WFMU: Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from October 16, 2023

Listener comments!
	👻 4:39pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	5:07pm Mr Fab: hey all you groovy boys and ghouls!
	👻 5:08pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @5:07 Mr. Fab! Thanks for joining us. It's time for Ghoulardi Rock!
	👻 5:13pm Austin Rich: Here's a little info about Ghoulardi, for those who might not know about his work: en.wikipedia.org...
	5:15pm Mr Fab: Dave Thomas of Pere Ubu, on how Ghoulardi invented punk (or at least the Ohio scene): www.crocusbehemoth.com...
	👻 5:16pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @5:15 Nice find! I was trying to remember if there was more than just the few quotes by David Thomas that I could find earlier. This is great!
	👻 5:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ Austin Rich @5:13 A little more info in this article, as Ghoulardi was played by the excellent comedic talent, Ernie Anderson. en.wikipedia.org...
	5:19pm Aitch: Hysterical mutations?
	5:21pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @5:17 Yeah that's a mind-blower that filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson is the son of Ghoulardi. I think PTA's production company is called Ghoulardi Pictures or something.
	👻 5:25pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @5:21 I think you're right!
	👻 5:26pm Austin Rich: Ghoulardi re-creations, using what little footage still exists now: archive.org...
	👻 5:27pm Austin Rich: A clever fan was recording the audio of Ghoulardi's show on a reel to reel device, and another fan found them at an estate sale. Here's a link to the digitized audio files: archive.org...
	5:27pm drowsy: ↳ Mr Fab @5:21 galaxybrain indeed! Hi Austin and goodday those lucky to catch the mutated timeslot.
	👻 5:28pm Austin Rich: ↳ drowsy @5:27 drowsy! Thanks for joining us!
	5:31pm drowsy: Are you feeling better Austin?
	👻 5:32pm Austin Rich: ↳ drowsy @5:31 I've feeling a little better, but I still have a ways to go. This really knocked me out. Hopefully I don't miss any more shows the rest of the year.
	👻 5:34pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Little Eefin’ Annie" by "Joe Perkins" This is one of my favorite songs, but I do get it stuck in my head a LOT.
	5:47pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @5:34 Krys O just played it this past Saturday, and said that it was co-written by R Stevie Moore’s father, Bob Moore.
	👻 5:48pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @5:47 Oh! Interesting. I didn't know.
	5:51pm drowsy: ↳ Austin Rich @5:32 I hope it keeps going in the right direction! I am watching an anime with my son that involves a person who fights and sometimes ingests curses to contain them so they don't hurt others. Austin, if this explains your condition, thank you on behalf of a grateful audience.
	👻 5:53pm Austin Rich: ↳ drowsy @5:51 I like that! It's like being a sin eater. But damn, Covid sucks! I'm so slow at everything.
	5:55pm David Shortell: Did Ghoulardi howl like Count Floyd on SCTV's Monster Chiller Horror Theatre?
	👻 5:56pm Austin Rich: ↳ David Shortell @5:55 I don't think so, but I'm by no means an expert. Just a fan.
	5:59pm Mr Fab: ha, was thinking about Count Floyd, too. Dr Tongue's "3-D House of Pancakes"!
	5:59pm WR: Another AR takeover? As omnipresent as AI these days.
	👻 6:00pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @5:59 I'm sure they knew of Ghoulardi, and there was probably some influence. But I can't point to anything specific.
	👻 6:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ WR @5:59 It keeps the bills paid, I guess. I promise not to take over all of Monday and Tuesday. Just most of of it.
	6:04pm drowsy: gotta bail - keep convalsceing!!!!! Bye everyone!
	6:12pm Charles: fun stuff
	👻 6:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ Charles @6:12 Hey, Charles! Thanks for poppin' in!
	6:17pm Mr Fab: ↳ Song: "The Bat" by "The Ventures" The Ventures in Space! Very formative album for me. Along with taking a shot on a 99cent copy of an Yma Sumac album after seeing her on Letterman. Albums that opened me to the world beyond either mainstream, or alternative. Like, a third level. Anyone else have albums like that in their youth?
