Mid-Valley Mutations vs. Radio TroUBle / Radio TroUBle vs. Mid-Valley Mutations! (Part II)

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Mid-Valley Mutations vs. Radio TroUBle / Radio TroUBle vs. Mid-Valley Mutations! (Part II)

WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat

Radio TroUBle Archives

Radio TroUBle Playlist

Not only is this the second time that our shows have joined forces, for the better, but this time we have new rules that keeps the show interesting, exciting, and certain in-the-moment.

The rules are simple: there are four DJs: pxe, das, univac & Austin. We are each playing songs, going in a circle, round robin style. This goes on for the entire six hours. However, each of us has been allowed two “wild cards,” where we can ring a bell, and institute, “Monkey Mutation Madness,” where all four of us are playing sound clips and recordings, trying to create a longer, and more dynamic, piece of radio that could only be done as a group.

With eight wild cards, over six hours, and with all four of us looking for ways to make the game more interesting, this is one of the more chaotic – and beautiful – radio shows I’ve ever been a part of. The music mixes work really well, the Monkey Mutation Mash-Ups are really well executed, and the whole six hours flew by faster than I would have liked. Combining our shows is not only a good idea, but led to getting “Radio TroUBle” on Sheena’s Jungle Room, and was a good decision, all around.

I look forward to more collaborations, like the one’s I get to do with Radio TroUBle!

Be Seeing You.

Dimestore Radio Theater: Big City Orchestra Takes Over!

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Dimestore Radio Theater: Big City Orchestra Takes Over!

WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon)

In a turn of events that no one expected, Dimestore Radio Theater has their first-ever guests, as the members of Big City Orchestra take over the show, and pick their favorite Sci-Fi broadcasts, and prepare themselves for a live script reading, at the end of the show! While an eye appointment kept Michael from participating, Andy filled in nicely for his roles in the show, and we present to you a very live broadcast, full of chills, thrills, and spills!

First, we offer an episode of Vanishing Point, where they dramatize the baffling J. G. Ballard story, entitled, “News From The Sun.” We follow that up with an excellent episode of Mindwebs, with their rendition of, “The Pain God.” Lastly, we offer a slice of vintage 50’s radio, with an episode of 2000 Plus, and their ridiculous story, “When The Machines Went Mad.”

We close the show with a dramatic, comedic, and downright chaotic reading of a Firesign Theater script, Side B of “Everything You Know Is Wrong,” performed by univac, pxe, Andy, das and Austin, with live music cues, SFX. and dialog performed together, in the room! We react to each other. We slightly flub our lines! We have a great time, and get to do something that everyone used to have to do, all the time, because that’s how radio was done…

 

 

Enjoy!

UBradio Salon 950 – SquircUBe Chronicles: “Yose-Mite”… 29 Mar 2026 on DFM.nu

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UBradio Salon 950 – SquircUBe Chronicles: “Yose-Mite”… 29 Mar 2026 on DFM.nu

Through some mysterious force powered by revenge and the power of will, the occupants of the SquircUBe are transported to the forrest moon of Yose-Mite – along with their ground crew – and they have to survive a villainous plot from an old enemy, Conifer, and perform live without electricity… can our heroes do it, and make it out of the Yose-Mite forest… alive?

This story is part of, “The SquircUBe Chronicles,” series of episodes on UB Radio Salon, written by univac and Austin Rich.

 

Enjoy!

Stranger Than Fiction w/ Mr. B on Freeform, Portland (29 March 2026)

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Stranger Than Fiction w/ Mr. B on Freeform, Portland (29 March 2026) (Edited Aircheck)

Playlist

Mr. B. used two more excerpts from one of my Mini-Mutations on his show again, which means I can make one last push for you to see the Willamette River Basin tour, coming near you, soon!

 

 

Here’s more information about this tour:

03 April 2026 in Eugene, Oregon at The Cowfish

04 April 2026 in Portland, Oregon at The Portland Arts Collective

05 April 2026 in Corvallis, Oregon at Manyworld. 

Information about The Cowfish, The Portland Arts Collective, and Manyworld.

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Don Haugen is a visual and sound artist based in Eugene, Oregon, occupied USA.
Focus on experimenting with location specific sound and room dynamics, with precision and control. Utilizing a vast arsenal of home-built electronics and re-purposed test instruments to create sonic texture-scapes. Haugen’s compositions range from dense drones, whispering noise to cacophony structures.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Scot Jenerik is a multidisciplinary artist/instrumentalist, instrument builder, composer and sound engineer. He has performed, lectured and distributed works extensively in the United States, Europe and Japan for over 40 years. He has an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute; founded 23five Incorporated (the first non-profit arts organization in the US, dedicated specifically to the development and increased awareness of sound works in the public arena); is co-owner of Mobilization Records; and co-hosted the No Other Radio Network on KPFA.
Mr. Jenerik’s current performance is the piece “The Fall of Icarus”, a 30 minute film and live audio, utilizing a Turkish Saz Baglama, digital tanpura, signal generator, and processing.
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Austin Rich has been making ’zines, music and radio since 1993, self-publishing and distributing his own work by hand. For the last 10 years, his focus has been on taking the collage prevalent in his ’zines, and applying it to his music and radio work, carving out a place in Oregon for improvised Negativ-jams and other electronic exploration, under the guise of “Mini-Mutations,” a shortened, stage-ready-version of his weekly WFMU radio program, “Mid-Valley Mutations.”
For these shows, Austin will be using synths, samples and songs to explore The Future of When, and the way that our past expectations of The Future seem to point to a world that still doesn’t – and probably won’t ever – exist.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Aurora Josephson is a musician and visual artist who currently resides in Portland, Oregon. Building on the foundation of operatic training and a BA and an MFA in Music Performance from Mills College, she has forged a bold vocal style that is uniquely her own. She has performed and recorded with Alvin Curran, Fred Frith, Gianni Gebbia, Henry Kaiser, Joelle Leandre, William Winant, among others, and musical groups Big City Orchestrae, Flying Luttenbachers, ROVA Saxophone Quartet, T.D. Skatchitband and the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
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Free Static is an experimental music project featuring Chris Ruiz and Courtney Stubbert. We (dis)organize sound with any electrical and acoustic instruments or objects that produce noise. We exist in Eugene, Oregon, United States of America, Earth.
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[view] is a sonic outlet of Curtis Rochambeau, an analog circuit designer who entertains the endeavor of putting electronics to work in punishing tasks. High texture interleaved layers.

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And, this will be on the heels of Austin’s “mini radio tour” of the Bay Area.

 

Be Seeing You.

In Conversation (Willamette River Basin Tour w/ Scot Jenerik, Don Haugen, Aurora Josephson & Free Static)

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In Conversation (Willamette River Basin Tour w/ Scot Jenerik, Don Haugen, Aurora Josephson & Free Static)

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A broadcast that went well beyond expectations, and intentions, as it quickly evolved into something more than we had planned. In hour one, we offer a wide range of music from artists that will be performing in the “Willamette River Basin” tour, a mini-tour that myself, Scot and Don are going on, to show off what we do to various folks in the area. Since I only included material by the other artists, I offered more Mini-Mutations on top of their sounds, continuing our dive into, “The Future of When,” a subject that I’ll be exploring in my sets on this tour.

Then, stick around for hours two and three, where we get into conversations with Aurora Josephson, Courtney from Free Static, Scot Jenerik, and Don Haugen, where we all get into the creative process, what we’ll be bringing to these shows, and in a rare bit of turnaround, Scot grills me about radio, and why I keep coming back to it week after week. While there’s no reason to be bashful regarding the work we actually do, I think this particular conversation offers insight into our particular corners of the world of experimental music, and gives you a taste of what each of us is going for, what turns us on, what keeps up interested, and working year after year.

And there’s also music throughout? Not a bad block of radio, methinks.

 

 

 

Be Seeing You.

Missed Connections w/ CG+E on Freeform, Portland (24 March 2026)

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Missed Connections w/ CG+E on Freeform, Portland (24 March 2026)

Playlist

The wonderful hosts at “Missed Connections” on Freeform Portland were kind enough to interview a panel of people, all of whom are performing at the Portland Arts Collective on 4 April 2026, as part of the Willamette River Basin tour. The first hour of this show contains recordings by all of us, and in the second hour, we we hear a panel discussion with the hosts and all four of us, talking about why we do what we do. You can hear all of it here. Thanks again to the hosts, who were very generous with their time.

 

 

 

Here’s more information about this tour:

24 March 2026 on “Mid-Valley Mutations,” Sheena’s Jungle Room / WFMU

03 April 2026 in Eugene, Oregon at The Cowfish

04 April 2026 in Portland, Oregon at The Portland Arts Collective

05 April 2026 in Corvallis, Oregon at Manyworld. 

Information about The Cowfish, The Portland Arts Collective, and Manyworld.

