WFMU: Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from October 2, 2023

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from October 2, 2023

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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Tue. Apr 30th, 9pm - Midnight: Mid-Valley Mutations vs. Radio TroUBle (More info...)

October 2, 2023: The Mad Daddy Rides Again!

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Approx. start time
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The Mad Daddy	Show Opening "Show Opening" by "The Mad Daddy"	Wavy Gravy! Atom Smashin’ Zoomeratin Mello Jello Radio Broadcasts 1958-1964	Norton Records	2003	0:00:10 (Pop-up)
The Mad Daddy	Aircheck Part 1 "Aircheck Part 1" by "The Mad Daddy"	01 April 1958	WJW	1958	0:01:40 (Pop-up)
The Mad Daddy	News Break "News Break" by "The Mad Daddy"	Wavy Gravy! Atom Smashin’ Zoomeratin’ Mello Jello Radio Broadcasts 1958 – 1964	Norton Records	2003	0:18:33 (Pop-up)
The Mad Daddy	Gillette Razor "Gillette Razor" by "The Mad Daddy"	Wavy Gravy! Atom Smashin’ Zoomeratin’ Mello Jello Radio Broadcasts 1958 – 1964	Norton Records	2003	0:18:43 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Rene Hall	Twitchy "Twitchy" by "Rene Hall"	"Twitchy" b/w "Flippin'"	Specialty Records	1958	0:19:47 (Pop-up)
""
The Mad Daddy	Aircheck Part 2 "Aircheck Part 2" by "The Mad Daddy"	01 April 1958	WJW	1958	0:25:27 (Pop-up)
The Joker	I Love A Good Practical Joke	"I Love A Good Practical Joke" b/w "What Is Fisterris?"	G & F Records	1958	0:32:41 (Pop-up)
The Mad Daddy	Aircheck Part 3 "Aircheck Part 3" by "The Mad Daddy"	01 April 1958	WJW	1958	0:35:52 (Pop-up)
The Mad Daddy	RCA Dehumid-d-d-d-difier	Wavy Gravy! Atom Smashin’ Zoomeratin’ Mello Jello Radio Broadcasts 1958 – 1964	Norton Records	2003	0:38:50 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: The Five Stars	Pickin' On The Wrong Chicken	"Pickin' On The Wrong Chicken" b/w "Dreaming"	Note Records	1958	0:40:22 (Pop-up)
""
The Mad Daddy	Aircheck Part 4 "Aircheck Part 4" by "The Mad Daddy"	01 April 1958	WJW	1958	0:45:54 (Pop-up)
The Mad Daddy	Record Rendezvous "Record Rendezvous" by "The Mad Daddy"	Wavy Gravy! Atom Smashin’ Zoomeratin’ Mello Jello Radio Broadcasts 1958 – 1964	Norton Records	2003	1:00:50 (Pop-up)
The Mad Daddy	WHK Jingle "WHK Jingle" by "The Mad Daddy"	Wavy Gravy! Atom Smashin’ Zoomeratin’ Mello Jello Radio Broadcasts 1958 – 1964	Norton Records	2003	1:01:48 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: The Tune Rockers	Green Mosquito "Green Mosquito" by "The Tune Rockers"	"The Green Mosquito" b/w "Warm Up"	United Artists	1958	1:02:15 (Pop-up)
""
The Mad Daddy	Aircheck Part 5 "Aircheck Part 5" by "The Mad Daddy"	01 April 1958	WJW	1958	1:07:59 (Pop-up)
The Valiants	Good Golly Miss Molly	"Good Golly Miss Molly" b/w "This Is The Nite"	Keen Records	1957	1:17:22 (Pop-up)
The Mad Daddy	Unidentified Air-Check Excerpt	Unidentified Air-Check Excerpt	WINS	1963?	1:19:27 (Pop-up)
The Mad Daddy	Gillette Razor 2 "Gillette Razor 2" by "The Mad Daddy"	Wavy Gravy! Atom Smashin’ Zoomeratin’ Mello Jello Radio Broadcasts 1958 – 1964	Norton Records	2003	1:23:09 (Pop-up)
The Joker	What Is Fisterris? "What Is Fisterris?" by "The Joker"	"I Love A Good Practical Joke" b/w "What Is Fisterris?"	G & F Records	1958	1:24:10 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: The Puddle Jumpers	Snake Charmer "Snake Charmer" by "The Puddle Jumpers"	"Snake Charmer" b/w "Mud Puddle"	Federal Records	1958	1:27:33 (Pop-up)
