WFMU: Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from April 1, 2025

Listener comments!
	🎸 ♥ 5:39pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	8:57pm Imaginos: Ahoy! The stars are shining, the way is clear, and the night promises to be fun.
	🎸 ♥ 8:57pm Krys O.: Hiya! I adore this Proctor & Bergman, heck any and all permutations of FT are aces in my book.
	🎸 ♥ 8:59pm Arvo Zylo: Hello. I am interrupting a deep ZZ TOP listening session to tune in here.
	🎸 ♥ 9:00pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @8:57 Agreed! I'm a fan of all thinks Firesign. This record is particularly special!
	🎸 ♥ 9:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @8:59 Thanks for joining us, Arvo! The ZZ will be there when we're done.
	🎸 ♥ 9:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @8:57 I do love a beautiful starry night. Thanks for taking some time out for the Digital Salon!
	🎸 ♥ 9:01pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:01 APRIL FOOLS! Or is it?
	🎸 ♥ 9:01pm Austin Rich: It's Fred Flamm!
	🎸 ♥ 9:02pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: Good hello checkin to the digital salon 🛋️✨
	🎸 ♥ 9:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ red_door_what_for in ypsilanti @9:02 red_door_what_for! Thanks for checkin' in. We have nothing special tonight...
	♥ 9:02pm Hunterian: Greetings Austin, mutants
	9:02pm GorillaFella: Helloooo Mutants!
	9:02pm Mr. X: We've got nothing better to do Than watch TV and have a couple of brews.
	🎸 ♥ 9:03pm Austin Rich: ↳ Hunterian @9:02 Hunterian is always welcome to hang out in the Digital Salon! Thank you!
	🎸 ♥ 9:03pm Arvo Zylo: Let's go do some crimes!
	🎸 ♥ 9:03pm Austin Rich: ↳ GorillaFella @9:02 The GorillaFella politely checked into the Digital Salon...
	9:03pm laurapanic: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:03 I'm in!
	🎸 ♥ 9:03pm Krys O.: My brother had FT albums. I listened as a kid, even though most of it probably went over my head at the time. Long Island radio station WLIR used to play some FT in the morning. We listened at breakfast before school.
	🎸 ♥ 9:03pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:02 Mr. X! I think you'll appreciate this one...
	🎸 ♥ 9:04pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: TV party time? Already got that good ol Family Guy slop queued up in the background fam 🤤📺
	🎸 ♥ 9:04pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @9:03 laurapanic! Now it's a party!
	🎸 ♥ 9:04pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Song: "Insert Here / Channel 85 Sign-On" by "Proctor & B... The price tag on the cover looks very much like the same price tags they had on a certain record store I know of... not in the Mid-valley of course...
	🎸 ♥ 9:04pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:03 They absolutely went over my head as a teen / 20 something. It took a while for me to "click" with it. But when I did, oh boy...
	🎸 ♥ 9:05pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: YESSS 🗣️💥
	9:05pm Imaginos: ↳ red_door_what_for in ypsilanti @9:04 I have to fast for bloodwork or I'd ha me a Zak Cola and some crunch fries
	9:05pm GorillaFella: Tales from the crypt! Simpsons! Two of my all time favorites :D
	9:06pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @9:03 Already appreciating
	🎸 ♥ 9:06pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:05 That sounds great! Get me some, too!
	🎸 ♥ 9:06pm Arvo Zylo: Aw man, I just remembered this record where people are acting like sports broadcasting commentators over classical music. www.discogs.com...
	🎸 ♥ 9:07pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: Radio killed the TV star! 💥📺💥📻
	9:07pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:06 Not the burger though. I hear that they come in plastic packs that rub off and double the nutritional value
	🎸 ♥ 9:07pm Krys O.: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:06 Peter Shickele! He was so funny as P.D.Q. Bach.
	9:08pm GorillaFella: @Arvo Zylo this sounds awesome, saving for later! Loved your selections last week btw :)
	9:08pm laurapanic: this is gonna be fun fun fun
	🎸 ♥ 9:09pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Krys O. @9:07 I have not thought of that record in at least 15 years! I laughed my ass off when I first found it in the thrift store. Probably had a couple brews then too...
	🎸 ♥ 9:09pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ GorillaFella @9:08 Hello! And Thank you!
	9:09pm Imaginos: K-Tel records had a lot of good selection
	♥ 9:11pm Aitch: lerk
	♥ 9:11pm wormington hermit: i'm lurking
	♥ 9:11pm Aitch: werk and lerk
	🎸 ♥ 9:12pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: ↳ Imaginos @9:05 Cheers to the imagination of the taste 🥂
	9:12pm laurapanic: ↳ Aitch @9:11 needs to be a tshirt
	🎸 ♥ 9:12pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Star Drek" by "Bobby Pickett & Peter Ferrara" Yes, THAT Bobby Pickett. I had heard he did non-Monster songs, but it took me a while to find one.
	9:12pm Kat on the app: Yeah fine I’m lurking too
	♥ 9:12pm David Shortell: ↳ Song: "Insert Here / Channel 85 Sign-On" by "Proctor & B... This was a year or so after Phil Proctor played Edith's nephew on "All in the Family".
	9:12pm Imaginos: Johnny Standley Its In a book is a fun listen
	🎸 ♥ 9:12pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Kat on the app @9:12 Hi Kat!
	🎸 ♥ 9:12pm Austin Rich: ↳ Kat on the app @9:12 Ahhhhh. It's always a treak when Kat can join us.
	🎸 ♥ 9:13pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: May the Schwartz be with you all 🖖
	🎸 ♥ 9:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ David Shortell @9:12 I do like that it's a record from 1973, and it is about the future dominance of credit cards, cable TV, that kids would figure out how to hack it, the future ubiquity of marijuana use, and... so much more...
	9:14pm Kat on the app: Hiya! Won’t be able to sign in or chat much, but I’m listening! Wow I haven’t heard this since Demento days.
	🎸 ♥ 9:14pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ red_door_what_for in ypsilanti @9:13 I remember I made tape loops from the Spaceballs soundtrack almost 20 years ago...
	🎸 ♥ 9:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:12 I'll have to check that out.
	🎸 ♥ 9:15pm Krys O.: ↳ David Shortell @9:12 I remember recognizing Phil on All in the Family.
	♥ 9:15pm Hunterian: It's Captain Jerk at the werk and lerk party—we're well under way
	🎸 ♥ 9:15pm Austin Rich: Aside from the Repo Man soundtrack, so far, these are all Thrift Scores. There's often a large supply of comedy and comedy adjacent records in Thrift Stores.
	9:16pm Mr. X: I guess this is kind of like episode 2 1/2 of the Demento Dimension?
	🎸 ♥ 9:16pm Arvo Zylo: Guys like us we had it made...
	🎸 ♥ 9:16pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:14 lmao!! sounds fire i bet the people would love to hear if you stil have it
	🎸 ♥ 9:16pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:16 Sort of. This one ended up being pulled mostly from my records... with some treats here and there...
	🎸 ♥ 9:17pm Arvo Zylo: I enjoyed the All In The Family record. I think I bought that one at a record store for $2.
	🎸 ♥ 9:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Chewie the Rookie Wookie" by "The Rebel Force Band" A gift from my old roommate, who found this at a Thrift Store, before the prequels were released, and before the interest in Star Wars made this a valuable record.
	9:18pm Imaginos: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:17 Was that the one with A Station Wagon Filled With Nuns?
	🎸 ♥ 9:18pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Chewie the Rookie Wookie" by "The Rebel Force Band" The story here: these guys walked out of seeing Star Wars in 1977, went home, wrote this album, and released it later in 1977. It's WILD. There's a Disco Star Wars tune that closes side B.
	🎸 ♥ 9:19pm Arvo Zylo: Fun fact: I have never seen any Star Wars movie in its entirety, but I was a bartender for George Lucas' wedding reception, and Prince did a surprise performance with a 23 piece band. I served drinks to Harrison Ford and Robin Williams, and honestly some other famous people I was told about but didn't recognize.
	🎸 ♥ 9:19pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Gimme A Smoke" by "Bob & Doug McKenzie" One of my all-time favorite albums, hands down. This album cracks me up ENDLESSLY.
	9:19pm laurapanic: ↳ Austin Rich @9:18 IP laws were far less sophisticated then....
	9:20pm laurapanic: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:19 how does one surprise anyone with a 23pc band! But wow!!!
	🎸 ♥ 9:20pm Austin Rich: "So We're Not Morons!" I think about that line all the time.
	♥ 9:20pm David Shortell: ↳ Austin Rich @9:19 I haven't seen "Strange Brew" in about 40 years.
	🎸 ♥ 9:20pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Imaginos @9:18 I can't say I remember specifics! I just remember I enjoyed it. I had to purge my record collection a couple times since then, sadly.
	🎸 ♥ 9:20pm Austin Rich: ↳ David Shortell @9:20 I love that movie, but I will admit that it is not for everyone.
	🎸 ♥ 9:21pm Arvo Zylo: I had a few copies of the Cheech & Chong record from thrift stores, but never got a copy that had a huge rolling paper that came with it.
	🎸 ♥ 9:21pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" by "Tex Wi... I used to sing this at Karaoke when I ran Karaoke for Chopsticks III in PDX. I would occasionally change the lyrics to fit my mood.
	🎸 ♥ 9:22pm Krys O.: Gotta head off to the land of Nod. G'night, all!
	🎸 ♥ 9:22pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:21 I am always glad when I quit smoking, always feel like I escaped a monster.
	🎸 ♥ 9:22pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:22 Sleep well Krys O! See ya next time.
	9:22pm Imaginos: ↳ Krys O. @9:22 Sleep well
	🎸 ♥ 9:22pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:22 I stopped smoking cigarettes over 10 years ago, and I still think about smoking ALL THE TIME.
	🎸 ♥ 9:23pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Krys O. @9:22 G'night!
	🎸 ♥ 9:23pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:22 I wasn't sure, but I thought you said you were smoking and drinking the other day, maybe that was the ol' wacky tobacky!
	♥ 9:23pm Hunterian: ↳ Krys O. @9:22 Dobranoc!
	🎸 ♥ 9:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Commercial: Pootwaddle Cigarettes" by "Spike Jones" Can't do a comedy show without Spike Jones!
