baseball: pawsox @ bulls

baseball: pawsox @ bulls, originally uploaded by minervacat. Today I would sell a cat in exchange for a perfectly sunny — 1/100, f22 — perfectly breezy May afternoon. Some baseball and some beer would also not go amiss.

TRKfest 2009

TRKfest 2009, originally uploaded by minervacat. There’s a move in music blogging toward blogs producing unqiue and exclusive content, be it audio or video, and I totally dig it. Today, a list of some of the best of the best: La Blogotheque’s Take Away Shows. Along with the Black Cab Sessions, the granddaddies of weird…

women’s basketball: boston college @ duke

women’s basketball: boston college @ duke, originally uploaded by minervacat. Now that we’ve reached bowl season, I’m going to use today to talk about sports photography, okay? Okay. Sports photography isn’t my #1 passion, it isn’t what I’d like to make a partial living at, but it’s certainly something I love to do as an…

windmills & whirl-i-gigs

windmills & whirl-i-gigs, originally uploaded by minervacat. Rocking my world in terms of inspiration this week: How Shooting Film Can Improve Your Digital Photography. Sub-Studio Design Blog’s color-coded gift guides made me wish I bought nicer stuff. The work of Andy Goldsworthy, which came up in a conversation with Maj about people who produce huge…

trekky records christmas at the cradle: dex romweber

trekky records christmas at the cradle, originally uploaded by minervacat. A couple of months ago, I watched Moulin Rouge for the 57th time, because I stumbled across a discussion somewhere on the internets about the cinematography and art design of the film; it’s a movie I love desperately and have always thought was lovely from…

hundreds of songs i ain’t finished yet

(Apologies if you see this twice; it won’t happen often.) I’ve been making what I call a Christmas mix — that is, not holiday songs but a mix made at the holidays — since 1997; first they were tapes, then for a few years cds, and finally, in the digital age, the last five years…

two cow garage @ local 506

two cow garage @ local 506, originally uploaded by minervacat. and we’re all living for that one sweet fleeting feeling

unc: ramses could replace jay bilas.

unc: ramses could replace jay bilas., originally uploaded by minervacat. I can’t believe I’m about to type this sentence, but: I’m having a really hard time investing in college basketball this year. I know, I KNOW. I can’t believe it either; I’ve loved Carolina basketball in a stupid way as long as I’ve known there…

the physics of meaning @ nightlight

the physics of meaning @ nightlight, originally uploaded by minervacat. Got to catch the Physics of Meaning (and Perry Wright, who is still singing songs about the Jonestown Massacre ♥) last night; tPoM are nominally locals but Daniel Hart, frontman and brains, spent most of 2009 on tour with St. Vincent, so they don’t play…