mandolin orange @ local 506, originally uploaded by minervacat.

Worth getting up for in February: Drive-By Truckers two-night stands at the Lincoln; the Lincoln’s light rig, when they use it; Glossary’s Feral Fire, Jason & the Scorchers’ Halcyon Times, the Preservation Hall benefit album and, surprisingly to me, Butch Walker’s I Liked It Better When You Had No Heart; Glossary/Lucero double bills; High Point pretending to have real concert venues; Tom Petty and Bob Dylan covers; live Brian Fallon sets, even if That Dude kept yelling into the taper’s mic; doing promo work and being satisfied by it; COLLEGE BASEBALL; pitchers and catchers reporting to spring training; five shows, six beloved bands, ten days; new Holy Ghost Tent Revival songs; “Panties In Your Purse” live; post-apocalyptic new wave as a photoshoot concept; “i’m gonna build smoke bombs!!!1!”; man, can we cover COLLEGE BASEBALL again? because that’s really awesome; people who say yes; Rivers Cuomo on Sounds Opinions; sunshine and spring temperatures; the new dual tuner TiVo; the #1 GReader Loverman Showdown; banjo jokes.