Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Self Help Radio 061725: Howard Gently Year Four Continued

A colorful collage of Howard Gently shots stamped in the middle with the Self Help Radio logo,

Here it is, the ninth collection of appearances of Howard Gently on Self Help Radio. It takes place in the middle of 2017 & includes the one-hundredth appearance of Howard Gently on the show.

Howard Gently was performed by my dear friend Russell who died two years ago today. I have been playing his appearances in chronological order in shows about every three months. He was a very funny person & I miss him too much. But I am glad I have these recordings. Just so they're not all talk talk talk I play a song from the show - the songs & bits are based on the show's theme - before the interview. I tried to pick a song I knew Russ would like &/or one I thought he might like.

There's a need for an apology - I was very tired during this show so I am a little low energy. I'm also trying not to be too sad - which can be, as you probably know, exhausting.

Listen now or whenever you need a fake spiritual mentor at either the KBOO web page or at the Self Help Radio web page. You might need the username SHR & password selfhelp to access at the latter. What happens on the show is below.

If I were funny as Russell was I'd have a spiritual-sounding but incredibly silly word or phrase to end this post. I'm not, you know, so I don't.

Self Help Radio Howard Gently Year Four Continued Show
"Do The Oswald" Russell Miles _Do The Oswald_

"Question The Answer" Sheila Chandra _Nada Brahma_
Howard Gently on the theme "Questions"
"Closing Time" Leonard Cohen _The Future_
Howard Gently on the theme "Bars"
"Rise" Public Image Ltd. _Compact Disc_
Howard Gently on the theme "Rise"

"You Are In My Vision" Tubeway Army _Replicas_
Howard Gently on the theme "Visions"
"Venus" Television _Marquee Moon_
Howard Gently on the theme "Venus"
"Warning Sign" Talking Heads _More Songs About Buildings & Food_
Howard Gently on the theme "Warnings"

"Rubberband Girl" Kate Bush _The Red Shoes_
Howard Gently on the theme "Rubber (Sort Of Not Really)"
"The Pencil Broke (& That's All She Wrote)" Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra _The Lionel Hampton Story_
Howard Gently on the theme "Pencils"
"Crooked" Kristin Hersh _Crooked_
Howard Gently on the theme "Crooked"

"Only Seventeen" Beatle-Ettes _Girls With Guitars_
Howard Gently on the theme "Seventeen"
"Uncontrollable Urge" Devo _Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!_
Howard Gently on the theme "Control"

Howard Gently on the theme "Machines"

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