Mid-Valley Mutations

Dimestore Radio Theater #173 WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon) Austin is out of town this week, but Mr. Fab is engineering and lending a hand, so that you can hear the show, anyway! And we have another regular installment of our program: Richard Diamond, Rocky Jordan, Blackstone: The Magic Detective, and … Continue reading Dimestore Radio Theater #173

Jukebox Jam 4: Live Archive Two! WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat. (The Digital Salon) We return to the “jukebox” well, as I present a number of live recordings from the archives, and shuffle them together sort of randomly, as is my want. This is number 4 in a series of shows like this, with … Continue reading Jukebox Jam 4: Live Archive Two!

Dimestore Radio Theater #172 – New New Time! Same Same Show! WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon) This is our first episode of Dimestore Radio Thater at our new, earlier time, freeing up our Monday Evenings! The show hasn’t changed, but the time – and our orientation for a little while anyway – … Continue reading Dimestore Radio Theater #172 &...

Waves-A-Poppin’: An Audio Adventure For National Waterpark Day! (w/ Special Co-Host, Miss Rikki) WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat. (The Digital Salon) Several years ago, Waves-A-Poppin’, a local waterpark here in the Mid-Valley, was installed, to fanfare and excitement that was, frankly, completely unwarranted. However, this has not stopped them from trying to build up …...

Dimestore Radio Theater #171 WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon) This week is all dental records and “Third Base!” as Richard Diamond finds himself embroiled in two different requests on his time and talents, only to find that he’s being approached from different angles on the same case. Only on he should … Continue reading Dimestore Radio Theater&...

Howlin’ At The Doom Part 7: Woody & Harry WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat. (The Digital Salon) On July 14th, both Woody Guthrie and Harry Dean Stanton celebrated birthdays. In many ways, they are reflections of one another: lonely artists, traveling the world, trying to find some sense and meaning while both exercising their … Continue reading Howlin’ At The Doom Part 7: Woody...

Dimestore Radio Theater: The 57th Anniversary of The Moon Landing Special! WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon) On the anniversary of the first landing on the Moon, 57 years ago, we offer a series of broadcasts about Luna, our celestial neighbor who always has a friendly face to shine toward us. This … Continue reading Dimestore Radio Theater: The 57th Anniversary of...

A Conversation w/ The Crew of The Film “All Figured Out” WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat. (The Digital Salon) We speak with Brendan Tarver and William Twist of the film production, “All Figured Out,” a movie being made RIGHT HERE in the Mid-Valley, filmed and cast with locals who are all interested in making … Continue reading A Conversation w/ The Crew of T...

Dimestore Radio Theater’s Movies On The Radio Double Feature: Dick Powell Part 4 WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon) Summer’s ready when you are, and during this time of year, we like to give the staff a break, and air some longer stories that you don’t get to hear during the rest … Continue reading Dimestore Radio Theater’s Movies On The Rad...

Eila Star, LIVE! (w/ Brad Anderson & Mac Dawg Interviews!) WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat. (The Digital Salon) In what was a somewhat chaotic, but otherwise memorable and fun broadcast from the Lava Lamp Lounge Annex (my garage), we had the lovely and talented Eila Star join me for three hours of DJing, conversating, … Continue reading Eila Star, LIVE! (w/ Brad Anderson &...

Dimestore Radio Theater’s Movies On The Radio Double Feature: Dick Powell Part 3 WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon) Summer’s ready when you are, and during this time of year, we like to give the staff a break, and air some longer stories that you don’t get to hear during the rest … Continue reading Dimestore Radio Theater’s Movies On The Rad...

Xeronian ZigZag #1 (x/ Xeres of Xeron!) WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat Our long-time friend and colleague, Xeres of Xeron, returns to the show, to offer his own take on the “jukebox” theme, by offering a wide ranging mix of music and tunes that are near and dear to his heart. Aside from some … Continue reading Xeronian ZigZag #1 (x/ Xeres of Xeron!)

