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Saturday, September 21, 2024

Coming Up Tomorrow On The Dickenbock Report: Dear Diary Day

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September 22 is Dear Diary Day. In his long career, Dick Dickenbock has kept a diary of all his fantastical news moments. We will report on ...
Friday, September 20, 2024

This Week In Self Help (Sep 15 + 17)

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(It's Aunt Melba. Find more here .) Another busy week but lucky for Portland radio listeners just confined to two days. The Dickenbock R...
Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Self Help Radio 091724: Howard Gently Year Three, Continued

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There's not a lot to add when it comes to series in multiple parts. This is another collections of improvised bits featuring my late fri...
Monday, September 16, 2024

Whither Howard Gently Year Three, Continued?

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That picture above was taken in Chicago in 2018. I probably sent it to Russell. It was always funny to see his name on signs & things li...
Sunday, September 15, 2024

Preface To Howard Gently Year Three, Continued: Sad Song On A Broken Guitar

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This week's show continues sharing bits by my friend Russell who appeared on my show as the Rev Dr Howard Gently for many years. I knew ...
Saturday, September 14, 2024

Coming Up Tomorrow On The Dickenbock Report: Make A Hat Day

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September 15 is Make A Hat Day. We'll report on that tomorrow, Sunday, September 15, on the Dickenbock Report on XRAY FM, by talking abo...
Friday, September 13, 2024

This Week In Self Help (Sep 8 10 + 12)

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Oh dear lord I was on the radio some more this week. How ever can I apologize? Here is a list of my radio crimes these last seven days. On S...
Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Self Help Radio 091024: Brooms

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Many years from now (hopefully) as I find myself after death in some mysterious foggy circumstance, standing before a gate or door or maybe ...
Monday, September 09, 2024

Whither Brooms?

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There was a broom, I was told, in the little closet - it was the broom's closet, though there were other things in there, including the ...
Sunday, September 08, 2024

Preface To Brooms: Do Not Move The Broom

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Many years ago - too long ago, it seems - but really a little more than five years - I lived in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. It was the secon...
Saturday, September 07, 2024

Coming Up Tomorrow On The Dickenbock Report: 1924 (Part II)

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(This is how they listened to the radio in 1924. Photo from the Atlantic .) Tomorrow on the Dickenbock Report we continue our special two-pa...
Friday, September 06, 2024

This Week In Self Help (September 1 2 + 3)

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(from Poorly Drawn Lines ) It was a pretty busy week for me. How was it for you? Did you do anything on the radio? Here's what I was doi...
Thursday, September 05, 2024

Movie Sunglasses

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(image from Letterboxd ) Our resident cinephile Chuck was on the show this week, which had the theme sunglasses, & talked at length abou...
Tuesday, September 03, 2024

Self Help Radio 090324: Sunglasses

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On this cloudy day in Portland I give you a radio show about sunglasses. What's worse is - the show happened at night. Ah well. It's...
Monday, September 02, 2024

Whither Sunglasses?

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Yesterday in this space I confessed that I didn't wear sunglasses. I used to live in Texas! It may be why my eyesight is failing me now....
Sunday, September 01, 2024

Preface To Sunglasses: I Don't Wear Them

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Though I might if I could get Spider-Man sunglasses. My wife loves sunglasses. If she's without them, she panics. I have never worn them...
Saturday, August 31, 2024

Coming Up Tomorrow On The Dickenbock Report: 1924 (Part I)

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(French Olympians from 1924, found here ) It has been the custom of the Dickenbock Report to take two hours each year to look back one hundr...
Friday, August 30, 2024

This Week In Self Help (August 23 25 + 27)

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(image from here *) The image above is of the Unisphere in Queens, New York. It's outside the Queens Museum, which I went to in the summ...
Thursday, August 29, 2024

Thirty Years

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It was in August 1994 I had my first radio show. I don't know the exact date - I should - but it was in-between semesters at the Univers...
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Tuesday, August 27, 2024

Self Help Radio 082724: Indiepop A To Z # 75

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(All images from Discogs .) Seventy-five of these shows! Too many bands & tunes to count! I mean I could count. Oh god I'm going to ...