Tuesday, December 02, 2025

Self Help Radio 120225: Graffiti

A graffiti-covered corner of some shack, with the Self Help Radio logo on the wall too.

Ooo, almost got caught last night! Self Help Radio tags all over Portland! You can graffiti the town with the power of the airwaves!

Graffiti was sung about & discussed, although I didn't get a chance to read dirty graffiti from the walls of Pompeii or - apparently! - from English churches in the 16th century. I miss discovering graffiti in strange bathrooms on my college campus. I remember being in an unfamiliar building & discovering this gem: No matter how beautiful she is, someone somewhere is sick of her shit.

As someone who was never beautiful & who has shit most everyone is sick of, I present the graffiti Self Help Radio episode. Listen at the KBOO website & at the Self Help Radio website. Remember you might need a username & password for the latter. Everything that happened on the show is below.

Work on your tag. Be careful. Stay out of trouble.

Self Help Radio Graffiti Show
"Graffiti" Benny Hill _The Best Of Benny Hill_
"Graffiti Night Fever" Ivor Biggun & The Red-Nosed Burglars _The Winker's Album (Misprint)_
"Teenage Graffiti" The Pink Spiders _Hot Pink_

introduction & definitions

"The Sound Of Graffiti" Jack Raymond & Haskell Barkin _The Handwriting On The Wall (The Sounds Of Graffiti)_
"Graffiti Crimes" Mi-Sex _Graffiti Crimes_
"Chinese Graffiti" Blue Peter _Up To You_
"Graffiti Love" Violet Strange _Stray_
"Graffiti Bridge" Prince _Graffiti Bridge_

our favorite librarian Carole shares with us books about graffiti

"Sex" Jack Raymond & Haskell Barkin _The Handwriting On The Wall (The Sounds Of Graffiti)_
"Graffiti Limbo" Michelle Shocked _Short Sharp Shocked_
"Graffiti" Throwing Muses _The Real Ramona_
"Graffiti Women" Suede _Sci-Fi Lullabies_
"Graffiti Worth Reading" The Mighty Mighty Bosstones _Pin Points & Gin Joints_

interview with Officer Little of the PPD Graffiti Division

"Whimsy" Jack Raymond & Haskell Barkin _The Handwriting On The Wall (The Sounds Of Graffiti)_
"Small Town Graffiti" Lispector _Small Town Graffiti_
"Wet Graffiti" Sacred Paws _Strike A Match_
"Soft Graffiti" Takako Minekawa _Fun9_
"Graffiti" Atmosphere _Mi Vida Local_

interview with graffiti artist "Jarvis"

"Underneaths" Jack Raymond & Haskell Barkin _The Handwriting On The Wall (The Sounds Of Graffiti)_
"Graffiti Paint" Field Medic _Songs From The Sunroom_
"Graffiti Street" Rayland Baxter _If I Were A Butterfly_
"Graffiti" Maximo Park _A Certain Trigger_
"Delicate Graffiti" Helen Ganya _Polish The Machine_

conclusion & goodbye

"Graffiti Part One" Stereo MC's _Deep Down & Dirty_
"Never Like Graffiti" Emak Bakia _Acuarela Songs_

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