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Don Haugen is a visual and sound artist based in Eugene, Oregon, occupied USA.
Focus on experimenting with location specific sound and room dynamics, with precision and control. Utilizing a vast arsenal of home-built electronics and re-purposed test instruments to create sonic texture-scapes. Haugen’s compositions range from dense drones, whispering noise to cacophony structures.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Scot Jenerik is a multidisciplinary artist/instrumentalist, instrument builder, composer and sound engineer. He has performed, lectured and distributed works extensively in the United States, Europe and Japan for over 40 years. He has an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute; founded 23five Incorporated (the first non-profit arts organization in the US, dedicated specifically to the development and increased awareness of sound works in the public arena); is co-owner of Mobilization Records; and co-hosted the No Other Radio Network on KPFA.
Mr. Jenerik’s current performance is the piece “The Fall of Icarus”, a 30 minute film and live audio, utilizing a Turkish Saz Baglama, digital tanpura, signal generator, and processing.
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Austin Rich has been making ’zines, music and radio since 1993, self-publishing and distributing his own work by hand. For the last 10 years, his focus has been on taking the collage prevalent in his ’zines, and applying it to his music and radio work, carving out a place in Oregon for improvised Negativ-jams and other electronic exploration, under the guise of “Mini-Mutations,” a shortened, stage-ready-version of his weekly WFMU radio program, “Mid-Valley Mutations.”
For these shows, Austin will be using synths, samples and songs to explore The Future of When, and the way that our past expectations of The Future seem to point to a world that still doesn’t – and probably won’t ever – exist.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Aurora Josephson is a musician and visual artist who currently resides in Portland, Oregon. Building on the foundation of operatic training and a BA and an MFA in Music Performance from Mills College, she has forged a bold vocal style that is uniquely her own. She has performed and recorded with Alvin Curran, Fred Frith, Gianni Gebbia, Henry Kaiser, Joelle Leandre, William Winant, among others, and musical groups Big City Orchestrae, Flying Luttenbachers, ROVA Saxophone Quartet, T.D. Skatchitband and the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
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Free Static is an experimental music project featuring Chris Ruiz and Courtney Stubbert. We (dis)organize sound with any electrical and acoustic instruments or objects that produce noise. We exist in Eugene, Oregon, United States of America, Earth.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[view] is a sonic outlet of Curtis Rochambeau, an analog circuit designer who entertains the endeavor of putting electronics to work in punishing tasks. High texture interleaved layers.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

And, this will be on the heels of Austin’s “mini radio tour” of the Bay Area.

 

Be Seeing You.

Dimestore Radio Theater #160

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Dimestore Radio Theater #160

WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon)

The jailbreak and subsequent return of a criminal named Ralph Baxter – who Richard Diamond sent to prison when he was an officer – caused the police force to recruit Diamond to help them put Ralph back behind bars. Meanwhile, Rocky Jordan has been dreaming of a Holiday, until he gets drawn into a bizarre circumstance, where he comes between a husband and wife, right and wrong, and must make some decisions that end up mirroring Casablanca in interesting ways. We wrap up our Vaudeville documentary, and Blackstone himself uses temperature to help foil an attempted robbery of a priceless artifact. In our final story from X-Minus One, a group of explorers wind up on a planet with a very interesting local wildlife, and soon need to make a decision about what do do with it, when their food stores are suddenly gone.

 

 

Enjoy!

Stranger Than Fiction w/ Mr. B on Freeform, Portland (22 March 2026)

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Stranger Than Fiction w/ Mr. B on Freeform, Portland (22 March 2026) (Edited Aircheck)

Playlist

I offer my continued thanks and gratitude to Mr. B of the “Stranger Than Fiction” radio show, who promoted our tour yet again on his show on the 22nd of March. Above you can hear an edited version of the full, two hour show, with just the relevant moments.

 

 

Here’s more information about this tour:

24 March 2026 on “Mid-Valley Mutations,” Sheena’s Jungle Room / WFMU

03 April 2026 in Eugene, Oregon at The Cowfish

04 April 2026 in Portland, Oregon at The Portland Arts Collective

05 April 2026 in Corvallis, Oregon at Manyworld. 

Information about The Cowfish, The Portland Arts Collective, and Manyworld.

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Don Haugen is a visual and sound artist based in Eugene, Oregon, occupied USA.
Focus on experimenting with location specific sound and room dynamics, with precision and control. Utilizing a vast arsenal of home-built electronics and re-purposed test instruments to create sonic texture-scapes. Haugen’s compositions range from dense drones, whispering noise to cacophony structures.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Scot Jenerik is a multidisciplinary artist/instrumentalist, instrument builder, composer and sound engineer. He has performed, lectured and distributed works extensively in the United States, Europe and Japan for over 40 years. He has an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute; founded 23five Incorporated (the first non-profit arts organization in the US, dedicated specifically to the development and increased awareness of sound works in the public arena); is co-owner of Mobilization Records; and co-hosted the No Other Radio Network on KPFA.
Mr. Jenerik’s current performance is the piece “The Fall of Icarus”, a 30 minute film and live audio, utilizing a Turkish Saz Baglama, digital tanpura, signal generator, and processing.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Austin Rich has been making ’zines, music and radio since 1993, self-publishing and distributing his own work by hand. For the last 10 years, his focus has been on taking the collage prevalent in his ’zines, and applying it to his music and radio work, carving out a place in Oregon for improvised Negativ-jams and other electronic exploration, under the guise of “Mini-Mutations,” a shortened, stage-ready-version of his weekly WFMU radio program, “Mid-Valley Mutations.”
For these shows, Austin will be using synths, samples and songs to explore The Future of When, and the way that our past expectations of The Future seem to point to a world that still doesn’t – and probably won’t ever – exist.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Aurora Josephson is a musician and visual artist who currently resides in Portland, Oregon. Building on the foundation of operatic training and a BA and an MFA in Music Performance from Mills College, she has forged a bold vocal style that is uniquely her own. She has performed and recorded with Alvin Curran, Fred Frith, Gianni Gebbia, Henry Kaiser, Joelle Leandre, William Winant, among others, and musical groups Big City Orchestrae, Flying Luttenbachers, ROVA Saxophone Quartet, T.D. Skatchitband and the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Free Static is an experimental music project featuring Chris Ruiz and Courtney Stubbert. We (dis)organize sound with any electrical and acoustic instruments or objects that produce noise. We exist in Eugene, Oregon, United States of America, Earth.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[view] is a sonic outlet of Curtis Rochambeau, an analog circuit designer who entertains the endeavor of putting electronics to work in punishing tasks. High texture interleaved layers.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

And, this will be on the heels of Austin’s “mini radio tour” of the Bay Area.

 

Be Seeing You.

The Future of When. Lived In.

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The Future of When. Lived In.

WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat

The most interesting thing about The Future of When is that everyone has a prognostication that never really reflects what will happen, but feels like it should. In many ways, The Future of When is about possibilities from another universe, another timeline, another reality than ever fully manifested. Through long digressions regarding the Unisphere and advanced telephony of the mid-century, we discuss the future of space travel with Bandit, Listener Robert calls in of a story of what he though the future of soap was, and will be, and Aaron in Minneapolis returns with a sequel to his previous Mid-Valley ghost story!

The mix gets nice and thick when we get to it, and I even pull out my bass for a couple improvised jams that felt right in the moment. It’s certainly a nice glimpse into once kind of future, that exists on this radio program, every week.

 

 

Be Seeing You.

Dimestore Radio Theater #159

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Dimestore Radio Theater #159s

WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon)

An interrupted shower causes Richard Diamond to just miss a pair on the run in the wake of a dead messenger on his doorstep. Richard will have to get dressed and get sharp if he wants to navigate his way through a counterfeiting operation. Meanwhile, Rocky Jordan seems to have fallen out of favor with and old friend, who then turns up dead, and embroiled in a case that involves the police, some missing documents, experimental jet fuel, and more! Plus: it doesn’t take long for Blackstone to help deduce that a ghost and a grandfather clock that doesn’t keep good time have much more in common than initially thought. And lastly, in a re-run of, “At The Post,” we find another intersection of Sci-Fi and the characters of the street, as a horse-racing expert cracks open a circumstance where aliens are responsible for some pretty terrible things… all in the same of recording our culture, for the future.

 

 

Enjoy!

Stranger Than Fiction w/ Mr. B on Freeform, Portland (15 March 2026)

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Stranger Than Fiction w/ Mr. B on Freeform, Portland (15 March 2026) (Edited Aircheck)

Playlist

Mr. B of the “Stranger Than Fiction” radio show in Portland, Oregon, was kind enough to include some music by Don Haugen and Austin Rich, and talk up the “Willamette River Basin” Tour that is happening at the beginning of April. Above you’ll hear a 15 minute chunk of Mr. B’s show, where he plays some music by Austin & Don, and you can hear a few more moments from his show. You can find the complete two-hour program, which features a lot more music by other artists, either streaming from the Playlist (linked above), or from this link.

 

 

Here’s more information about this tour:

24 March 2026 on “Mid-Valley Mutations,” Sheena’s Jungle Room / WFMU

03 April 2026 in Eugene, Oregon at The Cowfish

04 April 2026 in Portland, Oregon at The Portland Arts Collective

05 April 2026 in Corvallis, Oregon at Manyworld. 

Information about The Cowfish, The Portland Arts Collective, and Manyworld.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Don Haugen is a visual and sound artist based in Eugene, Oregon, occupied USA.
Focus on experimenting with location specific sound and room dynamics, with precision and control. Utilizing a vast arsenal of home-built electronics and re-purposed test instruments to create sonic texture-scapes. Haugen’s compositions range from dense drones, whispering noise to cacophony structures.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Scot Jenerik is a multidisciplinary artist/instrumentalist, instrument builder, composer and sound engineer. He has performed, lectured and distributed works extensively in the United States, Europe and Japan for over 40 years. He has an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute; founded 23five Incorporated (the first non-profit arts organization in the US, dedicated specifically to the development and increased awareness of sound works in the public arena); is co-owner of Mobilization Records; and co-hosted the No Other Radio Network on KPFA.
Mr. Jenerik’s current performance is the piece “The Fall of Icarus”, a 30 minute film and live audio, utilizing a Turkish Saz Baglama, digital tanpura, signal generator, and processing.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Austin Rich has been making ’zines, music and radio since 1993, self-publishing and distributing his own work by hand. For the last 10 years, his focus has been on taking the collage prevalent in his ’zines, and applying it to his music and radio work, carving out a place in Oregon for improvised Negativ-jams and other electronic exploration, under the guise of “Mini-Mutations,” a shortened, stage-ready-version of his weekly WFMU radio program, “Mid-Valley Mutations.”
For these shows, Austin will be using synths, samples and songs to explore The Future of When, and the way that our past expectations of The Future seem to point to a world that still doesn’t – and probably won’t ever – exist.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Aurora Josephson is a musician and visual artist who currently resides in Portland, Oregon. Building on the foundation of operatic training and a BA and an MFA in Music Performance from Mills College, she has forged a bold vocal style that is uniquely her own. She has performed and recorded with Alvin Curran, Fred Frith, Gianni Gebbia, Henry Kaiser, Joelle Leandre, William Winant, among others, and musical groups Big City Orchestrae, Flying Luttenbachers, ROVA Saxophone Quartet, T.D. Skatchitband and the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Free Static is an experimental music project featuring Chris Ruiz and Courtney Stubbert. We (dis)organize sound with any electrical and acoustic instruments or objects that produce noise. We exist in Eugene, Oregon, United States of America, Earth.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[view] is a sonic outlet of Curtis Rochambeau, an analog circuit designer who entertains the endeavor of putting electronics to work in punishing tasks. High texture interleaved layers.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

And, this will be on the heels of Austin’s “mini radio tour” of the Bay Area.

