Photo of the Day

Emma Sings! 2016

My Favorite Song, Today

Photo of the Day

Griffith Observatory, 2014

My Favorite Movie Scene, Today

You probably need to see the whole movie to grasp the context of this sequence-- but even by itself it's pretty darn cool! To learn how Local Hero, one of the all-time great underappreciated movies, came about, click here.

Photo of the Day

Emma & Nik, 2015

This Week's Playlist & Podcast

It was a Christmas celebration this week on Dr. John's Record Shelf, as you can tell from the featured music listed below.  Also, Art Vandalay, Rico Muckman, Sandwiches of the Stars, and a special holiday Top Five. You can listen to a recording of the program by clicking here.

Deck the Halls, REM

Run Rudolph Run, Chuck Berry

All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth, Spike Jones & His City Slickers

Hey Santa, Hannah Peel & Tunng

Please Come Home for Christmas, Charles Brown

Feliz Navidad, Sea of Bees

Let's Make Christmas Mean Something This Year, James Brown

Close Your Mouth (It's Christmas), Free Design

Christmas Celebration, B.B. King

Little Drummer Boy, Flaming Lips

The Twelve Gifts of Christmas, Allan Sherman

Christmas Time in the City, Mary Chapin Carpenter

Nuttin' for Christmas, Stan Freberg

Happy Christmas Everybody, Tony Christie

Christmas is My Time of the Year, the Monkees

Merry Merry Christmas Baby, Dodie Stevens

Christmas Dragnet, Stan Freberg & Daws Butler

Winter Wonderland, Darlene Love

The Chipmunk Song, The Chipmunks

Sleigh Ride, Ronettes

Jingle Bells, The Singing Dogs

Yah Das Ist Ein Christmas Tree, Mel Blanc

Reindeer Boogie, Hank Snow

The Evil Santa, Bill Murray & Gilda Radner

Santa's Lament, Fr. Guido Sarducci

I'll Be Your Santa Baby, Rufus Thomas

The Christmas Song, Johnny Mathis

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Lena Horne

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year, Andy Williams

'Twas the Night Before Christmas, Captain Kangaroo

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Ella Fitzgerald

Photo of the Day

Helen Hiding, 2016

My Favortie Song, Today

Photo of the Day

Shadow Self-Portrait at Dusk, 2015

Santa Monica Pier

These were recently found on my small camera (I tend not to download those as regularly as I do from my DSLR), taken one evening last March when I was down in southern California. Just hanging out with a couple thousand other folks as the Pacific churned all around us.

   

Photo of the Day

Street Musician, Buffalo 2016

Six Still Lifes

Taken at Hull House in Lancaster, NY last summer.

Photo of the Day

Puerta del Sol, Madrid 2013

My Favorite Comedian, Today

Photo of the Day

Chicago, 2014

Toonerville Thursday

Photo of the Day

Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena 2016

My Favorite Song, Today

Photo of the Day

Natural Abstract #16, 2016

This Week's Playlist & Podcast

Here's this week's playlist from Dr. John's Record Shelf. By clicking here, you can listen to a recording of the full broadcast.

Ancient Jules, Steve Gunn

Last Conversation, Veronica Falls

Deuce and a Quarter, Bo-Keys

Kinky Hypocrite, Drive-By Truckers

Dream World, Rilo Kiley

Allah Wakbarr, Ofo & the Black Company

Hey Frederick, Jefferson Airplane

Can't Say No, Helio Sequence

Why Do I Cry, The Remains

Obvious, Vancougar

Dolls (Sweet Rock and Roll), Primal Scream

Tracks of My Tears, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles

Duele, Elida y Avante

I'm Not Done, Jill Olson

Don't Think Twice It's Alright, Brook Benton

Electric Band, Wild Flag

Underwater Moonlight, Soft Boys

Secret Music, Pastels

History of the River, Preston School of Industry

If This Is Love, Can I Get My Money Back? Charlie Pickett & the Eggs

Only Mama That'll Walk the Line, Pat Lundy

Sun Glasses, the Shades

Oppenheimer, Old 97's

KC Moan, Billy Bragg & Joe Henry

Be Real, Freda & the Firedogs

Don't Slander Me, Lou Ann Barton

Secret Agent Man, Johnny Rivers

My Girl, Temptations

I Want to Do More, Ruth Brown

Teach Me Tiger, April Stevens

Move It On Over, Rose Maddox

Bye Bye My Love, Chips

Photo of the Day

Victory Column, Berlin 2010

My Favorite Movie Scene, Today

Hard to believe this is necessary in 2016, but count me among those who believe we need to call a Nazi a Nazi. This scene is from the Michael Powell/Emerick Pressburger classic "The 49th Parallel" from 1941 (pre-Pearl Harbor), and it couldn't be more relevant today.

Photo of the Day

Hula Hooper, Buffalo 2016

The Norton Simon Museum

I enjoy taking photos in art museums, trying to come up with an interesting "arty" take on other folks looking at art, or of the omnipresent but purposely nondescript security personnel.  I don't know if it always work, but I have fun with it.  These were taken at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena last Spring. 

Photo of the Day

Natalie, Helen & Friend 2016

My Favorite Song, Today

Rock and Roll

I kind of thought I posted these some time back, but they are in my "unposted" folder so here they are again (maybe).  Not sure who the guitar player is-- his band (a local group, I imagine) was opening for Spoon at Canalside a couple summers back and I arrived after they started.  But I enjoyed the performance.