	9:24pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:24 He's great
	🎸 ♥ 9:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:23 I still drink, and I do live in the Mid-Valley, so...
	9:24pm Kat on the app: Did you eliminate St. Peter from the lyrics because Christianity is Stupid?
	♥ 9:24pm Hunterian: ↳ Austin Rich @9:22 I hear that
	🎸 ♥ 9:25pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:24 I first discovered Spike Jones in a Dick Tracy comic as a kid! Wish I had heard his music then.
	9:25pm GorillaFella: Honoring two great kings tonight! (DrinKing and SmoKing) 🍻🌿🔥🌬️
	9:25pm Mr. X: I've never smoked tobacco, but I was influenced by J. D. Salinger to use cigarettes as a prop frequently in my writings.
	🎸 ♥ 9:25pm Austin Rich: ↳ Kat on the app @9:24 Yeah. I don't believe in that stuff. Plus I like wakes better.
	🎸 ♥ 9:25pm Austin Rich: "They got a special section for me on airplanes now."
	🎸 ♥ 9:25pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: ↳ Song: "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" by "Tex Wi... freaking excellent 🤘🤘
	🎸 ♥ 9:26pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Song: "Smoking" by "Steve Martin" Steve Martin's "Born Standing Up" book is recommended. I always consider comedy as an art even though I think most comedians are douchebags.
	🎸 ♥ 9:27pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:26 Martin sort of elevated the craft in SOOOOO many ways.
	🎸 ♥ 9:27pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: ↳ GorillaFella @9:25 Cheers brother 👑👑🍻🌴
	🎸 ♥ 9:28pm Austin Rich: Buying products while you watch cable... in 1973. These guys were ahead of their time.
	🎸 ♥ 9:29pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ laurapanic @9:20 It was totally mum. No cameras. We did not even know he was coming until we set up the bar.
	9:29pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:28 Do you remember the old 900 numbers that told horror stories?
	🎸 ♥ 9:29pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Bright College Days" by "Tom Lehrer" You can't do a comedy show without Tom Lehrer, either. At one point I used to know almost all his songs by heart. These days... my mind is a little soggy. But I had a High School Chemistry professor who would pinch jokes from Tom Lehrer, and then after class, would sing Tom Lehrer songs to us. He was great.
	🎸 ♥ 9:29pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:29 Not offhand, but there were lots of 900 numbers back in the day.
	🎸 ♥ 9:30pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ laurapanic @9:20 The wedding reception was in a huge tent lined with purple velvet.
	🎸 ♥ 9:30pm Austin Rich: "Beer & Benzedrine." This was before my time; what was that?
	🎸 ♥ 9:30pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: ↳ Song: "Bright College Days" by "Tom Lehrer" Some things never change 💀💀💀
	♥ 9:32pm Hunterian: ↳ Austin Rich @9:30 a.k.a. speedball
	9:32pm laurapanic: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:30 the signs were there......
	🎸 ♥ 9:36pm Arvo Zylo: I was thinking about Flip Wilson yesterday. Another thrift find. So many comedy records that I don't remember details about but did own. Lots of drinking and lascivious ladies on comedy records I used to have, but no recollection.
	🎸 ♥ 9:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:36 Flip will make an appearance later!
	♥ 9:37pm David Shortell: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:25 Chester Gould drew him?
	9:38pm laurapanic: Seems he goes home and shoots people....he says times have changed.....oh if onlyhe knew what gun death in the US would look likein 2025
	9:38pm GorillaFella: Honestly love when you go over time both on here and on dimestore radio, nice privilege of not having a show after you, just more fun for everyone :)
	🎸 ♥ 9:38pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Closed Donut Shop (Live In Eugene, OR)" by "Mini-... This is a recording of the live set I played the time I got to open for Blevin Blectum and Negativland.
	9:38pm Imaginos: For Austin youtu.be...
	🎸 ♥ 9:39pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @9:38 Yeah, times have not changed...
	9:39pm Imaginos: Simon the Sensible Surfer by Bobby Picket
	🎸 ♥ 9:40pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:39 Oh right! I haven't heard that in ages!
	9:40pm laurapanic: ↳ GorillaFella @9:38 Transmissions from Echo Beach did it last week , Derek played a 36min track after finishin' time, and we all had a delightful time ,
	🎸 ♥ 9:40pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: ↳ Song: "Closed Donut Shop (Live In Eugene, OR)" by "Mini-... Sooooo locked in for this 🛋️👂🔥
	9:40pm laurapanic: ↳ Song: "Closed Donut Shop (Live In Eugene, OR)" by "Mini-... here for it!
	🎸 ♥ 9:40pm Austin Rich: That's Orson Welles, criticizing the police, mixed with some samples from LA Confidential.
	9:40pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:40 Found the title on Discogs
	🎸 ♥ 9:41pm Austin Rich: I think there's some Clash of The Titans in there, too. The original.
	♥ 9:42pm David Shortell: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:36 I saw Flip in a Carol Burnett Show rerun that predated his own program. He played his Geraldine character in a "Mission: Impossible" spoof. When the cast of the real show walked onstage, he asked Greg Morris on a date.
	9:43pm GorillaFella: @laurapanic ohh that's awesome might have to go back in the archive and check that out!
	🎸 ♥ 9:43pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ David Shortell @9:37 I can't say who drew him in the '40s, but I'm speaking of the Spike Jones character that came about in paperback form around the time that the Warren Beatty Dick Tracy movie came out. dicktracy.fandom.com...
	🎸 ♥ 9:43pm Austin Rich: Also sampled: "You'd Make A Great Cop" by Fugazi
	🎸 ♥ 9:44pm Austin Rich: Also Sampled: "Bad Cop, No Donut" by DFL
	🎸 ♥ 9:44pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ David Shortell @9:42 Nice! I did enjoy The Carol Burnett Show.
	🎸 ♥ 9:45pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: 🔥🔥🔥🤘🤘🤘ACAB includes Peter Griffin dressed as a sheriff for a bit
	🎸 ♥ 9:45pm Austin Rich: Also sampled: "Too Many Cops" by Major Hex. And some beats by Men's Recovery Project.
	9:46pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @9:45 Also a Short Pockets sample, if I'm not mistaken...
	9:46pm GorillaFella: @Austin Rich Austin Rich saw LA Confidential for the first time a couple years ago after watching Serpico and both completely blew my mind. Absolutely loving this mix so far btw really clever sampling 🙏
	♥ 9:46pm David Shortell: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:43 Amazing. I never knew real people were caricatured in that strip.
	🎸 ♥ 9:47pm Austin Rich: ↳ GorillaFella @9:46 Serpico is great! I need to re-watch that, it has been a while.
	🎸 ♥ 9:47pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: Closure of donut shops could take down the entire local precinct
	🎸 ♥ 9:48pm Arvo Zylo: I used to work night shift at a donut shop, it never closed...
	🎸 ♥ 9:48pm Austin Rich: Those were some Max Headroom samples. And there's some Dragnet samples, too.
	🎸 ♥ 9:49pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:46 I think that was the 1164's, but you'd have to confer with the creator to be sure.
	9:49pm Mr. X: My brother and I once had a comedy routine about Dragnet, which we performed for our parents.
	9:49pm Kat on the app: Make those donuts with extra grease
	🎸 ♥ 9:50pm Austin Rich: These closing samples are from The Wire and from Clash of The Titans.
	🎸 ♥ 9:50pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: ↳ Mr. X @9:49 Heehee! I bet that was hilarious
	9:50pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:48 My favorite Max Headroom music was the elevator battle theme from the British telefilm
	9:51pm Kat on the app: I like this a lot
	9:51pm ?: I used to work at Taco Bell and I had a "special surprise" for the cops that came in...
	🎸 ♥ 9:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:50 That bit is VERY good. That Ultravox music is so good.
	🎸 ♥ 9:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ @9:51 Thank you for your efforts!
	9:52pm Imaginos: Getting sleepy and I am getting up early
	🎸 ♥ 9:52pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:52 I understand. Get that sleep! You need it!
	9:52pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:52 Thank you
	🎸 ♥ 9:53pm Austin Rich: "I was partial to tragedy in my youth..."
	🎸 ♥ 9:53pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: "What if courage and imagination were to become everyday mortal qualities.... i was partial to tragedy in my youth...."🔥
	🎸 ♥ 9:53pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: ↳ Imaginos @9:52 Sweet dreams Imaginos ✨✨
	🎸 ♥ 9:54pm Austin Rich: The train is live. That's the train that was running behind the bar. Someone left the door open!
	🎸 ♥ 9:55pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: 🚂💥We stan the train, and rail transport💥
	🎸 ♥ 9:56pm Austin Rich: ↳ red_door_what_for in ypsilanti @9:55 I'm a big fan of trains! My dad worked for Southern Pacific Railroad for YEARS.
	9:56pm GorillaFella: @Austin Rich so cool! I thought it was part of the performance like the train noises at the end of that episode you did a few weeks ago
	🎸 ♥ 9:57pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: ↳ Austin Rich @9:56 Respect!! Was he an engineer?
	🎸 ♥ 9:57pm Austin Rich: ↳ GorillaFella @9:56 People at the show thought I recorded it. I had to point out that I had started to unplug already!
	🎸 ♥ 9:57pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:56 Did you ever hear the series of records that document locomotives before they were extinct? There was a particular series called "Trains In Trouble" that had recordings of dying locomotives. It was excellent. I miss those records.
	🎸 ♥ 9:57pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: ↳ GorillaFella @9:56 Like Pet Sounds!
	🎸 ♥ 9:57pm Austin Rich: ↳ red_door_what_for in ypsilanti @9:57 No, just a manual laborer. He would repair rails that were broken, or clean up derailments.
	🎸 ♥ 9:58pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:57 I have a bunch! I love records with train recordings. I've been meaning to do a show where I play them all.
	🎸 ♥ 9:59pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: ↳ Austin Rich @9:57 I respect that a lot man, trains are the foundation of this country and I hope they make a comeback in a good way. I also asked because I'm partial to the striped engineer outfit heehee
	🎸 ♥ 9:59pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:58 I would tune in to that one! This was my favorite: www.discogs.com...
	🎸 ♥ 9:59pm Austin Rich: Any LP with sound FX, field recordings, recordings of student demonstrations... I could listen to that stuff for HOURS.
	🎸 ♥ 10:00pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:59 I don't have that specific one, but I have a few of the other ones. I would love to find more.
