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Diner, Rochester 2014

Toonerville Thursday

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Santa Monica 2014

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I Got It, Niagara County Fair 2013

This Week's Playlist and Podcast

Below you will find a list of the songs played this past Sunday on Dr. John's Record Shelf.  By clicking here, you can listen to a podcast of the full program.  Enjoy. 

The Race Is On Again, Yo La Tengo

Summer Noon, Tweedy

Destruction, Willowz

Maw Maw Song, The Joy Formidable

I Can See For Miles, The Who

Party City, The Julie Ruin

Sing a Simple Song, Sly & the Family Stone

Chicken Switch, James Hunter Six

It's Morning Irene, Deadstring Brothers

Executionersong, Walker Kong

Hang Me Oh Hang Me, Oscar Isaac

It's a Wonderful Lie, Paul Westerberg

Oh Baby Babe, Rock'n'Roll Trio

I Feel a Sin Comin' On, Pistol Annies

Coney Island Winter, Garland Jeffreys

Do You Remember That, Amy Rigby & Wreckless Eric

Ticket to Ride, Beatles

This Lonely Morning, Best Coast

Time of the Season, Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan

Dreaming, Blondie

I'm Sure of It, Blanche

I Want You, Bob Dylan

Kiss, Prince

Glad I Knew Better, Howard Tate

Are Inlaws Really Outlaws, Sir Douglas Quintet

Other Side of This Life, Lovin' Spoonful

No One Else, Hooray for the Riff Raff

Is It Alright, Mikal Cronin

I Say Gooday Goodnite, NRBQ

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DJ, City of Night, Buffalo 2014

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Helen, 2014

Hollywood Night

I visited Los Angeles back in May, and took these pictures one night while wandering around Hollywood Boulevard and environs.  It was a good place to practice my street photography.

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University at Buffalo, 2014

Toonerville Thursday

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Winter Carnival, Las Vegas 2013

This Week's Playlist & Podcast

You can see a full list of the songs played this week on Dr. John's Record Shelf.  By clicking on this link, you can listen to a full podcast of the program. 

The Best Day, Thurston Moore

Raised on Robbery, Joni Mitchell

Black & White, Parquet Courts

Lazerray, TV on the Radio

Who's Producing You, Ty Segall

Girls, Deep Sea Arcade

Blues Run the Game, Laura Marling

Ya Hey, Vampire Weekend

Ballad of a Juvenile Delinquent, Leroi Brothers

Motorcycle Jack, Terry Ann

Bitchin' Camaro, Dead Milkmen

Mr. Spock, Nerf Herder

Better Than Mine, Allah Las

Lover's Turnaround, Gene Clark & Carla Olson

Duncan & Jimmy, Rhiannon Giddens

New Lady On the Prairie, Lizzy Hoyt

Who Fingered Rock'n'Roll, Cornershop

Hurt Me, Thee Headcoatees

Oh! Sleater-Kinney

Your Time, Captain Soul

Joy, Bettye LaVette

Use Me, Bill Withers

Sweet Thing, Van Morrison

Walking in the Rain, Ronettes

Hey! Manda & the Marbles

Rimbaud Eyes, Dum Dum Girls

I Pity the Fool, Bobby Blue Bland

Baby Cakes, Maxine Brown

I Say Gooday Goodnite, NRBQ

Renaissance Fair 2

 

A few more shots from my visit to the renaissance Fair in Bonney Lake Washington last August.  As you can tell, there were a lot of colorful characters wandering about...

 

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Batavia Muckdogs, 2014

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Wilsonova Building, Main Railway Station, Prague 2010

Toonerville Friday

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Seattle 2013

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Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco 2013

This Week's Playlist and Podcast

In what has become an annual post-Thanksgiving tradition, Dr. John's Record Shelf was devoted to a set of the host's musical guilty pleasures-- mainly AM pop stuff from the 1970s, as you can see from the playlist below.  If you too feel some nostalgic good will towards that era in music, you can listen to a podcast of the entire program (with some scintillating commentary) by clicking here. 

Saturday Night, Bay City Rollers

Loco-Motion, Grand Funk Railroad

The Air That I Breathe, Hollies

Swingtown, Steve Miller Band

Jive Talkin', Bee Gees

You Are the Woman, Firefall

One Fine Morning, Lighthouse

Ca Plane Pour Moi, Plastic Bertrand

Be My Baby, Andy Kim

A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done, Sonny & Cher

Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend, Lobo

Candida, Dawn

My Love, Paul McCartney

Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth), George Harrison

No No Song, Ringo Starr

Stand By Me, John Lennon

Black & White, Three Dog Night

Ventura Highway, America

Danny's Song, Anne Murray

Crocodile Rock, Elton John

Don't Think Twice, The Wonder Who

Magic, Pilot

Please Mr. Please, Olivia Newton-John

Silver Moon, Michael Nesmith

You, Me and Mexico, Edward Bear

Beautiful Sunday, Daniel Boone

Wildwood Flower, Jim Stafford

Speak to the Sky, Rick Springfield

Alone Again Naturally, Gilbert O'Sullivan

Oh Babe What Would You Say, Hurricane Smith

Brand New Key, Melanie

Sky High, Jigsaw

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Cousins (Natalie & Helen), 2007

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Along the Buffalo River, 2014

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Puerto del Sol, Madrid 2013

Toonerville Friday

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Erie County Forestry 2014

A Christmas List

For anyone out there who might be thinking of giving Santa a hand with the gift-giving this year, here are the items I requested in my letter to Mr. Claus.

