carrboro farmer’s market, originally uploaded by minervacat. Worth getting up for in May: Carolina baseball’s Senior Day; sweeping a series to end the season; Superchunk at the Cradle; Dustin Ackley playing Double-A baseball in the NC; the Hold Steady’s Heaven Is Whenever and American Aquarium’s Small Town Hymns; live Old Ceremony shows; Iron Man 2…
Month: May 2010
baseball: west tenn diamond jaxx @ carolina mudcats
baseball: west tenn diamond jaxx @ carolina mudcats, originally uploaded by minervacat. Twenty eight. I wrote and saved and didn’t post, literally, nine or ten drafts of this. Angry letters to Mariners fans who keep getting the facts wrong. Long love letters to college baseball that no one else cares about. But in the end….
five guys: bacon cheese dog
Where: Five Guys, the Streets at Southpoint, Durham, NC What: a bacon cheese dog Who: with shep., who was eating Chinese Why: Five Guys is more famous for their burgers and fries than their hot dogs, but I’m a huge believer in their dogs. They split ’em in half and grill them with both halves…
a springtime carrboro farmer’s market selection
A selection of 2010 Carrboro farmer’s market shots for a gloomy, muggy Saturday.
there is an epic thunderstorm heading our way
baseball: georgia southern @ college of charleston, originally uploaded by minervacat. Rocking my world in terms of inspiration the last two weeks: Kick ass photos from punk magazine Maximum Rocknroll. HOLY SHIT, you guys, these photos, oh my God. A look at thousands of abandoned pools at foreclosed houses in California. Supremely creepy and sad….
two sentence reviews of new albums i listened to in may
benji hughes @ cat’s cradle, originally uploaded by minervacat. Short and sweet, stuff I dug this month: The Black Keys — Brothers: this might just be the dirtiest album released this year. Not a bad track on it, and inevitably the soundtrack to my summer. Utterly unsafe for work, my god, and phenomenal. Good Old…
isle of palms, sc, april 2010
isle of palms, sc, april 2010, originally uploaded by minervacat. It’s been almost two months since we’ve been to the beach, and I’m itching for another trip to the ocean. Soon, soon. Isle of Palms, South Carolina. April, 2010. For Watery Wednesday.
superchunk @ the cradle
superchunk @ the cradle, originally uploaded by minervacat. “Rock and roll doesn’t necessarily mean a band. It doesn’t mean a singer, and it doesn’t mean a lyric, really. It’s that question of trying to be immortal.” — Malcolm McLaren
baseball: va tech @ unc
Twenty six and twenty seven. The Heels sent seniors Ryan Graepel, Mike Cavisinni and Colin Bates (a redshirt junior who graduated in May) off with a resounding series sweep of Virginia Tech this weekend. Bittersweet because we’re still out of the ACC tournament thanks to Georgia Tech failing to get it done in sweeping BC,…
superchunk @ the cradle
superchunk @ the cradle, originally uploaded by minervacat. For Mac McCaughan, the hipsters dance. And scream. We got two encores last night and the crowd would have yelled for a third and a fourth, given the opportunity. Superchunk’s got ten whole tour dates outside of the NC on the schedule for this year, and the…
brand new kind of photography 