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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


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Journey To The Center of The Mind: Part V: Lost In Dreams (Marathon Week 1) from Mar 4, 2025

3/4/2025
Set: I Had A Dream Mini-Mutations - "Lost In Dreams" - Lost In Dreams Max Headroom - ""Dream Thieves" [Excerpt 1]" - Season 2, Episode 4, 9 October 1987 [0:01:03] Nathaniel Mayer - "I Had A Dream" - Village Of Love [0:01:39] Shadows In Blue - "Mid-Valley Mutations Opening Theme" - Mid-Valley Mutations Opening Theme [0:03:46] Music behind DJ: Morgen - "Morgen (Instrumental)" - Of Dreams [0:05:17] Set: Too Much To Dream She Dreams Herself In Books - "Dead Air Fresheners" - Slip Inside the Quiet Room [0:13:47] Max Headroom - ""Dream Thieves" [Excerpt 2]" - Season 2, Episode 4, 9 October 1987 [0:16:00] Stiv Bators - "Too Much To Dream" - Disconnected [0:17:31] Max Headroom - ""Dream Thieves" [Excerpt 3]" - Season 2, Episode 4, 9 October 1987 [0:20:14] The Android Sisters - "Digital Dream" - The Best Of The Android Sisters [0:20:22] Music behind DJ: Django Reinhardt - "I'll See You In My Dreams" - Complete Django Reinhardt Hot Club of France [0:23:09] Set: I'll See You In My Dreams Max Headroom - ""Dream Thieves" [Excerpt 4]" - Season 2, Episode 4, 9 October 1987 [0:34:21] Yo La Tengo - "Dreams" - Prisoners Of Love (A Smattering Of Scintillating Senescent Songs 1985-2003) [0:34:23] Max Headroom - ""Dream Thieves" [Excerpt 5]" - Season 2, Episode 4, 9 October 1987 [0:39:13] Eleventh Dream Day - "Dream of Sleeping Sheep" - Lived To Tell [0:40:29] Max Headroom - ""Dream Thieves" [Excerpt 6]" - Season 2, Episode 4, 9 October 1987 [0:43:30] Mink DeVille - "Let Me Dream If I Want To" - D.I.Y.: Blank Generation: The New York Scene 1975-78 [0:44:32] Max Headroom - ""Dream Thieves" [Excerpt 7]" - Season 2, Episode 4, 9 October 1987 [0:47:18] Music behind DJ: Frankie Stein & His Ghouls - "Dreamin' And Screamin' (Mashed Potato)" - Monster Sounds And Dance Music [0:47:52] Set: Hour 2 Set: I Dreamed I Dream Max Headroom - ""Dream Thieves" [Excerpt 8]" - Season 2, Episode 4, 9 October 1987 [1:05:57] King Missile - "How To Remember Your Dreams" - Mystical Shit [1:06:43] Max Headroom - ""Dream Thieves" [Excerpt 9]" - Season 2, Episode 4, 9 October 1987 [1:09:38] Ken Nordine - "A Thousand Dreams" - A Transparent Mask [1:11:22] Max Headroom - ""Dream Thieves" [Excerpt 10]" - Season 2, Episode 4, 9 October 1987 [1:15:41] Sonic Youth - "I Dreamed I Dream" - Sonic Youth [1:16:21] Max Headroom - ""Dream Thieves" [Excerpt 11]" - Season 2, Episode 4, 9 October 1987 [1:21:02] Dream Boogie - "Langston Hughes" - The Voice Of The Poet: Langston Hughes [1:21:23] Music behind DJ: MX-80 - "Pink Carnations" - Das Love Boat: Instrumentals 1975-1990 [1:21:56] Set: Broken Dreams Max Headroom - ""Dream Thieves" [Excerpt 12]" - Season 2, Episode 4, 9 October 1987 [1:28:02] The Human Genome Project - "Romantic Space Dream [Live]" - 17 September 2004 [1:28:35] Max Headroom - ""Dream Thieves" [Excerpt 13]" - Season 2, Episode 4, 9 October 1987 [1:33:05] The Cleaners From Venus - "Broken Dreams For Boys" - Penny Novelettes [1:34:28] Max Headroom - ""Dream Thieves" [Excerpt 14]" - Season 2, Episode 4, 9 October 1987 [1:37:08] The Red Krayola - "An Old Man's Dreams" - Singles 1968-2002 [1:37:33] Max Headroom - ""Dream Thieves" [Excerpt 15]" - Season 2, Episode 4, 9 October 1987 [1:39:49] Music behind DJ: Martin Denny - "Island Of Dreams" - Exotica II [1:39:55] Set: Big Gold Dream Max Headroom - ""Dream Thieves" [Excerpt 16]" - Season 2, Episode 4, 9 October 1987 [1:44:04] The Mekons - "Dream Dream Dream" - Edge Of The World [1:44:06] Max Headroom - ""Dream Thieves" [Excerpt 17]" - Season 2, Episode 4, 9 October 1987 [1:46:32] The Fire Engines - "Big Gold Dream" - Big Gold Dream [1:48:00] Max Headroom - ""Dream Thieves" [Excerpt 18]" - Season 2, Episode 4, 9 October 1987 [1:52:00] The Soft Boys - "Dreams" - Underwater Moonlight...And How It Got There [1:53:29] Max Headroom - ""Dream Thieves" [Excerpt 19]" - Season 2, Episode 4, 9 October 1987 [1:58:06] Music behind DJ: Duane Eddy - "Dream Lover" - Duane...

