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Saturday, August 03, 2024

Coming Up Tomorrow On The Dickenbock Report: International Owl Awareness Day

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August 4 is International Owl Awareness Day. If there's one thing Dick Dickenbock is aware of, it's owls. They seem to follow him ar...
Friday, August 02, 2024

This Week In Self Help (July 26 28 + 30 2024)

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That's my cat Bluto sitting in my chair. He's mad that this week's Self Help Radio - which had the theme "catastrophe"...
Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Self Help Radio 073024: Catastrophe

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A caller tonight: isn't a Self Help Radio episode about catastrophe redundant ha ha ha? No, sir, that would be a show with the theme wha...
Monday, July 29, 2024

Whither Catastrophe?

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(image by Paul Davis from here ) Most of the time I'm not entirely sure where the ideas for my radio shows come from. Usually it's s...
Sunday, July 28, 2024

Preface To Catastrophe: A Movie Recommendation

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(image from the IMDb ) No, this is not a recommendation from Self Help Radio's resident cinephile Chuck. Yes, this might be the first ti...
Saturday, July 27, 2024

Coming Up Tomorrow On The Dickenbock Report: A Show About Miami

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(vintage postcard of Miami, found here ) On July 28, 1896, the city of Miami, Florida, was incorporated. To mark that day, the Dickenbock Re...
Friday, July 26, 2024

This Week In Self Help (July 21 + 23 2024)

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(found here ) That's an image of Austin's newsweekly the Austin Chronicle from 1988 which I almost certainly picked up at a record s...
Tuesday, July 23, 2024

Self Help Radio 072324: 1988 (Continued)

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(All images from Discogs ) Here it is, another couple of hours of my favorite music from 1988. It may not surprise you I have another hour...
Monday, July 22, 2024

Whither 1988 (Continued)?

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Hey! That's an embarrassing picture of me with blonde hair in the summer of 1988! I really am grateful taking pictures was so expensive ...
Sunday, July 21, 2024

Preface To 1988 (Continued): Archaeology

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The screenshot above is from I guess a promotional film for UT Austin in 1988. This week on Self Help Radio I am revisiting my earlier theme...
Saturday, July 20, 2024

Coming Up Tomorrow On The Dickenbock Report: Belgian National Day

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That picture was taken very late at night in Ghent, Belgium, in the early part of this century. It's a shop window I think. It might als...
Friday, July 19, 2024

This Week In Self Help (July 12 14 + 16 2024)

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There wasn't a new Self Help Radio this week but there was a new Dickenbock Report plus I subbed a show on XRAY & I made a three-hou...
Thursday, July 18, 2024

Magnetic Movies

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(image from the IMDb ) Over a week ago (!) I had a radio show about magnets. You can listen to it here . Or you can listen to it here . Abou...
Monday, July 15, 2024

Whither A Week Without Self Help Radio?

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(image from here ) This week I'm on vacation! There's no Self Help Radio! But like some kinda weirdo I recorded three hours of music...
Sunday, July 14, 2024

Preface To A Week Without Self Help Radio: The Uncomfortable End Of The 1968 Project

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(image from here ) So. As I've explained before , I decided to listen to records from 1968 as voted on by users of the website Rate Your...
Saturday, July 13, 2024

Coming Up Tomorrow On The Dickenbock Report: Barn Day

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That picture of the sad remains of a once-proud barn was taken in Kentucky in 2015. I'm sure I saw plenty of awesome barns still in use....
Friday, July 12, 2024

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

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Above is a picture of The Magnetic Fields in Portland in 2022 at the Aladdin Theater. They don't have any songs about magnets so I didn...
Tuesday, July 09, 2024

Self Help Radio 070924: Magnets

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What an attractive show this was. Ho ho ho. Seriously, you won't be able to resist. Ha ha ha. Yikes, magnet puns are affecting me negati...
Monday, July 08, 2024

Whither Magnets?

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(image by David Shrigley ) Gosh. I have been racking my brain trying to remember when I first thought of magnets. It might have been one of ...
Sunday, July 07, 2024

Preface To Magnets: Mid-Year Tally

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(image from here *) This post isn't about magnets. Self Help Radio this week is about magnets. But this post isn't. I just had nowhe...