Wednesday, October 07, 2020

Self Help Radio 100520: Lions Revisited (The 18th Anniversary Show)

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Eighteen years is a long time.  I should know!  I waited eighteen years before I got a kiss.  & Self Help Radio has waited eighteen years for someone to actually like it!  I suppose if I could wait that long for a kiss, the show can wait a little longer to find a listener.

Still, it was a pleasant anniversary show.  Almost everyone stopped by to wish happy thoughts!  There was even a surprise phone call.  What there wasn't was cold hard cash.  We could've used the cash.  This whiskey does not buy itself.  I suppose I should also say something about lions.  We had plenty of songs about lions.  No lion actually came on the show, however.  They were all "busy."  "Self-quarantining," they explained.  Dudes, the virus doesn't affect lions!  Just say you didn't want to come on the show!  My feelings are always hurt, you don't have to spare them!

Listen to the anniversary festivities at the Self Help Radio website.  Please remember SHR & selfhelp - those are the username & password respectively.  There were exactly two hours' worth of lions, & they went like it says below.

Eighteen years!  The show better register to vote!

Self Help Radio Lions Revisited Show
"Lions" Poptone _Poptone_
"Lions" Tristen _Sneaker Waves_
"Lions" Jamaican Jazz Orchestra _Encounters_

introduction + a blast from the past

"Sign Of The Lion" Tony Joe White _The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings_
"Le Lion Est Mort Ce Soir" Nancy Holloway _Portrait 1961-1974_
"Don't Go In The Lion's Cage Tonight" Homer & Jethro _Ooh, That's Corny_
"A Lion's Heart" The Tallest Man On Earth _The Wild Hunt_
"The Lion & The Teacup" Bishop Allen _Grrr..._

interview with ex-lion tamer Birdy Southworth

"Lion Tamer" Clinic _Bubblegum_
"Lion's Den" The Lower 48 _The Lower 48_
"Snarling Mama Lion" Judd _The Fantastic Story Of Mark Wirtz & The Teenage Opera_
"Mr Lion" Marmalade _Reflections Of The Marmalade (The Anthology)_
"It Comes In Like A Lion" Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends _Kansas City Blues 1944-1949_

interview with the Rev Dr Howard Gently

"Joe The Lion" Momus _Turpsycore_
"Last Lion Of Albion" Neko Case _Hell-On_
"The Lion For Real" Allen Ginsberg _The Lion For Real_
"Throw Me To The Lions" The Pernice Brothers _Spread The Feeling_
"Hear The Lions Roar" Half Japanese _Hear The Lions Roar_

an eighteenth anniversary surprise! Alyssa & Jason call

"Don't Wake The Lion" The Itals _Early Recordings 1971-1979_
"The Lion" Duke Mitchell _Gimme Dat Harp Boy! (Roots Of The Captain)_
"The Lion & Albert" Stanley Holloway _The Best Of Stanley Holloway_
"He Roars Like A Lion" Merline Johnson _The Yas Yas Girl 1937-1947_
"Fed To The Lions" The Luyas _Human Voicing_

conclusion & goodbye

"Watch Out For Lions" The Terrible Twos _Jerzy The Giant_
"I Can Tame Lions" Beatnik Filmstars _Boss Disque_
"I'm A Very Friendly Lion Called Parsley" Luke Haines _Adventures In Dementia - A Micro Opera_
"Jungle Lion" Lee Perry & The Upsetters _Funky Kingston (Reggae Dance Floor Grooves 1968-74)_

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