Monday, January 13, 2020

Self Help Radio 011320: Reflections


Something happened on today's show that I'm not proud of, & it happened within the first twenty minutes.  To explain how it happened would be extremely defensive, but suffice it to say I listen to a lot of songs before each show, & many songs are covers of a more famous song.  The Supremes song "Reflections" is one of those - I must have had five or six covers of that song, from the Four Tops to Swervedriver.  I chose to play the original as the second song of the show.  Then, after the first airbreak, I played a cover of the song.  If you could've been in the deejay booth with me, you would have seen my mortification.  I forgot it was a cover.  What could I do?  I played it then apologized for it in the next airbreak.

Someone called & told me they thought it was brilliant I played the cover - as a reflection of the Supremes song - in the middle of a reflections show!  I said, "Damn, I wish I thought of that."  The caller could not believe it was what it was: a dumb mistake.

Some shows are like that.  Much thanks always to listeners who give dumb deejays the benefit of the doubt.  They perhaps see us as a reflection of them - & how could we be bad if we're like them?

The show, the show, the show.  What a silly show.  It's at the Self Help Radio website where it's holding a mirror up to itself.  It doesn't like what it sees.  There is a username - SHR - & a password - selfhelp - if you dare to listen.  So as not to surprise you, what you will hear is below.

As always: thanks for listening! !gninetsil rof sknaht :syawla sA

Self Help Radio Reflections Show
"Reflections" New Vaudeville Band _Winchester Cathedral_
"Reflections" Diana Ross & The Supremes _The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 7: 1967_
"Reflections" The Chambers Brothers _New Generation_

introduction & definitions

"Reflections" Original Mirrors _Nouvelle Vague Presents: New Wave_
"Reflections" Corniglia _Corniglia_
"Reflections" Lady June _Lady June's Linguistic Leprosy_
"Reflections" Liechtenstein _Survival Strategies In A Modern World_
"Reflections After Jane" The Clientele _Suburban Light_

interview with lawyer & autobiographer Bobcat Sloan

"Lucretia My Reflection" Alkaline Trio _The Suicide Girls (Black Heart Retrospective)_
"Reflecting Pools" Vitesse _Acuarela Songs 2_
"Reflections At Dawn" Phyllis McGinley _Reflections On A Gift Of Watermelon Pickle... & Other Modern Verse_
"Reflect" Frente _Marvin The Album_
"Reflection" Fanclub _All The Same_

interview with millennial experts Alyssa & Jason

"(Further Reflections) In The Room Of Percussion" Kaleidoscope _Dive Into Yesterday_
"Shadows & Reflections" The Action _Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire & Beyond, 1964-1969_
"It's Only A Reflection" The Lollipop Shoppe _Just Colour_
"Reflections Of My Life" The Marmalade _Jackie The Album_
"Follow-Up & Reflection" Space Ghost _Yeah, Whatever_
"Reflection" Section 25 _From The Hip_

demonstration of reflectology by Anton Mulvay

"Reflections In A Flat" Half Man Half Biscuit _Back In The DHSS_
"Reflections On Youth" Sonny & The Sunsets _Hit After Hit_
"Introspective Reflection" Ogden Nash _Pleasure Dome_
"Reflecting The Rain" In Letter Form _Fracture. Repair. Repeat._
"Reflection" Tearwave _Different Shade Of Beauty_

conclusion & goodbye

"Reflect On Rye" Emily _Irony_
"Reflected" Ronderlin _Wave Another Day Goodbye_
"A Reflection" The Thermals _Personal Life_
"You're A Reflection Of Infinite Chaos" Outrageous Cherry _Our Love Will Change The World_
"Reflections Of A Shattered Mind" Yankee Dollar _The Electric Coffee House_

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