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Friday, May 19, 2023

Self Help Radio 051823: Telegraphy

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(Original image here .*) During research for this show, I discovered that "telegraphy" means "the long-distance transmission ...
Thursday, May 18, 2023

Whither Telegraphy?

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(image from here ) This is going to seem unbelievable, but I recently discovered that the idea for this show came from a very unexpected pla...
Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Preface To Telegraphy: Telegraph Line

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One thing I wonder is, when I first saw this Schoolhouse Rock video, "Telegraph Line," if I knew what a telegram was. I was eleven...
Tuesday, May 16, 2023

A Nice Thing Happened Today

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My hounds seemed very excited today about something under our shed. My wife thought it was a raccoon. It turns out it was a very handsome Si...
Monday, May 15, 2023

Rita Lee

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(from her Wikipedia page ) It was a sadness to hear of the passing of Rita Lee about a week ago. As a strange coincidence, my wife was recen...
Friday, May 12, 2023

Self Help Radio 051123: Tilt

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Here's a confession: this week's Self Help Radio was not live. I would've loved to do it live. I had planned to do it live. But....
Thursday, May 11, 2023

Whither Tilt?

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("Dream Of The Rarebit Fiend" Sunday strip by Winsor McCay, March 9, 1913 found  here ) Yes, the theme of this week's show is ...
Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Preface To Tilt: Jousting Around

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(from the Wikipedia page on jousting ) These past few days I've been a single dad & am trapped in a house with a puppy who hasn'...
Tuesday, May 09, 2023

Four Years Ago, In Idaho

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Four years ago today, we were on the road from Twin Falls, Idaho, to Portland, Oregon. My wife had a minivan with lots of stuff crammed in i...
Monday, May 08, 2023

The Nicest Thing

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We recently adopted a kitten & a puppy. I might have mentioned them already. We have three other animals - two dogs & a cat - all ar...
Friday, May 05, 2023

Self Help Radio 050423: Get A Grip

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Here's a caveat about this week's show as it appears on the Self Help Radio website: it's not exactly how it aired. There were t...
Thursday, May 04, 2023

Whither Get A Grip?

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( Wikipedia says "OK Grip") "Get a grip" is one of those themes that says to the hypothetical listener "Is Gary al...
Wednesday, May 03, 2023

Preface To Get A Grip: (Parenthetical Titles)

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(image from Discogs ) It's interesting to me that the original single for the very famous Stranglers song "(Get A) Grip (On Yoursel...
Tuesday, May 02, 2023

New Intro Time Again Again Again Again Again Again Again Again Again Again Again!

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(There's a sample from this movie in this year's intro! Image from  IMDb. ) There's a good reason to make an "intro" f...
Monday, May 01, 2023

Belafonte

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(Image from the Wikipedia *) Harry Belafonte seemed a larger-than-life performer when I was a child. I remember how delighted I'd be whe...
Saturday, April 29, 2023

Self Help Radio 042723: Indiepop A To Z # 71

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(all images from Discogs ) Here it is! Installment number seventy-one! From Reiner to Riverhead! Lots of groovy indiepop tunes for you! It...
Thursday, April 27, 2023

Whither Indiepop A To Z # 71?

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(image from Discogs ) Hey yeah! We've gotten to the Indiepop A To Z episode where we'll play Jonathan Richman! But wait Gary! Didn...
Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Preface To Indiepop A To Z # 71: Bluto & Pete

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There's really not a lot to say about my silly series of indiepop artists in alphabetical order that I haven't already said in seven...
Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Mark Stewart

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(image from Mark Stewart's Twitter page ) This morning on KBOO I played a couple of hours of music made by Mark Stewart, whom we lost on...
Monday, April 24, 2023

Movies On Another Planet

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(image from the IMDb ) If you were off-planet or something, & didn't listen to this week's Self Help Radio, hey, you really shou...