!
	9:12pm Krys O.: There is beauty in sadness. We can't be happy all the time. That would be effing boring, right?
	👻 9:12pm Austin Rich: Those early King Crimson albums are so good. I would play them at punk shows I'd be DJing, and people would look at me funny. But now they are fans!
	9:13pm HyperDose: What the cathartic nature of a sad song feels like to me: i0.wp.com...
	9:13pm Geoff-U: Good evening Austin
	👻 9:14pm Austin Rich: Whoops. Preview of the next song...
	9:14pm PaulRobeson1920: Good evening ya’ll It’s way past my bed time but the music is calling us
	9:14pm Krys O.: That happens. No worries, Austin Rich.
	👻 9:14pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, Geoff-U! And I don't think I said hello to @Hyperdose, either! Or PaulRobeson1920!
	9:15pm {AN} EeL: @ Austin - A good friend forced Crimson on me, & I Forced Psychic TV on them. I for sure got the better deal out of it -
	👻 9:15pm Austin Rich: Okay, I didn't play it, but I have a fondness for Procol Harum because I watched Northern Exposure as a kid. Am I the only one that remembers them destroying a piano in one episode to "Whiter Shade of Pale"? I couldn't find any corroboration of it online...
	👻 9:16pm Austin Rich: That's a good trade, An Eel!
	9:16pm Mr Fab: I keep thinking this song is going to be "Season of the Witch"
	👻 9:17pm Austin Rich: It's almost... but not quite... there...
	9:17pm Mr. X: Good point, Fab.
	9:17pm PaulRobeson1920: Hello Mr.Austin Rich!
	9:17pm Scott67: G'day Austin & Mutants! Took me a minute to limp over here today. 👍😎🍻👣🎶📻🌞🌏
	👻 9:18pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, @Scott67! We'll save some space on the couch and some painkillers for ya.
	9:20pm Geoff-U: I'm actually enjoying this sans narcotics, first day with no Vicodin since I broke my arm and got surgery, yay!
	9:21pm Scott67: Cheers mate! That's another reason I'm late. My Sister rang, so I was putting in my pain relief order. Including the buck a can from Vietnam. 👍😎🍻
	9:24pm PaulRobeson1920: No Human being can ever be lost Rather they have been returned to where they came from. Restored, as we all must be someday Baby
	9:25pm drowsy: ...you rang?
	9:25pm Mr. X: @Austin, you are so thorough with the research and info! Thanks!
	9:26pm drowsy: Very happy to be here early-ish! Thanks Austin Rich! What's up Los Mutantes?
	👻 9:27pm Austin Rich: This, to me, is THE Johnny Fever clip that I think about - probably ever since I was 12 - when I think of Johnny Fever.
	9:27pm Mr Fab: in case you missed the definitive tribute to Dr Johnny Fever: wfmu.org...
	9:27pm Will the Sound Guy: Hi Austin Rich and all!!!
	👻 9:27pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, drowsy! And Will the Sound Guy!
	👻 9:27pm Austin Rich: "It was once sort of a hobby."
	9:27pm Arje D Irie Mon: Put your valentines in the box and proceed to the dance floor piano pal
	👻 9:28pm Austin Rich: Thanks for the link, Mr. Fab! I was gonna dig that up for the next VO. Good Hello, Arje D Irie Mon!
	👻 9:29pm Austin Rich: People probably know Garry Bradbury better as one of the members of Severed Heads. But his solo work is great, and almost all is on Bandcamp, too. I'm not sure who gets the money now, hopefully the family...
	9:31pm AndrewBunny: Got to see Severed Heads many moons ago when I lived in the Orlando area. MC 900 Ft Jesus opened, and the show was just fantastic
	9:31pm Geoff-U: Lucky!!
	👻 9:31pm Austin Rich: As an experimental artist, this and Nurse With Wound are sort of platonic ideals for making art. I'm nowhere near as good, but I aspire. Very Jealous, @AndrewBunny!
	9:33pm AndrewBunny: Vangelis passed away?
	9:33pm Scott67: Snake Scale!!
	👻 9:33pm Austin Rich: I used to have a copy of the audio from Blade Runner (the whole movie), that I would put on to sleep to. But this particular soundtrack mix sort of throws me. No, Douglas Trumbell, the FX person for Blade Runner passed.
	9:34pm AndrewBunny: Oh, right! He did 2001 as well. Huge loss.
