Owned the hell out of Ticketmaster this morning, buying tickets for shep., Ash and myself to see the National in Raleigh in October. They won’t let me take my camera into Memorial Auditorium as an audience member, but who knows? I have some projects up my sleeve and maybe I’ll wrangle a press pass some other way. Or I won’t — it’ll be an amazing set no matter what. Anyway, it’s been ages since I bought tickets from Ticketbastard at on-sale time — since I lived in Chicago, almost five years ago. Kasey Chambers at Park West, maybe, or the 97s (appropriate; seeing Rhett solo tonight) at the same venue. Can’t remember. Years, though, seriously.
Happy birthday early AND belated (early purchase, four month celebration delay) to shep. I think we saw the National close to her birthday last year, too, actually. I’ll take it every year, thanks, Dessners and Devendorfs and Matt.
brand new kind of photography 