Whither Pumpkins? (Hint: It's Self Help Radio's 2021 Halloween Show!)

(People in Portland love their Halloween!)

Every year, Self Help Radio celebrates Halloween with a show that tries to focus on some aspect of the holiday, rather than a general assortment of Halloween tunes - not that there's anything incorrect about doing that kind of show!  So far, in the nineteen years of doing the show, we've examined ghosts, vampires, monsters, zombies, witches, werewolves, haunted houses, graveyards, nightmares, hell, mummies, clowns, death, black cats, voodoo, Frankenstein & his monster, & last year we thought about horror films which feature the phrase "Attack Of The..." & had songs about horrible things attacking.

Truly I despaired this year finding a unique theme & even asked on the Self Help Radio Facebook page, where I did get some great suggestions that may turn up on future Halloween shows.  But then, like it sometimes does, inspiration sideswiped me & I thought, what symbol is more important to Halloween than the pumpkin?  There's hardly a house on our block without at least one in the front yard.  & those who for religious reasons might find the holiday of Halloween problematic can still enjoy the pumpkin as the official fruit of the harvest.

So tonight on Self Help Radio we will play lots of songs about pumpkins & we'll talk to lots of folks about pumpkins & it's a Halloween show almost a week before Halloween!

From midnight to 3am! On 90.7 fm KBOO in Portland!  & kboo.fm everywhere!  & don't worry, pumpkins aren't scary!

...Or are they?