	9:34pm Scott67: Have this soundtrack, & every version of Blade Runner. A fave Film experience of my youth, & now! 👍😎
	9:34pm Geoff-U: Austin have you heard Ran Slavin? "The Mediterranean Drift" is recommended - noisy and ambient in all the right ways
	👻 9:35pm Austin Rich: Hmmmmm. I'll have to check that out, Geoff-U. Your picks are always solid.
	9:35pm drowsy: wow - I like that story! I really hope the proposed serial Blade Runner gets made and gets made well.
	9:35pm Scott67: Wrote an essay on Blade Runner at Uni.
	👻 9:35pm Austin Rich: Scott67: I'm still impressed with what they did, considering everything stacked against it.
	👻 9:36pm Austin Rich: I wrote one at college, too!
	👻 9:36pm Austin Rich: (Minored in Film. I wrote about Repo Man, too.)
	9:37pm Scott67: Austin, true!! Have youread the book my whatsisname Salmon?
	9:37pm Geoff-U: I actually won tickets to Bladerunner on KFLY radio. Because I was only 11 years old, my dad had to accompany me. He thought it was going to be some silly space shoot-em-up. We came out of the movie and he was stoking his beard in philosophical contemplation lol
	9:38pm Scott67: I was Visual Art. Love Repo Man too & & & geeking here!!!
	9:39pm AndrewBunny: Music comp/theory. But I minored in philosophy. Is there even such a thing as "minoring" though?
	9:42pm Scott67: All faves!!
	9:43pm PaulRobeson1920: @AndrewBunny Epictetus? Way way past my bed time
	9:44pm PaulRobeson1920: Standing on the shoulders of giants
	9:45pm AndrewBunny: Existentialism. Camus, Nietzsche's Will to Power. I'd mostly write my papers the night before they were due, inspired by drinking much Schaeffer's Beer...
	9:45pm PaulRobeson1920: I could copy & Past Epictetus’s ideas concerning the ultimate, however where is the fun in that!?
	9:46pm PaulRobeson1920: Ah shucks, well Learning is a Self process & the teacher is there to guide
	9:48pm PaulRobeson1920: Now, I may not be the most articulate teacher or even a very good one but you tell em’ they don’t have to run…
	👻 9:48pm Austin Rich: I wonder if you could do a check of College Education at Sheena, and start some sort of school. I bet we all know enough to teach something good.
	9:51pm AndrewBunny: Perfect track for Mardi Gras season! Always loved this track
	👻 9:52pm Austin Rich: I wanted to play something that wasn't Chapel of Love, and I really like that one.
	9:52pm Mr. X: Erik Muller's poetry reading was at Barnes & Noble in Eugene, 1/13/2019. The event was called Burnin' Down the Barnes.
	👻 9:53pm Austin Rich: That's excellent, Mr. X! Do you know the names of the poems?
	9:53pm Scott67: Animals with a laugh track, trips me every time.
	9:53pm Mr. X: Unfortunately I am finding no info about the poem titles.
	👻 9:54pm Austin Rich: I wanted to play Funkadellic after this song, but just ran out of time.
	9:54pm PaulRobeson1920: Epictetus was not concerned with where or in what circles he could teach. His philosophy was for one & all. The common man, the begger, the king, women, children, soldiers, hermits, Herman's hermits
	9:55pm Mr. X: Love all the name dropping in the Betty Davis tune.
	9:55pm AndrewBunny: I'm concerned with the deeper significance of the fact that there was no Herman, just Peter Noone.
	👻 9:55pm Austin Rich: I knew I liked Betty Davis, but hearing so much of her lately has really upped that game.
	9:56pm AndrewBunny: This Betty Davis track sounds like it could be a Cap'n Beefheart tune!
	9:56pm Mr. X: And she was married to Miles?