	👻 6:19pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @6:17 Johnny Cash. My parents never listened to country, and I never heard anything that wasn't really rock and roll. Hearing him opened my mind to the idea that there was good country music... and probably good stuff in all the genres that they thought were hokey, too.
	6:21pm Mr Fab: That's so funny because I was raised on classic country! Lots of Johnny Cash. So one man's mainstream can be another's freaky esoterica.
	👻 6:21pm Austin Rich: I love the idea of a young Fab buying The Ventures and Yma Sumac in the same week. That would change a mind, for sure.
	👻 6:23pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @6:21 It certainly caused me to look in other bins, and sort of search more of the store. Negativland, certainly, blew my young mind. I couldn't believe you could make records like that.
	6:23pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @6:21 maybe not in the same week! But yeah, at the time I thought I was deep underground cuz I liked Adam & the Ants.
	👻 6:29pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @6:23 I think I like Adam & The Ants more now than I did as a young person. I'm not sure what happened there... I guess I was just looking for other things as a kid. I sort of thought "punk" was the ultimate music for many, many years.
	👻 6:31pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Constipation Blues" by "Screamin' Jay Hawkins" My mom always thought this song was particularly funny, and she loved telling me about it when I was "the right age." (Probably after she caught me listening to Doctor Demento.)
	👻 6:35pm Austin Rich: Radio also sort of blew my mind as a kid. I remember, listening to tapes and stuff started to get boring, and I just loved the spontaneity of radio. It seemed very exciting to me.
	👻 6:36pm Austin Rich: Oh, as mentioned. The Shock Theater Package of films. All of them: stone cold classics! en.wikipedia.org...
	6:36pm Mr. X: Turn blue!
	👻 6:36pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @6:36 Mr. X! My Friend in Ghoulardi!
	6:38pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @6:36 Better late than never. I was out shopping.
	👻 6:39pm Austin Rich: Ghoulardi makes a brief, "Parma," reference there, a suburban city near him that he would often make fun of. This ultimately resulted in him creating a fake soap opera, "Parma Place," that he would occasionally run "episodes" of on his show. Here's a link to a YouTube clip that has collected all of the Parma Place clips that survived into the modern age. youtu.be...
	6:39pm Mr Fab: ↳ Mr. X @6:38 Shopping for...BLOOD?!?
	👻 6:39pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @6:38 The show will live forever in archives, of course.
	6:41pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @6:31 No WAY would my country-loving Catholic mom ever listen to stuff like Screamin Jay, haha. K-Tel's "Goofy Greats" comp was another formative influence. included "Surfin Bird"!
	6:41pm Mr. X: ↳ Mr Fab @6:39 If by BLOOD you mean a pumpkin and candy for the trick or treaters, then yes.
	👻 6:42pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @6:41 I like my mom liked novelty songs and rock and roll. These days she's sort of become more interested in Blues, but modern blues, not cool old stuff.
	6:44pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @6:42 i consider your mom's butt-dialing song a classic novelty tune.
	6:47pm Mr. X: Your impression of the Ghoulardi voice is pretty accurate. But what is it? It seems to be a cross between Yiddish and Transylvanian and Beatnik.
	👻 6:48pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @6:44 She knows what she's doing, for sure.
	👻 6:49pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @6:47 I think he was leaning into both of those. Hipster of a vaguely European descent.
	6:49pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Turn Blue" by "Jimmy McGriff" Ah, there it is! Glad I didn't miss Mr. McGriff tickling the ivories, or whatever they make organ keys out of.
	👻 6:50pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @6:41 Listening Dr. Demento certainly left a mark on me, but I don't think I got serious about novelty songs until after my 20s.
	👻 6:50pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @6:49 Yeah, I love his playing.
