actualfax southern snow, originally uploaded by minervacat. The snow and ice down here knocked out at least two of the three shows I’d had on the books for this weekend (American Aquarium at the Pour House went on as scheduled, sans us because driving to and from Raleigh wasn’t in the cards last evening; the…
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the old ceremony @ the pour house
the old ceremony @ the pour house, originally uploaded by minervacat. Rocking my world in terms of inspiration this week: More alphabets, this one from local-to-me designer (and NC State student) Kayce Lomas. (More typography from Lomas here.) Also these illustrated letterforms and this Paperfingers alphabet. Frankly, while I’m at it: designworklife in general makes…
south holston lake, holston mountains, tennessee
south holston lake, holston mountains, tennessee, originally uploaded by minervacat. Hugh Morton is pretty much the granddaddy of all photographers in the state of North Carolina; he worked as a photographer from 1933 to the early 21st century, capturing some of the most iconic images in the history of the NC. The North Carolina Collection…
tim barry — 28th & stonewall
tim barry @ the local 506, originally uploaded by minervacat. Tim Barry — 28th & Stonewall. Out 1/26, Suburban Home Records. This has been one of my hotly anticipated albums, since Suburban Home started posting press and information about it in the fall; shep. turned me on to Tim Barry last year, for which I…
the old ceremony @ the pour house
the old ceremony @ the pour house, originally uploaded by minervacat. Interesting post on Ask Metafilter last week on what makes a drummer good. Relevant because last night we saw the Old Ceremony, and their drummer, Dan Hall, is probably one of the most underrated drummers working in the Triangle right now; the mark of…
the new familiars @ the blind tiger
the new familiars @ the blind tiger, originally uploaded by minervacat. It’s rare that I forget how much I love a band, but if I go a while between instances of seeing them live, sometimes I will forget how great someone is live. And that went for the New Familiars; I hadn’t seen them since…
dim sum
dim sum, originally uploaded by minervacat. I sort of miss taking pictures of my food, in a masochistic self-flagellating habit-forming way, so I made my mama and my aunt suffer while I took pictures of our dim sum lunch on Saturday. I left the camera at home Sunday night when we were eating tapas or…
beach house — teen dream
trekky records christmas at the cradle, originally uploaded by minervacat. Beach House — Teen Dream. Out 1/26, Sub Pop. Beach House makes this variety of stripped-down-but-not indie electro-dream-pop that I forget how much I love for long stretches of time. Wow, what a great opening, huh? Anyway: this is a great album. Drifty, vaguely haunting,…
brian fallon @ the black cat
the gaslight anthem @ cat’s cradle, originally uploaded by minervacat. There’s no doubt that the Gaslight Anthem’s The ’59 Sound is an incredible album, from start to finish; it deserved every piece of raving praise that it received at the end of 2008 and I’m desperately excited for their next release. They also put on…
woodpigeon — die stadt muzikanten
lost in the trees @ gerrard hall, originally uploaded by minervacat. Woodpigeon — Die Stadt Muzikanten. Out 1/12/2010, Boompa Records. Ah, the first mystery album of 2010 in my iTunes. Where did this come from? Why did I acquire it? Did I read a review of it somewhere? Did someone put a track on a…
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