Coming Up Tomorrow On The Dickenbock Report: National Smile Day

May 31st in National Smile Day. Despite not having any of his original teeth, Dick Dickenbock believes a smile is very important, so we will discuss smiles, as well as playing musical reports about smiles, tomorrow on the show.

About the show - oh dear it appears we have been allowed one more hour of the news every Sunday! That's right, The Dickenbock Report will now air from 11am to 1pm on XRAY! One wonders how Dick Dickenbock pulled that off.

Please join us for the first two-hour Sunday episode of The Dickenbock Report on XRAY tomorrow from 11am to 1pm. It happens on 91.1+107.1fm in Portland, & everywhere at xray dot fm.

Perhaps this is something to smile about!

The Past Three Weeks In Self Help

Since I was away on vacation, I haven't been giving these useless updates. Now that I am back, I'll resume. So sorry about that.

Because even tho I was on vacation, I made radio shows for you. & here's what they were:

May 10. The Dickenbock Report on XRAY. This was before the vacation. It was World Ocean Day. You can listen to that show here.

May 12. Self Help Radio on KBOO. On vacation. Three hours of songs about tomatoes. You can listen to that show here. Or you can listen to that show here.

May 17. The Dickenbock Report on XRAY. On vacation. Wayne Seconds guest hosted. You can listen to that show here.

May 19. Self Help Radio on KBOO. Still on vacation. I played a bunch of new releases in the electronica, jazz, & experimental genres. You can listen to that show here. Or you can listen to that show here.

May 24. The Dickenbock Report on XRAY. Home from vacation but oh boy was not going to be able to do a show so precorded this one, about an obsolete holiday, Empire Day. You can listen to that show here.

May 19. Self Help Radio on KBOO. Home from vacation but utterly discombobulated still. So I just played some of my favorite music from the year so far. You can listen to that show here. Or you can listen to that show here.

May 19. Corporate Standardized Programming on KBOO. More new stuff, just this in the Americana/indie folk/country genres. You can listen to that show here. Or you can listen to that show here (after Self Help Radio).

The photo above was taken from the plane at the end of a very long flight as we were flying over the Netherlands into Amsterdam. It was very green there. I was so exhausted.

Spoiler alert I still am! Aren't vacations great.

Self Help Radio 052626: On Vacation Week Three

You must know I'm not really on vacation. I'm just an old person who couldn't get his act together to make a Self Help Radio episode in just a couple of days. I should know better. I opted to just play some songs from some of my favorite releases of the year so far. I was also very tired on the show - I think I got jet lag two days after the flight. It was a long flight preceded by many days out & about in a foreign land preceded by a long flight. & I can't sleep on planes for some reason.

In any event, if you'd like to listen to tired Gary playing lots of songs he likes, you can do so now, either at the Self Help Radio website or at the KBOO website. Simple as that. The list of songs is below.

A regularly irregular Self Help Radio will appear next week.

Self Help Radio On Vacation Week Three Favorites Of The Year So Far Show

"Hit My Head All Day" Dry Cleaning _Secret Love_

"My Perceptron" The Jack Rubies _Visions In The Bowling Alley_

"Patty Get Your Gun" Annabelle Chairlegs _Waking Up_

"All My Friends Are So Depressed" Joyce Manor _I Used To Go To This Bar_

"Northern Soul Dancing" Railcard _Railcard_

"Phoebe's Song" Yumi Zouma _No Love Lost To Kindness_

"Light Night Mountains All That" Ratboys _Singin' To An Empty Chair_

"Away With The Fairies" Would-Be-Goods _Tears Before Bedtime_

"Bug" Remember Sports _The Refrigerator_

"Dark Glass" Lucid Express _Instant Comfort_

"Paper Eagles" Beloved Binge _Godwit_

"Puzzle Pop" Cootie Catcher _Something We All Got_

"Dead In A Post-Truth World" Hen Ogledd _Discombobulated_

"The Shadowy Light (feat. Asha Bhosle, Gruff Rhys, Amaan, & Ayaan Ali Bangash)" Gorillaz _The Mountain_

"Mum Does The Washing" Joshua Idehen _I Know You're Hurting, Everyone Is Hurting, Everyone Is Trying, You Have Got To Try_

"Victoria Sponge" The Corner Laughers _Concerns Of Wasp & Willow_

"Samuel" The Wave Pictures _Gained/Lost_

"Press Return" Heavenly _Highway To Heavenly_

"Days Of Our Lives" Mise En Scene _Drive-Thru Confessional_

"The Early Days Of Love" Brigitte Calls Me Baby _Irreversible_

"South Dakota" Sella _Well I Mean_

"Computer Love (feat. Laurie Anderson)" Anna Calvi _Is This All There Is?_

"Rare Lights" Damaged Bug _Zuzax_

Whither On Vacation Week Three?

Hey I know I have been back from my vacation for a couple of days but I admit I still haven't gotten my act together so tonight I will be in the studio playing music from some of my favorite releases of the year so far. I'll also be talking about the KBOO Membership Drive happening now. Probably not talking much about my vacation - I guess two weeks ago today I was on my way to Amsterdam, where that picture above was taken. I dunno, do you wanna hear about my vacation? I rode a bike in two different European cities. Different bikes. It was fun!

Anyway. Tonight midnight to 2am it's a half-assed hastily cobbled together Self Help Radio on KBOO. Listen in Portland at 90.7fm. Listen everywhere online at kboo dot fm.