WFMU: Dimestore Radio Theater with Austin Rich: Playlist from May 16, 2022

Listener comments!
	👻 5:55pm Austin Rich: Good Hello!
	6:01pm HyperDose: Settling in :D
	👻 6:01pm Austin Rich: Stay tuned today, during "Dimestore Revelations," where we will be airing Part 1 of a documentary about Alan Ladd, Mr. Dan Holiday himself!
	6:01pm Mr Fab: Hey Austin! Ooh, Paul Frees?
	👻 6:01pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, HyperDose!
	👻 6:01pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, Mr. Fab! Yeah, you gotta love Paul Frees. His voice is all over Dimestore Radio Theater shows.
	6:01pm spacebrother: Listening!
	👻 6:02pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, Spacebrother! Your show was great for getting in the mood!
	6:02pm spacebrother: ...or try the FINAL RELAXATION!
	6:02pm Ellen Lovebug: Greetings!
	6:02pm spacebrother: Enjoying Ladd now..
	6:03pm Scott67: G'day Austin & Attentive Audience! ☕😎🤙👣🎶📻🌏🎙️
	6:03pm Charles: I'm mystery-ready.
	👻 6:03pm Austin Rich: Yay! Ellen! Good to see you in the chat!
	👻 6:03pm Austin Rich: And Scott67! And Charles!
	6:04pm Ellen Lovebug: :) I've heard of haunted studios before. There are shows about that (and a fun parody episode of Supernatural)
	6:04pm spacebrother: The Knack's song about "Good Girls Don't" was probably written about Suzie.
	6:04pm spacebrother: Yeah Fab, it really does sound like Frees.
	👻 6:04pm Austin Rich: @Spacebrother: Ha! I'll have to recycle that joke at some point.
	6:04pm spacebrother: WHich is because it is.
	6:04pm Ellen Lovebug: Maybe it's entrancing
	6:05pm Ellen Lovebug: The Knack are most significant in that Weird Al's first single was My Bologna
	6:05pm Mr Fab: Paul Frees...ghosts...those kooky artist-types. Love this episode already.
	6:05pm spacebrother: Every time I hear Frees, I think I'm in the "World of Innerspace" ride at Disneyland.
	6:07pm HyperDose: Betty seems nervous
	👻 6:08pm Austin Rich: Historically, Ghost stories were associated with the holiday season. This episode aired December 12th, so it's possible the writers were thinking of that. But most likely, this was just another story they hadn't gotten to yet. Regardless, Box 13 rarely acknowledged the holidays, so it is likely a coincidence. Still...
	6:08pm Ellen Lovebug: Wonder what the girlfriend stands to gain if the painter thinks he is crazy?
	6:11pm Ellen Lovebug: I wonder what's on Dan's signet ring
	👻 6:12pm Austin Rich: Signet rings are something that I'm totally obsessed with, as no one I knew had or used them when I grew up. But I've loved the idea of a wax seal ever since.
	👻 6:13pm Austin Rich: As an engagement ring for my wife (who is obsessed with Dune), I had a replica of the signet ring from House Atredeis from the original Dune movie, made for her. And we've been happy ever since.
	6:15pm Charles: My guess for that episode's mystery is that it's really a supernatural phenomenon. Dimension Thirteen-teen-teen-teen...
	6:16pm Scott67: Spoilers!!
	6:16pm Ellen Lovebug: That is very sweet, Austin
	👻 6:16pm Austin Rich: @Charles: It's about time I do a Box 13 / Dimension X mash-up.
	6:16pm spacebrother: Someone should do a book on midcentury metaphoric hyperbole.
	👻 6:18pm Austin Rich: Two artists?!
	6:19pm spacebrother: "Ayy - he's-a dead!"
	6:19pm Ellen Lovebug: Voila, ghost theory. Neat twist or red herring
	6:19pm Mr Fab: "One more twist like that and I'll have to screw on my hat."
	👻 6:20pm Austin Rich: I do love the Mr. Fab commentary / interjections.
	6:21pm Ellen Lovebug: oh my!
