WFMU: Dimestore Radio Theater with Austin Rich: Playlist from June 13, 2022

Listener comments!
	👻 6:00pm Austin Rich: Good Hello
	6:02pm Ellen Lovebug: Hi, how was your weekend?
	6:02pm Mr Fab: hey, aren't you the guy who played all those cool records last show? Great stuff!
	6:02pm Scott67: G'day Austin, back from Space to go back in time! ☕😎🤙👣🎶📻🌏🌻
	6:02pm Ellen Lovebug: I thought of you when editing a book the other day. Someone in on e of the novels I am editing put "ACME CORPORATION" on the side of one of their bludgeoning weapons
	👻 6:02pm Austin Rich: Hey, nice to see you Ellen, Mr. Fab and Scott 67!
	👻 6:03pm Austin Rich: Ha! Acme is everywhere!
	6:03pm Ellen Lovebug: Suzie is so ditzy
	👻 6:03pm Austin Rich: Yeah, I did my best last hour, in spite of dropping the ball. I'll do better next time!
	👻 6:04pm Austin Rich: The beginning of this episode had a little sound issues, but it seems to only be at the beginning like that. Some of these later episodes of Box 13 have some sound issues.
	6:05pm Charles: Glad I could make it, hello friends!
	👻 6:05pm Austin Rich: Ellen: it was okay. Did some chores, cut my hair, played with the cats. That sort of stuff. Pretty boring weekend. But the chores were needed. I'm trying to assemble a care package for Chris, with some money.
	6:05pm Ellen Lovebug: I would think any "suicide" in this show will be murder
	6:05pm Listener Robert: Ridell College is one of those places that I said, "Oh, yeah, I know of the place, it's near there," but then realized there's no institution by that name.
	👻 6:06pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, Charles!
	6:06pm Ellen Lovebug: Yes, I saw your before and after hair pics!
	6:06pm Ellen Lovebug: Thank you. I sent Chris $50
	👻 6:06pm Austin Rich: @Listener Robert: Ha! Yeah, it has that name? I think there was a band called Rydell High, that only confused me more.
	👻 6:07pm Austin Rich: I think I'm gonna ask if I can digitize his old tapes, and "pay" him for the service. We talked about doing that pre-covid.
	6:07pm John R: Good afternoon Austin and everyone!😊
	👻 6:07pm Austin Rich: Nice to see you in the chat, John R.
	6:08pm Ellen Lovebug: That's a fantastic idea, Austin. I'd love if you include Bast Awakening in that
	6:08pm John R: 👍
	6:09pm David in California: Rydell High School is in the musical Grease.
	👻 6:10pm Austin Rich: @David: Ha! I just revealed how much I remember about Grease! (And now I get the references in that Rydell High single.)
	👻 6:10pm Austin Rich: "Square Dance with Hot Music." Is that a saying that I'm unfamiliar with?
	6:11pm Charles: For someone who loves all the punching sound effects in this show, this was delightful.
	6:12pm John R: Austin: add it to the list?
	👻 6:12pm Austin Rich: I love old radio SFX. @John R: Right?
	6:12pm Charles: Dan sounds like he could use a Pep Pill.
	👻 6:13pm Austin Rich: They cure what ails ya, Charles!
	6:13pm Mr Fab: "Square Dance with Hot Music"" I think I prefer a hip dance with cool music.
	6:13pm Ellen Lovebug: I can't even count the number of times I watched Grease or listened to its album. I even had the piano notation book to play some of those songs
	👻 6:14pm Austin Rich: The first rule of Noir: there is no such thing as a suicide.
	6:14pm Ellen Lovebug: I have lost people to suicide whom no one thought had a reason, in real life, though. But yes, I agree about Noir.
	6:15pm Ellen Lovebug: I write in a stream of consciousness, but I don't use any caffeine or anything.
	6:15pm Listener Robert: Oh, Mr. Rich, you must not have watched the Ellery Queen TV series of about 45 years ago.
	👻 6:15pm Austin Rich: In real life, suicide is no joke. And as an aside: if anyone feels they need help, it is very good to reach out. There's no shame in that. EVER.
	👻 6:17pm Austin Rich: I did not see any Ellery Queen on TV. There were some radio shows, and I've heard a few of those. But the tropes for the character escape me.
	6:17pm Ellen Lovebug: Gee, being anxious to burn something isn't suspicious, or anything.
	6:17pm Listener Robert: They did it in a noir style, and suicide was fair game.
	6:18pm Ellen Lovebug: I never watched Ellery Queen nor listened to it. However, my dad had a collection of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazines in our basement, and I read a few when I was like 10
	6:18pm Ellen Lovebug: Wow
	👻 6:19pm Austin Rich: I vaguely remember those magazines, too, Ellen! Certainly before my time, but I would see them in bookstores and stuff.
