Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Soccer in the Snow

I went to my first MLS soccer match this past Saturday in Salt Lake City. It ended up being a lot of fun despite the inclement weather (maybe partly because of the inclement weather) and the fact that they bar DSLR cameras from the venue (which is why these are a bit on the fuzzy side-- I had to make do with a Canon point and shoot which has a decent zoom, but not the greatest autofocus or image stabilizer).  The pictures I'm posting today are all from th first half-- things got really gnarly after half-time, and I'll have some of those images up in the next few days.















Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Photo of the Day

Madrid Metro, 2013

My Favorite Movie Scene, Today

This Week's Playlist & Podcast


Valerie June

Here's the list of music played last Sunday on Dr. John's Record Shelf.  You can listen to a full recording of the program by clicking here.

Shakedown, Valerie June
I Can Tell, Bo Diddley
No One's Little Girl, Raincoats
Plastic Plant, Thee Oh Sees

Live and Let Live, Love
Night Moves, Bob Segar & the Silver Bullet Band
Hungry Ghost, Hurray for the Riff Raff
Young Lady You're Scaring Me, Ron Gallo

The Way I Walk, Jack Scott
You Don't Know Me, Barbara Dane
Come On and Love Me, Lucille Brown
I'm Cramped, The Cramps

Let Your Light In Babe, Robert Forster
Give Me Love (Give Me Peace), George Harrison
Blue, Jayhawks
Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You, Esther Phillips

Written on the Subway Wall/Little Star, Dion
By the Sea, Essex Green
Blinding Sun, Mudhoney
A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today, Peter Case

Honey and Smoke, Case/Lang/Veirs
Postcard, Texas
My Guy, Mary Wells
Prince of Darkness, Mekons

Push and Pull (All the Time), Promised Land Sound
Sugaree, Hank Ballard & the Midnighters
Conoces el Final, Los Cheyenes
Jaguar Blues, The Loved Ones

No Good Lover, Mickey & Sylvia
Boo Hoo, Marvin Rainwater
Whistle Bait, Collins Kids
Uh Huh, The Romans

Too Much Monkey Business, Chuck Berry

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Photo of the Day

Street Market, Venice 2008

My Favorite Photographer, Today

Stephen Shore, Holden Street, North Adams, Massachusetts, July 13, 1974

This Week's Playlist & Podcast



More good times and great music at Dr. John's Record Shelf this past Sunday. Below is a list of the featured songs, and by clicking here you can listen to a recording of the full program.

Touch, July Talk
Near to the Wild Heart of Life, Japandroids
Oh! Sleater-Kinney
Sameness, For Against

Freedom Highway, Rhiannon Giddens
2:10 Train, Rising Sons
Blackwater Side, Anne Briggs

Itty Bitty Pretty One, Dave Clark 5
Gonna Get Burned, Chantelles
When I Think of You, Twiggy
I Can't Let Maggie Go, Honeybus

Voodoo Child (Slight Return), Angelique Kidjo
Ali Baba, John Holt
It's Alright Ma, I'm Only Bleeding, Caetano Veloso

Not This Time, Bash & Pop
Connection, Elastica
Monday Morning, Somewhere Central, Ultimate Painting

Think, The Five Royales
If You Can't Rock Me, Debbie Stevens
There Goes My Baby, Drifters
Honolulu Rock-A Roll-A, Eartha Kitt

Blue & Gold, Linda Thompson
Did She Mention My Name, Gordon Lightfoot
Two Trains Pullin', Paul Burch
Jackie's Train, Mary Gauthier

Good Rockin' Tonight, Wynonie Harris
Gonna Dance All Night, Hardrock Gunter
Hillbilly Boogie, Delmore Brothers
Sixty Minute Man, Dominoes

Roll Over Beethoven, Chuck Berry

Monday, April 3, 2017

Photo of the Day (Happy Birthday Theresa!)

My Little Sister, c2002

My Favorite Song, Today

More From the Getty Center

I love taking pictures at the Getty Center in Los Angeles.  You have crowds of people (and generally lots of kids) mingling with the great art, great architecture, great vistas of the whole L.A. basin (on this particular day, you could see all the way to Santa Monica). So here is a set of photos taken on my last visit.