 

Be Seeing You.

The Future of When. Marathonin’. (Week 2)

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The Future of When. Marathonin’. (Week 2)

WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat

It always seems like a bit of a whirlwind to me each time, but yet again, our Marathon has come, and with it, another chance to show listeners what we do, how we do it, and give you a chance to get a little something out of the deal, too. This year was no exception, of course, and we made it a point to try and get all vinyl records as Prizes this year, and the fact that Sun Ra Boxed set didn’t last long is a sign I’m doing something right.

We continue to work our way through The Future of The Past, with more inclusions from records that were given away to donating listeners. A few folks mentioned in the Digital Salon that they even got the Sheena’s keychain, and for that we are grateful, as it is very fetching, and will look good any way you use it.

This mix gets nice and thick, and aside from a couple of tech issues involving a Velvet Underground CD and whatnot, we get really into Nuclear Power, Sinclair’s Dinoland, and many other aspects of the way the past saw the future. We cap things off with a future-forward past performance from the beginning of March, where Mini-Mutations tackled some of these same themes… in front of an audience.

We manage to raise a fair amount of money, and we gave away almost everything. That’s not a bad way to cap off a Marathon.

 

 

Be Seeing You.

Dimestore Radio Theater #158 – (WFMU Marathon Week 2!)

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Dimestore Radio Theater #158 – (WFMU Marathon Week 2!)

WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon)

It’s our second Marathon show of the season, and we pull out all the stops, giving away vinyl records and listening to some incredible Mid-Century broadcasts, to help raise a little coin for WFMU and Sheena’s Jungle Room.

In one of the more gruesome installments of Richard Diamond, “The Man Who Hated Women,” puts the police and Diamond on the hunt for a brutal murderer who has a particular grudge against women. Then, we check in with Rocky Jordan, who has to kick out of his bar a man with a gun, only to find that a young couple is looking for this person, and moreover, the man with a gun seems to have left behind a valuable diamond. We close this week with a story from X-Minus One, “The Scapegoat,” where we find out how far a journalist will go to get an incredible story, and how it is easy to judge a circumstance from the outside.

Over the last two weeks we raised a good chunk of change for WFMU and Sheena’s, and we even gave away all of our prizes last night. But I you are still looking to donate, then you might want to get the Sheena’s Jungle Room Keychain Premium!  This fetching Keychain that will look good no matter how you use it.

And next week we return to our regular scheduled programs. See you in the Digital Salon!

 

 

Enjoy!

The Future of When. Marathonin’. (Week 1)

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The Future of When. Marathonin’. (Week 1)

WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: the time of year when our radio station kicks into “fundraising” mode seems to come sooner and sooner every year, and already, it is Week 1 of our Marathon!  We hope that you consider donating to our humble cause, and in exchange, I have LPs that I will mail to you, for your donation.

But that’s not all! Bandit calls in to offer their take on why radio and community is important. Aaron In Minneapolis – with the help of some modern software – calls in with a Mid-Valley ghost story, relating to the future, and to the people and places that make the Mid-Valley so special. And: I continue to cut and paste with samples and music regarding the Future of When.

Stay tuned, as we will have more LPs to give away next week, more Marathon Fun happening at WFMU, and more chances to help keep something fun and uplifting running smoothly in your community.

 

 

Be Seeing You.

Dimestore Radio Theater #157 – (WFMU Marathon Week 1!)

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Dimestore Radio Theater #157 – (WFMU Marathon Week 1!)

WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon)

The Marathon is here again, and WFMU is hard at work, trying to raise the money they need to keep things going. We always appreciate the chance to help, and I always feel grateful that WFMU and Sheena’s Jungle Room make me feel so welcome. This week, I open up the show more, to talk about the Marathon, and give listeners a chance to win some excellent prizes, for their donations.

We open the show with an installment of Richard Diamond, who finds himself in a case very similar to The Maltese Falcon, but with an Ivory Statue of Kali at the heart of the matter. But it’s much more complicated for Rocky Jordan this week, as an unusual incident at The Cafe Tamborine leads to Sam asking Rocky to get involved with a woman, in an effort to find out who is the Perfect Witness. Finally, we present another installment of X-Minus One, where we get a young person’s perspective on a historic moment in history, as everyone around him tries to come to terms with how we will, “End As A World.”

We raised a fair amount of money during the show, a few people even opted to get the Sheena’s Jungle Room Keychain Premium, this fetching Keychain that will look good no matter how you use it. And tune in next week, when I’ll have more LPs to give away, for those who donate in the name of Dimestore Radio Theater!

And, of course, we’ll have more from your favorite Mid-Century Media Outlet, Dimestore Radio Theater!

 

Enjoy!

The Future of When. Again.

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The Future of When. Again.

WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat

As we continue my journey through the Sleepcore on the picsandportraits YouTube Channel, we – Again – journey through the future of the past, and try to find the various ways that I can jam along with the flotsam and jetsam of 20th Century AV. It was such a difficult and wide-ranging journey that I even had to pull my bass out, to make up for other equipment failures that I’ve been struggling with here in the Lava Lamp Lounge. Still, we managed to bring you three hours of retro-futurism, in an effort to consider the sort of timeline of which we seem to have been robbed.

The lines were open, but silent, and not everything was rainbows and lollipops, but we did manage to stick the landing, and have settled into a routine and a format that could be sustainable, baring any particularly unforeseen mishaps. We close going places this show had NEVER gone before – with the work of ABC, no less – and along the way manage to connect the dots back through the Circle Jerks, The Flaming Lips, old-school ska, the 39′ World’s Fair, Camper Van Beethoven, and so much more.

 

Be Seeing You.

Dimestore Radio Theater #156

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Dimestore Radio Theater #156

WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon)

In our first hour, we have an encounter with a street photographer – who hands Richard Diamond to get wrapped up in a case involving “The Photographer’s Card,” – is enough to get his working with his old unit on the police force again. Meanwhile, it’s a Cairo version of The Maltese Falcon, as Rocky Jordan manages to get involved in a hunt for “The White Beetle,” a case that puts both him and Sam in danger!

After a short diversion to discuss some Dimestore Revelations!, we offer another installment of ourVaudeville documentary.  Blackstone The Magic Detective discusses how he once found himself solving a case where an Organ was ultimately the killer, and in our finally story on X-Minus One, we find a case of government interference, as an inventor wants to be able to test in possibly-dangerous creation out on human test subjects, something that couldn’t possibly go wrong, could it?

More from your favorite Mid-Century Media Outlet, Dimestore Radio Theater!

 

Enjoy!

UBradio Salon 945 – SquircUBe Chronicles: “Great, But Can It Dance?”… 22 Feb 2026 on DFM.nu

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UBradio Salon 945 – SquircUBe Chronicles: “Great, But Can It Dance?”… 22 Feb 2026 on DFM.nu

This time, Austin & univac are joined by Aurora Josephson & Mike Dringenberg, where efforts to rehearse for an impending – and very important – show, is just out of reach thanks to two of the Pod’s more insistent AI services.

This story is part of, “The SquircUBe Chronicles,” series of episodes on UB Radio Salon, written by univac and Austin Rich.

 

Enjoy!

The Future of When

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The Future of When

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Inspired recently by watching the time-bending story in the early 90’s film, Orlando, I began thinking about the way the future was seen from the past. This led me to thinking about the work that the picsandportraits channel on YouTube has been doing, raiding archive.org for the ephemera of the past that reflected on the future in interesting ways.

Jettisoning the plans I had for this week, I hastily assembled a variety of sources, with the idea that I would instead explore The Future of When, a place where the past, present, and future all exist on the same wavelength for nearly three hours. Songs, samples, live Mini-Mutations and the like all combine to create a kaleidoscopic perspective from this curious point in mid-life.

 

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Dimestore Radio Theater: Our President’s Day Special!

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Dimestore Radio Theater: Our President’s Day Special!

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Another holiday means another round of episodes from the Lux Radio Theater and The CBS Radio Mastery Theater, to offer you two different ways to spend the day.

First, we hear a version of, Blossoms in the Dust, the “true” story of a Edna Gladney, who found homes for orphaned children, and campaigned to change Texas law to make life easier for children without legitimate parents. The veracity of the details of the story are certainly in question, but Edna’s dedication to the cause is the true element this story is based on.

After the ups and downs of that tale, we return to the CBS Radio Mystery Theater, with a story called A Lady Never Loses Her Head. A combination of gaslighting and re-enactment efforts work to cause an American woman recently married to a well-to-do British man to consider that she might be haunted by headless ghosts from the past. But not even the truly creepy behavior of her husband seems to tip her off… at first…

 

Enjoy!

Another UFO: Supplemental (Document #MVM05)

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Another UFO: Supplemental (Document #MVM05)

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Time marches on, and the case files regarding Extra Terrestrial activity only get larger and more complicated. This time we try to get to a few different perspectives, all of which draw no conclusions that are any different than the ones you knew about before. Mr. X himself, Xeres of Xeron calls in, so we can both discuss our thoughts about what might be happening with regards to abductions, and later, das from Big City Orchestra calls in too, tossing his own brand of nonsense into the mix. We close up shop a little early, only to get to an afterparty. This time we offer a live performance from 9 years ago on this very day, when Derek M. Johnson came down to the show, and sat in for both a solo and a collaborative set with. It is odd to think that this individual show has almost a decade of history to it now. .

