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Friday, September 01, 2023

Self Help Radio 083123: Indiepop A To Z # 72

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(all images from Discogs ) There have now been 72 installments of this series. What more can I say? I was thinking I'd tell you I met a ...
Thursday, August 31, 2023

Whither Indiepop A To Z # 72?

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(This is Pete. Beagles are the official dogs of indiepop.) It was many years ago that I began this series, Indiepop A To Z. What is indiepop...
Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Preface To Indiepop A To Z # 73: Here's A Picture Of My Cat Bluto

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He's grown up a bit - I guess he's about eleven months old now. You'd see lots of pictures of him if we were friends on Facebook...
Tuesday, August 29, 2023

Three Years Ago

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In the midst of a global pandemic, the wife & I decide to cross over into Washington state & walk the dogs along the Columbia. As us...
Monday, August 28, 2023

Are We STILL Talking About Neptune?

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(Now that 's what I can an infographic - it's from here .) There were so many songs about Neptune that were instrumental, I really f...
Friday, August 25, 2023

Self Help Radio 082423: Neptune

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(original image here ) Yesterday I said there were more songs about the god Neptune than the planet Neptune. So after the shows was done - ...
Thursday, August 24, 2023

Whither Neptune?

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(image from the Wikipedia ) Neptune is the eighth & last planet in our solar system (sorry Pluto!). Neptune is also the name of the Roma...
Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Preface To Neptune: Intro Doc

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If I did this right, embedded above is a video by  Astrum  about the planet Neptune, which is this week's theme. The direct link to the ...
Tuesday, August 22, 2023

Toys

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This was a disappointing day, in ways that would seem dumb to you & so I won't bore you with the details. I spent a lot of it listen...
Monday, August 21, 2023

The Charm Of Cinema

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(image from the IMDb ) We had one charming show last week - why, you can still listen at  the Self Help Radio website ! - & in-between t...
Friday, August 18, 2023

Self Help Radio 081723: Charm

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(original image here ) Can a radio show be charming? Of course! Can Self Help Radio be charming? Not on your life! But can Self Help Radio d...
Thursday, August 17, 2023

Whither Charm?

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(I scanned this ages ago from an old comic book.) Prince Charming told me his favorite song was "This Charming Man." When introduc...
Wednesday, August 16, 2023

Preface To Charm: Oodles Of Charm

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From Kurt Vonnegut's Breakfast Of Champions: The show tomorrow is about charm, you see. I don't have oodles of charm, alas.
Tuesday, August 15, 2023

What The Hell Update For Corporate Standardized Programming Too

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The other other show I do is called Corporate Standardized Programming & it airs on KBOO from midnight to 3am on Tuesday mornings/Monday...
Monday, August 14, 2023

Update For The Dickenbock Report

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There is a program I do on XRAY called the Dickenbock Report. Like Self Help Radio, I've done this show on three stations in Portland -...
Friday, August 11, 2023

Self Help Radio 081023: Quicksand

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(original image here ) We survived! The entire show fell into quicksand & we thought we would be completely submerged but instead we sor...
Thursday, August 10, 2023

Whither Quicksand?

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(image from the Wikipedia ) It begins, like so many things in my life, with David Bowie. Specifically, the Divine Symmetry box set that cam...
Wednesday, August 09, 2023

Preface To Quicksand: That David Bowie Song

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(image from the song's Wikipedia page ) Bowie's album Hunky Dory became my friend I think in the eleventh grade. Before I acquired i...
Tuesday, August 08, 2023

Dogwalk 2020

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In a Zoom conversation tonight with old friends from KVRX, the phrase "now that covid is over" was used more than once. It doesn...
Monday, August 07, 2023

Sir Archibald Von Poesy Redux

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This is something I never do so I thought I'd do it so I couldn't say I never do it instead I can say I rarely do it. Which is this:...