Coming Up Tomorrow On The Dickenbock Report: Farm Day

(found on Reddit)

October 12 is Farmer's Day. We'll report on farms & farmers. That's simple enough.

It's also XRAY's Fall Fund Drive. We'd love for you to donate! Do that here. Or, if you'd like to specifically support The Dickenbock Report, you can do that here. Of course all the money raised goes to help XRAY - the station foolish enough to air the Report in the first place.

See you on the farm Sunday, October 12, from noon to 1pm, on 91.1+107.1fm in Portland, & online at xray dot fm.

This Week In Self Help: October 5 6 + 7

Silver balloons floating in a room. Silver for Self Help Radio's 23rd anniversary. Don't overthink it. It's an image for a blog post. Taken I think at the Andy Warhol Museum many moons ago. Here's what happened this week.

The Dickenbock Report on XRAY. Sunday October 5th.

The anniversary of the first appearance of The Honeymooners leads to a show about honeymoons.
Listen at XRAY dot fm. Listen at Self Help Radio dot net.

A KBOO Sub Show on KBOO. Monday October 6th.
I played a bunch of interesting sounds I recently come across. KBOO does not archive sub shows but.

Look at the playlist on Spinitron. Listen at Self Help Radio dot net.

Self Help Radio on KBOO. Tuesday October 7th.

For my 23rd anniversary show, I revisited a theme from 2007 - Molly.

Listen at KBOO dot fm. Listen at Self Help Radio dot net.

Corporate Standardized Programming on KBOO. Tuesday October 7th.

In honor of SHR's 23rd Anniversary, I played the songs original played on the 2007 Molly show.

Listen at KBOO dot fm (after Self Help Radio). Listen at Self Help Radio dot net.

That seems a lot, it really wasn't. Remember, at the Self Help Radio page, you might need the username SHR & the password selfhelp. Happy anniversary!

Self Help Radio 100725: Molly Revisited - The 23rd Anniversary Show

(original image here*)

Twenty-three years of this nonsense! I guess the most hopeful thing is that there's no chance I have twenty-three more years in me!

The silver plate is the 23rd anniversary gift. I gave myself one. The show features lots of Molly songs I didn't play in the original 2007 show. Plus I talked to all the Mollys I know. I only know three Mollys.

Listen to the show with a Molly you know - or on the 23rd anniversary of something - or whyever you listen to radio shows - at either the KBOO website or at the Self Help Radio website. You might need the username SHR & password selfhelp at the latter. Everything that happens on the show is below.

Seriously I wish I knew more Mollys.

Self Help Radio Molly Revisited (23rd Anniversary Show)

"Run, Mollie, Run" Henry Thomas _Texas Worried Blues (Complete Recorded Works 1927-1929)_

"I'm In Love With Molly (with Red Foley)" Ernest Tubb _Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello_

"Three Girls Named Molly, Doin' The Hully Gully" The Johnny Otis Show _The Greatest Johnny Otis Show_

introduction + old airbreak

"Molly Malone" Joni Mitchell _Archives – Volume 1: The Early Years 1963-1967_

"Good Golly Miss Molly" The Swinging Blue Jeans _Really!! They Sing It In German Vol. III_

"Mami Molly's Makkaroni Band (feat Gunter Gabriel)" Trude Herr _Ich Will Keine Schokolade_

"Molly" The Motifs _Storm In The Garage_

"Molly Bloom" Tom Paxton _6_

interview with my friend Molly in Virginia

"1952 Vincent Black Lightning" Richard Thompson _Rumor & Sigh_

"Old Molly Metcalfe" Jake Thackray _Bantam Cock_

"Molly Says" The dB's _The Sound Of Music_

"Molly" Fossil _Fossil_

"Handsome Molly" Bill Morrissey _Standing Eight_

interview with my friend Molly in Kentucky

"Sam & Molly Are In Love" Little Name _How To Swim & Live_

"Molly" Eux Autres _Cold City_

"Molly Dodd" Six Cents & Natalie _When Punk Fell To Earth_

"Molly" Pins _Wild Nights_

"Molly" Ratboys _GN_

interview with my friend Molly in Portland

"Molly's Lips" Eugenius _It Ain't Rocket Science, It's Eugenius_

"Through The Eyes Of Molly" Damien Youth _Sunfield_

"No Title (Molly)" John Maus _A Collection Of Rarities & Previously Unreleased Material_

"Molly Bond" Peggy Seeger _Bring Me Home_

"Molly" Entrance _Book Of Changes_

conclusion & goodbye

"Suddenly Molly" Heart-Sick Groans _Gentlemen, If You Ain't Right, Get Right!_

"Molly" Palehound _Dry Food_

"Melancholy Molly" Seablite _Lemon Lights_

*This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. 

Whither Molly Revisited (The 23rd Anniversary Show)?

(Molly Pitcher, from Wikipedia)

On October 9, 2002, Self Help Radio premiered on KOOP in Austin. This week will be its 23rd anniversary. It has appeared on radio stations in four states, including on three (!) different stations in Portland. It has been places in its over-two-decades on the air.

In March of 2007, there was an episode of Self Help Radio dedicated to the late Molly Ivins, who had died that year of cancer. She was a force in Texas journalism for years, a smart, funny, insightful writer. To pay tribute, I played a bunch of songs to & about women named Molly.

For my anniversary shows, I revisit a theme. I chose this one because there are so many songs about people named Molly. In addition, I will talk to all the Mollys I know. I know three Mollys.

That's happened tonight on KBOO - 90.7fm & kboo dot fm - from 12-3am. Tell all the Mollys you know! You probably know more than I do.

Preface To Molly Revisited (The 23rd Anniversary Show): 23 Years

This is undoubtedly something I say every year: I would never have thought I'd be doing this radio show twenty-three years after its first episode, which was on October 9, 2002. I don't really think much about the future. If you had asked me in 2002 how long I thought I'd be doing the show, I might have said, "I dunno, however long they let me do it." I would also have said I'd be living in Austin until I retired. Again - the future is not something I think about or have ever thought about.

When I started this show in 2003, I had not been on the radio for long. I had done a show from 1994 to 1999 on KVRX & had subbed some shows on KOOP, but I hadn't had a show for three years. I waited quite a long time for a show on KOOP. I had imagined I'd never get one.

When I did, I tried to make sure I recorded it - I did not record the vast majority of my KVRX shows. I saved as much as I could. I feel like I thought I might get to do it for a little while then things would change.

Since then lots of folks who did radio shows have stopped doing them. People who I would've thought would have had more longevity than I. The big difference is, they talked a lot about ending their time on the air. I don't really do that. I seriously can't imagine my life without a radio show. I suspect I'll be doing it for as long as there's a radio station that will air it - or who knows, maybe not. I continued Self Help Radio many times without a radio station. No one listened to it but that's never stopped me before.

So as I prepare to celebrate 23 years with a theme I first covered in 2007, I just have to say, gosh. It honestly wasn't something I thought I'd be doing for 23 years. But only because I don't really think about anything going off into the future. I waste far more time in my past, regretting many things I've done.

Not this radio show tho!