	6:19pm Ellen Lovebug: Apparently they were popular when my dad was a teen
	6:19pm Listener Robert: It's the Timothy Hutton-David Wayne series I was referring to.
	6:21pm John R: Listener Robert: That was a entertaining show!
	6:21pm Charles: Cool cookie!
	6:21pm Listener Robert: Too bad he wouldn't've been wearing a long sleeved jacket in that weather and so couldn't palm the letter.
	👻 6:22pm Austin Rich: I have a couple of friends who I refer to as "Stoner & Gardner." Ahem.
	6:22pm Listener Robert: Palm it and hide it up his sleeve, I mean.
	6:23pm John R: Austin:😁
	👻 6:23pm Austin Rich: Dan must be in good shape to actually pull off this "running up the stairs" feat.
	6:24pm MHLee: Here I am
	6:24pm Ellen Lovebug: Holy moly
	👻 6:24pm Austin Rich: Nice to see you in the chat, MHLee.
	6:24pm Ellen Lovebug: Some people are just so cold about other people's lives
	👻 6:25pm Austin Rich: A lot of noir stories require a few very cold characters to make the stories move forward.
	6:26pm Ellen Lovebug: It makes it all the more poignant when someone is pure
	6:26pm MHLee: I love the old production music on radio... and really even in tv up till the early 70s. Like the Star Trek production music is wild but also very dated. It would sound weird to play in a tv show today.
	👻 6:28pm Austin Rich: MHLee: I'm with you. Usually, around 1980, I find TV and a lot of pop culture pretty dull. But old radio and old TV really shines for me. Maybe I just like the slower pace? Who can say. But Ellen and I are BIG fans of the sound / music on Box 13.
	6:28pm Ellen Lovebug: That was the best Suzie joke yet!
	👻 6:28pm Austin Rich: (I mean: TV after 1980. Except Max Headroom, of course.)
	👻 6:29pm Austin Rich: Suzie is smarter than she lets on!
	6:29pm Ellen Lovebug: I have to go back to work now. Love you all! Catch you next Monday!
	6:29pm Charles: Take care Ellen!
	👻 6:30pm Austin Rich: See you need time, Ellen!
	6:31pm MHLee: There must have been some soundtrack that changed everything in tv but no idea when. I mean Pysco definitely has the older style of music...
	👻 6:31pm Austin Rich: For some reason, "The Voyage of The Scarlet Queen" started running little "history" lessons like this, in their episodes, heavily eating into the length of each episode. I suspect there was some sort of requirement being imposed on the station to include "educational content." Regardless, I've kept it intact here in this (and other) shows.
	👻 6:33pm Austin Rich: (This is just the same song from before, but at a different point in the song.)
	6:34pm Charles: This song is soothing.
	👻 6:34pm Austin Rich: I'll have to remember it for the Holiday Season.
	👻 6:35pm Austin Rich: Pretty good sound this week. I did a little EQ, but not much.
	👻 6:37pm Austin Rich: This is the FINAL installment in the "Kang" storyline, a 21 part story that was set up in episode one, and has been referred to in most of the episodes since then. This wasn't exactly common in 1947; most 30 minute shows were self-contained, so that listeners could jump in at any point, and not be too confused. Most shows had the premise summarized in a sentence or two at the beginning of each show. But having something semi-continuous like this was rare...
	6:37pm MHLee: Originally I was going to model my show more on the Rudy Vallee broadcasts and see if I could get a vintage sound modulation on my voice... but I abandoned that... too much audio
	6:37pm MHLee: processing
	👻 6:38pm Austin Rich: And, as you'll find, not precisely successful, either. After this, the show continues... but all future stories are self-contained. Clearly there was a note, explaining that the on-going storyline was just not working, and to move on to something else. And, even then... the show doesn't last for very many more episodes.
	👻 6:39pm Austin Rich: After this, I think we only have 10 or 15 more episodes left.
	👻 6:39pm Austin Rich: (Maybe less? I'll have to check.)
	👻 6:40pm Austin Rich: You'll find that more and more episodes are "short" for a variety of reasons.
	6:40pm Mr Fab: "educational content," excellent! There was a ridiculous thing WFMU had to go thru couple years ago where we had to prove we had educational content for some dumb bureaucratic reason. Ken put a call out to the listeners to send in examples of things that they had learned form WFMU. The response was, as they say, overwhelming.
	6:41pm MHLee: I was there for that.
	👻 6:41pm Austin Rich: Oh yeah. In the old days, I'm sure "educational content" had to be more textbook. But these days, I could think of so many things I've learned from radio, just as a listener.
	👻 6:42pm Austin Rich: This episode aired one week before Thanksgiving, 1947. While that has no impact on the show or the story, I do imagine that listeners at the time were thinking of the holidays as they listened to the radio back then.
	6:43pm Mr Fab: ha, he's "negging" her!
