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Saturday, May 04, 2024

Coming Up Tomorrow On The Dickenbock Report: National Lemonade Day

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The first Sunday in May is National Lemonade Day. The first Sunday in May this year is May 5. & on Sundays in Portland, it's the Dic...
Friday, May 03, 2024

This Week In Self Help (April 28 + 30 2024)

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Here's a picture of a rainbow I took earlier this year. I like rainbows. It has nothing to do with this summary of the nonsense I got in...
Thursday, May 02, 2024

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

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(Yeah, Columbo shows up. This is a screen grab from a DVD I own.) It is time once again to make a new intro for my show. I actually have bee...
Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Self Help Radio 043024: Indiepop A To Z # 74

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(all images from Discogs .) Someone once asked me if I thought anyone listened to these indiepop shows. I said I didn't know. The person...
Monday, April 29, 2024

Whither Indiepop A To Z # 74?

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It hailed in Portland today. In some places it might be considered a sign, but it's snowed in Portland in April so it just was one of th...
Sunday, April 28, 2024

Preface To Indiepop A To Z # 74: The Saga Continues

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What more can I say? I've done this 73 times already. I'll do it lots more. Here's a picture of my cat Bluto who's very twee...
Saturday, April 27, 2024

Coming Up Tomorrow On The Dickenbock Report: National Superhero Day

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April 28 is National Superhero Day. While Dick Dickenbock believes all radio journalists are superheroes, we report the news in our secret i...
Friday, April 26, 2024

This Week In Self Help (April 19, 21, + 23 2024)

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Up there is the picture I used for this week's show announcement, I manipulated it & added the SHR logo, trying to make the image on...
Thursday, April 25, 2024

Delirious Films

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(image from the IMDb ) This week's episode of Self Help Radio had the theme "delirium" & our resident cinephile Chuck stop...
Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Self Help Radio 042324: Delirium

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Among the things that can cause delirium are: sleep deprivation, drugs & alcohol, pain, mental illness, & radio shows. Radio shows?!...
Monday, April 22, 2024

Whither Delirium?

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(image from here ) Look at that brain up there! Delirium is a complicated thing! Surely that's enough to have the subject deserve a radi...
Sunday, April 21, 2024

Preface To Delirium: Oh You Just Know I Gotta Talk About The Endless

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(from Sandman # 63) It had been many years since I'd read a comic when a girl I was seeing in the mid-90s turned me on to the new Sandma...
Saturday, April 20, 2024

Coming Up Tomorrow On The Dickenbock Report: Thank You For Libraries Day!

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That picture above, captured from Goober Malps , is a picture of my childhood library. It wasn't my first library - I'm sure that th...
Friday, April 19, 2024

This Week In Self Help (April 14 + 16 2024)

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One website calls this building - the Textron Tower in Providence RI - the ugliest skyscraper in the state. But it wasn't mentioned on ...
Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Self Help Radio 041624: Providence

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(original image of Providence by David Wilson here ) This week's show - which has the theme "providence" - turned out to be mo...
Monday, April 15, 2024

Whither Providence?

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(In Providence, they like to set the water on fire. Image from here .) One of the things I'm very happy about is that no one - seriously...
Sunday, April 14, 2024

Preface To Providence: Hey, I've Been To Providence!

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(a snapshot of Providence from Gurgle Merps ) It's true! In the fall of 1997, I accompanied two folks from KVRX to Providence for the NA...
Saturday, April 13, 2024

Coming Up Tomorrow On The Dickenbock Report: Perfume Day!

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(found many moons ago on a Tumblr blog somewhere...) April 14 is "Perfume Day" so tune into the Dickenbock Report on XRAY for info...
Friday, April 12, 2024

This Week In Self Help (April 7 + 9 2024)

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(comic from lolein.com ) Here's a brief summary of what I did on the radio this week. It may be helpful with the authorities in coming p...
Tuesday, April 09, 2024

Self Help Radio 040924: Can't Wait

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The title of the image above, to which I added the Self Help Radio bear, is called "Can't Wait To See What You Turn Out To Be....