Self Help Radio 10/5/21: Sunlight (19th Anniversary Show)

Hosted by: 
Produced by: 
KBOO
Program:: 
Air date: 
Tue, 10/05/2021 - 12:00am to 3:00am
Self Help Radio Sunlight Show
Self Help Radio 100521: Sunlight (19th Anniversary Show)


Self Help Radio may have rudely appeared, unkempt & unannounced, at KBOO late last year, but it has spent time on many radio stations in many places.  On October 9, 2002, it premiered on a station called KOOP in Austin, Texas.  Since then, it has been on stations in West Virginia, Kentucky, &, yes, Oregon.  This week, it turns out, is its nineteenth anniversary.  Suffice it to say, hardly anyone expected it to last more than a few months.

On anniversary shows, Self Help Radio revisits an old theme.  The theme "sunlight" was first explored on June 29, 2005, & after the sunny summer Portland just had, it seemed appropriate to return to.  As well, the idea of a show about sunlight in the dead of night was irresistible.  In addition to many songs not heard on the first show (since, in many cases, they hadn't been recorded yet!), the show also features interviews with a composer of sunlight symphonies, a practitioner of sunlight therapy, a foe of sunlight warning against its dangers, & a friend from Austin who may have been in town when the show premiered.  Also, a voicemail from the host's grandparents.  & as a special bonus: audio from that first sunlight show in 2005!  Although we understand it may not seem like a bonus.

Sunlight in the middle of the night.  That seems appropriately KBOO.

Episode Playlist

  • Time
    12:03
    Artist
    The Youngbloods
    Song
    Sunlight
    Album
    Elephant Mountain
    Label
    RCA Victor
  • Time
    12:07
    Artist
    Partly Cloudy
    Song
    Sunlight
    Album
    Excess Verbiage
    Label
    Forecast
  • Time
    12:10
    Artist
    Eric's Trip
    Song
    Sunlight
    Album
    Love Tara
    Label
    Sub Pop Records
  • Time
    12:21
    Artist
    Maggie Reilly
    Song
    Sunlight
    Album
    Midnight Sun
    Label
    Electrola
  • Time
    12:25
    Artist
    Butch Helemano
    Song
    Sunlight
    Album
    Still In The Hood
    Label
    MDL
  • Time
    12:30
    Artist
    The Arthurs
    Song
    Sunlight
    Album
    Walking In The Sunlight
    Label
    Dirigeable
  • Time
    12:32
    Artist
    Me 3
    Song
    Sunlight
    Album
    The Thin King
    Label
    Self-Released
  • Time
    12:34
    Artist
    Harlem Shakes
    Song
    Sunlight
    Album
    Technicolor Health
    Label
    Gigantic Music
  • Time
    12:46
    Artist
    The One AM Radio
    Song
    Sunlight
    Album
    Heaven Is Attached By A Slender Thread
    Label
    Dangerbird
  • Time
    12:49
    Artist
    Seapony
    Song
    Sunlight
    Album
    Falling
    Label
    Hardly Art
  • Time
    12:54
    Artist
    The Brand New Heavies
    Song
    Sunlight
    Album
    Forward
    Label
    Shanachie
  • Time
    1:01
    Artist
    Herbie Hancock
    Song
    Sunlight
    Album
    Sunlight
    Label
    Columbia
  • Time
    1:18
    Artist
    Labryyynth
    Song
    Sunlight
    Album
    Labryyynth
    Label
    Burger
  • Time
    1:20
    Artist
    John Doe
    Song
    Sunlight
    Album
    The Westerner
    Label
    Cool Rock Records
  • Time
    1:23
    Artist
    My Favourite Things
    Song
    Sunlight
    Album
    Fly I Will Because I Can
    Label
    My Favourite Things
  • Time
    1:28
    Artist
    Candace
    Song
    Sunlight
    Album
    New Ruins
    Label
    Candace
  • Time
    1:32
    Artist
    The Proctors
    Song
    Sunlight Satin
    Album
    Summer Lane
    Label
    Sunday Records
  • Time
    1:46
    Artist
    Dixie Sacred Singers
    Song
    Walking In The Sunlight
    Album
    Uncle Dave Macon: Classic Sides 1924-1938
    Label
    JSP
  • Time
    1:49
    Artist
    Cat Stevens
    Song
    Silent Sunlight
    Album
    Catch Bull At Four
    Label
    Island
  • Time
    1:52
    Artist
    Shelagh McDonald
    Song
    Sweet Sunlight
    Album
    Stargazer
    Label
    B & C
  • Time
    1:54
    Artist
    The Lucksmiths
    Song
    Sunlight In A Jar
    Album
    Warmer Corners
    Label
    Matinée Recordings
  • Time
    1:57
    Artist
    Lloyd Cole
    Song
    So You'd Like To Save The World
    Album
    Bad Vibes
    Label
    Ryko/Rhino
  • Time
    1:59
    Artist
    Margie Day
    Song
    Tell Me In The Sunlight
    Album
    Girls Go Zonk!!
    Label
    RPM
  • Time
    2:11
    Artist
    Tiny Tim
    Song
    Livin' In The Sunlight, Lovin' In The Moonlight
    Album
    God Bless Tiny Tim
    Label
    Reprise
  • Time
    2:15
    Artist
    Felt
    Song
    Sunlight Bathed The Golden Glow
    Album
    The Strange Idols Pattern & Other Short Stories
    Label
    Cherry Red
  • Time
    2:17
    Artist
    Pernice Brothers
    Song
    Working Girls (Sunlight Shines)
    Album
    The World Won't End
    Label
    Ashmont Records
  • Time
    2:21
    Artist
    Rilo Kiley
    Song
    Hail To Whatever You Found In The Sunlight That Surrounds You
    Album
    The Execution Of All Things
    Label
    Saddle Creek
  • Time
    2:24
    Artist
    Death Cab For Cutie
    Song
    No Sunlight
    Album
    Narrow Stairs
    Label
    Barsuk
  • Time
    2:35
    Artist
    The Majority
    Song
    A Little Bit Of Sunlight
    Album
    The Decca Years 1965-68
    Label
    Rev-Ola
  • Time
    2:37
    Artist
    The Hard Times
    Song
    Under The Sunlight
    Album
    Blew Mind
    Label
    World Pacific
  • Time
    2:39
    Artist
    Ronnie Davis
    Song
    Have You Seen The Sunlight?
    Album
    The Incredible Ronnie Davis Sings For You & I
    Label
    Jamaica Sound
  • Time
    2:45
    Artist
    Clinic
    Song
    Sunlight Bathes Our Home
    Album
    Walking With Thee
    Label
    Domino Recording Co
  • Time
    2:49
    Artist
    Clams
    Song
    Sunlight Yellow
    Album
    Sakura River
    Label
    Finderpop Label
  • Time
    2:56
    Artist
    Elefant
    Song
    Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid
    Album
    Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid
    Label
    Kemado

Audio by Topic: