There's an interesting story about that image up there. The original (without the SHR logo) was taken by me when we visited Portland in November of 2017. We had no idea we'd be living here two years later. The original is a bunch of signs to pointing to hotels & fast food joints, under which (as you can see) someone just posted a sign that said "weird." I have no idea what the story behind it is.
Portland has the capacity for great weirdness, & that's one of its many charms. By contrast, the Dallas area has pockets of weirdness but the overwhelming money-grubbing desperation & money-celebrating inebriation of the metroplex makes weirdness a precious commodity. There never was a "Keep Dallas Weird" campaign as far as I could tell, because Dallas was never really weird. (I'd guess however there were many "Keep [insert area of Dallas] Weird" campaigns.)
We talk about Portland's weirdness & we celebrate it & we ask for you to support the experiment in free expression that is Freeform Portland on this week's Fall Fundraiser show. Your support is greatly appreciated! & I thank Jaxxmaster Kevrock for helping me out today.
Please excuse the long airbreaks - there are super tunes here in-between. Listen now at Self Help Radio's website & remember the username (SHR) & password (selfhelp). It's one long two-hour mp3 & what songs I play are below.
Did I thank you for your support? Give what you can to help out our amazing little station!
Back to the regular weirdness next week.
-------
Self Help Radio Weird Show
"Weird" The Wee Four _She'll Hurt You In The End (Teener Garage Explosion Volume 2!)_
"Weird" Kicking Giant _Halo_
"I'm Weird" Guana Batz _Loan Sharks_
"Whole Weird World" The Chills _Kaleidoscope World_
"Worlds Gone Weird" Crystal Stilts _Nature Noir_
"Weird On Me" Lloyd Cole _She's A Girl & I'm A Man_
"Weirdo" New Order _Brotherhood_
"Weirdo" The Charlatans _Between 10th & 11th_
"Weirdo (At 25,000 Miles Per Hour)" The Dentists _Deep Six_
"You Make Me Feel Like A Weirdo" Pataphysics _Take A Look Out Your Window_
"All The Weird Kids Know" Built By Snow _Mega_
"Totally Wired" The Fall _Totally Wired: The Rough Trade Anthology_
"Weird Diseases" The Magnetic Fields _50 Song Memoir_
"Weird Heart" The Lovely Eggs _Have You Ever Heard The Lovely Eggs?_
"Weird Son" Cloud Nothings _Leave You Forever EP_
"Some Weird Sin" Iggy Pop _Lust For Life_
"Is She Weird" Pixies _Bossanova_
"Extremely Weird Snakes" The Snow Queen _The Patio Collection Volume Two_
"I Like You Weird" Love Love _Love Love_
"Weirdoz Everywhere" The Prefab Messiahs _Keep Your Stupid Dreams Alive_
"Weird With You" Ex Cops _Daggers_
"Wonder" Colin Meloy _Colin Meloy Sings Live!_
"It's So Weird" Juliana Hatfield _Weird_
No comments:
Post a Comment