Merry Christmas Everybody!

Christmas Morning, 2009

Picture of the Day

Emma, Winter 2012

Picture of the Day

A snowy day in Niagara County, 2010

This Week's Top Five List

In keeping with the theme of the program, the Top Five List on Dr. John's Record Shelf builds on a popular Christmas topic:

As a special added feature this week, all of the names mentioned in the Top Five List were selected for very specific reasons-- that is, they are not random. So consider this a challenge to see if you can figure out how they relate to those who adopted them (though admittedly, one of them is an very inside joke), and put your guesses in the comments.

Playlist: December 16, 2012

This week's edition of Dr. John's Record Shelf was our annual Christmas Program, and below are the songs we played.  As you can see, it's a mix between some traditional favorites and some more offbeat selections:

Christmas Celebration, B.B. King 

Ukulele Under the Christmas Tree, Cream Corn 

Purple Snowflakes, Marvin Gaye

Snoopy's Christmas, Royal Guardsmen

Spotlight on Christmas, Rufus Wainwright

Zat You Santa, Louis Armstrong

Please Come Home for Christmas, Charles Brown

Santa's Lament, Fr. Guido Sarducci

Run Rudolph Run Chuck Berry

Frosty the Snowman, Ronettes

Feliz Navidad, Sea of Bees

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Crystals

Hey Santa! Hannah Peel & Tunng

Here Comes Santa Claus, Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans

Little Drummer Boy, Flaming Lips

2000 Miles, Pretenders

Happy Xmas, War Is Over, John Lennon

One Christmas Catalog, Captain Sensible

Merry Christmas From the Family, Robert Earl Keen Jr.

Santa's Beard, They Might Be Giants

Jesus Christ, Big Star

Christmas Is My Time of Year, Monkees

Back Door Santa, Clarence Carter

Santa's Super Sleigh, Lindsey Benson

Sock It To Me Santa, Bob Seger & the Heard

Everything's Gonna Be Cool This Christmas, Eels

Christmas Time Is Here Again, Beatles

Gee Whiz, It's Christmas, Carla Thomas

Mele Kalikimaka, Bing Crosby

Merry Christmas Baby, Otis Redding

A Holly Jolly Christmas, Burl Ives

Welcome to the Record Shelf!

This blog is intended to serve as a subsidiary, visual complement to the radio show I have been doing for the past eleven years over KDWG, the campus station of the University of Montana Western. My program is called Dr. John's Record Shelf and airs on Sunday evenings from 5 to 7 pm at 90.9 fm (though outside of SW Montana, you probably won't be able to pull in our signal).  While the show focuses on music, we try to integrate some other elements to create a well-rounded entertainment experience, and my goal is to share some of that kind of material here.  In addition, as an amateur photography enthusiast, I'll be posting images (whether they can be directly related to the radio show or not) that I think may be worth sharing, portraying my various travels around the country (and maybe some artistic pretensions too).  Since I suspect a significant portion of my potential readership will consist of family members, I'll probably indulge them with regular photos of relatives as well.  With a little luck, I'll be posting one thing or another three to four times a week.  I hope you'll check back often, and feel free to comment on anything I may put up for your perusal.