	🎸 ♥ 10:01pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Song: "The Touchables" by "Dickie Goodman" I was trying to remember Buchanan and Goodman, I had a handful of those singles! Fun stuff.
	10:01pm Mr. X: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:59 New travel goals: Evercreech and Shepton Mallet.
	🎸 ♥ 10:02pm Austin Rich: Even if the "plot" of a Firesign / Procter & Bergman album is abstract at best, I REALLY love their wordplay. It might be why I like good puns and that kind of stuff.
	🎸 ♥ 10:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:01 Probably some of the earliest sampling done by any artist.
	🎸 ♥ 10:02pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:00 The "Trains In Trouble" series is literally locomotives that are DYING. IT SOUNDS AWESOME.
	🎸 ♥ 10:03pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "King's Lead Hat" by "Brian Eno (feat. Austin Rich)" EVERYONE SING ALONG!
	🎸 ♥ 10:04pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "King's Lead Hat" by "Brian Eno (feat. Austin Rich)" I recorded this for a Big City Orchestra project, full of eno covers. But this sort of fits for this show...
	10:04pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:03 I didn't have a hymnal in my pew.
	10:05pm Kat on the app: This song never fails to make me happy
	🎸 ♥ 10:05pm Austin Rich: ↳ Kat on the app @10:05 This song rules so hard!
	🎸 ♥ 10:05pm Arvo Zylo: I have a Nixon mask... does that help?
	🎸 ♥ 10:05pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: ↳ Song: "King's Lead Hat" by "Brian Eno (feat. Austin Rich)" 🗣️🔥LETS GO A.R.
	🎸 ♥ 10:05pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:05 Whatever gets you dancing.
	10:06pm GorillaFella: This helped me find my monkey mask, thanks Austin!
	🎸 ♥ 10:06pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: we are busting moves 🕺🕺🕺
	10:07pm ?: I am dancing to the karaoke and rubbing pizza on my nipples
	🎸 ♥ 10:09pm Arvo Zylo: I used to sing "It's Not Unusual" by Tom Jones, but I would yell it a bit like Tom Waits mixed with Gilbert Godfried...
	10:09pm Kat on the app: Omg what a job
	🎸 ♥ 10:09pm Heather Z: Ahhh so loving this show and this karaoke story!! Had some tech issues here but now I'm sorted and at FULL VOLUME yeahhhh!!
	🎸 ♥ 10:10pm Arvo Zylo: They would turn off my mic when I did karaoke
	🎸 ♥ 10:10pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Heather Z @10:09 Hi Heather!
	10:10pm Kat on the app: LOL did you sing Total Eclipse of the Heart as Nick Cave?
	🎸 ♥ 10:11pm Heather Z: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:10 Hi Arvo!!
	🎸 ♥ 10:12pm Arvo Zylo: Bonnie Tyler had that voice as a result of an injury that required surgery, so that is how she got that low register. Kinda fascinating that it was a hit.
	🎸 ♥ 10:13pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: ↳ Kat on the app @10:09 fr marathon karaoke legend Austin Rich 🔥
	🎸 ♥ 10:14pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:09 oh heck yeah, im always trying to do the Carlton Dance to that one hhehe🕺
	🎸 ♥ 10:14pm Heather Z: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:12 Have you seen the Literal Music Video for Total Eclipse of the Heart? It's a treat and a treasure!
	🎸 ♥ 10:15pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Heather Z @10:14 I do not recall, but I should!
	🎸 ♥ 10:15pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: agreed about pranks, no need to be cruel keep it tasteful 🃏
	🎸 ♥ 10:16pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Cable TV" by ""Weird Al" Yankovic" One of my all time favorite albums, probably for the most years running. I got this as a kid, and I STILL listen to it now.
	🎸 ♥ 10:16pm Austin Rich: I love the backing singers...
	🎸 ♥ 10:17pm Heather Z: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:15 Sent ya a link!
	🎸 ♥ 10:17pm Heather Z: ↳ Heather Z @10:17 For after MVM, that is!
	🎸 ♥ 10:17pm Arvo Zylo: There was an April Fools show I did where I pretended to be a DJ on a classical radio station. Other than that, I think when I was in 7th grade, my friend and I called my father and said that I was in jail, and my father didn't believe it... that was about the extent of it for me.
	🎸 ♥ 10:17pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @10:16 Weird Al has such a great back up band!!
	🎸 ♥ 10:18pm Austin Rich: I would love to see Al Live again. I know Heather did recently, and I fear that might have been his last tour. I saw him twice in the 90's, and he was FANTASTIC.
	🎸 ♥ 10:18pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Heather Z @10:17 I guess I'll just say it, Leslie Keffer and I did a 2x lathe set based on the song "Total Eclipse of The Heart", and it is called "Total Apocalypse of The Heart". It was limited to 12 copies. Austin has one, so perhaps he will play it on air some day...
	🎸 ♥ 10:19pm Austin Rich: This album made me aware of Porkys, and made me want to see it, not knowing anything about it. I was ultimately disappointed when that dream was realized...
	🎸 ♥ 10:19pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Song: "Cable TV" by ""Weird Al" Yankovic" I saw Porky's when I was like 5 years old late at night on HBO or whatever. For good or ill.
	10:20pm Mr. X: The dad of one of my high school friends worked for Warner Cable. He was working on a project to develop two-way cable tv, but this was in the 70s, so anything interactive over cable was still a long way off.
	10:20pm Kat on the app: Flip!
	🎸 ♥ 10:20pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Side B (excerpt)" by "Flip Wilson" Pulling records for this show, I realized how many comedy records had routines about Pot on them. I might do a follow-up show about all the comedy routines I found about the devils lettuce...
	🎸 ♥ 10:20pm Austin Rich: ↳ Kat on the app @10:20 I have WAY MORE Flip Wilson records than I realized! I might have to do a show dedicated to him.
	🎸 ♥ 10:22pm Austin Rich: Flips routines are so much more like traditional "jokes," in terms of structure. The exception: when he tells stories about getting high at parties. They tend to wander...
	🎸 ♥ 10:22pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: ↳ Austin Rich @10:20 It is April, after all...
	10:22pm Kat on the app: There are lots of good future show ideas in tonight’s chat!
	🎸 ♥ 10:23pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @10:18 I saw the Vanity tour a few years back and it was fantastic. I got to see the full costumes and everything tour in KY, jeesh, maybe a decade ago? Also tremendous! I think he's on tour now, too? Or soon, maybe this summer?
	🎸 ♥ 10:23pm Heather Z: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:18 Omg I hope he does play it some time!!! I'd love to hear it!
	🎸 ♥ 10:23pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Side 2 (Excerpt)" by "Redd Foxx" I also have a ton of Redd Foxx records. I could do a Redd Foxx / Flip Wilson double feature...
	🎸 ♥ 10:24pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:23 It would be incomplete without Redd Foxx!
	🎸 ♥ 10:25pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:24 I think about Redd Foxx routines FAR too often.
	🎸 ♥ 10:26pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:18 I do plan on playing it someday. Just haven't found the right show yet.
	🎸 ♥ 10:27pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:26 I know how it goes, the lathe set is sold out so... I don't care when you play it, but if you do play it, that will likely be the only way that more than 12 people will hear it, because it is not available digitally.
	10:27pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Wild Thing" by "The Hardly-Worthit Players" Hilarious! I've never run across this before.
	🎸 ♥ 10:27pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Wild Thing" by "The Hardly-Worthit Players" I love this cover. I find it WAY too funny. When I first moved to PDX, and didn't know anyone, I would go to The Matador bar with the one person I did know - Cheryl - and there was a DJ that would regularly play this record, in spite of the complaints he would get from other customers. I loved watching him earn the ire of patrons...
	🎸 ♥ 10:28pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:27 They did a lot of comedy, mostly doing impressions while singing pop hits. I stand by almost everything The Hardly-Worthit Players did. It's goofy in the best way...
	🎸 ♥ 10:29pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:27 I liked to play Karen Finley to get the ire of people when I DJed a club. I used to have "freeform nights" at bars, so...
	🎸 ♥ 10:30pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:29 I met a gal named Karen Finley, who owns a bookstore in the bay area, and I got very excited, until she told me that everyone assumes she is THAT Karen Finley, and she isn't.
	🎸 ♥ 10:30pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Bring Us Together / Nasi Goring" by "Proctor & Be... I will listen to any song written by a Gorilla who goes by the name of an asian food dish...
	🎸 ♥ 10:31pm GorillaFella: ↳ Song: "Bring Us Together / Nasi Goring" by "Proctor & Be... Gorilla mentioned!! 🦍🦍🦍
	🎸 ♥ 10:31pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Bring Us Together / Nasi Goring" by "Proctor & Be... Talk about an earworm! I usually get this song stuck in my head for a VERY long time after I heard it.
	🎸 ♥ 10:32pm Austin Rich: ↳ GorillaFella @10:31 I love anything monkey or gorilla or ape related. They are the best. Bonobos, you name it!
	🎸 ♥ 10:33pm Arvo Zylo: "Fish Heads" by Barnes & Barnes is a pretty serious earworm zone FYI....
	10:33pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:32 What was that chimpanzee tv band called? Ever played anything by them?
	🎸 ♥ 10:33pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Dueling Brandos" by "Don Pardo, Peter Boyle & Joh... I'm a sucker for the early days of SNL. I will watch any old skit, even the bad ones...
	🎸 ♥ 10:34pm Heather Z: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:33 Oh no, now I've got Fishheads stuck in my (fish)head!
	🎸 ♥ 10:34pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:33 Lancelot Link & The Evolution Revolution? I don't think I've played anything that I know of...
	🎸 ♥ 10:35pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Money Program" by "Monty Python" I used to have large sections of many Monty Python records memorized. I was that guy as a late teen / early 20 something...
	🎸 ♥ 10:35pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:34 I was going to bring up Lancelot Link... en.wikipedia.org...
	🎸 ♥ 10:35pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @10:34 The rest of the show is Fish Head Free.
	10:36pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:34 Yes, that's them! They weren't very good, and the animal exploitation is cringe-worthy.
	🎸 ♥ 10:36pm Arvo Zylo: Eat them up, yum
	🎸 ♥ 10:36pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @10:35 I bet I'll pick up something to dislodge it very soon!