	👻 6:52pm Austin Rich: I've probably mentioned this before: but I got a radio for my 10th birthday, that had a tape deck. I could record the radio, and listen / playback tapes. And I was given a box that could hold 10 tapes, and was offered the chance to record any of my mom's LPs that I liked. That really blew my mind as a kid, being able to not only listen to the radio on my own, but make tapes of stuff I liked, and getting access to my mom's records. That birthday was a big deal for me.
	6:53pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Turn Blue" by "Jimmy McGriff" What kind of organ is this? I seem to remember one of your listeners is an expert at identifying organs.
	👻 6:54pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @6:53 Always good to get listener help.
	👻 6:55pm Austin Rich: In an hour after this: Cheek In Tongues Radio, our very own "Humor With A Good Dose Of Music" program on Sheena's. And then an hour after that: Dimestore Radio Theater!
	👻 6:55pm Austin Rich: I might go a little long... sorry everyone! (There's no DJ on after, that I know of. )
	6:56pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Bolo Blues" by "Jimmy Forrest" I always wanted to get this gritty kind of tone out my saxophone, but my 1939 Beuscher alto is only capable of sweet and mellow, it seems.
	👻 6:57pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @6:56 Maybe you are just sweet and mellow yourself?
	6:58pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @6:57 Awww, shucks.
	6:58pm Mr Fab: ↳ Mr. X @6:53 those jazz organ cats usually played a Hammond B-3.
	👻 6:59pm Austin Rich: That little "Polka" ditty was usually the intro music to "Parma Place."
	6:59pm Mr. X: ↳ Mr Fab @6:58 Thanks, makes sense.
	7:01pm Mr. X: So did Ernie Anderson track down and select the music himself? It's all so incredibly wild for the the early 60s. Must have required a lot of time spent in record shops to find it.
	7:08pm Mr. X: I guess I should tell my Ghoulardi story. I grew up in Akron, Ohio, which was in range of WJW. When I was about 5, my cousins made me watch Ghoulardi. I was too young for it, and it gave me nightmares at first. But around the time I was about 8, Ghoulardi became an obsession, which I would draw as a cartoon for my little brother in an attempt to scare him, which didn't work.
	7:08pm Mr Fab: Thanks, Austin - you are one cool ghoul!
	7:10pm WR: Transition time, again, Thank you! Austin!
	👻 7:10pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @7:08 That's right! You actually saw Ghoulardi! I only know him by reputation.

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from October 16, 2023

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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.

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October 16, 2023: The Ghoulardi Show!

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Approx. start time
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Ghoulardi	Light Up An Old Ghould "Light Up An Old Ghould" by "Ghoulardi"	Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye	WJW Cleveland Television	1960?	0:00:09 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Baby Sticks & The Kingtones	Pigmy	Ghoulardi Music	http://kogarsjunglejuice.blogspot.com	2010	0:01:14 (Pop-up)
Ghoulardi	Ghoulardi Is Sick Tonight	Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye	WJW Cleveland Television	1960?	0:07:04 (Pop-up)
The Baskerville Hounds	Space Rock Part One	Ghoulardi Music	http://kogarsjunglejuice.blogspot.com	2010	0:07:34 (Pop-up)
Ghoulardi	A Ghoulardi Doll "A Ghoulardi Doll" by "Ghoulardi"	Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye	WJW Cleveland Television	1960?	0:10:04 (Pop-up)
