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Saturday, June 11, 2011

Preface To Ages: Another Confusing Theme Needs To Be Elucidated

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Note to self: stop using the word "elucidate." This week's Self Help Radio theme, which is "ages," might best have b...
Friday, June 10, 2011

Parachesis

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"In rhetoric, parachesis is the repetition of the same sound in several words in close succession. Alliteration (initial rhyme) is a sp...
Tuesday, June 07, 2011

The Show About Wondering Wanders Home

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In case you were wondering why it took over a day to get my Self Help Radio show about wondering up, I'll just say that in a twenty-one ...
Monday, June 06, 2011

Wondering About Today's Self Help Radio?

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I am going to be subbing another show on WRFL tonight, so I won't have the time today to post this morning's Self Help Radio, about...
Sunday, June 05, 2011

Whither The Wondering Show?

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Someone was telling me I should do a "wonderful" show since there "must be a lot of songs using the word 'wonderful' ...
Saturday, June 04, 2011

Preface To The Wondering Show: It's Going To Be One Of Those Shows Isn't It

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Fancy is struck. The passive voice is implemented. No one has any cause for alarm. I know people get in trouble for things everyone else i...
Friday, June 03, 2011

I'm Hungover/I'm All Over The Place

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Both are true. With the wife out of town & the dogs paid hush puppies as hush money, I am free to be me & me. But instead I am squ...
Monday, May 30, 2011

A Devil - Er, I Mean, Satan - Of A Show

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It was a quiet Memorial Day show this morning, wherein I played more songs that talked about Satan than most heavy metal shows. I don't...
Sunday, May 29, 2011

Whither A Devil By Any Other Name...?

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You might notice that I don't repeat themes - except on my anniversary shows - so when something strikes my fancy, & it makes me thi...
Saturday, May 28, 2011

Preface To A Devil By Any Other Name: Childhood Fears

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Did you enjoy being frightened as a child? I was torn between the joy of being terrified & the general sense of calling bullshit on a w...
Friday, May 27, 2011

The Politics Of Lame

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Just as this not-a-single-reason-for-existence blog celebrated its 1,100th (that's one thousand, one hundredth) post, I make the decisio...
Monday, May 23, 2011

Problem-O-Matic

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You gotta problem with a show about problems? Self Help Radio has long been described as "a show with problems," & today, in i...
Sunday, May 22, 2011

Whither Problems?

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One of the first radio shows I ever did, back in Austin, was a show I called "the broken show," in which I played songs about thin...
Saturday, May 21, 2011

It's Number 1100

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It's that time again. The appearance of meticulous accounting. Lots of figures added up in my head. Here are the "facts": I...

Preface To Problems: Rapture Day! Problems Solved!

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How appropriate! This week's show is about problems, & guess what? According to we can know dot com , "the date of the raptur...
Friday, May 20, 2011

I don't have a lot to say today

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This should do it:
Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Countdown To The Eleven Hundredth Post!

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I am about to reach the eleven hundredth post on this Self Help Radio blog. Perhaps I should do something to celebrate. Though "1100...
Monday, May 16, 2011

A Show About Drums

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Drums. The world's oldest & most ubiquitous musical instrument. Virtually every culture that exists or has ever existed has them. ...
Sunday, May 15, 2011

Whither Drums?

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I don't think I have a favorite drum solo or even a favorite drummer. I tried to learn how to play the drums once but of course didn...
Saturday, May 14, 2011

Preface To Drums: Twelve Drummers Drumming

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Well! The best laid pants of mice & men & all that. I had planned to scan a funny picture from one of my favorite comics, Pogo, wi...