Friday, December 08, 2023

Self Help Radio 120723: Victims

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As far as I can tell, there were no victims of this week's Self Help Radio show about victims. Though of course the program wasn't victimless. All the songs were, in some sense, victims. Or about victims. Or has this metaphor been too hopelessly stretched & mangled to the point that it no longer retains even a small amount of the original attempt to say something mildly amusing about a radio show about victims?

Though it is admittedly a weird theme for a radio show, I felt like it came together all right. Though the glue of the show is the oddball interviews. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did!

Listen to the show at the Self Help Radio website. Use this username/password combo to access: SHR/selfhelp. Check out the playlist below because it says also what happens in-between the songs.

Okay then.

Self Help Radio Victims Show
"Victim Of Circumstance" Mike & The Censations _East Side Story Vol. 2_
"Victim Of Circumstances" Roy Junior _Back From The Grave Volume Two_
"Victim Of Circumstance" Joan Jett & The Blackhearts _I Love Rock & Roll_

introduction & definitions

"Victims Of Chance" Tandyn Almer _Along Comes Tandyn_
"Victims Of The Night (feat. Ann-Margret)" Lee Hazlewood _The LHI Years: Singles, Nudes, & Backsides (1968-71)_
"Victims Of The Darkness" Allen Toussaint _Life, Love, & Faith_
"Victims Of The Dance" Tuxedomoon _Desire_

interview with "burn victim" Jeff Simmons

"Burn Victims Suck" Love, Calvin _Mr. Joy_
"Victim One" Foxx Bodies _Vixen_
"Amnesia Victim" Bob & Ray _The New! Improved! Bob & Ray Book_
"Everyone's Victim" Lisa Germano _Happiness_

interview with lawyer Josie Sutton

"Victim Of Circumstance" The City _Now That Everything's Been Said_
"Victim Of Me" Descendents _Hypercaffium Spazzinate_
"Rock-N-Roll Victim" Death _...For The Whole World To See_
"Victim Of Mass Production" The Cribs _Ignore The Ignorant_

interview with actor Joe Sawyer

"Victim Of Love" Freddie May & The Power Plant _Victim Of Love_
"Victim Of Love" The Cars _Shake It Up_
"Victim Of Love" Charles Bradley _Victim Of Love_
"Victim Of A Foolish Heart" Bettye Swann _The Complete Atlantic Recordings_

our resident cinephile Chuck stops by to talk about victims in movies

"Victim Of Environment" The Improper Bostonians _Gee, I'm Gonna Miss You_
"I Fell In Love With A Fashion Victim" The Rosehips _The Rosehips_
"Special Victims & Ice-T" John Mulaney _New In Town_
"A Victim Of Gravity" The Tokens _Schoolhouse Rock: Science Rock_

interview with writer Jim Street
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conclusion & goodbye

"When The Victim Takes The Tyrants Place" Frank Tovey _Grand Union_
"Deep House Victims Minibus Appeal" Half Man Half Biscuit _Voyage To The Bottom Of The Road_

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