Sandy Nelson	Birth of The Beat "Birth of The Beat" by "Sandy Nelson"	Ghoulardi Music	http://kogarsjunglejuice.blogspot.com	2010	0:11:54 (Pop-up)
Ghoulardi	Saturday Letters "Saturday Letters" by "Ghoulardi"	Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye	WJW Cleveland Television	1960?	0:14:52 (Pop-up)
Davie Allan & The Arrows	Blue's Theme	Ghoulardi Music	http://kogarsjunglejuice.blogspot.com	2010	0:17:53 (Pop-up)
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Music behind DJ: Eddie Cochrane	Eddie's Blues "Eddie's Blues" by "Eddie Cochrane"	Ghoulardi Music	http://kogarsjunglejuice.blogspot.com	2010	0:20:07 (Pop-up)
Ghoulardi	Disgusted Parant / My Ghoul-friend	Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye	WJW Cleveland Television	1960?	0:25:24 (Pop-up)
Johnny & the Hurricanes	Time Bomb	Ghoulardi Music	http://kogarsjunglejuice.blogspot.com	2010	0:28:41 (Pop-up)
Ghoulardi	Real Close "Real Close" by "Ghoulardi"	Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye	WJW Cleveland Television	1960?	0:30:33 (Pop-up)
The Moe Koffman Quartette	The Swingin' Shepherd Blues	Ghoulardi Music	http://kogarsjunglejuice.blogspot.com	2010	0:30:48 (Pop-up)
Ghoulardi	Poker "Poker" by "Ghoulardi"	Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye	WJW Cleveland Television	1960?	0:32:59 (Pop-up)
Joe Perkins	Little Eefin’ Annie	Ghoulardi Music	http://kogarsjunglejuice.blogspot.com	2010	0:33:40 (Pop-up)
Ghoulardi	Stay Wood, Kid "Stay Wood, Kid" by "Ghoulardi"	Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye	WJW Cleveland Television	1960?	0:35:44 (Pop-up)
Les Cooper & The Soul Rockers	Wiggle Wobble	Ghoulardi Music	http://kogarsjunglejuice.blogspot.com	2010	0:36:08 (Pop-up)
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Music behind DJ: Link Wray & The Wraymen	Rumble "Rumble" by "Link Wray & The Wraymen"	Ghoulardi Music	http://kogarsjunglejuice.blogspot.com	2010	0:38:26 (Pop-up)
Ghoulardi	Ghoulardi's Life Story "Ghoulardi's Life Story" by "Ghoulardi"	Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye	WJW Cleveland Television	1960?	0:47:31 (Pop-up)
The Rivingtons	Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow" by "The Rivingtons"	Ghoulardi Music	http://kogarsjunglejuice.blogspot.com	2010	0:52:31 (Pop-up)
Ghoulardi	Cake "Cake" by "Ghoulardi"	Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye	WJW Cleveland Television	1960?	0:54:55 (Pop-up)
The Trashmen	Bird Dance Beat "Bird Dance Beat" by "The Trashmen"	Ghoulardi Music	http://kogarsjunglejuice.blogspot.com	2010	0:55:30 (Pop-up)
Ghoulardi	Next Week's Movie "Next Week's Movie" by "Ghoulardi"	Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye	WJW Cleveland Television	1960?	0:57:29 (Pop-up)
The Mustangs	Dartell Stomp "Dartell Stomp" by "The Mustangs"	Ghoulardi Music	http://kogarsjunglejuice.blogspot.com	2010	0:57:45 (Pop-up)
Ghoulardi	Hey Group! "Hey Group!" by "Ghoulardi"	Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye	WJW Cleveland Television	1960?	0:59:59 (Pop-up)
Duane Eddy	The Desert Rat "The Desert Rat" by "Duane Eddy"	Ghoulardi Music	http://kogarsjunglejuice.blogspot.com	2010	1:00:02 (Pop-up)
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Music behind DJ: Booker T. & The MGs	Green Onions "Green Onions" by "Booker T. & The MGs"	Ghoulardi Music	http://kogarsjunglejuice.blogspot.com	2010	1:03:21 (Pop-up)
Ghoulardi	Shocker Box "Shocker Box" by "Ghoulardi"	Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye	WJW Cleveland Television	1960?	1:08:35 (Pop-up)
