Mid-Valley Mutations

When This Crypt’s A-Rockin’, Don’t Bother Knockin’ (Ghost Stories Part III w/ Lavender, Marc Kate, Kylie Burbank, Emma Douglas, Austin Shippey, Miss Rikki & Jared Richert!) (#73) Whew! This show was starting to feel a little like the Christmas At Pee-Wee’s Playhouse special, where the list of special guests is improbably long, and yet, they all actually … Continue reading When This Crypt Is A-Rockin’, Don’t Bother Knockin’ (Ghost Stories Part III) (#73)

Victrola’s Tales! (or, “Cottage Street”) (Ghost Stories Part II) (#72) While we haven’t done all that many of these Ghost Stories shows, very few people have wanted to come into the studio and tell their stories live either. But DJ Victrola is not like other DJs, hosting her very own program – The Guitar Shop – … Continue reading Victrola’s Tales! (or, “Cottage Street”) (Ghost Stories Part II) (#72)

The Call Is Coming From Inside The Podcast! (Ghost Stories Part I) (#71) When October rolls around,  a long-held tradition on the program is to roll out all the old Halloween music and records that I know and love so much. But last year we stumbled upon a great idea: to tell Ghost Stories on … Continue reading The Call Is Coming From Inside The Podcast! (Ghost Stories Part I) (#71)

A Facebook For Radio (#70) This episode continues the tradition of doing things differently than we normally do, in that we are not broadcasting from the KMUZ studios, but instead, are podcasting a day late from my own home.  This was for a variety of reasons, all of which are personal, but I think my … Continue reading A Facebook For Radio (#70)

The kiisu d’salyss Interview (#69) There are things you can talk about with old friends, and even more-so when you used to be in a band with that person. But kiisu is not just the sum of the band he’s currently in, and to try and distill the music he makes into just one representation is … Continue reading The kiisu d’salyss Interview (#69)

Target: You (w/ MKUltramegaphone, LIVE!) (#68) Fall is here, and as both Mid-Valley Mutations and MKUltramegaphone move into their end-of-year-run, we took a moment to sort of explore a few things that had accumulated while we were working on other projects. Part of the fun of this show is the ability to explore music and … Continue reading Target: You (w/ MKUltramegaphone, LIVE!) (#68)

The War Years Part II (A History Lesson w/ Uneasy Chairs & MKUltramegaphone, LIVE! (#67) It’s weird to think what a single year can bring. When I first started this program, I didn’t know Uneasy Chairs or devilsclub much at all, and in that year they have become a regular feature of the program. For … Continue reading The War Years Part II (A History Lesson w/ Uneasy Chairs & MKUltramegaphone, LIVE! (#67)

Originally posted on Mid-Valley Mutations: How Electronic Music Is Created (Part I) (#7) When people talk about electronic music, they are often talking about club DJs who spin dance tracks and other audio that has been pumped out of a Drum Machine patch in Garage Band, along with a nice beat and played as loud…

Originally posted on Mid-Valley Mutations: “Things And The Images of Things” (The Shock of The New Part I) (#11) There is something about the Modernist art movement that really speaks to me, and when I first discovered this documentary by Robert Hughes, I immediately became obsessed.  It’s a pretty good overview of the general shape that…

The Attic Ted Interview (#66) Being isolated out in the Pacific Northwest, we do our best to enjoy music from everywhere.  But our location causes us to have complications with local scenes from elsewhere.  It is hard enough to stay on top of what’s happening here, let alone everywhere else.  But I’m usually trying my … Continue reading The Attic Ted Interview (#66)