Books

Mark Harris, Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War (Movies)

Benjamin Cawthra, Blue Notes in Black and White: Photography and Jazz (Music/Photography)
Martin Short, I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend (Humor/Biography)

Joanna Levin, Bohemia in America, 1858-1920 (History)

Simon Napier-Bell, Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-De-Ay: The Dodgy Business of Popular Music (Music)
Fred Turner, The Democratic Surround (History)

John Cleese, So, Anyway… (Humor/Biography)

Seth Rosenfeld, Subversives: The FBI's War on Radicals, and Reagan's Rise to Power (History)

Farran Smith Nehme, Missing Reels (Fiction)

Joel Selvin, Here Comes the Night: The Dark Soul of Bert Berns(Music)

Amanda Petrusich, Do Not Sell at Any Price (Music)

Dennis McNally, On Highway 61 (Music)

Rachel Clare Donaldson, I Hear America Singing (Music)

Dick Cavett, Brief Encounters (Television/Journalism)

Bob Stanley, Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!: The Story of Pop Music from Bill Haley to Beyonce (Music)

DVDs

The Shooting/Ride in the Whirlwind

Crumb

The Americanization of Emily

In No Great Hurry- 13 Lessons in Life with Saul Leiter

The Monkees, Season 1 or 2

CD

Wilco, Alpha Mike Foxtrot: Rare Tracks 1994-2014

If anyone expecting a gift from me would like to put their Christmas wishlist in the comments section, I'll see what I can do.

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North Shore of Lake Superior, 1989

This Week's Playlist and Podcast

As usual, Dr. John's Record Shelf aired this past Sunday.  Below you will find a list of the songs played, and by clicking here, you can listen to a full recording of the broadcast.  Feel free to let me know what you think in the comments. 

Stand Right By Each Other, Lucinda Williams

Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar, John & Tom

Temple Beautiful, Chuck Prophet

Shenandoah, Cowboy Nation

Blue Eyes, Rosebuds

Gonna Let My Soul Catch My Body, Over the Rhine

Never Been to the Reservation, Otis Taylor

Final Solution, Pere Ubu

City's Full, Savages

Speak in Rounds, Grizzly Bear

Get It On, Woodentops 

Beverly Terrace, Sloan

Tomorrow, The Three O'Clock

Bow Wow, Fiery Furnaces

Think It Over, Buddy Holly

Summer Breeze, Isley Brothers

Somebody to Love, Valerie June

My Man Rock Head, Eloise Carter

Beware, Louis Jordan & the Tympany Five

I Don't Mind, Honeyhoney

Life of Sin, Sturgill Simpson

Don't You Ever Get Tired (of Hurting Me), Bettye Swann

Junkyard Julie, Rosewood Thieves

Lo and Behold, Bob Dylan & the Band

Have Mercy, Loretta Lynn

Just One Look, Doris Troy

Little Willy, Sweet

Out of This World, Gino Washington

Quarter to Three, Gary US Bonds

I Say Gooday Goodnite, NRBQ

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Young Recruits, Genesee County Village 2014

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The Mission, Scottsdale AR 2014

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Virginia City, 2014

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Omaha, 2014

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Catedral de Cordoba, 2013

Toonerville Thursday

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Natalie 2014

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The Race, Goat Island 2014

This Week's Playlist and Podcast

We were in a bit of a classic rock mood this week on Dr. John's Record Shelf, as you can see from the playlist below.  Click here to listen to a full recording of the program. 

Roadrunner, Modern Lovers

Crazy On You, Heart
Oh Sweet Susanna, Mooney Suzuki

I Will Dare, Replacements

Sea Lion Goth Blues, Growlers

Swan Dive, Waxahatchee

Still Life With Hot Deuce on Silver Platter, Titus Andronicus

Jump In the Fire, The Night Marchers

Little Girl, The Jynx

Waiting on a Dream, Lee Renaldo

Too Many People, The Moaners

I'm Not Mad, The Gestures

Movin' On Up, Primal Scream

Summer of Love, The Januaries

Flowers On the Wall, Statler Brothers

Like a Rolling Stone, Jimi Hendrix Experience

Wait for Me, Dean & Britta

One Kiss at a Time, Steve Almaas & Ali Smith

When I Still Have Thee, Teenage Fanclub

Certain Girl, The Yardbirds

Only You Know and I Know, Delaney & Bonnie

Treat Her Like a Lady, Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose

Problems, Here Come the Comets

Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home), Impalas

My Life, Phil Ochs

Down by the Water, Cry Cry Cry

She's a Run Around, Undertones

Blue Boy, Orange Juice

Clear Night for Love, Roky Erickson

I Say Gooday Goodnite, NRBQ

Renaissance Fair

Back in August I went to the Renaissance Fair in Bonney Lake with my sister Liz.  Somehow, I misplaced the memory card with the pictures I took that day, that is until I stumbled upon it yesterday.  So, here are a few of the pictures I took that morning of a few of the costumed performers.