Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Self Help Radio 121625: Howard Gently Year Four Concluded

A trippy Howard Gently collage with the Self Help Radio logo in the center.

Thus concludes a year of Self Help Radio in which Howard Gently appeared on the vast majority of shows. These are his 115th to 126th appearances on the show, & I can't help be amazed at how funny & fresh he kept the character. The bit about towers had me rolling on the floor.

There's not much else to say except I hope this shows my gratitude & appreciation for my friend Russell giving so much of himself to my dumb show. If he had had the time & space to develop Howard Gently for some other medium, it would've made him famous.

Listen to the show either at the KBOO website or the Self Help Radio website. If you choose the latter, make sure you use the username SHR & password selfhelp. Everything that happened on the show except my airbreaks is listed below.

As Howard Gently might have said, "Yule."

Self Help Radio Howard Gently Year Four Concluded Show
"The World In Color" Russell Miles _The World In Color_ (Self-Released, 1986)

"Don't Eat Stuff Off The Sidewalk" The Cramps _Psychedelic Jungle_
Howard Gently on the theme "Sidewalks"
Howard Gently on the theme "Christmas 2017"
"A Hundred Pounds Of Clay" Gene McDaniels _The Very Best Of Gene McDaniels_
Howard Gently on the theme "A Hundred Things"

"Evenings Of Damask" Tyrannosaurus Rex _Unicorn_
Howard Gently on the theme "Evenings"
"Time To Evolve" Bill Hicks _Rant In E-Minor_
Howard Gently on the theme "It's Time To"
"Poisoned Rose" Elvis Costello _King Of America_
Howard Gently on the theme "Roses"

"Tower Of Song" Leonard Cohen _I'm Your Man_
Howard Gently on the theme "Tower"
"Reaching Into In" Ken Nordine _How Are Things In Your Town?_
Howard Gently on the theme "Outreach"
"I'm Gonna Lock My Heart (& Throw Away The Key)" Billie Holiday _Lady Day: The Master Takes & Singles_
Howard Gently on the theme "Keys"

"Night Mail" Public Service Broadcasting _Inform - Educate - Entertain_
Howard Gently on the theme "Silent Retreat"
"The Hall Of Mirrors" Kraftwerk _Trans-Europe Express_
Howard Gently on the theme "Sixteenth Anniversary"

"The Unguarded Moment" The Church _Hindsight 1980-1987_
Howard Gently on the theme "Moments"

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