Austin's Annual Halloween Spook-tacular!

Closet Radio Episode 003: The Rikki Horror Picture Show pt. 2 (Originally Broadcast: 31 October 2011.) Wrapping up the Halloween creeps, I present you with part two of the Rikki Horror Picture Show! More morbid mayhem this week along with our very special (and hopefully recurring) guest, Claudiu, new DJ Chris popped in for a … Continue reading The Rikki Horror Picture Show pt. 2

The Potters of Firsk (Featuring an episode of X-Minus 1, remixed, originally broadcast on KPSU on 29 October 2011, and again in 2015.) Playlist & Footnotes: In this two-hour Halloween finale from the end of the 2011 season of our show was unusual for the Halloween shows I did at the time, being not only … Continue reading The Potters of Firsk

Closet Radio Episode 002: Rikki Horror Picture Show pt. 1 (Originally Broadcast: 24 October 2011 on KPSU.) We’re upon the witching season. Get into it with some good old fashioned songs about monsters, murders, mayhem, morbid meanderings and more! Next week’s episode (Saturday @ 5pm PST) will fill you up with the ghastly spirit of evil … Continue reading Rikki Horror Picture Show pt. 1

Mad Monster Party?!  (Originally Broadcast on KPSU on 22 October 2011.) Mad Monster Party? on Wikipedia https://ia601501.us.archive.org/15/items/Episode137_201810/Episode137.mp3 Mad Monster Party?! 01.) Mad Monster Party Part I 02.) What Kind Of Ghoul Am I (Mashed Potato) * Frankie Stein And His Ghouls * Ghoul Music * Power Records 03.) Mad Monster Party Part II 04.) Wolfman … Continue reading Mad Monster Party?!

The Cask of Amontillado w/ Miss Rikki! (Featuring a special Halloween Spook-tacular airing of a How’s It Named? rendition of Basil Rathbone’s reading of the Edgar Allen Poe classic!  Originally broadcast on KPSU on 22 October 2011, and re-aired in 2015.) Playlist & Footnotes: How’s It Named? dates back to my appearance on What’s This Called? in 2008, … Continue reading The Cask of Amontillado!

A Spike Jones Spooktacular (In Screaming Stereo Sound!) (Featuring Halloween Novelties, Monster Records, and Plenty of Spooktacular fun!  Originally broadcast on KPSU 15 October 2011 and in 2015 as “#21.2”..) Pulling material from two classic Halloween Novelty records (namely the Spike Jones album in question, and Alfred Hitchcock’s Music To Be Murdered By), this show … Continue reading A Spike Jones Spooktacular (In Screaming Stereo Sound!)

The Ghoulardi Show! (Originally broadcast on 8 October 2011 on KPSU, re-aired in 2015, and as “#19.2” in 2016.) I have to admit, I am not cool enough to have known about Ghoulardi until only a few years ago.  As a Cramps fan, this may seem unusual, but with so much on my radar when I … Continue reading The Ghoulardi Show!

The Mad Daddy Rides Again! (Featuring two hours of the originator of Halloween Radio, The Mad Daddy Himself!  Originally broadcast on 1 October 2011 on KPSU, again in 2015, and again in 2016 as “#19.1.”) In the late ’50’s and early ’60’s, the citizens of Cleveland would tune in late at night to hear the … Continue reading The Mad Daddy Rides Again!

The Black Cat & Other Frightening Tales (Featuring a four hour Halloween presentation of Diamanda Galás reading Edgar Allen Poe’s The Black Cat!  Originally broadcast on 30 October 2010 on KPSU, and re-aired in 2015.) Playlist & Footnotes: Join me for a special extended edition of Blasphuphmus Radio, just in time for the Holidays!  That’s … Continue reading The Black Cat & Other Frightening Tales

Rock Out With Your Goth Out Part II w/ Moth Hunter (Featuring two hours of Halloween Goth & Industrial music for a perfect seasonal soundtrack. Originally broadcast on KPSU.) Enjoy! https://ia601503.us.archive.org/12/items/RockOutWithYourGothOutPtII/RockOutWithYourGothOutPtII.mp3 Rock Out With Your Goth Out Part II # Track * Artist * Album * Label 01.) * * Sounds To Make You Shiver … Continue reading Rock Out With Your Goth Out Part II

Episode 090: Lost In Space! (Featuring a journey through the stars, and on a rocket, with a little help from The Day The Earth Stood Still.) Enjoy! https://ia601508.us.archive.org/28/items/LostInSpace_201810/LostInSpace.mp3   Lost In Space! # Track * Artist * Album * Label 01.) * * Excerpts from The Day The Earth Stood Still (Throughout) 02.) Interstellar Overdrive … Continue reading Lost In Space!