	🎸 ♥ 10:36pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Our Lady Of The Torch / Emergency Alert [Excerpt ... There's even a run of car puns, just like in Max Headroom. Kids hacking TV signals... this is the precursor to cyberpunk...
	🎸 ♥ 10:37pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:33 There was recently a movie about the first night of SNL called "Saturday Night". It was meh but maybe worth noting.
	🎸 ♥ 10:38pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:37 I'll have to give it a throw. It might not be good, but I might enjoy some part of it.
	🎸 ♥ 10:38pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Big And Stupid" by "Julie Brown" I think about this song ALL THE TIME. Far too often, anyway...
	🎸 ♥ 10:38pm Heather Z: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:37 So, last time you mentioned this, I believe I said it was meh. But I've been working on a new project and, awesomely, the movie is really becoming way important and impressive to me!
	🎸 ♥ 10:38pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:36 I am reminded of the movie "Hackers" where Angelina Jolie uses a tape recording of coins falling into a payphone slot so as to trick the payphone into thinking that she paid for the call...
	🎸 ♥ 10:40pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:38 Marla is a big fan of that movie. We own it on BluRay, DVD, VHS, and Laserdisc. She has seen it so much, she can tell you every line. It's not a bad movie, but some of the characters are... very annoying, and remind me of myself in those days.
	🎸 ♥ 10:40pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Heather Z @10:38 Interesting! I didn't hate the movie.
	🎸 ♥ 10:43pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Emergency Alert [Excerpt 2] / Emerging Fall Of Th... This is when the references and wordplay gets so thick, that it takes a few listens to really make sense of it. I swear, this album is even better a second and third time through...
	🎸 ♥ 10:44pm Heather Z: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:40 The friend who watched it with me and I were shrugging at first but, as we get into the new project, we now think we need to watch it again, even. Very fun! Everyone knows I'm not a movie person so it's got to be something for me to think on a rewatch.
	10:44pm laurapanic: ↳ Song: "Civilization" by "Austin Rich" toe tappin' joy!
	🎸 ♥ 10:45pm Heather Z: Hey this is a bop!!!
	🎸 ♥ 10:46pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Civilization" by "Austin Rich" This is one of my all-time favorite songs. I've always wanted to sing it.
	10:46pm Mr. X: "in stereo!"
	🎸 ♥ 10:46pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: Keepin It Real Mr. Rich🔥🔥🔥
	🎸 ♥ 10:47pm Arvo Zylo: Austin, you would like this album if you can find the CD. youtu.be...
	🎸 ♥ 10:47pm Heather Z: Heck yeah that was awesome!!!
	🎸 ♥ 10:47pm Austin Rich: Well, The Andrews Sisters and Danny Kaye will always do it better. But I had fun...
	🎸 ♥ 10:47pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:47 I'll have to check that out!
	🎸 ♥ 10:48pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:47 It is a woman singing kinda vulgar over swing music.
	🎸 ♥ 10:49pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Commercials [Excerpts]" by "George Carlin" I spent HOURS listening to George Carlin albums as a teen. I used to know EVERY routine he did. He was probably my first favorite comedian.
	🎸 ♥ 10:50pm Austin Rich: On no! I'm going over! How did that happen...?
	🎸 ♥ 10:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Son of No Respect (Excerpt)" by "Rodney Dangerfield" You can't do a show without Rodney. Not everything he did has held up, but a shocking amount for an old white comedian still holds up.
	🎸 ♥ 10:52pm Austin Rich: "He's on drums, among other things..."
	10:55pm Kat on the app: Thank you Austin!
	10:56pm ChristinaInCanada: Thank you, Austin!
	🎸 ♥ 10:57pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:51 I don't know anyone better than him at one-liners.
	🎸 ♥ 10:57pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: 😁😁thanks for making us chuckle and tee hee 🃏🃏
	🎸 ♥ 10:57pm Heather Z: This show has been just what I needed tonight!! Thanks so much, Austin!! Hope everyone has a great rest of their day or night!!
	🎸 ♥ 10:57pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Heather Z @10:57 Have a good night!
	🎸 ♥ 10:58pm Heather Z: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:57 You too!! 😊
	🎸 ♥ 10:58pm Arvo Zylo: Rodney Dangerfield did a rap record....
	🎸 ♥ 10:59pm Arvo Zylo: You can save me from listening to ZZ TOP
	11:00pm Mr. X: Fun show, Austin! I needed a laugh or two.
	11:00pm GorillaFella: Very fun show today!
	11:01pm ?: I am wearing a monkey mask and bbq sauce and a smile
	🎸 ♥ 11:01pm Austin Rich: I do like making fun shows! Maybe I'll do another comedy show soon...
	🎸 ♥ 11:02pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: cheers and big ups to the digital salon and after-party 🥂🛋️✨🎶 wish you all the best!
	🎸 ♥ 11:02pm Heather Z: ↳ red_door_what_for in ypsilanti @11:02 Absolutely the same to you, too! 🥳
	🎸 ♥ 11:03pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Sister Boogie Woman" by "Lily Tomlin" I want to be on her beam! Help me, Sister Boogie Woman!
	🎸 ♥ 11:03pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Song: "Sister Boogie Woman" by "Lily Tomlin" I probably would have never thought of Lily Tomlin again if you hadn't played it. I used to have her first LP. www.discogs.com...
	🎸 ♥ 11:04pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @11:03 I almost played that one! There is a VERY attractive photo of Lily from 1971 on the back of that record that is magnificent.
	🎸 ♥ 11:05pm Austin Rich: I decided to cut the "Chipmunk Punk" tune. Sorry!
	🎸 ♥ 11:05pm Austin Rich: ↳ @11:01 That's the only way to live!
	🎸 ♥ 11:05pm Austin Rich: Thanks everyone for the support, particularly Heather Z, red_door, and Arvo! Ya'll are the best. Thanks for hangin' out!
	🎸 ♥ 11:06pm WR: Thank you! Austin! Laters folks.
	🎸 ♥ 11:06pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @11:05 That record is pretty good slowed down, it's on youtube...
	🎸 ♥ 11:06pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ WR @11:06 Hello!
	🎸 ♥ 11:06pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Sister Boogie Woman" by "Lily Tomlin" This is how she ends this album. With this Sister Boogie Routine...
	🎸 ♥ 11:06pm Austin Rich: ↳ WR @11:06 Thanks WR!
	🎸 ♥ 11:07pm Austin Rich: (The whole album has a theme of a hitchhiker that she has picked up, and is asking her questions while they listen to the radio.)
	🎸 ♥ 11:07pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @11:05 I'm always so glad to be tuned in!!
	🎸 ♥ 11:09pm Austin Rich: Lily was one of the few women who was pro-marijuana in the 70's, since a lot of women were worried that supporting pot would ruin their careers...
	🎸 ♥ 11:12pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: Sweet dreams all ✨✨🌛 It's been a laugh and a half 😁
	🎸 ♥ 11:12pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: ↳ Austin Rich @11:09 🤘Inspirational
	🎸 ♥ 11:12pm Austin Rich: I love all of you more than you know. Thanks for the support!

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from April 1, 2025

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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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April 1, 2025: TV or Not TV! (Is That The Jest, Then?: A Holiday Special)

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Approx. start time
Hour 1 "Hour 1"
Nothin' Better To Do "Nothin' Better To Do"
Proctor & Bergman	Insert Here / Channel 85 Sign-On	TV or Not TV	Columbia Records	1973	0:00:15 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Black Flag (featuring Austin Rich)	TV Party	Repo Man (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	MCA	1984	0:02:43 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Meco	Star Wars "Star Wars" by "Meco"	Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk	Millennium	1977	0:06:30 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Dismantled Smoke Detectors "Dismantled Smoke Detectors"
Bobby Pickett & Peter Ferrara	Star Drek	Dr. Demento's Dementia Royale	Rhino	1980	0:11:42 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Rebel Force Band	Chewie the Rookie Wookie	Living In These Star Wars	Bonwhit Records	1977	0:16:38 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Bob & Doug McKenzie	Gimme A Smoke	Great White North	Mercury	1981	0:18:44 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Tex Williams (feat. Austin Rich)	Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)	Today's Broadcast	Mid-Valley Mutations	2025	0:20:44 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Spike Jones	Commercial: Pootwaddle Cigarettes	Spike Jones	M.F. Distribution Co., Inc.	1977	0:23:35 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Steve Martin	Smoking "Smoking" by "Steve Martin"	Let's Get Small	Warner Brothers	1977	0:24:55 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Proctor & Bergman	The Channel 85 Story	TV or Not TV	Columbia Records	1973	0:27:10 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Tom Lehrer	Bright College Days "Bright College Days" by "Tom Lehrer"	An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer	Reprise Records	1959	0:28:10 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Meco	Other Galactic Funk "Other Galactic Funk" by "Meco"	Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk	Millennium	1977	0:31:15 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Does Anyone Smell Bacon? "Does Anyone Smell Bacon?"
