Mid-Valley Mutations

Riders To The Stars! (Radio Riffin’ w/ Austin & Mitch) Enjoy!   https://midvalleymutations.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mutation378.mp3   WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat Additional “Riders To The Stars” Resources. (Just the audio “commentary,” and video versions of the broadcast.)

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. https://ia903409.us.archive.org/6/items/20-minutes-2024-halloween-special/20Minutes2024HalloweenSpecial.mp3   Our Setlist: Vic Crume * The Haunted House Tim … Continue reading 20 Minutes Into The Future 2024 Halloween Special! (A Big Time Television Celebration)

The Magnetic Monster & More! (Radio Riffin’ w/ Austin & Mitch, and a clip of 20 Year Old Halloween Radio) Enjoy! https://midvalleymutations.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/magneticmonstermorefillin.mp3   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 … Continue reading The Magnetic Monster & More! (Radio Riffin’ w/ Austin & Mitch, and a clip of 20 Year Old Halloween Radio)

Blocks And Blocks of Monster Rocks! (Part 2 of 2) (Halloween Spooktacular 2024!) WFMU Playlist & Archived Live Chat. Enjoy. https://midvalleymutations.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mutation377.mp3

Blocks And Blocks of Monster Rocks! (Part 1 of 2) (Halloween Spooktacular 2024, Three Hour Special!) w/ Human Dinosaur, LIVE! WFMU Playlist & Archived Chat. w/ A Live Performance by Human Dinosaur Enjoy.  

Dimestore Radio Theater Halloween Spook-tacular 2024! (Part 2) Enjoy! https://midvalleymutations.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/dimestorespooktacular2024part2.mp3

(Mini) MUTATION FEST, 2024! (w/ Ghosts of Ghosts, Four Dimensional Nightmare & Brad Anderson, LIVE!) WFMU Playlist & Archived Chat. Enjoy. https://midvalleymutations.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mutation375.mp3  

Dimestore Radio Theater Halloween Spook-tacular 2024! (Part 1) Enjoy! https://midvalleymutations.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/dimestorespooktacular2024part1.mp3

The People Who Died, 2024 Edition WFMU Playlist & Archived Chat. Enjoy! https://midvalleymutations.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mutation374.mp3    

Dimestore Radio Theater Halloween Spook-tacular 2024! (Prequel) Enjoy! https://midvalleymutations.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/dimestorespooktacular2024prequel.mp3

Stereogram #9: Scarlet Begonias (w/ Arvo Zylo) Arvo Zylo returns to the show. Playlist & Live WFMU Chat. Enjoy! https://midvalleymutations.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mutation373.mp3      

Mid-Valley Mutations vs. Radio TroUBle A Six Hour Mash-Up Radio Broadcast, with Austin, Ninah, das & univac. Playlist & Live WFMU Chat. dfm.nu Playlist. Enjoy! https://ia800306.us.archive.org/19/items/radiotrouble500/radiotrouble500.mp3

UB Radio Salon #850 – “Rhymelmania!” feat. the 4th Sunday Players – 28 April 2024 on DFM.nu A Fourth Sunday Players Yarn. Enjoy! https://ia800302.us.archive.org/30/items/ubradio_salon850/ubradio_salon850.mp3

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. Playlist & Notes Enjoy! https://mikewatt.biz/audio_new/twfps240426_96k.mp3  

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. . Playlist & Live WFMU Chat. Enjoy! https://ia800309.us.archive.org/5/items/mutation-351/Mutation351.mp3  

The Food Pyramid by Xeres of Xeron Xeres returns, with some thoughts about what’s on the table in front of us. Playlist & Live WFMU Chat. Enjoy!      

Stereogram #7: Methods of Execution (w/ Arvo Zylo) Arvo Zylo returns to the show. Playlist & Live WFMU Chat. Enjoy! https://ia600301.us.archive.org/31/items/mutation-349/Mutation349.mp3    

The Ben Miller Interview An interview with artist and musician, Ben Miller. Playlist & Live WFMU Chat. Enjoy! https://ia800306.us.archive.org/4/items/mutation-348_202404/Mutation348.mp3  

UB Radio Salon #846 – The Crow’s Nest w/ the 4th Sunday Players – 31 March 2024 on DFM.nu A Fourth Sunday Players Yarn. Enjoy! https://ia600206.us.archive.org/4/items/ubradio_salon846/ubradio_salon846.mp3  

Way Out West Chapter Ten The Continuing Story of The Frontier Gentleman. Playlist & Live WFMU Chat. Enjoy! https://ia600309.us.archive.org/16/items/mutation-347/Mutation347.mp3    

The Maltese Falcon (Retrocast) We re-run this show from almost 15 years ago. Playlist & Live WFMU Chat. Enjoy! https://ia600201.us.archive.org/17/items/the-maltese-falcon-bonus-21-march-2024/TheMalteseFalconBonus21March2024.mp3  

Desiderium & Desideratum Arvo Zylo does three hours on Sheena’s Jungle Room Playlist & Live WFMU Chat. Enjoy! https://ia600200.us.archive.org/16/items/arvo-show-21-march-2024/ArvoShow21March2024.mp3  