""
The Mad Daddy	Big Bad Train "Big Bad Train" by "The Mad Daddy"	Wavy Gravy! Atom Smashin’ Zoomeratin’ Mello Jello Radio Broadcasts 1958 – 1964	Norton Records	2003	1:31:44 (Pop-up)
The Mad Daddy	Record Rendezvous 2	Wavy Gravy! Atom Smashin’ Zoomeratin’ Mello Jello Radio Broadcasts 1958 – 1964	Norton Records	2003	1:34:02 (Pop-up)
Muddy Waters	(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man	"(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man" b/w "She's So Pretty"	Chess Records	1954	1:34:16 (Pop-up)
The Mad Daddy	Martian Shave "Martian Shave" by "The Mad Daddy"	Wavy Gravy! Atom Smashin’ Zoomeratin’ Mello Jello Radio Broadcasts 1958 – 1964	Norton Records	2003	1:37:12 (Pop-up)
Mel Smith & The Night Riders	Pretty Plaid Skirt (And Long Black Sox)	"Pretty Plaid Skirt" b/w "I'll Never Change"	Sue Records	1959	1:38:34 (Pop-up)
The Mad Daddy	Unidentified Air-Check Excerpt (Werewolf Harry)	Unidentified Air-Check Excerpt	Unknown Station	1960?	1:41:03 (Pop-up)
The Mad Daddy	Moldy Basement "Moldy Basement" by "The Mad Daddy"	Wavy Gravy! Atom Smashin’ Zoomeratin’ Mello Jello Radio Broadcasts 1958 – 1964	Norton Records	2003	1:42:13 (Pop-up)
The Eternals	Rockin' In The Jungle	"Rockin' In The Jungle" b/w "Rock 'n' Roll Cha Cha"	Hollywood Records	1959	1:44:02 (Pop-up)
The Mad Daddy	Record Rendezvous 3	Wavy Gravy! Atom Smashin’ Zoomeratin’ Mello Jello Radio Broadcasts 1958 – 1964	Norton Records	2003	1:46:28 (Pop-up)
Dwight Pullen	Sunglasses After Dark	"Teenage Bug" b/w "Sunglasses After Dark"	Carlton Records	1958	1:47:12 (Pop-up)
The Mad Daddy	Record Acid Test "Record Acid Test" by "The Mad Daddy"	Wavy Gravy! Atom Smashin’ Zoomeratin’ Mello Jello Radio Broadcasts 1958 – 1964	Norton Records	2003	1:49:15 (Pop-up)
Dale Hawkins	Tornado "Tornado" by "Dale Hawkins"	"Tornado" b/w "Little Pig"	Checker	1958	1:49:42 (Pop-up)
The Mad Daddy	Unidentified Air-Check Excerpt (Final Quarter Hour)	Unidentified Air-Check Excerpt	Unknown Station	1964?	1:52:07 (Pop-up)
Sheriff & The Ravels	Shombalor "Shombalor" by "Sheriff & The Ravels"	"Shombalor" b/w "Lonely One"	Vee-Jay Records	1959	1:52:30 (Pop-up)
The Mad Daddy	Gillette Razor 3 "Gillette Razor 3" by "The Mad Daddy"	Wavy Gravy! Atom Smashin’ Zoomeratin’ Mello Jello Radio Broadcasts 1958 – 1964	Norton Records	2003	1:54:45 (Pop-up)
Paul Peek	Olds-Mo-William "Olds-Mo-William" by "Paul Peek"	"I'm Not Your Fool Anymore" b/w "Olds-Mo-William"	Sparton Records	1959	1:55:41 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Link Wray & The Wraymen	Rumble '68	"Rumble '68" b/w "Blow Your Mind"	Heavy Records	1968	1:58:03 (Pop-up)
""
The Mad Daddy	Record Rendezvous 4	Wavy Gravy! Atom Smashin’ Zoomeratin’ Mello Jello Radio Broadcasts 1958 – 1964	Norton Records	2003	2:00:06 (Pop-up)
The Mad Daddy	Unidentified Air-Check Excerpt (Alphabet)	Unidentified Air-Check Excerpt	Unknown Station	1964?	2:02:26 (Pop-up)

Listener comments!
	🎸 ♥ 2:26pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	🎸 ♥ 5:05pm WR: Hi Austin. Are you the fill in for the fill in or maybe I misheard when I thought I heard Jan say he was doing the fill in for Hysterica tonight. I did think this would be a bit late at night for Jan...
	🎸 ♥ 5:05pm Aitch: Metastases the mutations seem yo have spread?
	🎸 ♥ 5:07pm WR: ↳ WR @5:05 Yes, the confusion is all mine.
