Mid-Valley Mutations

Fumblin’ With The Blues (Part 2) WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat We continue our exploration of Blues music, in a variety of forms and styles, genres, and from different periods, in an effort to soak in the wisdom that others have already gleaned from this kind of music. We move through time and through … Continue reading Fumblin’ With The Blues (Part 2)

Dimestore Radio Theater #163 WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon) Richard Diamond,  is hired to be a patsy in a murder, and when a couple of crooks use this to their advantage, Diamond must convince Walt and Otis he’s innocent, and plan an elaborate sting operation to coax out the real killer. … Continue reading Dimestore Radio Theater #163

uBradio Salon 954: Silver Sailer – uB Tales from Beyond… 26 April 2026 on DFM.nu Now part of the crew of The Silver Sailer, univac and Austin must get used to life on a ship like this, and more important, get used to the various jobs and chores that everyone has to perform, sooner or … Continue reading uBradio Salon 954: Silver Sailer – uB Tales from Beyond… 26 April...

Fumblin’ With The Blues (Part 1) WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat I’m not sure if I could be more unhappy as of late, and nothing really seems as fun or as important as it once was. There’s no doubt about it: I’ve been fumblin’ with the blues quite a bit lately, and it seemed … Continue reading Fumblin’ With The Blues (Part 1)

Dimestore Radio Theater: A Mid-Century Pot Party WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon) We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to bring you this special news bulletin: Police have confiscated a number of “Mary Jane” related radio broadcasts, posing as a regular installment of Dimestore Radio Theater. Tune in for stories that are as … Continue read...

By The Seat of Our Pants II (28th Anniversary Show) WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat Still in full recovery mode from our recent tour, we continue to fly by the seat of our pants, and offer more Feynman / Holmes mash-ups, as a way of celebrating the 28th Anniversary of my first radio broadcast. … Continue reading By The Seat of Our Pants II (28th Anniversary Show)

Dimestore Radio Theater #162 WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon) In a four-wall breaking episode of Richard Diamond, the mysterious Mrs. X – played by the one and only June Allyson – is trying to find her husband, and seems to think that Richard looks a little like him. Maybe he can … Continue reading Dimestore Radio Theater #162

Word Jazz VI w/ Ken Nordine (A “Cheek-In-Tongues,” “Fill-In-Shows,” Installment) WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon) (This show was a last-minute fill-in. As such, our “chat” started at another location, and edited at the Playlist / Chat link above. We started over here: WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon, &#82...

By The Seat of Our Pants WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat Fresh off of a few weeks away from home, we present a “catch-up” episode of our program, as we fly by the seat of our pants, and grab “whatever was lying around” to offer a “Feynman vs. Holmes” mash-up that is both fun … Continue reading By The Seat of Our Pants

Dimestore Radio Theater #161 WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon) In another largely unintelligible installment of Richard Diamond, lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo … Continue readi...

Mid-Valley Mutations vs. Radio TroUBle / Radio TroUBle vs. Mid-Valley Mutations! (Part II) WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat Radio TroUBle Archives Radio TroUBle Playlist Not only is this the second time that our shows have joined forces – see our previous six our epic – but this time we have new rules that keeps … Continue reading Mid-Valley Mutations vs. Radio TroUBle /...

Dimestore Radio Theater: Big City Orchestra Takes Over! WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon) In a turn of events that everyone expected, Dimestore Radio Theater has their first-ever guests, as the members of Big City Orchestra take over the show, pick their favorite Sci-Fi broadcasts, and prepare themselves for a live script reading, … Continue reading Dimestore Radi...

UBradio Salon 950 – SquircUBe Chronicles: “Yose-Mite”… 29 Mar 2026 on DFM.nu Through some mysterious force powered by revenge and the power of will, the occupants of the SquircUBe are transported to the forrest moon of Yose-Mite – along with their ground crew – and they have to survive a villainous plot from an old … Continue reading UBradio Salon 950 &#82...

