Mid-Valley Mutations

Cascading Dissonance: Conversations w/ Shin Chida, Scot Jenerik and Mike Meanstreetz WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat 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 … Continue reading Cascading Dissonance: Conversations w/ Shin Chida, Scot Jenerik and Mike Meanstreetz.

Dimestore Radio Theater #165 WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon) Wrestling is still on the menu this week, as Richard Diamond  gets wrapped up in a case with his wrestling friend Seymour, after a mysterious dead man shows up on Diamond’s doorstep, with an ice pick in him. They work their way … Continue reading Dimestore Radio Theater #165

Word Jazz VII w/ Ken Nordine (A “Cheek-In-Tongues,” “Fill-In-Shows,” Installment) WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon) Barno was unavailable again this week, and as it the case whenever he is out, we continue to work our way through the Word Jazz series of radio shows, so we can catch up with Mr. … Continue reading Word Jazz VII w/ Ken Nordine (A “Cheek-In-Tongues,” “Fill-In-Shows,” Installment)

Spring Jukebox WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat 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 … Continue reading Spring Jukebox

Dimestore Radio Theater #164 WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon) This week, Richard Diamond  is hired by a local wrestler, who is convinced that a so-called “hit-and-run” death of his truck driving friend, Mike Burton, is more than just an accident. It doesn’t take long before Diamond is immersed in a smuggling … Continue reading Dimestore Radio Theater #164

The Point Line Plane Story WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat 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 … Continue reading The Point Line Plane Story

Dimestore Radio Theater’s May the Fourth Special! WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon) For those of you who live in past – maybe it was long, long ago? – then this holiday might evoke certain kinds of nostalgia that you might have mixed feeling about. So it is our pleasure to zig … Continue reading Dimestore Radio Theater’s May The Fourth Special!

Unexpected Hitchhiker’s (A “Cheek-In-Tongues,” “Fill-In-Shows,” Installment) WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon) (This show was a last-minute fill-in.) Reaching for the nearest thing in the Lava Lamp Lounge, as we discovered at the last minute that Cheek In Tongues was not happening tonight, we popped in the first disc of the Hitchhiker’s … Continue reading Unexpected Hitchhiker’s! (A “Cheek-In-Tongues,” “Fill-In-Shows,” Installment)

Fumblin’ With The Blues (Part 2) WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat 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 … Continue reading Fumblin’ With The Blues (Part 2)

Dimestore Radio Theater #163 WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon) Richard Diamond,  is hired to be a patsy in a murder, and when a couple of crooks use this to their advantage, Diamond must convince Walt and Otis he’s innocent, and plan an elaborate sting operation to coax out the real killer. … Continue reading Dimestore Radio Theater #163

uBradio Salon 954: Silver Sailer – uB Tales from Beyond… 26 April 2026 on DFM.nu Now part of the crew of The Silver Sailer, univac and Austin must get used to life on a ship like this, and more important, get used to the various jobs and chores that everyone has to perform, sooner or … Continue reading uBradio Salon 954: Silver Sailer – uB Tales from Beyond… 26 April 2026 on DFM.nu

Fumblin’ With The Blues (Part 1) WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat 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 … Continue reading Fumblin’ With The Blues (Part 1)

Dimestore Radio Theater: A Mid-Century Pot Party WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon) We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to bring you this special news bulletin: Police have confiscated a number of “Mary Jane” related radio broadcasts, posing as a regular installment of Dimestore Radio Theater. Tune in for stories that are as … Continue reading Dimestore Radio Theater: A Mid-Century Pot Party

By The Seat of Our Pants II (28th Anniversary Show) WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat 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. … Continue reading By The Seat of Our Pants II (28th Anniversary Show)

Dimestore Radio Theater #162 WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon) In a four-wall breaking episode of Richard Diamond, the mysterious Mrs. X – played by the one and only June Allyson – is trying to find her husband, and seems to think that Richard looks a little like him. Maybe he can … Continue reading Dimestore Radio Theater #162

Word Jazz VI w/ Ken Nordine (A “Cheek-In-Tongues,” “Fill-In-Shows,” Installment) WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon) (This show was a last-minute fill-in. As such, our “chat” started at another location, and edited at the Playlist / Chat link above. We started over here: WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon, … Continue reading Word Jazz VI w/ Ken Nordine (A “Cheek-In-Tongues,” “Fill-In-Shows,” Installment)