	👻 6:21pm Austin Rich: I named a character Betty in a noir story I wrote, but I'm pretty sure I didn't name her after this character. But I intentionally name a character Suzie as a nod to Box 13.
	6:23pm Ellen Lovebug: I look forward to it. Wow, PTSD
	6:23pm Charles: That nice Austin. If I ever get a son I'm thinking of naming him Lieutenant Cling.
	👻 6:24pm Austin Rich: You could just call him, "Lou," for short.
	6:25pm Ellen Lovebug: truth serum?
	6:25pm Charles: *That's nice
	👻 6:25pm Austin Rich: Convenient that Dan didn't even really have to "hypnotize" Mike. He's just asleep, and telling the truth. Convenient!
	6:27pm Ellen Lovebug: The girl was with him thinking the death was deliberate!
	👻 6:27pm Austin Rich: Cured! That was easy.
	6:27pm Ellen Lovebug: Thanks everyone! Back to work for me, I might hop back in later for the documentary
	👻 6:28pm Austin Rich: See ya later, Ellen!
	👻 6:28pm Austin Rich: I'm not sure I get that closing joke?
	6:29pm Mr Fab: Psychotherapy mysteries are the kind of thing you don't see much anymore, like Hitchcock's "Spellbound."
	👻 6:30pm Austin Rich: I think I mentioned this before, but "Voyage of the Scarlett Queen" has started to get more commercials as the show goes on, so I'm editing more and more out each week. Hopefully the music is better than the commercials.
	👻 6:31pm Austin Rich: @Mr. Fab: I mean, Spellbound is really good. It's hard to top that, so maybe people stopped trying?
	6:32pm Charles: The music's good. I'm guessing even sailors need their Wheaties.
	6:32pm Mr Fab: Yeah, I saw a cool exhibit at the LA County Museum of Art dedicated to Dali's time in Hollywood. Lots of his work from "Spellbound" on display. I wish they'd made a movie out of "The Haunted Artist". They could have had party scenes with all those colorful "bohemians."
	6:34pm Scott67: I think the fog here got into my head while I slept. or maybe it was last nights beer? 🍻😎🤙
	👻 6:34pm Austin Rich: It's funny to think that a lot of "30 Minute shows" in those days were actually close to 30 minutes long. The average show that is "a half hour" long is now 22 minutes of show, and at least 8 minutes of commercials. Even at almost 25 and a half minutes long, it's funny that that is a "short" episode of Scarlett Queen.
	👻 6:35pm Austin Rich: @Mr. Fab: I agree. it would be fun to see some of these stories as short movies, as they do find ways to depict the seedier side of culture, back then.
	👻 6:37pm Austin Rich: I'll mention it, since I do every week: The sound is pretty good this week, but I did do a little EQ and whatnot, to clean things up a little. Still, I did less that I often do, as this one was pretty good.
	6:37pm Charles: I can't make out what he's shouting in the intro. Something "make sails"?
	👻 6:38pm Austin Rich: Something like that, Charles. I'm not entirely sure, but really, only the crew need to know what he's saying. We just need to know, "That's the call that starts the show!"
	6:38pm Scott67: Hit the deck!!!
	👻 6:39pm Austin Rich: While this has been mentioned before, it rarely comes up as a plot mechanic, so it seems worth mentioning: the Scarlett Queen has both a motor and sails to assist it when coming into land. (It's like the difference between "Warp Speed" and "Impulse Speed.")
	👻 6:42pm Austin Rich: Oh No! Gallagher is shot!
	👻 6:42pm Austin Rich: (Listen to how worried Phil is.)
	👻 6:48pm Austin Rich: The more I think about the "asian voices" on this show, I have considered something that I think was absolutely important at the time. Yes, the voices were most likely done by a white person. But there are so many different asian characters on this show, I can't help but wonder if this was appealing to the Asian American audience that lived in the US in those days. While there are many offensive elements to the portrayals, I imagine you probably didn't hear many Asian voices on the radio at all in 1947. (In the wake of WWII, where most Americans were fairly racist against the Japanese, and often confused all "asians" as Japanese. The characterizations could be a lot better, certainly. But having any representation on this show must have meant something to people who only heard white voices, for the most part.
