The Coronation Wound & Mike Watt Show!

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It’s Two Weeks of “Mike Check, One Two, One Two” on Mid-Valley Mutations. All Part of Our End Of Summer Non-Bummer!

Last week, we were able to treat you to a fabulous show, which culminated in an interview with Mike Baggetta, who – among other things – play guitar with Mike Watt in both mssv and Casa Sueño. This week, we bring you the complementary interview with Mr. Watt himself, his second time on the show, and a continuation of our previous conversations. We plug the HELL out of his tour for his new band, and talk about a number of other interesting and related topics.

But before we get into that: We have two “in-studio” guests this week, Valerie S. and Obadiah Baird, both of the band Coronation Wound, and both of whom perform music on their own, too. Coronation Wound is playing a show with The King Dot THIS FRIDAY, and you don’t want to miss our second show. We talk a little about that band, and a lot about that show, so you don’t want to miss that, if you live in the area.

Additionally, Valerie and I perform in a band together – Tech Death – and all three of us are opening for Casa Sueño, when they play here in the Mid-Valley, later this month. Obadiah and I have opened for Watt before, but this will be in different arrangements, and certainly, there’s a first time for everything.

To give us a taste of what Desperate Strangers will be bringing to the show at Blast Off, Obadiah even plays a couple songs that he’s been working on. It’s a very low-key hangout sort of episode, where we just get really nerdy about music, and you can hear it all.

Thanks again for listening!

(The Full Show)

(Just Obadiah’s Performance)

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The King Dot & Mike Baggetta Show!

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It’s Two Weeks of “Mike Check, One Two, One Two” on Mid-Valley Mutations. All Part of Our End Of Summer Non-Bummer!

First off, we have an in-studio visit from Sam of The King Dot, a local musician who books a lot of shows, plays a lot of music, and has some shows coming up in the Mid-Valley. We let him DJ for the night, feature some of his music, and get the low down on Sam’s history in music in the area, and how The King Dot got started. It’s a cool hang, and you get a sense of what it’s like for us to hang out when we are out, talking about music. I am a big fan of the new King Dot album, Dead, which is available both Digitally, and on LP! Get yours today!

Then, we get into our interview with Mike Baggetta, Jazz guitarist, music philosopher, and performer in mssv and Case Sueño. Mike is going on tour soon with Mike Watt and John Herndon, and will be playing a show at Blast Off! here in the Mid-Valley.

We get into ALL the details, and talk a lot about what making music means to us. It’s a very casual, but very deep conversation about why it’s all important. This is, of course, a setup for our show NEXT week, where we have the members of Coronation Wound IN THE STUDIO, to plug the 9/11 Show, and the 9/26 show with Baggetta and Watt. It’s very exciting, and we’re just getting started!

So: join us next week! You won’t regret it.

Enjoy!

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Howlin’ At The Doom Part 8: Another Round For Woody & Harry

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We pick up where we left off, as we buy another round of drinks for both Woody Guthrie and Harry Dean Stanton, to men both born on July 14th, and both men who seem to be on opposite sides of the same coin.

In addition to the features we were sampling before, we bring in a few more bits and bobs from other parts of culture, to flesh out the story of two distinct personalities in American Culture.

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That’s Where The Fictional Quality of Music Money Comes From! (Retrocast)

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We review two different and complementary episodes of our show from the first couple of years, first with a vinyl / electronic mash-up, and then, with two long performances by the old house band for our show, MKUltramegaphone.

“That’s Where The Music Comes From!” was from January of 2017, where myself and horridus of devilsclub DJ’s in our own particular style, for the majority of the show. Then, in, “The Fictional Quality of Money,” from July of 2017, finds the MKUltramegaphone band in full form, stretching out over a full hour.

Music and Money. There’s a connection, for those who listen, and seek.

Enjoy!

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The Val & Tom Show

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We are getting very excited about Mike Watt’s return to the Mid-Valley, and getting asked to open for him yet again. This time, I have assembled a trio to perform with: Tom of Ghosts of Ghosts, and Valerie of Eila Star, and the three of us play to deliver our particular brand of experimental pop with a bass guitar lead. During this three hour show, Tom and Val pick the tunes, we pump up the show happening on the 26th of September at Blast Off and the one on the 11th of September at The Grand Theater, both here in the Mid-Valley. It should be a pair of nights to remember, and I was excited to spend this show with these two folks.

Enjoy!

Full Show

Just the Live Performance

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Jukebox Jam 4: Live Archive Two!