	🎸 ♥ 5:08pm Austin Rich: ↳ WR @5:07 Glad it's not me! I'm a little sick today, so I'm at 75%!
	5:08pm Mr Fab: ↳ WR @5:05 Hey mutants and mad daddys! jan is feeling ill, so couldn't make it. So yes, Austin is filling-in for the fill-in.
	5:09pm Mr Fab: Mad Daddy saying "oob-la-dee" years before those English fellas sang it.
	🎸 ♥ 5:10pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @5:09 He really was a maverick. I love his stuff.
	5:12pm Mr Fab: presumably the cat the Cramps were singing about?
	🎸 ♥ 5:12pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @5:12 Yep! Lux was a big fan.
	♥ 5:12pm doctorjazz: Lots of illness going around; Wendy Del Formaggio and Dave Sewelson on the Drummer Stream are ill.
	🎸 ♥ 5:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ doctorjazz @5:12 I went to get my flu shot, and came home with covid. It was pretty dumb.
	5:15pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @5:13 Sorry to laff, but the way you wrote that is pretty funny.
	🎸 ♥ 5:16pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @5:15 I do find it funny... in a sick kind of way.
	🎸 ♥ 5:17pm WR: ↳ Song: "Aircheck Part 1" by "The Mad Daddy" Mad Daddy is pretty fun. New to me.
	♥ 5:19pm doctorjazz: ↳ Austin Rich @5:13 I was hanging with a friend last weekend, Monday he tested positive for COVID. Tuesday I started getting ill (nothing serious, throat, cough). I tested negative for COVID twice (but I still think there's a good chance that was what I had).
	5:19pm Mr Fab: man these DJs had to break in after every song? No slacking - you have to be ON your whole shift.
	🎸 ♥ 5:27pm Austin Rich: ↳ doctorjazz @5:19 I still have no idea what the vector for it was. But: it's really easy to catch now, so even when you try hard to play it safe... you can still get it.
	5:32pm Mr Fab: "Teen Age Machine Age"? There's something kinda proto-Kraftwerk about that.
	🎸 ♥ 5:33pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @5:32 I like that connection!
	🎸 ♥ 5:38pm Austin Rich: As you can see, I got my Ghost and Pumpkin back today. Very exciting!
	🎸 ♥ 5:54pm Aitch: This guy is tiring
	🎸 ♥ 5:55pm Austin Rich: ↳ Aitch @5:54 He really makes me feel like I'm not trying hard enough.
	🎸 ♥ 5:56pm Aitch: Sounds like he's trying too hard.
	5:56pm Mr Fab: Link! He played so much good stuff, too. At least a few tracks that are in the Sheena stream, so far.
	🎸 ♥ 5:57pm Aitch: Wondering if this was because of, of through the lack of, powerful stimulants.
	🎸 ♥ 5:57pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @5:56 Yeah, his playlists are pretty dope for 1958.
	🎸 ♥ 5:58pm Austin Rich: ↳ Aitch @5:57 I have wondered. I know he struggled with alcohol.
	6:00pm Mr Fab: Andre Williams! Another legend well repped in the Sheena stream. Just played a song by him when I did that fill-in the other day.
	🎸 ♥ 6:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @6:00 He is the best. I first heard him at my first radio gig, in 1998. He was on the recommended plays shelf.
	🎸 ♥ 6:10pm Austin Rich: Here's a link to Kogar, The Swingin' Ape's blog. This is where I first found Mad Daddy airchecks: kogarsjunglejuice.blogspot.com
	6:11pm Listener Robert: And I'm injured. I tripped and fell on a sidewalk in Madison Sat. night and it took 2 days for the bruising to become disabling-sore. Similar delayed effect to when I fell in the back yard moving the barbecue 7 years ago.
	🎸 ♥ 6:12pm Austin Rich: ↳ Listener Robert @6:11 That's awful, Robert! I'm sorry to hear that. Hopefully you have someone who can help out while you're laid up?
	6:15pm Listener Robert: Actually I'm the one helping out for my senile housemate. Good thing I'm not hurt too badly. And I'm glad football practice (I coach kids) was called off tonight, probably for mosquito spraying in the park. And my trip and fall came on the way to an away game, and felt like nothing at the time.
	6:15pm Mr Fab: what the hell was that 'seal rock' song?!
	🎸 ♥ 6:16pm Austin Rich: ↳ Listener Robert @6:15 Yeah. Take it easy. Heavy doses of Sheena's, and just enjoy the sounds.
	6:17pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @6:16 Right! And maybe hot baths to soothe those banged-up muscles.
