Coming Up Tomorrow On The Dickenbock Report: National Aunt & Uncle Day

The picture above is of my mother with my oldest brother, she's on the right, with her sister, my aunt, on the left with her son. Both women are aunts. Only one of them was my aunt.

Dick Dickenbock has many nephews & nieces, but did not get a picture of them in time for me to post for this blog entry. "Google them!" he bellowed at me, although I did tell him it's very difficult to find usable photos when one of the terms in the search engine is "Dick."

Sunday, July 26, is National Aunt & Uncle Day. We'll report on those familial roles, have commentary, film recommendations, & of course musical reports.

That tomorrow only on XRAY. 11am to 1pm, 91.1+107.1fm in town, xray dot fm everywhere.

This Week In Self Help: July 17 19 + 21

A slightly busier than usual week.

July 17 the Songcircle on KBOO. New releases. Listen here.

July 19 the Dickenbock Report on XRAY. A show about 1926. Listen here.

July 21 Self Help Radio on KBOO. A show about corruption. Listen here. Or listen here.

July 21 Corporate Standardized Programming on KBOO. New releases. Listen here (after Self Help Radio). Or listen here.

Not gonna make a big deal of it, anyway.

Self Help Radio 072126: Corruption

Inspired by actual events! I don't get to do that much these days. I mean, my shows are inspired by things I myself come across, but not necessarily by an entire political party looking the other way while its leader loots his followers & his country with impunity. Well, with impunity for now. It's hard to believe justice will be served on these jackals but hope springs eternal.

The show had lots of songs about corruption that predate our current situation. Though in many cases it sounds the same. The stench of corruption had always been particularly awful & hasn't varied much. I can't wait for the songs about this horrifying era.

If you can handle it, you can listen to the show at the KBOO web page or at the Self Help Radio web page. Most of what happens on the show is listed below. Listening to the show won't affect you - anyway, I know you're incorruptible.

Self Help Radio Corruption Show

"Corruption" Illusion Of Safety _Inside Agitator_

"Corrupt & Immoral" Headphonics _Evolution Of Funk_

"Age Of Corruption" Alan Klein _Gathered From Coincidence: The British Folk-Pop Sound Of 1965-66_

"Small Town Editor: Corrupt Mayor" Bob & Ray _Classic Bob & Ray, Volume Two - Selections From A Career: 1946-1976_

"Corruption Is The Thing" Creations Unlimited _Eccentric Funk_

"Corruption (Man's Self Destruction)" The Escorts _3 Down 4 To Go_

"Corruption" The Charades _Corruption_

our resident cinephile Chuck stops by!

"Money & Corruption" The Kinks _Preservation Act 1_

"Corruption" Iggy Pop _Avenue B_

"You're Corrupt" Modern English _Take Me To The Trees_

"Corrupt (Knuckle Up)" Dälek _Abandoned Language_

"Capital Corruption" Mad Dukez + Fresh Kils _Gettin' Gatsby_

a phone call with a request interrupts the show!

"Ecstasy" New Order _Power, Corruption, & Lies_

"The Corruption Of Granola" Jim Gaffigan _The Last Supper_

"Corruption" Thomas Mapfumo & The Blacks Unlimited _Corruption_

"Stop Corruption (Gyae Corruption)" Aaron Bebe Sukura & The Local Dimension Palm Wine Band _N'Yong Acoustic Ghanaian Highlife_

"You Can't Fight Corruption With Corruption" Femi Kuti _Stop The Hate_

interview with the Rev K. N. Usher

"Corrupted Man" Pablo Moses _Revolutionary Dream_

"Corruption" Aswad _Hulet_

"World So Corrupt" Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers _Joy & Blues_

"Corrupt Cop" The Mighty Diamonds _Speak The Truth_

"Crime & Corruption" Lucky Dube _The Way It Is_

conclusion & goodbye

"Corrupt (Studio Session)" Depeche Mode _Sounds Of The Universe: Re-Alinged Version_

"My Fetish's Called Corruption" G.D. Luxxe _Between Zero & Eternity_

Whither Corruption?

(image found here)

As tempted as I am to be sarcastic - "I can't for the life of me imagine what is happening in this world that would make me think the theme 'corruption' would come to me at this time." - it's pretty obvious why anyone is talking about corruption these days. It used to be something we needed to have organizations, task forces, some kind of group - in the government & out - to root out, to discover, to bring from the back rooms where the deals were made into the light of day. But now it's happening in plain sight. Everyone knows it & sees it, & it's defended or condemned on a partisan basis. It's terrifying & concerning.

& please don't think this dumb radio show will offer any real insights or solutions. Mainly I'll be playing songs where the subject matter is corruption - & none of the songs will be recent enough to address the current situation. It's just that the word "corruption" is literally spoken or written dozens of time a day (if not hundreds) & how could I not pull that theme out of the air & make a radio show about it?

So I shall. Tonight, Self Help Radio's theme is "corruption." The show on from midnight to 2am on 90.7fm in Portland, kboo dot fm everywhere.

Or maybe it won't be. If, you know, you wanna make an offer I can't refuse...

Preface To Corruption: Stickers

Dang I like the design of that sticker. The orange one. That recognizable silhouette. The implication & message is undeniable.

Corruption is a complicated thing (perhaps) but there are some stickers that have a way of finding the essence of something & elegantly, with surprising simplicity, expresses it while stuck to a surface. A wall, a street sign, a door.

There's no chance he has seen that sticker but I suspect it might enrage him. Just because his head looks as fucking big as it is in real life.