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We return to the “jukebox” well, as I present a number of live recordings from the archives, and shuffle them together sort of randomly, as is my want. This is number 4 in a series of shows like this, with a little less “theme” than normal, but with still plenty of the bells and whistles (and changing record sounds) that you find in a show like this. Maulydaft sent in a little sound clip that got lots of play during the show, and given the date, we play the short story, “There Will Come Soft Rains,” as read by Leonard Nimoy, a story that was set on August 4th, 2026 / August 5th. The Digital Salon is fairly lively, and on the whole, we relive a wide range of tunes from live performances of the past, and present them to you, in the future!

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Howlin’ At The Doom Part 7: Woody & Harry

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On July 14th, both Woody Guthrie and Harry Dean Stanton celebrated birthdays. In many ways, they are reflections of one another: lonely artists, traveling the world, trying to find some sense and meaning while both exercising their creative muscles to make a place for them out in the world. Both left behind incredible bodies of work, and each were featured in documentaries about their lives. We get around to celebrating their lives – and their births – in this three-hour exploration of their work.

We focus on listener requests and clips from these features, to paint a picture of the lives of two artists I love quite a bit. We also get a call from Bandit, singing the praises of Guthrie’s output, and we keep the flow going, to give you a more complete picture. We have at least one more “Woody & Harry” show in the chamber, so if you liked this one, stay tuned. There will be more!

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A Conversation w/ The Crew of The Film “All Figured Out”

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We speak with Brendan Tarver and William Twist of the film production, “All Figured Out,” a movie being made RIGHT HERE in the Mid-Valley, filmed and cast with locals who are all interested in making something interesting, and local. In-between conversations that last the entire three hours, Brendan and William offer DJ selections. Not only does the film feature a band that is central to the story – another Mid-Valley creation, Spit Locket – but Brendan writes to music as he develops his scripts, and he picked very specific set of songs that offer insight into characters, film ideas, and his take on how the music of the northwest is infused with the film they’re making.

It’s three hours dedicated to the minds of Brendan and William. We get to know them, their tastes, and their music… and hopefully turn you onto a film that you might enjoy, when all is said and done.

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Eila Star, LIVE! (w/ Brad Anderson & Mac Dawg Interviews!)

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In what was a somewhat chaotic, but otherwise memorable and fun broadcast from the Lava Lamp Lounge Annex (my garage), we had the lovely and talented Eila Star join me for three hours of DJing, conversating, and in one instance, playing live on the radio! All of that, and more, in the action-packed, three hour show!

First, the incomparable Brad Anderson calls in, to talk about the show he’s playing with Eila Star and myself on Saturday, at the Portland Arts Collective. Brad is no stranger to the show, and it’s always nice to get his perspective. This time, he talks up some of his fave artists and influences, some of which we play during the show.

Then, in Hour 2, we get Mac Dawg on the line, recent collaborator working with the Dead Air Fresheners, who just put out an album together. We get the whole story, and get a taste of what Mac Dawg is like when they are freestylin’.

Then, get ready, because we get a live performance from Eila Star, and a jam session with Mini-Mutations and Valarie – a sort of Star Mutations – which ends up including callers from the Digital Salon, too. All the while, Valarie is picking the tunes, and keeping the show on track. It’s a great taste of their interests, and it’s a great way to get pumped for the show on Saturday.

This one is jam-packed. Dig in!

(Full Three Hour Show!)

(Just Eila Star’s Performance)

(Just the “Star Mutations” Performance)

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Jukebox Jams 3: By The Seat of Our Pants

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We offer another Jukebox Show this week, where Austin is looking through his archive of different things that he hasn’t played on the show in a while, and… plays them on the show. Music new, old, connecting to current events, and in some cases, just good songs worth hearing again.

Bandit calls in a couple times this week, but experiences some problems, including getting hit in the head by things falling out of their closet, and having complete chaos break out in their home. Later they call to mention the discovery of some very strange dolls in their closet. We also promote the upcoming appearance on the show by Valarie of Eila Star, who in turn will be promoting a show they are playing in Portland, on July 11th, DJing, playing live, and all the usual things that make radio fun.

We are also treated to some information about how jukeboxes actually work. And: the return of the delay pedal!

The Full Show

Eila Star Promo Bits

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The Outside Agitators & Coronation Wound Interview

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We spend three hours with Coronation Wound – a new hardcore band that is playing their first show on Thursday! During that three hours we interview the members of the other act on the bill – The Outside Agitators – and then DJ a bunch of music that members of both bands selected. It’s a ton of fun, and you get to hear it all.

