Worth getting up for in September: football; Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion; the sandwich I ate at Macado’s in Bristol; Justin Townes Earle’s Harlem River Blues & Two Cow Garage’s Sweet Saint Me; free Hopscotch day parties; fall weather and cool mornings, the summer heat finally breaking; red wine weather; long sleeved shirts; knock-off Topsiders;…
Month: September 2010
film school @ local 506
Back in May — or June, or July; I don’t know, I can’t remember what I ate for dinner five days ago, much less when I had a revelation — I decided that what I was going to do in the back half of the year was expand my musical horizons. I was going to…
two sentence reviews of new albums i listened to in september
Two sentence reviews of reasonably new albums I listened to in September: Various Artists — Wisco: A Wisconsin Tribute to Wilco’s Summerteeth: I love this. I mean it — I love this. Masterminded by Muzzle of Bees’ Ryan Matteson, this is a track-by-track covering of Wilco’s Summerteeth (aka my favorite Wilco album) by local Wisconsin…
semi-regular inspiration
Rocking my world in terms of inspiration this month. (Inspiration which I am desperately in need of, I might add.) Gorgeous illustrated letterforms by Jonny Wan. Tilt-shift Van Gogh. Now I have to watch the Van Gogh episode of Doctor Who again. This photo of Bruce Springsteen. Sweet Home Style, because I am tired of…
after the waltz
You must, after the age of 33, continue to do a certain type of work, or else go into the shoe business; forget music or it’ll turn into hatred, or else reiteration, redundancy, and in many cases death. — Garth Hudson of the Band, 1984. I wonder what Patterson Hood would think of that. One…
bristol rhythm & roots reunion 2010
Cost effective and bitchin’, as one of my coworkers would say. Happy 10th birthday, Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion! You don’t look a day over seven. You were a highlight of 2009, and you brought it again in 2010. Can’t wait for 2011. “Was that your brother?” One of the best parts of the festival…
bristol rhythm & roots reunion 2010
and, honey, if you can’t trust us well, who can you trust Full report tomorrow; what an amazing weekend.
bristol rhythm & roots reunion 2010
if i said that i loved you like i did in tennessee
bristol rhythm & roots 2010
I think this may be my second favorite place in the world outside of the state of North Carolina (Camden Yards is my favorite). Not this Econo Lodge specifically, but Bristol in general. We’re in Tenne-virginia for the 10th Annual Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion this weekend; keep an eye out here for photos and out…
superchunk @ the nasher museum of art
Unbelievable. Phenomenal. Amazing. Pick an adjective for “blew my mind” and it’s the right one. What a set. More photos behind the jump. Set list, courtesy Mr. McCaughan himself: So Convinced/Water Wings/Crossed Wires/My Gap Feels Weird/Song for Marion Brown/Watery Hands/Let It Go/Fractures in Plaster/Rosemarie/Shallow End/Punch Me Harder/Mower/Digging for Something (w/ John Darnielle)/Pink Clouds/Hyper Enough/Everything At…
brand new kind of photography 