By The Seat of Our Pants WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat 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 … Continue reading By The Seat of Our Pants

Dimestore Radio Theater #161 WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon) In another largely unintelligible installment of Richard Diamond, lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo … Continue reading Dimestore Radio Theater #161

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 – see our previous six our epic – but this time we have new rules that keeps … Continue reading Mid-Valley Mutations vs. Radio TroUBle / Radio TroUBle vs. Mid-Valley Mutations! (Part II)

Dimestore Radio Theater: Big City Orchestra Takes Over! WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon) In a turn of events that everyone expected, Dimestore Radio Theater has their first-ever guests, as the members of Big City Orchestra take over the show, pick their favorite Sci-Fi broadcasts, and prepare themselves for a live script reading, … Continue reading Dimestore Radio Theater: Big City Orchestra Takes Over!

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

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!   https://ia600806.us.archive.org/13/items/stranger-thank-fiction-29-march-2026-edited/Stranger%20Thank%20Fiction%2029%20March%202026%20Edited.mp3   Here’s more … Continue reading Stranger Than Fiction w/ Mr. B on Freeform, Portland (29 March 2026)

In Conversation (Willamette River Basin Tour w/ Scot Jenerik, Don Haugen, Aurora Josephson & Free Static) WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat 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 … Continue reading In Conversation (Willamette River Basin Tour w/ Scot Jenerik, Don Haugen, Aurora Josephson & Free Static)

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

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 … Continue reading Dimestore Radio Theater #160

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

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 … Continue reading The Future of When. Lived In.

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 … Continue reading Dimestore Radio Theater #159

Stranger Than Fiction w/ Mr. B on Freeform, Portland (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 … Continue reading Stranger Than Fiction w/ Mr. B on Freeform, Portland

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 … Continue reading The Future of When. Marathonin’. (Week 2)

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

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 … Continue reading The Future of When. Marathonin’. (Week 1)

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

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. … Continue reading The Future of When. Again.

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 … Continue reading Dimestore Radio Theater #156

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

The Future of When WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat 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 … Continue reading The Future of When

Dimestore Radio Theater: Our President’s Day Special! WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon) 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 … Continue reading Dimestore Radio Theater: Our President’s Day Special!

Another UFO: Supplemental (Document #MVM05) WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat 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 … Continue reading Another UFO: Supplemental (Document #MVM05)

Dimestore Radio Theater #155 WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon) 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, … Continue reading Dimestore Radio Theater #155

Stereogram #14: Frozen Star WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat “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 … Continue reading Stereogram #14: Frozen Star

Dimestore Radio Theater: Our Groundhog Day Special! WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon) 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 … Continue reading Dimestore Radio Theater: Our Groundhog Day Special!

“One For The Cats” b/w “The Best of Chickenman” WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat 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 … Continue reading “One For The Cats” b/w “The Best of Chickenman”

Dimestore Radio Theater #154 WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon) 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 … Continue reading Dimestore Radio Theater #154

Word Jazz V w/ Ken Nordine (A “Cheek-In-Tongues,” “Fill-In-Shows,” Installment) WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon) 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 … Continue reading Word Jazz V w/ Ken Nordine (A “Cheek-In-Tongues,” “Fill-In-Shows,” Installment)

Another UFO: Supplemental (Document #MVM04) WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat 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, … Continue reading Another UFO: Supplemental (Document #MVM04)

Dimestore Radio Theater: Our MLK Day Special! WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon) 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 … Continue reading Dimestore Radio Theater: Our MLK Day Special!

Cecyl Ruehlen & Thomas Dimuzio: Live Interviews! WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat 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, … Continue reading Cecyl Ruehlen & Thomas Dimuzio: Live Interviews!

Dimestore Radio Theater #153 WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon) 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 … Continue reading Dimestore Radio Theater #153

Another UFO: Supplemental (Document #MVM03) WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat 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 … Continue reading Another UFO: Supplemental (Document #MVM03)

Dimestore Radio Theater #152 WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon) 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, … Continue reading Dimestore Radio Theater #152