Dr. John's Record Shelf & Photo Gallery

Thursday, March 24, 2016

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

This Week's Playlist and Podcast

Next Sunday will be the 500th episode of Dr. John's Record Shelf, and we will be pulling out almost all the stops in making it a worthy celebration (note that you can listen live, starting at 5:00 Mountain Time, by clicking on the link in the column to the right) . This week's show lacked the bells and whistles to come, but it included a solid lineup of fine music nonetheless, as you can see from the list below. By clicking here, you can listen to a full recording of the program.

Garden, Hinds

Animal, Nada Surf

The Medicine Show, Dream Syndicate

Hello I'm a Ghost, Wussy

Have You Seen Her, Chi-Lites

Side Pony, Lake Street Dive

Little Rock, Sonny Sharrock

Wind Up, Shopping

Another Day, The Rutles

Breaking Your Balloon, Johnny Cymbal

Stonehenge, Spinal Tap

Girl of My Best Friend, Ral Donner

Wang It, The Miamis

Check My Heart, Pastels

Ticking Timebomb, All Girl Summer Fun Band

Portions for Foxes, Rilo Kiley

Let Me Imagine You, Robert Forster

Paper Girl, July Talk

Trapped, Chastity Belt

West of Sunset, Peter Buck

Thunder on the Mountain, Bob Dylan

Back on the Chain Gang, Pretenders

Yakety Song, The Krayolas

Rock Boppin' Baby, The Collins Kids

Mustang Sally, Wilson Pickett

American Travelust, Charlie Pickett & the Eggs

I Don't Want to Wait, Jazzabels

Rhythm of the Rain, Cascades

Rain, Beatles

Raindrops, Dee Clark

Bye Bye My Love, The Chips

Photo of the Day

Helen, 2016

Huntington Gardens 5

By the time I got to the Chinese Garden, there were some impressive dark clouds rolling in from the mountains to the north. It made for some great light as the sun continued to shine from the other direction.

Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Photo of the Day

Los Angeles Skyline at Dusk, 2016

Huntington Gardens 4

Another set of photos from the Huntington Gardens. As with the last batch, these were mostly taken in the area in and around the Japanese Garden.

Monday, March 21, 2016

Photo of the Day

Delaware Park, Buffalo 2013

Hermosa Beach

A couple of weeks back I was in Southern California and decided to head down to Hermosa Beach to photograph surfers (having read that that was the place to catch some action). Unfortunately, despite the fact that to my untrained eye the waves looked great for surfing, there was absolutely no one out there on their boards. I assume there was something about the conditions that explained this, but in any case, I went to Plan B, which was to shoot whatever else looked interesting (including said waves). Here are some of the results (including a "self-portrait"-- can you spot it?).

Sunday, March 20, 2016

Photo of the Day

Ben, 2014

Saturday, March 19, 2016

Photo of the Day

July Talk, Buffalo 2015

Huntington Gardens 3

Another set of photos taken at the Huntington Gardens in San Gabriel, California. There will likely be several more posts on this spot, as I spent about five hours roaming around the grounds, camera in hand. Today's installment includes pitures from around the area of the Australian and Japanese gardens.