	6:44pm MHLee: Weird connection but this reminds of the Tales of the Black Freighter from the watchmen comic... the idea being that since superheros were real this type of drama became the dominant comic
	👻 6:45pm Austin Rich: Yeah, I think about that occasionally. The Scarlet Queen would have been popular in the Watchmen world, for sure. And probably would have lasted longer.
	👻 6:47pm Austin Rich: Whoops! I probably should have re-edited that commercial one more time...
	👻 6:48pm Austin Rich: I was waiting for a mistake like that to happen. Oh well. Dimestore Radio Theater had maintained a pretty good streak until now... It's been one of those Mondays.
	6:48pm Listener Robert: Interesting that nighttime radio shows were becoming less serial, more disconnected series, while movie serials were still a thing. But the business incentives for the movies were different.
	6:49pm John R: Austin: I thought you were going throw in the the sleep aid also relives a dry cough.😊
	👻 6:50pm Austin Rich: @John R: And I have done jokes like that, so I thought I was gonna do that too... except... Whoops!
	6:50pm Listener Robert: Also interesting that in TV, while daytime serials have become rarer in the USA, in recent decades nighttime series have become more serial.
	6:51pm John R: Austin: 👍😊
	6:53pm MHLee: Kids cartoon shows have become more serial or at least adhering to canons instead of episodic ones
	👻 6:53pm Austin Rich: 1947 was also only about 20 years into continuous radio broadcasts being a regular thing in the United States, and dramas really only started going in the early 30s. So in 1947, radio dramas weren't all that old, and a lot of programmers were still trying to figure out how to make them work
	6:54pm Scott67: Intense!
	6:54pm Charles: Were the ads all about Wheaties during this time of the Scarlet Queen still?
	👻 6:55pm Austin Rich: Wheaties was the Dimension X sponsor. I'm not exactly sure who sponsored Scarlet Queen; none of the ads are mixed in with the surviving episodes.
	6:55pm Listener Robert: I love the way the fights are narrated on this show. Know of any examples other than Scarlet Queen where fights are narrated yet first person, retrospective yet seemingly in the present? He's talking in past tense, but putting himself "back there" too, like telling us while huffing and puffing with it.
	6:56pm Charles: Oops! I guess a part of me just wanted to talk about Wheaties.
	6:56pm Listener Robert: Austin, programmers are STILL trying to figure how to make them work!
	👻 6:56pm Austin Rich: Good observation, Listener Robert. A lot of radio fight scenes are just... noises, with no narration.
	6:57pm Charles: I agree Robert, it's great.
	👻 6:59pm Austin Rich: And that's the end of the Kang storyline...
	7:00pm Listener Robert: Not even a token statement like, "There was a telegram waiting for us that Kang had gotten the goods"?
	7:04pm Listener Robert: No, that's actually good, because then the "show" continues in the minds of the listeners, who are always in suspense as to whether Kang actually received them. Maybe a confederate of Constantino had sent false word about it! Who knows? Half the story is always in the possibilities.
	7:05pm Charles: Sounds good Austin!
	7:06pm Listener Robert: So, like Route 66?
	👻 7:08pm Austin Rich: I'm not very familiar with Route 66, but based on the quick summary I just read, I think I would like it.
	7:09pm Charles: I'm gladd to hear a little bit more about Alan.
	7:10pm Listener Robert: I meant, from the description, the series with Sinatra sounded like a description of Route 66.
	👻 7:11pm Austin Rich: Perhaps?
	👻 7:15pm Austin Rich: @Charles: Clever, clever.
	7:19pm MHLee: We've already got a Yogi a Black Magic Priestess and a Magician
	7:22pm Mr Fab: I like how the announcer says, "Chandu...[pause]... The Magician." Like, in case we were expecting another Chandu, he felt the need to clarify. Chandu The Business Supply Store Assistant Mgr is on later tonight.
	👻 7:22pm Austin Rich: Chandu has it all, @MHLee!
	👻 7:22pm Austin Rich: Chandu The Undertaker. Chandu The Bicycle Repair Man.
	7:23pm Charles: Chandu ... the mortician!
	👻 7:23pm Austin Rich: Chandu The Radio DJ!
	👻 7:24pm Austin Rich: Ooops! Mom is a little racist at dinner. Again.
	7:25pm MHLee: Oof Jesus lol
	7:25pm Charles: Maybe she was just being possessed.. right?
	👻 7:26pm Austin Rich: Yeah! That's it! Everything that's awful is when she's possessed!
	7:27pm MHLee: never considered a bazaar to be accursed
	7:28pm MHLee: By the sacred mule of the Prophet
	7:29pm Charles: For some reason straight up punching someone when you have mystical powers is very funny to me.
	7:29pm StringOFperils: Chandu's dry nonchalance is a lethal weapon
	👻 7:29pm Austin Rich: Nice to see you in the chat, StringOfperils! I'm with you, Charles.
