Sunday, December 17, 2017

Photo of the Day

Tuscan Countryside, 2008

My Favorite Song, Today

This Week's Playlist & Podcast



We celebrated Christmas a little early on Dr. John’s Record Shelf this week.  The list of featured songs appears below, and you can click here to listen to a recording of the full broadcast. 

Boogie Woogie Santa Claus, Mabel Scott
Throughout the Year, Jazzabels
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Cadillacs
Christmastime, Alison Pipitone
Let’s Make Christmas Merry, Baby, Amos Milburn

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Dexter Gordon
The Little Drummer Boy, Lou Rawls
A Merrier Christmas, Dianne Reeves
Silent Night, Sister Rosetta Tharpe
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Joey Calderazzo

I’m Your Santa, Lil Ed & the Blues Imperials
That Old Christmas Moon, Leon Redbone
Deck the Halls with Boogie Woogie, Katie Webster
Shake Hands With Santa Claus, Louis Prima & Keely Smith

Merry Merry Christmas, Koko Taylor
Christmas Trees and Holly Leaves, Holly Cole
Winter Wonderland, Dean Martin
It Must Be Santa, Bob Dylan

Ole Santa, Dinah Washington
The Christmas Song, Sergio Mendes & Brazil 66
Kissin’ By the Mistletoe, Aretha Franklin
Santa Claus, Little Charlie & the Nightcats

The Christmas Song, Carmen McRae
Space Christmas, Allo Darlin
That’s What I Want for Christmas, Nancy Wilson
St. Niklas war eine Seemann, Freddy Quinn

I’d Like You for Christmas, Julie London
Jingle All the Way, Lena Horne
The Christmas Song, The Raveonettes
All I Want for Christmas, Nat King Cole Trio

Merry Christmas Baby, Otis Redding
Sleigh Ride, Ella Fitzgerald
Gee Whiz It’s Christmas, Carla Thomas
Please Come Home for Christmas, Dion
Here Comes Santa Clause, Ramsey Lewis

Thursday, December 14, 2017

Photo of the Day

The Getty Center, Los Angeles 2012

Toonerville Thursday


Pictures of Florence


A sequel to the post of a few days ago of Venice, these too are some older pictures taken on my trip to Italy in 2008.  I've taken another look at them and worked them up using some recently acquired software to give them an old-time look.   












Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Photo of the Day

Piazza della Repubblica, Florence, 2008

My Favorite Photographer, Today

Robert Capa, Pablo Picasso & Francoise Gilot, 1951

This Week's Playlist and Podcast

Dean Wareham & Britta Philips

All the regular features are back this week on Dr. John’s Record Shelf.  The featured music is listed below, and you can hear the entire program by clicking here.

If Love is a Red Dress, Maria McKee
Alaskan Bars, Part 1, Tim Easton
Café Memphis, Willie Nile
Knives From Bavaria, Dean & Britta

Down by the River, Neil Young
Hey Joe, Joe “King” Carrasco & the Crowns
The Road Goes on Forever, Joe Ely

X Offender, Blondie
Sex Object, Manda & the Marbles
Waste of Time, the Coolies

Runaway, Del Shannon
The Desert, Vivian Girls
I Can’t Control Myself, Buzzcocks
It Ain’t Me Babe, Turtles

I Wanna Destroy Myself, Ezra Furman
Dum Dum, High Violets
Circles, Fleur de Lys

Don’t You Make Me High, Maria Muldaur
Christine’s Tune (Devil in Disguise), Flying Burrito Brothers
Guitar Strings and Foolish Things, Cash Brothers
Dead Fox, Courtney Barnett

Poor Boy’s Son, Godfathers
Been All Around the World, Cat Mother & the All-Night Newsboys
Country Boy, Ronnie Lane

My Boy Elvis, Janis Martin
Take It Like a Man, Chuck Willis
Shortnin’ Bread Rock, Etta James

Goodnight My Love, Fleetwoods

Saturday, December 9, 2017

Photo of the Day

Headwaters of the Missouri River, 2017

My Favorite Painting, Today

Egon Schiele, The Truth Unveiled 1913

Pictures of Venice

I probably posted variations of some of these before, but I went back to the originals (taken in 2008) and did some new crops and processing.  I think they turned out pretty good.