Tuesday, April 05, 2022

Self Help Radio 040522: Drowning

(Original image here*.)

This is true: a listener called me to tell me that, as a child, he lived in Germany & his father fished in the North Sea.  He said he had nightmares that his father would drown regularly.  I worried that a show about drowning might be triggering for him, but he said no - he actually now dreamed regularly about being rescued from drowning by aliens in spaceships that looked like transparent cubes.

It's true, I fretted aloud that this particular show's subject matter might be too gruesome, & in fact another listener told me that he fully expected the show to be way more sad than it actually was.  Which, come to think of it, is a little triumph for Self Help Radio, which in its way is always way more sad than it means to be.

In any event, if you can stomach a radio show about drowning, which features music & interviews, you can listen now at the KBOO website, or at the show's website at Self Help Radio dot net.  If you choose the show's website, make sure you remember the username is SHR & the password is selfhelp.  All the things that happen on the show are below.

Be safe out there!

Self Help Radio 220405: Drowning
"Drowning" The English Beat _Wha'ppen_
"Drowning" New York Dolls _'Cause I Sez So_
"Drowning" The Luxembourg Signal _The Luxembourg Signal_

introduction, definitions, statistics

"Drowned In My Own Tears" Mitty Collier _Shades Of A Genius_
"Drowning On Dry Land" O.V. Wright _The Soul Of O.V. Wright_
"Drowning In Berlin" Mobiles _The Edge Of The Eighties_
"The Drowning Man" The Cure _Faith_
"Fear Of Drowning" British Sea Power _The Decling Of British Sea Power_

our resident cinephile Chuck stops by to talk about movies featuring drowning

"Drown" Black Tambourine _By Tomorrow_
"Drown" Even As We Speak _Feral Pop Frenzy_
"Drown" Beliefs _Leaper_
"Drown" Chastity Belt _Chastity Belt_
"Drown (feat. Kirin J Callinan)" Genesis Owusu _Smiling With No Teeth_

interview with & performance by storyteller Noah Swimmer

"Duck Before You Drown" Dinah Washington _Back To The Blues_
"The Drowned Girl" David Bowie _Baal_
"Drowning Butterflies" Cleaners From Venus _Under Wartime Conditions_
"Drowned Rats" Melbourne Cans _Moonlight Malaise_
"Drown In The Now (feat. Matisyahu)" The Crystal Method _Divided By Night_

interview with lifeguard Jarvis Garvis

"Lifeguard Sleeping, Girl Drowning" Morrissey _Vauxhall & I_
"Drowning In You" Pluramon _The Monstrous Surplus_
"Watery (Drowning Is Just Another Word For Being Buried Alive Under Water)" A Sunny Day In Glasgow _Scribble Mural Comic Journal_
"Drowning In Plain Sight" The Delines _The Sea Drift_
"The Drowned Lovers" Nic Jones _Penguin Eggs_

interview with lifeguard & instructor Steve Gunter

"Pouring Water On A Drowning Man" James Carr _Beg Scream & Shout! The Big Ol' Box Of '60s Soul_
"I'm Drowning" Viki Adams _Casino Classics: The Forgotten Floorshakers_
"Ha Ha I'm Drowning" The Teardrop Explodes _Kilimanjaro_
"Drown With The Monster" White Lung _Deep Fantasy_
"Drown Me Out" Pity Sex _Feast Of Love_
"Drowning" Green Pajamas _Narcotic Kisses_

how to tell when someone is drowning - & what to do

"Drowning Head First" Adam Green _Sixes & Sevens_
"Drown" Westkust _Last Forever_
"I'll Try To Ignore The Fact That You're Drowning" Lux _We Are Not The Same_
"Death By Drowning" The Boys Next Door _Hee-Haw_
"Drowning In The Sea of Love" Joe Simon _Drowning In The Sea Of Love_

conclusion & goodbye

"Time Goes Slowly When You're Drowning" Television Personalities _Fashion Conscious_
"Mermaid Drowning On Dry Land" Miles Dethmuffen _Clutter_

*"Drowning In Bricks" by Walter Benson is marked with CC BY-SA 2.0.

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