Mom's home! Hope she brought the cake!
In 2002, around the time of her birthday, my then-girlfriend Magda picked all the songs for an episode of Self Help Radio. It was a lame birthday present for her, but I think she was happy.
In 2003, around the time of my then-girlfriend Magda's birthday, I didn't celebrate it at all on the radio. I have no excuse for this, as I didn't have this blog then & don't have the energy to make something up at the moment.
In 2004, on the day of my then-girlfriend Magda's birthday, I made a radio show with nothing but songs about birthdays. I thought I was pretty clever. Also, I was glad I didn't play the obvious Beatles song, but only a weird German cover.
In 2005, around the time of my still then-girlfriend Magda's birthday, I seemed to have forgotten to celebrate it on the radio again. I wouldn't start this blog until the next year, so I'm not sure what my thinking was. Did I want to come up with a better idea than "birthday girl picks all the music" or "songs about birthdays" but couldn't? I have no idea.
But since around the time of my girlfriend-who-would-become-my-wife-in-three-years Magda's birthday in 2006, I have celebrated her birthday on the radio with an entire show about birthdays. There are of course a finite amount of songs about birthdays, & a much smaller subset of songs I like about birthdays, but I have managed to make twelve shows of songs about birthdays, without repeating any recordings (I have played covers of the same song, & a couple of remixes).
& I will continue with tonight's episode. 2017 gave us about a dozen great birthday tunes, & there's more I've mined from the past, & you'll hear them if you listen on 93.9 fm WLXU in Lexington & online at Lexington Community Radio dot org from 9-11pm eastern, 8-10pm central. There will be silly interviews too.
Hey, even though it's technically a birthday show for my wife, the songs are about birthdays, anyone's birthdays really, so if you've had a birthday this year, or you will in the next month, this show's for you! Happy birthday!
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