Of course, we’re supporting a tour for The Outside Agitators, when we mentioned last week, and we continue to mention this week. And while we’re talking, we address the importance of being a political band, now, in 2026.

And as a bonus: Joshua Blanchard (from Major Hex, Point Line Plane, and a number of other bands) stops by, to give us some updates on the tour he just returned from, and snaps a photo of us.

It’s three hours of fun. Join us!

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Jukebox Jams 2: Live From “What’s This Called?”

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It’s another one of our patented, “Jukebox” shows, where we play a lot of music, and we have less of the collage / cut-ups that usually occur. This week, we focus all on music performed live, by artists who appeared on the, “What’s This Called?” radio show, when I was the sound engineer, and worked with the bands to bring you the music that you hear. We cover a wide range of bands and performers in three hours, and it’s a fun journey into radio past, that sounds pretty modern, to this ear.

In addition to that, we spend some time plugging the upcoming interview with The Outside Agitators, who are on tour this month, and will be joining the show NEXT WEEK, to talk about music and touring and stuff like that. We play some samples of their music, and suggest that you tune in, to hear more next week.

And: Bandit and I make a breakthrough, and then they call back to play samples of their new jukebox for our listeners.

It’s an action-packed show, and you don’t want to miss it!

(Full Show)

The Outside Agitators Segments

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Jukebox Jams 1: Inspired by “What’s This Called?”

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Our patented “Jukebox” shows are meant to offer you something a little less than the sample collage barrage that is our bread-and-butter. You still get all the flavor of a Mid-Valley Mutations program, but it’s more stripped down, and focused.

And this week, we are bringing you a wide range of things, celebrating the passing of Sonny Rollins, the 100th Birthday of Miles Davis, and playing.a lot of music inspired by “What’s This Called?” a radio show that is still on, and over the years, introduced me to a lot of incredible and interesting music.

Here’s three hours of the kind of thing you would find on his show.

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Cascading Dissonance: Conversations w/ Shin Chida, Scot Jenerik and Mike Meanstreetz

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This week we are lucky to have a panel discussion with Shin Chida, Scot Jenerik and Mike Meanstreetz, who are collectively touring at the end of May / and through June, on the “Cascading Dissonance” Tour. Scot is now stranger to the show, but Shin and Mike are certainly interesting characters, who each have unique and fascinating stories. We talk to all three of them over the course of the show, play samples of their music, and offer more insight into the upcoming tour.

We close the show with a longer conversation about working as a creative artist in modern times, and offer a chance for listeners to hear / watch Scot’s latest piece, “The Fall of Icarus,” which is a fully realized film with a live performance. We offer the YouTube Link for people to access during the show, and for those who watch the video person of this podcast, you can see and listen to the entire “Fall of Icarus” piece, as part of that production.

(Full Show)

(The Fall of Icarus)

I always enjoy talking to Scot about the world of experimental music and art, and it was a wonderful chance to open that conversation up to different perspectives in that world, too. All three have different takes on how to do what we do, and all three have dedicated their time and efforts to this kind of work. During the interview, you’ll get a more nuanced take on what these artists are trying to say.

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Spring Jukebox

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As Spring rages on, and as there continues to be less and less free time available to work on new shows, we help clear a little runway, by offering another “Jukebox” show, featuring a playlist of music, with almost no collage elements to speak of. It’s three hours of experimental tunes that are near and dear to our heart, and you get to reap the rewards.

Fairly deep into the show I make another plug for the upcoming Point Line Plane tour, which begins TOMORROW, in Vancouver BC, and continues through the Northwest and Midwest, giving you a chance to see these legendary synth-punk masters give you an audio flogging that you will learn to love.

There’s a bit of a theme, of music that was given to us by artists that played on the show, in one form or another, over the years. This was mostly an accidental sub-theme, and had nothing to do with intent. But it was nice to hear a lot of tunes that remind me of some of the more exciting moments in the show’s history.

Hopefully we can get back into the mix of things next week.

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The Point Line Plane Story

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The clock rewinds, and suddenly, now is then, and vice versa. Science and geometry are no longer playing by the rules of the game. The universe has decided to re-align, and in this iteration, we get another chance to see Point Line Plane, return from the past to haunt the present with their particular Synth Punk Sound. Not only are they touring again, but they are considering making another run at being a live act, with excellent results from this point of view.

Over the course of two interviews, and by playing an assortment of live and rare recordings, plus samples of their remastered first album, we offer the complete story of Point Line Plane, as we talk to both band members, and try to give you the full story of this incredibly creative, and fun, period in Portland Music History. Occasional old man talk about how much fun 20 years ago is, unfortunately, the cost of admission.

