The show this week - on tomorrow night! - has the theme "paralyzed." Initially I thought I'd use the noun form - "paralysis" - but really the show isn't going to be about paralysis in its main meaning at all.
This website tells us, "Paralysis occurs when you're unable to make voluntary muscle movements. A nervous system problem causes paralysis."
& that's fucking heavy. There's just no way I could do a light-hearted radio show with a topic like paralysis. The internet search that found that web page linked there says in a sidebar - & I don't know if I've ever seen a sidebar like this on a web search - it says "See a doctor immediately if you experience sudden paralysis or weakness in any part of the body."
My hope is that it's obvious that the sort of paralysis one finds in a song is a metaphorical paralysis - or maybe just plain hyperbole. "All I could do is stand there paralyzed," Elvis sang. He wasn't actually paralyzed!
Mostly no one will care, it's just a dumb radio show, but I hope no one thinks I'm going to have songs about paraplegia!
What I will do is play that Legendary Stardust Cowboy tune. I don't think it's the world's worst record! I remember the first time I heard it, on a compilation at KVRX, I immediately played it on the radio.
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