Self Help Radio 092120: Avenues

(There's a Self Help Radio Avenue in France!  Not really.  Original image here.)

"There's nothing that I'd rather do/Than stroll along the avenue/With you."
- Sir Archibald Von Poesy (but maybe not originally)

Ah avenues!  Where people take their constitutionals.  Where lovers perambulate.  Where lazy cars drive by lazily, as if to say, "we know, we know, it's a beautiful afternoon!"  Where you pause & a jolly fellow says to you, as if he's the funniest person you'll ever meet, "You know what they say!  Ave-a-nue is better than none!"

Seriously, we need to get a boulevard in here where people mind their own damn business.

Self Help Radio this week was a celebration of avenues.  From avenues which became more than themselves (such as Madison Avenue) to the metaphorical avenues of song (such as Electric Avenue).  Maybe there's an avenue you've been meaning to wander, or one you've meant to wander in your dreams.  Don't let us stop you.  But maybe listen to this show while you do so!  Just not too loud or you won't hear the traffic.  Also look both ways before you cross!

The show's only avenue available to it now is at the Self Help Radio website.  Please do not let it know it's kind of a dead end.  Remember, you'll need a username (SHR) & a password (selfhelp) to listen.  What happens on the avenue stays on the avenue, of course - but what happens on the show about the avenue is below.

Self Help Radio Avenue Show
"Along The Avenue" The Relict _Tommorow Is Again_ (Vegas Mom, 2003)
"Avenue" The Monochrome Set _Spaces Everywhere_ (Tapete Records, 2015)
"Jackson Avenue" Stephanie McKay _Tell It Like It Is_ (Muthas Of Invention, 2008)

introduction & a step outside to Albina Avenue

"Electric Avenue" Salem 66 _Natural Disasters, National Treasures_ (Homestead, 1988)
"Summer Avenues" California Snow Story _One Good Summer EP_ (Shelflife, 2002)
"Abe Lincoln Vs. Madison Avenue" Bob Newhart _"Something Like This ...": The Bob Newhart Anthology_ (Rhino, 2001)
"442 Glenwood Avenue" The Pixies Three _Growin' Up Too Fast: The Girl Group Anthology_ (Mercury, 1966)
"Bring It Up (Hipster's Avenue)" James Brown _Star Time_ (Polydor, 1991)

interview with city planner Norman Hulk

"Electric Avenue" Eddy Grant _The Best Of Eddy Grant_ (EMI Gold, 1996)
"Lonely Avenue" Ray Charles _Genius & Soul - The 50th Anniversary Collection_ (Rhino, 1997)
"I Was Born To Hustle Roses Down The Avenues Of The Dead" Charles Bukowski _90 Minutes In Hell_ (Earth Records, 1977)
"Avenue A, Shanghai, Hollywood" Jeffrey Lewis & Los Bolts _Manhattan_ (Rough Trade, 2015)
"Shaftesbury Avenue" Momus _Don't Stop The Night_ (Creation, 1989)

a Self Help Radio panel: defining avenues

"Mass. Ave" Willie "Loco" Alexander _DIY: Mass. Ave. - The Boston Scene (1975-83)_ (Rhino, 1993)
"626 Bedford Avenue" The Drums _Brutalism_ (Anti-, 2019)
"Teardrop Avenue" Bertha Colbert _Soultime Volume 2_ (Goldmine Soul Supply, 1998)
"Teardrop Avenue" Jackie Wilson _The Titan Of Soul_ (Edsel, 1998)
"Avenue" Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan _Mustt Mustt_ (Real World, 1990)

a visit with my youngest friends, Alyssa & Jason

"Eighth Avenue" Hospitality _Hospitality_ (Merge, 2012)
"Heartache Avenue" The Maisonettes _Maisonettes For Sale_ (Richmond Records, 1993)
"(All The) Avenue Girls" Comet Gain _Paperback Ghosts_ (Fortuna Pop, 2014)
"Academy Avenue" Ducktails _The Flower Lane_ (Domino, 2013)
"Hope Avenue" Stars _There Is No Love In Fluorescent Light_ (Last Gang, 2017)

conclusion & goodbye

"Tenth Avenue Freeze Out" Bruce Springsteen _Born To Run_ (Columbia, 2003)
"1432 Dexter Avenue" Three Finger Cowboy _Kissed_ (Daemon Records, 1998)
"Fashion Avenue" Grape Room _Heart Of Gum_ (Nicey Music, 2016)
"Blue Murder On Union Avenue (demo)" Elvis Costello _Goodbye Cruel World_ (Rhino, 2004)