	7:30pm MHLee: You know they made a fake radio show in this style for Fallout 4... I think it was called the Grey Ghost
	7:31pm MHLee: oh wait mind slip the Grey Ghost is a real show isn't it?
	👻 7:32pm Austin Rich: I'm not a Fallout player, but I've heard it's a fun game. Maybe I should try it?
	7:32pm Fodder Floats: Room for one more in the Dimension Lord Rich. I've brought a case of Roma Wine for the whole gang my good man.
	👻 7:32pm Austin Rich: Fodder Floats! Great to see you in the chat.
	7:33pm Fodder Floats: Just coming off work and a long walk in the city.
	7:33pm Charles: A wonderful companion for Wheaties. Hello!
	👻 7:33pm Austin Rich: I like that this episode opens with a joke about Orson Welles. Radio history to root this story in something real.
	7:33pm MHLee: I've never finished one in the Bethesda rpg genre but they have a good atmosphere. The in game radio was the inspiration for my show this week.
	7:35pm MHLee: Looks like the in-game radio show was called the Silver Shroud and it had six episodes. I don't know how long they are... I didn't listen in
	👻 7:36pm Austin Rich: Hmmm. I'll have to check that out, MHLee.
	👻 7:37pm Austin Rich: You can hear the "crackle" on this particular episode of Dimension X. Sounds like the original disc was a little grimy.
	7:37pm MHLee: Terrifying
	7:37pm Listener Robert: So far, it sounds like either Howard Fast or this story ripped the other off. See Howard Fast's short story, "The Martian Shop".
	👻 7:38pm Austin Rich: Oooof. I forgot about the "little people" part of this bit. Yeah, we don't use that word anymore, dude...
	👻 7:40pm Austin Rich: Looks like "The Martian Shop" was first published in 1959. This episode aired in 1950. So Fast probably heard this episode at one point.
	7:42pm Charles: Were there repeats of these shows on the radio?
	👻 7:43pm Austin Rich: Indeed. Officially (the show would re-run stories), and then local stations would keep and re-air the transcription discs as often as they would like to, until station format changed, or something.
	7:43pm John R: The Martian sounds a little like Sidney Greenstreet.
	7:44pm Charles: There's something about that kid's voice..
	7:45pm Charles: We're martian through Georgia. I liked that one.
	👻 7:45pm Austin Rich: There's some good jokes in there, for sure.
	7:48pm Charles: Wow I loved that whole parade scene. That was great.
	7:48pm Listener Robert: Now it's taking a different direction from that of "The Martian Shop". What they had in common was that they were about teaser campaigns.
	👻 7:48pm Austin Rich: Dimension X does some great horror, when they put their minds to it.
	👻 7:51pm Austin Rich: This has a lot of hallmark Dimension X characteristics, including the fact that it seemed pretty clear what was going to happen at the beginning, and now... well... it got there.
	👻 7:52pm Austin Rich: Dimension X is often critical of Nazis and the events of WWII, so it's not surprising to hear that reference in this episode.
	👻 7:55pm Austin Rich: We're almost done here, folks. Thanks for joining us for a chaotic day here on Dimestore Radio Theater! See you next week!
	7:55pm Fodder Floats: Nice to catch the last story and tune in for a short spell this eve. Thanks Austin for the adventure and I still think cats are the aliens (looking at my cats right now sleeping on the couch... sleeping, yeaaaaa right).
	👻 7:56pm Austin Rich: Cats are certainly and "other" in a lot of ways.
	👻 7:56pm Austin Rich: an "other", pardon.
	7:57pm Charles: I'm very satisfied with the amount of punching today's show had :)
	7:57pm Fodder Floats: Chat (or cat, which IS chat in French) grammer is still under the spell of Chandu!
	7:58pm Mr Fab: the author of this story, George Lefferts, is still alive! 100 years old.
	👻 7:58pm Austin Rich: Holy cats! Still alive!
	7:59pm Fodder Floats: Time next for those tuned for the brand new Cheek in Tongues, wfmu.org... Thanks again AR!
	7:59pm Mr Fab: i like how they said that the people of earth are conditioned by advertising. Wonder what Wheaties though of THAT?
	👻 7:59pm Austin Rich: Right, Mr. Fab? Seems like there might have been a complaint...
