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Saturday, September 05, 2015

One Thing Is Clear: Backmasking In Secular Rock Music Is Always Negative

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This is so much fun.  When I was a kid, I discovered "backmasking" - it was because of a list in a book that had "proof...
Wednesday, September 02, 2015

Self Help Radio 090115: Failure

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(Original image here .) It's only natural a show like Self Help Radio would celebrate failure.  After all, many self-help websites ...
Tuesday, September 01, 2015

Whither Failure?

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(I found this here .) Why a Self Help Radio show about failure?  Are you kidding?  Have you ever met a radio show with such low self-es...
Monday, August 31, 2015

Preface To Failure: The Failure That Is Me

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The show - Self Help Radio - was not yet two years old when I got one of the first "criticisms" of it by a listener.  I don't ...
Sunday, August 30, 2015

History Section

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Sometimes when I'm in a bookstore I stand in the Self-Help section to see if I feel a sense of belonging.  There are Glenn Beck books in...
Saturday, August 29, 2015

Spent The Day In Versailles, Kentucky

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It's pronounced "ver-sails," not "ver-sigh," like those hipster French people say. My camera was at the ready, sna...
Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Self Help Radio 082515: Indiepop A To Z # 48

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(I got most of the images of album/CD covers from discogs dot com .) Here it is: episode 48 in the series called "Indiepop A To Z,...
Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Whither Indiepop A To Z # 48?

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Because indiepop is so twee, here's a picture of a cute cat, which I got from here . Look, I know it's a little weird that ever...
Monday, August 24, 2015

Preface To Indiepop A To Z # 48: What Has Not Yet Been Said

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It has been a relaxing week at Self Help Radio HQ, since I've just been listening to songs by bands in alphabetical order that I already...
Sunday, August 23, 2015

He's Embarrassed Enough As It is

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My wife was talking to our dogs about whether she should wear pants on our nightly dog walk.  She decided that the dogs are embarrassed enou...
Saturday, August 22, 2015

Occasionally, I Tweet

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It's true, Self Help Radio has a Twitter account .  I'm honestly not sure why.  I don't know if any radio show "live tweets...
Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Self Help Radio 081815: Sand

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(Original image here .) This is true: a fellow called my show yesterday (the one I am presenting today), & said, "Are you doin...
Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Whither Sand?

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(A closeup shot of sand from here .) Guess what?  I can tell you exactly where I got the idea for this week's show!  It's from ...
Monday, August 17, 2015

Preface To Sand: A Sad Sandbox Story

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My childhood - at least before I started school, which is to say, first grade, which was the first grade of school I attended - was fraught...
Sunday, August 16, 2015

Notes On A Sunday

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Sometimes it seems I'll never get used to writing on this blog on the weekend.  I'm sitting here listening to songs about sand.  The...
Saturday, August 15, 2015

The Ice Maker Isn't Working

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In this weather!  Okay.  I'll go get a bag of ice. Also a soda.  I know sodas are bad for you!  You know how you grew up in a more-or-...
Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Self Help Radio 081115: The Kitchen

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(Original image here .) Is the kitchen the most important room in the house?   Can you protect yourself from the dangers of the kitche...
Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Whither The Kitchen?

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(I found this image here .) Boy do I love kitchens.  Most of the time, that's where the food is!  Since I've learned to cook - ...
Monday, August 10, 2015

Preface To Kitchens: Kitchens I Have Known

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When I was a kid, I loved looking at cookbooks, & not just because I wanted to eat everything in those unreal, hyper-colored glossy phot...
Sunday, August 09, 2015

You Might Not Hear Much From Me Today

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Because. My friends Maria & Macy asked me to sub their radio show, which I will shortly do. I did something else yesterday that took...