Or we'll call the cops!
Random thoughts & other unrelated information from the dude who does "Self Help Radio" - a radio show which originated in Austin, Texas & now makes noise in Portland, Oregon. Listen to new & old shows & look at playlists at selfhelpradio.net.
Friday, August 09, 2013
Whither The Police?
As I've mentioned, I am out the door & off to LA, but young Jackman Ochs will be helming SHR today. Be sure to listen from 4 to 6 pm on 88.1 fm in Lexington or online at <a href="http://wrfl.fm">wrfl.fm</a>!
Thursday, August 08, 2013
Preface To The Police: Is It Illegal To Have A Twitter Account, Officer?
I have a Twitter account. It's this one: https://twitter.com/SelfHelpRadio/. I wish I could tell you it's funny or interesting. Mainly I announce when I am having a show. Or when a show is available to listen to if one missed it.
Sometimes, though, I'm mildly amusing.
For example, I twittered today, "I think the number one reason I don't like karaoke is that it reminds me of how terrible most people's taste in music is."
I wish I could be that insightful most of the time. I'm not.
I look forward to listening to Jackman doing Self Help Radio. I don't look forward to tomorrow's plane flight. I don't like flying. It reminds me how far away everything is. & if everything is far away, how far away am I from my animals?
Too far, if I am not with them. Too far.
Sometimes, though, I'm mildly amusing.
For example, I twittered today, "I think the number one reason I don't like karaoke is that it reminds me of how terrible most people's taste in music is."
I wish I could be that insightful most of the time. I'm not.
I look forward to listening to Jackman doing Self Help Radio. I don't look forward to tomorrow's plane flight. I don't like flying. It reminds me how far away everything is. & if everything is far away, how far away am I from my animals?
Too far, if I am not with them. Too far.
Wednesday, August 07, 2013
Is It A Self Help Radio Without Gary Even If It's Still Self Help Radio (But Without Gary)?
It's true. I won't be doing Self Help Radio this week. But I've asked a precocious RFL programmer named Jackman to handle the show. & he says he'll do Self Help Radio! Yippee!
He said he'll do a show about the police. That made me suspicious. What if he's an undercover cop? An undercover cop would find lots of crime at WRFL. First off, there's a buttload of perjury. We're always perjuring ourselves. I've also seen deejays jaywalk (deejaywalk?) through the on-air room dozens of times. & I won't even start with all the sedition. If it's not sedition in the morning, it's sedition all night long. It's terrible.
But wait! What if he wants to do a show about the police because of his own numerous encounters with officers of the law? I'll bet he has a rap sheet as long as my longest arm! (My arms are of two different lengths. Don't ask.) He's a shifty type - probably a career criminal - oh no! What if he's trying to steal my show?
Damn it! I have to listen now to find out!
He said he'll do a show about the police. That made me suspicious. What if he's an undercover cop? An undercover cop would find lots of crime at WRFL. First off, there's a buttload of perjury. We're always perjuring ourselves. I've also seen deejays jaywalk (deejaywalk?) through the on-air room dozens of times. & I won't even start with all the sedition. If it's not sedition in the morning, it's sedition all night long. It's terrible.
But wait! What if he wants to do a show about the police because of his own numerous encounters with officers of the law? I'll bet he has a rap sheet as long as my longest arm! (My arms are of two different lengths. Don't ask.) He's a shifty type - probably a career criminal - oh no! What if he's trying to steal my show?
Damn it! I have to listen now to find out!
Tuesday, August 06, 2013
Midnight
For two hours on Friday, Self Help Radio held time still as it was midnight - hey wait a second. See that picture up there? The one of the clock? I paid good money for that picture & I just noticed it's not even at midnight! It's like twelve till midnight. What the hell?
Well, dang. I totally lost my train of thought. Um. Radio show here or directly (it's in two parts): part I & part two. What's in each part is below.
Stupid graphic designers.
(part one)
"Midnight Hour Blues" Leory Carr & Scrapper Blackwell _Broke, Black & Blue: Volume Three: Good Whiskey Blues_
"Midnight Special" Lead Belly _Midnight Special_
"Midnight Blues" T-Bone Walker _The Original Source_
"Midnight" Red Foley _Country U.S.A. 1952_
"Midnight Track" Owen Gray _The Story Of Jamaican Music: Tougher Than Tough_
"In The Midnight Hour" Wilson Pickett _This Is The Modern World_
"Midnight To Six Man" The Pretty Things _Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire & Beyond, Vol. 1_
"Lady Midnight" Leonard Cohen _Songs From A Room_
"After Midnight" Wire _Behind The Curtain_
"Down In The Tube Station At Midnight" The Jam _All Mod Cons_
"Sister Midnight" Iggy Pop _The Idiot_
"Seven Minutes To Midnight" Wah! Heat _Seven Minutes To Midnight_
"Midnight Maps" Shriekback _Jam Science_
"Midnight Slows" Weekend _Past Meets Present_
"Midnight" Altered Images _Happy Birthday (The Best Of Altered Images)_
(part two)
"Walkin' After Midnight" Ultra Vivid Scene _She Screamed EP_
"Midnight To Midnight" Psychedelic Furs _Midnight To Midnight_
"Midnight Mile" Weather Prophets _Temperance Hotel_
"Midnight" A Tribe Called Quest _Midnight Marauders_
"Midnight Moon" Smoking Popes _Born To Quit_
"Midnight Blues" Detroit Cobras _Mink, Rat, Or Rabbit_
"Midnight In The Stratosfear" Unisex _Stratosfear_
"The Midnight Song, Part 2" Watoo Watoo _What You've Missed So Far_
"Our Midnight" Maybellines _Picnic Basket_
"Midnight In Aspen" The Fall _Fall Heads Roll_
"Midnight" The Crayon Fields _Animal Bells_
"Morning After Midnight" Adam Green _Sixes & Sevens_
"After Midnight" Emperor Penguin _Mysterious Pony_
"Midnight Drive" Still Corners _Strange Pleasures_