The “How’s It Named?” Halloween Spook-Tacular! (Featuring scary selections from the collections of Austin Rich & Ricardo Wang. Originally broadcast on Halloween in 2009 on KPSU.) Pulling out all the stops for the last installment of our Spook-Tacular series this month, I joined forces with Ricardo Wang of What’s This Called? to bring you two … Continue reading The “How’s It Named?” Halloween Spook-Tacular!

The War Of The Worlds (Where I rebroadcast the Mutual Network’s classic October 30th, 1938 episode of The Mercury Theater on The Air featuring Orson Welles!  Originally available as a podcast for this program on 10 October 2009, and re-aired as “22.2” in 2015.) Halloween is just starting to take off, and stay tuned next … Continue reading The War Of The Worlds

“The Outer Limits” (Where I do an audio-recreation of a lost episode of Blasphuphmus Radio from August 1st, 2007.  This is also a retorcast of the recreation, originally on KPSU 10 October 2009, and re-aired in 2015.) Playlist & Footnotes: Halloween draws closer and closer each and every day, and if there’s one thing I … Continue reading “The Outer Limits”

More Halloween Cheese (Originally broadcast on KPSU on 25 October 2006.) During the broadcast of this episode, I was training a new KPSU volunteer, who makes appearances during the voice-overs. https://ia801502.us.archive.org/7/items/MoreHalloweenCheese/MoreHalloweenCheese.mp3   Playlist: 01.) A Night In A Haunted House * Sounds To Make You Shiver 02.) Halloween Hootenanny * Zacherle * Halloween Hootenanny 03.) … Continue reading More Halloween Cheese

In The Punk-In Patch (Originally broadcast on KPSU on 18 October 2006.) https://ia601505.us.archive.org/9/items/InThePunkInPatch/InThePunkInPatch.mp3   In The Punk-In Patch 01.) A Night In A Haunted House * Sounds To Make You Shiver 02.) Halloween Hootenanny * Zacherle * Halloween Hootenanny 03.) Halloween At KPSU 04.) Dead Moon Night * Dead Moon 05.) Haunted House * Gang … Continue reading In The Punk-In Patch

Halloween Cheese I (Originally broadcast on KPSU 11 October 2006.) https://ia801505.us.archive.org/21/items/OtherHalloweenCheese/OtherHalloweenCheese.mp3   Halloween Cheese I 01.) A Night In A Haunted House * Sounds To Make You Shiver 02.) Halloween Hootenanny * Zacherle * Halloween Hootenanny 03.) Halloween At KPSU 04.) Buffy The Vampire Slayer Main Title Theme * Nerf Herder 05.) Zombie Zoo * … Continue reading Halloween Cheese

Halloween Spook-tacular Part I:  Classics From The Crypt (Phase I Episode 122) (Re-aired in 2015.) At this time, our program was on from 9 P.M. – 10 P.M. While I’m off in Europe as part of the DJ exchange program, my Hungarian cousin (also named Austin Rich) is filling in here at KPSU, spinning Halloween tunes … Continue reading Classics From The Crypt

Halloween Spook-tacular Part IV: The Bottom Of The Crypt  (KPSU Phase I Episode 070) At this time, our program was on the air from 5 P.M. – 6 P.M. https://ia601504.us.archive.org/35/items/TheBottomOfTheCrypt/TheBottomOfTheCrypt.mp3     Playlist: 01.) Halloween Hootenanny * Zacherle 02.) The Haunted House * Vic Crume 03.) Dead Moon Night * Dead Moon 04.) Zombie Rockin’ … Continue reading The Bottom Of The Crypt

Halloween Spook-tacular Part III: Punk-in Patch  (KPSU Phase I Episode 069) At this time, our program was on from 5 P.M. – 6 P.M. https://ia601507.us.archive.org/12/items/ThePunkinPatch/ThePunkinPatch.mp3     01.) Haunted House * Gang Green 02.) Octoberfleshed * KARP 03.) Halloween * The Dream Syndicate 04.) Cemetary Man * The Sawyer Family 05.) Spectra Sonic Sound * … Continue reading The Punk-in Patch