Coming Up Tomorrow On The Dickenbock Report: National Macaroni Day

(Image by Slice Of Chic from here*)

Hello news junkie/foodie! July 7 is National Macaroni Day. It seems important that we report on that. & so we shall.

That's tomorrow, July 7, noon to 1pm on XRAY - 91.1+107.1fm in town, xray dot fm everywhere.

We'll talk macaroni, hear musical reports, & have a live report from the Portland Macaroni Festival. & probably eat a lot of macaroni. Just because.

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This Week In Self Help (June 30 + July 2 2024)

(Death Valley rattlesnake by Jeff Sullivan from here*)

Another week of radio! From Corvettes to Death Valley. Here's the rundown.

The Dickenbock Report on Sunday was a celebration of the classic American sports car the Corvette, as it was National Corvette Day. You can listen to that show on the XRAY website or on the Self Help Radio website - here's a direct link for that. You may be asked for a username & password. Those are SHR & selfhelp respectively.

Self Help Radio this week was about Death Valley. The KBOO website is still having issues but you can listen on the Self Help Radio website - here's the link for that. The same username/password situation applies.

Finally, this week's episode of Corporate Standardized Programming was a lot of new releases - like it usually is every other week. Listen to it by clicking here.

If you'd like to see playlists & stuff, they're all on the Self Help Radio website.

Time to get started for next week!

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Self Help Radio 070224: Death Valley

(original image by Andrew Mace found here*)

Recent events in this dying republic colored this show somewhat, as I was depressed most of yesterday, when I should have been focused on the show. That it didn't turn out so badly (in my opinion) has to do with the work done before - I wanted to find enough songs that I liked to fill up a show about Death Valley & that took a little time. It's not the most common of topics, but also it's not the most common of places. Hopefully one day I'll get to visit.

You can visit this show at the Self Help Radio website. You'll need the username SHR & password selfhelp to access. But only once! There are other radio shows there too. What happened on this this radio show is noted below.

Is Death Valley a good place to hide I wonder?

Self Help Radio Death Valley Show

"Death Valley Is Just Half Way To My Home" Lonnie Johnson _Complete Recorded Works 1925-1932 In Chronological Order Volume 5_

"Death Valley Blues" Alice Moore _St. Louis Women. Vol. 2_

"Death Valley Blues" Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup _Mean Ol' Frisco_

introduction & definitions

"Death Valley Run" The Hondells _Go Little Honda_

"Going Down To Death Valley" The Raymen _Going Down_

"Death Valley '69" Sonic Youth _Bad Moon Rising_

"Death Valley '94" Bügsküll _Phantasies & Senseitions_

interview with Oscar Telsen, who lives somewhat off the grid in Death Valley

"Death Valley" Edwin Torres _Holy Kid_

"Death Valley Rain" Steve Wynn _Here Come The Miracles_

"Driving Death Valley Blues" Mark Lanegan Band _Bubblegum_

"Death Valley" The Bellyachers _Heavy In My Hands_

interview with Otto Taylor, author of "The Monsters Of Death Valley"

"Death Valley Boogie" Death Valley Girls _Glow In The Dark_

"Death Valley Queen" Flogging Molly _Drunken Lullabies_

"Death Valley" Wearenotwhoweare _Wearenotwhoweare EP_

"Death Valley Ass" Poor Man's Whiskey _Roadside Attraction_

interview with Olivia Thomas, who wants to start a commune in Death Valley

"Death Valley" Barbara M. Hallman _Perfect Moment_

"Death Valley" Stella Schindler _Distant Hum_

"Death Valley" David Haerle _Death Valley_

"Death Valley Girls" Thee Arcadians _We've Come For Your Parents_

Sir Archibald Von Poesy favors us with a pram

"Death Valley Day" Jon Langford & Skull Orchard _Old Devils_

"Death Valley" Begushkin _King's Curse_

"Death Valley" My Jerusalem _Preachers_

"Death Valley Acid" Wylderness _Wylderness_

conclusion & goodbye

"Death Valley Days" The Western States Motel _Freeway Freeway Riverbed_

"Death Valley Sunday" The Electric Lazarus _Death Valley Sunday_

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Whither Death Valley?

("Death Valley Scenic Byway" from here.)

(A sad footnote is below)*

Sometimes you get a wild hair up your ass.

That delightful euphemism means, according to the Free Dictionary, to "become obsessed (with someone or something), often when said obsession is strange or unexpected."

Death Valley is not a place I've visited. I thought I drove through it almost thirty years ago, traveling from L.A. to Las Vegas, but apparently I did not.

Recently I've become a little obsessed with Death Valley. For no reason. Looking at pictures. Reading a little about it. Thinking it's not such a far drive from Portland, maybe I should head down there. & then, inevitably, wondering if there are any songs about Death Valley?

Of course there are! There are lots of them! I found tons! But did I find a lot of songs about Death Valley that I liked?

It turns out I did. & you can listen to them tonight. Midnight to 2am on 90.7fm here in Portland & at kboo dot fm everywhere in the world - maybe even Death Valley!

* I am trying to be whimsical & have fun with my radio show but the news today about the blatant corruption at the very heart of our country has made it very difficult. There's nothing I can much do about it & the helpless feeling is debilitating but I will try to make a fun radio show regardless. Just letting you know.

Preface To Death Valley: Here's A Map

(image from here)

In case you get lost in Death Valley, here's a map.

How might one get lost in Death Valley? One might be chased off the highway, & the car breaks down, & it's late at night. Sometimes it gets cold in the desert at night! It's even colder when someone is chasing you.

It has been brought to my attention that map above is a map of the National Park, not all of Death Valley. So if you do get lost in Death Valley, make sure it's in the National Park. That way you have a handy map (provided above) to help you find your way.

How might one get lost in Death Valley National Park? One might think that, since it's a National Park, one will find many amenities like a water slide or a public pool & one might try to find them. That would be a mistake! There are no water slides in Death Valley National Park.

Good thing you have the map! There are snakes out there! & people chasing you off the road!