Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Photo of the Day

Ghost Ship, Long Island Sound 2019

My Favorite Spirit Splash Page, Today


This Week's Playlist & Podcast

Waxahatchee 

It was the 20th Season Finale of Dr. John’s Record Shelf this week. Next week we go into summer replacement mode with the Idiosyncratic History of Rock & Roll. Below is a list of the songs played on Sunday, and by clicking here you can listen to a recording of the full program.

Though I Wish I Could, Nap Eyes
The Eye, Waxahatchee
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, Roberta Flack
Guardian Well, Mikal Cronin

What Yer Doin’ to Me, Woolly Bushmen
Jersey Girl, Blackbird
Absence, Carrie Rodriguez
Do I Ever Cross Your Mind, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt

Tell Him, Exciters
Ruler of My Heart, Irma Thomas
Soldier of Love, Arthur Alexander

Zozobra, Laura Veirs
Matthew & Son, Cat Stevens
I Play Music, Rosie Thomas
She Belongs to Me, Bob Dylan

Bad Feeling, Veronica Falls
Infra Riot, Soundtrack of Our Lives
Why Can’t We Be Friends, War
Free Man in Paris, Joni Mitchell

If I Fell in Love With You, Beatles
Look Around, True West
A Rockin’ Good Way (to Mess Around and Fall in Love), Dinah Washington & Brook Benton
It’s Time, Freda Payne

A Thing of the Past, Shoes
Farmer John, The Premiers
Hello Amsterdam, Sir Douglas Quintet
In the Air, Allah Las

Bowlegged Boogie, Vivian Greene
Baby Get Wise, Alma Mondy
Just Kiss Me Once, Meredith Howard
Lovin’ a Beggar, Walter Brown w/ Jay McShann

Monday, April 27, 2020

Photo of the Day

Peek-a-boo, 2018

My Favorite Cartoonist, Today

Al Johns

Miniature Rooms


At the Chicago Art Institute, they have a special collection of models of miniature rooms representing a wide array of architectural styles from around the world, the Thorne Collection. The exhibit presents an interesting opportunity to practice low-light photography, so here are some photos I collected when I was there last year.