Self Help Radio 072718: Seeds

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Some time last week, I planted a seed.  A seed of a radio program.  It was a funny-looking seed.  Perhaps a bit beaten up.  Maybe it had been rattled one too many times.  Maybe some annoying bird tried to eat it, but gave up, its hull a little to hard on the beak.  Maybe it just simply couldn't find the right place to, as they say, put down roots.

No, I did not get the seed in trade for a cow.  I don't own a cow.  I also don't live with my mother.  I found the seed fair & square.

Anyway, the seed was planted.  There were doubts about it from the beginning.  It won't grow, people said.  It's dead, they said.  What are you watering it with? they asked me.

Music, I said.  Music & silly interviews.

They of course rolled their eyes & went on their condescending ways.

But look here!  The seed has grown into an actual radio show.  About seeds!  All the little seed needed was someone who wanted to make a radio show about seeds & by golly that was Self Help Radio!

Now, the show is a little funny-looking, so be kind, all right?

Listen & wonder at the Self Help Radio Garden.  You'll need a password & username to get past the gate.  That's SHR & selfhelp.  Do not disturb the rabbits who are fucking up the carrot patch.  We like it when rabbits are happy.  Details about this amazing show are below.  Please enjoy.

"Seeds, An Introduction" Marc Vietor _Thor Hanson: The Triumph Of Seeds_
"How Do The Seeds Of Plants Travel?" Marais & Miranda _Nature Songs (From Ballads For The Age Of Science)_
"My Little Seed" Woody Guthrie _Selections From The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection_

introduction & definitions

"Dandelion Seeds" July _July_
"Dandelion Seed" The Primitives _Spin-O-Rama_
"Dandelion Seed" Jens Lekman _Life Will See You Now_
"Sesame Seeds" Mitch Hedberg _Mitch All Together_
"Sesame Seed" Prince Rupert's Drops _Climbing Light_

interview with the urban gardener, Jamie Shettlinbaum

"Sow Good Seeds" Lil McClintock _Atlanta Blues: Big City Blues From The Heartland_
"Sow The Seed Of Love" Wild Honey _There's No Stopping Us Now_
"Sowing Seeds" The Jesus & Mary Chain _Psychocandy_
"Johnny Appleseed" Joan Gerber _The Story Lady_
"Appleseed John" The New Christy Minstrels _Land Of Giants_
"Appleseed Alley" The Magic Whispers _Carousels & Music Boxes_

interview with geneticist Dr David Fruchter

"The Seeds" The Men _New Moon_
"I Need Seed" Thee Oh Sees _Castlemania_
"Three Seeds" Elf Power _Creatures_
"Planting The Seeds Of Insecurity" Sarah Silverman _We Are Miracles_
"The Seed" Damien Youth _Festival Of Death_
"The Seed That Always Died" Jona Lewie _Heart Skips Beat_

a whole mess o'idioms

"Bad Seeds" Beat Happening _Look Around_
"Bad Seed (You're A Bad Seed)" Circus _Gravel, Vol. 1_
"Bad Seed" Chris Clark _The Motown Collection_
"Bad Seed" Glen Campbell _By The Time I Get To Phoenix_
"My Bitter Seed" Jimmy Reed _The Vee-Jay Years (1953-1965)_

conclusion & goodbye

"Seeds Of Life" Harlem River Drive _What It Is! Funky Soul & Rare Grooves 1967-1977_
"Seedpods" Brian Eno & Rick Holland _Drums Between The Bells_
"A Seed" Lisa Germano _In The Maybe World_
"Seed Song" The Mountain Goats _Protein Source Of The Future... Now!_
"Oh Little Seeds" Steve Fisk _448 Deathless Days_

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