mason jennings @ the cat’s cradle, originally uploaded by minervacat. Heather wrote a great post about an old old old school Mason Jennings bootleg over at Fuel/Friends on Sunday, and a) it got me digging out all my old Mason boots and b) realizing that I could kick in a little about that show in…
Month: October 2009
nellie mckay — normal as blueberry pie
wye oak @ cat’s cradle, originally uploaded by minervacat. Nellie McKay — Normal as Blueberry Pie: a Tribute to Doris Day. 10/13, Verve Records. I’ve been a fan of McKay since her 2004 debut, Get Away From Me, which the Maternal Unit sent me the first year I was living in the NC; it lived in my…
built to spill @ cat’s cradle
built to spill @ cat’s cradle, originally uploaded by minervacat. I could seriously watch Doug Martsch noodle around on his guitar forever and not get bored. He’s such an odd, awkward frontman, and yet simultaneously fantastically compelling when he gets behind a mic — actually, seeing Martsch made me wonder if some of Matt Berninger’s…
megafaun @ the nightlight
megafaun @ the nightlight, originally uploaded by minervacat. I genuinely don’t understand the obsession with red lightbulbs that seems so prevalent in Chapel Hill venues. But Megafaun is still and always awesome.
north carolina state fair
north carolina state fair, originally uploaded by minervacat. Rocking my world in terms of inspiration this week: Terrible Yellow Eyes. In honor of Where the Wild Things Are opening today, this is a blog that’s a curated project of artist submissions, tributes to Sendak and his masterpiece of a book. There’s some amazingly clever, beautiful,…
lucero @ cat’s cradle
lucero @ cat’s cradle, originally uploaded by minervacat. Most of the time I don’t bother with detailed concert reviews because when I go to a show, my reaction is mostly that was awesome/awful/someone shoot the opening band/those lights sucked. It’s not insightful commentary; it’s either, I had a good time or I didn’t. But I…
lucero @ cat’s cradle
lucero @ cat’s cradle, originally uploaded by minervacat. she asked me if i loved her and i showed her the tattoo weren’t no answer but for then it had to do
langhorne slim — be set free
langhorne slim @ the cat’s cradle, originally uploaded by minervacat. Langhorne Slim — Be Set Free. 9/29, Kemado Records. I can’t believe I haven’t written about this album before, but: man, what a fucking great album. It’s hard for me to put words down about Langhorne, because on the surface — guy with a guitar,…
baseball: pawtucket red sox @ durham bulls
baseball: pawtucket red sox @ durham bulls, originally uploaded by minervacat. I love the Carolina baseball team a whole damn lot, but not enough to sit in the rain on a Monday to watch Matt Harvey1 pitch in an intrasquad scrimmage, so instead, have a stray shot from the Bulls/Pawsox series this summer. That starting…
brand new kind of photography 