Links

▼
Saturday, January 25, 2020

Preface To A Lean Show: Lean Or Lean? (Definitely Not Lien)

›
This is the truth: I had hoped to find lots of songs in which the subject of the songs was, explicitly, someone described as "lean....
Friday, January 24, 2020

Swoon

›
That's a nice word, isn't it?  I was thinking if someone asked me what my reaction to Picard was, I'd say, "I swooned....
Thursday, January 23, 2020

Missing A Milestone

›
This past week I was so caught up remembering my sixteenth year I didn't even notice we passed 3300 posts on this blog.  Every time this...
Monday, January 20, 2020

Self Help Radio 012020: 1984

›
(All record covers found on Discogs .) Wow, it's just after noon & I'm exhausted.  Is this what being 52 is like?  I did wa...
Sunday, January 19, 2020

Whither 1984?

›
(Image from here .) Wait!  No!  The show this week isn't about the book (& film) 1984, it's my favorite music from the year...
Saturday, January 18, 2020

Preface To 1984: Cars & Other Things About My Sixteenth Year On Earth

›
It's very weird thinking about the me I was over thirty years ago, but it's safe to say he wouldn't recognize me at all.  That G...
Friday, January 17, 2020

The Summer Of 1984

›
Every time I hear a discussion about how children should remain in school longer, I get horrified, because I loved summer vacation so much. ...
Thursday, January 16, 2020

1984 Was If I Recall Correctly A Lonely Year

›
The next Self Help Radio will explore the music that I love that was released in 1984. On my birthday week in 2003, the first birthday I h...
Monday, January 13, 2020

Self Help Radio 011320: Reflections

›
Something happened on today's show that I'm not proud of, & it happened within the first twenty minutes.  To explain how it h...
Sunday, January 12, 2020

Whither Reflections?

›
(Image from here - where there are a lot of images of things reflecting!) This morning, avoiding my reflection in the mirror, I asked ...
Saturday, January 11, 2020

Preface To Reflections: Reflecting On Mirrors

›
Not only have I already done a show about mirrors - in October of 2004 - & not only that, I revisited the theme of mirrors in October o...
Friday, January 10, 2020

Where I'm Going Tonight

›
To see this guy: Interestingly, this is the second Kid In The Hall I've seen since moving to Portland.  I did once get to see the K...
Thursday, January 09, 2020

Library Of Mirrors

›
This week's show - not the one that happened last Monday but the one that will happen next Monday - which I know is technically next wee...
Monday, January 06, 2020

Self Help Radio 010620: Iron

›
(Original image here .) Sometimes you think you're absurd, & the world is like,  ha ha ha no.  On today's ridiculous show, ...
Sunday, January 05, 2020

Whither Iron?

›
(Art by Ross Andru & Mike Esposito - Iron is the big purple one.  Found this here .) This week's show is about "iron....
Saturday, January 04, 2020

Preface To Iron: Television Shows About Places Where You Used To Live

›
Though I should be working on this week's Self Help Radio, I got sucked into a Louis Theroux documentary the wife was watching.  It...
Friday, January 03, 2020

The Trouble With Tribbles

›
A long time ago, I had a different blog that wasn't really for a radio show.  It was instead a place where I tried to write funny things...
Thursday, January 02, 2020

But Who Counted?

›
Before I marvel at the final tally of my radio shows (& non-radio shows, as the case my be), I want to remind you that you can listen to...
Monday, December 30, 2019

Self Help Radio 123019: Indiepop A To Z # 61

›
(Almost all images found on Discogs .) The last Self Help Radio of 2019 almost undone by disaster! It's true.  The online stream ...
Sunday, December 29, 2019

Whither Indiepop A To Z # 61

›
(Image from  here .) Yes, it's that time again: I continue my probably never-to-be-finished Indiepop A To Z series.  We're at t...