Holiday Memories – Mid-Valley Mutations

A Sadgasm New Year’s / New Tears Special! (#83) Closing off what has become an incredible year is my in-studio session with the sad boys of Sadgasm, a local Salem combo that has only been together a few months, and has already established themselves as the Sad Sac for the 21st Century. In this show, … Continue reading A Sadgasm New Year’s / New Tears Special! (#83)

The Kelly Taylor Show (#82) In my continuing effort to fully flesh out the local Salem Music Scene (and document some of these stories that are very quickly receding from memory), we offer this timely, holiday treat: The Kelly Taylor Show. Kelly has played in almost 16 bands in his life, and is currently singing … Continue reading The Kelly Taylor Show (#82)

A Lob Instagon NoiseFest Christmas! (#80) When Lob Instagon begins to tell stories, listening becomes essential. A poet, an artist, a musician and an instigator, Lob has worn so many hats that it is sometimes difficult to remember the mystical origins of what he does. In this show, we do our best to uncover those … Continue reading A Lob Instagon NoiseFest Christmas! (#80)

Outside Time! (New Clichés, Too w/ devilsclub, Uneasy Chairs & Dead Air Fresheners, LIVE!) (#33) There’s no better way to start the new year off than with some live music, and for this show, we offer you that in droves… spread out over two hours!  horridus of devilsclub curates a set of music by his … Continue reading Outside Time! (New Clichés, Too w/ devilsclub, Uneasy Chai...

A New Year’s Vinyl Solution (#32) It’s been a while since my last All Vinyl show.   Part of the notion of Mid-Valley Mutations was this aesthetic of the cut-and-paste, and it is VERY hard to do that on a record, if you want the record to survive.  And, admittedly, there is a slightly bigger time … Continue reading A New Year’s Vinyl Solution (#32)

Weird Christmas w/ The Whistler & The Mysterious Traveler! (#31)  While radio was not the first medium to explore the stranger side of things, it was the first place where people at home could all bond together, simultaneously, over a strange piece of culture, where previously you could only hear this stuff gathered around a … Continue reading Weird Christmas w/ The Whistler & The My...

The Shadow Christmas Special! (#30) There is one radio character, from the earliest days of broadcasting, who’s reach not only spanned decades as an on-going concern, but has continued to retain a hold on the minds of both kids and adults alike.  The Shadow, born out of radio and pulp fiction’s inter-dependence on each other … Continue reading The Shadow Christmas Special! (...

Snow Day (On this snow day here in Salem, I’m reminded of this classic podcast from 9 February 2014. Enjoy!) While I was snowed in, I decided to retreat into the Lava Lamp Lounge to indulge in some Snow Day musical treats.  This is a selection of my favorite audio that captures the mood I … Continue reading Snow Day

Detectives For Christmas w/ Vincent Price & Frank Sinatra! (#29) As 2016 rolls to a close, any reasonable assessment of the last 12 months has left all of us a little worse for wear.  As I try to re-focus my efforts for 2017, Mid-Valley Mutations is taking a few weeks off for the holidays, to … Continue reading Detectives For Christmas w/ Vincent Price & Frank Sinatra! (#29)

Originally posted on ACRONYM Inc. : And now, for those who have been waiting, here is the annual Holiday Letter, just in time, no less. Happy Holidays 2016 Enjoy.

A Very Brautigan Thanksgiving (#27) (Retrocast on 23 November 2017.) This year has been incredible, and in the half-year that I’ve been on the air at KMUZ, I’ve already had some stand-out shows that make me very happy.  Live guests, interviews,  great audio essays, and plenty of new music that really paints a vivid picture … Continue reading A Very Brautigan Thanksgiving (#2...

The Old Acquaintance with Philip Marlowe! (At their yearly meet-up, Detective Dexter Roland and Phillip Marlowe discuss a strange case involving a wedding on New Year’s Eve, and a whole lot more, from The Adventures of Phillip Marlowe, oiginally broadcast 26 December 1948.) I’d known Phil since pretty early in his career, and we had long … Continue reading The Old Acquaintance wi...

