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Friday, May 01, 2026

This Week In Self Help: April 24 26 + 28

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Look, I have a lot of pictures of garages okay? Far more pictures than I have of "indiepop." This week (it goes back to a Friday a...
Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Self Help Radio 042826: Indiepop A To Z # 80

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It's hard to believe that I have done eighty of these episodes. & even harder to believe I might do eighty more! I will obviously no...
Monday, April 27, 2026

Whither Indiepop A To Z # 80?

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Tonight's Self Help Radio continues my Indiepop A To Z series, featuring lots of twee music, so, I thought, what is twee-er than a windo...
Sunday, April 26, 2026

Preface To Indiepop A To Z # 80: Texting Another Radio Show

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Blah blah I'm playing more indiepop in alphabetical order this week blah blah. What I wanted to say is that I got a funny text from a li...
Saturday, April 25, 2026

Coming Up Tomorrow On The Dickenbock Report: National Garage Day

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April 26 is National Garage Day. Although we can't broadcast from the garage, which where Dick Dickenbock's wife makes him go when h...
Friday, April 24, 2026

This Week In Self Help: April 17 19 + 21

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(image from here ) Sadly my show about idols didn't have any songs about the god Ganesh, pictured above. There probably are plenty, I bl...
Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Self Help Radio 042126: Idols

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Despite having a tendency to confuse the words idol & icon, I somehow managed to make my way through this week's episode of Self Hel...
Monday, April 20, 2026

Whither Idols?

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That picture above is something I found on a internets over ten years ago, so I can't tell you where it's from. Trying to find it us...
Sunday, April 19, 2026

Preface To Idols: A Felt Record

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(image from Discogs ) This is a record of which I am fond, Felt's 1984 release  The Strange Idols Pattern & Other Short Stories . Cu...
Saturday, April 18, 2026

Coming Up Tomorrow On The Dickenbock Report: National Garlic Day

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April 19 is National Garlic Day. The Dickenbock Report is already a pungent program, but this week it'll be pretty garlicky. Musical rep...
Friday, April 17, 2026

This Week In Self Help: April 12 + 14

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For whatever reason, I don't have a lot of pictures of palaces on my computer. I think I already said I've never visited a palace. S...
Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Self Help Radio 041426: Palaces

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It's usual practice isn't it for a palace to have a sign or marquee outside to let everyone know it's a palace, right? That'...
Monday, April 13, 2026

Whither Palaces?

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That's the sign outside what used to be the Palace Barber Shop in Grand Prairie, Texas. I took that picture when I was in the metroplex ...
Sunday, April 12, 2026

Preface To Palaces: The Donut Palace Mystery

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That is a picture I took somewhere in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex millions of years ago. Okay, it was August of 2017, probably in Fort W...
Saturday, April 11, 2026

Coming Up Tomorrow On The Dickenbock Report: National Licorice Day

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(image found here ) April 12 is National Licorice Day. We the Dickenbock Report are always hungry & we're glad to report on food, un...