Proctor & Bergman	Police Lineup "Police Lineup" by "Proctor & Bergman"	TV or Not TV	Columbia Records	1973	0:36:43 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Mini-Mutations	Closed Donut Shop (Live In Eugene, OR)	21 September 2021	Unreleased	2021	0:37:46 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Proctor & Bergman	Salute My Boots	TV or Not TV	Columbia Records	1973	0:54:48 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Dickie Goodman	The Touchables "The Touchables" by "Dickie Goodman"	The Original Flying Saucers	IX Chains Records	1973	0:56:44 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Proctor & Bergman	Communist Love Song	TV or Not TV	Columbia Records	1973	0:58:46 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Brian Eno (feat. Austin Rich)	King's Lead Hat	Today's Broadcast	Mid-Valley Mutations	2025	1:02:44 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Men's Recovery Project	Bottomless Pit	Thank You For Killing Me EP	Paralogy Records	1997	1:06:33 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Hour 2 "Hour 2"
Escaping From The Declining Fall Of The Roaming Umpire
Proctor & Bergman	Channel 85 Reply [Excerpt 1]	TV or Not TV	Columbia Records	1973	1:15:23 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
"Weird Al" Yankovic	Cable TV "Cable TV" by ""Weird Al" Yankovic"	Dare To Be Stupid	Scotti Bros.	1985	1:15:46 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Flip Wilson	Side B (excerpt) "Side B (excerpt)" by "Flip Wilson"	Flip Wilson's Pot Luck	Scepter Records	1964	1:19:15 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Proctor & Bergman	Channel 85 Reply [Excerpt 2]	TV or Not TV	Columbia Records	1973	1:22:17 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Redd Foxx	Side 2 (Excerpt) "Side 2 (Excerpt)" by "Redd Foxx"	The Best Of Redd Foxx	MF Records	1972	1:23:22 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Proctor & Bergman	The Pills Brothers On Drugs	TV or Not TV	Columbia Records	1973	1:24:45 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Hardly-Worthit Players	Wild Thing	Boston Soul	Parkway Records	1967	1:25:43 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Proctor & Bergman	Bring Us Together / Nasi Goring	TV or Not TV	Columbia Records	1973	1:28:21 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Don Pardo, Peter Boyle & John Belushii	Dueling Brandos	NBC's Saturday Night Live	Arista Records	1976	1:31:44 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Proctor & Bergman	Cirque Internationale [Excerpt]	TV or Not TV	Columbia Records	1973	1:33:34 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Monty Python	Money Program "Money Program" by "Monty Python"	Monty Python’s Previous Record	Charisma Records	1972	1:33:58 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Proctor & Bergman	Our Lady Of The Torch / Emergency Alert [Excerpt 1]	TV or Not TV	Columbia Records	1973	1:35:53 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Julie Brown	Big And Stupid "Big And Stupid" by "Julie Brown"	Goddess in Progress	Rhino Records	1984	1:37:44 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Proctor & Bergman	Emergency Alert [Excerpt 2] / Emerging Fall Of The Roaming Umpire	TV or Not TV	Columbia Records	1973	1:40:24 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Austin Rich	Civilization "Civilization" by "Austin Rich"	Today's Broadcast	Mid-Valley Mutations	2025	1:44:02 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
George Carlin	Commercials [Excerpts]	Take-Offs & Put Ons	RCA	1972	1:47:04 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Proctor & Bergman	Give Up This Day	TV or Not TV	Columbia Records	1973	1:49:10 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Rodney Dangerfield	Son of No Respect (Excerpt)	No Respect	Casablanca	1980	1:50:47 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Alan Boyd	Channel Surfing (Instrumental Version)	Channel Surfing	Boyd Production Group	2004	1:54:26 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
A Product of ScrambleVision "A Product of ScrambleVision"
Lily Tomlin	Sister Boogie Woman "Sister Boogie Woman" by "Lily Tomlin"	Modern Scream	Polydor	1975	2:00:43 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Shadows In Blue	Mid-Valley Mutations Closing Theme	Mid-Valley Mutations Closing Theme	Mid-Valley Mutations	2024	2:09:14 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Proctor & Bergman	Channel 85 Sign-Off	TV or Not TV	Columbia Records	1973	2:11:10 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Shadows In Blue	Mid-Valley Mutations Closing Theme	Mid-Valley Mutations Closing Theme	Mid-Valley Mutations	2024	2:12:14 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Proctor & Bergman	Insert Here "Insert Here" by "Proctor & Bergman"	TV or Not TV	Columbia Records	1973

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Listener comments!
	🎸 ♥ 5:39pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	8:57pm Imaginos: Ahoy! The stars are shining, the way is clear, and the night promises to be fun.
	🎸 ♥ 8:57pm Krys O.: Hiya! I adore this Proctor & Bergman, heck any and all permutations of FT are aces in my book.
	🎸 ♥ 8:59pm Arvo Zylo: Hello. I am interrupting a deep ZZ TOP listening session to tune in here.
	🎸 ♥ 9:00pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @8:57 Agreed! I'm a fan of all thinks Firesign. This record is particularly special!
	🎸 ♥ 9:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @8:59 Thanks for joining us, Arvo! The ZZ will be there when we're done.
	🎸 ♥ 9:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @8:57 I do love a beautiful starry night. Thanks for taking some time out for the Digital Salon!
	🎸 ♥ 9:01pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:01 APRIL FOOLS! Or is it?
	🎸 ♥ 9:01pm Austin Rich: It's Fred Flamm!
	🎸 ♥ 9:02pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: Good hello checkin to the digital salon 🛋️✨
	🎸 ♥ 9:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ red_door_what_for in ypsilanti @9:02 red_door_what_for! Thanks for checkin' in. We have nothing special tonight...
	♥ 9:02pm Hunterian: Greetings Austin, mutants
	9:02pm GorillaFella: Helloooo Mutants!
	9:02pm Mr. X: We've got nothing better to do Than watch TV and have a couple of brews.
	🎸 ♥ 9:03pm Austin Rich: ↳ Hunterian @9:02 Hunterian is always welcome to hang out in the Digital Salon! Thank you!
	🎸 ♥ 9:03pm Arvo Zylo: Let's go do some crimes!
	🎸 ♥ 9:03pm Austin Rich: ↳ GorillaFella @9:02 The GorillaFella politely checked into the Digital Salon...
	9:03pm laurapanic: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:03 I'm in!
	🎸 ♥ 9:03pm Krys O.: My brother had FT albums. I listened as a kid, even though most of it probably went over my head at the time. Long Island radio station WLIR used to play some FT in the morning. We listened at breakfast before school.
	🎸 ♥ 9:03pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:02 Mr. X! I think you'll appreciate this one...
	🎸 ♥ 9:04pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: TV party time? Already got that good ol Family Guy slop queued up in the background fam 🤤📺
	🎸 ♥ 9:04pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @9:03 laurapanic! Now it's a party!
	🎸 ♥ 9:04pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Song: "Insert Here / Channel 85 Sign-On" by "Proctor & B... The price tag on the cover looks very much like the same price tags they had on a certain record store I know of... not in the Mid-valley of course...
	🎸 ♥ 9:04pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:03 They absolutely went over my head as a teen / 20 something. It took a while for me to "click" with it. But when I did, oh boy...
	🎸 ♥ 9:05pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: YESSS 🗣️💥
	9:05pm Imaginos: ↳ red_door_what_for in ypsilanti @9:04 I have to fast for bloodwork or I'd ha me a Zak Cola and some crunch fries
	9:05pm GorillaFella: Tales from the crypt! Simpsons! Two of my all time favorites :D
	9:06pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @9:03 Already appreciating
	🎸 ♥ 9:06pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:05 That sounds great! Get me some, too!
	🎸 ♥ 9:06pm Arvo Zylo: Aw man, I just remembered this record where people are acting like sports broadcasting commentators over classical music. www.discogs.com...
	🎸 ♥ 9:07pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: Radio killed the TV star! 💥📺💥📻
	9:07pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:06 Not the burger though. I hear that they come in plastic packs that rub off and double the nutritional value
	🎸 ♥ 9:07pm Krys O.: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:06 Peter Shickele! He was so funny as P.D.Q. Bach.
	9:08pm GorillaFella: @Arvo Zylo this sounds awesome, saving for later! Loved your selections last week btw :)
	9:08pm laurapanic: this is gonna be fun fun fun
	🎸 ♥ 9:09pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Krys O. @9:07 I have not thought of that record in at least 15 years! I laughed my ass off when I first found it in the thrift store. Probably had a couple brews then too...
	🎸 ♥ 9:09pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ GorillaFella @9:08 Hello! And Thank you!
	9:09pm Imaginos: K-Tel records had a lot of good selection
	♥ 9:11pm Aitch: lerk
	♥ 9:11pm wormington hermit: i'm lurking
	♥ 9:11pm Aitch: werk and lerk
	🎸 ♥ 9:12pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: ↳ Imaginos @9:05 Cheers to the imagination of the taste 🥂
	9:12pm laurapanic: ↳ Aitch @9:11 needs to be a tshirt
	🎸 ♥ 9:12pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Star Drek" by "Bobby Pickett & Peter Ferrara" Yes, THAT Bobby Pickett. I had heard he did non-Monster songs, but it took me a while to find one.
	9:12pm Kat on the app: Yeah fine I’m lurking too
	♥ 9:12pm David Shortell: ↳ Song: "Insert Here / Channel 85 Sign-On" by "Proctor & B... This was a year or so after Phil Proctor played Edith's nephew on "All in the Family".
	9:12pm Imaginos: Johnny Standley Its In a book is a fun listen
	🎸 ♥ 9:12pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Kat on the app @9:12 Hi Kat!
	🎸 ♥ 9:12pm Austin Rich: ↳ Kat on the app @9:12 Ahhhhh. It's always a treak when Kat can join us.
	🎸 ♥ 9:13pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: May the Schwartz be with you all 🖖
	🎸 ♥ 9:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ David Shortell @9:12 I do like that it's a record from 1973, and it is about the future dominance of credit cards, cable TV, that kids would figure out how to hack it, the future ubiquity of marijuana use, and... so much more...
	9:14pm Kat on the app: Hiya! Won’t be able to sign in or chat much, but I’m listening! Wow I haven’t heard this since Demento days.
	🎸 ♥ 9:14pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ red_door_what_for in ypsilanti @9:13 I remember I made tape loops from the Spaceballs soundtrack almost 20 years ago...
	🎸 ♥ 9:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:12 I'll have to check that out.
	🎸 ♥ 9:15pm Krys O.: ↳ David Shortell @9:12 I remember recognizing Phil on All in the Family.
	♥ 9:15pm Hunterian: It's Captain Jerk at the werk and lerk party—we're well under way
	🎸 ♥ 9:15pm Austin Rich: Aside from the Repo Man soundtrack, so far, these are all Thrift Scores. There's often a large supply of comedy and comedy adjacent records in Thrift Stores.
	9:16pm Mr. X: I guess this is kind of like episode 2 1/2 of the Demento Dimension?
	🎸 ♥ 9:16pm Arvo Zylo: Guys like us we had it made...
	🎸 ♥ 9:16pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:14 lmao!! sounds fire i bet the people would love to hear if you stil have it
	🎸 ♥ 9:16pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:16 Sort of. This one ended up being pulled mostly from my records... with some treats here and there...
	🎸 ♥ 9:17pm Arvo Zylo: I enjoyed the All In The Family record. I think I bought that one at a record store for $2.
	🎸 ♥ 9:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Chewie the Rookie Wookie" by "The Rebel Force Band" A gift from my old roommate, who found this at a Thrift Store, before the prequels were released, and before the interest in Star Wars made this a valuable record.