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Fumblin’ With The Blues (Part 2)

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We continue our exploration of Blues music, in a variety of forms and styles, genres, and from different periods, in an effort to soak in the wisdom that others have already gleaned from this kind of music. We move through time and through our record collection, dipping into different ways that the Blues has taken form, some obvious, some surprising.

As a sub-theme, we offer a preview of next week’s show, and a small promotion for their shows this weekend, as we play a few “blues” tunes by Point Line Plane, a band that has rebooted recently, and is playing a show in Eugene this Friday, and in Salem this Saturday. It’s exciting to see them back in action, and it was a lot of fun to revisit their music.

We close the show this week with An Afterparty, where we offer a live performance from the archives, with Blue Light Curtain, who were on the show almost 20 years ago. While the recording is old, the performance still feels heartfelt, intense, and beautiful, all these years later.

Full Episode

The Point Line Plane Edit

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Fumblin’ With The Blues (Part 1)

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I’m not sure if I could be more unhappy as of late, and nothing really seems as fun or as important as it once was. There’s no doubt about it: I’ve been fumblin’ with the blues quite a bit lately, and it seemed like a good time to actually play a large grip of Blues songs, to help reflect my mood on the radio. There’s not a lot of mixing or anything like that. Instead, we cover a wide and vast range of blue music – including a full live set by Hairspray Blues, and Portland due that was on the show almost 20 years ago. There’s a lot of old stuff, some new-ish stuff, and I try my best to get things off my chest. Perhaps you can weigh in on the results.

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By The Seat of Our Pants II (28th Anniversary Show)

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Still in full recovery mode from our recent tour, we continue to fly by the seat of our pants, and offer more Feynman / Holmes mash-ups, as a way of celebrating the 28th Anniversary of my first radio broadcast. While I don’t really have much planned for an auspicious occasion such as this, our recent tour and other radio shenanigans were sort of that celebration anyway, and with other plans on the horizon, a couple of weeks of improvised, on the spot, made-up-as-we-go radio seemed the most appropriate. After a long and thick mix in Hour 1, we go into Steve Wynn’s guide to rating classic records, and take a call from someone who had a few thoughts on the subject. We throw in a bit more mixing, take a few requests, and offer two excerpts from the live archive, to wrap up the show. It’s just like the radio you’ve come to know over the last 28 years, and we hope it tees us up properly for another 28 or so.

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By The Seat of Our Pants

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Fresh off of a few weeks away from home, we present a “catch-up” episode of our program, as we fly by the seat of our pants, and grab “whatever was lying around” to offer a “Feynman vs. Holmes” mash-up that is both fun and funny. We offer a taste of a new circuit-bend item made by univac – The One Hand Jam – and we do our best to return to our usual shenanigans, after having been away for so long. A large chunk of the show – the largest part of it, in fact – contains a selection of live recordings I have made over the years, by different bands that I have had in the studio. It’s a mish-mash of fun a frivolity, and we do hope you spend a little time with it, when you can.

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

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Radio TroUBle Archives

Radio TroUBle Playlist

Not only is this the second time that our shows have joined forces – see our previous six our epic – but this time we have new rules that keeps the show interesting, exciting, and certainly in-the-moment!

Premise: 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, natch.

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, in person!

With eight wild cards, spread out over six hours and two streaming networks, 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 we’ve produced. The music mixes work really well, the Monkey Mutation Mash-Ups are brilliantly 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, too, and was a good decision, all around.

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

Photos of our shenanigans together. 

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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.
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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.
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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.

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

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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.
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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.

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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.
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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.
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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.

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

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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.

The Future of When. Again.

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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.

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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.

Be Seeing You.

“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.

Be Seeing You.

Hangin’ On The Telephone Part Five

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Hangin’ On The Telephone Part Four w/ The Weatherman, LIVE!

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“Dave’s Not Here, Man.” (The, Uh, 420th Episode, Dude.)

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

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Hangin’ On The Telephone Part Three

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Hangin’ On The Telephone Part Two

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Hangin’ On The Telephone

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Three-Run: Three Shows In One

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Howlin’ At The Doom Part 5: More Partch-Meants

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Another UFO: Supplemental (Document #MVM01)

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Howlin’ At The Doom Part 4: Noir Time Like The Present (Double Indemnity!)