 

 

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Dimestore Radio Theater #155

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Dimestore Radio Theater #155

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A simple effort to test his sikills, and renew his Private Eye License, causes Richard Diamond get involved in a murder case that happens at the police station, DURING a test.  Meanwhile, we spend a fair amount of time in Cairo’s Chinatown, where Rocky Jordan meets up with an old friend – Wong Lee – and accidentally becomes a part of a complicated (and confusing) muder, involving his friend, and much of Chinatown.

We continue our run on the Vaudville documentary during “Dimestore Revelations,” while Blackstone The Magic Detective finds himself and his trusty assistant, kidnapped, as part of a plot to sell stolen gasoline. Will they escape, unharmed? And in our final story this week, we listen to a group of con artist businessmen trick earthlings into volunteering for a repopulation mission, just as they own planet struggles with overpopulation. But it’s… funny?

It’s two hours of mid-century radio wonder, and it’s all for you, today!

 

Enjoy!

Stereogram #14: Frozen Star

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Stereogram #14: Frozen Star

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“Arvo Zylo returns to Mid-Valley Mutations with a set initially inspired by Joe Meek and his fateful connection to February 3rd. With that as a prompt, the program will spread infinitely outward into other parallel freeform territory. Zylo is head of NO PART OF IT label. In addition to various radio experience, he does noise music, occasional interviews or articles, and collage art.”

 

Enjoy!

Dimestore Radio Theater: Our Groundhog Day Special!

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Dimestore Radio Theater: Our Groundhog Day Special!

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Another holiday means another round of episodes from the Lux Radio Theater and The CBS Radio Mastery Theater, to offer you two different ways to spend the day.

First, we hear a version of, Mother Wore Tights, a romance set against the world of vaudeville performers. Betty Grable & Dan Dailey recreate their on-screen roles, in this radio romance told in flashbacks to a time when two-a-day performers were on the move, looking for work… and possibly more. .

Next, we dive back into the CBS Radio Mystery Theater, with a story called A Ghostly Game of Death. A particularly haunted house – with an adulterous and murderous past – can’t be demolished to make way for something safer, until the ghosts have been exorcised. Two paranormal investigators decide to spend the night in the house… to find they may have signed up for more than they bargained for.

 

Enjoy!

“One For The Cats” b/w “The Best of Chickenman”

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“One For The Cats” b/w “The Best of Chickenman”

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The best laid plans of both cats and chickens can often come back, the very next day, to roost and nap on the radio when you least expect it. In spite of my best laid plans to bring you more stories of UFOs, we take this detour through the archives, to offer, “One For The Cats,” mixing poetry and literature with music, to offer two hours of feline fancy, for the cat and or cat-lover in your life. We cap things off with a broadcast from 10 years ago to the day, where I edited together some clips of Chickenman with songs on a similar audio wavelength. Between all the cats and chickens in your life, hopefully this will offer you an outlet where all you have to do is listen, and dance.

 

 

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Dimestore Radio Theater #154

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Dimestore Radio Theater #154

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Richard Diamond gets wrapped up in a case involving, “Joyce Wallace,” a well known actor with a death wish and a jealous husband.  Meanwhile, Rocky Jordan thinks everything is going just fine, until an old enemy who is unmistakably dead, starts to leave clues that perhaps they are more alive than once thought!

We get some more about the world of Vaudeville, and Blackstone The Magic Detective escapes a locked room using his wits, and a talking skull! We close with an X-Minus One story, “Early Model,” where a 72 pound “Protec” device has been given to explorers, that seals up against any outside threat. But what if the Protec itself is the only threat you really face?

It’s two hours of mid-century radio wonder, and it’s all for you, today!

 

Enjoy!

Word Jazz V w/ Ken Nordine (A “Cheek-In-Tongues,” “Fill-In-Shows,” Installment)

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Word Jazz V w/ Ken Nordine (A “Cheek-In-Tongues,” “Fill-In-Shows,” Installment)

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More Nordine Nuggets, as we continue our chronological overview of “Word Jazz,” whenever we are asked to cover for Barno and “Cheek In Tongues.” We share a few “how did you find him?” comments in the Digital Salon, and we work through 60 minutes of vintage Nordine, as he cleverly offers improvised word salad in the best possible way.

 

Enjoy!

Another UFO: Supplemental (Document #MVM04)

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Another UFO: Supplemental (Document #MVM04)

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What was that? Out in the yard? I think I heard something… or at least, we started to a couple weeks ago, and now we return to our work, supplementing the work that Mr. Joyce did, so long ago. More 70’s UFO Documentary Magic, as we traipse through the central questions: are UFO encounters real, or a collective hallucination? We don’t get anywhere… as usual… but we close with an edit of a 20 year old broadcast from the archives, with a live performance by a band no longer with us: Gordon Taylor.

 

 

Be Seeing You.

Dimestore Radio Theater: Our MLK Day Special!

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Dimestore Radio Theater: Our MLK Day Special!

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The staff at Dimestore Radio Theater have been asking for more time off,  so we have decided to recognize more holidays this year. This gives us a chance to present more “Movies on The Radio,” as we work our way through more of the Lux Radio Theater and The CBS Radio Mastery Theater, both shows with expansive back-catalogs, and many interesting episodes.

First, we hear a version of, The Devil and Miss Jones, a movie about employee / management rights couched in a Henry V sort of presentation.

Next, we hear a fully restored version of The Girl Who Found Things, staring Normal Rose in the lead. In this story of murder and the supernatural, a simple murder is easily foiled, when a 16 year old clairvoyant is brought in to help solve the case. Suddenly, more than just murder is a part of the story.

We’ll be back next week, returning to our usual line-up or stories and shenanigans.

 

Enjoy!

Cecyl Ruehlen & Thomas Dimuzio: Live Interviews!

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Cecyl Ruehlen & Thomas Dimuzio: Live Interviews!

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We have another “two-sided” episode this week, as we offer two different kinds of interviews, with two different kinds of artists.

In the first leg of their West Coast Tour, Cecyl Ruehlen calls in to talk about their practice as an artist, playing shows in DIY or temporary spaces, their path as an artist, and then offers a sneak preview of their new album, which is not yet out yet, but is coming soon.

Then, Thomas Dimuzio calls into the show, to talk about how they got into music, the search for the right balance of listening, gear and improvisation, and even offers a little insight into their approach to long-form pieces, and mastering final recordings. Thomas’ approach to sound itself, and how to present it, is something I’ve appreciated for a while, and it was delightful to talk to him about his work.

 

 

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Dimestore Radio Theater #153

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Dimestore Radio Theater #153

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Richard Diamond is dispatched to help Walt and Otis foil the, “Louis Spence Case,” as Louis has wired up explosives, and is out to get revenge on the police for not getting rid of a corrupt Mayor. Meanwhile, Rocky Jordan gets tied up in a matter involving one of his most bitter rivals: Greco, the police officer that often gets things wrong, and this time, is in more trouble than he knows what to do with, unless Rocky can get him out!

We get some more about the world of Vaudeville, and Blackstone The Magic Detective foils a Ventriloquist / Dummy pair of thieves, out to pin their crime on Blackstone himself! We close with a re-run of a comedy from X-Minus One, “Skulking Permit,” where the citizens of the planet New Delaware realize they are missing something if they want to keep up appearances for the visitors from Earth, which is why they have hired their first ever criminal, to keep things on the up-and-up.

It’s two hours of mid-century radio wonder, and it’s all for you, today!

 

Enjoy!

Another UFO: Supplemental (Document #MVM03)

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Another UFO: Supplemental (Document #MVM03)

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New Year, New Mutations, and to kick things off, we will be exploring UFOs again, picking up where Don Joyce left off, and adding our own spin to the proceedings. We pulled hours and hours of material for this presentation, so we will not run out any times soon. Our show includes several thick collage mixes, a call from our alien friend from Zornac, Bandit checks in with some casual call updates at the end of the show, and we keep scanning the skies – and our radio dials – for UFO activity. There’s really nothing better that early 70’s UFO documentaries, and there’s more to come, next week!

 

 

Be Seeing You.

Dimestore Radio Theater #152

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Dimestore Radio Theater #152

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After a long holiday break, we return to our regularly scheduled programs. It is nice to get back to the stories of Richard Diamond, Rocky Jordan, and Blackstone The Magic Detective, as well as see what is happening in our Vaudeville Documentary, as well as on, X-Minus One.

Richard Tracks a cop-killer with some of his old friends on the force, while Rocky Jordan gets involved in a story that involved Madame Dulac, her daughter, and a gambling crime setup that leads Rocky to being considering the suspect! Blackstone offers more coin tricks and mysteries from his career, while X-Minus One explores the world of automation, AI taking over, and how the only way to make it in this horrible future is to become a dishonest tech bro. (In a story from 1957.)

It’s two hours of mid-century radio wonder, and it’s all for you, today!

 

 

Enjoy!

 

 

 

In Search of The Christmas Ghosts of The Mid-Valley! (Ghosts III)

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In Search of The Christmas Ghosts of The Mid-Valley! (Ghosts III)

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We complete our trilogy – started in October with In Search of The Ghost Hunters of The Mid-Valley, continued last week with In Search of The Christmas Ghosts of The Mid-Valley, and completed here, now, with two more hours – and a full holiday ghosts tale – mixed in for your enjoyment. Since the dates lined up, I present a 45 Minute edit of a radio show I mixed live nine years ago, on the same date, distilling the show down to its raw essence. Since I got my timing off, I close with a live MicroGranny jam, that brings us to the end of the year, and beyond.

Be Seeing you!

 

 

Enjoy!

Holi-Day & Date New Year’s Fun! (Week 5)

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Holi-Day & Date New Year’s Fun! (Week 5)

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We forego our regular shows this time of year, and for this program, offer you a variety of holiday tidbits, all originally aired on this same date, but many decades before.