	6:51pm Mr Fab: I"m sure you're right about that. Magazines like "Jet" used to have a list of every appearance of any black folks on TV for that week or month, and I'm sure some of those portrayals weren't too cool. But black families would still plan their week around it.
	👻 6:52pm Austin Rich: @Mr. Fab: I was thinking about that analogy! Still, I wince when I hear those white people doing foreign accents. It's like when I see Neil Innes do blackface: I love you buddy, but... wow.
	6:53pm Charles: I like how Phil narrates action scenes in this sped-up agitated way. That's usually how I read moments like these in books.
	👻 6:53pm Austin Rich: "Yeah, yeah, they fight and what not. Afterwards..."
	6:57pm Mr Fab: haha, Acme Brand Shaving Cream. Hello Benny Bell, we salute you.
	👻 6:57pm Austin Rich: "Be nice a clean!"
	7:05pm Charles: I'm so ready for old timey horror radio near halloween time..
	👻 7:07pm Austin Rich: Yeah, I think all of October will just be horror shows on Dimestore. We'll take a little break until Thanksgiving, and then we'll probably follow the holidays from there on out.
	👻 7:08pm Austin Rich: I might do a voice, hosting the Halloween shows. Still thinking that over...
	👻 7:11pm Austin Rich: In those days, being "On Contract" meant you didn't make movies for other studios, unless they "loaned you out." So getting a studio contract in those days was important. Since then, actors mostly sign contracts for one film, possible a multi-picture deal. But unless you're a Disney Brat, you don't usually sign with a studio anymore.
	👻 7:11pm Austin Rich: Blonde hair might seem like a strange thing to hold against someone, but in the Black and White era, "dark" hair was considered more handsome.
	7:12pm Charles: Too blonde for the big screen.
	7:12pm Charles: What's the best hair color for radio?
	👻 7:13pm Austin Rich: Multi-colored mohawk?
	👻 7:13pm Austin Rich: No, wait. That's a trick question. You go into the barber and you say, "Gimme the Johnny Fever."
	7:14pm Charles: Ahah
	👻 7:16pm Austin Rich: I love this song. He's got a great singing voice.
	👻 7:16pm Austin Rich: (And his backing band is all women. It's a great little video.)
	👻 7:17pm Austin Rich: Been meaning to watch, "This Gun's For Hire." I've heard it's a good movie, just haven't seen it yet.
	👻 7:17pm Austin Rich: "... who's dynamite with a gun or a girl."
	7:18pm Mr Fab: yeah, love that quote. is it a Western?
	👻 7:18pm Austin Rich: Gangster / noir.
	7:18pm HyperDose: You talkin to me?
	7:21pm Charles: Since it was daily I'm guessing Chandu will be the longest running show of the four current ones?
	👻 7:21pm Austin Rich: I think I've mentioned this before, but the "titles" for the episodes of Chandu The Magician are sort of guesswork by fans. Often, whoever has collected the episodes names them after what happens in the episode (sometimes spoiling the plot). I'm tried to stick with the titles from the original archive.org download that I found online, but I've seen other titles listed here and there online, and they are often very different.
	👻 7:23pm Austin Rich: Yes, @Charles. Chandu should last a few years, at least. I haven't done the math precisely, but I think it'll go for a long time, so that "Dimestore Revelations" has an open slot in the line-up. However, if Chandu reaches a natural "conclusion" to the main storylines a little early, I might switch it out before all the episodes are aired. There are a lot of 15 minutes radio serials, and it might be fun to explore some of the superhero shorts from that era. (Which are a lot different from the kinds of superhero stories you get now.)
	👻 7:29pm Austin Rich: Yeah, just did the math. There's just under four years of Chandu, at this current pace. But like I said, I'll probably look for an early out. I can always come back to it.
	7:31pm Charles: Well, there's always a place for Chandu in my home.
	👻 7:31pm Austin Rich: I'm digging it, and do want to play them all. But I'll probably get impatient for that Blue Beetle serial, which didn't last long, but would be fun for a lot of reasons.
