I’m not attending this weekend’s on-going and much-hyped Hopscotch Festival in Raleigh for a variety of reasons — most notably timing; next weekend is Bristol Rhythm & Roots and I’m too old to do back to back festivals like that — but I can assure you that I will be attending Trekky Records’ Hopscotch day…
Author: brandnewkindof
Photographer, baseball fan, lover of rock music, sweet tea, chili cheese hotdogs, and Matt Wieters.
embarrassing fruits — frontier justice
Embarrassing Fruits — Frontier Justice. Out 9/21, Trekky Records. Last fall, I heard Joe and Lee of the Fruits do a cover of Big Star’s “September Gurls”, acoustic and imbued with an obvious deep affection for both the song and the band they were covering. It was at the Trekky Milltown showcase, and I remember…
in focus photography grant 2010
Two and a half years ago, a virtual stranger — a virtual stranger then — sent me her well-loved Nikon F65 and a drawing by her son, because she was working to pay things forward, and she thought I could use an upgrade from my point-and-click. I did use it. I shot dozens of rolls…
ryan bingham — junky star
Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses — Junky Star. Out 8/31, Lost Highway Records. I walked out of a Ryan Bingham set once. I’m not proud; I just want y’all to have all the facts. Two and a half years ago, he played the Local 506, American Aquarium opened, and I won free tickets to…
baseball: tides @ bulls, september ’10
Forty one. Final game of the regular season. The Bulls go on to the International League playoffs and the Tides go home for the year, but at least they made it interesting; today’s game went 12 innings. The Bulls won, 6-5. Above, bottom: Zach (left) and Buck (right) Britton are brothers. Zach, younger by 18…
baseball: braves @ bulls, september ’10
Forty. I don’t care at all about the Braves’ farm team as a collective entity, but I’m not going to lie, I’m kind of into Brandon Beachy in specific.
happy football!
It seem that somehow, some way, the rumor that LSU fans smell like corn dogs has swept through the Auburn faithful. Aside from being absolutely hilarious, the accusation makes LSU fans furious. “I’m telling you,” Rowder says, “if you walk up to any LSU fan and you smell them and then step back and say,…
look at your pretty face
Rocking my world in terms of inspiration this week: Jay B Sauceda’s Sign Painters series. 18 Photography Tumblrs That Rock. Wayne Levin’s SWIMMERS series. Gorgeous alphabet address book sketchbook. Hand drawn coffee cup illustrations. Lost In The Trees doing a La Blogotheque take away shows.
worth getting up for: august
Worth getting up for in August: the Physics of Meaning opening for Lost In The Trees, for free; Frontier Ruckus’ Deadmalls & Nightfalls, I Can Lick Every Sonofabitch In The House’s Sounds of Dying, the Honored Guests’ Into Nostalgia EP, Simone Felice’s Live From A Lonely Place & Ryan Bingham’s Junky Star; Buck Showalter, the…
two sentence reviews of new albums i listened to in august
Two sentence reviews of new albums I listened to in August. Behind the jump: Lost in the Trees, Arcade Fire, The Goodnight Loving, Frontier Ruckus, Dax Riggs, the Dead Brothers. Griffin House — The Learner: House’s follow-up to 2008’s stellar Flying Upside Down is a bit of a let-down; he starts and finishes strong, but…
brand new kind of photography 