First, we offer you the comedic stylings of Duffy’s Tavern, as the cast try and work out what they should do about some missing Christmas cards. (Dorothy Shaye guest stars to sing a song and flirt with the lead.) They we’re off to Hawaii for an episode of Hawaii Calls, as the perform traditional Hawaiian songs, and a few New Year’s tunes as well. Bill Stern gives up a New Year’s Sports roundup, with Jack Benny along for the ride. and finally we hear a New Year’s centric episode of Quiet, Please, to properly horrify you before bed.

It’s two hours of vintage holiday broadcasts, ready for you this holiday season.

 

 

Enjoy!

 

 

 

In Search of The Christmas Ghosts of The Mid-Valley! (Ghosts II)

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In Search of The Christmas Ghosts of The Mid-Valley! (Ghosts II)

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It’s another journey deep into the lore and experiences of those who have seen or are haunted by apparitions, this time with a slight holiday component to the show. After debuting two new tracks by The Giant Worm – which were recorded days ago, and submitted to this show by the band – we pick up where we left off back in October, where we were In Search of The Ghost Hunters of The Mid-Valley. Now, we add a BBC broadcast of holiday ghost stories into the mix, along with music, a call from WebHamster Henry himself, and, plenty of Mini-Mutations. It’s a cut-up take on the Christmas Ghost Story, and we wouldn’t have it any other way.

 

Enjoy!

Holi-Day & Date Christmas Fun! (Week 4)

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Holi-Day & Date Christmas Fun! (Week 4)

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We forego our regular shows during the holidays, and for this program, we offer you a variety of holiday fare, all originally aired on this same date, but many decades before. This week our theme is: Jack Benny?

First, it’s an episode of CBS Town Hall Tonight, a variety show with music and comedy, hosted by Fred Allen, and featuring Jack Benny. After some brief Revelations, we offer a Christmas 1946 transcription disc from the Grandpas’s iPod blog (essentially a 1946 “Christmas mix tape”). We close the show with an installment of Jack Benny’s program, The Jell-O Show, where they get into their usual holiday shenanigans.

It’s two hours of vintage holiday broadcasts, ready for you this holiday season.

 

Enjoy!

 

 

 

UBradio Salon 936 – SquircUBe Chronicles: “Hey Kids, Do You Know What Time It Is?”… 21 Dec 2025 on DFM.nu

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UBradio Salon 936 – SquircUBe Chronicles: “Hey Kids, Do You Know What Time It Is?”… 21 Dec 2025 on DFM.nu

This time, Austin & univac are joined by Aurora Josephson & Mike Dringenberg, to offer the first installment of, “Captain Amazing,” and to continue discussing the fallout from their time at the Yoga Yurt.

This story is part of, “The SquircUBe Chronicles,” series of episodes on UB Radio Salon, written by univac and Austin Rich.

 

Enjoy!

It’s Alive w/ Ghosts of Ghosts & Scot Jenerik!

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It’s Alive w/ Ghosts of Ghosts & Scot Jenerik!

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We’ve got a live split LP of a show for you this week, as we bring you post punk and experimental music – and interviews – with artists here in the Mid-Valley, that I think you are going to love.

We start off with a live performance and interview with Ghosts of Ghosts, a trio who bring you instrumental tunes that are as danceable as they are otherworldly. After a brief intermission in hour two, flip the show over, and go on an otherworldly journey, with a live set by Scot Jenerik, who returns to the show to talk about his new live boxed set, Street of Crocodiles, and also gets into a lot of the process and motivation behind creating new work.

It’s a live double-header and you don’t want to miss it!

 

Enjoy!

 

 

 

Holi-Day & Date Christmas Fun! (Week 3)

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Holi-Day & Date Christmas Fun! (Week 3)

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We forego our regular shows during the holidays, and for this program, we offer you a variety of holiday fare, all originally aired on this same date, but many decades before.

This week, we air an episode of The Good News of 1939, a variety show with music and comedy, and a performance by Lionel Barrymore, recreating some key moments for A Christmas Carol. Voice of The Army brings us a unique (and somewhat unusual) broadcast, Christmas Harps, with harp-renditions of Christmas classics. Finally, we bring you a story from the anthology program, NBC Radio City Playhouse, with a story that is using a very familiar title.

It’s two hours of vintage holiday broadcasts, ready for you this holiday season.

 

Enjoy!

 

 

 

Word Jazz IV w/ Ken Nordine (A “Cheek-In-Tongues,” “Fill-In-Shows,” Installment)

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Word Jazz IV w/ Ken Nordine (A “Cheek-In-Tongues,” “Fill-In-Shows,” Installment)

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We make another nod to Nordine, as we continue to explore the classic Word Jazz series of broadcasts.

This week, Barno was out again, so it made sense to grab two more installments of this program, and give it a throw. The Digital Salon was pretty lively, as Hot Dog – and the pros and cons of Chicago Style – rapidly became the subject of conversation.

 

Enjoy!

 

 

 

The Melinda Snodgrass Interview

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The Melinda Snodgrass Interview

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Join us for a casual conversation with legendary Science Fiction author, Melinda Snodgrass. We get a nice overview of her career, stories about how she got involved in Hollywood, and lots of tips on writing, and what makes a dedicated writer. Melinda has two series of books available to read now, which you can learn a lot more about (and find links to buy them) on her website: .

The Imperials Series

The Carolingian Series

 

Enjoy!

 

 

Holi-Day & Date Christmas Fun! (Week 2)

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Holi-Day & Date Christmas Fun! (Week 2)

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Continuing our Holiday Anniversary trend, we bring you two more episodes of the CBS Radio Mystery Theater, and a short holiday installment of The Gift of The Magi, which apparently makes everyone else in the world cry, but makes me laugh.

 

Enjoy!

Thanksgiving Leftovers, 2025!

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Thanksgiving Leftovers, 2025!

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I had to miss my regular Tuesday show this week, so I picked up a shift to cover for Don-O, and offering three house of Thanksgiving Leftovers: all albums and records that I’ve been meaning to get to this year, but hadn’t appeared on the show yet. It’s a MOSTLY all vinyl show, but I really just play whatever I want, and enjoy it the whole time. Now you can, too.

 

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Holi-Day & Date Christmas Fun! (Week 1)

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Holi-Day & Date Christmas Fun! (Week 1)

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Our Holiday Season this year is filled with anniversary retrocasts: shows that originally appeared on the same date, but many decades previous. We start this year off with two installments of CBS Radio Mystery Theater, and a short holiday installment of The Victory Front.

 

Enjoy!

 

 

UBradio Salon 933 – SquircUBe Chronicles: WinterDrone V… 30 Nov 2025 on DFM.nu

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UBradio Salon 933 – SquircUBe Chronicles: WinterDrone V… 30 Nov 2025 on DFM.nu

Aurora Josephson visits the UB Kitchens for an in-person drone session, and univac and myself call in to offer scripts, japes, and drones to help flesh this show out.

This story is part of, “The SquircUBe Chronicles,” series of episodes on UB Radio Salon, written by univac and Austin Rich.

 

Enjoy!

Smoke Two Joints In The Morning: 420, Too (A Danksgiving Special!)

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Smoke Two Joints In The Morning: 420, Too (A Danksgiving Special!)

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Since many of us are stuck visiting with family that we don’t particularly want to see this time of year, we decide to take a radio “walk” out behind the garage, and huff down a couple j’s, soaking in another massive dose of stoned audio adventures, combined with some Thanksgiving Recipes by Martha Stewart, herself. All part of our annual Thanksgiving Shenangans, that works well fresh from the oven, or parsed out over the next couple weeks.

 

Enjoy!

Dimestore Radio Theater Thanksgiving Special 2025!

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Dimestore Radio Theater Thanksgiving Special 2025

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Presenting in its entirety, The Elgin Watch 7th Annual Thanksgiving Show, which features music, comedy, and other solemn radio moments from the 25 of November, 1948.

 

Rough Playlist:
Ken Carpenter * Announcer Spot 1
Don Ameche * Host Spot 1
Mario Lanza * Cosi, Cosa!
Don Ameche * Host Spot 2
Don Ameche & Gary Moore * (Joke-Em-Ups)
Don Ameche, Gary Moore & Jimmy Durante * Ink A Dink A Doo
Don Ameche * Host Spot 3
Ken Carpenter * Elgin Watch Ad
Don Ameche * Host Spot 4
The Mills Brothers * Confess
Don Ameche * Host Spot 5
Don Ameche, Vera Vague & André Previn * (Joke-Em-Ups)
André Previn * Lover
Don Ameche * Host Spot 6
Bob Hopkins * Impersonations
Ken Carpenter * Announcer Spot 2
Don Ameche * Host Spot 7
Don Ameche & Jack Benny * (The Cheap Market)
Ken Carpenter & Don Ameche * Segue…
Mabel Flapsaddle / Sara Berner & Frank Nelson * Elgin Watch Ad
Don Ameche * Host Spot 8
Frances Langford * Just One Of Those Things
Don Ameche, Vera Vague, Frances Langford & Maro Lanza * (Still More Joke-Em-Ups)
Mario Lanza * (Sings Another Song)
Ken Carpenter & The Elgin Performers * Elgin Watch Ad
Ken Carpenter * Announcer Spot 3
Don Ameche * Host Spot 9
Dean Martin * Ramblin’ Rose
Don Ameche, Vera Vague, Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis * (Continued Joke-Em-Ups)
Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis * That Certain Party
Don Ameche, Ken Carpenter & Willy Lump Lump (Red Skeleton) * (Joke-Em-Ups Again)
Frances Langford * Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man
The Bickersons * The Honeymoon Is Over
Don Ameche & Bob Hopkins * More Impersonations
Ken Carpenter * Announcer Spot 4
Don Ameche * Host Spot 10
The Mills Brothers * Paper Dolls
Ken Carpenter * Announcer Spot 5
Don Ameche * Host Spot 11
Red Skelton / The Mean Widdle Kid, Jr. * Thanksgiving Scene
Don Ameche * Host Spot 12
André Previn * (Song)
Don Ameche * Host Spot 13
Mario Lanza * (Another Song)
Don Ameche * Host Spot 14
Ken Carpenter * Announcer Spot 6

Enjoy!