	9:57pm Geoff-U: this is great
	9:57pm AndrewBunny: Married less than a year, IIRC
	9:57pm PaulRobeson1920: Part of Epictetus’s enduring appeal and widespread influence is that he wasn’t fussy about distinguishing between professional philosophers and ordinary people. He expressed his message clearly and zealously to all people interested in living a morally awake life. I LOVE BETTY DAVIS
	10:00pm PaulRobeson1920: While many readers have turned to Eastern sources for nonsectarian spiritual guidance, the West has had a vital, if overlooked, classic treasury of such helpful action-wisdom all along. One of the wittiest teachers who ever lived, Epictetus’s teachings rank with those contained in the greatest wisdom literature of human civilization. The Discourses could be thought of as the West’s answer to Buddhism’s Dhammapada or Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching. Those who fault Western philosophy with being overly cerebral and inadequately addressing the nonrational dimensions of life may be surprised to learn that The Art of Living is actually a philosophy of inner freedom and tranquility, a way of life whose purpose is to lighten our hearts. An unexpectedly East-West flavor enlivens The Art of Living. On the one hand, its style is irrefutably Western: It exalts reason and is full of stern, no-nonsense moral directives. On the other hand, a soft Easterly wind seems to blow when Epictetus discusses the nature of the universe. His depiction of Ultimate Reality, for instance, which he equates with Nature itself, is remarkably fluid and elusive: startlingly reminiscent of the Tao. For Epictetus, a happy life and a virtuous life are synonymous. Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
	10:00pm PaulRobeson1920: Bed Timeee
	10:00pm Mid-Fodder Oatations: Evening Austin and all, pulling up a rocking chair in the front row.
	10:01pm PaulRobeson1920: Thank you! I’ll be Glistening till I fall asleep
	👻 10:02pm Austin Rich: I'm a sucker for that Universal Telephone Ring Sound effect.
	👻 10:03pm Austin Rich: Good hello, Mid-Fodder Oatations!
	👻 10:05pm Austin Rich: One of the first bands to send me music when I decided to relaunch my radio show as "Mid-Valley Mutations" was The Giant Worm. (My show changed names around then, but I've been on the air since 98.) Xeres sent me TONS of Worm recordings, and they were early supporters of the new show. I had them on for Episode #24. midvalleymutations.com...
	👻 10:07pm Austin Rich: One of my favorite Giant Worm memories was when I was asked to MC, and perform at, a fest they threw in Eugene a few years ago. While my voice and stuff I was doing is all over this too much, you get a lot of cool music in this YouTube Playlist, that features a Worm Performance, too: youtube.com...
	10:07pm Mid-Fodder Oatations: Listening in while winding the day down.
	10:13pm Mr. X: The hubcap collection was collectively known as the "hubcaphone."
	👻 10:13pm Austin Rich: When my show was still called "Blasphuphmus Radio," I helped fund one of the Olympia Experimental Fests, and got some Giant Worm stuff (a CD and a poster) for helping fund it, which was my first taste of The Giant Worm. (This was in the early 2010's, I think?) Not long after, we were negotiating how to get them live on What's This Called? (The show I was an engineer for for many years while I lived in Portland.) And then, finally: their appearances on my show. I'll have to find a link to that photo later, and put it in the podcast show notes.
	👻 10:14pm Austin Rich: I hope Pete is listening! Is he in the chat or anything?
	10:16pm Mr. X: We had a section of the studio wall where we scrawled amusing potential names for the band.
	👻 10:17pm Austin Rich: Hopefully you snapped some photos of that wall at some point?
	10:17pm Mr. X: The Jell-o Show was an annual event in Eugene sponsored by the Radar Angels. Might still be going on, for all I know.
	10:18pm Mr. X: AR: I think I do have some shots of the wall. I'll hunt around for them.
	👻 10:19pm Austin Rich: The Long Division Trio came to Salem to play once, for a show I put on. It was one of the tightest performances I've ever seen, and the staff at The Space all pulled me aside to ask, "Where did you find this band?"
	👻 10:19pm Austin Rich: ("The Space" was the name of the club, which doesn't exist anymore.)
	10:24pm Pete da Fraser: I'm here and there!
	10:24pm Mr. X: Pete!
	👻 10:25pm Austin Rich: Pete is here! Did you catch the call, Pete?
	👻 10:26pm Austin Rich: While we mentioned it in the call, it should be mentioned that all of these performances by The Giant Worm are improvised. No overdubs, no planning. I think that helps give some insight into things.
	10:28pm Mr. X: This poetry blows me away, Pete. Nice work.
	👻 10:28pm Austin Rich: While I love all these selections, and I was happy to play them, these were hand picked by the members of The Giant Worm. Mr. X & Pete: any thoughts regarding why you picked these songs?
	10:29pm Mr. X: Moment is just pretty. And short.
	👻 10:30pm Austin Rich: Short is one of those qualities I would like to embody, musically, someday. But I'm too long in the tooth, I think.
	10:30pm Mr. X: Pete chose Off the Shelf. But I'd say it showcases Gary's jazzy side.
	👻 10:31pm Austin Rich: You should probably prepare a statement about "protoWorm," Mr. X...