	🎸 ♥ 6:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @6:15 I think it was a late 50's novelty song?
	6:17pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @6:17 That narrows it down!
	🎸 ♥ 6:18pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @6:17 I think by Ernie Kelley, but I need to confirm after the show is over.
	6:19pm Mr Fab: Weird Freaky Music Uncovered
	6:20pm Listener Robert: I don't know if it's just my age or the anticoagulant and antiplatelet drugs I'm taking (promote internal bleeding), but I'm a long way from my rugby-playing days.
	🎸 ♥ 6:21pm Austin Rich: ↳ Listener Robert @6:20 Yeah. I think about how I used to ride my skateboard around and fall on my ass and not wear a helmet... and I wonder how I'm still alive.
	6:27pm Listener Robert: ↳ Song: "What Is Fisterris?" by "The Joker" Gylfaginning is a real word! Well, a name anyway.
	🎸 ♥ 6:27pm Aitch: ↳ Song: "What Is Fisterris?" by "The Joker" I hope I don't get it...
	🎸 ♥ 6:27pm WR: ↳ Song: "What Is Fisterris?" by "The Joker" I had heard the Joke side of this record before but not the Fisterris side. Interesting, story and word play in mainstream radio voice.
	🎸 ♥ 6:28pm Aitch: Fisterical
	🎸 ♥ 6:28pm WR: ↳ Aitch @6:27 random nonsense, I guess.
	♥ 6:29pm dale: enjoying this wackiness. hey now.
	🎸 ♥ 6:29pm Aitch: ↳ WR @6:28 catch it, not understand it
	6:30pm Listener Robert: ↳ Listener Robert @6:27 It's Icelandic, a name for a chapter of the Prose Edda, but since the title is usually not translated, I guess it counts as English.
	🎸 ♥ 6:32pm Austin Rich: ↳ dale @6:29 Thanks for joining us!
	6:33pm Mr Fab: Austin, you need more ECHO-Echo-echooo.. on your VOICE...Voice...voice...
	🎸 ♥ 6:34pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @6:33 I have done that before... but it's a pain to have the FX plugged in all the time.
	🎸 ♥ 6:37pm WR: Here is the best bio for Mad Daddy that I have found so far. web.archive.org...
	6:39pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @6:34 Oh, i know. Mad Daddy make it sound so easy.
	6:39pm Greg g: Diggin the show Austin Rich ! Mad Daddy is new to me. Quite a rap he lays down!!
	🎸 ♥ 6:40pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @6:39 I'm sure the other staff at the stations he DJ'd at thought he was bonkers.
	6:40pm Greg g: & all the way out rockers he plays!!
	🎸 ♥ 6:40pm Austin Rich: ↳ Greg g @6:39 Thanks for tuning in Greg G! Yeah, his DJ runs are the best. And I do love his playlists!
	♥ 6:43pm dale: i have a dehumidididdiddityfier going in the basement right now!
	🎸 ♥ 6:43pm Austin Rich: ↳ dale @6:43 Ha!
	🎸 ♥ 6:51pm WR: You already mention this, but in my reading just saw that Lux Interior grew up in the Akron Ohio area which is near Cleveland, so very likely he knew of Mad Daddy in real time.
	🎸 ♥ 6:52pm Austin Rich: ↳ WR @6:51 Oh yeah. He totally heard this as a youngster, and was inspired.
	6:54pm Mr Fab: ↳ WR @6:37 So sad that he killed himself in 1968, just because times had changed. If he had stuck it out a few more years, FM would start to go freeform (hello, WFMU!) and DJs like Dr Demento and Rodney Bingenheimer would bring back unpredictable insanity to commercial radio. Even Top 40 radio might have worked - he wouldn't be able to play what he wanted, but he could still do his wacky persona, like the Real Don Steele and Gary Owens did. Tragic.
	🎸 ♥ 6:55pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @6:54 He really does seem like he's out of time.
	🎸 ♥ 7:00pm Aitch: Thanks for show
	7:00pm Greg g: Despite the tragic end, he left a lot of fun antics. Thank you & looking forward to your interview with Mr. Watt tomorrow.
	7:01pm Mr Fab: all this wavy gravy was delicious! Much thx, Austin.
	🎸 ♥ 7:01pm WR: Thank you! Austin!
	🎸 ♥ 7:02pm Austin Rich: And I had fun! Thanks everyone!
	🎸 ♥ 7:03pm WR: Thanks for putting in one of this A to Z raps. !!!
	🎸 ♥ 7:03pm WR: his...

