Self Help Radio 111720: Unknown

Look.  I get it.  This was a terrible idea for a theme.  On the show last night I kinda leaned into "the unknown," but that's not how it was conceived.  Because "the unknown" could mean any kind of supernatural or scientific mystery.  The show was just supposed to be about that which isn't known.  Which could mean a destination, or a person, or whatever - not just "are there angels living in condos in the clouds?" or "do black holes act as dumb waiters to pocket dimensions?"  So, more apologies than usual are required here.  I can't promise that there'll be better themes explored by Self Help Radio in the future, but hopefully they'll be better thought out than this one.

Having said that, I had fun making the show.  Maybe you'll have fun listening to it.

You can do so at the Self Help Radio website.  To listen you won't need knowledge that is generally unknown - in fact I say it every week - you'll need a username, which is SHR, & a password, which is 

selfhelp as one word.  The show is very long, three hours long, but it's jam-packed with all sorts of interviews & stuff & you can see what those are below.

For an unknown show, basically, there's not a lot unknown about it.

Self Help Radio Unknown Show

"Unknown" Gwilym Gold _A Paradise_

"Unknown" Sw/Mm/Ng _Feel Not Bad_

"Unknown" Even As We Speak _Adelphi_

introduction + a voice from the unknown interrupts!

"The Unknown" Tamaryn _Led Astray, Washed Ashore_

"The Unknown" The Masonics _In Your Night Of Dreams & Other Foreboding Pleasures_

"The Unknown" The Asteroid No. 4 _Hail To The Clear Figurines_

"The Unknown" Heat _Overnight_

"The Unknown" Mad Planet _Ghost Notes_

interview with host of Explorations Into The Unknown, Col. Clyde McAdams

"Mysteries Unknown" Elk City _Status_

"Unknown Soldier" ST-37 _Fun's Not Dead._

"Fire Of Unknown Origin" Patti Smith _You're A Hook_

"Unknown Soldier" Made For TV _So Afraid Of The Russians 7"_

"Out Of The Unknown" Died Pretty _Children Of Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The Second Psychedelic Era 1976-1996_

interview with dead letter office postal worker Claire Clavin

"Address Unknown" Marty Robbins _Country 1960-1966_

"On An Unknown Beach" Bobby & Blumm _Not Given Lightly: A Tribute To The Giant Golden Book Of New Zealand's Alternative Music Scene_

"Region Unknown" The Triffids _Calenture_

"Unknown Citizen" Peter Wyngarde _Peter Wyngarde_

"Fear Of The Unknown" Siouxsie & The Banshees _Superstition_

interview with the Rev Dr Howard Gently

"Xtabay (Lure Of The Unknown Love)" Yma Sumac _Voice Of The Xtabay_

"The Great Unknown" Elvis Costello & The Attractions _Goodbye Cruel World_

"The Great Unknown" The Starfolk _The Starfolk_

"The Great Unknown" The Legends _It's Love_

"To The Great Unknown" Cloud Cult _The Seeker_

a visit from cinephile Chuck with Chuck's Happily Unsophisticated Cinema Korner

"Some Unknown Reason" Wild Billy Childish & CTMF _Last Punk Standing... & Other Hits!_

"Ode To An Unknown Girl" The Pop Art _Rumpelstiltskin 7"_

"For An Unknown Lady" Dorothy Parker _The Voice Of The Poet: American Wits_

"Melody For An Unknown Girl" The Unknowns _Melody For An Unknown Girl_

"Persons Unknown" Poison Girls _Statement_

a Self Help Radio third-hour list: five scientific unknowns

"Unknown Legend" Neil Young _Harvest Moon_

"Direction Still Unknown" Cloudberry Jam _Providing The Atmosphere_

"Unknown Pleasures (feat. Hanna Lovisa)" Montt Mardie _Skaizerkite_

"Ride In The Unknown" Nada Surf _Never Not Together_

"Destination Unknown" Missing Persons _Living In Oblivion (The 80s Greatest Hits - Volume 2)_

conclusion & goodbye

"Unknown Blues" Tartar & Gay _Broke, Black, & Blue_

"An Unknown Quantity" Bill Ramsey & The Jay Five _The In-Kraut_

"Unknown Wrecks" The Mekons _The Quality Of Mercy Is Not Strnen_

"Unknown Journey" The Wayward Souls _A Real Cool Time Revisited: Swedish Punk, Pop, & Garage Rock 1982-1989_