warm/cold, originally uploaded by minervacat. Worth getting up for in December: holiday music; Ash’s pictures of the Christmas lights on 34th Street in Baltimore; Christmas at the beach1; the post-Weis-firing Notre Dame coach search rumors (but not Brian Kelly leaving Cincinnati for ND DDD:); donuts; #IowansInMiami; Trekky Records’ Christmas at the Cradle; having actualfax sick…
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Photographer, baseball fan, lover of rock music, sweet tea, chili cheese hotdogs, and Matt Wieters.
dave’s new year’s party
dave’s new year’s party, originally uploaded by minervacat. [Posted elsewhere as well; apologies.] Since the mid-nineties, Justin has been saying, ironically or not, that this is how your first entry of the new year should always be, and so it is.
permanent view
permanent view, originally uploaded by minervacat. I decided I wanted to start 2010 with a clean iTunes slate, so this week I put my epic Drive-By Truckers re-listen on hold to frantically plow through everything that was built up in my various unplayed and/or unrated playlists. I am getting much, much better about acquiring music…
birds & arrows @ local 506
birds & arrows @ local 506, originally uploaded by minervacat. Rocking my world in terms of inspiration: Scott Teplin’s Alphabet City prints. 8 Interesting Visually Confusing Photographs. 36 Essential Readings for Photographers and 50 Must-Read Photography Books. Bright Eyes’ “Southern State”. What a gorgeous, heartbreaking song. Jason Travis’ Persona series; portraits of people, portraits of…
top 25 albums of 2009
lucero @ cat’s cradle, originally uploaded by minervacat. THIS IS A VERY LONG POST ABOUT MUSIC. It’s almost 2010, and so: top 25 albums of 2009, in rough reverse order (#1 is at the bottom!) based on a combination of objective quality and subjective belovedness, according to me:
unc: librarian on a post!
unc: librarian on a post!, originally uploaded by minervacat. I’ve been at my current job, which is hardly “the new job” anymore, for just about six months now, and there are many, many things I love about it: the routine of it, the stability both financial and employment, the benefits, my 401k which I am…
old smithville burying ground, southport, nc
old smithville burying ground, southport, nc, originally uploaded by minervacat. We saw Sherlock Holmes on Christmas Day, and then again this evening; I flat-out adored it. It’s not Great Film, of course, but it was unbelievably gay and undeniably gorgeous, the latter of which being what captivated me the most. What incredible art design that…
old smithville burying ground, southport, nc
old smithville burying ground, southport, nc, originally uploaded by minervacat. “in 1991 i moved to athens georgia in search of god, but what I discovered instead was vic chesnutt. hearing his music completely transformed the way i thought about writing songs, and i will forever be in his debt.” — Jeff Mangum, Neutral Milk Hotel…
holden beach, north carolina
holden beach, north carolina, originally uploaded by minervacat. Merry Christmas to those of you who celebrate it, and peace and love to the rest of you.
holden beach, nc — christmas 2009
holden beach, nc — christmas 2009, originally uploaded by minervacat. you give me miles and miles of mountains and i’ll ask for the sea — Damien Rice, “Volcano”
brand new kind of photography 