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Tue. Apr 30th, 9pm - Midnight: Mid-Valley Mutations vs. Radio TroUBle (More info...)
The members of Big City Orchestra join Austin Rich to perform a mash-up version of their shows, where Pxe, dAs, univac and Austin swap tracks back and forth, offering you a chance to get a sense of what their respective shows are like. It's sort of like a DJ exchange program, and at an expanded length, too! Join us."

Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Approx. start time
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The Mad Daddy	Show Opening "Show Opening" by "The Mad Daddy"	Wavy Gravy! Atom Smashin’ Zoomeratin Mello Jello Radio Broadcasts 1958-1964	Norton Records	2003	0:00:10 (Pop-up)
The Mad Daddy	Aircheck Part 1 "Aircheck Part 1" by "The Mad Daddy"	01 April 1958	WJW	1958	0:01:40 (Pop-up)
The Mad Daddy	News Break "News Break" by "The Mad Daddy"	Wavy Gravy! Atom Smashin’ Zoomeratin’ Mello Jello Radio Broadcasts 1958 – 1964	Norton Records	2003	0:18:33 (Pop-up)
The Mad Daddy	Gillette Razor "Gillette Razor" by "The Mad Daddy"	Wavy Gravy! Atom Smashin’ Zoomeratin’ Mello Jello Radio Broadcasts 1958 – 1964	Norton Records	2003	0:18:43 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Rene Hall	Twitchy "Twitchy" by "Rene Hall"	"Twitchy" b/w "Flippin'"	Specialty Records	1958	0:19:47 (Pop-up)
""
The Mad Daddy	Aircheck Part 2 "Aircheck Part 2" by "The Mad Daddy"	01 April 1958	WJW	1958	0:25:27 (Pop-up)
The Joker	I Love A Good Practical Joke	"I Love A Good Practical Joke" b/w "What Is Fisterris?"	G & F Records	1958	0:32:41 (Pop-up)
The Mad Daddy	Aircheck Part 3 "Aircheck Part 3" by "The Mad Daddy"	01 April 1958	WJW	1958	0:35:52 (Pop-up)
The Mad Daddy	RCA Dehumid-d-d-d-difier	Wavy Gravy! Atom Smashin’ Zoomeratin’ Mello Jello Radio Broadcasts 1958 – 1964	Norton Records	2003	0:38:50 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: The Five Stars	Pickin' On The Wrong Chicken	"Pickin' On The Wrong Chicken" b/w "Dreaming"	Note Records	1958	0:40:22 (Pop-up)
""
The Mad Daddy	Aircheck Part 4 "Aircheck Part 4" by "The Mad Daddy"	01 April 1958	WJW	1958	0:45:54 (Pop-up)
The Mad Daddy	Record Rendezvous "Record Rendezvous" by "The Mad Daddy"	Wavy Gravy! Atom Smashin’ Zoomeratin’ Mello Jello Radio Broadcasts 1958 – 1964	Norton Records	2003	1:00:50 (Pop-up)
The Mad Daddy	WHK Jingle "WHK Jingle" by "The Mad Daddy"	Wavy Gravy! Atom Smashin’ Zoomeratin’ Mello Jello Radio Broadcasts 1958 – 1964	Norton Records	2003	1:01:48 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: The Tune Rockers	Green Mosquito "Green Mosquito" by "The Tune Rockers"	"The Green Mosquito" b/w "Warm Up"	United Artists	1958	1:02:15 (Pop-up)
""
The Mad Daddy	Aircheck Part 5 "Aircheck Part 5" by "The Mad Daddy"	01 April 1958	WJW	1958	1:07:59 (Pop-up)
The Valiants	Good Golly Miss Molly	"Good Golly Miss Molly" b/w "This Is The Nite"	Keen Records	1957	1:17:22 (Pop-up)
The Mad Daddy	Unidentified Air-Check Excerpt	Unidentified Air-Check Excerpt	WINS	1963?	1:19:27 (Pop-up)
The Mad Daddy	Gillette Razor 2 "Gillette Razor 2" by "The Mad Daddy"	Wavy Gravy! Atom Smashin’ Zoomeratin’ Mello Jello Radio Broadcasts 1958 – 1964	Norton Records	2003	1:23:09 (Pop-up)
The Joker	What Is Fisterris? "What Is Fisterris?" by "The Joker"	"I Love A Good Practical Joke" b/w "What Is Fisterris?"	G & F Records	1958	1:24:10 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: The Puddle Jumpers	Snake Charmer "Snake Charmer" by "The Puddle Jumpers"	"Snake Charmer" b/w "Mud Puddle"	Federal Records	1958	1:27:33 (Pop-up)