Stranger Than Fiction w/ Mr. B on Freeform, Portland (29 March 2026) (Edited Aircheck) Playlist Mr. B. used two more excerpts from one of my Mini-Mutations on his show again, which means I can make one last push for you to see the Willamette River Basin tour, coming near you, soon!   https://ia600806.us.archive.org/13/items/stranger-thank-fiction-29-march-2026-edited/Stranger%20Thank%20Fictio...

In Conversation (Willamette River Basin Tour w/ Scot Jenerik, Don Haugen, Aurora Josephson & Free Static) WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat A broadcast that went well beyond expectations, and intentions, as it quickly evolved into something more than we had planned. In hour one, we offer a wide range of music from artists that … Continue reading In Conversation (Willamette River...

Missed Connections w/ CG+E on Freeform, Portland (24 March 2026) Playlist The wonderful hosts at “Missed Connections” on Freeform Portland were kind enough to interview a panel of people, all of whom are performing at the Portland Arts Collective on 4 April 2026, as part of the Willamette River Basin tour. The first hour of this show … Continue reading Missed Connections w/ CG+E...

Dimestore Radio Theater #160 WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon) The jailbreak and subsequent return of a criminal named Ralph Baxter – who Richard Diamond sent to prison when he was an officer – caused the police force to recruit Diamond to help them put Ralph back behind bars. Meanwhile, Rocky Jordan has … Continue reading Dimestore Radio Theater ...

Stranger Than Fiction w/ Mr. B on Freeform, Portland (22 March 2026) (Edited Aircheck) Playlist I offer my continued thanks and gratitude to Mr. B of the “Stranger Than Fiction” radio show, who promoted our tour yet again on his show on the 22nd of March. Above you can hear an edited version of the … Continue reading Stranger Than Fiction w/ Mr. B on Freeform, Portland (22 March&...

The Future of When. Lived In. WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat The most interesting thing about The Future of When is that everyone has a prognostication that never really reflects what will happen, but feels like it should. In many ways, The Future of When is about possibilities from another universe, another timeline, another … Continue reading The Future of When. Lived In.

Dimestore Radio Theater #159s WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon) An interrupted shower causes Richard Diamond to just miss a pair on the run in the wake of a dead messenger on his doorstep. Richard will have to get dressed and get sharp if he wants to navigate his way through a … Continue reading Dimestore Radio Theater #159

Stranger Than Fiction w/ Mr. B on Freeform, Portland (15 March 2026) (Edited Aircheck) Playlist Mr. B of the “Stranger Than Fiction” radio show in Portland, Oregon, was kind enough to include some music by Don Haugen and Austin Rich, and talk up the “Willamette River Basin” Tour that is happening at the beginning of … Continue reading Stranger Than Fiction w/ Mr. B on...

The Future of When. Marathonin’. (Week 2) WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat It always seems like a bit of a whirlwind to me each time, but yet again, our Marathon has come, and with it, another chance to show listeners what we do, how we do it, and give you a chance to get … Continue reading The Future of When. Marathonin’. (Week 2)

Dimestore Radio Theater #158 – (WFMU Marathon Week 2!) WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon) It’s our second Marathon show of the season, and we pull out all the stops, giving away vinyl records and listening to some incredible Mid-Century broadcasts, to help raise a little coin for WFMU and Sheena’s Jungle … Continue reading Dimestore Radio Theater...

The Future of When. Marathonin’. (Week 1) WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: the time of year when our radio station kicks into “fundraising” mode seems to come sooner and sooner every year, and already, it is Week 1 of our Marathon!  We hope that you … Continue reading The Future of When. Marathonin’. (Wee...

Dimestore Radio Theater #157 – (WFMU Marathon Week 1!) WFMU Playlist & Interactive Live Chat (The Digital Salon) The Marathon is here again, and WFMU is hard at work, trying to raise the money they need to keep things going. We always appreciate the chance to help, and I always feel grateful that WFMU and … Continue reading Dimestore Radio Theater #157 – (WFMU Marathon Week&#...