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Saturday, October 08, 2022

Purposeful Criticism In Highly Reactive Media

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My dog Pauline turned ten today. It affects you not at all.  It affects a radio show not at all. When I was growing up, I encountered a few ...
Friday, October 07, 2022

Films Of 1970/Books Of 1970

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(image from the IMDb ) On this past week's show - wherein I not only revisited the theme of my favorite music of 1970 but also celebrate...
Tuesday, October 04, 2022

Self Help Radio 100422: 1970 Revisited - The 20th Anniversary Show!

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(all album art from Discogs .) There it is.  Three more hours of music & fun from 1970 plus me reminiscing about the show as well as the...
Monday, October 03, 2022

Whither 1970 Revisited?

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(image from here .) Self Help Radio had its first episode on October 9, 2002. It was a Wednesday in Austin, at 2 in the afternoon.  I've...
Sunday, October 02, 2022

Preface To 1970 Revisited: 1970 Again

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(image from here .) Every year around the time of the show's anniversary, Self Help Radio revisits an old theme.  This week's show i...
Saturday, October 01, 2022

Movies Of All Sizes

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(image from the IMDb ) We had a delightful visit this week from our friend Chuck - Self Help Radio's resident cinephile - who, apropos t...
Friday, September 30, 2022

The Size Of Books

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(images from Goodreads ) If we're very lucky, our favorite librarian Carole stops by Self Help Radio to talk to us about some books rela...
Thursday, September 29, 2022

Reflections On The Number 4,000

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(image from here ) Oh no, you're thinking, is he going to start writing in this blog six days a week? That's just so much more to ig...
Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Self Help Radio 092722: Sizes

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Like the graphic above (which features a picture of the Willamette in the background that I took on a very cold day this past winter), Self ...
Monday, September 26, 2022

Whither Sizes?

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  (image found  here .) Self Help Radio listeners come in all sizes (I'll assume).  But are they - are you - interested in a show about ...
Sunday, September 25, 2022

Preface To Sizes: How Tall Or Fat Is 4000?

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(image from here .) The show this week will have the theme "sizes."  Which should be fun.  But guess what?  I missed a milestone a...
Saturday, September 24, 2022

Self Help Radio's Own Mr. Fix-It

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(image from here ) You don't listen to Self Help Radio, which is cool, I probably wouldn't either if I didn't have to be there, ...
Friday, September 23, 2022

Fixing In The Movies

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(image from the IMDb ) This week our resident cinephile Chuck stopped by to talk about a specific kind of fix in movies - the fix that is ...
Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Self Help Radio 092022: Fixes

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It took me way too long to make that image up there.  Too bad it's not very good. The show about fixes is done & I am not sure it fi...
Monday, September 19, 2022

Whither Fixing (Or Fixes)?

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(image from here .) You might have guessed, if you read yesterday's blog entry, why the theme this week is "fixing." Or "...
Sunday, September 18, 2022

Preface To Fixing: Fixed It!

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That snotty picture was taken six years ago somewhere & entitled "Fixed It!"  Because, you know, we all have the money to get ...
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...