	7:33pm Mr Fab: four years! I wonder if they recorded them all in big batches. Or they would have to go down to the studio just for 15 minutes every day. Probably, they didn't record many things in advance, did they?
	👻 7:33pm Austin Rich: I've run this story before, as a "Halloween" story, with music intercut between the story beats to "lengthen" the show. (I've done that on this show quite a bit already.)
	7:34pm HyperDose: I don't think cigarettes are supposed to do that
	👻 7:35pm Austin Rich: @Mr. Fab: I think, as I understand it, they would record them on transcription discs, and send them out. (And considering they had "live" music by Korla, I suspect that they could only have access to him so many hours a day.) However, I could be wrong. Maybe it was live, every day? My guess, it, pre-recorded to transcription disc, to send it out to other stations.
	👻 7:35pm Austin Rich: So, they probably recorded a week's worth of shows all at once.
	👻 7:35pm Austin Rich: 1992 Model Car! So Futuristic!
	👻 7:37pm Austin Rich: I think this story suffers in one major way, in that: I think once all the principle characters are introduced, and once the background is established, it feels pretty obvious where the story is going pretty early on. Maybe ya'll will feel different?
	7:37pm Mr Fab: the #MeToo-an people?
	👻 7:37pm Austin Rich: Points for inventing a racial slur. But: did it have to be so close to a real one?
	7:38pm HyperDose: This guy is an HR depts dream
	👻 7:38pm Austin Rich: @MrFab: that's sort of what I was thinking, but I suspect there's a weird sci-fi spelling online somewhere.
	👻 7:43pm Austin Rich: Can't find an easy spelling without getting a copy of the Jack Vance short story to get the spelling. Anyone else have any luck?
	👻 7:44pm Austin Rich: At this point in the story, I feel like we can all see where this is going.
	👻 7:45pm Austin Rich: He's willing to drop an atom bomb on this village... to protect the other village from their raids.
	7:45pm SW: Evening all! I'm very late tonight
	👻 7:46pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, SW!
	7:47pm SW: Just back from seeing The Godfather in the cinema.
	7:47pm Charles: I like this fella. He's very articulate.
	7:49pm SW: I'll just have to catch up tomorrow 😁
	👻 7:49pm Austin Rich: Isn't that always the way, SW? I feel like I'm constantly catching up on shows I missed.
	7:50pm SW: indeed
	7:51pm Scott67: Hah, sounded like he was about to crack up saying that Ugly Bowl line.
	👻 7:52pm Austin Rich: I think the Dimension X version of this show is actually a better-sounding recording than the X-Minus One Episode, which was aired several years later. It just goes to show it's not the age of the recording, but who captured / preserved it.
	7:52pm Charles: It's a great line. I might use that if an argument doesn't go my way.
	7:53pm Scott67: Beats an ugly bowel!
	👻 7:54pm Austin Rich: I'm almost done for the day. Any last questions?
	👻 7:54pm Austin Rich: As usual: thanks again, for letting me do this show for ya'll. I have a lot of fun listening to these old stories.
	7:55pm Charles: Thanks Austin!
	7:56pm Scott67: glow bowls!
	7:56pm Scott67: Thanks Austin! ☕😎🤙
	7:56pm SW: Solve the problem with radioactive glaze!
	👻 7:57pm Austin Rich: Meh. In 1950, they thought a little radiation was GOOD for you.
	7:58pm Scott67: Uranium Powder & Cigarettes! This episode makes my lungs hurt.
	8:00pm SW: Laters Austin and peoples
	👻 8:00pm Austin Rich: Goodnight everyone!
	8:00pm Mr Fab: as much a commentary on colonization as a work of sci-fi. Thanks, Austin!

