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Friday, February 14, 2014

Self Help Radio 021414: Valentine's Day 2014

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Happy Valentine's Day!  Here's a buncha songs about Valentine's Day, valentines, days of Valentine, & well - you get the d...
Thursday, February 13, 2014

Preface To Valentine's Day 2014: Any Good Valentine's Day Stories?

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I actually don't have a lot of Valentine's Day stories because for the longest time (my first twenty years or so, & many of the ...
Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Revenge Of The Love Song!

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What happens when you no longer need the love song?  You might be married - or have given up on being with another - or have given your life...
Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Dead External Drive Blues

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Tuesdays are usually the days I set aside for lots of listening to music for Friday's show.  I have many songs (like most people) which ...
Monday, February 10, 2014

Table Of Contents/Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

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TOC/OCD This may strike many as absurd, being that Self Help Radio is a show unlikely to be heard by many people ever in the universe ever...
Friday, February 07, 2014

Self Help Radio 020714: Hollow

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The hollowness of human existence got you down?  Why not celebrate it instead?  Self Help Radio today celebrates hollow in all its forms. ...
Thursday, February 06, 2014

Whither Hollow?

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The first time I read TS Eliot's "The Hollow Men," I had no familiarity with Guy Fawkes & only a vague understanding of th...
Wednesday, February 05, 2014

Preface To Hollow: The Adventures Of Reverb & Echo!

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"It doesn't make much sense, sir," said the young police cadet. "No," grumbled the aged detective.  "It most ...
Tuesday, February 04, 2014

Punch A Bee

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I found this on a Tumblr site: I have no idea what it means, but it made me laugh. Things are odd that way.
Monday, February 03, 2014

People Die During Allegations Of The Super Bowl All The Time

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I sure enjoyed the hell out of watching Phillip Seymour Hoffman act.  He seemed like a shy, sensitive fellow, & his co-worker's twee...
Friday, January 31, 2014

Self Help Radio 013114: The Only One

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Are you the only one who really knows what the hell is going on?  Are you perhaps the only one qualified to give an opinion on the matter?...
Thursday, January 30, 2014

Whither The Only One?

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Years later, it was 2083 & a lot had changed.  The only human being left on the planet walked up & down the street, in-between the s...
Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Preface To The Only One: Not Only One Only One Song

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Oh god, there are times when I think I'm not going to find enough songs for a dumb theme - this week's being "the only one...
Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Pete Seeger

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I was going to tweet this today, but thought it might be too stupid: "It's too sad to keep writing about great musicians who have d...
Monday, January 27, 2014

Why I Don't Watch The Grammys

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I like to watch awards shows, & regularly tune in (though I DVR them so I can fast-forward through the commercials) to watch the Emmys, ...
Friday, January 24, 2014

Self Help Radio 012414: Rope

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Well.  Here you go.  The world was clamoring for an entire radio show about rope & Self Help Radio delivered!  (At least I think the w...
Thursday, January 23, 2014

Whither Rope?

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Basically, I wondered if I could find enough songs about rope to fill a radio show.  I did!  I would've had enough even if I still had t...
Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Preface To Rope: Not That Alfred Hitchcock Movie!

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You've seen this, right?  It's a nice Alfred Hitchcock mindfuck from the late 1940s which was the first of four movies Stewart mad...
Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Post-Birthday Blooz

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It's weird, tonight we watched a couple of shows - Sunday's Girls & tonight's New Girl - & both were about birthdays. ...
Monday, January 20, 2014

Happy Birthday To Me!

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Today is my 46th birthday, &, as usual, people who are far more accomplished & infinitely more important than I will ever be get the...