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

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Howlin’ At The Doom Part 3: Partch-Meants

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Howlin’ At The Doom Part 2: On The Delta At Midnight

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Howlin’ At The Doom Part 1: The King of The Beats

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Oscar & Richard

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Here We Go Again…

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“Present In This Moment” (2025 Edition)

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

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Saturn Returns (Part 4)

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Saturn Returns (Part 3)

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Saturn Returns (Part 2) (MVM 401 / 27th Anniversary Broadcast)

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Saturn Returns (Part 1) (MVM 400 / 27th Anniversary Broadcast)

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

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Tweet, Chirp, Sing; The First Day of Spring

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Journey To The Center of The Mind: Part VI: Slip Inside This Dream – A Firesign Nordine (Marathon Week 2)

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Journey To The Center of The Mind: Part V: Lost In Dreams (Marathon Week 1)

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Weekend Rewind 1940: Part 2

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Journey To The Center of The Mind: Part IV: I Know You’re Questioning The Nature of Reality But are You Really Questioning It?

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Weekend Rewind 1940: Part 1

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Journey To The Center of The Mind: Part III: If I Only Had A Brain

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Journey To The Center of The Mind: Part II: Free Falling Through Your Imagination

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Saturday Morning Synth Tunes

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Another Post-Punk Jukebox: Or, “The Max Headroom 40th Anniversary Celebration”

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A Post Punk Jukebox: Musical Mysteries To Help You Dance & Forget…

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We Are All Teengenerates!

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The Study of The Universe

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November In The Stars: Walking On The Moon: Special Apollo 12 Tribute Broadcast

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Remember, Remember…

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Uncle Austin’s Audio Oddities 2: Raiding The Disney Vaults

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Camping Cassette’s Vol. 6: Cheryl’s Story

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The Pilot Episode

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It’s Our Back To School Special, 2024 Edition!

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Uncle Austin’s Audio Oddities!

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Camping Cassettes Vol 4. Lost In The 90’s

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A Dance Party In The Mid-Valley

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Slip Inside This Dream: A Firesign Nordine

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Karloff, Kaye & Holloway (Oh My!): Family-Friendly Experimental ‘Vinyl Solution’ Mash-Ups

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Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

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Train I Ride w/ Bob & Ray

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Way Out West Chapter Thirteen

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Way Out West Chapter Twelve

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Way Out West Chapter Eleven

The Continuing Story of The Frontier Gentleman.

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The Watt From Pedro Show: on-air guest again, Austin Rich from Salem, OR via Skype

This time, I was a guest (again) on Mike Watt’s show.

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Once Upon A Time – Punk On Dating? (A Grumpy Punk History Lesson)

Continuing to filter through the massive, 100 volume “Once Upon A Time” compilation series of chronological punk singles, here’s another playlist, about the problems with dating. .

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Stereogram #7: Methods of Execution (w/ Arvo Zylo)

Arvo Zylo returns to the show.

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Way Out West Chapter Ten

The Continuing Story of The Frontier Gentleman.

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Citrus Fantasies of A Future Past (Part Two)

We try to raise a little money for the Pledge Drive, and offer some dreams of the future.

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Citrus Fantasies of A Future Past (Part One)

We try to raise a little money for the Pledge Drive, and offer some dreams of the future.

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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.”

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Connections 4

We offer another installment in our ongoing “Connections” series.

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Once Upon A Time, In Ramen City, USA (A Grumpy Punks History Lesson)

This one gets a little serious, as we discuss Mental Illness, and some of the challenges therein This one closes with one of the last live performances by MKUltramegaphone.

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Journey To The Center of The Mind (Part 1)

This one gets a little serious, as we discuss Mental Illness, and some of the challenges therein This one closes with one of the last live performances by MKUltramegaphone.

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The 38th Anniversary of the very first Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

We offer an overview, and discuss the omissions, from this event in 1986.

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Connections 3

Continuing our exploration of the “Connections” series, and trying to draw our own.

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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.

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Sounds From Space: Ruby 1: The Adventures of A Galactic Gumshoe (Part1)

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Once Upon A Time: The World On Punk 

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Once Upon A Time: Punk On Punk

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Realer Than The Realest Thing Ever

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Way Out West Chapter Nine

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Way Out West Chapter Eight

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Way Out West Chapter Seven

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Way Out West Chapter Six

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Way Out West Chapter Five

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Way Out West Chapter Four

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Moon Voyage

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Sounds From Space: Special Apollo 11 Tribute (w/ Mitch Headroom)

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Way Out West Chapter Three

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Way Out West Chapter Two

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The Steve Roberts Interview

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2023-06-09 The Watt From Pedro Show

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Way Out West Chapter One

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