 

Howlin’ At The Doom Part 6: Partch-Meants Triad

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Howlin At The Doom Part 6: Partch-Meants Triad

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Number six in our “Howlin’ At The Doom”  series of biographical mix shows where we ruminate on how it was that well known artists from he past handed the horrors of their world and their lives. This is the third covering the life and work of Harry Partch (you can listen to Part One and Part Two to complete the trilogy), where we continue to explore interviews and documentaries about one of the most inventive and unusual audio artists of the last 100 years. We end the show with a nearly 90 minute, uninterrupted piece of Partch and gives you another example of the range of his performances.

 

Enjoy!

The People Who Died 2025 Edition Part II

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The People Who Died 2025 Edition Part II

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Picking up where we left off with Part I (and in a larger sense, with are ongoing “People Who Died” series), we continue with more Tom Lehrer and David Lynch cut-ups, mixed in with other audio tributes to Wink Martindale, Hulk Hogan, Gang of Four, Connie Francis, and many, many more. We didn’t we scratch the surface with this one, and there should probably be another installment ASAP.

 

Enjoy!

It’s Alive! Performances in The Mid-Valley (w/ Brad Anderson & Four Dimensional Nightmare… LIVE!)

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It’s Alive! Performances in The Mid-Valley (w/ Brad Anderson & Four Dimensional Nightmare… LIVE!)

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Four Dimensional Nightmare has been a friend to the show, and a guest, for well over 10 years now, and the news of their (possibly last?) show in December has been very exciting to hear. We present a live performance and interview with both Four Dimensional Nightmare, but another good friend to both this show and The Nightmare as well, Brad Anderson. It’s two live sets! It’s two interviews! It ‘s radio the way it was meant to be, and you can enjoy it all, here, now.

 

Enjoy!

Another UFO: Another Supplemental (Document #MVM02) (A Hellraiser Installment)

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Another UFO: Another Supplemental (Document #MVM02) (A Hellraiser Installment)

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On the anniversary of the Roswell Incident this year, we broke open the UFO file here in the Lava Lamp Lounge, and offered a long meditation on that particular corner of UFO-logy. However, I uncovered a treasure trove of vintage UFO documentaries, and decided to get back to that subject, this time for our annual Halloween Spook-tacular. While Aliens are not precisely Halloween fare, it was nice to settle down with something weird and spooky to close out the season this year.

 

Enjoy!

 

Dimestore Radio Theater Halloween Spook-tacular 2025! (Part 4)

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Dimestore Radio Theater Halloween Spook-tacular 2025! (Part 4)

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Closing our our annual Spook-tacular this year, we continue with Four presentations that are perfect for the spooky in your family. More installments of The Weird Circle, The Price of Fear and Quiet, Please are all on the docket, but we also have a very curious novelty – The Haunted House of Song – that will give you something special to enjoy, outside of the usual shows. Dig in… if you dare!

 

Enjoy!

 

UBradio Salon 928 – SquircUBe Chronicles: Exit?… 26 Oct 2025 on DFM.nu

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UBradio Salon 928 – SquircUBe Chronicles: Exit?… 26 Oct 2025 on DFM.nu

It’s another installment of “The SquircUBe Chronicles,” a show that I co-write with univac, and is hosted most months, on UB Radio Salon. For this show, we discover that Austin has trouble finding the exit to his facsimile of The Mid-Valley. It’s up to univac, and a pair of well-timed music breaks, to solve this problem, and get everyone back out to the SquircUBe, ASAP.

 

Enjoy!

 

The People Who Died 2025 Edition (A Hellraiser “Singles Going Deady” Installment)

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The People Who Died 2025 Edition (A Hellraiser “Singles Going Deady” Installment)

WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat

Digging into the archives again, to look for more music and recordings by The People Who Died, trying to keep it focused to 2025 deaths, for the Halloween Spook-tacular this year. Actual deaths are a lot scarier than anything else I could think of, and there were too many to avoid dedicating a show to all of it. Lynch and Lehrer wind up in the mix, along with many other folks, too many to contain in one show, as all of this spilled over into another show a few weeks later.

 

Enjoy!

Dimestore Radio Theater Halloween Spook-tacular 2025! (Part 3)

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Dimestore Radio Theater Halloween Spook-tacular 2025! (Part 3)

WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat

Our annual Halloween Spook-tacular continues, and with it, our tour through mid-century horror radio wends through the dusty corridors, to find new aural treats that have not yet scared us before. More installments of our four regular October Shows are available for you, including stories from The Weird Circle, The Price of Fear, The Strange Dr. Weird, and Quiet, Please. Celebrate Halloween the right way, with horror selections, from us.

 

Enjoy!

In Search Of The Ghost Hunters of The Mid-Valley (A Hellraiser Installment)

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In Search Of The Ghost Hunters of The Mid-Valley (A Hellraiser Installment)

WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat

It’s the holiday season, and as usual, we find that the once-a-year tradition of seeing the Ghost Hunters emerge and get sighted by any number of local oddball, here in the Mid-Valley. Miss Rikki (of legendary Closet Radio  fame) joins me for a tour of the Mid-Valley, in search of ghosts and other mysterious happenings. There’s plenty of music, natch, and we do our best to find the scariest parts of the Mid-Valley… all while trying to raise a little coin for WFMU.

 

Enjoy!

Dimestore Radio Theater Halloween Spook-tacular 2025! (Part 2)

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Dimestore Radio Theater Halloween Spook-tacular 2025! (Part 2)

WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat

Our annual Halloween Spook-tacular is off to a good start this year, as we continue our journey through four horror radio mid-century broadcasts from the dark side of the radio dial. Its holiday installments of The Weird Circle, The Price of Fear, The Strange Dr. Wierd, and Quiet, Please, all ready to scare you into the spirit of the season.

 

Enjoy!

 

… IN HELL

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… IN HELL.

WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat

In a rare radio event that was far too long in the making, Miss Rikki of Closet Radio notoriety joins me for a pseudo A Momentary Lapse of Reason reunion, as we join forces as Jungle Room correspondents, who have gone on-location, to a town at the southern end of the Mid-Valley, with the unlikely name of Hell. In this scripted adventure with a cast of characters almost too numerous to mention, we’ll go to Hell and Back just to bring you some Holiday Entertainment. Will we survive this incredible adventure? Who will we meet along the way? Will it all be in the name of ridiculous Halloween fun?

You can count on it.

 

Enjoy!

 

Stereogram #13: Reigning CattyWampus Hell In A Hand Made Basket Case of Unread Mixed Bag Messages From A Passive-Aggressive God Throwing Lamp Shade Graven Image Death Rattle Snake Splatterhouse Earthling Unearthing Mean Human Beans Elimidate Phlebotomy Crepes Mediocre Miracles In Disguise Surprise

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Stereogram #13: Reigning CattyWampus Hell In A Hand Made Basket Case of Unread Mixed Bag Messages From A Passive-Aggressive God Throwing Lamp Shade Graven Image Death Rattle Snake Splatterhouse Earthling Unearthing Mean Human Beans Elimidate Phlebotomy Crepes Mediocre Miracles In Disguise Surprise

WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat

Enjoy!

 

 

20 Minutes Into The Future 2024 Halloween Special! (A Big Time Television Celebration)

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20 Minutes Into The Future 2024 Halloween Special! (A Big Time Television Celebration)
(recorded 24 May 2024)

It’s that time of year, when our thoughts turn to those of Halloween!

Heather would have picked something local.

Austin is stuck in the 80’s, at Halloween.

 

Our Setlist:
Vic Crume * The Haunted House
Tim Curry * The Halloween Song
Oingo Boingo * Dead Man’s Party
Ramones * Pet Sematary
The Dickies * Killer Clowns From Outer Space
Men At Work * Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive
The Fall * There’s A Ghost In My House
Toto Coelo * Dracula’s Tango

We encourage you to help with our Patreon Fundraiser, where we are working with Michael Cassutt to create an audio-drama version of his lost vintage Max Headroom script, “Families.” So if you help support Austin Rich so he doesn’t have to punch a clock, then we can get more of this kind of material to you, quickly.

The Magnetic Monster & More! (Radio Riffin’ w/ Austin & Mitch, and a clip of 20 Year Old Halloween Radio)

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The Magnetic Monster & More! (Radio Riffin’ w/ Austin & Mitch, and a clip of 20 Year Old Halloween Radio)

Enjoy!

 

You can watch the whole movie, with our commentary, here.

Or, if you would just like a commentary track .mp3 that you can try to sync up with your copy of the film, this might work for you.

 

It Did Happen Here: A Panel Discussion from the authors of the podcast and book, about anti-fascist struggles in the 80’s & 90’s in the Pacific Northwest)

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It Did Happen Here: A Panel Discussion from the authors of the podcast and book, about anti-fascist struggles in the 80’s & 90’s in the Pacific Northwest)

This week we offer a panel discussion from the creators of the book, “It Did Happen Here.”

Playlist & Live WFMU Chat.

Enjoy!

The War With The Newts

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The War With The Newts

On the anniversary of Karel Čapek’s birthday, we listen to this 2005 presentation from the BBC, where they dramatize a 90 version of, “The War With The Newts.” This story is fantastic, breaks the fourth wall, has Karel and Olga – real life people – narrate the story from WWII Prague – as they worry about Hitler’s impending invasion, and instead, discuss a different world wide calamity that we all brought upon ourselves.

Playlist & Live WFMU Chat.

Enjoy!

Stereogram #6: …The clouds will never part for us again (w/ Arvo Zylo)

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Stereogram #6: …The clouds will never part for us again (w/ Arvo Zylo)

As we wind down the year, it’s time for an extended vinyl solution, and a live performance by Mini-Mutations. In a way, both are sort of an extension. of the other. Hopefully it’s the perfect way to ease into the new year.