Dimestore Radio Theater with Austin Rich: Playlist from May 16, 2022

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May 16, 2022: Episode #17

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Approx. start time
Box 13	"The Haunted Artist" ""The Haunted Artist"" by "Box 13"	12 December 1948	Mayfair Productions	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Woody Herman	Blue Flame "Blue Flame" by "Woody Herman"			0:29:30 (Pop-up)
The Voyage of The Scarlet Queen	"Grafter's Fort and the Black Pearl of Galahla Bay"	23 October 1947	Mutual	0:34:50 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Woody Herman	Blue Flame "Blue Flame" by "Woody Herman"			1:02:19 (Pop-up)
The Hollywood Collection	Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man (Part 1)	Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man	Wombat Productions	1:05:04 (Pop-up)
Chandu The Magician	"Roxor Meets Nadji"	20 July 1948	Mutual–Don Lee Networ	1:19:07 (Pop-up)
Dimension X	"The Potters of Firsk"	28 July 1950	NBC Radio	1:32:32 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	👻 5:55pm Austin Rich: Good Hello!
	6:01pm HyperDose: Settling in :D
	👻 6:01pm Austin Rich: Stay tuned today, during "Dimestore Revelations," where we will be airing Part 1 of a documentary about Alan Ladd, Mr. Dan Holiday himself!
	6:01pm Mr Fab: Hey Austin! Ooh, Paul Frees?
	👻 6:01pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, HyperDose!
	👻 6:01pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, Mr. Fab! Yeah, you gotta love Paul Frees. His voice is all over Dimestore Radio Theater shows.
	6:01pm spacebrother: Listening!
	👻 6:02pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, Spacebrother! Your show was great for getting in the mood!
	6:02pm spacebrother: ...or try the FINAL RELAXATION!
	6:02pm Ellen Lovebug: Greetings!
	6:02pm spacebrother: Enjoying Ladd now..
	6:03pm Scott67: G'day Austin & Attentive Audience! ☕😎🤙👣🎶📻🌏🎙️
	6:03pm Charles: I'm mystery-ready.
	👻 6:03pm Austin Rich: Yay! Ellen! Good to see you in the chat!
	👻 6:03pm Austin Rich: And Scott67! And Charles!
	6:04pm Ellen Lovebug: :) I've heard of haunted studios before. There are shows about that (and a fun parody episode of Supernatural)
	6:04pm spacebrother: The Knack's song about "Good Girls Don't" was probably written about Suzie.
	6:04pm spacebrother: Yeah Fab, it really does sound like Frees.
	👻 6:04pm Austin Rich: @Spacebrother: Ha! I'll have to recycle that joke at some point.
	6:04pm spacebrother: WHich is because it is.
	6:04pm Ellen Lovebug: Maybe it's entrancing
	6:05pm Ellen Lovebug: The Knack are most significant in that Weird Al's first single was My Bologna
	6:05pm Mr Fab: Paul Frees...ghosts...those kooky artist-types. Love this episode already.
	6:05pm spacebrother: Every time I hear Frees, I think I'm in the "World of Innerspace" ride at Disneyland.
	6:07pm HyperDose: Betty seems nervous
	👻 6:08pm Austin Rich: Historically, Ghost stories were associated with the holiday season. This episode aired December 12th, so it's possible the writers were thinking of that. But most likely, this was just another story they hadn't gotten to yet. Regardless, Box 13 rarely acknowledged the holidays, so it is likely a coincidence. Still...
	6:08pm Ellen Lovebug: Wonder what the girlfriend stands to gain if the painter thinks he is crazy?
	6:11pm Ellen Lovebug: I wonder what's on Dan's signet ring
	👻 6:12pm Austin Rich: Signet rings are something that I'm totally obsessed with, as no one I knew had or used them when I grew up. But I've loved the idea of a wax seal ever since.
	👻 6:13pm Austin Rich: As an engagement ring for my wife (who is obsessed with Dune), I had a replica of the signet ring from House Atredeis from the original Dune movie, made for her. And we've been happy ever since.
	6:15pm Charles: My guess for that episode's mystery is that it's really a supernatural phenomenon. Dimension Thirteen-teen-teen-teen...
	6:16pm Scott67: Spoilers!!
	6:16pm Ellen Lovebug: That is very sweet, Austin
	👻 6:16pm Austin Rich: @Charles: It's about time I do a Box 13 / Dimension X mash-up.
	6:16pm spacebrother: Someone should do a book on midcentury metaphoric hyperbole.
	👻 6:18pm Austin Rich: Two artists?!
	6:19pm spacebrother: "Ayy - he's-a dead!"
