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A few more shots of the flamenco dancers today.

 

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While in Seville, we spent one evening at a flamenco theater, and the performers were fantastic.  Here are a few shots I took that night.

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My recent travels took me to Seattle in addition to San Francisco, so let's mix in a few pictures from that stop as well.  Below are a few shots taken at the Seattle Rock Orchestra's performance of Sgt. Pepper and Magical Mystery Tour (with my niece Marenka playing the bassoon-- sadly she's mostly hidden in these shots in the back of the orchestra).

Above you see a couple of the celebrity vocalists who added their talents to the performance: John Roderick out of the Long Winters and Sean Nelson from Harvey Danger (as well as the Long Winters).  Below is a clear shot of Marenka, she with the bangs and big smile in the center of the photo (full disclosure: my sister Liz took the picture, having a better sight line to Marenka than I did, though she did use my camera ;-)

 

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With the Record Shelf on summer hiatus, this week's broadcast of the Idiosyncratic History of Rock and Roll was the annual Memorial Show, paying tribute to the heroes of popular music who passed away over the past year.  There are always more folks to honor than we can fit into a two hour program, but these are the ones who got on the air last night: 

Freedom, Richie Haven
Hip Hug Her, Booker T. & the MGs (Donald "Duck" Dunn) 
With a Girl Like You, Troggs (Reg Presley)
I'd Love to Change the World, Ten Years After (Alvin Lee) 

Sh-Boom, Chords (Buddy McRae)
The Great Pretender, Platters (Herb Reed)
Earth Angel, Penguins (Cleve Duncan) 
Speedoo, The Cadillacs (Earl "Speedoo" Campbell) 

White Lies, Jason & the Scorchers (Perry Baggs)
Uncle Jack, Spirit (Ed Cassidy)
Let It Out, Let It all Hang Out, Hombres (B.B. Cunningham) 
You're Gonna Miss Me, Sir Douglas Quintet (Johnny Perez)

Take Five, Dave Brubeck Quartet (Dave Brubeck)
Love Makes Sweet Music, Soft Machine (Kevin Ayers)
Call Any Vegetable, Mothers of Invention (Ray Collins) 
Junk Maker Shoppe, Yellow Balloon (Don Grady) 

It Wasn't God Who MadeHonky Tonk Angels, Kitty Wells 
The Race Is On, George Jones
Wolverton Mountain, Claude King
Gonna Dance All Night, Hardrock Gunter
My Rough and Rowdy Ways, Doc Watson 

San Francisco, Scott McKenzie
Hot Smoke & Sassafras, Bubble Puppy (Roy Cox Jr.)
I Started a Joke, Bee Gees (Robin Gibb)
Hush, Deep Purple (Jon Lord; also songwriter Joe South)

I'll Be Around, Spinners (Bobbie Smith) 
The Wanderer, Donna Summer
Sentimental Lady, Bob Welch 
Take a Letter Maria, R.B. Greaves

Don't Be Cruel, Elvis Presley (Gordon Stoker, of the Jordanaires)
Tobacco Road, Nashville Teens (Mike Dunford) 
Train Leaves Here ThisMorning, Dillard & Clark (Doug Dillard) 
Bewildered, Mickey & Sylvia (Mickey Baker)

Going to a Go Go, Miracles (Bobby Rogers) 
My Bonnie, Tony Sheridan & the Beatles (Tony Sheridan)
Goodnite Sweetheart Goodnite, Spaniels (Ernest Warren)

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I still have some more photos to post from my trip to Spain, but this past week I spent a couple days in San Francisco, so thought I would put up a few shots I took there.  I was in the Bay Area to check out the career retrospective of work by the noted photographer Garry Winogrand, so some of what I shot reflected the influence of seeing that show (see below).  But the first few shots are just some typical tourist photos, starting with two taken at Coit Tower on Telegraph Hill.  Above is a view looking east to the Bay Bridge that connects San Francisco to Oakland.  Below is a shot looking west to the "crookedest" street in the world, Lombard St.

Above is a guy flying a kite early in the morning on the beach at the west end of Golden Gate Park.  Below, a shot of Alcatraz Island, also taken from Coit Tower.

 

Here's a landmark I just kind of stumbled on (realizing I was walking on Fulton Street near Haight-Ashbury)-- it's the Jefferson Airplane mansion.  I don't know if any part of the group still resides there, but it was famously their headquarters in the late sixties/early seventies.  Below is an example of a shot taken in an effort to emulate Winogrand's work.  More pictures from my visit will follow in coming days.

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More shots from around Seville.  Above is a small park behind the opera house (note the oranges in the trees); below a view of the opera house itself, from the park.

 

 

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Happy Birthday Emma!

This Week's Top Five List

Here's the last Top Five List of the season from Dr. John's Record Shelf. It's not our best ever, but maybe it'll give you a chuckle.  The feature will return to the airwaves (and here) in the Fall with the start of a new season.

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I'll probably run out of pictures to share of my trip eventually, but for now, a few more shots from around Seville.

 

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Last night was the season finale of Dr. John's Record Shelf.  Next week our summer replacement program The Idiosyncratic History of Rock takes over the timeslot until next Fall.  Here's a list of the songs from last night (highlighted titles are links to YouTube versions of the songs): 

The Next Messiah, Jenny Lewis

Calico County, Steve Earle & the Dukes & Duchesses)

Haunted, Kelly Hogan

Cinco de Mayo, Liz Phair

Busman's Holiday, Allah-Las

Last Train to Satansville, Swervedriver

This Is Why We Fight, Decemberists

Simple As This, Jake Bugg

It's Only Love, Beatles

Wrong Road Again, Marianne Faithfull

Fingernails, Joe Ely

Revolutionary Ways, Sir Douglas Quintet
Do You Remember That, Amy Rigby & Wreckless Eric

Girl Beautiful Girl, Lovin' Spoonful

Cath, Bluebells

Rain, Antietam

I Wish It Would Rain, Temptations

Rhythm of the Rain, Cascades

Who'll Stop the Rain, Creedence Clearwater Revival

Fourth Time Around, Yo La Tengo

Solidarity, Little Steven

Mickey, Toni Basil

That's the Way It Should Be, Yod Crewsy & the Dark Marbles

Busted Up, Replacements

Indian Reservation, Don Fardon

Blue Train, John D. Loudermilk

Turn It On, Sleater-Kinney

Mercy, Lorrie & Larry Collins

Sorry (I Ran All the WayHome), Impalas

Brand New Cadillac, Vice Taylor and His Playboys

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Needless to say, I took a lot of pictures walking around in Seville (actually Madrid and Cordoba too).  Here's another batch of images.

The building above is the Seville Opera House.  The following three pictures are from the Plaza of the Americas.

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More pictures of Seville today, starting with a fountain in the plaza next to the cathedral.

This is the front of a big record/dvd store, which was completely covered with giant photos of bullfighters and related topics.