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Long Homestead, Tonawanda 2014

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Soccer Players, Ellicott Creek Park 2014

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Genessee County Village, 2014

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Nik, 2006

Toonerville Thursday

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Prague, 2010

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Main Street, Buffalo 2014

This Week's Playlist and Podcast

Below you will find a listing of the songs played this past Sunday on Dr. John's Record Shelf.  If you click here, you can listen to a podcast of the entire program.

I Found a New Way, Twin Peaks

Do What You Want, Velvet Crush

1000 Years, Beards

Me and Mia, Ted Leo & the Pharmacists

20th Century Man, Kinks

Let's Get You Started, Tripwires

Honky Tonk Women, Ike & Tina Turner

Suffering Jukebox, Silver Jews

This Is Love, P.J. Harvey

Cream, Prince

SF Sorrow Is Born, Pretty Things

Bright Brown, Tandy

North Cackalacky Girl, Reigning Sound

Show Me, Joe Tex

Sometimes, Gene Thomas

I Take It To My Baby, Carla Thomas

I Can Walk Away, Pauline & the Perils

Crack Your Heart, Clutters

San Francisco Song, Camera Obscura

Rockaway the Days, Bruce Springsteen

Graveyard Shift, Uncle Tupelo

Sweet Potato, Imperial Teen

Isolda, Paul Burch

Guitar Strings & Foolish Things, Cash Brothers

Mary Jane, Vulgar Boatmen

Backseat, Darker My Love

Love Me With Your Mind, Shams

Oh Bondage! Up Yours, X-Ray Spex

Say Man, Bo Diddley

Marie Marie, Larry Williams

Bumble Bee, LaVern Baker

Devil In His Heart, Donays

Birthday, Beatles

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Huntington Gardens, 2014

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Ben's Graduation, 2014

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Lake Placid, 2011

This Week's Playlist & Podcast

As has become my custom, I'm posting a list of the music played this past Sunday on Dr. John's Record Shelf, which you can see below.  Also, if you'd like to actually hear the show, a podcast can be accessed by clicking here.   

I Can Tell, Strypes 
Dream Captain, Deerhunter 
Sweet Sweet Baby, Lone Justice 
We've Got It Goin' On, Jason & the Scorchers

I Wish It Would Rain, Temptations 
All I Want, Mary Janes 
23 Minutes in Brussels, Luna

Chairman Meow, Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion 
County Line, Sir Douglas Quintet 
It's Always Summer, Corin Tucker Band 
Too Many Kims, The Tyde 

Farmer John, The Premiers 
Stop Your Sobbing, Pretenders 
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, Yardbirds 
Hangin' On a String, ? & the Mysterians
I'm Watching You, Jay Reatard

Down Down the Deep River, Okkervil River 
Goin' Mobile, The Who 
Dream Baby, Roy Orbison 

Better Than Nothing, John P. Strohm 
Jet Fighter, The Three O'Clock 
If You Gotta Go, Go Now, Cowboy Junkies 

Wait a Minute, Rosebuds 
To the Lightning, Wussy 
Cookie Rd., The Julie Ruin 

I Got What I Wanted, Ted Hawkins 
Slip Away, Clarence Carter 
I'm Into Something Good, Earl-Jean 

Goodnite, Sweetheart, Goodnite, Spaniels

Toonerville Thursday

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Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles 2014

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Michigan Avenue, Chicago 2014

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Art Institute of Chicago, 2014

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A Flower for Mom on her Birthday

Happy Birthday Mom!

Hope you had a great day, and many more to come!

Toonerville Friday

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Phoenix Art Museum, 2014

This Happened...

Last week my colleagues Bill Janus, Michael Francisconi, and I were challenged by fellow professor Sean Eudaily to take the Ice Bucket Challenge to benefit ALS research.  Our student senate set up the group dousing earlier today, and here's the video they posted to YouTube.  Note that the folks we name are challenged to follow-up with their own baptism for the cause. So Natalie, I look forward to seeing your video...  If this inspires you to donate some money for ALS research, you can do so here.