A Tribute To The Life & Work of Heather Chessman of JUICE MACHINE We pay tribute to a fallen and lost member of the experimental community in Oregon, Playlist & Live WFMU Chat. Enjoy! https://ia600204.us.archive.org/18/items/mutation-346/Mutation346.mp3  

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. Playlist & Live WFMU Chat. Enjoy! https://ia903007.us.archive.org/10/items/mutation-345/Mutation345.mp3  

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. Playlist & Live WFMU Chat. Enjoy! https://ia600202.us.archive.org/2/items/mutation-344/Mutation344.mp3

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! https://ia601306.us.archive.org/9/items/mutation-343/Mutation343.mp3

UB Radio Salon #841 – Eno-izing Od McUb w/ the Fourth Sunday Players… 25 February 2024 on DFM.nu A Fourth Sunday Players Yarn. Enjoy! https://ia600208.us.archive.org/18/items/ubradio_salon841/ubradio_salon841.mp3    

Connections 4 We offer another installment in our ongoing “Connections” series. Playlist & Live WFMU Chat. Enjoy! https://ia600209.us.archive.org/9/items/mutation-342/Mutation342.mp3

UB Radio Salon #840 – Outside My Bedroom Window… 18 February 2024 on DFM.nu Austin makes a guest appearance on this episode of UB Radio Salon. . Enjoy! https://ia800204.us.archive.org/21/items/ubradio_salon840/ubradio_salon840.mp3  

The Future of Love (A Valentine’s Day Retrocast) After some technical issues, we finally get this Valentine’s Day retroacts going, with a fairly lively chat, and a simple story about what love in the future might be like. Playlist & Live WFMU Chat. Enjoy! https://ia601306.us.archive.org/32/items/mutation-341/Mutation341.mp3    

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. Playlist & Live WFMU Chat. Enjoy! https://ia601304.us.archive.org/26/items/mutation-340/Mutation340.mp3  

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. Playlist & Live WFMU Chat. Enjoy! https://ia601309.us.archive.org/18/items/mutation-339/Mutation339.mp3  

UB Radio Salon #837 – The 4th Sunday Players w/ Austin Rich & univac (remote)… 28 January, 2024 on DFM.nu Featuring a performance by The Fourth Sunday Players. Enjoy! https://ia601306.us.archive.org/19/items/ubradio_salon837/ubradio_salon837.mp3

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. Playlist & Live WFMU Chat. Enjoy! https://ia601309.us.archive.org/30/items/mutation-338/Mutation338.mp3  

Connections 3 Continuing our exploration of the “Connections” series, and trying to draw our own. Playlist & Live WFMU Chat. Enjoy! https://ia801306.us.archive.org/5/items/mutation-337/Mutation337.mp3  

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 … Continue reading The War With The Newts

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

Dimestore Radio Theater: Holiday Film Fest!: “Bachelor Mother” & “The Whistler” Enjoy! https://ia601303.us.archive.org/13/items/dimestore-holiday-2023-bachelor-mother/DimestoreHoliday2023BachelorMother.mp3  

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

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. … Continue reading It’s The Mini-Mutations End of The Year Celebration!

Dimestore Radio Theater: The 3rd Annual Elgin Watch Christmas Day Show From 1944! Enjoy! https://ia601301.us.archive.org/28/items/dimestore-christmas-day-show/DimestoreChristmasDayShow.mp3

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

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

Dimestore Radio Theater: Holiday Film Fest!: “Remember The Night” & “Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar” Enjoy! https://ia601700.us.archive.org/9/items/dimestore-christmas-2023-three/DimestoreChristmas2023Three.mp3

UB Radio Salon #831 – 4th Sunday Players: Simultaneous Semi-Super-Group…17 December 2023 on DFM.nu Enjoy! https://ia601302.us.archive.org/29/items/ubradio_salon831/ubradio_salon831.mp3  

It’s A Very Cerebus Christmas! Here are all six episodes of the short-lived “Cerebus” radio show, as it was originally heard on Shockwave Radio Theater, on KPAI, in the 80’s. Playlist & Live WFMU Chat. Enjoy! https://ia902809.us.archive.org/15/items/mutation-332/Mutation332.mp3

Dimestore Radio Theater: Holiday Film Fest!: “Little Women” & “Bold Venture” Enjoy! https://ia601205.us.archive.org/7/items/dimestore-christmas-2023-two/DimestoreChristmas2023Two.mp3

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

A Vinyl Solution: Insert Compensation Joke Here A rundown of 7″ Records and all vinyl / lathe-cut recordings, leaning heavily on a record by Nicole Panter, and one about Duck Calls. (Among many other things.) A wide range of experimental vinyl in short-form. Playlist & Live WFMU Chat. Enjoy! https://ia601204.us.archive.org/34/items/mutation-331/Mutation331.mp3

Dimestore Radio Theater: Holiday Film Fest!: “The Wizard of Oz” & “Rocky Fortune” Enjoy! https://ia601205.us.archive.org/3/items/dimestore-2023-xmas-1/Dimestore2023Xmas1.mp3

Thanksgiving Leftovers It’s all the things we meant to get to this year… but never managed to get on the show. So: here it is! Help yourself to seconds… or thirds! Playlist & Live WFMU Chat. Enjoy! https://ia601201.us.archive.org/15/items/mutation-330/Mutation330.mp3