A Christmas Carol with Richard Diamond! (It’s Christmas Eve, 1949, and Detective Dexter Roland needs to sober up.  So he decides to take in a show with Richard Diamond, Walt & Otis of the local PD. This episode was retrocast on 24 December 2016 as Mutation #31.1.) It had been a long day, and Detective Dexter … Continue reading A Christmas Carol with Richard Diamond!

A Christmas Bonus with The Whistler! (Detective Dexter Roland is several sheets to the wind, and has found himself at a private party with a number of well-known folks and… The Whistler?  Originally broadcast 25 December 1944. This episode was retrocast on 21 December 2016 as Mutation #30.1) You’re taking a walk home and you stumble across a … Continue reading A Christmas Bonus w...

Christmas Shopping with The Crime Photographer! (Casey himself – The Crime Photographer – pops in to see Detective Dexter Roland for this holiday presentation from 19 December 1946. This show was aired on 14 December 2016 as Mutation #29.1) After listening to Johnny Dollar’s story in our previous installment, the only thing that made any sense … Continue reading Christmas S...

The Department Store Swindle! (Detective Dexter Roland returns to the air to bring you an episode of Your’s Truly, Johnny Dollar, with this gem from 24 December 1949. Later aired on 7 December 2016 as Mutations #28.1) Detective Dexter Roland had a pretty eventful November, and was ready to settle down for a quiet December … Continue reading The Department Store Swindle!

Thanksgiving Special 2015! (As part of our annual Thanksgiving Leftovers celebration, we dig up a pair of Old Time Radio classics for a festive celebration you are guaranteed to enjoy, even without the cranberry sauce.) Join us for our annual Thanksgiving celebration, where we dig up some leftovers we’ve been meaning to get to.  This … Continue reading Thanksgiving Special 2015!

The State Of The Podcast Address (Featuring the shape of things to come, and enough of the same old same old to keep you coming back for more.) 2013 has been a transitional year for our program, and as Blasphuphmus Radio has been expanding and changing during this time, we take this hour to reflect on … Continue reading The State Of The Podcast Address

Happy New Year! (w/ Empire Rocket Machine, Steak Knife! & Foster Pussy Cat, LIVE!) (In our very first-ever VideoZine, we bring you an hour of highlights from a basement show hosted on 31 December 2014 featuring Empire Rocket Machine, Steak Knife! & Foster Pussy Cat!) In an effort to offer a new twist on something we … Continue reading Happy New Year! (w/ Empire Rocket Machine, Steak...

Saving New Year’s Eve (Featuring listener mail, how you can contact us, and out plans for the future, all while becoming a mini- Eugene Celebration -cast.) As 2013 kick-starts our lives in this new, post-apocalyptic world that we now live in, it is important to know that you have accomplished something to help make the … Continue reading Saving New Year’s Eve

Getting Nervous (Featuring an interview with new local band, The Nervous, which includes the world premier of their music on this very podcast!) I have known Chris and Jesse from The Nervous for years, and the band they’d started in the ’90’s back in Eugene – Mondale – was a rare treat for the few … Continue reading Getting Nervous

Happy New Year! Bring on 2013! https://ia601502.us.archive.org/6/items/austinrich_gmail_NYE/NYE.mp3   Enjoy!  

New Year’s Resolution (Featuring a special New Year’s Message, and a welcome to 2013.) From all of us, here at Blasphuphmus Radio, we want to wish you the happiest New Year, full of possibility and new endeavors.  Remember: without you, there is no show. Be seeing you.  In 2013. Enjoy! * New Year’s Resolution 01.) … Continue reading New Year’s Resolution

Nailed It. (Featuring a review of the The Holiday Episode of Bullseye With Jesse Thorn.) I was introduced to The Sound of Young America a few years ago, and immediately became obsessed with what Jesse Thorn was able to create out of a college radio show.  Somehow, I related.  This was another case of being quite late … Continue reading Nailed It.

Number 9.  Number 9. (Featuring a new declaration of purpose / series of excuses, and a review of the new Buffy The Vampire Slayer Comic up through Season 9.) In the last couple months the inertia of this program has slowed down tremendously.  This was completely accidental; The Lava Lamp Lounge in Historic St. John’s … Continue reading Number 9. Number 9.