	6:19pm Ellen Lovebug: Voila, ghost theory. Neat twist or red herring
	6:19pm Mr Fab: "One more twist like that and I'll have to screw on my hat."
	👻 6:20pm Austin Rich: I do love the Mr. Fab commentary / interjections.
	6:21pm Ellen Lovebug: oh my!
	👻 6:21pm Austin Rich: I named a character Betty in a noir story I wrote, but I'm pretty sure I didn't name her after this character. But I intentionally name a character Suzie as a nod to Box 13.
	6:23pm Ellen Lovebug: I look forward to it. Wow, PTSD
	6:23pm Charles: That nice Austin. If I ever get a son I'm thinking of naming him Lieutenant Cling.
	👻 6:24pm Austin Rich: You could just call him, "Lou," for short.
	6:25pm Ellen Lovebug: truth serum?
	6:25pm Charles: *That's nice
	👻 6:25pm Austin Rich: Convenient that Dan didn't even really have to "hypnotize" Mike. He's just asleep, and telling the truth. Convenient!
	6:27pm Ellen Lovebug: The girl was with him thinking the death was deliberate!
	👻 6:27pm Austin Rich: Cured! That was easy.
	6:27pm Ellen Lovebug: Thanks everyone! Back to work for me, I might hop back in later for the documentary
	👻 6:28pm Austin Rich: See ya later, Ellen!
	👻 6:28pm Austin Rich: I'm not sure I get that closing joke?
	6:29pm Mr Fab: Psychotherapy mysteries are the kind of thing you don't see much anymore, like Hitchcock's "Spellbound."
	👻 6:30pm Austin Rich: I think I mentioned this before, but "Voyage of the Scarlett Queen" has started to get more commercials as the show goes on, so I'm editing more and more out each week. Hopefully the music is better than the commercials.
	👻 6:31pm Austin Rich: @Mr. Fab: I mean, Spellbound is really good. It's hard to top that, so maybe people stopped trying?
	6:32pm Charles: The music's good. I'm guessing even sailors need their Wheaties.
	6:32pm Mr Fab: Yeah, I saw a cool exhibit at the LA County Museum of Art dedicated to Dali's time in Hollywood. Lots of his work from "Spellbound" on display. I wish they'd made a movie out of "The Haunted Artist". They could have had party scenes with all those colorful "bohemians."
	6:34pm Scott67: I think the fog here got into my head while I slept. or maybe it was last nights beer? 🍻😎🤙
	👻 6:34pm Austin Rich: It's funny to think that a lot of "30 Minute shows" in those days were actually close to 30 minutes long. The average show that is "a half hour" long is now 22 minutes of show, and at least 8 minutes of commercials. Even at almost 25 and a half minutes long, it's funny that that is a "short" episode of Scarlett Queen.
	👻 6:35pm Austin Rich: @Mr. Fab: I agree. it would be fun to see some of these stories as short movies, as they do find ways to depict the seedier side of culture, back then.
	👻 6:37pm Austin Rich: I'll mention it, since I do every week: The sound is pretty good this week, but I did do a little EQ and whatnot, to clean things up a little. Still, I did less that I often do, as this one was pretty good.
	6:37pm Charles: I can't make out what he's shouting in the intro. Something "make sails"?
	👻 6:38pm Austin Rich: Something like that, Charles. I'm not entirely sure, but really, only the crew need to know what he's saying. We just need to know, "That's the call that starts the show!"
	6:38pm Scott67: Hit the deck!!!
	👻 6:39pm Austin Rich: While this has been mentioned before, it rarely comes up as a plot mechanic, so it seems worth mentioning: the Scarlett Queen has both a motor and sails to assist it when coming into land. (It's like the difference between "Warp Speed" and "Impulse Speed.")
	👻 6:42pm Austin Rich: Oh No! Gallagher is shot!
	👻 6:42pm Austin Rich: (Listen to how worried Phil is.)
