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A combination of collage, new experimental records and other bits and bobs, Mid-Valley Mutations is a tour through the mind of Austin Rich, who has been broadcasting in some form since 1998. Heavily influenced by Dr Demento, Don Joyce and old fashioned College Radio, Austin creates Audio Essays on a variety of subjects, and even just plays records, from time to time. Sometimes Live music and Interviews will grace the program, helping create a situation where you don't really know what you're going to hear, when you tune in. What you need to know is when you enter the Mid-Valley region, be prepared for the Musical Mutations... in whatever form they take.

Location:

Jersey City, NJ

Description:

A combination of collage, new experimental records and other bits and bobs, Mid-Valley Mutations is a tour through the mind of Austin Rich, who has been broadcasting in some form since 1998. Heavily influenced by Dr Demento, Don Joyce and old fashioned College Radio, Austin creates Audio Essays on a variety of subjects, and even just plays records, from time to time. Sometimes Live music and Interviews will grace the program, helping create a situation where you don't really know what you're going to hear, when you tune in. What you need to know is when you enter the Mid-Valley region, be prepared for the Musical Mutations... in whatever form they take.

Language:

English


Episodes
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Found In The Demento Dimension III: Janitor's Jubilee from Sep 16, 2025

9/17/2025
Set: Hour 1 Set: Introduction Xeres & Austin - "Found In The Demento Dimension I" - Found In The Demento Dimension [0:00:20] Shadows In Blue - "Mid-Valley Mutations Opening Theme" - Mid-Valley Mutations Opening Theme [0:03:01] Set: Cosmic Questions Xeres & Austin - "Found In The Demento Dimension II" - Found In The Demento Dimension [0:04:31] King Missile - "Socks" - King Missile [0:07:14] Ken Nordine - "Cracks in the Ceiling" - Stare With Your Ears [0:09:29] The Space Lady - "Humdinger" - The Space Lady's Greatest Hits [0:14:00] Ivor Cutler - "Beautiful Cosmos" - Jammy Smears [0:16:36] The Rutles - "Questionnaire" - Archaeology [0:18:39] Allan Sherman - "Harvey and Shiela" - My Son, The Celebrity [0:21:23] Music behind DJ: Flipper - "Brainwash" - "Sexbomb" b/w "Brainwash" [0:24:54] Set: Food & Drink Xeres & Austin - "Found In The Demento Dimension III" - Found In The Demento Dimension [0:27:35] Neil (Nigel Planer) - "Neil the Barbarian / Lentin Nightmare" - Neil's Heavy Concept Album [0:30:08] Arrogant Worms - "Carrot Juice Is Murder" - Russell's Shorts [0:37:05] Negativland - "Nesbitt's Lime Soda Song" - Escape From Noise [0:40:30] Larry Groce - "Junk Food Junkie" - "Junk Food Junkie" b/w "Muddy Boggy Banjo Man" [0:43:36] Wesley Willis - "Rock 'N Roll McDonald's" - Greatest Hits [0:46:45] Splodgenessabounds - "Two Pints of Lager & A Packet of Crisps Please" - Simon Templar [0:49:07] The Rutles - "Cheese And Onions" - I Must Be In Love / Cheese & Onions / With A Girl Like You [0:51:04] Music behind DJ: John Morris - "The French Chef Theme" - Television's Greatest Hits Vol. 4: Black & White Classics [0:53:40] Set: Flights of Fancy Xeres & Austin - "Found In The Demento Dimension IV" - Found In The Demento Dimension [0:59:15] Set: Hour 2 Spike Jones & His City Slickers - "My Old Flame" - Spike Jones Favorites [1:03:04] Tom Lehrer - "The Masochism Tango" - More of Tom Lehrer [1:06:37] Flight of the Conchords - "Fashion is Danger" - I Told You I Was Freaky [1:09:38] Ivor Cutler - "Everybody Got" - Jammy Smears [1:12:13] Shel Silverstein - "Jimmy Jet and His TV Set" - Where The Sidewalk Ends [1:13:59] The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - "My Brother Makes the Noises For the Talkies" - Gorilla [1:14:59] Spike Jones - "The Man on The Flying Trapeeze" - "William Tell Overture" b/w "The Man On The Flying Trapeze" [1:18:00] The Royal Guardsmen - "Snoopy vs. The Red Baron" - Snoopy And His Friends [1:20:58] Ron Goodwin and the John McCarthy Chorus - "Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines" - Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines [1:23:40] Allan Sherman - "Crazy Downtown" - "Crazy Downtown" b/w "The Drop-Outs March" [1:26:43] Music behind DJ: Piero Umiliani - "Mah Na' Mah Na'" - Svezia, Inferno e Paradiso (Sweden Heaven and Hell) [1:29:36] Set: Creatures Xeres & Austin - "Found In The Demento Dimension V" - Found In The Demento Dimension [1:34:43] Stan Freberg - "St. George & The Dragonet" - "St. George And The Dragonet" b/w "Little Blue Riding Hood" [1:36:03] Trout Fishing in America - "When I Was a Dinosaur" - Big Trouble [1:39:35] Wolfman Jack - "Moose Violinist" - Greatest Radio Bits [1:42:05] Nervous Norvus - "I Wish I Was a Monkey" - More Tales From The Land Of.. ZORCH [1:42:52] The Ivy Three - "Yogi" - "Yogi" b/w "Was Judy There" [1:44:16] Nation Lampoon / Paul Jacobs - "Lemmings Lament" - Lemmings [1:46:27] Music behind DJ: Tim Wright & Brian Johnston - "Lemmings Theme Music" - Lemmings [1:49:46] Set: Famous People Xeres & Austin - "Found In The Demento Dimension VI" - Found In The Demento Dimension [1:51:10] Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper - "Elvis Is Everywhere" - Bo-Day-Shus!!! [1:54:44] Set: Hour 3 Flight of the Conchords - "Bowie" - Flight of the Conchords [1:59:42] Splodgenessabounds - "I've Got Lots of Famous People Living Under the Floorboards of My Humble Abode" - Splodgenessabounds [2:02:46] Lemon Demon - "The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny" -...