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Outside the Coliseum, Rome 2008

This Week's Playlist and Podcast

This week we celebrated the 15th Season Premiere of Dr. John's Record Shelf on KDWG.  Below, you can see a listing of the music played on the program, and if you click here you can listen to a podcast of the show.  Don't forget that you can now listen to the Record Shelf live on Sunday nights from 5 to 7 pm (Mountain Time)-- just click on the link in the margin to the right--> 

Carry'n a Torch, Pat Todd & the Rank Outsiders 
She's Rolling, Parquet Courts 
Don't You Ever Get Tired (of Hurting Me), Bettye Swann 

Three Women, Jack White

Like That, White Fence

Late Bloomer, Jenny Lewis

Take a Take a Me, Muffs

Side On, The Clean

Forty Days, Ronnie Hawkins

Glass Armour, Laura Cantrell

Chunkey Monkey, Irving Klaws

Down the Road Apiece, Chuck Berry

Old Devil Moon, Anita O'Day

Let It Bleed, Rolling Stones

Hold Me Tight, Johnny Nash

My Nerves, Little Willie John

Red Eyes, The War on Drugs

Only Love Can Break Your Heart, Neil Young

Love the One You're With, Stephen Stills

Driver 8, REM

Goin' to Acapulco, Jim James

Carey, Joni Mitchell 

Homework, Otis Rush

Lafayette, Michelle Malone

Other Side of This Life, Lovin' Spoonful

20 Questions, Amy Rigby

Chinese Rock, Johnny Thunders

Guilt Within Your Head, Gits

Starry Eyes, Roky Erickson

Goodnite, Sweetheart, Goodnite, Spaniels

Happy Birthday Helen!

Have a great day Helen!

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Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles 2014

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Store Window, Galena, Illinois 2014

This Week's Playlist & Podcast

Below you will find a list of the songs played this past week on Dr. John's Idiosyncratic History of Rock and Roll.  Sort of as an antidote to last week's array of rock snob favorites, this week we went with AM Gold-- lots of pop hits from the period 1967 to about 1973.  You can listen to a podcast of the broadcast by clicking here.  Also, some big news: as of September 1, KDWG is streaming live on the web, so if you are so inclined, you can tune into the 15th season premiere of Dr. John's Record Shelf this Sunday from 5:00 to 7:00 pm (Mountain Time).  Obviously I invite you to sample the rest of K-Dawg's schedule throughout the rest of the week.  Click here to get to the live stream. 

Hitchin' a Ride, Vanity Fair

Pied Piper, Crispian St. Peters

Spirit in the Sky, Norman Greenbaum

Western Union, The Five Americans

Sweet Mary, Wadsworth Mansion

Baby I'm Yours, Barbara Lewis

Help Me Make It Through the Night, Sammi Smith

Master Jack, Four Jacks & a Jill

Pleasant Valley Sunday, Monkees

Classical Gas, Mason Williams

Green-Eyed Lady, Sugarloaf

Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out), Hombres

Montego Bay, Bobby Bloom

Mr Dieingly Sad, The Critters

Gypsy Woman, Brian Hyland

Long Lonesome Highway, Michael Parks

In the Summertime, Mungo Jerry

Sit Down I Think I Love You, Mojo Men

Tighter, Tighter, Alive & Kicking

One Too Many Mornings, Beau Brummels

Different Drum, Stone Poneys

You and Me and a Dog Named Boo, Lobo

Spooky, Classics IV

Draggin the Line, Tommy James

Jennifer Juniper, Donovan

Love or Let Me Be Lonely, Friends of Distinction

Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again, The Fortunes

I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight, Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart

My Maria, B.W. Stephenson

Angel of the Morning, Merilee Rush & the Turnabouts

Thunder & Lightning, Chi Coltrane

Cry Like a Baby, Box Tops

I Can See Clearly Now, Johnny Nash

Sweet City Woman, Stampeders

Cracklin Rosie, Neil Diamond

Toonerville Thursday

Huntington Gardens

One of my favorite places to visit is The Huntington Library in southern California.  In addition to the titular library, there are several really nice art galleries and a spectacular set of gardens on the grounds.  Most of these pictures were taken in the Japanese garden when I was there last May.

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Bannack 2014