Self Help Radio 120324: A Steady Show

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Yeah, it's kind of a dumb theme. Someone did text me during the second hour & told me it was a "Very Steady 2nd Hour!" Which is a contrast to the first call I got, which said, "I'm a longtime supporter & I want you to get this fake-ass deejay off the air!" The person then hung up, & I took it quite personally.

Steadiness is really the best one can hope for at this point.

Listen to this show at the KBOO website. Or at the Self Help Radio website - where you may need the username SHR & the password selfhelp. Lots of stuff happened on the show. Most of it is noted below.

Steady as she goes!

A Steady Self Help Radio Show

"I'm A Steady Rollin' Man" Robert Johnson _The Complete Recordings_

"I'm Steady Holding On" Rufus Thomas _Tiger Man: Earliest Recordings 1950-1957_

"A Steady Hand" Big Harp _White Hat_

introduction & definitions

"Ready Steady Go" Generation X _Generation X_

"Steady As She Goes" CJ Ramone _American Beauty_

"Steady As She Goes" Shellac _Excellent Italian Greyhound_

"A Steady Mind" Loma _How Will I Live Without A Body?_

"Steady State" Teenage Fanclub _Here_

interview with author Gloria Stubing

"Let's Go Steady" The Davis Sisters _Memories_

"Steady Johnny" Noeleen Batley _Little Treasure_

"Going Steady" Jilted John _True Love Stories_

"Go Steady" The Lambrettas _The Best Of The Lambrettas: The Singles Collection_

"Goin' Steady" The Producers _The Producers_

"Going Steady" Bearsuit _Cat Spectacular!_

interview with weapons master Stuart Glower

"My Daddy Rocks Me (With One Steady Roll) (vocals Frankie Jaxon)" Tampa Red's Hokum Jug Band _The Copulatin' Blues Compact Disc_

"Rock Steady" Alton Ellis & The Flames _First Class Rock Steady_

"Rock Steady Gone" Dandy _Dawning Of A New Era: The Roots Of Skinhead Reggae_

"Rock Steady" Ruby Delicious _Golden State Funk: Impossibly Rare Funk From The Bay Area_

"(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew" The Rock Steady Crew _Electro Breakdance (The Real Old School Revival)_

idioms!

"Easy There, Steady Now" Richard Thompson _Mirror Blue_

"The Steady Slowing Down Of The Heart" Lloyd Cole _Cleaning Out The Ashtrays (Collected B-Sides & Rarities 1989-2006)_

"Keep Some Steady Friends Around" Smog _Rain On Lens_

"The Steady Pace" Cats On Fire _Our Temperance Movement_

"Steady" Cold Specks _I Predict A Graceful Expulsion_

conclusion & goodbye

"Let's Keep Steady Company" Billy Worth _M-G-M Hillbilly Vol. 3_

"My Steady Dream" Tommy Wood _The Complete D Singles Collection, Volume 1_

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Whither A Steady Show?

The image above is from the Wikipedia. Its description says, "Space-time diagram in the steady state theory. Though stars (white) expand exponentially & quickly disappear over the event horizon (green), the theory assumes that new matter would be continuously created. The observer would see infinite red-shifted ancient stars on the light cone (yellow). This view failed to explain almost homogeneous microwave background radiation."

Imagine how cool it would have been if the inspiration for this show was something cosmological! Like, whoa, Gary was ready lots of books about theories of the universe & thought yeah "steady" would be a cool theme as it relates to brilliant minds trying to figure things out!

But no, I just noticed lots of songs using the word "steady." So you know. I put a show together with lots of songs prominently featuring the word "steady." I'm a pretty unsteady fellow who steadily puts out dumb radio shows so it kinda reflects on me too. Ah well.

Tonight! On KBOO! A steady Self Help Radio show. Midnight to 2am. 90.7fm in town. kboo dot fm everywhere.

Preface To A Steady Show: Perspective

Google Images tells me that image above is from Pep Comics # 174, from 1964. (You can read it here.) I found the image probably somewhere on Tumblr many moons ago. It's been a while since I've read an Archie comic. But I read lots when I was a kid.

The word "steady" shows up in lots of songs in the phrase "going steady," which the internet tells me is "when two romantic partners agree to an exclusive relationship." So, "dating." Although maybe dating isn't necessarily exclusive.

For me, I never "went steady." I briefly had a girlfriend at the end of high school, & then met someone over two years later whom I courted for a long time & then suddenly we lived together. Maybe "going steady" only works if you're a teenager living at home & going to school.

Looking back, I feel like I wasted lots of time - & put myself in many embarrassing & humiliating situations - trying to start relationships with girls. I had no one giving me advice or information & none of those embarrassing or humiliating experiences ever really helped. It happened when it happened. I needed to be a certain kind of person for it to happen. Not that I would've believed it if someone gave me that advice - but looking back I could've had more fun if I'd known that.

Since I am a pretty regretful person I think a lot about the mistakes I've made in my life. If I could do it all over again - & I am dumb enough to waste time thinking about such things - I almost certainly would forego all the pining & swooning I did in high school & focus on things I should've been focused on - which is, making a life. Life happened to me, I had very little hand in how it turned out. I would focus on being more of an author of my own life.

But I'll never get the chance to do it over so I just look back & sigh. Oh the stories I could tell about my stupidities. They were the steady thing in my life then!