Duration:02:07:13

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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? from Feb 25, 2025

2/25/2025
The Mighty Boosh - "Tommy's Philosophy Part 1" - Series 1, Episode 5 [0:00:00] Quadrophenia - "We Are the Mods" - Quadrophenia [0:02:04] Alexie Sayle - "Two Tone Mods" - Live At The Comic Strip [0:02:21] The Mighty Boosh - "Tommy's Philosophy Part 2" - Series 1, Episode 5 [0:03:59] Shadows In Blue - "Mid-Valley Mutations Opening Theme" - Mid-Valley Mutations Opening Theme [0:05:54] Spacemen 3 - "An Evening of Contemporary Sitar Music [Excerpt 1]" - Dreamweapon [0:07:23] Set: Set 1 Roky Erickson & the Aliens - "Creature With The Atom Brain" - Roky Erickson & The Aliens [0:13:25] Mini-Mutations - "The Nature of Reality Part 1" - The Nature of Reality [0:23:21] The Black Angels - "Phosphene Dream" - Phosphene Dream [0:27:21] Spacemen 3 - "An Evening of Contemporary Sitar Music [Excerpt 2]" - Dreamweapon [0:31:37] Set: Set 2 Kaleidoscope - "Pulsating Dream" - Egyptian Candy [0:37:00] Mini-Mutations - "The Nature of Reality Part 2" - The Nature of Reality [0:45:45] They Might Be Giants - "I Can't Remember The Dream" - Book [0:57:03] Spacemen 3 - "An Evening of Contemporary Sitar Music [Excerpt 3]" - Dreamweapon [1:00:44] Set: Set 3 / Hour 2 Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 - "Lizard's Dream" - I Hope It Lands [1:07:30] Mini-Mutations - "The Nature of Reality Part 3" - The Nature of Reality [1:33:48] Fate vs. Free Will Turn Signals - "JJ" - Previously Unreleased [1:41:37] Spacemen 3 - "An Evening of Contemporary Sitar Music [Excerpt 3]" - Dreamweapon [1:54:47] Set: Epilogue Alice Cooper - "Caught In A Dream" - Love It To Death [2:02:17] Shadows In Blue - "Mid-Valley Mutations Ending Theme" - Mid-Valley Mutations Ending Theme [2:05:04] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/149522

Duration:02:07:06

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Journey To The Center of The Mind: Part III: If I Only Had A Brain from Feb 18, 2025

