Tuesday, July 12, 2022

Self Help Radio 071222: A Fancy Show


(This is a photo of a real place in Portland - this one - but obviously manipulated.)

How fancy is a fancy radio show? Does it have lots of songs about fancy things? Does someone stop by to talk about fancy books? Fancy underwear? "Kentucky Fancy"? Does Lord Fancy sponsor the show, then rescind his sponsorship when he realizes the host isn't all that fancy?  Is it all of these?!?!

It's what happened on this week's Self Help Radio, which attempted to be a fancy show.  No one involved with the show (meaning me, Gary) has had any real experience with being fancy, so don't expect anything too fancy.  Caveat emptor.

Listen to the show now or whenever it strikes your fancy at either the KBOO website or at the Self Help Radio website.  If you go to the latter, remember the username - SHR - & the password - selfhelp.  Everything that happens on the show - including all the songs - is noted below.

Maybe this fancy show isn't all that fancy?

Self Help Radio Fancy Show
"Fancy" The Kinks _Face To Face_
"Fancy" Bobbie Gentry _Fancy_
"Fancy" Georgia's Horse _Weather Codes_

introduction & definitions

"The Fancy Man" Mr. Wright _The Fancy Man_
"Fancy Man" Would-Be-Goods _Brief Lives_
"Fancy Man" Devendra Banhart _Ape In Pink Marble_
"Ugly People With Fancy Hairdos" Art, The Only Band In The World _The Only Record In The World_
"Fancy Baby" John Santos Martins _Highlife On The Move (Selected Nigerian & Ghanaian Recordings From London & Lagos - 1954-1966)_

our librarian friend Carole stops by!

"Fancy Woman" High Voltage _The Arf! Arf! [El Cheapo] 2-CD Sampler_
"Fancy Lady" Billy Preston _It's My Pleasure_
"Fancy Lady" The Mighty Diamonds _Changes_
"Not Fancy" Anjelah Johnson _Not Fancy_
"Lady Fancy Knickers" Momus _Otto Spooky_

interview with fancy undergarments entrepreneur Gerald Fochs

"Well Fancy That!" Fun Boy Three _Waiting_
"Fancy Beer" The Two Man Gentlemen Band _Live In New York_
"What Takes My Fancy" Lucille Ball & Don Tomkins _Wildcat_
"Fancy Dancer" Bobbi Humphrey _Fancy Dancer_
"Fancy Dancer" Commodores _Hot On The Tracks_

interview with "Kentucky Fancy" promoter Jarvis VanMeter

"Fancy Passes" Barbara McNair _The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 8: 1968_
"Fancy Dress" The Bathers _Unusual Places To Die_
"Just Fancy Dan & Pliny" Bob & Ray _Classic Bob & Ray, Volume One - Selections From A Career: 1946-1976_
"Fancy Free" Flue _One & A Half_
"Fancy Footwork" Chromeo _Fatboy Slim: Dance Bitch_

idioms Lord Fancy interrupts!

"Fancy Meeting You Here" Kim Weston _The Motown Anthology_
"Fancy Pants" Kenny _Jackie The Album_
"Fancy Mice" Jilted John _True Love Stories_
"Fancy Restaurants" Brian Regan _Live From Radio City Music Hall_
"Flight Of Fancy" Interpol _Marauder_

idioms with fancy

"Hey There Fancypants" Ween _Quebec_
"The Trial Of Dr. Fancy" The King Of Luxembourg _London Pavilion Volume Two_
"Fancy Free" Mary Wells _The Other Side Of Mary Wells: Hits & Rarities_
"Fancy Drones (Fracture Me)" Amythyst Kiah _Wary + Strange_
"Fancy" Yeah Yeah Yeahs _Show Your Bones_

conclusion & goodbye

"Fancy Hercules" Makar _Fancy Hercules_
"Fancy Party Hairdo" Prickly _Fancy Party Hairdo_
"Fancy Dive" Shel Silverstein _A Light In The Attic_
"Someone Else's Fancy" Richard Thompson _The Life & Music Of Richard Thompson_
"Fancy Work Funk" Takako Minekawa _Fun9_

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