Somewhere In-Between: A Radio ‘Zine: Issue #26: What Are You Going To Do With 390 Photographs of Christmas Trees?

Written by Richard Brautigan. Performed by Austin Rich.

Issue #26, produced in December of 2020, featuring a large collection of described visual treats, “What Are You Going To Do With 390 Photographs of Christmas Trees?” by Richard Brautigan, read by Austin Rich.

Musical Selections (usually in excerpt):

New Year * The Breeders * Last Splash * 4AD/Electra (1993)

New Year’s Eve In A Haunted House * Raymond Scott * Reckless Nights & Turkish Twilights * Columbia Legacy Records (1999)

New Year’s Resolution * Donovan * Open Road * Epic Records (1970)

New Year’s Nightmare (#217)

An old-fashioned New Year’s Holiday Program from me, in that it’s the way I used to do them, 10 years ago. Join us for a Supernatural, Time Traveling New Year’s story, and a cautionary tale about the dangers of drinking too much.

Enjoy!

New Year’s Nightmare

Featuring cut ups of “New Year’s Nightmare,” an episode of The Mysterious Traveler from 5 January 1947, and the KMART Christmas Tape.

Part I:

01.) Drink! * They Might Be Giants * Mink Car

Part II:

04.) Another Name * The Miss * The Ride

Part III:

09.) Love’s Gone Bad * Chris Clark * Girl Group Sounds Lost & Found: One Kiss Can Lead To Another

Part IV:

13.) Headache * Frank Black * Teenager of The Year

Part V:

16.) Visible Alex * Moth Hunter * Visible Alex

Somewhere In-Between: A Radio ‘Zine: Issue #25: The Ghost’s Summons

Performed by Austin Rich.

Issue #24, produced in December of 2020, featuring a murderous holiday treat, “The Ghost’s Summons,” by Ada Buisson, read by Austin Rich.

Musical Selections (usually in excerpt):

(Isn’t It A Shame That) Christmas Comes But Once A Year * Jimmy Durante * Christmas Is For Children * Lion Records (1958)

Auld Lang Syne * Eban Schletter * Cosmic Christmas * Oglio Records (2009)

Dancing Dan’s Christmas (#216)

An old-fashioned Holiday Program from me, in that it’s the way I used to do them, 10 years ago.

Enjoy!

Dancing Dan’s Christmas

Featuring cut ups of “Dancing Dan’s Christmas,” and episode of The Damon Runyon Theater from 13 March 1949, and the KMART Christmas Tape.

Part I:

01.) American Story * Cult Heroes * Killed By Death Vol. 12

Part II:

04.) A Change At Christmas (Say It Isn’t So) * The Flaming Lips * Ego Tripping At The Gates of Hell EP

Part III:

08.) Follow Blind * The Wipers * Follow Blind

Part IV:

11.) (It’s Gonna Be A) Punk Rock Christmas * The Ravers * Once Upon A Time Vol. 13: California & Pacific Northwest 1977

Part V:

17.) I Am A Human Recording * Hal McGee * Battery Operated

Somewhere In-Between: A Radio ‘Zine: Issue #24: Holiday Music & Robert Frost

Performed by Austin Rich.

Issue #24, produced in December of 2020, featuring a currently topical poem (in a number of ways), “Christmas Trees,” by Robert Frost, read by Austin Rich.

Musical Selections (usually in excerpt):

The 12 Days of Christmas * Bob & Doug McKenzie * The Great White North * Anthem Records (1981)

Let’s Have A Patrick Swayze Christmas * Crow, Tom Servo * Joel * Mystery Science Theater 3000 * Best Brains (1991)

The Bathing Suit That Grandma Wore * Paul Williams, Jerry Nelson & Marilyn Sokol * Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas * CBC Television (1977)

Snow! * Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney & Vera-Ellen * White Christmas * Paramount Pictures (1954)

Letter From Cynthia (#215)

A Holiday Horror experiment, with Mini-Mutations.

Enjoy!

Letter From Cynthia

01.) Letter From Cynthia * Mini-Mutataions * 16 December 20200

02.) The Veiled People * The Adventures of Rocky Jordan * 11 December 1949

Somewhere In-Between: A Radio ‘Zine: Issue #23: Holiday Music & The Cremation of Sam McGee

Performed by Austin Rich.

Issue #23, produced in December of 2020, featuring a very cold poem indeed, “The Cremation of Sam McGee,” read by Austin Rich in 1998.

Musical Selections (usually in excerpt):

Sleigh Ride * The Ventures * …Christmas Album * Dolton Records (1965)

Where Would You Be Without Me? * Bing Crosby, Twiggy & Ron Moody * Bing Crosby’s Merrie Olde Christmas * CBS Television (1977)

Christmas Shopping In The Future With Jerry Browning (#214)

This is sort of a grab-bag program, in many ways. There’s some live Mini-Mutations, what I’m calling Futuristic Christmas Carols, as I pontificate on the holiday season.

Then, there’s a quartet of Holiday Episodes from Calling All Detectives, with Jerry Browning.

Then we close with another installment of Hal McGee’s Holiday Audio Assemblage from last year, “Battery Operated,” with the second track from that disc.

Enjoy!

Christmas Shopping In The Future With Jerry Browning

Part I: 

01.) Santa Claus Is Murdered * Calling All Detectives * 7 December 1948

Part II: 

02.) Too Many Santas * Calling All Detectives * 24 December 1948

Part III: 

03.) A Case While Shopping * Calling All Detectives * 31 December 1948

Part IV: 

04.) A Christmas Ornament Is A Valuable Clue * Calling All Detectives * 5 January 1949

Part V: battery operated

05.) a dream from which I just awoke * Hal McGee * battery operated * Self-Released (2020)

Part VI: 

06.) High Pressure * The Adventures of Rocky Jordan * 27 November 1949

UBRadio Salon #673 – DFM netcast 6 December 2020 UBRoom no. 3 with BCO

Enjoy!

Somewhere In-Between: A Radio ‘Zine: Issue #22: Smee: A Holiday Ghost Story

Performed by Austin Rich.

Issue #22, produced in November of 2020, featured this story that was lost and then found, “Smee,” written by AM Barrage in 1927, and read by Austin Rich