	9:18pm Imaginos: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:17 Was that the one with A Station Wagon Filled With Nuns?
	🎸 ♥ 9:18pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Chewie the Rookie Wookie" by "The Rebel Force Band" The story here: these guys walked out of seeing Star Wars in 1977, went home, wrote this album, and released it later in 1977. It's WILD. There's a Disco Star Wars tune that closes side B.
	🎸 ♥ 9:19pm Arvo Zylo: Fun fact: I have never seen any Star Wars movie in its entirety, but I was a bartender for George Lucas' wedding reception, and Prince did a surprise performance with a 23 piece band. I served drinks to Harrison Ford and Robin Williams, and honestly some other famous people I was told about but didn't recognize.
	🎸 ♥ 9:19pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Gimme A Smoke" by "Bob & Doug McKenzie" One of my all-time favorite albums, hands down. This album cracks me up ENDLESSLY.
	9:19pm laurapanic: ↳ Austin Rich @9:18 IP laws were far less sophisticated then....
	9:20pm laurapanic: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:19 how does one surprise anyone with a 23pc band! But wow!!!
	🎸 ♥ 9:20pm Austin Rich: "So We're Not Morons!" I think about that line all the time.
	♥ 9:20pm David Shortell: ↳ Austin Rich @9:19 I haven't seen "Strange Brew" in about 40 years.
	🎸 ♥ 9:20pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Imaginos @9:18 I can't say I remember specifics! I just remember I enjoyed it. I had to purge my record collection a couple times since then, sadly.
	🎸 ♥ 9:20pm Austin Rich: ↳ David Shortell @9:20 I love that movie, but I will admit that it is not for everyone.
	🎸 ♥ 9:21pm Arvo Zylo: I had a few copies of the Cheech & Chong record from thrift stores, but never got a copy that had a huge rolling paper that came with it.
	🎸 ♥ 9:21pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" by "Tex Wi... I used to sing this at Karaoke when I ran Karaoke for Chopsticks III in PDX. I would occasionally change the lyrics to fit my mood.
	🎸 ♥ 9:22pm Krys O.: Gotta head off to the land of Nod. G'night, all!
	🎸 ♥ 9:22pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:21 I am always glad when I quit smoking, always feel like I escaped a monster.
	🎸 ♥ 9:22pm Austin Rich: ↳ Krys O. @9:22 Sleep well Krys O! See ya next time.
	9:22pm Imaginos: ↳ Krys O. @9:22 Sleep well
	🎸 ♥ 9:22pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:22 I stopped smoking cigarettes over 10 years ago, and I still think about smoking ALL THE TIME.
	🎸 ♥ 9:23pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Krys O. @9:22 G'night!
	🎸 ♥ 9:23pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:22 I wasn't sure, but I thought you said you were smoking and drinking the other day, maybe that was the ol' wacky tobacky!
	♥ 9:23pm Hunterian: ↳ Krys O. @9:22 Dobranoc!
	🎸 ♥ 9:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Commercial: Pootwaddle Cigarettes" by "Spike Jones" Can't do a comedy show without Spike Jones!
	9:24pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:24 He's great
	🎸 ♥ 9:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:23 I still drink, and I do live in the Mid-Valley, so...
	9:24pm Kat on the app: Did you eliminate St. Peter from the lyrics because Christianity is Stupid?
	♥ 9:24pm Hunterian: ↳ Austin Rich @9:22 I hear that
	🎸 ♥ 9:25pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:24 I first discovered Spike Jones in a Dick Tracy comic as a kid! Wish I had heard his music then.
	9:25pm GorillaFella: Honoring two great kings tonight! (DrinKing and SmoKing) 🍻🌿🔥🌬️
	9:25pm Mr. X: I've never smoked tobacco, but I was influenced by J. D. Salinger to use cigarettes as a prop frequently in my writings.
	🎸 ♥ 9:25pm Austin Rich: ↳ Kat on the app @9:24 Yeah. I don't believe in that stuff. Plus I like wakes better.
	🎸 ♥ 9:25pm Austin Rich: "They got a special section for me on airplanes now."
	🎸 ♥ 9:25pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: ↳ Song: "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" by "Tex Wi... freaking excellent 🤘🤘
	🎸 ♥ 9:26pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Song: "Smoking" by "Steve Martin" Steve Martin's "Born Standing Up" book is recommended. I always consider comedy as an art even though I think most comedians are douchebags.
	🎸 ♥ 9:27pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:26 Martin sort of elevated the craft in SOOOOO many ways.
	🎸 ♥ 9:27pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: ↳ GorillaFella @9:25 Cheers brother 👑👑🍻🌴
	🎸 ♥ 9:28pm Austin Rich: Buying products while you watch cable... in 1973. These guys were ahead of their time.
	🎸 ♥ 9:29pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ laurapanic @9:20 It was totally mum. No cameras. We did not even know he was coming until we set up the bar.
	9:29pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:28 Do you remember the old 900 numbers that told horror stories?
	🎸 ♥ 9:29pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Bright College Days" by "Tom Lehrer" You can't do a comedy show without Tom Lehrer, either. At one point I used to know almost all his songs by heart. These days... my mind is a little soggy. But I had a High School Chemistry professor who would pinch jokes from Tom Lehrer, and then after class, would sing Tom Lehrer songs to us. He was great.
	🎸 ♥ 9:29pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:29 Not offhand, but there were lots of 900 numbers back in the day.
	🎸 ♥ 9:30pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ laurapanic @9:20 The wedding reception was in a huge tent lined with purple velvet.
	🎸 ♥ 9:30pm Austin Rich: "Beer & Benzedrine." This was before my time; what was that?
	🎸 ♥ 9:30pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: ↳ Song: "Bright College Days" by "Tom Lehrer" Some things never change 💀💀💀
	♥ 9:32pm Hunterian: ↳ Austin Rich @9:30 a.k.a. speedball
	9:32pm laurapanic: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:30 the signs were there......
	🎸 ♥ 9:36pm Arvo Zylo: I was thinking about Flip Wilson yesterday. Another thrift find. So many comedy records that I don't remember details about but did own. Lots of drinking and lascivious ladies on comedy records I used to have, but no recollection.
	🎸 ♥ 9:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:36 Flip will make an appearance later!
	♥ 9:37pm David Shortell: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:25 Chester Gould drew him?
	9:38pm laurapanic: Seems he goes home and shoots people....he says times have changed.....oh if onlyhe knew what gun death in the US would look likein 2025
	9:38pm GorillaFella: Honestly love when you go over time both on here and on dimestore radio, nice privilege of not having a show after you, just more fun for everyone :)
	🎸 ♥ 9:38pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Closed Donut Shop (Live In Eugene, OR)" by "Mini-... This is a recording of the live set I played the time I got to open for Blevin Blectum and Negativland.
	9:38pm Imaginos: For Austin youtu.be...
	🎸 ♥ 9:39pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @9:38 Yeah, times have not changed...
	9:39pm Imaginos: Simon the Sensible Surfer by Bobby Picket
	🎸 ♥ 9:40pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:39 Oh right! I haven't heard that in ages!
	9:40pm laurapanic: ↳ GorillaFella @9:38 Transmissions from Echo Beach did it last week , Derek played a 36min track after finishin' time, and we all had a delightful time ,
	🎸 ♥ 9:40pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: ↳ Song: "Closed Donut Shop (Live In Eugene, OR)" by "Mini-... Sooooo locked in for this 🛋️👂🔥
	9:40pm laurapanic: ↳ Song: "Closed Donut Shop (Live In Eugene, OR)" by "Mini-... here for it!
	🎸 ♥ 9:40pm Austin Rich: That's Orson Welles, criticizing the police, mixed with some samples from LA Confidential.
	9:40pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:40 Found the title on Discogs
	🎸 ♥ 9:41pm Austin Rich: I think there's some Clash of The Titans in there, too. The original.
	♥ 9:42pm David Shortell: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:36 I saw Flip in a Carol Burnett Show rerun that predated his own program. He played his Geraldine character in a "Mission: Impossible" spoof. When the cast of the real show walked onstage, he asked Greg Morris on a date.
	9:43pm GorillaFella: @laurapanic ohh that's awesome might have to go back in the archive and check that out!
	🎸 ♥ 9:43pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ David Shortell @9:37 I can't say who drew him in the '40s, but I'm speaking of the Spike Jones character that came about in paperback form around the time that the Warren Beatty Dick Tracy movie came out. dicktracy.fandom.com...
	🎸 ♥ 9:43pm Austin Rich: Also sampled: "You'd Make A Great Cop" by Fugazi
	🎸 ♥ 9:44pm Austin Rich: Also Sampled: "Bad Cop, No Donut" by DFL
	🎸 ♥ 9:44pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ David Shortell @9:42 Nice! I did enjoy The Carol Burnett Show.
	🎸 ♥ 9:45pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: 🔥🔥🔥🤘🤘🤘ACAB includes Peter Griffin dressed as a sheriff for a bit
	🎸 ♥ 9:45pm Austin Rich: Also sampled: "Too Many Cops" by Major Hex. And some beats by Men's Recovery Project.
	9:46pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @9:45 Also a Short Pockets sample, if I'm not mistaken...
	9:46pm GorillaFella: @Austin Rich Austin Rich saw LA Confidential for the first time a couple years ago after watching Serpico and both completely blew my mind. Absolutely loving this mix so far btw really clever sampling 🙏
	♥ 9:46pm David Shortell: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:43 Amazing. I never knew real people were caricatured in that strip.
	🎸 ♥ 9:47pm Austin Rich: ↳ GorillaFella @9:46 Serpico is great! I need to re-watch that, it has been a while.
	🎸 ♥ 9:47pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: Closure of donut shops could take down the entire local precinct
	🎸 ♥ 9:48pm Arvo Zylo: I used to work night shift at a donut shop, it never closed...
	🎸 ♥ 9:48pm Austin Rich: Those were some Max Headroom samples. And there's some Dragnet samples, too.
	🎸 ♥ 9:49pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @9:46 I think that was the 1164's, but you'd have to confer with the creator to be sure.
	9:49pm Mr. X: My brother and I once had a comedy routine about Dragnet, which we performed for our parents.
	9:49pm Kat on the app: Make those donuts with extra grease
	🎸 ♥ 9:50pm Austin Rich: These closing samples are from The Wire and from Clash of The Titans.