	👻 6:48pm Austin Rich: The more I think about the "asian voices" on this show, I have considered something that I think was absolutely important at the time. Yes, the voices were most likely done by a white person. But there are so many different asian characters on this show, I can't help but wonder if this was appealing to the Asian American audience that lived in the US in those days. While there are many offensive elements to the portrayals, I imagine you probably didn't hear many Asian voices on the radio at all in 1947. (In the wake of WWII, where most Americans were fairly racist against the Japanese, and often confused all "asians" as Japanese. The characterizations could be a lot better, certainly. But having any representation on this show must have meant something to people who only heard white voices, for the most part.
	6:51pm Mr Fab: I"m sure you're right about that. Magazines like "Jet" used to have a list of every appearance of any black folks on TV for that week or month, and I'm sure some of those portrayals weren't too cool. But black families would still plan their week around it.
	👻 6:52pm Austin Rich: @Mr. Fab: I was thinking about that analogy! Still, I wince when I hear those white people doing foreign accents. It's like when I see Neil Innes do blackface: I love you buddy, but... wow.
	6:53pm Charles: I like how Phil narrates action scenes in this sped-up agitated way. That's usually how I read moments like these in books.
	👻 6:53pm Austin Rich: "Yeah, yeah, they fight and what not. Afterwards..."
	6:57pm Mr Fab: haha, Acme Brand Shaving Cream. Hello Benny Bell, we salute you.
	👻 6:57pm Austin Rich: "Be nice a clean!"
	7:05pm Charles: I'm so ready for old timey horror radio near halloween time..
	👻 7:07pm Austin Rich: Yeah, I think all of October will just be horror shows on Dimestore. We'll take a little break until Thanksgiving, and then we'll probably follow the holidays from there on out.
	👻 7:08pm Austin Rich: I might do a voice, hosting the Halloween shows. Still thinking that over...
	👻 7:11pm Austin Rich: In those days, being "On Contract" meant you didn't make movies for other studios, unless they "loaned you out." So getting a studio contract in those days was important. Since then, actors mostly sign contracts for one film, possible a multi-picture deal. But unless you're a Disney Brat, you don't usually sign with a studio anymore.
	👻 7:11pm Austin Rich: Blonde hair might seem like a strange thing to hold against someone, but in the Black and White era, "dark" hair was considered more handsome.
	7:12pm Charles: Too blonde for the big screen.
	7:12pm Charles: What's the best hair color for radio?
	👻 7:13pm Austin Rich: Multi-colored mohawk?
	👻 7:13pm Austin Rich: No, wait. That's a trick question. You go into the barber and you say, "Gimme the Johnny Fever."
	7:14pm Charles: Ahah
	👻 7:16pm Austin Rich: I love this song. He's got a great singing voice.
	👻 7:16pm Austin Rich: (And his backing band is all women. It's a great little video.)
	👻 7:17pm Austin Rich: Been meaning to watch, "This Gun's For Hire." I've heard it's a good movie, just haven't seen it yet.
	👻 7:17pm Austin Rich: "... who's dynamite with a gun or a girl."
	7:18pm Mr Fab: yeah, love that quote. is it a Western?
	👻 7:18pm Austin Rich: Gangster / noir.
	7:18pm HyperDose: You talkin to me?
	7:21pm Charles: Since it was daily I'm guessing Chandu will be the longest running show of the four current ones?
	👻 7:21pm Austin Rich: I think I've mentioned this before, but the "titles" for the episodes of Chandu The Magician are sort of guesswork by fans. Often, whoever has collected the episodes names them after what happens in the episode (sometimes spoiling the plot). I'm tried to stick with the titles from the original archive.org download that I found online, but I've seen other titles listed here and there online, and they are often very different.
	👻 7:23pm Austin Rich: Yes, @Charles. Chandu should last a few years, at least. I haven't done the math precisely, but I think it'll go for a long time, so that "Dimestore Revelations" has an open slot in the line-up. However, if Chandu reaches a natural "conclusion" to the main storylines a little early, I might switch it out before all the episodes are aired. There are a lot of 15 minutes radio serials, and it might be fun to explore some of the superhero shorts from that era. (Which are a lot different from the kinds of superhero stories you get now.)
	👻 7:29pm Austin Rich: Yeah, just did the math. There's just under four years of Chandu, at this current pace. But like I said, I'll probably look for an early out. I can always come back to it.
