Friday, March 15, 2024

Self Help Radio 031424: Howard Gently Year Two Continued


On this week's show, I share eleven recorded bits - all but ten improvised - with my friend Russell appearing as the Rev Dr Howard Gently. Each segment appeared on an episode of Self Help Radio when it aired in Lexington, Kentucky, in 2015 & 2016. I try to contextualize them on the program. I play a song from that program that I thought or knew Russell would like. My friend Russell died unexpectedly last year.

You can listen to the show at the Self Help Radio website. You can listen to previous installments as linked on the table of contents page. You'll need a username & a password, I suggest SHR & selfhelp. I list the songs I played & the segments that follow below. I began with an original by Russell.

One last thing: I announced on the show that this was my last Self Help Radio on Freeform Portland for the time being. Self Help Radio returns to KBOO on Tuesday, March 26. That is reflected on the website now. I'll miss Freeform Portland but I needed to cut down the number of shows I do. Its placement in the middle of the week was a factor.

Self Help Radio Howard Gently Year Two Continued
"Lebanon" Russell Miles _Archaeology_

"I'm So Happy You Failed" Laptop _Opening Credits_
The Rev Dr Howard Gently on the theme "Failure"
"Ambitious" Wire _The Ideal Copy_
The Rev Dr Howard Gently on the theme "Ambition"
"People Don't Get What They Deserve" Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings _Give The People What They Want_
The Rev Dr Howard Gently on the theme "Deserve"

"Roller Coaster By The Sea" Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers _Rock 'N' Roll With The Modern Lovers_ (Beserkley, 1977)
The Rev Dr Howard Gently on the show's 13th Anniversary
"Clown Strike" Elvis Costello _Brutal Youth_ (Warner Bros, 1994)
The Rev Dr Howard Gently on the theme "Clowns"
"Poet" Sly & The Family Stone _There's A Riot Goin' On_ (Epic, 1971)
The Rev Dr Howard Gently on the theme "Poetry"</i>

"Perfume Garden" The Chameleons _What Does Anything Mean? Basically_ (Virgin, 1985)
The Rev Dr Howard Gently on the theme "Gardens"
"People On Their Birthdays (Live)" Rod McKuen _At Carnegie Hall_ (Warner Bros/Seven Arts, 1969)
The Rev Dr Howard Gently on the theme "Birthdays"
The Rev Dr Howard Gently on Christmas 2015</i>

"King's Lead Hat" Brian Eno _Before & After Science_ (Island, 1977)
The Rev Dr Howard Gently on the theme "Hats"
"Mesopotamia" The B-52's _Mesopotamia_ (Warner Bros, 1982)
The Rev Dr Howard Gently on the theme "Pyramids"</i>

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