Pete Seegar	Little Boxes "Little Boxes" by "Pete Seegar"	Ghoulardi Music	http://kogarsjunglejuice.blogspot.com	2010	1:08:24 (Pop-up)
King of the Beatniks	Beat Poem "Beat Poem" by "King of the Beatniks"	Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye	WJW Cleveland Television	1960?	1:10:13 (Pop-up)
The Ventures	The Bat "The Bat" by "The Ventures"	Ghoulardi Music	http://kogarsjunglejuice.blogspot.com	2010	1:12:47 (Pop-up)
Ghoulardi	More Ghoul-friend "More Ghoul-friend" by "Ghoulardi"	Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye	WJW Cleveland Television	1960?	1:15:07 (Pop-up)
The Trashmen	Surfin' Bird "Surfin' Bird" by "The Trashmen"	Ghoulardi Music	http://kogarsjunglejuice.blogspot.com	2010	1:15:17 (Pop-up)
Ghoulardi	Cool It With The Boom Booms	Ghoulardi Music	http://kogarsjunglejuice.blogspot.com	2010	1:17:34 (Pop-up)
Lonnie Mack	Wham! "Wham!" by "Lonnie Mack"	Ghoulardi Music	http://kogarsjunglejuice.blogspot.com	2010	1:17:49 (Pop-up)
Ghoulardi	Ghoulardi Is A Coward "Ghoulardi Is A Coward" by "Ghoulardi"	Ghoulardi Music	http://kogarsjunglejuice.blogspot.com	2010	1:19:58 (Pop-up)
Tom King And The Starfires	Stronger Than Dirt	Ghoulardi Music	http://kogarsjunglejuice.blogspot.com	2010	1:20:03 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ: The Ventures	Pedal Pusher "Pedal Pusher" by "The Ventures"	Ghoulardi Music	http://kogarsjunglejuice.blogspot.com	2010	1:22:35 (Pop-up)
Ghoulardi	Stay Sick Pills "Stay Sick Pills" by "Ghoulardi"	Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye	WJW Cleveland Television	1960?	1:27:41 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Gilmer	Sugar Shack "Sugar Shack" by "Jimmy Gilmer"	Ghoulardi Music	http://kogarsjunglejuice.blogspot.com	2010	1:28:03 (Pop-up)
Ghoulardi	You're A Lot of Fun To Be With	Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye	WJW Cleveland Television	1960?	1:29:59 (Pop-up)
Screamin' Jay Hawkins	Constipation Blues	Ghoulardi Music	http://kogarsjunglejuice.blogspot.com	2010	1:30:13 (Pop-up)
Ghoulardi	Keep Your Eye On Eight "Keep Your Eye On Eight" by "Ghoulardi"	Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye	WJW Cleveland Television	1960?	1:34:42 (Pop-up)
The Oscar Peterson Trio	Mumbles "Mumbles" by "The Oscar Peterson Trio"	Ghoulardi Music	http://kogarsjunglejuice.blogspot.com	2010	1:35:19 (Pop-up)
Ghoulardi	Written by Adults "Written by Adults" by "Ghoulardi"	Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye	WJW Cleveland Television	1960?	1:37:08 (Pop-up)
The Turtles	Buzzsaw "Buzzsaw" by "The Turtles"	Ghoulardi Music	http://kogarsjunglejuice.blogspot.com	2010	1:37:52 (Pop-up)
The Strangeloves	Cara-Lin "Cara-Lin" by "The Strangeloves"	"Cara-Lin" b/w "(Roll On) Mississippi"	Bang Records	1965	1:39:45 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ: Bobby Darin	Beachcomber "Beachcomber" by "Bobby Darin"	"Beachcomber" b/w "Autumn Blues"	ATCO Records	1960	1:42:37 (Pop-up)
Ghoulardi	Less Obtrusive "Less Obtrusive" by "Ghoulardi"	Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye	WJW Cleveland Television	1960?	1:47:13 (Pop-up)
Jimmy McGriff	Turn Blue "Turn Blue" by "Jimmy McGriff"	Ghoulardi Music	http://kogarsjunglejuice.blogspot.com	2010	1:48:19 (Pop-up)
Ghoulardi	The Laugh "The Laugh" by "Ghoulardi"	Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye	WJW Cleveland Television	1960?	1:52:51 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Forrest	Bolo Blues "Bolo Blues" by "Jimmy Forrest"	Ghoulardi Music	http://kogarsjunglejuice.blogspot.com	2010	1:53:09 (Pop-up)
Ghoulardi	Oxnard "Oxnard" by "Ghoulardi"	Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye	WJW Cleveland Television	1960?	1:56:13 (Pop-up)
