Self Help Radio 090826: Seaweed

When I confessed a couple days ago that I had never eaten seaweed, I didn't know that I actually had, & had seaweed in the house, like the sheet above which I unceremoniously stamped with the Self Help Radio logo. & though I have never had sushi with animal products in it, my wife has reminded me that vegan sushi places use nori which is of course seaweed. & I've eaten lots of nori. Oops.

Luckily I made a show that celebrates all kinds of seaweed so I don't seem like a hater.

You can listen to it now & whenever at both the KBOO website & the Self Help Radio website. Most everything that happened on the show is below. & that's all I really have to say about it!

Self Help Radio Seaweed Show

"Seaweed" Freddy Mitchell _Destination Beach (30 Tunes For Dancing In The Sand)_

"Seaweed" Quincy Jones _Golden Boy_

"Seaweed" Tipsy _Uh-Oh!_

introduction & definitions

"The Seaweed Song" Bob Pyle _Apples & Oranges_

"Seaweed" Fruit Bats _Mouthfuls_

"Seaweed Jam" Sarah Pirtle _Two Hands Hold The Earth_

"Dúlamán" Clannad _Dúlamán_

"Les Goémons" Serge Gainsbourg _Les Goémons_

interview with seaweed recorded Robert Wooder

"Just Another Seaweed" Millie Esperson _The Soul Of Texas Blues Women_

"Seaweed Avenue" Moon Williams _Sticks & Stones_

"Seaweed" Saul Williams _Saul Williams_

"In A Kelp Bed" Babyfat _Dragons Go Away_ 

"Seaweed" Cinnamon _Summer Meditation_

interview with spectral presence Eva

"Seaweed Shovelling Song" Mike Scott _Lion Of Love_

"Seaweed" Bilders _Cut_

"Seaweed" House Of Large Sizes _House Of Large Sizes_

"Cape Of Seaweed" The Shadow Ring _City Lights_

"Seaweed" Mount Eerie _A Crow Looked At Me_

interview with writer Gustav Bright

"Seaweedhead" Katie Lass _Hypnopomp_

"Seaweed" Hockey Dad _Dreamin'_

"Teen Dreams Of Seaweed" Tannhauser Orchestra _Low Tide_

"Seaweed" Please _1968-1969_

"Seaweed In Gears" Digital Leather _The Death Of Real_

conclusion & goodbye

"The Seaweed" Suckdog _Little Flowers Dying_

"Seaweed Men Stomp" Washington Dead Cats _Go Loco! Or Gore Away!_

"The Seaweed Song" Gnarly Love _The Long & Gnarly Road_

Whither Seaweed?

(imaged by Peter Woodard, found here)

When my friend Mark found out that the theme this week would be seaweed, he said, "Ah! The pride of Tacoma!" But I didn't find a song about or even called "Seaweed" by Seaweed so you probably won't hear a song by Seaweed on a show about seaweed.

You won't even hear the word "seaweed" in the song that inspired the show about seaweed. That's because the song that inspired the show is the song "Les Goémons" by Serge Gainsbourg. I first heard the song in translation by Mick Harvey as "Black Seaweed" but the word just means "seaweed." I was in a Gainsbourg mood a while back. Spent some time with him. Wondered if there were enough songs about seaweed to justify it as a theme for Self Help Radio.

Find out how I did tonight. From midnight to 2am. On 90.7 fm here in Portland. kboo dot fm everywhere. Maybe even under the sea.

Preface To Seaweed: Never Eaten Seaweed

Not that I know of, anyway.
As Costco this past week I saw not one but two kinds of seaweed snacks.
(The one that looked tastiest had fish flavor, & I don't eat fish.)
Come to think of it there may have been a seaweed salad in another area.
When I past the selection above, I thought I might try some seaweed.
Just for the show.
But passed on it.
Couldn't make up my mind.
& forgot something on my list & had to go back.
& didn't return to that aisle.
So. Maybe I've had seaweed like in Japanese food before.
But never on purpose.
Never have I said, "You know what? I'll have the seaweed."
You'd think someone doing a show about seaweed would have at least tried it.