	8:00pm Scott67: Thanks Austin!🍻😎🤙🎶📻🌏🌻

Dimestore Radio Theater with Austin Rich: Playlist from June 13, 2022

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June 13, 2022: Episode #21

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Approx. start time
Box 13	"The Professor and The Puzzle"	9 January 1949	Mayfair Productions	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Claude Thornhill	Snowfall "Snowfall" by "Claude Thornhill"			0:29:17 (Pop-up)
The Voyage of The Scarlet Queen	"Beautiful Girl in the Bargain Basement"	20 November 1947	Mutual	0:34:41 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Claude Thornhill	Snowfall "Snowfall" by "Claude Thornhill"			1:07:01 (Pop-up)
The Hollywood Collection	Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man (Part 5)	Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man	Wombat Productions	1:08:48 (Pop-up)
Chandu The Magician	"Exorcisim" ""Exorcisim"" by "Chandu The Magician"	26 July 1948	Mutual–Don Lee Networ	1:16:45 (Pop-up)
Dimension X	"The Parade" ""The Parade"" by "Dimension X"	25 August 1950	NBC Radio	1:31:16 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	👻 6:00pm Austin Rich: Good Hello
	6:02pm Ellen Lovebug: Hi, how was your weekend?
	6:02pm Mr Fab: hey, aren't you the guy who played all those cool records last show? Great stuff!
	6:02pm Scott67: G'day Austin, back from Space to go back in time! ☕😎🤙👣🎶📻🌏🌻
	6:02pm Ellen Lovebug: I thought of you when editing a book the other day. Someone in on e of the novels I am editing put "ACME CORPORATION" on the side of one of their bludgeoning weapons
	👻 6:02pm Austin Rich: Hey, nice to see you Ellen, Mr. Fab and Scott 67!
	👻 6:03pm Austin Rich: Ha! Acme is everywhere!
	6:03pm Ellen Lovebug: Suzie is so ditzy
	👻 6:03pm Austin Rich: Yeah, I did my best last hour, in spite of dropping the ball. I'll do better next time!
	👻 6:04pm Austin Rich: The beginning of this episode had a little sound issues, but it seems to only be at the beginning like that. Some of these later episodes of Box 13 have some sound issues.
	6:05pm Charles: Glad I could make it, hello friends!
	👻 6:05pm Austin Rich: Ellen: it was okay. Did some chores, cut my hair, played with the cats. That sort of stuff. Pretty boring weekend. But the chores were needed. I'm trying to assemble a care package for Chris, with some money.
	6:05pm Ellen Lovebug: I would think any "suicide" in this show will be murder
	6:05pm Listener Robert: Ridell College is one of those places that I said, "Oh, yeah, I know of the place, it's near there," but then realized there's no institution by that name.
	👻 6:06pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, Charles!
	6:06pm Ellen Lovebug: Yes, I saw your before and after hair pics!
	6:06pm Ellen Lovebug: Thank you. I sent Chris $50
	👻 6:06pm Austin Rich: @Listener Robert: Ha! Yeah, it has that name? I think there was a band called Rydell High, that only confused me more.
	👻 6:07pm Austin Rich: I think I'm gonna ask if I can digitize his old tapes, and "pay" him for the service. We talked about doing that pre-covid.
	6:07pm John R: Good afternoon Austin and everyone!😊
	👻 6:07pm Austin Rich: Nice to see you in the chat, John R.
	6:08pm Ellen Lovebug: That's a fantastic idea, Austin. I'd love if you include Bast Awakening in that
	6:08pm John R: 👍
	6:09pm David in California: Rydell High School is in the musical Grease.
	👻 6:10pm Austin Rich: @David: Ha! I just revealed how much I remember about Grease! (And now I get the references in that Rydell High single.)
	👻 6:10pm Austin Rich: "Square Dance with Hot Music." Is that a saying that I'm unfamiliar with?
	6:11pm Charles: For someone who loves all the punching sound effects in this show, this was delightful.
	6:12pm John R: Austin: add it to the list?
	👻 6:12pm Austin Rich: I love old radio SFX. @John R: Right?
	6:12pm Charles: Dan sounds like he could use a Pep Pill.
	👻 6:13pm Austin Rich: They cure what ails ya, Charles!
	6:13pm Mr Fab: "Square Dance with Hot Music"" I think I prefer a hip dance with cool music.
	6:13pm Ellen Lovebug: I can't even count the number of times I watched Grease or listened to its album. I even had the piano notation book to play some of those songs
	👻 6:14pm Austin Rich: The first rule of Noir: there is no such thing as a suicide.
	6:14pm Ellen Lovebug: I have lost people to suicide whom no one thought had a reason, in real life, though. But yes, I agree about Noir.
	6:15pm Ellen Lovebug: I write in a stream of consciousness, but I don't use any caffeine or anything.
	6:15pm Listener Robert: Oh, Mr. Rich, you must not have watched the Ellery Queen TV series of about 45 years ago.
	👻 6:15pm Austin Rich: In real life, suicide is no joke. And as an aside: if anyone feels they need help, it is very good to reach out. There's no shame in that. EVER.
	👻 6:17pm Austin Rich: I did not see any Ellery Queen on TV. There were some radio shows, and I've heard a few of those. But the tropes for the character escape me.
	6:17pm Ellen Lovebug: Gee, being anxious to burn something isn't suspicious, or anything.
	6:17pm Listener Robert: They did it in a noir style, and suicide was fair game.