	🎸 ♥ 9:50pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: ↳ Mr. X @9:49 Heehee! I bet that was hilarious
	9:50pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:48 My favorite Max Headroom music was the elevator battle theme from the British telefilm
	9:51pm Kat on the app: I like this a lot
	9:51pm ?: I used to work at Taco Bell and I had a "special surprise" for the cops that came in...
	🎸 ♥ 9:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:50 That bit is VERY good. That Ultravox music is so good.
	🎸 ♥ 9:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ @9:51 Thank you for your efforts!
	9:52pm Imaginos: Getting sleepy and I am getting up early
	🎸 ♥ 9:52pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:52 I understand. Get that sleep! You need it!
	9:52pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:52 Thank you
	🎸 ♥ 9:53pm Austin Rich: "I was partial to tragedy in my youth..."
	🎸 ♥ 9:53pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: "What if courage and imagination were to become everyday mortal qualities.... i was partial to tragedy in my youth...."🔥
	🎸 ♥ 9:53pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: ↳ Imaginos @9:52 Sweet dreams Imaginos ✨✨
	🎸 ♥ 9:54pm Austin Rich: The train is live. That's the train that was running behind the bar. Someone left the door open!
	🎸 ♥ 9:55pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: 🚂💥We stan the train, and rail transport💥
	🎸 ♥ 9:56pm Austin Rich: ↳ red_door_what_for in ypsilanti @9:55 I'm a big fan of trains! My dad worked for Southern Pacific Railroad for YEARS.
	9:56pm GorillaFella: @Austin Rich so cool! I thought it was part of the performance like the train noises at the end of that episode you did a few weeks ago
	🎸 ♥ 9:57pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: ↳ Austin Rich @9:56 Respect!! Was he an engineer?
	🎸 ♥ 9:57pm Austin Rich: ↳ GorillaFella @9:56 People at the show thought I recorded it. I had to point out that I had started to unplug already!
	🎸 ♥ 9:57pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:56 Did you ever hear the series of records that document locomotives before they were extinct? There was a particular series called "Trains In Trouble" that had recordings of dying locomotives. It was excellent. I miss those records.
	🎸 ♥ 9:57pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: ↳ GorillaFella @9:56 Like Pet Sounds!
	🎸 ♥ 9:57pm Austin Rich: ↳ red_door_what_for in ypsilanti @9:57 No, just a manual laborer. He would repair rails that were broken, or clean up derailments.
	🎸 ♥ 9:58pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:57 I have a bunch! I love records with train recordings. I've been meaning to do a show where I play them all.
	🎸 ♥ 9:59pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: ↳ Austin Rich @9:57 I respect that a lot man, trains are the foundation of this country and I hope they make a comeback in a good way. I also asked because I'm partial to the striped engineer outfit heehee
	🎸 ♥ 9:59pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @9:58 I would tune in to that one! This was my favorite: www.discogs.com...
	🎸 ♥ 9:59pm Austin Rich: Any LP with sound FX, field recordings, recordings of student demonstrations... I could listen to that stuff for HOURS.
	🎸 ♥ 10:00pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:59 I don't have that specific one, but I have a few of the other ones. I would love to find more.
	🎸 ♥ 10:01pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Song: "The Touchables" by "Dickie Goodman" I was trying to remember Buchanan and Goodman, I had a handful of those singles! Fun stuff.
	10:01pm Mr. X: ↳ Arvo Zylo @9:59 New travel goals: Evercreech and Shepton Mallet.
	🎸 ♥ 10:02pm Austin Rich: Even if the "plot" of a Firesign / Procter & Bergman album is abstract at best, I REALLY love their wordplay. It might be why I like good puns and that kind of stuff.
	🎸 ♥ 10:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:01 Probably some of the earliest sampling done by any artist.
	🎸 ♥ 10:02pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:00 The "Trains In Trouble" series is literally locomotives that are DYING. IT SOUNDS AWESOME.
	🎸 ♥ 10:03pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "King's Lead Hat" by "Brian Eno (feat. Austin Rich)" EVERYONE SING ALONG!
	🎸 ♥ 10:04pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "King's Lead Hat" by "Brian Eno (feat. Austin Rich)" I recorded this for a Big City Orchestra project, full of eno covers. But this sort of fits for this show...
	10:04pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:03 I didn't have a hymnal in my pew.
	10:05pm Kat on the app: This song never fails to make me happy
	🎸 ♥ 10:05pm Austin Rich: ↳ Kat on the app @10:05 This song rules so hard!
	🎸 ♥ 10:05pm Arvo Zylo: I have a Nixon mask... does that help?
	🎸 ♥ 10:05pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: ↳ Song: "King's Lead Hat" by "Brian Eno (feat. Austin Rich)" 🗣️🔥LETS GO A.R.
	🎸 ♥ 10:05pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:05 Whatever gets you dancing.
	10:06pm GorillaFella: This helped me find my monkey mask, thanks Austin!
	🎸 ♥ 10:06pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: we are busting moves 🕺🕺🕺
	10:07pm ?: I am dancing to the karaoke and rubbing pizza on my nipples
	🎸 ♥ 10:09pm Arvo Zylo: I used to sing "It's Not Unusual" by Tom Jones, but I would yell it a bit like Tom Waits mixed with Gilbert Godfried...
	10:09pm Kat on the app: Omg what a job
	🎸 ♥ 10:09pm Heather Z: Ahhh so loving this show and this karaoke story!! Had some tech issues here but now I'm sorted and at FULL VOLUME yeahhhh!!
	🎸 ♥ 10:10pm Arvo Zylo: They would turn off my mic when I did karaoke
	🎸 ♥ 10:10pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Heather Z @10:09 Hi Heather!
	10:10pm Kat on the app: LOL did you sing Total Eclipse of the Heart as Nick Cave?
	🎸 ♥ 10:11pm Heather Z: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:10 Hi Arvo!!
	🎸 ♥ 10:12pm Arvo Zylo: Bonnie Tyler had that voice as a result of an injury that required surgery, so that is how she got that low register. Kinda fascinating that it was a hit.
	🎸 ♥ 10:13pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: ↳ Kat on the app @10:09 fr marathon karaoke legend Austin Rich 🔥
	🎸 ♥ 10:14pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:09 oh heck yeah, im always trying to do the Carlton Dance to that one hhehe🕺
	🎸 ♥ 10:14pm Heather Z: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:12 Have you seen the Literal Music Video for Total Eclipse of the Heart? It's a treat and a treasure!
	🎸 ♥ 10:15pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Heather Z @10:14 I do not recall, but I should!
	🎸 ♥ 10:15pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: agreed about pranks, no need to be cruel keep it tasteful 🃏
	🎸 ♥ 10:16pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Cable TV" by ""Weird Al" Yankovic" One of my all time favorite albums, probably for the most years running. I got this as a kid, and I STILL listen to it now.
	🎸 ♥ 10:16pm Austin Rich: I love the backing singers...
	🎸 ♥ 10:17pm Heather Z: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:15 Sent ya a link!
	🎸 ♥ 10:17pm Heather Z: ↳ Heather Z @10:17 For after MVM, that is!
	🎸 ♥ 10:17pm Arvo Zylo: There was an April Fools show I did where I pretended to be a DJ on a classical radio station. Other than that, I think when I was in 7th grade, my friend and I called my father and said that I was in jail, and my father didn't believe it... that was about the extent of it for me.
	🎸 ♥ 10:17pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @10:16 Weird Al has such a great back up band!!
	🎸 ♥ 10:18pm Austin Rich: I would love to see Al Live again. I know Heather did recently, and I fear that might have been his last tour. I saw him twice in the 90's, and he was FANTASTIC.
	🎸 ♥ 10:18pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Heather Z @10:17 I guess I'll just say it, Leslie Keffer and I did a 2x lathe set based on the song "Total Eclipse of The Heart", and it is called "Total Apocalypse of The Heart". It was limited to 12 copies. Austin has one, so perhaps he will play it on air some day...
	🎸 ♥ 10:19pm Austin Rich: This album made me aware of Porkys, and made me want to see it, not knowing anything about it. I was ultimately disappointed when that dream was realized...
	🎸 ♥ 10:19pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Song: "Cable TV" by ""Weird Al" Yankovic" I saw Porky's when I was like 5 years old late at night on HBO or whatever. For good or ill.
	10:20pm Mr. X: The dad of one of my high school friends worked for Warner Cable. He was working on a project to develop two-way cable tv, but this was in the 70s, so anything interactive over cable was still a long way off.
	10:20pm Kat on the app: Flip!
	🎸 ♥ 10:20pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Side B (excerpt)" by "Flip Wilson" Pulling records for this show, I realized how many comedy records had routines about Pot on them. I might do a follow-up show about all the comedy routines I found about the devils lettuce...
	🎸 ♥ 10:20pm Austin Rich: ↳ Kat on the app @10:20 I have WAY MORE Flip Wilson records than I realized! I might have to do a show dedicated to him.
	🎸 ♥ 10:22pm Austin Rich: Flips routines are so much more like traditional "jokes," in terms of structure. The exception: when he tells stories about getting high at parties. They tend to wander...
	🎸 ♥ 10:22pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: ↳ Austin Rich @10:20 It is April, after all...
	10:22pm Kat on the app: There are lots of good future show ideas in tonight’s chat!
	🎸 ♥ 10:23pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @10:18 I saw the Vanity tour a few years back and it was fantastic. I got to see the full costumes and everything tour in KY, jeesh, maybe a decade ago? Also tremendous! I think he's on tour now, too? Or soon, maybe this summer?
	🎸 ♥ 10:23pm Heather Z: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:18 Omg I hope he does play it some time!!! I'd love to hear it!
	🎸 ♥ 10:23pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Side 2 (Excerpt)" by "Redd Foxx" I also have a ton of Redd Foxx records. I could do a Redd Foxx / Flip Wilson double feature...
	🎸 ♥ 10:24pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:23 It would be incomplete without Redd Foxx!
	🎸 ♥ 10:25pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:24 I think about Redd Foxx routines FAR too often.
	🎸 ♥ 10:26pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:18 I do plan on playing it someday. Just haven't found the right show yet.
	🎸 ♥ 10:27pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:26 I know how it goes, the lathe set is sold out so... I don't care when you play it, but if you do play it, that will likely be the only way that more than 12 people will hear it, because it is not available digitally.