The Rivingtons	Mama Oo Mow Mow "Mama Oo Mow Mow" by "The Rivingtons"	Ghoulardi Music	http://kogarsjunglejuice.blogspot.com	2010	1:56:17 (Pop-up)
Ghoulardi	You Can't See This When You're Way Out There	Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye	WJW Cleveland Television	1960?	1:58:39 (Pop-up)
The Baskerville Hounds	Space Rock Part Two	Ghoulardi Music	http://kogarsjunglejuice.blogspot.com	2010	1:58:51 (Pop-up)
Narrator	Hypnosis Word of Warning	Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye	WJW Cleveland Television	1960?	2:01:20 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: The Ventures	Peach Fuzz "Peach Fuzz" by "The Ventures"	Ghoulardi Music	http://kogarsjunglejuice.blogspot.com	2010	2:02:11 (Pop-up)
Ghoulardi	Stay Sick "Stay Sick" by "Ghoulardi"	Shock Theater: The Hypnotic Eye	WJW Cleveland Television	1960?	2:07:02 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	👻 4:39pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	5:07pm Mr Fab: hey all you groovy boys and ghouls!
	👻 5:08pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @5:07 Mr. Fab! Thanks for joining us. It's time for Ghoulardi Rock!
	👻 5:13pm Austin Rich: Here's a little info about Ghoulardi, for those who might not know about his work: en.wikipedia.org...
	5:15pm Mr Fab: Dave Thomas of Pere Ubu, on how Ghoulardi invented punk (or at least the Ohio scene): www.crocusbehemoth.com...
	👻 5:16pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @5:15 Nice find! I was trying to remember if there was more than just the few quotes by David Thomas that I could find earlier. This is great!
	👻 5:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ Austin Rich @5:13 A little more info in this article, as Ghoulardi was played by the excellent comedic talent, Ernie Anderson. en.wikipedia.org...
	5:19pm Aitch: Hysterical mutations?
	5:21pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @5:17 Yeah that's a mind-blower that filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson is the son of Ghoulardi. I think PTA's production company is called Ghoulardi Pictures or something.
	👻 5:25pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @5:21 I think you're right!
	👻 5:26pm Austin Rich: Ghoulardi re-creations, using what little footage still exists now: archive.org...
	👻 5:27pm Austin Rich: A clever fan was recording the audio of Ghoulardi's show on a reel to reel device, and another fan found them at an estate sale. Here's a link to the digitized audio files: archive.org...
	5:27pm drowsy: ↳ Mr Fab @5:21 galaxybrain indeed! Hi Austin and goodday those lucky to catch the mutated timeslot.
	👻 5:28pm Austin Rich: ↳ drowsy @5:27 drowsy! Thanks for joining us!
	5:31pm drowsy: Are you feeling better Austin?
	👻 5:32pm Austin Rich: ↳ drowsy @5:31 I've feeling a little better, but I still have a ways to go. This really knocked me out. Hopefully I don't miss any more shows the rest of the year.
	👻 5:34pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Little Eefin’ Annie" by "Joe Perkins" This is one of my favorite songs, but I do get it stuck in my head a LOT.
	5:47pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @5:34 Krys O just played it this past Saturday, and said that it was co-written by R Stevie Moore’s father, Bob Moore.
	👻 5:48pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @5:47 Oh! Interesting. I didn't know.
	5:51pm drowsy: ↳ Austin Rich @5:32 I hope it keeps going in the right direction! I am watching an anime with my son that involves a person who fights and sometimes ingests curses to contain them so they don't hurt others. Austin, if this explains your condition, thank you on behalf of a grateful audience.
