Dr. John's Record Shelf & Photo Gallery: March 2021

Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Photo of the Day

The Roman Aqueduct in Segovia, Spain 1988

My Favorite Photographer, Today

Milton Rogovin, from "The Forgotten Ones," c1970s

The Final Playlist & Podcast, Part 2

"Art Vandalay" in the KDWG Studios, March 28, 2021

Here’s the playlist for Part 2 of the series finale of Dr. John’s Record Shelf which aired earlier this week on KDWG. Although the Student Senate at UMWestern decided to cut off the station’s funding (resulting in the demise of my program, among other things), our sister station at the University of Montana in Missoula decided to step in and take over the license, which means that the call letters and frequency will continue to be used. This is no reprieve for the Record Shelf however, as the broadcasts will now emanate from Missoula and consist of Montana Public Radio programming. Still, that’s a better fate for the channel than we anticipated even a week ago—a good thing for the community even if the campus has given up a valuable resource. Anyway, click here to listen to Part 2 of our final show, featuring the music listed below along with archival clips and other bits of business. Thank you to everyone who ever listened to the show, whether over the airwaves or through these podcasts. I appreciate your support.

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

Ticket to Ride, Beatles
I Will Dare, Replacements
Please Mr. Johnson, Cadillacs
Perfect, Reverend Horton Heat

Knapsack, Amy Rigby
Dreaming’s Killing Me, Amy Allison
Train Train, Dolly Parton

The Only One, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
Elevator Operator, Courtney Barnett
All Kindsa Girls, Real Kids

Redondo Beach, Patti Smith
No Side to Fall In, Raincoats
Captive of the Sun, Parquet Courts
Apple Street, Asteroid #4

Here Come the Miracles, Steve Wynn & the Miracles
Help Me Mary, Liz Phair
Balloon, Imperial Teen
Time is a Train, Amy LaVere

Revolutionary Ways, Sir Douglas Quintet
My Best Yesterday, Jill Olson
Sigh to Signal, Mary Janes

Guitar Strings and Foolish Things, Cash Brothers
Okay, Shoes
Never to Be Forgotten, Bobby Fuller Four
Farewell, Bob Dylan

So Long, the Imaginations

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Photo of the Day

The Reader, Eastman House, Rochester 2017

My Favorite Film Noir Poster, Today

The Final Playlist & Podcast, Part 1

Dr. John in the KDWG Studio, March 28, 2021

We aired the series finale of Dr. John’s Record Shelf this past Sunday, double the normal length and with plenty of archival clips to go along with the music. It has been a consistent joy to produce and host this program for the past twenty years, and it wasn’t my choice to end it now. With any luck I’ll have a chance to start it up again at some point in the future. In the meantime, you can see the songs featured in the first half of the program below, and can listen to that segment by clicking here. I’ll post the playlist and link for Part 2 tomorrow.

Rock and Roll, Velvet Underground
Dancing With Joey Ramone, Amy Rigby
1952 Vincent Black Lightning, Mary Lou Lord
I Know You Know, Louie & the Lovers

Uh-Oh, Busy Signals
Words & Guitars, Sleater-Kinney
Love You More, Buzzcocks
Night Might, Strange Boys

Way Down (I Won’t Cry No More), Dion
Marie Marie, Blasters
Will The Wolf Survive, Los Lobos
Whole Wide World, Prissteens

Juliette, Januaries
The Late Great Cassiopia, Essex Green
Raspberry Beret, Prince
Sundown, Gordon Lightfoot

Mekons Rock’n’Roll, Mekons
Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer, Bessie Smith
African Proverb/Call Me a Fool, Valerie June w/ Carla Thomas
Separated, Weather Station

Connection, Elastica
The Clock, Go-Betweens
Thief, Belly

Darling Be Home Soon, Lovin’ Spoonful
My Flash on You, Love
Sophisticated Boom Boom, Shangri-Las

Good Times, Ted Hawkins
Heart of Gold, Bettye LaVette
It Takes Two, Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston