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Tom, Ben & Natalie, 2010

Seville

I'm re-visiting the photos I took on my trip to Spain back in 2013, and working up a few in antique style (must be the historian in me that likes this "look").  Anyway, here are a few examples of what I'm doing. By the way, Seville is one of the most beautiful and interesting places I've ever visited, right up there with Florence among the places I would really like to visit again some day.   

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Postcards, Seville 2013

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Buffalo River, 2014

Alejandro Escovedo

Alejandro Escovedo is one of my favorite musical artists, going back to his days in Rank and File and the True Believers (I even got to shake his hand and tell him so one time in Toronto, about 15 years before the evening depicted here).  This show was in 2010, and I don't recall ever posting these shots taken that evening, so here they are now.

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Huntington Gardens, San Marino, California 2014

Toonerville Thursday

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Natalie & Ben, 2012

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Retiro Park, Madrid 2013

This Week's Playlist and Podcast

Another week, another edition of Dr. John's Record Shelf. Below is a list of the songs played this past Sunday, and by clicking here you can listen to a full recording of the broadcast.

Rain Dance, Hollis Brown

Keys to Heaven, Liam Hayes

Mumbi ni Wakwa, Daniel Kamau

Lovesongs, Parlour Tricks

The Wolf Pack, Barrence Whitfield & the Savages

Hockey Skates, Kathleen Edwards

The Wanderer, U2 with Johnny Cash

Junkyard Julie, The Rosewood Thieves

Don't Be Cruel, Elvis Presley

Stackerlee, Dave Van Ronk

Gitana, Lydia Mendoza

I've Been Lookin', The Buttons

You Left the Water Running, Dan Penn

Rated X, Neko Case & the Sadies

Joke Shop Man, Bonzo Dog Band

Cheek to Cheek, Fred Astaire

All Along the Watchtower, Jimi Hendrix Experience

Rock and Roll Magazine, The Charms

Walking Away, The Throbs

Tina Louise, The Dirtbombs

Wild World, Cat Stevens

Release me, Esther Phillips

He's in the Jailhouse Now, Memphis Sheiks

Generation, Jelly Bean Bandits

Summer Babe, Pavement

Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill, Husker Du

Ain't He Got Nerve, Mint Juleps

The Day the World Turned Day-Glo, X-Ray Spex

I Can't Stand It, Velvet Underground

Maybelline, Chuck Berry

Rank and File, Rank and File

Pamela, Bobby Fuller Four

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Niagara Falls, 2015

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Lily Pads, Rochester 2015

Some Random Pictures

A handful of photos I've been working on that I think turned out pretty good, though there's only a stylistic, not thematic, link.

 

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Buffalo Naval Park, 2015

On the Street

Some pictures shot in downtown Buffalo back on Christmas Eve.  Temperatures were unseasonably mild, so it really doesn't have the typical holiday atmosphere.  But it was perfect for wandering around to take pictures.

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Santa Monica, 2015

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From My Window, Dillon 2013

This Week's Playlist and Podcast

Below you can see a list of the songs played this week on Dr. John's Record Shelf.  By clicking here, you can hear a recording of the full program.

Subtraction by Subtraction, Paranoid Style

Velvet Guitar, Alejandro Escovedo

Black Mule, Grant McLennan

When You See Him, Anna Kramer & the Lost Cause

Lisbon, Wolf Alice

Barnaby Hardly Working, Yo La Tengo

Tired of Being Alone, Al Green

Feed the Tree, Belly

My Sugar Sugar, The 5 Royales

I Wonder, The Gants

Baby I Love You, Aretha Franklin

You’re Gonna miss Me, 13^th Floor Elevators

Too Deep, The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger

Vis-à-vis, Allah-Las

Planets, Teenage Fanclub

Heart of Glass, Blondie

Steady as the Rain, Dolly Parton

Hey Suzy, Dion

My True Love, Bobby Fuller Four

Tube Snake Boogie, ZZ Top

I Pity the Fool, Bobby Blue Bland

Superfly, Curtis Mayfield

Pauline, Eleni Mandell

I Want the Angel, Jim Carroll Band

Son of a Gun, The Vaselines

Mesmerizing, Liz Phair

Dark Sun, Sally Timms

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Florence, 2008

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Overlooking Niagara, 2015

Botanical Gardens, Part 3

One last set of photos taken on my last visit to the Buffalo Botanical Gardens.  It's a wonderful place to forget it's winter outside, at least for a little while.