2/18/2025
Mini-Mutations - "Tonight's Setup" Set: The Wizard of Oz - "Dorothy Meets The Scarecrow" - The Wizard of Oz [0:00:23] Men's Recovery Project - "Use The Brain" - Normal Man EP [0:03:08] Shadows In Blue - "Mid-Valley Mutations Opening Theme" - Mid-Valley Mutations Opening Theme [0:05:06] Music behind DJ: Fragile X - "Through The Dusk And Even Dreams [Excerpt 1]" - End Without World [0:07:34] Set: Set 1 Dream Syndicate - "Tell Me When it's Over" - Day of Wine and Roses [0:13:41] Mini-Mutations - "If I Only Had A Brain Part 1" - 18 February 2025 [0:17:40] MX-80 - "No Brainer" - We're An American Band [0:25:06] Music behind DJ: Fragile X - "Through The Dusk And Even Dreams Excerpt 2" - End Without World [0:28:57] Set: Set 2 David Lynch - "Pinky's Dream" - Crazy Clown Time [0:37:54] Mini-Mutations - "If I Only Had A Brain Part 2" - 18 February 2025 [0:41:43] James P. Johnson - "If Dreams Come True" - Father Of The Stride Piano [0:56:11] Music behind DJ: Fragile X - "Through The Dusk And Even Dreams Excerpt 3" - End Without World [0:59:26] Set: Set 3 Gary Wilson - "Dream(s)" - Forgotten Lovers [1:14:08] Mini-Mutations - "If I Only Had A Brain Part 3" - 18 February 2025 [1:20:06] Blondie - "Dreaming" - Eat To The Beat [1:45:56] Music behind DJ: Fragile X - "Through The Dusk And Even Dreams Excerpt 4" - End Without World [1:49:00] Mike Bribiglia - "Sleepwalk With Me" - This American Life [1:49:40] Samples from today's show came from Mike Bribiglia and two different NOVA specials. Set: The Wipers - "Just A Dream Away" - Land of the Lost [1:55:28] Shadows In Blue - "Mid-Valley Mutations Closing Theme" - Mid-Valley Mutations Closing Theme [1:58:44] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/149299

Duration:02:05:57

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Journey To The Center of The Mind: Part II: Free Falling Through Your Imagination from Feb 11, 2025

2/11/2025
Mini-Mutations - "Tonight's Setup" Set: Mini-Mutations - "Your Brain: Who's In Control? Part 1" - 11 February 2025 [0:00:45] Shadows In Blue - "Mid-Valley Mutations Opening Theme" - Mid-Valley Mutations Opening Theme [0:03:23] Music behind DJ: Dream Waves - "Lavender Vortex / Staircase" - Universe [0:04:52] Set: Set 1 Tom Petty - "Free Fallin'" - Full Moon Fever [0:11:36] Mini-Mutations - "Your Brain: Who's In Control? Part 2" - 11 February 2025 [0:20:33] Roy Orbison - "In Dreams" - In Dreams: The Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison [0:28:07] Music behind DJ: Dream Waves - "Lavender Vortex / Staircase" - Universe [0:31:50] Set: Set 2 The Mothers of Invention - "Who are the Brain Police?" - Freak Out! [0:39:07] Mini-Mutations - "Your Brain: Who's In Control? Part 3" - 11 February 2025 [0:49:11] The Flaming Lips - "Brainville" - Clouds Taste Metallic [0:56:54] Music behind DJ: Dream Waves - "Lavender Vortex / Staircase" - Universe [1:00:45] Set: Set 3 Holly Golightly - "Troubles On My Mind" - Laugh It Up [1:11:27] Mini-Mutations - "Your Brain: Who's In Control? Part 4" - 11 February 2025 [1:13:57] The Misunderstood - "My Mind" - Children Of The Sun [1:27:46] Music behind DJ: Dream Waves - "Lavender Vortex / Staircase" - Universe [1:30:23] Set: Set 4 Devo - "S.I.B. (Swelling, Itching Brain)" - Duty Now For the Future [1:35:05] Mini-Mutations - "Your Brain: Who's In Control? Part 5" - 11 February 2025 [1:50:29] The Ramones - "My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes To Bitburg)" - Animal Boy [1:52:44] Shadows In Blue - "Mid-Valley Mutations Closing Theme" - Mid-Valley Mutations Closing Theme [1:59:48] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/148818

Duration:02:07:03