Self Help Radio 072826: Alibis

Here is Self Help Radio's show about alibis. It's not an alibi. I guess it could be an alibi. You could say, "I didn't do it, I was listening to Self Help Radio!" But who would believe that?

The show has lots of songs about alibis, a talk with a fellow who runs a business called Alibis Inc., a talk with a person who owns a club called Alibis, & a telephone interruptions. Among other things. It's a two hour radio show! Maybe something of interest happens!

You can listen to the show over at the KBOO web page & also at the Self Help Radio web page. The things that happen on the show are listed below.

Hm, it seems to me now that the alibi show could probably only be a good alibi for me...

Self Help Radio Alibis Show

"Baby What's Your Alibi" Nellie Lutcher _The Best Of Nellie Lutcher_

"Bye, Bye, Alibi Baby" The Delta Rhythm Boys _Jump & Jive 'Til One O'Clock - Anthology - Volume 2 (1947 - 1950)_

"Alibi" Annette Bard _Carol Connors 1960-1965_

introduction & definitions

"Alibi" Tompall & The Glaser Brothers _This Land_

"Your Alibi Called Today" Norma Jean _Jackson Ain't A Very Big Town_

"I Need Money (Keep Your Alibis)" Slim Harpo _The Best Of Slim Harpo_

"Alibis" The Bards _Fort Worth Teen Scene Volume Two_

"You Don't Have To Alibi" Rodd Keith _My Pipe Yellow Dream_

interview with entrepreneur Troy Warren

"Has Anybody Got An Alibi" The Professionals _I Didn't See It Coming_

"Alibi" The Fools _Heavy Mental_

"The Alibi (The Station's Full Of Pipes)" Fun Boy Three _The Complete Fun Boy Three_

"Alibi Room" Martha & The Muffins _Mystery Walk_

"No Alibi" Eric Clapton _Journeyman_

interview with club owner Sidney Queen

a caller interrupts!

"Alibi" Elvis Costello _When I Was Cruel_

"My Alibi" Lloyd Cole _Music In A Foreign Language_

"I'll Be Your Alibi" Darren Hayman & The Secondary Modern _Essex Arms_

"Alibi" Mecca Normal _Sitting On Snaps_

"An Alibi" Wire _Silver/Lead_

interview with club owner Sidney Queen

"Signals & Alibis" Curve _The New Adventures Of Curve_

"Alibi" Lowtide _Southern Mind_

"Brahm's Alibi" Spike Jones _Dinner Music (For People Who Aren't Very Hungry)_

"Lies & Alibis" Lovage _Music To Make Love To Your Old Lady By_

"No Alibi" The Roots _Illadelph Halflife_

conclusion & goodbye

"Alibi" Robert Francis _Strangers In The First Place_

"Alibi" Hurray For The Riff Raff _The Past Is Still Alive_

Whither Alibis?

(There will be not discussion about the 1931 film. Title card found here.)

So yeah I kinda sorta gave away the reason for this theme yesterday, when I talked about the Kinsey Millhone series of detective books by Sue Grafton, the first of which is A Is For Alibi. I was so charmed by the series that I read the first four books in succession, stopping only because I thought I should read some other books in-between. But looking at the cover of the first installment one day I wondered to myself if there were enough songs about alibis to do a radio show about them. & boy were there!

In my own experience, I don't think I've ever really had to establish an alibi for something - or had to have an alibi to prove I was innocent. The closest I probably came was when I spoke to fire inspectors for the KOOP fire of 2008, which was arson. I never thought I had to establish an alibi because I didn't do it, & anyway, they never asked me about my whereabouts on the night in question nor did they (as far as I know) do any investigating related to me. From what I understand, they asked questions of everyone about the space & they had four or five facts that only the arsonist would have known, & I didn't know any of them. I didn't need an alibi!

Also you don't need an alibi when you forget to listen - I understand! The show is on quite late! It's happening tonight from midnight to 2am on 90.7fm in Portland & everywhere at kboo dot fm. & if, as many believe, the show is a crime, I have no alibi - I'm there every damn week.

Preface To Alibis: A Is For Alibi

(image from Goodreads)

This is a book I recently read. I have been trying to read more women writers (it's my goal to only read women writers this year) but was missing reading mystery books. I'm a big fan of mystery books even though I honestly have no interest in solving mysteries. I just want to like the person who solves the mystery. I adored Sherlock Holmes & Ellery Queen. I fucking love Columbo. I am charmed by Ellsbeth & the character Natasha Lyonne plays in Poker Face. It's fun to watch them gather clues but I am easily distracted & am not doing the same. So I am unsure whether Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone books are good mystery books.

What I do love is the character, & especially the way she goes about solving her mysteries. She interacts with people in a very specific way - including lots of women, which doesn't happen in many of the mystery books I've read. I had to stop to read something else after I tore through the first four books of the series. I was sad to discover that Grafton kept the series in the 1980s where she started them - I would have wanted to see Kinsey grow older.

My sister Karin, who is much more of a connoisseur of mystery books than I am, said she couldn't get into this series. But she told me my older sister Pat, who also loved these kinds of books & whom we lost over a decade ago, read them all. Maybe I will get a chance to do that too.

Is the book the reason for this week's theme? I'll tell you tomorrow.