	10:32pm Pete da Fraser: Yes X Man, I love his drumming on Off The Shelf, and how we play of each other. Plus I got the last beer.
	👻 10:33pm Austin Rich:
	10:33pm Mr. X: Well, we were talking about how the band went through decades of not being able to settle on a name. So when I started work on making a digital archive of the old tapes, I needed a label. So I came up with the term "protoWorm" to cover everything the band did before it settled on the name The Giant Worm.
	👻 10:34pm Austin Rich:
	👻 10:34pm Austin Rich: A practical name! I love it.
	10:36pm Ellen: Hi, Austin! I've been working, but I hopped on for the Giant Worm tribute. If my memory serves, I saw Robert & company at Cozmic Pizza?
	10:37pm Ellen Lovebug: I'm going to enjoy scrolling through the chat to get a sense of what work made me miss.
	10:37pm Pete da Fraser: And Fred Kellogg is on beatbox on Do Not Panic. Personally, I am unable to panic any more, that's what a life of improv will do.
	10:37pm Mr. X: Gary is speaking through a bullhorn in Do Not Panic.
	10:38pm Mr. X: Welcome, Ellen. Yes, I remember you were at that show.
	10:39pm Pete da Fraser: I only wish Gary could have saved me from my ex-wife like he did that damn mantis.
	10:39pm Mr. X: Pete, I think Invisible was one of your picks, also?
	10:39pm Scott67: Apparently decapitation completes copulation.
	👻 10:40pm austinrich: Good Hello, Ellen! Great to see you in the chat.
	10:40pm Pete da Fraser: Correct, I like Invisible. Nice work all around I think, love Colin's bass.
	10:40pm Ellen Lovebug: I loved Northern Exposure. twitter.com...
	👻 10:41pm austinrich: The rhythm section of The Giant Worm impressed me a ton. And it was all improvised.
	10:41pm Pete da Fraser: Scott, I'll have to introduce you to my ex-wife.
	10:42pm Ellen Lovebug: @Mr. Fab, thanks for the link to the Johnny Fever tribute. That's worth a listen!
	👻 10:42pm austinrich: This is the earliest Worm recording included in this show, I think?
	10:42pm Mr. X: The rhythm section of Colin and Gary specialized in what they called "angular" rhythms.
	10:42pm Ellen Lovebug: @Austin I saw Severed Heads, with Skinny Puppy, while I was in high school, at the Metro in Chicago
	10:43pm Pete da Fraser: X Man, was the Cozmic Pizza gig the last one we did in Eugene? Or something different?
	👻 10:43pm austinrich: Very cool, Ellen! I'm super jealous. What a line-up!
	10:43pm Mr. X: Yes, "Goldfish" is from the early 90s. I believe the guitarist is Karl Becker who later joined Jolly Mon.
	10:43pm Ellen Lovebug: @Austin I saw Nurse With Wound in Portland with various folks from the Merkin Lounge and Icky's crowd. Pretty sure it was Elijah and Arlan.
	10:44pm ramencity: Just got back from Thai food, and boy is my stomach tired!
	10:44pm Mr. X: @Pete: Yes
	10:44pm Geoff-U: this is great
	👻 10:44pm austinrich: I had been trying to wrangle the Giant Worm to play Salem, and we finally made it work... except Pete couldn't make it. So I was asked to take recordings of Pete's voice, and play them along with a live performance of The Worm, at the show. It worked, and these are recordings from that show. I had a lot of fun at that show, and always wanted to do it again. That was the time I was talking about, where I would look over, and Gary would be looking at me, every time. I suspect everyone who plays with him says that. "It was me! He was looking at me!"
	10:44pm Geoff-U: anyone here like Hell Cows?
	👻 10:45pm austinrich: (Full video of this show at The Space: www.facebook.com...)
	👻 10:45pm austinrich: I've got a Hell Cows record.
	10:45pm Mr. X: Gary was big on eye contact. That's why Pete's sound booth had a window in it.
	10:46pm Geoff-U: I loved the Hell Cows brand of angular skronk, reminds me of this
	👻 10:46pm austinrich: I played a show with a band that had Hell Cows members in it. I was always asking them about Hell Cows.
	10:46pm Mr. X: Saw Hell Cows warm up for the Butthole Surfers.
	👻 10:46pm austinrich: Hell Cows and Godzik Pink were particularly great at that kind of Skronk.
	👻 10:47pm austinrich: The mix on this show sounds pretty good, Mr. X. You did great. I need to get the full mix from you.
