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Friday, January 05, 2024

Self Help Radio 010424: Dandelions

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The first Self Help Radio of 2024 was a bit flowery. Just one flower, actually. The dandelion. Oh did you not think there'd be enough da...
Thursday, January 04, 2024

Whither Dandelions?

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One thing I know is true: you don't need a reason to do anything if it involved flowers. You don't need a reason to give someone flo...
Wednesday, January 03, 2024

Preface To Dandelions: Wishes

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Though I have taken many more pictures of flowers in Portland than anywhere else - people here love their gardens - I snapped that little fe...
Tuesday, January 02, 2024

Welcome 2024

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It's been a bit damp so far. But I spend a lot of time making radio shows, so I stay dry. Hope for the best. Know the worst is yet to co...
Monday, January 01, 2024

The Yearly Tally

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It's time for me to reveal to anyone who cares (& it's not that many people) how many radio shows I made in 2023. It is somethin...
Friday, December 29, 2023

Self Help Radio 122823: Indiepop A To Z # 73

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(most images found at Discogs ) It was the last Self Help Radio of 2023. It was the seventy-third installment of the Indiepop A To Z series....
Thursday, December 28, 2023

Whither Indiepop A To Z # 73?

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(A twee kitty named Bluto) In February of 2003, during the first year of Self Help Radio, I thought of an occasional series of radio shows i...
Wednesday, December 27, 2023

Preface To Indiepop A To Z # 73: Goodbye Letter R

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(taken from this YouTube clip ) At this point I'm going to stop drawing attention to how weird & OCD it is to spend over seventy epi...
Tuesday, December 26, 2023

Two Years Ago On This Day It Snowed

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Proof. The wife said, "People are telling me it's been very unusually warm here this year & that we should have had snow by now...
Monday, December 25, 2023

Christmas

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Boy, Christmas used to be exciting for me. Not for any of the religious stuff - that was never emphasized in our home & I was never forc...
Friday, December 22, 2023

Self Help Radio 122123: Gary's Favorite Music 2023

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(album covers from Discogs & Bandcamp ) Here you are. A selection of songs from mostly indie & postpunk releases of the year. I lis...
Thursday, December 21, 2023

Whither Gary's Favorite Music 2023?

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(A classic, found here ) At the risk of boring you, today's Self Help Radio is about my favorite music of the year. This is a thing we d...
Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Preface To Gary's Favorite Music 2023: Being Philosophical

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That's a picture of my dog Yoko. She turned 11 last Friday. She's one of my favorite things about 2023, but she's been one of my...
Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Sandwich

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On this day three years ago we drove on a Saturday morning to Hillsboro, Oregon, to get vegan donuts. We haven't done that in a while. W...
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Monday, December 18, 2023

Listening Differently

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Is this a confession? Or an admission? Or neither? It's just something I have been thinking about as I prepare for this week's show,...
Friday, December 15, 2023

Self Help Radio 121423: Howard Gently Year Two

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(Kaleidoscope behind Gently found here .) Here it is, the third collection of bits from Howard Gently appearances on Self Help Radio. All fr...
Thursday, December 14, 2023

Whither Howard Gently Year Two?

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(Ditko background found here .) To explain today's show in a nutshell: I had a friend called Russell. We knew each other for a long time...
Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Preface To Howard Gently Year Two: Time

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(An image - who knows where from - I sent to Russell on his birthday in 2017.) This week I am going to play more bits by my friend Russell (...
Tuesday, December 12, 2023

Just Another December 12th

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In 2018, in Fort Worth, Texas, I took a picture of a bird of prey at the top of a tree. In 2020, in Portland, Oregon, I took a picture of my...
Monday, December 11, 2023

Victim Of The Movies

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(image from the IMDb ) Our resident cinephile Chuck stopped by the show last week to talk about films involving victims, which was the show...