	👻 5:53pm Austin Rich: ↳ drowsy @5:51 I like that! It's like being a sin eater. But damn, Covid sucks! I'm so slow at everything.
	5:55pm David Shortell: Did Ghoulardi howl like Count Floyd on SCTV's Monster Chiller Horror Theatre?
	👻 5:56pm Austin Rich: ↳ David Shortell @5:55 I don't think so, but I'm by no means an expert. Just a fan.
	5:59pm Mr Fab: ha, was thinking about Count Floyd, too. Dr Tongue's "3-D House of Pancakes"!
	5:59pm WR: Another AR takeover? As omnipresent as AI these days.
	👻 6:00pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @5:59 I'm sure they knew of Ghoulardi, and there was probably some influence. But I can't point to anything specific.
	👻 6:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ WR @5:59 It keeps the bills paid, I guess. I promise not to take over all of Monday and Tuesday. Just most of of it.
	6:04pm drowsy: gotta bail - keep convalsceing!!!!! Bye everyone!
	6:12pm Charles: fun stuff
	👻 6:13pm Austin Rich: ↳ Charles @6:12 Hey, Charles! Thanks for poppin' in!
	6:17pm Mr Fab: ↳ Song: "The Bat" by "The Ventures" The Ventures in Space! Very formative album for me. Along with taking a shot on a 99cent copy of an Yma Sumac album after seeing her on Letterman. Albums that opened me to the world beyond either mainstream, or alternative. Like, a third level. Anyone else have albums like that in their youth?
	👻 6:19pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @6:17 Johnny Cash. My parents never listened to country, and I never heard anything that wasn't really rock and roll. Hearing him opened my mind to the idea that there was good country music... and probably good stuff in all the genres that they thought were hokey, too.
	6:21pm Mr Fab: That's so funny because I was raised on classic country! Lots of Johnny Cash. So one man's mainstream can be another's freaky esoterica.
	👻 6:21pm Austin Rich: I love the idea of a young Fab buying The Ventures and Yma Sumac in the same week. That would change a mind, for sure.
	👻 6:23pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @6:21 It certainly caused me to look in other bins, and sort of search more of the store. Negativland, certainly, blew my young mind. I couldn't believe you could make records like that.
	6:23pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @6:21 maybe not in the same week! But yeah, at the time I thought I was deep underground cuz I liked Adam & the Ants.
	👻 6:29pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @6:23 I think I like Adam & The Ants more now than I did as a young person. I'm not sure what happened there... I guess I was just looking for other things as a kid. I sort of thought "punk" was the ultimate music for many, many years.
	👻 6:31pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Constipation Blues" by "Screamin' Jay Hawkins" My mom always thought this song was particularly funny, and she loved telling me about it when I was "the right age." (Probably after she caught me listening to Doctor Demento.)
	👻 6:35pm Austin Rich: Radio also sort of blew my mind as a kid. I remember, listening to tapes and stuff started to get boring, and I just loved the spontaneity of radio. It seemed very exciting to me.
	👻 6:36pm Austin Rich: Oh, as mentioned. The Shock Theater Package of films. All of them: stone cold classics! en.wikipedia.org...
	6:36pm Mr. X: Turn blue!
	👻 6:36pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @6:36 Mr. X! My Friend in Ghoulardi!
	6:38pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @6:36 Better late than never. I was out shopping.
	👻 6:39pm Austin Rich: Ghoulardi makes a brief, "Parma," reference there, a suburban city near him that he would often make fun of. This ultimately resulted in him creating a fake soap opera, "Parma Place," that he would occasionally run "episodes" of on his show. Here's a link to a YouTube clip that has collected all of the Parma Place clips that survived into the modern age. youtu.be...
	6:39pm Mr Fab: ↳ Mr. X @6:38 Shopping for...BLOOD?!?
