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Saturday, August 30, 2025

Coming Up Tomorrow On The Dickenbock Report: National Zoo Awareness Day

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(sign at the Dublin Zoo, found here ) Are you not aware that we still keep animals in zoos for our own amusement? Also that zoos often emplo...
Friday, August 29, 2025

This Week In Self Help: August 24 & 26

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It was one of the first regular weeks I've had in a while - I just did my three shows. One show of which follows immediately another sho...
Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Self Help Radio 082625: Indiepop A To Z # 78

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(images in collage found at Discogs & Bandcamp ) This show was a show of two firsts, one trivial, one alarming. The trivial first is th...
Monday, August 25, 2025

Whither Indiepop A To Z # 78?

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Every four months I try to get closer to the end of my Indiepop A To Z series. Begun with the letter A in 2004, I am now in the letter S, wh...
Sunday, August 24, 2025

Preface To Indiepop A To Z # 78: Cute Animals

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One defining feature of me is that I am wholly incapable of successfully making any sort of mark on social media. It's not that I wouldn...
Saturday, August 23, 2025

Coming Up Tomorrow On The Dickenbock Report: National Knife Day

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August 24 is National Knife Day. We will be reporting on knives on The Dickenbock Report on XRAY FM. We have spent the whole week reminding ...
Friday, August 22, 2025

This Week In Self Help August 15 17 19 + 21

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Another busy week damn. Friday the 15th: The Songcircle on KBOO. All new releases. Listen at KBOO . Listen at Self Help Radio . Sunday the 1...
Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Self Help Radio 081925: Eternity

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Driving to do the show last night, I reflected on how many late-night radio shows I've driven to, in all kinds of weather, in the darkes...
Monday, August 18, 2025

Whither Eternity?

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One day recently eternity was on my mind. Not in any supernatural sense - I don't have any supernatural beliefs - but in the sense of ...
Sunday, August 17, 2025

Preface To Eternity: My First Glimpse Of Eternity

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That's it. That's Steve Ditko's drawing of Eternity from the Dr. Strange comic. I don't know if when I was a kid I had an id...
Saturday, August 16, 2025

Coming Up Tomorrow On The Dickenbock Report: National I Love My Feet Day

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August 17 is National I Love My Feet Day. To a person, none of the members of the Dickenbock Report staff - including Dick Dickenbock himsel...
Friday, August 15, 2025

This Week In Self Help August 8 10 12 + 14

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Oh dear I was on the radio a lot this week. Eek! Last Friday the 8th I subbed a show on XRAY. Listen to the show on the XRAY website . Liste...
Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Self Help Radio 081225: Porches

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It's no secret - since it's all I've been talking about here recently - I love porches. I take pictures of porches here in Portl...
Monday, August 11, 2025

Whither Porches?

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Many moons ago I wrote a series of haikus* about my wife's envy of other people's gardens . It turns out I have porch envy. The diff...
Sunday, August 10, 2025

Preface To Porches: Porches I Have Known

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It's not a secret, I love porches. I don't know if I've always loved porches, but in my adult life, certainly in the 21st centur...
Saturday, August 09, 2025

Coming Up Tomorrow On The Dickenbock Report: National Lazy Day

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August 10 is National Lazy Day. In fact, it's supposed to be much hotter than normal in Portland on that day & heat makes everyone r...
Friday, August 08, 2025

This Week In Self Help Aug 1 3 + 5

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That's another lame picture I've taken, this one of a ridged potato chip (not one of the more commercial brands) because Self Help R...
Tuesday, August 05, 2025

Self Help Radio 080525: Ridges

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Look I know that's just a close-up of a rock & not an actual ridge there aren't any real ridges nearby in Portland & I didn...
Monday, August 04, 2025

Whither Ridges?

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(image from the Oregon Ridge Nature Center website ) Why a radio show about ridges? What the hell are ridges anyway? Like, thin lines of roc...
Sunday, August 03, 2025

Preface To Ridges: Ridgewood Shopping Center

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When I think of the word "ridge" I think of a place in Garland, Texas, which still exists, which occupied a singular space in my l...