	6:18pm Ellen Lovebug: I never watched Ellery Queen nor listened to it. However, my dad had a collection of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazines in our basement, and I read a few when I was like 10
	6:18pm Ellen Lovebug: Wow
	👻 6:19pm Austin Rich: I vaguely remember those magazines, too, Ellen! Certainly before my time, but I would see them in bookstores and stuff.
	6:19pm Ellen Lovebug: Apparently they were popular when my dad was a teen
	6:19pm Listener Robert: It's the Timothy Hutton-David Wayne series I was referring to.
	6:21pm John R: Listener Robert: That was a entertaining show!
	6:21pm Charles: Cool cookie!
	6:21pm Listener Robert: Too bad he wouldn't've been wearing a long sleeved jacket in that weather and so couldn't palm the letter.
	👻 6:22pm Austin Rich: I have a couple of friends who I refer to as "Stoner & Gardner." Ahem.
	6:22pm Listener Robert: Palm it and hide it up his sleeve, I mean.
	6:23pm John R: Austin:😁
	👻 6:23pm Austin Rich: Dan must be in good shape to actually pull off this "running up the stairs" feat.
	6:24pm MHLee: Here I am
	6:24pm Ellen Lovebug: Holy moly
	👻 6:24pm Austin Rich: Nice to see you in the chat, MHLee.
	6:24pm Ellen Lovebug: Some people are just so cold about other people's lives
	👻 6:25pm Austin Rich: A lot of noir stories require a few very cold characters to make the stories move forward.
	6:26pm Ellen Lovebug: It makes it all the more poignant when someone is pure
	6:26pm MHLee: I love the old production music on radio... and really even in tv up till the early 70s. Like the Star Trek production music is wild but also very dated. It would sound weird to play in a tv show today.
	👻 6:28pm Austin Rich: MHLee: I'm with you. Usually, around 1980, I find TV and a lot of pop culture pretty dull. But old radio and old TV really shines for me. Maybe I just like the slower pace? Who can say. But Ellen and I are BIG fans of the sound / music on Box 13.
	6:28pm Ellen Lovebug: That was the best Suzie joke yet!
	👻 6:28pm Austin Rich: (I mean: TV after 1980. Except Max Headroom, of course.)
	👻 6:29pm Austin Rich: Suzie is smarter than she lets on!
	6:29pm Ellen Lovebug: I have to go back to work now. Love you all! Catch you next Monday!
	6:29pm Charles: Take care Ellen!
	👻 6:30pm Austin Rich: See you need time, Ellen!
	6:31pm MHLee: There must have been some soundtrack that changed everything in tv but no idea when. I mean Pysco definitely has the older style of music...
	👻 6:31pm Austin Rich: For some reason, "The Voyage of The Scarlet Queen" started running little "history" lessons like this, in their episodes, heavily eating into the length of each episode. I suspect there was some sort of requirement being imposed on the station to include "educational content." Regardless, I've kept it intact here in this (and other) shows.
	👻 6:33pm Austin Rich: (This is just the same song from before, but at a different point in the song.)
	6:34pm Charles: This song is soothing.
	👻 6:34pm Austin Rich: I'll have to remember it for the Holiday Season.
	👻 6:35pm Austin Rich: Pretty good sound this week. I did a little EQ, but not much.
	👻 6:37pm Austin Rich: This is the FINAL installment in the "Kang" storyline, a 21 part story that was set up in episode one, and has been referred to in most of the episodes since then. This wasn't exactly common in 1947; most 30 minute shows were self-contained, so that listeners could jump in at any point, and not be too confused. Most shows had the premise summarized in a sentence or two at the beginning of each show. But having something semi-continuous like this was rare...
	6:37pm MHLee: Originally I was going to model my show more on the Rudy Vallee broadcasts and see if I could get a vintage sound modulation on my voice... but I abandoned that... too much audio
	6:37pm MHLee: processing
	👻 6:38pm Austin Rich: And, as you'll find, not precisely successful, either. After this, the show continues... but all future stories are self-contained. Clearly there was a note, explaining that the on-going storyline was just not working, and to move on to something else. And, even then... the show doesn't last for very many more episodes.
	👻 6:39pm Austin Rich: After this, I think we only have 10 or 15 more episodes left.
	👻 6:39pm Austin Rich: (Maybe less? I'll have to check.)
	👻 6:40pm Austin Rich: You'll find that more and more episodes are "short" for a variety of reasons.
	6:40pm Mr Fab: "educational content," excellent! There was a ridiculous thing WFMU had to go thru couple years ago where we had to prove we had educational content for some dumb bureaucratic reason. Ken put a call out to the listeners to send in examples of things that they had learned form WFMU. The response was, as they say, overwhelming.
	6:41pm MHLee: I was there for that.
