Author: brandnewkindof

Photographer, baseball fan, lover of rock music, sweet tea, chili cheese hotdogs, and Matt Wieters.

unc: ramses could replace jay bilas.

unc: ramses could replace jay bilas., originally uploaded by minervacat. I can’t believe I’m about to type this sentence, but: I’m having a really hard time investing in college basketball this year. I know, I KNOW. I can’t believe it either; I’ve loved Carolina basketball in a stupid way as long as I’ve known there…

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the physics of meaning @ nightlight

the physics of meaning @ nightlight, originally uploaded by minervacat. Got to catch the Physics of Meaning (and Perry Wright, who is still singing songs about the Jonestown Massacre ♥) last night; tPoM are nominally locals but Daniel Hart, frontman and brains, spent most of 2009 on tour with St. Vincent, so they don’t play…

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what you own

Today the history of photography podcast that I listen to harped a lot on shooting what you love, what inspires you, so behind the jump, a handful of concert shots from 2009 that I haven’t posted yet. No commentary — just six shots, including the one of Micah above, that make me happy.

micah schnabel @ tir na nog

micah schnabel @ tir na nog, originally uploaded by minervacat. Micah plays solo shows with an acoustic guitar with just as much energy and emotion as he plays Two Cow shows with his electric. It was well worth the late night and I can’t wait to see him again on Sunday.

isle of palms, south carolina, february ’08

isle of palms, south carolina, february ’08, originally uploaded by minervacat. Rocking my world in terms of inspiration this week: I’ve been collecting alphabets lately: Tom Gauld’s Noisy Alphabet; Facial Hair alphabet; ASL alphabet in matchbooks; Picture alphabet for keyboards; Robert Samuel Hanson’s Unfinished Alphabet; Glyphish’s clean sleek little iPhone app icons. This image. ALL…

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baltimore: lights on 34th street.

baltimore: lights on 34th street., originally uploaded by minervacat. I don’t have a lot of shame when it comes to music I love; if I like it, I like it, and that’s that. But I have some shame when it comes to this: my favorite Christmas album is not a classic, and it’s not even…

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lost in the trees @ local 506

lost in the trees @ local 506, originally uploaded by minervacat. i’ve got love songs, i’ve got songs that make you cry

american aquarium @ the pour house

american aquarium @ the pour house, originally uploaded by minervacat. This is for Martha, who picked out the photo, and for Chris. Two years ago tomorrow, I went out to the 506 with t. We were there to see the Prayers and Tears of Arthur Digby Sellers (Perry, cough up that new album now!), who…

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daniel island, south carolina

daniel island, south carolina, originally uploaded by minervacat. Rocking my world in terms of inspiration this week: 12 Unrecognizable Before And After Views of Cities. Stunning and heartbreaking. It’s Nice That. The images in this post, of a wedding in Australia, by a pair of photographers from San Diego named Nate and Jaclyn. The quality…

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