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Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Self Help Radio 11121: Socks

(Original image here.*)

Finally, a show about that most underappreciated garment, the sock.  We wear them, we often buy colorful ones we might never show to anyone, with sports logos or copyrighted characters, or we opt for cheap ones that wear out too soon but are tantalizingly inexpensive, or we are fancy & proud with our socks.  Or all of these.  & more!  It's about damn time someone had a radio show about socks.

It might as well be Self Help Radio, then.  Three hours of songs about socks as well as some surprisingly pertinent interviews with individuals well-acquainted with socks.  For those who love socks, it's a show that will - confusingly - knock your socks off.  We could also say the show "socks it to you," but the two uses of the word are not related.  So we won't say that.

You can listen to the show any time you like at either the KBOO website or at the show's website (or both, although it'll probably be mismatched like some socks are).  There is a username/password combo needed at the latter site, & those are SHR/selfhelp.  What happens on the show as well as the songs played.

Hop to it!  It's a show about socks!

Self Help Radio Sock Show
"Socks" King Missile _King Missile_
"Sox" Splodgenessabounds _Splodgenessabounds_
"Socks" Imagination Movers _10-4_

introduction & definitions

"My Socks" Nick Cope _My Socks_
"Knee Socks" Arctic Monkeys _AM_
"Odd Socks" Les Barker _Up The Creek Without A Poodle_
"Clean Socks" Sports _All Of Something_
"Pretty Plaid Skirt (& Long Black Sox)" The Night Riders _Sticks & Stones: The Sue Records Story_

our librarian friend Carole talks about her socks

"Your Socks Don't Match (wth Bing Crosby)" Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five _Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five_
"Knee Socks" April March _Chrominance Decoder_
"Herbs, Good Hygiene, & Socks" Lovage _Music To Make Love To Your Old Lady By_
"Socks, Drugs, & Rock 'n' Roll" Buffalo Daughter _New Rock_
"Red Travelin' Socks" Malcolm Middleton _Waxing Gibbous_

our librarian friend Carole talks about books featuring socks

"White Socks" Brice _What Happens In Spacecamp Stays In Spacecamp_
"Pink Socks Rock" The Fairies Band _EP Three_
"Knee Socks" The Ideals _Come On Let's Go: The Pye International Story_
"Einstein Never Wore Socks" The Fugs _The Real Woodstock Festival_
"Magic In My Socks" Al Kooper _You Never Know Who Your Friends Are_

interview with former sock factory employee Chester Flange

"How The World Works" Bo Burnham _Inside (The Songs)_
"Socks & A Smile" Fighting Gravity _Shishskabob_
"Fox In Socks" Marvin Miller _Fox In Socks/Green Eggs & Ham_
"Socks On" MC Frontalot _Final Boss_
"Baby Doll Socks" The Centimeters _The Lifetime Achievement Awards_

interview with Ben Chamberlain of the Portland Sock Puppet Theater

"Knock My Socks Off" Lyres _A Promise Is A Promise_
"Mod Socks" The Grasshoppers _Winning Sides # 2 (17 Sixties Punkers From The USA!)_
"Socks" Ponce _Ponce_ 
"Socks" Liza Anne _Fine But Dying_
"Darn My Socks" Prince Rubin & Jimmy _Juma Sultan's Aboriginal Music Society: Whispers From The Archive_

interview with listener Archie Delacourt, who doesn't like socks

"Bobby Sox Blues" Roosevelt Sykes _Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Volume 8_
"Little Miss Bobby Sox" Bonnie Lou _Friction Heat (1953-58)_
"White Bobby Socks" Wally Lewis _Chills & Fever: The Dot Records Story_
"Bobby Sox Rock" Babe Blountt _Burning Frets (The Rhythm, The Blues, The Hot Guitar)_
"Bobby Sox To Stockings" Frankie Avalon _The Fabulous Frankie Avalon_
"Bobby-Sox Baby" Slim Harpo _Rocks_

a brief introduction to sock hops

"Sock Hop" Carol Jarvis _East Coast Teen Party Volume 7_
"Sock Hop" The Gorman Sisters _Rock Baby Rock It! - Record Hop Rock 'N' Roll_
"Sock Hop" Sharptones _Over The Top Doo Wops Vol. 1: Let The Old Folks Talk_
"Rock-A-Sock-A-Hop" Jimmy Crain _Rock-A-Sock-A-Hop_
"The Sock" The Sharpees _The One-Derful! Collection: One-Derful! Records_
"Sock Hop" All-Time Quarterback _All-Time Quarterback_

conclusion & goodbye

"Socks" Satellite Skin _Maybe Next Weekend Will Be Better_
"Sockman" The Lipstick Killers _Do The Pop! Redux Part One_
"Put Your Socks On Mama" Brak _Space Ghost's Musical Bar-B-Que_
"Sock Drawer" Ari Roar _Calm Down_
"What The World Needs (Is A New Pair Of Socks)" Spectrum _Milesago_

* "Winter sock drawer" by thriftyknitter is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 

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