Self Help Radio @selfhelpradio.bsky.social

In this comic by David Sipress, with the title Small Talk Therapy, a man on a divan talking to his psychiatrist says "...so I took the A to Fifty-Ninth & then I had to wait thirty minutes for the C, so by the time I got to the restaurant they'd run out of Branzino & I had to settle for the Monkfish..."

Self Help on KBOO tonight is a show about small talk.
Midnight to 2am. 90.7fm in Portland, kboo.fm everywhere.
Why a show about small talk? I might answer it on the blog.
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My people Pete looking up from his dog bed with a couple of toys around him.

My grey tabby cat Bluto sitting on the mantelpiece.

The ups & downs of a Monday morning.

My beagle Pete & my grey tabby cat Bluto looking a little suspicious as they hang out by the back door.

Hm, looks like they're up to something this morning.

The XRAY Amplify Women graphic features a stylized woman's face in profile & reads "Amplify Women in partnership with Women In Music Portland March 8 7am - 7pm XRAY FM"

There will be no Dickenbock Report tomorrow because it's preempted for International Women's Day 2026, as XRAY features their 9th Annual Amplify Women programming. Please tune in 7am-7pm 91.1+107.1fm in town, xray.fm everywhere. More deets & links on blog:
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My gray tabby cat Bluto.

My beagle Pete.

It's so hard being so adorable all the time, complain the kids.

In this painting by John Singer Sargent, a girl appears to be dancing on a white rooftop with friends watching, sitting close to the edge.

My weekly summary of my radio fol de rol.
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My grey tabby cat Boone on a wet picnic table stretching out to smell a new blossom.

My beagle Pete on a wet deck looking up into the sky.

Braving the elements this morning.

My boy cats Bluto & Boone sleeping together on a cat bed on a chair.

My beagle Pete on a dog bed on the divan.

Leisurely morning kids (plus Boone).

My cats Bluto & Boone in their catio.

My beagle Pete looking down from the sofa.

Bluto & Boone keep watch outside in the catio this morning; Pete is mostly focused on the little things.

Some rooftops in Portland.

This morning's Self Help Radio on KBOO was a show about rooftops. Did they let me do it on the KBOO rooftop? No. They are no fun. Listen at kboo.fm or selfhelpradio.net - but listen on a rooftop! More info on the blog.
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My beagle Pete at the front window.

My gray tabby cat Bluto on the kitchen counter.

Get our good sides today, please.

A photo looking down on many rooftops in San Francisco.

Self Help Radio on KBOO tonight is a show about rooftops.
I'm up there midnight to 2am.
It's on 90.7fm near Portland rooftops, kboo.fm in range of every rooftop in the world.
More info on the blog.
selfhelpradio.blogspot.com/2026/03/whit...

My grey tabby cat Bluto.

My beagle Pete.

Morning candids.

My beagle Pete on the divan in the front of the house.

My grey tabby cat Bluto on the divan at the front of the house.

Hanging out by the front window this morning (at two separate times).

A poster from the 1970s which reads Peanut Butter Is Love wrapped around a drawing of a peanut butter sandwich. Underneath is the phrase "Spread some around today."

March 1 is National Peanut Butter Lovers Day. We'll be eating a lot of peanut butter plus reporting on peanut butter on The Dickenbock Report on XRAY FM. Sunday noon to 1pm 91.1+107.1fm xray.fm. So much peanut butter. Oh my gosh.
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My grey tabby cat Bluto looking thoughtful in his catio.

My beagle Pete playing on the sofa.

Playful morning kids.

The top of a giant fir tree in a blue sky with some clouds.

Here are the radio shows I managed to do this past week.
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My beagle Pete on the sofa.

My grey tabby cat Bluto on a chair.

Oops forgot to post the morning kids pic in the morning my bad.

My grey tabby cat Bluto in his catio.

My beagle Pete on the rug by the back door.

Sunny morning kids.

My beagle Pete on the dog bed in the living room.

My cats Boone & Bluto sharing a cat bed on a chair.

Boone joins the kids for their morning pix.

A collage of album covers from which the music of the show comes: Dapper Blob, Squanderers, Florian Stéphant, Venera, Leslie Keffer, Matt Bachmann, Shane Krause, Rich Brown, Valley Voice, Cookin' On 3 Burners, The Necks, Faten Kanaan, Aatocaster, Anushka Chkheidze + Robert Lippok, Doug Bielmeier, Loneward, Didon, Duid, Géraldine Eguiluz & Michel F Côté, Midori Hirano, Devin Maxwell, The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis, Shabaka, Nick Schofield, The Setting, & Leo Chang - plus the Self Help Radio logo.

This morning on KBOO, Self Help Radio took a week off - from its regular theme-based nonsense. I still made a new radio show. Listen at kboo.fm & selfhelpradio.net to recently-released electronica, jazz, &experimental stuff - & read more on the blog:
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My beagle Pete asleep in a bunch of covers on the futon while across the room on a chair my grey tabby cat Bluto sleeps.

Kinda hard to wake these two up this morning.

The windows of a blue office building.

Self Help Radio is taking "a week off" tonight which means I'll be on KBOO playing lots of interesting sounds just not about a particular theme. That's midnight to 3am on 90.7fm in town, kboo.fm everywhere. Details on the blog. Hope you'll tune in.
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My gray tabby cat Bluto in his catio on a rainy morning.

My beagle Pete supine on the sofa.

Bluto braves the rainy morning - Pete does not.

My beagle Pete on the edge of the sofa.

My grey tabby cat Bluto in the front window.

Watchful morning.

A Humble Oil ad from 1962 boasts "Each day Humble supplies enough energy to melt 7 million tons of glacier!" over the image of a giant glacier.

February 22 is Be Humble Day. Tho he isn't all that humble, Dick Dickenbock will report on the virtues of humility tomorrow on The Dickenbock Report on XRAY FM. Sunday noon to 1pm 91.1+107.1fm in Portland, xray.fm everywhere. More info:
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A still from the movie Little Shop Of Horrors featuring Ellen Greene as the character of Audrey.

Some Audrey or another says:
Among the radio shows Gary did this week, one of them was about Audreys. The rest? Find out here:
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My beagle Pete by the front window.

My grey tabby cat Bluto on the pillow on a chair.

Here are morning kids (in the afternoon)

My grey tabby cat Bluto walking with my beagle Pete.

Morning buddies.

Between you & me I suspect listening to your record gave me the idea to do an Audrey show!