""
The Mad Daddy	Big Bad Train "Big Bad Train" by "The Mad Daddy"	Wavy Gravy! Atom Smashin’ Zoomeratin’ Mello Jello Radio Broadcasts 1958 – 1964	Norton Records	2003	1:31:44 (Pop-up)
The Mad Daddy	Record Rendezvous 2	Wavy Gravy! Atom Smashin’ Zoomeratin’ Mello Jello Radio Broadcasts 1958 – 1964	Norton Records	2003	1:34:02 (Pop-up)
Muddy Waters	(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man	"(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man" b/w "She's So Pretty"	Chess Records	1954	1:34:16 (Pop-up)
The Mad Daddy	Martian Shave "Martian Shave" by "The Mad Daddy"	Wavy Gravy! Atom Smashin’ Zoomeratin’ Mello Jello Radio Broadcasts 1958 – 1964	Norton Records	2003	1:37:12 (Pop-up)
Mel Smith & The Night Riders	Pretty Plaid Skirt (And Long Black Sox)	"Pretty Plaid Skirt" b/w "I'll Never Change"	Sue Records	1959	1:38:34 (Pop-up)
The Mad Daddy	Unidentified Air-Check Excerpt (Werewolf Harry)	Unidentified Air-Check Excerpt	Unknown Station	1960?	1:41:03 (Pop-up)
The Mad Daddy	Moldy Basement "Moldy Basement" by "The Mad Daddy"	Wavy Gravy! Atom Smashin’ Zoomeratin’ Mello Jello Radio Broadcasts 1958 – 1964	Norton Records	2003	1:42:13 (Pop-up)
The Eternals	Rockin' In The Jungle	"Rockin' In The Jungle" b/w "Rock 'n' Roll Cha Cha"	Hollywood Records	1959	1:44:02 (Pop-up)
The Mad Daddy	Record Rendezvous 3	Wavy Gravy! Atom Smashin’ Zoomeratin’ Mello Jello Radio Broadcasts 1958 – 1964	Norton Records	2003	1:46:28 (Pop-up)
Dwight Pullen	Sunglasses After Dark	"Teenage Bug" b/w "Sunglasses After Dark"	Carlton Records	1958	1:47:12 (Pop-up)
The Mad Daddy	Record Acid Test "Record Acid Test" by "The Mad Daddy"	Wavy Gravy! Atom Smashin’ Zoomeratin’ Mello Jello Radio Broadcasts 1958 – 1964	Norton Records	2003	1:49:15 (Pop-up)
Dale Hawkins	Tornado "Tornado" by "Dale Hawkins"	"Tornado" b/w "Little Pig"	Checker	1958	1:49:42 (Pop-up)
The Mad Daddy	Unidentified Air-Check Excerpt (Final Quarter Hour)	Unidentified Air-Check Excerpt	Unknown Station	1964?	1:52:07 (Pop-up)
Sheriff & The Ravels	Shombalor "Shombalor" by "Sheriff & The Ravels"	"Shombalor" b/w "Lonely One"	Vee-Jay Records	1959	1:52:30 (Pop-up)
The Mad Daddy	Gillette Razor 3 "Gillette Razor 3" by "The Mad Daddy"	Wavy Gravy! Atom Smashin’ Zoomeratin’ Mello Jello Radio Broadcasts 1958 – 1964	Norton Records	2003	1:54:45 (Pop-up)
Paul Peek	Olds-Mo-William "Olds-Mo-William" by "Paul Peek"	"I'm Not Your Fool Anymore" b/w "Olds-Mo-William"	Sparton Records	1959	1:55:41 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Link Wray & The Wraymen	Rumble '68	"Rumble '68" b/w "Blow Your Mind"	Heavy Records	1968	1:58:03 (Pop-up)
""
The Mad Daddy	Record Rendezvous 4	Wavy Gravy! Atom Smashin’ Zoomeratin’ Mello Jello Radio Broadcasts 1958 – 1964	Norton Records	2003	2:00:06 (Pop-up)
The Mad Daddy	Unidentified Air-Check Excerpt (Alphabet)	Unidentified Air-Check Excerpt	Unknown Station	1964?	2:02:26 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	🎸 ♥ 2:26pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	🎸 ♥ 5:05pm WR: Hi Austin. Are you the fill in for the fill in or maybe I misheard when I thought I heard Jan say he was doing the fill in for Hysterica tonight. I did think this would be a bit late at night for Jan...
	🎸 ♥ 5:05pm Aitch: Metastases the mutations seem yo have spread?