	👻 6:41pm Austin Rich: Oh yeah. In the old days, I'm sure "educational content" had to be more textbook. But these days, I could think of so many things I've learned from radio, just as a listener.
	👻 6:42pm Austin Rich: This episode aired one week before Thanksgiving, 1947. While that has no impact on the show or the story, I do imagine that listeners at the time were thinking of the holidays as they listened to the radio back then.
	6:43pm Mr Fab: ha, he's "negging" her!
	6:44pm MHLee: Weird connection but this reminds of the Tales of the Black Freighter from the watchmen comic... the idea being that since superheros were real this type of drama became the dominant comic
	👻 6:45pm Austin Rich: Yeah, I think about that occasionally. The Scarlet Queen would have been popular in the Watchmen world, for sure. And probably would have lasted longer.
	👻 6:47pm Austin Rich: Whoops! I probably should have re-edited that commercial one more time...
	👻 6:48pm Austin Rich: I was waiting for a mistake like that to happen. Oh well. Dimestore Radio Theater had maintained a pretty good streak until now... It's been one of those Mondays.
	6:48pm Listener Robert: Interesting that nighttime radio shows were becoming less serial, more disconnected series, while movie serials were still a thing. But the business incentives for the movies were different.
	6:49pm John R: Austin: I thought you were going throw in the the sleep aid also relives a dry cough.😊
	👻 6:50pm Austin Rich: @John R: And I have done jokes like that, so I thought I was gonna do that too... except... Whoops!
	6:50pm Listener Robert: Also interesting that in TV, while daytime serials have become rarer in the USA, in recent decades nighttime series have become more serial.
	6:51pm John R: Austin: 👍😊
	6:53pm MHLee: Kids cartoon shows have become more serial or at least adhering to canons instead of episodic ones
	👻 6:53pm Austin Rich: 1947 was also only about 20 years into continuous radio broadcasts being a regular thing in the United States, and dramas really only started going in the early 30s. So in 1947, radio dramas weren't all that old, and a lot of programmers were still trying to figure out how to make them work
	6:54pm Scott67: Intense!
	6:54pm Charles: Were the ads all about Wheaties during this time of the Scarlet Queen still?
	👻 6:55pm Austin Rich: Wheaties was the Dimension X sponsor. I'm not exactly sure who sponsored Scarlet Queen; none of the ads are mixed in with the surviving episodes.
	6:55pm Listener Robert: I love the way the fights are narrated on this show. Know of any examples other than Scarlet Queen where fights are narrated yet first person, retrospective yet seemingly in the present? He's talking in past tense, but putting himself "back there" too, like telling us while huffing and puffing with it.
	6:56pm Charles: Oops! I guess a part of me just wanted to talk about Wheaties.
	6:56pm Listener Robert: Austin, programmers are STILL trying to figure how to make them work!
	👻 6:56pm Austin Rich: Good observation, Listener Robert. A lot of radio fight scenes are just... noises, with no narration.
	6:57pm Charles: I agree Robert, it's great.
	👻 6:59pm Austin Rich: And that's the end of the Kang storyline...
	7:00pm Listener Robert: Not even a token statement like, "There was a telegram waiting for us that Kang had gotten the goods"?
	7:04pm Listener Robert: No, that's actually good, because then the "show" continues in the minds of the listeners, who are always in suspense as to whether Kang actually received them. Maybe a confederate of Constantino had sent false word about it! Who knows? Half the story is always in the possibilities.
	7:05pm Charles: Sounds good Austin!
	7:06pm Listener Robert: So, like Route 66?
	👻 7:08pm Austin Rich: I'm not very familiar with Route 66, but based on the quick summary I just read, I think I would like it.
	7:09pm Charles: I'm gladd to hear a little bit more about Alan.
	7:10pm Listener Robert: I meant, from the description, the series with Sinatra sounded like a description of Route 66.
	👻 7:11pm Austin Rich: Perhaps?
	👻 7:15pm Austin Rich: @Charles: Clever, clever.
	7:19pm MHLee: We've already got a Yogi a Black Magic Priestess and a Magician
	7:22pm Mr Fab: I like how the announcer says, "Chandu...[pause]... The Magician." Like, in case we were expecting another Chandu, he felt the need to clarify. Chandu The Business Supply Store Assistant Mgr is on later tonight.
	👻 7:22pm Austin Rich: Chandu has it all, @MHLee!
	👻 7:22pm Austin Rich: Chandu The Undertaker. Chandu The Bicycle Repair Man.
	7:23pm Charles: Chandu ... the mortician!
	👻 7:23pm Austin Rich: Chandu The Radio DJ!
	👻 7:24pm Austin Rich: Ooops! Mom is a little racist at dinner. Again.
	7:25pm MHLee: Oof Jesus lol
	7:25pm Charles: Maybe she was just being possessed.. right?
	👻 7:26pm Austin Rich: Yeah! That's it! Everything that's awful is when she's possessed!