	👻 6:39pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @6:38 The show will live forever in archives, of course.
	6:41pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @6:31 No WAY would my country-loving Catholic mom ever listen to stuff like Screamin Jay, haha. K-Tel's "Goofy Greats" comp was another formative influence. included "Surfin Bird"!
	6:41pm Mr. X: ↳ Mr Fab @6:39 If by BLOOD you mean a pumpkin and candy for the trick or treaters, then yes.
	👻 6:42pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @6:41 I like my mom liked novelty songs and rock and roll. These days she's sort of become more interested in Blues, but modern blues, not cool old stuff.
	6:44pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @6:42 i consider your mom's butt-dialing song a classic novelty tune.
	6:47pm Mr. X: Your impression of the Ghoulardi voice is pretty accurate. But what is it? It seems to be a cross between Yiddish and Transylvanian and Beatnik.
	👻 6:48pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @6:44 She knows what she's doing, for sure.
	👻 6:49pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @6:47 I think he was leaning into both of those. Hipster of a vaguely European descent.
	6:49pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Turn Blue" by "Jimmy McGriff" Ah, there it is! Glad I didn't miss Mr. McGriff tickling the ivories, or whatever they make organ keys out of.
	👻 6:50pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @6:41 Listening Dr. Demento certainly left a mark on me, but I don't think I got serious about novelty songs until after my 20s.
	👻 6:50pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @6:49 Yeah, I love his playing.
	👻 6:52pm Austin Rich: I've probably mentioned this before: but I got a radio for my 10th birthday, that had a tape deck. I could record the radio, and listen / playback tapes. And I was given a box that could hold 10 tapes, and was offered the chance to record any of my mom's LPs that I liked. That really blew my mind as a kid, being able to not only listen to the radio on my own, but make tapes of stuff I liked, and getting access to my mom's records. That birthday was a big deal for me.
	6:53pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Turn Blue" by "Jimmy McGriff" What kind of organ is this? I seem to remember one of your listeners is an expert at identifying organs.
	👻 6:54pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @6:53 Always good to get listener help.
	👻 6:55pm Austin Rich: In an hour after this: Cheek In Tongues Radio, our very own "Humor With A Good Dose Of Music" program on Sheena's. And then an hour after that: Dimestore Radio Theater!
	👻 6:55pm Austin Rich: I might go a little long... sorry everyone! (There's no DJ on after, that I know of. )
	6:56pm Mr. X: ↳ Song: "Bolo Blues" by "Jimmy Forrest" I always wanted to get this gritty kind of tone out my saxophone, but my 1939 Beuscher alto is only capable of sweet and mellow, it seems.
	👻 6:57pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @6:56 Maybe you are just sweet and mellow yourself?
	6:58pm Mr. X: ↳ Austin Rich @6:57 Awww, shucks.
	6:58pm Mr Fab: ↳ Mr. X @6:53 those jazz organ cats usually played a Hammond B-3.
	👻 6:59pm Austin Rich: That little "Polka" ditty was usually the intro music to "Parma Place."
	6:59pm Mr. X: ↳ Mr Fab @6:58 Thanks, makes sense.
	7:01pm Mr. X: So did Ernie Anderson track down and select the music himself? It's all so incredibly wild for the the early 60s. Must have required a lot of time spent in record shops to find it.
	7:08pm Mr. X: I guess I should tell my Ghoulardi story. I grew up in Akron, Ohio, which was in range of WJW. When I was about 5, my cousins made me watch Ghoulardi. I was too young for it, and it gave me nightmares at first. But around the time I was about 8, Ghoulardi became an obsession, which I would draw as a cartoon for my little brother in an attempt to scare him, which didn't work.
	7:08pm Mr Fab: Thanks, Austin - you are one cool ghoul!
	7:10pm WR: Transition time, again, Thank you! Austin!
	👻 7:10pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr. X @7:08 That's right! You actually saw Ghoulardi! I only know him by reputation.

Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: Playlist from October 16, 2023

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