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Saturday, November 30, 2019

Preface To Pulse: Not Really Much About Lentils, Sorry

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To be fair, there will be some lentil content, but far more about the "beat" meaning of pulse. Oh wait, you didn't know abou...
Friday, November 29, 2019

Helpful Fellow

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Someone just offered me bread.  "I work at a bakery," he said, wielding a large loaf of what I saw on the label was called Grand C...
Thursday, November 28, 2019

Thanksgiving Morning

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This morning I was on the air on Freeform Portland from 2 to 6am.  When I arrived, there was no deejay - I guess he (it was a he, I think) ...
Monday, November 25, 2019

Self Help Radio 112519: Magda's Birthday Show 2019

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(Original image from here .) My wife's birthday week begins now!  Her birthday is on the first of December, but I felt it would be ...
Sunday, November 24, 2019

Whither Magda's Birthday Show 2019?

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(I can't remember where I found this, sorry.) Every year Self Help Radio has been on - well, almost every year - fifteen of the e...
Saturday, November 23, 2019

Preface To Magda's Birthday Show 2019: Do-Over

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Yesterday I wrote about my disdain for radio shows that basically program the same show every year for holidays or whatever, playing the sam...
Friday, November 22, 2019

Reruns

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As a rule, I'm opposed to doing the same thing on Self Help Radio.  I don't repeat themes unless they're holiday-related (includ...
Thursday, November 21, 2019

Pandaemonium

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If you'd like to hear the sub show I did last night - which was of a heavy metal show, but I am not a heavy metal guy - so I play lots o...
Monday, November 18, 2019

Self Help Radio 111819: Number One Radio Show

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(foam finger from here ) Imagine if anyone actually listened to Self Help Radio & they thought I was really calling the show the ...
Sunday, November 17, 2019

Whither Number One Radio Show?

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(I honestly could have made this myself but I am lazy so I took the above image from this website .) Let me clear up a misconception.  ...
Saturday, November 16, 2019

Preface To Number One Radio Show: What Is Sleep Anyway?

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Do you get a good night's sleep?  Like, maybe six or seven or eight hours of sleep a night?  Really?  What's that like? If you can...
Friday, November 15, 2019

When Will I Ever Learn?

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People often say, "When will I ever learn?" after they have done something stupid, specifically something stupid they've done ...
Thursday, November 14, 2019

When Does A Thursday Not Feel Like A Thursday?

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When it's Thursday. Alas, I am too old to submit this wonderful riddle I just made up on my very own to one of my favorite Twitter acc...
Monday, November 11, 2019

Self Help Radio 111119: Weird

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There's an interesting story about that image up there.  The original (without the SHR logo) was taken by me when we visited Portland...
Sunday, November 10, 2019

Whither Weird?

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(Just a shirt.  From here .) What does it say on the Self Help Radio web site ?  "A Weird Show."  I guess it's better tha...
Saturday, November 09, 2019

Preface To Weirdos: Seeing A Legend

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Tonight I got to see Robert Forster of the Go-Betweens here in Portland.  This is one of five cities he's doing shows at in the United S...
Friday, November 08, 2019

Fun Draising

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This week I wrote an email to close friends & family asking them to help during the Freeform Portland Fall Fundraiser .  I pointed out t...
Thursday, November 07, 2019

All The Musicians I Want To See Live Are Dead

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That's not true but that's clever & compelling, isn't it?  Why are we drawn to such dumb pronouncements?  People do it all t...
Monday, November 04, 2019

Self Help Radio 110419: In The Dark

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(The lamp in the picture comes from here .) It gets darker earlier in Portland than in Texas, where last I lived.  In fact, as the days...
Sunday, November 03, 2019

Whither In The Dark?

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(Image from here .) Are you in the dark about why this week's Self Help Radio has the theme "in the dark"?  Hey!  Me too! ...