	🎸 ♥ 5:07pm WR: ↳ WR @5:05 Yes, the confusion is all mine.
	🎸 ♥ 5:08pm Austin Rich: ↳ WR @5:07 Glad it's not me! I'm a little sick today, so I'm at 75%!
	5:08pm Mr Fab: ↳ WR @5:05 Hey mutants and mad daddys! jan is feeling ill, so couldn't make it. So yes, Austin is filling-in for the fill-in.
	5:09pm Mr Fab: Mad Daddy saying "oob-la-dee" years before those English fellas sang it.
	🎸 ♥ 5:10pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @5:09 He really was a maverick. I love his stuff.
	5:12pm Mr Fab: presumably the cat the Cramps were singing about?
	🎸 ♥ 5:12pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @5:12 Yep! Lux was a big fan.
	♥ 5:12pm doctorjazz: Lots of illness going around; Wendy Del Formaggio and Dave Sewelson on the Drummer Stream are ill.
	🎸 ♥ 5:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ doctorjazz @5:12 I went to get my flu shot, and came home with covid. It was pretty dumb.
	5:15pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @5:13 Sorry to laff, but the way you wrote that is pretty funny.
	🎸 ♥ 5:16pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @5:15 I do find it funny... in a sick kind of way.
	🎸 ♥ 5:17pm WR: ↳ Song: "Aircheck Part 1" by "The Mad Daddy" Mad Daddy is pretty fun. New to me.
	♥ 5:19pm doctorjazz: ↳ Austin Rich @5:13 I was hanging with a friend last weekend, Monday he tested positive for COVID. Tuesday I started getting ill (nothing serious, throat, cough). I tested negative for COVID twice (but I still think there's a good chance that was what I had).
	5:19pm Mr Fab: man these DJs had to break in after every song? No slacking - you have to be ON your whole shift.
	🎸 ♥ 5:27pm Austin Rich: ↳ doctorjazz @5:19 I still have no idea what the vector for it was. But: it's really easy to catch now, so even when you try hard to play it safe... you can still get it.
	5:32pm Mr Fab: "Teen Age Machine Age"? There's something kinda proto-Kraftwerk about that.
	🎸 ♥ 5:33pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @5:32 I like that connection!
	🎸 ♥ 5:38pm Austin Rich: As you can see, I got my Ghost and Pumpkin back today. Very exciting!
	🎸 ♥ 5:54pm Aitch: This guy is tiring
	🎸 ♥ 5:55pm Austin Rich: ↳ Aitch @5:54 He really makes me feel like I'm not trying hard enough.
	🎸 ♥ 5:56pm Aitch: Sounds like he's trying too hard.
	5:56pm Mr Fab: Link! He played so much good stuff, too. At least a few tracks that are in the Sheena stream, so far.
	🎸 ♥ 5:57pm Aitch: Wondering if this was because of, of through the lack of, powerful stimulants.
	🎸 ♥ 5:57pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @5:56 Yeah, his playlists are pretty dope for 1958.
	🎸 ♥ 5:58pm Austin Rich: ↳ Aitch @5:57 I have wondered. I know he struggled with alcohol.
	6:00pm Mr Fab: Andre Williams! Another legend well repped in the Sheena stream. Just played a song by him when I did that fill-in the other day.
	🎸 ♥ 6:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @6:00 He is the best. I first heard him at my first radio gig, in 1998. He was on the recommended plays shelf.
	🎸 ♥ 6:10pm Austin Rich: Here's a link to Kogar, The Swingin' Ape's blog. This is where I first found Mad Daddy airchecks: kogarsjunglejuice.blogspot.com
	6:11pm Listener Robert: And I'm injured. I tripped and fell on a sidewalk in Madison Sat. night and it took 2 days for the bruising to become disabling-sore. Similar delayed effect to when I fell in the back yard moving the barbecue 7 years ago.
	🎸 ♥ 6:12pm Austin Rich: ↳ Listener Robert @6:11 That's awful, Robert! I'm sorry to hear that. Hopefully you have someone who can help out while you're laid up?
	6:15pm Listener Robert: Actually I'm the one helping out for my senile housemate. Good thing I'm not hurt too badly. And I'm glad football practice (I coach kids) was called off tonight, probably for mosquito spraying in the park. And my trip and fall came on the way to an away game, and felt like nothing at the time.
	6:15pm Mr Fab: what the hell was that 'seal rock' song?!
	🎸 ♥ 6:16pm Austin Rich: ↳ Listener Robert @6:15 Yeah. Take it easy. Heavy doses of Sheena's, and just enjoy the sounds.