Playlist & Live WFMU Chat.

Enjoy!

A WFMU NEW YEAR’S EVE, ONE NIGHT STAND EXTRAVAGANZA!! (Hosted by Bob Barth!)

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A WFMU NEW YEAR’S EVE, ONE NIGHT STAND EXTRAVAGANZA!! (Hosted by Bob Barth!)

Sheena’s Jungle Room presented six hours of New Year’s Eve radio, and I contributed a tiny bit to the PST Time Zone celebration. This was a lot of fun, and Bob’s already talking about doing it again next year.

Playlist & Live WFMU Chat.

Enjoy!

 

It’s The Mini-Mutations End of The Year Celebration!

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It’s The Mini-Mutations End of The Year Celebration!

As we wind down the year, it’s time for an extended vinyl solution, and a live performance by Mini-Mutations. In a way, both are sort of an extension. of the other. Hopefully it’s the perfect way to ease into the new year.

Playlist & Live WFMU Chat.

Enjoy!

20 Minutes Into The Future: That Dr. Demento Sensibility (“Merry Christmas Santa Claus,” Chrysalis Records, 1986)

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20 Minutes Into The Future: That Dr. Demento Sensibility (“Merry Christmas Santa Claus,” Chrysalis Records, 1986)
(Recorded on 9 November 2023; 1 September 2022.)

Once your star is ascending, it’s only a matter of time before someone realizes that the next logical step is to have your work the holiday angle, with a Special and a Holiday Single that will be on TVs and in stores… just in time for you and your loved ones to spend this special time of year with your new favorite celebrity. And this is how Max Headroom’s 7″ Single — “Merry Christmas Santa Claus” b/w “Gimme Shades” — came to underwhelm all of us in 1986.

 

Heather is really hung up on the lyrics, and can’t seem to think of anything else.

Austin wants to set the record straight, and thank Blank Johnny in the UK for sending a copy of the single to The Lava Lamp Lounge!

(This show was originally a part of our Podcast, 20 Minutes Into The Future.)

Giving Everything For X-Mas (by univac & Austin)

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Giving Everything For X-Mas (by univac & Austin)

Austin’s Annual Holiday Program For Mid-Valley Mutations takes an unusual turn, as he desperately tries out something new, in an effort to make his show the best in the tri-county area. It’s a Holiday Horror Story, written by univac and Austin! Guest voices! Music! And a story about the places where dreams and technology intersect in the worst possible way.

Playlist & Live WFMU Chat.

Enjoy!

20 Minutes Into The Future: “What Gives Our Lives Meaning?” (Warner Bros., “Blade Runner,” 1982)

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20 Minutes Into The Future: “What Gives Our Lives Meaning?” (Warner Bros., “Blade Runner,” 1982)
(Recorded on 1 September 2022.)

Probably one of the more legendary and divisive opinions on our show: one of us did NOT like Blade Runner, and one of us is rather fond of it for it’s impact and influence on cinema, culture, and specifically, Max Headroom. Wanna hear us get into it, with a tid-bit recorded with Steve Roberts, who offers his thoughts on all of it?

 

Heather is reminded of the way certain men like to behave.

Austin argues about Class Consciousness. Again.

(This was originally released as an episode of 20 Minutes Into The Future.)

Sounds From Space: November In The Stars (Special Apollo 12 Tribute)

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Sounds From Space: (November In The Stars) Special Apollo 12 Tribute

Between November 14th and November 24th, the Apollo 12 Mission quietly worked in the shadow of the much more exciting, and famous, Apollo 11 Mission from earlier that summer. Since we are continuing our coverage for “Sounds From Space,” this is sort of a sequel to our Apollo 11 Tribute from the summer, as we listen to Apollo 12 tapes this time, and enjoy a long-form Mini-Mutations jam… and while thinking about Sounds From Space.

Enjoy!

 

November In The Stars * Mini-Mutations * 27 November 2023.

20 Minutes Into The Future: Our Thanksgiving Special!

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20 Minutes Into The Future: Our Thanksgiving Special!
(Recorded on 15 November 2023.)

Austin had gone out of his way to make a fantastic dinner for his 20 Minutes Into The Future family. They would like to have nothing to do with it, in any way, shape, or form.

Heather’s Holiday Playlist is, once again, here to help us deal with unwanted family this time of year.

Austin spent too much time on something no one wants to enjoy. Again.

 

“Title” * “Album” * “Artist”

Bread * Your Favorite Music * Clem Snide
Breakfast Man * My Report Card * Todd Shuster
Sugar Sugar Sugar * Tender Prey * Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Like Eating Glass * Silent Alarm * Bloc Party
Know Your Chicken * Viva! La Woman * Cibo Matto
Angel Food * I’m Around * Nod
Sugar * R&B Transmogrification * Quasi
Chicken * A Date With Elvis * The Cramps
Two All-Beef Patties (Live) * Fan Club: From The Rare To The Unreleased * Jellyfish
Everybody Eats When They Come to My House * Everybody Eats When They Come to My House * Cab Calloway and his Orchestra
Chicken and Ice Cream * Podcast 41 * They Might Be Giants
Come On-A My House * Superstars Of The Fifties * Rosemary Clooney
Dinner Bell * Apollo 18 * They Might Be Giants
Toast * Pretending I’m Not Home * Heywood Banks
Big Rock Candy Mountain * God Don’t Make No Junk * The Halo Benders
Fishcakes * Mask * Bauhaus

(This show was originally a part of the podcast, 20 Minutes Into The Future.)

PUNKSGIVING Special: Once Upon A Time – Punk On Culture (A Grumpy Punk History Lesson)

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PUNKSGIVING Special: Once Upon A Time – Punk On Culture (A Grumpy Punk History Lesson)

Just in time for you to step out onto the porch and have a cigarette in radio form, it’s a chance to get away from your family during the holiday, and instead, listen to a bunch of loud rock and roll, all thanks to our PUNKSGIVING Special, continuing to filter through the massive, 100 volume “Once Upon A Time” compilation series of chronological punk singles.

Playlist & Live WFMU Chat.

Enjoy!

20 Minutes Into The Future: It’s Halloween In The Fringes!

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20 Minutes Into The Future: It’s Halloween In The Fringes!
(Recorded on 20 October 2023.)

It looks like Heather and Austin have decided to go… trick or treating in The Fringes!? Oh no! This can only lead to a drunken night at Caligula’s, where Heather has taken over the jukebox. Hopefully the good music will protect us from Bruegel & Mahler.

(The voice of our announcer is none other than Xeres of Xeron himself! The doorman was played by Imaginos.)

Heather’s Holiday Playlist is most definitely below.

Austin can’t even work a fake tiara on Halloween. Sigh.

 

That’s Halloween – Duplex Planet – Duplex Halloween Planet
Bones –The Killers – Sam’s Town
Please Mr. Gravedigger — David Bowie – David Bowie
I’m a Vampire — Future Bible Heroes – Eternal Youth
The Devil Was in my Yard – The Sleepy Jackson  – Personality–One Was a Spider, One Was a Bird
Never Kick a Black Cat – Eban Schletter – Eban Schletter Presents Michael Avallone​’​s Tales of the Frightened
Wolfman – The Real Tuesday Weld  – The Last Werewolf
I’ve Created A Monster – Eban Schletter – Eban Schletter’s Witching Hour
I Was a Teenage Werewolf – The Cramps – Songs the Lord Taught Us
Seven Little Girls – Reverend Glasseye and his Wooden Legs – Black River Falls
Hello Neighbor – The Quitters – The Quitters’ Second Album
Turn Around –They Might Be Giants – Apollo 18
Bassem Sabry – Of Montreal – Aureate Gloom
O Death – Ralph Stanley – Oh Brother Where Art Thou Official Film Soundtrack
Killing for Satan – Paul Wibier – Satan’s Sadists Official Film Soundtrack

The Great Outdoors

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The Great Outdoors (#243) (852)

Xeres and I decided that we needed to get away from it all, for a while. We arrive at Big Rock Candy Mountain, a fantastic campground with a number of odd features, including a creek near an ocean beach with lots of hiking in tropical and pine forests. Occasional guests wander in, we read some poetry and short stories, offer some PSAs about camping, and we have our Short Wave Radio to tune in music and The Weather Computer.

It’s The Great Outdoors. Sit around the campfire, and stay a spell.

Enjoy!

 

The Great Outdoors

 

Artist Track Album Label Year Comments

Apemen On Big Rock Candy Mountain
Xeres of Xeron & Austin Rich Driving Out The Great Outdoors      
The Kinks Apeman Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround, Part One Pye Records 1970  
Xeres of Xeron & Austin Rich The Campsite The Great Outdoors      
Harry McClintock Big Rock Candy Mountain Haywire Mac Folkways Records 1972  
Xeres of Xeron & Austin Rich Setting Up Camp The Great Outdoors      
Coleman Camping Gear Let’s Go Camping Let’s Go Camping Coleman 1970  
Xeres of Xeron & Austin Rich Cooking Hoedown The Great Outdoors      
Xeres of Xeron Results Radio Jam   1991  

Where Are We?
Xeres of Xeron & Austin Rich Down By The River The Great Outdoors      
Xeres of Xeron & Austin Rich Nature Sounds on the Nature Hike The Great Outdoors      
Xeres of Xeron & Austin Rich An Encounter with Gentle Ben and… The Great Outdoors      
Gene Autry Smokey The Bear “Smokey The Bear” b/w “Back In The Saddle” Columbia Records 1960  
Eric Haenn Jew’s Harp Eric Haenn      
Ad Council Smokey Bear “Think” PSA Smokey Bear “Think” PSA   1972  
Xeres of Xeron & Austin Rich The Weather Computer Calls In The Great Outdoors      

It’s Gettin’ Dark Mighty Fast
Xeres of Xeron & Austin Rich The Beach & The Whales The Great Outdoors      
Xeres of Xeron & Austin Rich A Plague of Frogs The Great Outdoors      
The Firesign Theater Back to the Shadows, Again! I Think We’re All Bozos On This Bus Columbia Records 1971  
Fern Zimmerman The Littlest Trompt     2010  

