Austin Rich

Knifin’ Around

Austin Rich, Curator Of Taste

Austin Rich is a writer, a broadcaster, a filmmaker, and musician, currently based out of Salem, OR.

His radio pedigree includes KWVA in Eugene OR, KPSU in Portland OR, and a brief stint (about one year) with the “Golden Hours” program (before that moved from OPB to the Omni Media Network) and FunemploymentRadio.com.  He is currently the owner and operator of BlasphuphmusRadio.com, home to a number of Radio and Podcast Programs, as well as an archive or bit players in the continuing story of radio broadcasting.

Austin is also the producer and editor of BlasphuphmusRadio.com’s VideoZines, about which you can find more information here.  These are

He has also published a collection of short fiction, Naked Trees Point To The North Star, maintains a blog over here, and spends countless hours sorting and organizing things few other people care about.

• Detective Dexter Roland’s Thanksgiving Day Special! - Detective Dexter Roland’s Thanksgiving Day Special! Featuring a presentation of: The Adventures Of Sam Spade, Detective in “The Terrified Turkey Caper” (November 24, 1950) Dexter Roland is still Back On The Case, and didn’t have time to really deliver a Thanksgiving Special the way he wanted to.  So instead, he contacted his old friend, Sam Spade,…Read more Detective Dexter Roland’s Thanksgiving Day Special!
• The Daily NewsBlas 25 November 2014: Happy Thanksgiving! - The Daily NewsBlas 25 November 2014: Happy Thanksgiving! Here are some things I am thankful for. Additionally, you will want to check our our past Thanksgiving Day programs. And stay tuned for another hour or radio, immediately following this program. Enjoy. Mother Box 62
• The Daily NewsBlas 25 November 2014: Broadcasting From a Tablet - The Daily NewsBlas 26 November 2014: Broadcasting From a Tablet This post was entirely produced and recorded on an iPad. The process was incredibly clunky, and as I fret and fuss over how to improve it, I will probably not recommend (or continue) recording on the iPad, as I have less control over the recording, and…Read more The Daily NewsBlas 25 November 2014: Broadcasting From a Tablet
• The Daily NewsBlas 25 November 2014: Chipmunk Punk - The Daily NewsBlas 25 November 2014: Chipmunk Punk (Digging Into The Archive Part I) Here are some useful links: Chipmunk Punk on Wikipedia All The Chipmunk Punk songs are available to hear in some form here. And here’s a hilarious different commercial that I did not use in the NewsBlas. Enjoy. Mother Box 61
• The Daily NewsBlas 24 November 2014: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (Review) - The Daily NewsBlas 24 November 2014: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (Review) In this episode, I review a stage production of The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe that I attended on the evening of 21 November 2015.  The production was staged but the children of a Middle School in the town I live in,…Read more The Daily NewsBlas 24 November 2014: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (Review)
• The Daily NewsBlas 14 November 2014: Ocean Meditation - The Daily NewsBlas 14 November 2014: Ocean Meditation Over the weekend of November 1st and 2nd, M and I were lucky enough to share a beach house with some friends out in Newport, OR.  Today’s show features a number of things I captured during that trip: ocean sounds, as well as the photoset that I will…Read more The Daily NewsBlas 14 November 2014: Ocean Meditation
• The Daily NewsBlas 13 November 2014: Back On The Case (Part 1 of 3: Back From The Dead) - The Daily NewsBlas 13 November 2014: Back On The Case (Part 1 of 3: Back From The Dead) An old friend of the show, Detective Dexter Roland, Private Investigator, returns after having been relegated to near-obscurity.  This time, instead of introducing an episode of thematic sounds and music, Dexter enters the world of having his…Read more The Daily NewsBlas 13 November 2014: Back On The Case (Part 1 of 3: Back From The Dead)
• The Daily NewsBlas 12 November 2014: Live From The Teen Challenge Thrift Store in Salem, OR. - The Daily NewsBlas 12 November 2014: Live From The Teen Challenge Thrift Store in Salem, OR. An anonymous child offers a free, improvised performance to the patrons of The Teen Challenge Thrift Store on the morning of 8 November 2014.  Here are the results. Mother Box 52
• The Daily NewsBlas 11 November 2014: Happy Veteran’s Day! - The Daily NewsBlas 11 November 2014: Happy Veteran’s Day! Veteran’s Day Poppy * Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band * Trout Mask Replica Train [Edit] * Uncle Tupelo * No Depression For further listening, here’s another show I did on the subject of patriotism, and my feelings toward it: Bless This Mess (Originally Aired 11 September 2012)…Read more The Daily NewsBlas 11 November 2014: Happy Veteran’s Day!
• The Daily NewsBlas 10 November 2014: 50?! - The Daily NewsBlas 10 November 2014: 50?! 50 of these little suckers seems like both too many, and not enough.  Fortunately, I have a few things to offer you for your trouble. Closet Radio Enters Reruns As Miss Rikki takes a much needed break, we have put her program into reruns.  Enjoy classic episodes, with re-mastered…Read more The Daily NewsBlas 10 November 2014: 50?!