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Friday, May 04, 2007

Changing Your Life, One Comb At A Time

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The text messaging revolution has found its way to our iron-clad shores. Alas, I am without a legend. Can someone tell me what IWIWAUNL me...
Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Whither "Keep On"?

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As I write this, much later than I normally write this nonsense, there's a magnificent storm happening in Austin. I had to drive throug...
Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Preface To "Keep On": I Want To Be In An Urban 1970s Sitcom Please

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This week on Self Help Radio, a team of stinky linguists will decontruct the phrase "keep on." Then, the rest of the time (89 min...
Monday, April 30, 2007

When Pirates Dance!

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As April ends, I want to remember the fourth month I experienced in 2007. It seemed gloomy, rainy & sad, but also weirdly sunny, bright...
Thursday, April 26, 2007

What To Expect & When To Expect It

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Because I am on the radio, people expect me to know virtually everything about everything. I surprise them because I do. Ta-da! I know vi...
Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Whither Indiepop A To Z # 8

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Why make lists at all? Why best ofs and worst ofs & top tens? Could there be something wrong with it all? The first "best of...
Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Preface To Indiepop A To Z # 8: Eight Times The Charmer!

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Hello. Self Help Radio returns this week with the eighth installment of our popular "Indiepop A To Z" series. We last left off w...
Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Whither A Self Help Radio Without Gary?

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I should title this "Whither Death & Taxes," as that is the theme this week, but since I won't be doing it, I am concentra...
Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Preface To A Self Help Radio Without Gary: What If It Becomes A Habit?

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Dearest Friends, I am sorry I cannot be with you this week. Self Help Radio has been, alas, the victim of a buyout. A hostile takeover. E...
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Friday, April 13, 2007

A Friday Hoppity

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So, although I'm not sure if this is the official word of the station, the KOOP Spring 2007 Membership Driveis ending today. We have pr...
Thursday, April 12, 2007

No Letter Today

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Kurt Vonnegut has died. I am sad & have nothing to say.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Whither The Black Cassette?

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If you haven't guessed - & assuming you care - I haven't been doing very well during the current KOOP Membership Drive. I get l...
Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Preface to The Black Cassette: An Elegy For Dead Media

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I missed a bus yesterday & had to take one of the University's evening "combo" busses (cheaper than their "super-size...
Thursday, April 05, 2007

A Thursday Letter Makes Everything Better

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I got this from a friend of mine who thought she was writing me a personal email: Gary, I know you'd rather spend your time worry about ...
Wednesday, April 04, 2007

Whither The White Album Covered?

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I can't remember which cool East Coast band of the Throwing Muses - Pixies - Breeders - Belly axis covered a Beatles song first - it mig...
Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Preface To The White Album Covered: Whatever Happened To Those "Beatles" Anyway?

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Need I remind you it's Membership Drive time at KOOP? You may not have wanted to give to Self Help Radio last week (I did poorly) but ...
Friday, March 30, 2007

A Friday Plea

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This Friday post is deadly serious. KOOP's Spring 2007 Membership Drive starts today & it's your chance to not only support Au...
Thursday, March 29, 2007

Your Letters Are Troublemakers! (But I Answer Them Anyway)

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I answer letters every Thursday on this blog. There is no topic which I won't write about. So write me an email! Here's a mostly m...
Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Whither James Brown - Sampled?

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I was talking yesterday about how I keep my teeth clean with two parts shoe polish & one part vodka - but I wasn't talking about it ...
Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Preface To My James Brown Tribute: Will I Get Arrested For Sampling Samples?

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James Brown actually came to Austin last summer. Did I see him? No, I didn't. Wanna know why? Because I'm a moron & there...