	7:27pm MHLee: never considered a bazaar to be accursed
	7:28pm MHLee: By the sacred mule of the Prophet
	7:29pm Charles: For some reason straight up punching someone when you have mystical powers is very funny to me.
	7:29pm StringOFperils: Chandu's dry nonchalance is a lethal weapon
	👻 7:29pm Austin Rich: Nice to see you in the chat, StringOfperils! I'm with you, Charles.
	7:30pm MHLee: You know they made a fake radio show in this style for Fallout 4... I think it was called the Grey Ghost
	7:31pm MHLee: oh wait mind slip the Grey Ghost is a real show isn't it?
	👻 7:32pm Austin Rich: I'm not a Fallout player, but I've heard it's a fun game. Maybe I should try it?
	7:32pm Fodder Floats: Room for one more in the Dimension Lord Rich. I've brought a case of Roma Wine for the whole gang my good man.
	👻 7:32pm Austin Rich: Fodder Floats! Great to see you in the chat.
	7:33pm Fodder Floats: Just coming off work and a long walk in the city.
	7:33pm Charles: A wonderful companion for Wheaties. Hello!
	👻 7:33pm Austin Rich: I like that this episode opens with a joke about Orson Welles. Radio history to root this story in something real.
	7:33pm MHLee: I've never finished one in the Bethesda rpg genre but they have a good atmosphere. The in game radio was the inspiration for my show this week.
	7:35pm MHLee: Looks like the in-game radio show was called the Silver Shroud and it had six episodes. I don't know how long they are... I didn't listen in
	👻 7:36pm Austin Rich: Hmmm. I'll have to check that out, MHLee.
	👻 7:37pm Austin Rich: You can hear the "crackle" on this particular episode of Dimension X. Sounds like the original disc was a little grimy.
	7:37pm MHLee: Terrifying
	7:37pm Listener Robert: So far, it sounds like either Howard Fast or this story ripped the other off. See Howard Fast's short story, "The Martian Shop".
	👻 7:38pm Austin Rich: Oooof. I forgot about the "little people" part of this bit. Yeah, we don't use that word anymore, dude...
	👻 7:40pm Austin Rich: Looks like "The Martian Shop" was first published in 1959. This episode aired in 1950. So Fast probably heard this episode at one point.
	7:42pm Charles: Were there repeats of these shows on the radio?
	👻 7:43pm Austin Rich: Indeed. Officially (the show would re-run stories), and then local stations would keep and re-air the transcription discs as often as they would like to, until station format changed, or something.
	7:43pm John R: The Martian sounds a little like Sidney Greenstreet.
	7:44pm Charles: There's something about that kid's voice..
	7:45pm Charles: We're martian through Georgia. I liked that one.
	👻 7:45pm Austin Rich: There's some good jokes in there, for sure.
	7:48pm Charles: Wow I loved that whole parade scene. That was great.
	7:48pm Listener Robert: Now it's taking a different direction from that of "The Martian Shop". What they had in common was that they were about teaser campaigns.
	👻 7:48pm Austin Rich: Dimension X does some great horror, when they put their minds to it.
	👻 7:51pm Austin Rich: This has a lot of hallmark Dimension X characteristics, including the fact that it seemed pretty clear what was going to happen at the beginning, and now... well... it got there.
	👻 7:52pm Austin Rich: Dimension X is often critical of Nazis and the events of WWII, so it's not surprising to hear that reference in this episode.
	👻 7:55pm Austin Rich: We're almost done here, folks. Thanks for joining us for a chaotic day here on Dimestore Radio Theater! See you next week!
	7:55pm Fodder Floats: Nice to catch the last story and tune in for a short spell this eve. Thanks Austin for the adventure and I still think cats are the aliens (looking at my cats right now sleeping on the couch... sleeping, yeaaaaa right).
	👻 7:56pm Austin Rich: Cats are certainly and "other" in a lot of ways.
	👻 7:56pm Austin Rich: an "other", pardon.
	7:57pm Charles: I'm very satisfied with the amount of punching today's show had :)
	7:57pm Fodder Floats: Chat (or cat, which IS chat in French) grammer is still under the spell of Chandu!
	7:58pm Mr Fab: the author of this story, George Lefferts, is still alive! 100 years old.
	👻 7:58pm Austin Rich: Holy cats! Still alive!
	7:59pm Fodder Floats: Time next for those tuned for the brand new Cheek in Tongues, wfmu.org... Thanks again AR!
	7:59pm Mr Fab: i like how they said that the people of earth are conditioned by advertising. Wonder what Wheaties though of THAT?
	👻 7:59pm Austin Rich: Right, Mr. Fab? Seems like there might have been a complaint...
	8:00pm Scott67: Thanks Austin!🍻😎🤙🎶📻🌏🌻

Dimestore Radio Theater with Austin Rich: Playlist from June 13, 2022

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