Self Help Radio 080321: The Kids

(Why yes, this is Gary's first grade class photo! Can you spot him?)

This week, Self Help Radio played songs & talked about "the kids."  The kids that were both all right & (it turns out) all shite.  The kids that just wanted to have fun, & would never been divided if they were just united.  All kindsa kids.  Dumb ass kids, skinny indie kids, stray kids, rich kids, even homeless club kids.  We were all about the kids, even if the kids say the darnedest things.

We also talked to a person with two many kids, a Hollywood producer who is working on a television show for kids, & the host's spiritual mentor, who talked about his kids.  We discussed idioms involving kids, & the show's resident cinephile shared films involving the kids in different roles.

Despite all this, the show wasn't kid-friendly, which is to be expected.  So please don't let the kids listen to the show about the kids.  Make sure the kids have the happiest of childhoods so they can group up to be the adults we hoped we'd turn out to be.  But we had to listen to radio shows in the middle of the night despite not being allowed to.  That's where it all went wrong for us.

Listen at the show's website or at the KBOO website.  What happens on the show is below.

Self Help Radio The Kids Show

"Kids" The Concretes _Hey Trouble_

"Kids" Field Mouse _Hold Still Life_

"Kids" Dream Wife _Dream Wife_

introduction & definitions

"The Kids Are Alright" The Who _Meaty Beaty Big & Bouncy_

"The Kids Are Back" Criminals _The Kids Are Back_

"Kids Are Too Small" George Carlin _On The Road_

"The Kids Are Sick Again" Maxïmo Park _Quicken The Heart_

"The Kids Are All Shite" Mikrofisch _Masters Of The Universe_

interview with the Rev Dr Howard Gently

"Ton Up Kids" Dave & Ansel Collins _Trojan Club Reggae Box Set_

"Dumb Ass Kids" The Suburbs _Si Sauvage_

"I Don't Want Kids" Jen Kirkman _Self Help_

"Bridge & Tunnel Kids" Mister Loveless _Grow Up_

"Homeless Club Kids" My Favorite _Joan Of Arc Awaiting Trial_

interview with Hollywood kids' show producer Denver Smith

"Who Don't Like Kids" Sparks _Propaganda_

"You Better Sit Down, Kids" What Else _Bonograph: Sonny Gets His Share -The Classic Songs Of Sonny Bono Interpreted By Today's Hippest Artists_

"Kids" Bill Hicks _Salvation (Oxford November II, 1992)_

"Two Little Kids" Peaches & Herb _Love Is Strange: The Best Of Peaches & Herb_

"Because We're Kids" Bob Dorough & Bill Takas _Beginning To See The Light_

interview with Matt Angel, who has a lot of kids

"Kids Like You" New York Dolls _Dancing Backward In High Heels_

"My Ex-Classmates' Kids" The Fall _Are You Are Missing Winner_

"My Kids" Brian Regan _All By Myself_

"Little Kids (Ladytron Remix)" Kings Of Convenience _Versus_

"If The Kids Are United" Pluramon _The Monstrous Surplus_

another installment of Chuck's Happily Unsophisticated Cinema Korner, about films prominently featuring kids

"We Hate The Kids" The Indelicates _American Demo_

"Four Skinny Indie Kids" Half Man Half Biscuit _Four Lads Who Shook The Wirral_

"When I Was A Kid" The Harmaleighs _She Won't Make Sense_

"When I Was A Kid" Woody Allen _The Night Club Years 1964-1968_

"The Kids At The Club" Comet Gain _Realistes_

"The Kids Just Wanna Have Fun" The Legends _Up Against The Legends_

a discussion of idioms involving kids

"Let The Kids Dance" Bo Diddley _Hey Bo Diddley_

"Lousy Parents & Messed-Up Kids" Culturcide _Home-Made Authority_

"We Are Kids" Lacrosse _Bandages For The Heart_

"Kids In America" The Muffs _Hamburger_

"Rich Kids" The Drums _Abysmal Thoughts_

"The Richest Kids" This Is Ivy League _This Is Ivy League_

conclusion & goodbye

"Whizz Kids" The Undertones _Hypnotised_

"Nothing For The Kids" The Holloways _So This Is Great Britain?_

"Army Of Silent Kids" Soda Fountain Rag _Sometimes I Wonder If You Have A Heart_

"Stray Kids" Juliana Hatfield _There's Always Another Girl_

"Just Like Kids (Miau)" Hinds _The Prettiest Curse_