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Street Musician near the Villa Borghese, Rome 2008

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If you had been tuned to 90.9 fm in Southwest Montana last night, these are the songs you would have heard on Dr. John's Record Shelf: 

I Like It in the Dark, Crocodiles

Repulsion, Quasi

Margot Andelieu, Walker Kong

Come Outside, Ty Segall

Tell Me, Elliott Murphy

Xtina as I Knew Her, Lee Renaldo

Speedway, Velvet Crush

Stay in Love, Minnie Riperton

Cry Cry Laugh Laugh, Krayolas

Valleri, Monkees

Walking in the Rain, Ronettes

Marrekesh Express, Crosby, Stills & Nash

Down Home Girl, Rolling Stones

Ramblin Man, Jimmie Dale Gilmore & Butch Hancock

Mother and Child Reunion, Paul Simon

Cups and Cakes, Spinal Tap

Tom Thumb Blues, Sir Douglas Quintet

Woo Hoo, The 5.6.7.8's

Bonnie & Clyde, Serge Gainsbourg w/Brigitte Bardot

1000 Years, Beards

Bad Reputation, Freedy Johnston

Be Free, The Fugs

Young Girl Sunday Blues, Jefferson Airplane

Watch Your Step, Adam Faith

And Now I Cry, Jill & the Boulevards

Try Once More, Geoff Goddard & the Outlaws

So Long, Holly Golightly & the Brokeoffs

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Eleanor Friedberger & Band at Babeville 2013

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Niagara County Fair, 2013

San Francisco 6 / On the Street 3

I wasn't sure how to headline this post, so I went with the dual title. These were all taken on the streets of San Francisco (sounds like a title of a movie or something, no?).

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Fort Ticonderoga, 2011

Toonerville Thursday

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Cousins (Helen & Natalie), 2011

This Week's Top Five List

This is actually a classic Top Five that originally aired a few years ago on Dr. John's Record Shelf.  It was repeated this past Sunday since Art Vandalay was a no-show and I sort of depend on his contributions to make the bit work.  Anyway, this is one of my all-time favorites, and I hope if you've heard it before you'll enjoy hearing it again as well...

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Tonawanda Creek below Akron Falls, 2013

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Check out the songs I played this week on Dr. John's record Shelf.  Highlighted titles are links to YouTube versions of the songs:

Shake Some Action, Flamin' Groovies

Turn Away, Mikal Cronin

I Remember You, Rilo Kiley

It's a Crime, Cave Singers

Gone for Good, Shins

Do the Doot Da Doot Do, Hollerado

Castenets, Alejandro Escovedo

The Last Fair Deal Gone Down, Rising Sons

Nice and Easy, Susan Cadogan

Sun Song, Laura Veirs

Love Minus Zero/No Limit, Bob Dylan

Living in the Past, Jethro Tull

Turn Me On, Norah Jones

If I Should Fall Behind, Dion

Circles, Fleur de Lys

7 Come 11, Ike Reilly

Well All Right, Andrews Sisters

Return of the Grievous Angel, Gram Parsons

Uncle Alvarez, Liz Phair

There is a Mountain, Donovan

Crossroads, Sir Douglas Quintet

The Right Thing Right, Johnny Marr

Waiting on a Friend, Luna

Don't Do It No More, Julie Driscoll

Wicked Wire, Asteroid #4

I've Been Everywhere, Hank Snow

Ride, Wayne Hancock

Isolda, Paul Burch

Help Me Make It Through the Night, Sammi Smith

I Can't Believe What You Say, Ike & Tina Turner

I'm Into Something Good, Earl-Jean

So Long, Holly Golightly & the Brokeoffs

Thousand Islands 3

 

 More shots from my visit to the Thousand Islands last July.  These were all taken in and around the Boldt Castle, which is probably the most famous man-made feature in the area.  Last time I was there in the mid-seventies, the place was falling down, but in the intervening years they've evidently done quite a bit of restoration work on both the building and the grounds.  

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Normally I'd post a picture I took, and not one where I'm the subject. But my sister Liz took this and I thought it would give her a kick on her birthday to see it again (especially the late, lamented Luna and Dudley).  Happy birthday Lizzie!

Happy Birthday Lizzie...

...I hope you had a truly fantastic day!

Pictures From a Zoo

These were taken last month on my visit to the Seattle Zoo with Sara, Maria & Joseph.  I doubt I'll ever become good at true wildlife photography, so it's great to get some nice animal shots when the subjects do not need to be stalked through the wild.

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Sound Transit Train, Seattle, 2013

Toonerville Thursday

On the Street 2

Last spring I went to see the Garry Winogrand retrospective at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Winogrand was one of the great street photographers, and I can only hope to someday make a picture half as good as his best work.  I certainly keep trying, and here are a few examples of my efforts (first two from Seattle, next two from San Francisco, and the last two from Madrid).

 

 

This Week's Top Five List

We're going way, way back for the topic of this week's Top Five List, which was broadcast last Sunday on Dr. John's Record Shelf:

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Rain on Connecticut St., Buffalo, 2013

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As has become the custom here, below you will find the playlist from yesterday's edition of Dr. John's Record Shelf. Highlighted titles take you to YouTube versions of the songs…

Siren'sSong, Rogue Wave

It's a Bad World, Teenage Fanclub

Willie Mays is Up At Bat, Chuck Prophet

Likety Split, Tim Easton

America, Laura Veirs

God Laughs, Willie Nile

WhoWill Be the Next in Line, Mudhoney

Baby Baby, Vibrators

Reason to Believe, Beat Farmers

The Devil's Inside Me, Vaselines

Don't Slander Me, Lou Ann Barton

I'm Looking Through You, Beatles

Don't Bother Me, Eva Petersen w/Will Sergeant

Like Ringo, Dick Lord

I Want to Tell You, Thea Gilmore

 

I'm Not Ready Yet, Mary Janes

Cheek to Cheek, Fred Astaire

I'm In Love With a Girl, Big Star

Marie Marie, Blasters

Sugaree, Hank Ballard & the Midnighters

Down the Road Apiece, Will Bradley Trio

 

KV Crimes, Kurt Vile

After This Time is Gone, Eleventh Dream Day

Absolutely Sweet Marie, Jason & the Scorchers

Sadand Lonely Times, Country Joe & the Fish

Better Than Nothing, John P. Strohm

 

AThousand Stars, Kathy Young & the Innocents

Ain't It Hard, Gypsy Trips

Begging You to Let Me In, Blue Rodeo

Oop Shoop, Shirley Gunter

 

So Long, Holly Golightly & the Brokeoffs

San Francisco 5

Some more shots taken while wandering around the city on the bay...

A Morning in the Pioneers

 

I went for a ride along the scenic by-way that cuts through the Pioneer Mountains this morning, and made a few stops to take pictures.  The day started overcast, as you can see above, but eventually the sun started poking out now and again.  Here are some of the shots I took- I played around with a couple of these in Photoshop, which accounts for the somewhat Kodachrome-y effect.

 

San Francisco 4

 

More pictures taken on my trip to San Francisco last May, starting with one of the bridge (you know which one).  The next two are of the Palace of Fine Arts, and the last three were shot in Golden Gate Park.