Dimestore Radio Theater #170 WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon) Taking a simple case is never simple for Richard Diamond, especially when he’s hired by someone who turns up dead before he can even get to know what he’ll be doing trying to suss out The Evans Farmer Case. Before long Diamond is … Continue reading Dimestore Radio Theater #170

uBradio Salon 963 – uB Tales From Beyond: The Sextant & The Windrose Line 28 June 2026 on DFM.nu Our dynamic duo have been separated from each other, as they each continue their work as crew members on The Silver Sailer. Both univac and Austin meet The Captain. Torrent and Napster each work to find … Continue reading uBradio Salon 963 – uB Tales From Beyond: The Sextant &...

Jukebox Jams 3: By The Seat of Our Pants WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat We offer another Jukebox Show this week, where Austin is looking through his archive of different things that he hasn’t played on the show in a while, and… plays them on the show. Music new, old, connecting to current events, … Continue reading Jukebox Jams 3: By The Seat of Our Pants

Dimestore Radio Theater #169 WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon) Two Helens are better than one this week, as we have two stories with characters named Helen! First up, we seen Richard Diamond & his girlfriend, Helen, out on a date at a Carnival. However, it doesn’t take long before murder, clowns, wrestlers and … Continue reading Dimestore Radio Theater&#...

Charred Limbo Erroneous w/ Arvo Zylo WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat “Arvo Zylo returns for a three hour tour of prime experimental music and choice vintage populism from a wide array of bygone eras. Arvo Zylo was a freeform radio DJ at WZRD and WLUW in Chicago for several years, runs his own NO … Continue reading Charred Limbo Erroneous w/ Arvo Zylo

Dimestore Radio Theater #168 WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon) In one of the more stereotypical cases for Richard Diamond this week, Edna Wolfe hires him to investigate a cheating husband, but as Diamond continues to investigate, the case gets murkier and murkier. Meanwhile, Rocky Jordan accidentally witnesses a woman commit a murder, … Continue reading Dimestore...

Word Jazz VIII w/ Ken Nordine (A “Cheek-In-Tongues,” “Fill-In-Shows,” Installment) WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon) Our continuing journey through Ken Nordine’s Word Jazz radio show seems just as daunting and ineffable as it did when we started, but now that we’ve made it through a number of these, a bit of a formula … Continue...

The Outside Agitators & Coronation Wound Interview WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat We spend three hours with Coronation Wound – a new hardcore band that is playing their first show on Thursday! During that three hours we interview the members of the other act on the bill – The Outside Agitators – and then … Continue reading The Outside Agitators & Coronati...

Dimestore Radio Theater #167 WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon) It seems as if Richard Diamond …. Meanwhile, Rocky Jordan… In hour 2, we offer another installment of “The Century” as part of Dimestore Revelations. Then, Blackstone …  And finally, on X-Minus One, …. https://ia601909.us.archive.org/32/items/dimestore-167/Dimestore167.mp3...

Jukebox Jams 2: Live From “What’s This Called?” WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat It’s another one of our patented, “Jukebox” shows, where we play a lot of music, and we have less of the collage / cut-ups that usually occur. This week, we focus all on music performed live, by artists who appeared on … Continue reading Jukebox Jams 2: Live From &#82...

Dimestore Radio Theater #166 WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon) It seems as if Richard Diamond is in over his head this week, as he is hired to chaperone a kidnapping / ransom trade off, only to get knocked out, to find the money stolen, and the kidnappee has been murdered. It’s going … Continue reading Dimestore Radio Theater #166

uBradio Salon 959: Making Connections – uB Tales From Beyond: … 31 May 2026 on DFM.nu univac and Austin continue to get to know the crew-  and to a degree, the ship itself – as they continue to get used to life on The Silver Sailer interstellar sailing ship. univac becomes a useful (and in … Continue reading uBradio Salon 959: Making Connections – uB Tales From Beyond...

Jukebox Jams 1: Inspired by “What’s This Called?” WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat Our patented “Jukebox” shows are meant to offer you something a little less than the sample collage barrage that is our bread-and-butter. You still get all the flavor of a Mid-Valley Mutations program, but it’s more stripped down, and focused. And this … Continue re...