Mid-Valley Mutations

The Point Line Plane Story

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The clock rewinds, and suddenly, now is then, and vice versa. Science and geometry are no longer playing by the rules of the game. The universe has decided to re-align, and in this iteration, we get another chance to see Point Line Plane, return from the past to haunt the present with their particular Synth Punk Sound. Not only are they touring again, but they are considering making another run at being a live act, with excellent results from this point of view.

Over the course of two interviews, and by playing an assortment of live and rare recordings, plus samples of their remastered first album, we offer the complete story of Point Line Plane, as we talk to both band members, and try to give you the full story of this incredibly creative, and fun, period in Portland Music History. Occasional old man talk about how much fun 20 years ago is, unfortunately, the cost of admission.

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Dimestore Radio Theater’s May the Fourth Special!

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For those of you who live in past – maybe it was long, long ago? – then this holiday might evoke certain kinds of nostalgia that you might have mixed feeling about. So it is our pleasure to zig when you thought we would zag, and instead bring you the first seven installments of the 1935 Flash Gordon radio serial.

And, during a very special edition of Dimestore Revelations, we get into the background of the making of Star Wars, how the Flash Gordon serials inspired it, and how Star Wars inspired the 1980 Flash Gordon movie.

It’s a heaping helping of not-quite Star Wars for your May the Fourth Celebrations.

Enjoy!

Unexpected Hitchhiker’s (A “Cheek-In-Tongues,” “Fill-In-Shows,” Installment)

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(This show was a last-minute fill-in.)

Reaching for the nearest thing in the Lava Lamp Lounge, as we discovered at the last minute that Cheek In Tongues was not happening tonight, we popped in the first disc of the Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, and managed to get through the first two episodes of that series. This was not anticipated or expected, but was a nice way to pass an hour.

Enjoy!

Fumblin’ With The Blues (Part 2)

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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 our record collection, dipping into different ways that the Blues has taken form, some obvious, some surprising.

As a sub-theme, we offer a preview of next week’s show, and a small promotion for their shows this weekend, as we play a few “blues” tunes by Point Line Plane, a band that has rebooted recently, and is playing a show in Eugene this Friday, and in Salem this Saturday. It’s exciting to see them back in action, and it was a lot of fun to revisit their music.

We close the show this week with An Afterparty, where we offer a live performance from the archives, with Blue Light Curtain, who were on the show almost 20 years ago. While the recording is old, the performance still feels heartfelt, intense, and beautiful, all these years later.

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The Point Line Plane Edit

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Dimestore Radio Theater #163

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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. Meanwhile, Rocky Jordan is woken up by a nearby alarm, to find that some has been murdered in his neighborhood. Soon enough, Rocky is drawn into an FBI sting, an old Nazi Plot, and a mysterious woman named Ilsa who was once married to the murdered man’s brother. Can Rocky avoid the ire of the FBI, and police, and German spies, and make it out of this story, alive?

In hour 2, we offer another installment of “The Century” as part of Dimestore Revelations, and then move onto Blackstone,, where he remembers a short-lived assistant, who tried to assault Rhoda, and kill Blackstone himself! We close with a repeat installment of X-Minus One, with “The Old Die Rich,” a story about a time-travel scheme from a less-than-thoughtful “investor and collector,” has one fatal side effect: the people she sends into the past to do her bidding might become wealthy for their efforts, but will starve to death when they come back!

Enjoy!

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 later.

This story is part of, “uB Tales From Beyond,” a series of episodes on uB Radio Salon, written by univac and Austin Rich.

Fumblin’ With The Blues (Part 1)

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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 like a good time to actually play a large grip of Blues songs, to help reflect my mood on the radio. There’s not a lot of mixing or anything like that. Instead, we cover a wide and vast range of blue music – including a full live set by Hairspray Blues, and Portland due that was on the show almost 20 years ago. There’s a lot of old stuff, some new-ish stuff, and I try my best to get things off my chest. Perhaps you can weigh in on the results.

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Dimestore Radio Theater: A Mid-Century Pot Party

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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 wacky as the tabbacy depicted in these hard-to-believe tales of Last Friday. Stand By For Crime, The Blue Beetle, Judy & Jane, The Roy Rogers Show and The Whisperer all offer different takes on this social disease that will only continue to proliferate, over the decades, until there’s nothing left to do but legalize it. Until then, feel free to listen to these stories on the left hand side, until our government tells us otherwise…

Enjoy!

By The Seat of Our Pants II (28th Anniversary Show)

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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. While I don’t really have much planned for an auspicious occasion such as this, our recent tour and other radio shenanigans were sort of that celebration anyway, and with other plans on the horizon, a couple of weeks of improvised, on the spot, made-up-as-we-go radio seemed the most appropriate. After a long and thick mix in Hour 1, we go into Steve Wynn’s guide to rating classic records, and take a call from someone who had a few thoughts on the subject. We throw in a bit more mixing, take a few requests, and offer two excerpts from the live archive, to wrap up the show. It’s just like the radio you’ve come to know over the last 28 years, and we hope it tees us up properly for another 28 or so.

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Dimestore Radio Theater #162

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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 help her, as she has some big news for her main squeeze.  Meanwhile, Rocky Jordan is forced, but local thugs, into starting a gambling ring in his Cafe’s basement, in, “The Big Gamble.” Will Rocky be able to inform the police before the thugs decide to rub him out?  We offer our second installment of a new documentary during “Dimestore Revelations,” as we explore Peter Jenning’s “The Century.” Blackstone used some old coins to trick some wannabe thieves, in, “The Coins of Confucius.” Our final story tonight from X-Minus One is the repeat, “The Saucer of Loneliness,” where a man, a woman, and an alien craft from far away, all find that they have one thing in common. But can they find each other – and happiness – before the government tries to take it all away?

Enjoy!