Tuesday, October 05, 2021

Self Help Radio 100521: Sunlight (The 19th Anniversary Show)

On Self Help Radio's anniversaries, we revisit an old theme.  Nearly nineteen years ago, on October 9, 2002, Self Help Radio premiered on KBOO.  It was two in the afternoon.  Maybe it was a sunny day.  The theme we revisited this week however happened in 2005, on June 25 of that year, on an exceptionally sunny day in Austin.  It was "sunlight," & to me it never felt like I put enough time into it.  Maybe because I stupidly forgot the Lloyd Cole song "So You'd Like To Save The World."  I mean, c'mon!  He sings "sunlight" like a dozen times!

That mistake has been corrected while doubtless other have cropped up.  Many guests appear (you can see who & when below) & I even share with you some audio from that 2005 show.  I share quite a bit of it, actually.  It was a strange thing to listen to.  I have probably not heard it before - & I certainly have no memory of the actual show.  Though it did make me a bit nostalgic for that filthy old studio on the third floor of the tenement at 5th & San Jacinto in Austin.  I am lucky I never got tetanus there, but I miss it all the same.

Listen to the show at the KBOO website or at the Self Help Radio website.  If you use the latter, pay attention to password information on the site.  Unlike actual sunlight, this show will neither make you tan nor light your way.  It's just audio & stuff.

Self Help Radio Sunlight/19th Anniversary Show
"Sunlight" The Youngbloods _Elephant Mountain_
"Sunlight" Partly Cloudy _Excess Verbiage_
"Sunlight" Eric's Trip _Love Tara_

introduction & definitions

"Sunlight" Maggie Reilly _Midnight Sun_
"Sunlight" Butch Helemano _Still In The Hood_
"Sunlight" The Arthurs _Walking In The Sunlight_
"Sunlight" Me 3 _The Thin King_
"Sunlight" Harlem Shakes _Technicolor Health_

interview with sunlight composer Wolfgang Schroeder

"Sunlight" The One AM Radio _Heaven Is Attached By A Slender Thread_
"Sunlight" Seapony _Falling_
"Sunlight" The Brand New Heavies _Forward_
"Sunlight" Herbie Hancock _Sunlight_

interview with sunlight therapist Dr. Simon French

"Sunlight" Labryyynth _Labryyynth_
"Sunlight" John Doe _The Westerner_
"Sunlight" My Favourite Things _Fly I Will, Because I Can_
"Sunlight" Candace _New Ruins_
"Sunlight Satin" The Proctors _Summer Lane 1993-1997_

interview with sunlight opponent Dr. Edgar Sweet

"Walking In The Sunlight" Dixie Sacred Singers _Uncle Dave Macon: Classic Sides 1924-1938_
"Silent Sunlight" Cat Stevens _Catch Bull At Four_
"Sweet Sunlight" Shelagh McDonald _Stargazer_
"Sunlight In A Jar" The Lucksmiths _Warmer Corners_
"So You'd Like To Save The World" Lloyd Cole _Bad Vibes_

interview with LA comedian Denver Smith

"Tell Me In The Sunlight" Margie Day _Girls Go Zonk_
"Livin' In The Sunlight, Lovin' In The Moonlight" Tiny Tim _God Bless Tiny Tim_
"Sunlight Bathed The Golden Glow" Felt _The Strange Idols Pattern & Other Short Stories_
"Working Girls (Sunlight Shines)" Pernice Brothers _The World Won't End_
"Hail To Whatever You Found In The Sunlight" Rilo Kiley _The Execution Of All Things_
"No Sunlight" Death Cab For Cutie _Narrow Stairs_

Gary shares a voicemail from his grandparents

"A Little Bit Of Sunlight" The Majority _The Decca Years 1965-68_
"Under The Sunlight" The Hard Times _Blew Mind_
"Have You Seen The Sunlight?" Ronnie Davis _The Incredible Ronnie Davis Sings For You & I_
"Sunlight Bathes Our Home" Clinic _Walking With Thee_
"Sunlight Yellow" Clams _Sakura River_

conclusion & goodbye

"Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid" Elefant _Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid_
"Mrs. Sunlight" Nits _Doing The Dishes_

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