	7:31pm Charles: Well, there's always a place for Chandu in my home.
	👻 7:31pm Austin Rich: I'm digging it, and do want to play them all. But I'll probably get impatient for that Blue Beetle serial, which didn't last long, but would be fun for a lot of reasons.
	7:33pm Mr Fab: four years! I wonder if they recorded them all in big batches. Or they would have to go down to the studio just for 15 minutes every day. Probably, they didn't record many things in advance, did they?
	👻 7:33pm Austin Rich: I've run this story before, as a "Halloween" story, with music intercut between the story beats to "lengthen" the show. (I've done that on this show quite a bit already.)
	7:34pm HyperDose: I don't think cigarettes are supposed to do that
	👻 7:35pm Austin Rich: @Mr. Fab: I think, as I understand it, they would record them on transcription discs, and send them out. (And considering they had "live" music by Korla, I suspect that they could only have access to him so many hours a day.) However, I could be wrong. Maybe it was live, every day? My guess, it, pre-recorded to transcription disc, to send it out to other stations.
	👻 7:35pm Austin Rich: So, they probably recorded a week's worth of shows all at once.
	👻 7:35pm Austin Rich: 1992 Model Car! So Futuristic!
	👻 7:37pm Austin Rich: I think this story suffers in one major way, in that: I think once all the principle characters are introduced, and once the background is established, it feels pretty obvious where the story is going pretty early on. Maybe ya'll will feel different?
	7:37pm Mr Fab: the #MeToo-an people?
	👻 7:37pm Austin Rich: Points for inventing a racial slur. But: did it have to be so close to a real one?
	7:38pm HyperDose: This guy is an HR depts dream
	👻 7:38pm Austin Rich: @MrFab: that's sort of what I was thinking, but I suspect there's a weird sci-fi spelling online somewhere.
	👻 7:43pm Austin Rich: Can't find an easy spelling without getting a copy of the Jack Vance short story to get the spelling. Anyone else have any luck?
	👻 7:44pm Austin Rich: At this point in the story, I feel like we can all see where this is going.
	👻 7:45pm Austin Rich: He's willing to drop an atom bomb on this village... to protect the other village from their raids.
	7:45pm SW: Evening all! I'm very late tonight
	👻 7:46pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, SW!
	7:47pm SW: Just back from seeing The Godfather in the cinema.
	7:47pm Charles: I like this fella. He's very articulate.
	7:49pm SW: I'll just have to catch up tomorrow 😁
	👻 7:49pm Austin Rich: Isn't that always the way, SW? I feel like I'm constantly catching up on shows I missed.
	7:50pm SW: indeed
	7:51pm Scott67: Hah, sounded like he was about to crack up saying that Ugly Bowl line.
	👻 7:52pm Austin Rich: I think the Dimension X version of this show is actually a better-sounding recording than the X-Minus One Episode, which was aired several years later. It just goes to show it's not the age of the recording, but who captured / preserved it.
	7:52pm Charles: It's a great line. I might use that if an argument doesn't go my way.
	7:53pm Scott67: Beats an ugly bowel!
	👻 7:54pm Austin Rich: I'm almost done for the day. Any last questions?
	👻 7:54pm Austin Rich: As usual: thanks again, for letting me do this show for ya'll. I have a lot of fun listening to these old stories.
	7:55pm Charles: Thanks Austin!
	7:56pm Scott67: glow bowls!
	7:56pm Scott67: Thanks Austin! ☕😎🤙
	7:56pm SW: Solve the problem with radioactive glaze!
	👻 7:57pm Austin Rich: Meh. In 1950, they thought a little radiation was GOOD for you.
	7:58pm Scott67: Uranium Powder & Cigarettes! This episode makes my lungs hurt.
	8:00pm SW: Laters Austin and peoples
	👻 8:00pm Austin Rich: Goodnight everyone!
	8:00pm Mr Fab: as much a commentary on colonization as a work of sci-fi. Thanks, Austin!

Dimestore Radio Theater with Austin Rich: Playlist from May 16, 2022

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