Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Self Help Radio 021825: Vacancy


"Vacancy" is a word most associated with hotels but did you know if wasn't until the third decade of the 20th century that it was used to mean that? That's the sort of useless fact you'll hear on this week's episode of Self Help Radio, which had the theme "vacancy."

But those aren't the only vacancies you'll hear about - heck, there's an entire set devoted to vacant lots. Plus the regular interviews & occasional interstitial nonsense. If you have a "vacancy" in your listening schedule, a show about vacancy might fit right in. Okay, I'll let myself out.

Listen now at either the KBOO website or at the Self Help Radio website. If you listen at the latter, you may need this: username SHR, password selfhelp. Most everything that happens on the show - except the interstitial nonsense - is noted below.

Well dang I can't think of a punny "vacancy" way to end this.

Self Help Radio Vacancy Show
"Vacancy" Harry Chapin _Verities & Balderdash_
"Vacancy" Joseph Arthur _Vacancy_
"Vacancy" Anthony Jay Sanders _I Will Be The One Who Goes_

introduction & definitions

"No Vacancy" Merle Travis _The History Of Country & Western Music_
"No Vacancy" Pinky Bluel _Take Me As I Am - Single_
"No Vacancy" Neil Sedaka _Oh Carol: The Complete Recordings 1956-1966_
"Vacancy - No Vacancy" The Firesign Theatre _How Can You Be In Two Places At Once When You're Not Anywhere At All_
"No Vacancy" The Disciplines _Smoking Kills_
"No Vacancy" The Ar-Kaics _In This Time_

interview with philosopher Chaykin

"Vacant Lot" The Auteurs _Lenny Valentino_
"Vacant Lot" The Growlers _City Club_
"Vacant Lot" The Last Names _Wilderness_
"Saddest Vacant Lot In All The World" Grandaddy _Sumday_
"Vacant Lot" Dengue Fever _The Deepest Lake_

interview with theater director Natalie Jacobs

"Pretty Vacant (feat. Rosie Flores)" Solal _The Moonshine Sessions_
"Heaven Has No Vacancy" Lindi Ortega _Cigarettes & Truckstops_
"The Vacated Pool" Edwin Torres _Holy Kid_
"Vacate My Space" The Soup Dragons _This Is Our Art_
"Vacant Stare" Emma Pollock _In Search Of Harperfield_

interview with realtor Jeffrey Thomas

"Situation Vacant" The Kinks _Something Else By The Kinks_
"Situations Vacant" The Cravats _Messthetics # 7: UK '78-81 'D.I.Y.' From The Letter 'C'_
"Situation's Vacant" Jimmy Pursey _Imagination Camouflage_
"Vacant Night Sky" Mecca Normal _Sitting On Snaps_
"Vacant" Artsick _Fingers Crossed_

conclusion & goodbye

"The Vacant Chair" Tennessee Ernie Ford _Sings Songs Of The Civil War_
"Vacant Moan" O'Death _Broken Hymns Limbs & Skin_
"Vacancy" Farewood _Wings Of Gold_

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