	6:17pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @6:16 Right! And maybe hot baths to soothe those banged-up muscles.
	🎸 ♥ 6:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @6:15 I think it was a late 50's novelty song?
	6:17pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @6:17 That narrows it down!
	🎸 ♥ 6:18pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @6:17 I think by Ernie Kelley, but I need to confirm after the show is over.
	6:19pm Mr Fab: Weird Freaky Music Uncovered
	6:20pm Listener Robert: I don't know if it's just my age or the anticoagulant and antiplatelet drugs I'm taking (promote internal bleeding), but I'm a long way from my rugby-playing days.
	🎸 ♥ 6:21pm Austin Rich: ↳ Listener Robert @6:20 Yeah. I think about how I used to ride my skateboard around and fall on my ass and not wear a helmet... and I wonder how I'm still alive.
	6:27pm Listener Robert: ↳ Song: "What Is Fisterris?" by "The Joker" Gylfaginning is a real word! Well, a name anyway.
	🎸 ♥ 6:27pm Aitch: ↳ Song: "What Is Fisterris?" by "The Joker" I hope I don't get it...
	🎸 ♥ 6:27pm WR: ↳ Song: "What Is Fisterris?" by "The Joker" I had heard the Joke side of this record before but not the Fisterris side. Interesting, story and word play in mainstream radio voice.
	🎸 ♥ 6:28pm Aitch: Fisterical
	🎸 ♥ 6:28pm WR: ↳ Aitch @6:27 random nonsense, I guess.
	♥ 6:29pm dale: enjoying this wackiness. hey now.
	🎸 ♥ 6:29pm Aitch: ↳ WR @6:28 catch it, not understand it
	6:30pm Listener Robert: ↳ Listener Robert @6:27 It's Icelandic, a name for a chapter of the Prose Edda, but since the title is usually not translated, I guess it counts as English.
	🎸 ♥ 6:32pm Austin Rich: ↳ dale @6:29 Thanks for joining us!
	6:33pm Mr Fab: Austin, you need more ECHO-Echo-echooo.. on your VOICE...Voice...voice...
	🎸 ♥ 6:34pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @6:33 I have done that before... but it's a pain to have the FX plugged in all the time.
	🎸 ♥ 6:37pm WR: Here is the best bio for Mad Daddy that I have found so far. web.archive.org...
	6:39pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @6:34 Oh, i know. Mad Daddy make it sound so easy.
	6:39pm Greg g: Diggin the show Austin Rich ! Mad Daddy is new to me. Quite a rap he lays down!!
	🎸 ♥ 6:40pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @6:39 I'm sure the other staff at the stations he DJ'd at thought he was bonkers.
	6:40pm Greg g: & all the way out rockers he plays!!
	🎸 ♥ 6:40pm Austin Rich: ↳ Greg g @6:39 Thanks for tuning in Greg G! Yeah, his DJ runs are the best. And I do love his playlists!
	♥ 6:43pm dale: i have a dehumidididdiddityfier going in the basement right now!
	🎸 ♥ 6:43pm Austin Rich: ↳ dale @6:43 Ha!
	🎸 ♥ 6:51pm WR: You already mention this, but in my reading just saw that Lux Interior grew up in the Akron Ohio area which is near Cleveland, so very likely he knew of Mad Daddy in real time.
	🎸 ♥ 6:52pm Austin Rich: ↳ WR @6:51 Oh yeah. He totally heard this as a youngster, and was inspired.
	6:54pm Mr Fab: ↳ WR @6:37 So sad that he killed himself in 1968, just because times had changed. If he had stuck it out a few more years, FM would start to go freeform (hello, WFMU!) and DJs like Dr Demento and Rodney Bingenheimer would bring back unpredictable insanity to commercial radio. Even Top 40 radio might have worked - he wouldn't be able to play what he wanted, but he could still do his wacky persona, like the Real Don Steele and Gary Owens did. Tragic.
	🎸 ♥ 6:55pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @6:54 He really does seem like he's out of time.
	🎸 ♥ 7:00pm Aitch: Thanks for show
	7:00pm Greg g: Despite the tragic end, he left a lot of fun antics. Thank you & looking forward to your interview with Mr. Watt tomorrow.
	7:01pm Mr Fab: all this wavy gravy was delicious! Much thx, Austin.
	🎸 ♥ 7:01pm WR: Thank you! Austin!
	🎸 ♥ 7:02pm Austin Rich: And I had fun! Thanks everyone!
	🎸 ♥ 7:03pm WR: Thanks for putting in one of this A to Z raps. !!!
	🎸 ♥ 7:03pm WR: his...

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