Thursday, September 16, 2021

Self Help Radio 091421: Dare

(original image here*)

Audacious, bold, courageous, fearless, foolhardy, gutsy, impulsive, reckless - daring?  Is that what Self Help Radio was this week?  It certainly chose dare over truth.  But that's just the kind of show it is.  Or was.  Just for this week.  It's kind of how a theme-based radio show works.

& you know what?  A theme-based show will often want nouns or noun-like parts of speech (I'm looking at you, gerunds) to be their subjects, but a single word - "dare" - that is most identified as a verb?  That is a bit daring, isn't it?  Oh it isn't?  Well perhaps you should make your own theme-based radio show, then.  & not do conventionally daring things, like risk your life for someone else, or eat too many hot wings on a podcast.

Anyhoosle, the show was three hours of songs involving dares, daring, or daring things.  A primatologist talked about daring primates, we talked to an actual daredevil, & we spoke with someone who has an organization called D.A.R.E. - just not the one you're thinking about.  & I had an argument with myself.  Like you do on late-night radio.

You can listen now or when you dare listen at both the show's website (Self Help Radio dot net) & at the show's page on the KBOO website.  What happens on the show, songs & all, is listed below.  Please enjoy.  I dare you.

Self Help Radio Dare Show
"Dare" His Name Is Alive _Early Music Vol. 1 1985-1989_
"Dare" The Wedding Present _Seamonsters_
"Dare" The Mary Onettes _Dare EP_

introduction & definitions

"The Dare" Jimmy Tyler _The Dare_
"I Will Dare (Demo)" X _Ain't Love Grand_
"Dare True Kiss Promise" The Pooh Sticks _Formula One Generation_
"Dare" Gorillaz _Demon Days_
"How Dare I" Poppy Seed _Coming Through_

interview with primatologist Dr. Danuta Hackensack

"Double Dare" Bauhaus _In The Flat Field_
"Double Dare" Yo La Tengo _Painful_
"Double Dare Ya" Bikini Kill _The CD Version Of The First Two Records_
"I Double Dare You" Louis Armstrong _The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946)_
"Double Dare" Momma _Two Of Me_

interview with Portland daredevil Colt Sawyer

"Dare Devil Dick" George Formby _The Complete Collection_
"The Daring Young Man On The Flying Trapeze" Crispin Hellion Glover _The Big Problem ≠ The Solution. The Solution = Let It Be._
"Anxiety! Daredevil Aviators" Bob & Ray _Classic Bob & Ray, Volume Four: Selections From A Career 1946-1976_
"Girl Daredevil" Bomb Pops _Recommended For Diversion Seekers_
"Dan Dare (Pilot Of The Future)" Elton John _Rock Of The Westies_
"Dan Dare" The Mekons _The Quality Of Mercy Is Not Strnen_

interview with Marlon Queen of D.A.R.E. (the other one)

"Dare To Dream" The Orioles _The Jubilee Recordings_
"Dare To Dream" Dylan Cartlidge _Hope Above Adversity_
"Dare To Be Fat" Rootboy Slim & The Sex Change Band With The Rootettes _These People Are Nuts_
"Dare To Be Stupid" Weird Al Yankovic _Dare To Be Stupid_
"Dare To Tread" Tall Dwarfs _Fork Songs_

Gary has a discussion with himself

"Dare Me" The Pointer Sisters _The Ultimate Collection_
"Dare I Say (feat. Jean Leloup)" Bran Van 3000 _Discosis_
"The Century That Dared To Dream" Channel Light Vessel _Excellent Spirits_
"Truth Or Dare" Eugene Mirman _En Garde, Society!_
"How Could We Dare To Be Wrong" Colin Blunstone _Ennismore_
"I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep" Ghostpoet _I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep_

Idioms!

"Double Double Dare" Hoyt Axton _Quagmire Volume 8 (A Further Observance Of Sixties Punk)_
"Come Back If You Dare" Jay-Jays _Bald Headed Woman_
"Don't You Dare" The Vaqueros _Quagmire Volume 6 (Frighteningly Rare 60s Garage From The Swamps Of Antiquity!)_
"Daring But Dead" Coyle & Sharpe _On The Loose_
"Don't You Dare" Donna Lynn _Blue Lipstick (34 Glorious Girl Pop Gems From The Mid-Sixties)_
"Dare I Weep, Dare I Mourn" The Shaprels _Highs In The Mid Sixties Volume 4: Chicago_

conclusion & goodbye

"How Dare You" St. Germain _St. Germain_
"Dare I Care" Julian Casablancas & The Voidz _Tyranny_
"None Dare Call It Conspiracy" Mark Stewart + Maffia _Learning To Cope With Cowardice_

*"How Dare You Frank Chu, Oakland Riots, 2010" by Thomas Hawk is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 

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