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Saturday, September 17, 2022

91.7

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(my Austin loves, KVRX & KOOP ) The other night, on the air on KBOO, I gave the legal ID, like you do, but I said this: "You'r...
Friday, September 16, 2022

Show Woes

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(At the Aladdin Theater last spring, right before the Magnetic Fields came on.) Back in Austin, in the late 80s, I would visit a record stor...
Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Self Help Radio 091322: Satisfaction

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(Original image  here .) Well I'm satisfied that the Self Help Radio satisfaction show rates a "satisfactory" grade.  Remember...
Monday, September 12, 2022

Whither Satisfaction?

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(I wish I knew where I found this!) The eternal conundrum: can a mostly unsatisfying radio show properly cover the theme "satisfaction...
Sunday, September 11, 2022

Preface To Satisfaction: That Song

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(image from  Discogs ) If one is going to do a show with the theme "Satisfaction," one must contend with this song, probably the m...
Saturday, September 10, 2022

Smoky 2020

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In Portland two years ago today, smoke from nearby wildfires turned the skies orange.  That's a picture of the sun up there.  Being outs...
Friday, September 09, 2022

Soon

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(image from here ) The image above is from Tumblr, where many blogs are looking forward to Halloween, but when I saw it today, I thought it ...
Tuesday, September 06, 2022

Self Help Radio 090622: Excitement!

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The theme of this week's show was excitement & I wondered "Is a show about excitement by definition an exciting show?"  Th...
Monday, September 05, 2022

Whither Excitement?

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(big promises) Is it possible that an almost terminally-unexciting program like Self Help Radio could take the theme of excitement & mak...
Sunday, September 04, 2022

Preface To Excitement: Outside Of My Comfort Zone

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(Absolutely terrifying. It's from here .) One thing is true: I'm not a very exciting person.  This is not meant to be self-deprecati...
Saturday, September 03, 2022

Helping & Donateing Rules

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Three years ago today, I snapped this picture in my neighborhood.  Where we live is more densely populated than anywhere we've lived bef...
Friday, September 02, 2022

Pig Graffiti

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Voila! So... This week's show was a continuation of the Indiepop A To Z series.  I began the series way back in 2005 (after an earlier a...
Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Self Help Radio 083022: Indiepop A To Z # 69

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(all images from Discogs ) Some said it couldn't be done.  Others said it shouldn't be done.  Most didn't care one way or anothe...
Monday, August 29, 2022

Whither Indiepop A To Z # 69?

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(In the name of twee, please enjoy this unbearably cute cartoon by Liz Climo .) Ah yes, it has been four months (give or take a week) since ...
Sunday, August 28, 2022

Preface To Indiepop A To Z # 69: Under Construction

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(Image from here .) It's strange, I was starting to feel nostalgic for those "under construction" signs that used to be on eve...
Saturday, August 27, 2022

August 27th Is Weird

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It's been about eight years since I happened upon a digital camera & started taking pictures when I was out & about.  I've h...
Friday, August 26, 2022

Plans Are Like Pants

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(image from here ) One of the almost certainly not amusing things I do is often deliberately confuse the words "plans" & ...
Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Self Help Radio 082322: Turquoise

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(original image here .) Here it is. A radio show about turquoise. Which is a mineral which is prized as a gem which gives its name to a colo...
Monday, August 22, 2022

Whither Turquoise?

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(image from here .) The story of a turquoise radio show is a bit circuitous but perhaps it's interesting. It begins with a memory & ...
Sunday, August 21, 2022

Preface To Turquoise: Has This Ever Happened Before?

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(image from here .) This week's Self Help Radio has the theme turquoise. But why? I'll tell you that tomorrow. Something interesting...