Tuesday, April 06, 2021

Self Help Radio 040621: Sunflower


One last sunflower picture from me.  The original was called "sunflower shrine," it's from some private garden I walked past one day in southeast Portland.  I kinda liked the weird structures the flowers were growing around.  It's not a very good picture, but look at all the sunflowers!

Vera Nazarian said, "Never look directly at the sun, instead look at the sunflower."  But Edna Ferber said, "Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets."  Wait, didn't Edna Ferber write a book called So Big?  Hypocrite.  Anyway.  Let's not concentrate on what's bigger or better, let's just look at sunflowers.  Which is what we did on this week's Self Help Radio.

There are no sunflowers out as I speak, they're all in seeds waiting to grow when the days get longer & warmer.  I don't believe in magic spells but this show could be seen as a magic spell to hasten the days when the sunflowers dominate the gardens & tower over everything.  I'll think of this show when that happens.  Until then, I'll probably forget all about it.

Did you hear?  If not, you can listen in two different places: at the KBOO website; & at Self Help Radio dot net.  If you choose the latter, remember these two things: the username is SHR, the password is selfhelp.  There are so many songs & so many things that happened on the show, you'll have to look below to see the details.  But remember: don't lose the florist for the flowers!

Self Help Radio Sunflower Show
"Sunflower" Frank Sinatra _The Columbia Years 1943-1952: The Complete Recordings_
"Sunflower" The Springfields _Singles 1986-1991_
"Sunflower" Smack Dab _Queen Crab_

introduction & definitions

"Sunflower" Glen Campbell _The Glen Campbell Collection (1962-1989): Gentle On My Mind_
"Sunflower" Paul Weller _Wild Wood_
"Sunflower" Lovesick _It's The Cheap Damaged Goods Sampler CD_
"Sunflower" Toni Price _Talk Memphis_
"Sunflower" Alice Peacock _Who I Am_

interview with artist Henry O'Rourke

"Sunflower" Eric Elder _Mixed Up Minds Part Seven (Obscure Rock & Pop From The British Isles 1969-1974)_
"Sunflower (Version Anglaise De Ah Tournesol)" Kate & Anna McGarrigle _La Vache Qui Pleure_
"Sunflower" Low _Things We Lost In The Fire_
"Sunflower" The Courteeners _Concrete Love (Extra Love)_
"Sunflower" Mercury Rev _The Light In You_

Marge Most interviews television host Dame Drear Hannah Frothington-Jones

"Sunflower In The Snow" Bubblegum Lemonade _Laz Christmas_
"Sunflower Seeds" The Orielles _Silver Dollar Moment_
"The Sunflower Sutra" Allen Ginsberg _Howls, Raps, & Roars: Recordings From The San Francisco Poetry Renaissance_
"Sunflower Suit" Buffalo Tom _Buffalo Tom_
"Morning Sunflower" The Dirty Filthy Mud _The Forest Of Black_

'Dramatic Readings Of Classic Rock Songs' featuring Sir Archibald Von Poesy

"I'd Like That" XTC _Apple Venus Volume 1_
"Sunflower Sutra" The Babe Rainbow _The Babe Rainbow_
"Sunfish, Sunflower" The Mommyheads _Coming Into Beauty_
"Sunflower" Vampire Weekend _Father Of The Bride_
"Day Of The Sunflowers (We March On)" Basement Jaxx _Scars_

Let's take some calls (part one)

"Pyzate Stoneczniki (Chubby Sunflowers)" Novi Singers _Bossa Nova_
"Sunflower, Sunflower" P.F. Sloan _Here's Where I Belong_
"You Missed The Sunflowers At Their Height" Linda Thompson _Give Me A Sad Song_
"Sunflower Man" The Waifs _The Waifs_
"In Every Sunflower" Bell X1 _Music In Mouth_
"Sunflower" Le Futur Pompiste _Your Stories & Your Thoughts_

Let's take some calls (part two)

"Tournesol" Yves Montand _Yves Montand_
"Le Tournesol" Nana Mouskouri _Le Tournesol_
"Il Girasole" Simone Lo Porto _Italia_
"Girasole" Farabrutto _Estremoriente Mediocre Occidente_
"Girasol Rojo" ...Al Cruzar La Calle _Ashell II_
"Girasol" Lightships _Electric Cables_

Conclusion & goodbye

"Little Sunflower" Freddie Hubbard _The Love Connection_
"Sunflower (feat. Leah Zeger)" Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox _Sepia Is The New Orange_

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