Friday, May 05, 2023

Self Help Radio 050423: Get A Grip


Here's a caveat about this week's show as it appears on the Self Help Radio website: it's not exactly how it aired. There were technical difficulties which caused me to delay the first airbreak. I played an instrumental track while I got help. What I have shared on the website removes that instrumental track (since I talk over it during the first airbreak) which shortened the show, so I added a song at the end that was not broadcast originally.

What was important is that the funny people who add so much to my otherwise bland show got to be heard. I was afraid I wouldn't get to share their contributions. & they were great this week! If you listen at all, it should be for their creative additions.

The show is available to be listened to now at the Self Help Radio website. Remember, you'll need a username (which is SHR) & a password (which is selfhelp) to listen. Below is a list of the songs I played & a brief description of what happened during the airbreaks. For a show whose host barely has a grip on things other than the occasional whiskey glass, it could've turned out much, much worse.

Self Help Radio Get A Grip! Show
"Your Love's Got A Grip On Me" Nick Todd _Rockin' At The Hop_
"I'm Losing My Grip" The Rivingtons _The Liberty Years_
"Devil's Grip" The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown _The Psychedelic Years Revisited_
"Monkey Grip Glue" Bill Wyman _Monkey Grip_

introduction & definitions & focus group flashback # 1

"Don't Lose Your Grip On Love" Brinsley Schwarz _Nervous On The Road_
"Get A Grip On Yourself" The Stranglers _Stranglers IV (Rattus Norvegicus)_
"The Grip Of Love" Tom Verlaine _Tom Verlaine_

interview with martial arts master of many grips Jeff Piper

"Their Grip" Elti-Fits _Messthetics # 106 The Manchester Musicians Collective 1977-1982_
"Get A Grip On Yourself" Pearl Harbor & The Explosions _Pearl Harbor & The Explosions_
"The Grip Of Love" Ghost Dance _Gathering Dust_
"Grip Of Fear" The Blanche Hudson Weekend _Standing On The Lift To The Scaffold: 2009-2013_

interview with Todd Mattel, inventor of the GI Joe Kung Fu Grip
focus group flashback # 2

"Grip It" Trouble Funk _Saturday Night Live From Washington D.C._
"Grip The Mic" Ultramagnetic MC's _New York What Is Funky_
"Break The Grip Of Shame" Paris _Tommy Boy Greatest Hits_
"Grip Like A Vice" The Go! Team _Proof Of Youth_

interview with clinical psychologist Dr. Leonard Dirt

"Grip" Inspiral Carpets _The Beast Inside_
"Thorn In Yer Grip" The Ecstasy Of Saint Theresa _Susurrate_
"Get A Grip" Spectrals _Bad Penny_
"Get A Grip" B Boys _No Worry No Mind_
"The Grip" Chris Knox _Almost_

conclusion & goodbye & focus group flashback # 3

"Get A Grip" A Certain Ratio _ACR Loco_
"Don't Let Go Of Me (Grip My Hips And Move Me)" Mike & Brenda Sutton _Don't Hold Back_
"Thighs High (Grip Your Hips & Move)" Tom Browne _Phat Trax - The Best Of Old School, Vol. 2_

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