	10:27pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Wild Thing" by "The Hardly-Worthit Players" Hilarious! I've never run across this before.
	🎸 ♥ 10:27pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Wild Thing" by "The Hardly-Worthit Players" I love this cover. I find it WAY too funny. When I first moved to PDX, and didn't know anyone, I would go to The Matador bar with the one person I did know - Cheryl - and there was a DJ that would regularly play this record, in spite of the complaints he would get from other customers. I loved watching him earn the ire of patrons...
	🎸 ♥ 10:28pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:27 They did a lot of comedy, mostly doing impressions while singing pop hits. I stand by almost everything The Hardly-Worthit Players did. It's goofy in the best way...
	🎸 ♥ 10:29pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:27 I liked to play Karen Finley to get the ire of people when I DJed a club. I used to have "freeform nights" at bars, so...
	🎸 ♥ 10:30pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:29 I met a gal named Karen Finley, who owns a bookstore in the bay area, and I got very excited, until she told me that everyone assumes she is THAT Karen Finley, and she isn't.
	🎸 ♥ 10:30pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Bring Us Together / Nasi Goring" by "Proctor & Be... I will listen to any song written by a Gorilla who goes by the name of an asian food dish...
	🎸 ♥ 10:31pm GorillaFella: ↳ Song: "Bring Us Together / Nasi Goring" by "Proctor & Be... Gorilla mentioned!! 🦍🦍🦍
	🎸 ♥ 10:31pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Bring Us Together / Nasi Goring" by "Proctor & Be... Talk about an earworm! I usually get this song stuck in my head for a VERY long time after I heard it.
	🎸 ♥ 10:32pm Austin Rich: ↳ GorillaFella @10:31 I love anything monkey or gorilla or ape related. They are the best. Bonobos, you name it!
	🎸 ♥ 10:33pm Arvo Zylo: "Fish Heads" by Barnes & Barnes is a pretty serious earworm zone FYI....
	10:33pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:32 What was that chimpanzee tv band called? Ever played anything by them?
	🎸 ♥ 10:33pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Dueling Brandos" by "Don Pardo, Peter Boyle & Joh... I'm a sucker for the early days of SNL. I will watch any old skit, even the bad ones...
	🎸 ♥ 10:34pm Heather Z: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:33 Oh no, now I've got Fishheads stuck in my (fish)head!
	🎸 ♥ 10:34pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @10:33 Lancelot Link & The Evolution Revolution? I don't think I've played anything that I know of...
	🎸 ♥ 10:35pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Money Program" by "Monty Python" I used to have large sections of many Monty Python records memorized. I was that guy as a late teen / early 20 something...
	🎸 ♥ 10:35pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:34 I was going to bring up Lancelot Link... en.wikipedia.org...
	🎸 ♥ 10:35pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @10:34 The rest of the show is Fish Head Free.
	10:36pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @10:34 Yes, that's them! They weren't very good, and the animal exploitation is cringe-worthy.
	🎸 ♥ 10:36pm Arvo Zylo: Eat them up, yum
	🎸 ♥ 10:36pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @10:35 I bet I'll pick up something to dislodge it very soon!
	🎸 ♥ 10:36pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Our Lady Of The Torch / Emergency Alert [Excerpt ... There's even a run of car puns, just like in Max Headroom. Kids hacking TV signals... this is the precursor to cyberpunk...
	🎸 ♥ 10:37pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:33 There was recently a movie about the first night of SNL called "Saturday Night". It was meh but maybe worth noting.
	🎸 ♥ 10:38pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:37 I'll have to give it a throw. It might not be good, but I might enjoy some part of it.
	🎸 ♥ 10:38pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Big And Stupid" by "Julie Brown" I think about this song ALL THE TIME. Far too often, anyway...
	🎸 ♥ 10:38pm Heather Z: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:37 So, last time you mentioned this, I believe I said it was meh. But I've been working on a new project and, awesomely, the movie is really becoming way important and impressive to me!
	🎸 ♥ 10:38pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:36 I am reminded of the movie "Hackers" where Angelina Jolie uses a tape recording of coins falling into a payphone slot so as to trick the payphone into thinking that she paid for the call...
	🎸 ♥ 10:40pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:38 Marla is a big fan of that movie. We own it on BluRay, DVD, VHS, and Laserdisc. She has seen it so much, she can tell you every line. It's not a bad movie, but some of the characters are... very annoying, and remind me of myself in those days.
	🎸 ♥ 10:40pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Heather Z @10:38 Interesting! I didn't hate the movie.
	🎸 ♥ 10:43pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Emergency Alert [Excerpt 2] / Emerging Fall Of Th... This is when the references and wordplay gets so thick, that it takes a few listens to really make sense of it. I swear, this album is even better a second and third time through...
	🎸 ♥ 10:44pm Heather Z: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:40 The friend who watched it with me and I were shrugging at first but, as we get into the new project, we now think we need to watch it again, even. Very fun! Everyone knows I'm not a movie person so it's got to be something for me to think on a rewatch.
	10:44pm laurapanic: ↳ Song: "Civilization" by "Austin Rich" toe tappin' joy!
	🎸 ♥ 10:45pm Heather Z: Hey this is a bop!!!
	🎸 ♥ 10:46pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Civilization" by "Austin Rich" This is one of my all-time favorite songs. I've always wanted to sing it.
	10:46pm Mr. X: "in stereo!"
	🎸 ♥ 10:46pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: Keepin It Real Mr. Rich🔥🔥🔥
	🎸 ♥ 10:47pm Arvo Zylo: Austin, you would like this album if you can find the CD. youtu.be...
	🎸 ♥ 10:47pm Heather Z: Heck yeah that was awesome!!!
	🎸 ♥ 10:47pm Austin Rich: Well, The Andrews Sisters and Danny Kaye will always do it better. But I had fun...
	🎸 ♥ 10:47pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:47 I'll have to check that out!
	🎸 ♥ 10:48pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:47 It is a woman singing kinda vulgar over swing music.
	🎸 ♥ 10:49pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Commercials [Excerpts]" by "George Carlin" I spent HOURS listening to George Carlin albums as a teen. I used to know EVERY routine he did. He was probably my first favorite comedian.
	🎸 ♥ 10:50pm Austin Rich: On no! I'm going over! How did that happen...?
	🎸 ♥ 10:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Son of No Respect (Excerpt)" by "Rodney Dangerfield" You can't do a show without Rodney. Not everything he did has held up, but a shocking amount for an old white comedian still holds up.
	🎸 ♥ 10:52pm Austin Rich: "He's on drums, among other things..."
	10:55pm Kat on the app: Thank you Austin!
	10:56pm ChristinaInCanada: Thank you, Austin!
	🎸 ♥ 10:57pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @10:51 I don't know anyone better than him at one-liners.
	🎸 ♥ 10:57pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: 😁😁thanks for making us chuckle and tee hee 🃏🃏
	🎸 ♥ 10:57pm Heather Z: This show has been just what I needed tonight!! Thanks so much, Austin!! Hope everyone has a great rest of their day or night!!
	🎸 ♥ 10:57pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Heather Z @10:57 Have a good night!
	🎸 ♥ 10:58pm Heather Z: ↳ Arvo Zylo @10:57 You too!! 😊
	🎸 ♥ 10:58pm Arvo Zylo: Rodney Dangerfield did a rap record....
	🎸 ♥ 10:59pm Arvo Zylo: You can save me from listening to ZZ TOP
	11:00pm Mr. X: Fun show, Austin! I needed a laugh or two.
	11:00pm GorillaFella: Very fun show today!
	11:01pm ?: I am wearing a monkey mask and bbq sauce and a smile
	🎸 ♥ 11:01pm Austin Rich: I do like making fun shows! Maybe I'll do another comedy show soon...
	🎸 ♥ 11:02pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: cheers and big ups to the digital salon and after-party 🥂🛋️✨🎶 wish you all the best!
	🎸 ♥ 11:02pm Heather Z: ↳ red_door_what_for in ypsilanti @11:02 Absolutely the same to you, too! 🥳
	🎸 ♥ 11:03pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Sister Boogie Woman" by "Lily Tomlin" I want to be on her beam! Help me, Sister Boogie Woman!
	🎸 ♥ 11:03pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Song: "Sister Boogie Woman" by "Lily Tomlin" I probably would have never thought of Lily Tomlin again if you hadn't played it. I used to have her first LP. www.discogs.com...
	🎸 ♥ 11:04pm Austin Rich: ↳ Arvo Zylo @11:03 I almost played that one! There is a VERY attractive photo of Lily from 1971 on the back of that record that is magnificent.
	🎸 ♥ 11:05pm Austin Rich: I decided to cut the "Chipmunk Punk" tune. Sorry!
	🎸 ♥ 11:05pm Austin Rich: ↳ @11:01 That's the only way to live!
	🎸 ♥ 11:05pm Austin Rich: Thanks everyone for the support, particularly Heather Z, red_door, and Arvo! Ya'll are the best. Thanks for hangin' out!
	🎸 ♥ 11:06pm WR: Thank you! Austin! Laters folks.
	🎸 ♥ 11:06pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ Austin Rich @11:05 That record is pretty good slowed down, it's on youtube...
	🎸 ♥ 11:06pm Arvo Zylo: ↳ WR @11:06 Hello!
	🎸 ♥ 11:06pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Sister Boogie Woman" by "Lily Tomlin" This is how she ends this album. With this Sister Boogie Routine...
	🎸 ♥ 11:06pm Austin Rich: ↳ WR @11:06 Thanks WR!
	🎸 ♥ 11:07pm Austin Rich: (The whole album has a theme of a hitchhiker that she has picked up, and is asking her questions while they listen to the radio.)
	🎸 ♥ 11:07pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @11:05 I'm always so glad to be tuned in!!
	🎸 ♥ 11:09pm Austin Rich: Lily was one of the few women who was pro-marijuana in the 70's, since a lot of women were worried that supporting pot would ruin their careers...
	🎸 ♥ 11:12pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: Sweet dreams all ✨✨🌛 It's been a laugh and a half 😁
	🎸 ♥ 11:12pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: ↳ Austin Rich @11:09 🤘Inspirational
	🎸 ♥ 11:12pm Austin Rich: I love all of you more than you know. Thanks for the support!

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from April 1, 2025

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