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Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Self Help Radio 102621: Halloween 2021 - Pumpkins!


What's more central to Halloween than the venerable pumpkin?  Not ghosts not candy not scares not nothing! Whether you carve them or not, you probably have them in front of your house for the autumn season.  Heck, some of my neighbors even grow them, so we have to stumble around them on dog walks!

For its annual Halloween show this year, Self Help Radio decided to shine a light on - rather than through, from holes carved into its flesh - the pumpkin!  & not just pumpkin songs for Halloween but songs about pumpkins in all its glory - including pumpkins in metaphor & "pumpkin" as an endearment.  Not only are there a plethora of pumpkin ditties, but there are interviews galore, ranging from the incredibly informative to the absolutely ridiculous.

You can listen to the show at both the KBOO website & the Self Help Radio website.  At the show's website, you'll need a username (SHR) & a password (selfhelp).  It's three glorious hours long, & the details are below.  Now get to carving!  Halloween is only a few days away!

Self Help Radio Halloween Pumpkin Show
"Punky Punkin (The Happy Pumpkin)" Rosemary Clooney _Memories Of You_
"The Pumpkin Tells" Wade Denning with Kay Lande _Halloween_
"Ding! Dong! Fill My Plastic Pumpkin" Mike Chick _Ding! Dong! Fill My Plastic Pumpkin_

introduction, definition, & origins

"Punkin Center Tennessee" Lonzo & Oscar _Country Music Time_
"Put The Pumpkin On The Table" David & Jad Fair _Halloween Songs_
"Pumpkin Song" Casper Myers _Karma Shot_
"Pumpkin Carving Party" Evil Streaks _Talk To The Dead_
"Hole In The Pumpkin" Ini Kamoze _Shocking Out_

interview with the star of Evil Pumpkin Man Mike Stout

"Jack O'Lantern" Babe Ruth _Babe Ruth_
"Jack O'Lantern" Supreme Dicks _The Unexamined Life_
"Jack-O'-Lantern Man" The Bravery _Stir The Blood_
"Jack O'Lantern Soccer Ball" The Sharksons _Best Halloween Songs Ever_
"Pumpkin" Male Bonding _Nothing Hurts_

interview with the creator/writer of Evil Pumpkin Man Damian Raven

"Magical Pumpkin Seeds" April Mae & The June Bugs _Boogie Boo! 3_
"Pumpkin Seeds" Devendra Banhart _Oh Me Oh My_
"Pumpkin Seeds" Fred Thomas _Night Times_
"Who Pick De Pumpkin" Zap Pow _Who Pick De Pumpkin_
"African Pumpkin" Pinchers _African Pumpkin_

interview with pumpkin farmer Booster Fromholz

"Pumpkinhead" Christmas _In Excelsior Dayglo_
"Pumpkinhead" Dharma Bums _Bliss_
"Pumpkin Head Xscapes" The Fall _Ed's Babe_
"The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead" XTC _Nonsuch_
"The Great Great Pumpkin" Eddy Bell _Rockin' Rollin' Vocal Groups Vol. 6_

our librarian friend Carole stops by with books about pumpkins!

"Little Peter Punkin Eater" Gene Autry _Always Your Pal, Gene Autry_
"Pumpkin Eater" Terry Jacks _Seasons In The Sun_
"Pumpkineater" Butch Hancock _Eats Away The Night_
"Pumpkin Pie" The "5" Royales _Soul & Swagger: The Complete "5" Royales 1951 - 1967_
"Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie" Odds & Ends _A Treasury Of Northern Soul_
"Pumpkin Pie" Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds _Dracula Boots_

another installed of Chuck's Happily Unsophisticated Cinema Korner featuring pumpkin films

"Pumpkin Eyes" Silver Scooter _The Other Palm Springs_
"Pumpkin Time" The World/Inferno Friendship Society _East Coast Super Sound Punk Of Today!_
"Pumpkin" The Starlight Mints _Drowaton_
"Pumpkin In A Tie" Beloved Binge _Blender Theory_
"Pumpkin Creme" White Mystery _Blood & Venom_
"Rotten Pumpkin" Slothrust _Everyone Else_

conclusion & goodbye

"Punkin'" The April Fools _Punkin'_
"Daddy's Little Pumpkin" John Prine _The Missing Years_
"Pumpkin Rose" Helvetia _Nothing In Rambling_
"Pumpkin" Islands _Taste_
"Pumpkin" Mount Eerie _Sauna_

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