Where Are We, Again?
Xeres of Xeron & Austin Rich Reading Pulp Fiction The Great Outdoors      
Xeres of Xeron & Austin Rich Shortwave Radio Jam In A Cave (w/ Re-Started Nature) The Great Outdoors     [w/ “Ode,” “All Right,” “All Baby,” & “All Out” * Xeres * Radio Jam (1991); “Later Than We Think (w/ Woody Guthrie samples)” * Trey Gunn w/ Will Kreth * unreleased (1984)]
Yogi Bear Trying To Escape Jellystone Park [Excerpt]   Hanna-Barbera 1968  
Ad Council Rod Serling “Careless Killers” PSA     1962  

“He left the next day for The Mountains.”
Xeres of Xeron & Austin Rich Racoons The Great Outdoors      
Eric Haenn w/ Jim Richards untitled Eric Haenn      
Gary Snyder w/ Paul Winter Consort True Night Live at Zellerbach Auditorium, Berkely, CA (25 March 1979)   1979  
OFF! OFF! Commercial     1970  
Richard Brautigan (read by Austin Rich) A Note On The Camping Craze That is Currently Sweeping America Trout Fishing In America Four Seasons 1961  
Xeres of Xeron & Austin Rich Wolf Jam The Great Outdoors      
Ken Carson Clementine American’s Favorite Campfire Songs featuring Ken Carson Longines Symphonette Society 1966  
Ad Council Bullwinkle PSA     1969  
Ad Council Alvin & The Chipmunks PSA     1968  

Is It Raining?
Xeres of Xeron & Austin Rich The Weather Computer Calls In The Great Outdoors      
Xeres of Xeron & Austin Rich Making S’mores The Great Outdoors     [w/ Ta Da * Xeres * Radio Jam (1991)]
Xeres of Xeron & Austin Rich A Sad Little Song The Great Outdoors      
Xeres of Xeron & Austin Rich Austin Falls Asleep The Great Outdoors      
Xeres of Xeron & Austin Rich The Storm The Great Outdoors      

 

Issue #42: Writing And Producing The Future Part 3

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Issue #42: Writing And Producing The Future Part 3

Written & Performed by Heather from The Sound of Tomorrow & Austin Rich, featuring a conversation with Heather, Brian Frankish, Steve Roberts & Michael Cassutt.

Recorded 14 April, 2021.

Issue #42, produced in May of 2021.

 

 

Prizes & Premiums Galore! (Pledge Drive 2022 Part 2)

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Prizes & Premiums Galore! (Pledge Drive 2022 Part 2) (#242) (851)

For my this particular Pledge Drive show, I play a bunch of cuts from prizes and premiums that you can get if you donate to WFMU! I’m joined by the lovely Ironybread, to help spread the word.

Enjoy!

 

Live Playlist & Comments

 

Artist Track Album
Beyond The Fringe Civil War [Excerpt] At The Fortune Theatre & On Broadway
Music behind DJ:

Sun Ra

 Untitled Keyboard Solo 5 John Cage Meets Sun Ra The Complete Concert June 8, 1986 Coney Island, NY
Doris Wishman Nude On The Moon – Trailer The Best of Doris Wishman
DJ GeorgyGirl Two Sheena’s Jungle Room – The Album!
The Wuffy Dogs Things Dogs Do Sheena’s Jungle Room – The Album!
Dr. Demento Segment II Dr. Demento Covered in Punk
William Shatner Garbageman Dr. Demento Covered in Punk
Music behind DJ:

Sun Ra

 Untitled Keyboard Solo 1 John Cage Meets Sun Ra The Complete Concert June 8, 1986 Coney Island, NY
Music behind DJ:

Sun Ra

 Untitled Keyboard Solo 2 John Cage Meets Sun Ra The Complete Concert June 8, 1986 Coney Island, NY
Negativland Incomprehensible Solution The World Will Decide
DJ GeorgyGirl Five Sheena’s Jungle Room – The Album!
Krys O 88 Lines about 26 Sheena’s Shows Sheena’s Jungle Room – The Album!
Doris Wishman Bad Girls Go to Hell The Best of Doris Wishman
Music behind DJ:

Sun Ra

 Untitled Keyboard Solo 3 John Cage Meets Sun Ra The Complete Concert June 8, 1986 Coney Island, NY
Music behind DJ:

Sun Ra

 Untitled Keyboard Solo 4 John Cage Meets Sun Ra The Complete Concert June 8, 1986 Coney Island, NY
Dr. Demento Segment VII Dr. Demento Covered in Punk
Mr. Quintron Creature with The Atom Brain Dr. Demento Covered in Punk
DJ GeorgyGirl Eight Sheena’s Jungle Room – The Album!
Ursula 1000 Hernando’s Hideaway (Ursula 1000 Remix) Sheena’s Jungle Room – The Album!
Sun Ra Enlightenment (feat. June Tyson) John Cage Meets Sun Ra The Complete Concert June 8, 1986 Coney Island, NY
Doris Wishman The Amazing Transplant – Trailer The Best of Doris Wishman
Music behind DJ:

Fragile X

 The Air Below The Earth [Excerpt] End Without World
Adam West The Thing Dr. Demento Covered in Punk
Adam West ID Dr. Demento Covered in Punk
Joan Jett Science Fiction Double Feature Dr. Demento Covered in Punk
Dr. Demento Segment X Dr. Demento Covered in Punk
Doris Wishman Hard-Selling Woman The Best of Doris Wishman
DJ GeorgyGirl Eleven Sheena’s Jungle Room – The Album!
Otis Fodder 15 Second Pop Song Sheena’s Jungle Room – The Album!
Music behind DJ:

Fragile X

 Heavy Bones Hollow [Excerpt] End Without World
Negativland More Data The World Will Decide
Los Straitjackets It’s A Gas Dr. Demento Covered in Punk
Dr. Demento Segment VIII Dr. Demento Covered in Punk
Doris Wishman Gentlemen Prefer Nature Girls – Trailer The Best of Doris Wishman
Music behind DJ:

Fragile X

 The Town On The Other Side [Excerpt] End Without World
DJ GeorgyGirl Nineteen Sheena’s Jungle Room – The Album!
Rich In Washington Radon PSA Sheena’s Jungle Room – The Album!
Elvira Mistress of the Dark intro Dr. Demento Covered in Punk
The Misfits The Cockroach That Ate Cincinnati Dr. Demento Covered in Punk
Dr. Demento Segment XIX Dr. Demento Covered in Punk
DJ GeorgyGirl Thirty Two Sheena’s Jungle Room – The Album!
45 Grave Black Cross (Live) Sheena’s Jungle Room – The Album!
Philly Boy Roy Punk Rock Girl Dr. Demento Covered in Punk

Issue #41: Writing And Producing The Future Part 2

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Issue #41: Writing And Producing The Future Part 2

Written & Performed by Heather from The Sound of Tomorrow & Austin Rich, featuring a conversation with Heather, Brian Frankish, Steve Roberts & Michael Cassutt.

Recorded 14 April, 2021.

Issue #41, produced in May of 2021.

 

 

The Animalympics Marathon (Pledge Drive 2022 Part 1)

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The Animalympics Marathon (Pledge Drive 2022 Part 1) (#241) (850)

For my first ever Marathon show for WFMU, I’m joined by the station manager, Mr. Fab! We offer live coverage of the first “Animalympics” in the Mid-Valley, AND ask you to help donate money to keep WFMU going for another year. Hilarity and fun ensue! Join us!

Enjoy!

 

Live Playlist & Comments

 

Artist Track Album
Steven Lisberger Marathon Part 1 Animalympics
Music behind DJ:

Ornette Coleman

 Proof Readers Ornette!
The Necessaries Runaway Child “You Can Borrow My Car” b/w “Runaway Child”
Speed, Glue & Shinki Run And Hide Speed, Glue & Shinki
Steven Lisberger Marathon Part 2 Animalympics
Music behind DJ:

Ornette Coleman

 Check Up Ornette!
Lotek Running Dog (Live) History of Portland Punk Vol. 1
The Neo Boys Running In The Shadows (Live) History of Portland Punk Vol. 1
The Cheepskates Run Better Run Run Better Run
Steven Lisberger Marathon Part 3 Animalympics
Music behind DJ:

Ornette Coleman

 The Alchemy of Scott LaFaro Ornette!
Wrong Kind of Stone Age Run Amok A Reference Of Female-Fronted Punk Rock: 1977-89 [Disc 8]
The Stimulators Run Run Run Killed By Death #17
??? Whoops, what is this?
Steven Lisberger Marathon Part 4 Animalympics
Music behind DJ:

Ornette Coleman

 Cross Breeding Ornette on Tenor
Groovie Ghoulies Running With Bigfoot World Contact Day
Secret Mamals She Likes to Run Mammals Royale
Steven Lisberger Marathon Part 5 Animalympics
Music behind DJ:

Ornette Coleman

 Airborne Love Call
Steven Lisberger Marathon Part 6 Animalympics
The Kids Run Away The Kids
Steven Lisberger Marathon Part 7 Animalympics
The Donnas Teenage Runaway The Donnas
Steven Lisberger Marathon Part 8 Animalympics
The Briefs Run the Other Way Hit After Hit
Steven Lisberger Marathon Part 9 Animalympics
Music behind DJ:

Ornette Coleman

 R.P.P.D. Ornette!
Brian Eno I’ll Come Running Another Green World
Steven Lisberger Marathon Part 10 Animalympics

 

Issue #40: Writing And Producing The Future Part 1

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Issue #40: Writing And Producing The Future Part 1

Written & Performed by Heather from The Sound of Tomorrow & Austin Rich, featuring a conversation with Heather, Brian Frankish, Steve Roberts & Michael Cassutt.

Recorded 14 April, 2021.

Issue #40, produced in May of 2021.