Duration:03:06:38

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Hangin' On The Telephone Part Four w/ The Weatherman, LIVE! from Sep 9, 2025

9/9/2025
Set: AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION! You can "Call-In" to the show using the link below. Voice, music, noise... any sound you can make will be picked up and added to the mix. BE A PART OF THE SHOW. Set: meet.google.com/hns-viwi-qhh Set: bit.ly/MVMAudienceParticipation Set: Hour 1 Shadows In Blue - "Mid-Valley Mutations Opening Theme" - Mid-Valley Mutations Opening Theme [0:01:20] Music behind DJ: The Nerves - "Hangin' On The Telephone (Instrumental)" [0:02:57] Toothpaste 2000 - "Johnny Call A Doctor" [0:09:38] Mini-Mutations - "Mix 1" [0:48:33] Aretha Franklin - "Call Me" [0:29:30] Mini-Mutations - "Mix 2" [0:48:37] Set: Hour 2 Deee-Lite - "Call Me" [1:18:44] Mini-Mutations - "Mix 3" [1:22:07] Gang of Four - "Call Me Up" [1:32:09] Mini-Mutations - "Mix 4" [1:43:11] Hall/Renaldo/Hooker - "Conference Call" [1:43:14] [1:47:21] [2:40:42] Set: Hour 3 Mini-Mutations - "Mix 5" [2:00:16] Billy Idol - "Crank Call" [2:39:51] Music behind DJ: The Nerves - "Hangin' On The Telephone (Instrumental)" [2:44:39] The Soviettes - "Hangin' Up The Phone" [2:55:21] Shadows In Blue - "Mid-Valley Mutations Closing Theme" - Mid-Valley Mutations Closing Theme [2:56:56] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/155973

Duration:03:06:44

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Word Jazz III w/ Ken Nordine (A "Cheek-In-Tongues," "Fill-In-Shows," Installment) from Sep 1, 2025

9/1/2025
Ken Nordine - "Episode 5" - Word Jazz [0:00:57] Ken Nordine - "Episode 6" - Word Jazz [0:35:03] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/155748

Duration:01:06:55

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Hangin' On The Telephone Part Three from Aug 26, 2025

8/26/2025
AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION! You can "Call-In" to the show using the link below. Voice, music, noise... any sound you can make will be picked up and added to the mix. BE A PART OF THE SHOW. Set: meet.google.com/hns-viwi-qhh Set: bit.ly/MVMAudienceParticipation Set: Hour 1 Shadows In Blue - "Mid-Valley Mutations Opening Theme" - Mid-Valley Mutations Opening Theme [0:01:31] Mini-Mutations - "Mix 1" [0:07:34] Memphis Slim - "Call Before You Go Home" [0:28:07] Mini-Mutations - "Mix 2" [1:03:25] Tom Waits - "Please Call Me, Baby" - The Heart Of Saturday Night [0:56:55] Set: Hour 2 Mini-Mutations - "Mix 3" [1:09:23] Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - "If You Call" [1:28:22] Mini-Mutations - "Mix 4" [1:39:56] Hank Williams - "Calling You" [1:56:44] Set: Hour 3 Elizabeth Joan Kelly - "Call My Number" [2:16:20] Mini-Mutations - "Mix 5" [2:24:37] X - "Your Phone's Off the Hook, But You're Not" - Los Angles [2:55:10] Shadows In Blue - "Mid-Valley Mutations Closing Theme" - Mid-Valley Mutations Closing Theme [2:57:35] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/155548

Duration:03:06:53