	10:48pm Geoff-U: this sounds wonderful and the playing is amazing
	10:48pm ramencity: I saw Hell Cows open for Thinkin' Fellers. In the audience were random chaps on acid dressed as Victorian undertakers. Ah, Eugene...
	10:48pm Mr. X: I'll get that to you soon, AR.
	10:48pm Pete da Fraser: X Man, absolutely right! Austin, you were asking me what it was like to play with Gary. He sat at his kit, staring you in the eye, waiting like a tiger at the watering hole. In a friendly way of course.
	10:48pm Geoff-U: haha ramencity
	👻 10:48pm austinrich: I never saw the Fellers, but I saw White Shark Shivers, and that was basically the Fellers in a new form.
	👻 10:49pm austinrich: Great to see you in the chat, ramencity!
	10:49pm ramencity: Moo moo buckaroo!
	10:50pm Mr. X: I was having problems with my saxophone mouthpiece during this show. So I removed it and blew into the horn as if it was a trumpet.
	10:51pm geebers: hey pete! geebers is at the watering hole!
	👻 10:51pm austinrich: This was a fun night, Mr. X. There were some other great bands that same show. I think I have recordings of more of the other bands, too. Somewhere...
	10:52pm Pete da Fraser: Part the grass slowly, Geebers.
	10:52pm Ellen Lovebug: I'm sorry for your loss of Feyd. Your new furbabies are darlings.
	10:52pm Ellen Lovebug: What do we have to look forward to next week, Austin?
	10:52pm Geoff-U: Great show Austin, thank you
	10:52pm ramencity: Won't Feyd Away...
	10:53pm Ellen Lovebug: I used to fall asleep to Neroli by Brian Eno
	👻 10:53pm austinrich: Fortunately, Feyd died of old age, and we took care of her to the very end. We had a great time with her, but sometimes... it's time to say goodbye.
	10:54pm Ellen Lovebug: I'm certain that she felt your love through every moment
	10:54pm Pete da Fraser: Sorry about Feyd, Austin. And many, many thanks for a beautiful and touching show. Let's play in the future, whichever future, whichever world.
	10:54pm Mr. X: Austin, it really helped me to process my grief to do this project with you. It was nice to have something constructive, yet meaningful, to do.
	👻 10:55pm austinrich: Now, the official soundtrack version of this tune is not this long. I think some fun person on the internet cooked up this "longer" version for fun, and it sounds pretty good to me, so I've decided to run with it. But Certainly, Eno's original version is a little shorter. Rumor has it that Eno composed more Dune music when the project was going to be with the previous director, Jodorowsky. However, only this piece has surfaced, so I think it's safe to say that this is probably as far as Eno ever got.
	10:56pm Ellen Lovebug: That's so beautiful. Your love was evident in your voice.
	👻 10:56pm austinrich: Thanks Mr. X! There's bee too much loss lately. Hopefully we have been able to celebrate those we lost, rather than wallow. But there's probably time for wallowing, too.
	👻 10:57pm austinrich: I was debating going a third hour, and just playing MX-80, since we lost Bruce Anderson, too. But I'll have to save that for another show.
	10:58pm ramencity: I didn't know abt Bruce Anderson! Mymyonga Von Bontee is still my all-time fave geetar solo...
	10:58pm Mr. X: Thank you too, Austin. And I'll second what Pete said, let's collaborate on more stuff.
	👻 11:00pm austinrich: Well, I'm going a few minutes over, but I should say goodbye soon, as the show is wrapping up. Thanks everyone who was in the chat! We had fun, and it's been a heavy show. Next week maybe I'll play a silly show or something, to balance it out.
	👻 11:00pm austinrich: I think Bruce was just the other day, ramencity. But so much other stuff has happened, that it all gets drowned out.
	11:00pm Ellen Lovebug: I'll do my best to be part of the fun at least a half hour each Monday and Tuesday. I really enjoy your programming
	👻 11:01pm austinrich: I so enjoy doing these shows on The Jungle Room. It really gives me something to look forward to each week, and there's a great community here. I have a blast every week.
	11:02pm Ellen Lovebug: I rejoice for you, and I thank you :)
	👻 11:03pm austinrich: Thanks everyone! It's been a heavy, but fun show. See ya'll next week!
	11:04pm Mid-Fodder Oatations: Thanks Austin, have a great night.
	11:24pm Scott67: Thanks Austin. Sorry mate, my sister was dropping in some pain relief. ✌😎🍻

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from February 15, 2022

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