molina & johnson — self-titled

trekky records christmas at the cradle, originally uploaded by minervacat. Molina & Johnson — self-titled.  Out today on Secretly Canadian. One of my favorite things in the world is when musicians I enjoy enjoy the company of other musicians I enjoy.  For example, it delights me immensely whenever Mike Doughty and Rhett Miller twitter at each…

durham be easy: language arts

durham be easy: language arts, originally uploaded by minervacat. This is for Martha. Friday night’s Holy Ghost show was the 81st show I’ve seen this year (there are 78 of them here, and three (to date) that I didn’t shoot), and while most of them have been in standard venues — bars with stages, stages…

worth getting up for: october

two cow garage @ local 506, originally uploaded by minervacat. Worth getting up for in October: the North Carolina State Fair; a proliferation of excellent national touring acts coming through the CH in specific and the NC at large; the word proliferation; dreaming of road trips; federal holidays1; the new Big Star box set, Keep…

holy ghost tent revival @ local 506

holy ghost tent revival @ local 506, originally uploaded by minervacat. In the last year, I’ve seen these boys an absurd number of times, in more than a dozen venues spread across three states; I’ve hung out with them in the studio, and while they played chess and put cats on producers’ heads and watched…

holy ghost tent revival @ trekky records studio

holy ghost tent revival @ trekky records studio, originally uploaded by minervacat. These boys are unofficially officially releasing their new EP at the 506 tonight, so an old shot from the time I spent in the studio with them this spring. Those couple of days were some of the most fun I’ve had working this…

lost in the trees @ gerrard hall

lost in the trees @ gerrard hall, originally uploaded by minervacat. The shutter on Six seized up irreperably last night, mid-Lost in the Trees set, and so tomorrow she is off to Nikon to slip in under her warranty and, in all likelihood, have her CPU replaced. I had an evening’s worth of massive freaking…

mike doughty @ the arts center

mike doughty @ the arts center, originally uploaded by minervacat. My favorite Doughty song is his cover of “Looks”. The first Doughty-penned song I ever loved was “Circles” and the solo song that hooked me post-Soul Coughing was “Grey Ghost”. But the opening lines of “Unsingable Name” — i want to be your absolute ultimate/want…

mike doughty — sad man happy man

mike doughty @ the cat’s cradle, originally uploaded by minervacat. Mike Doughty — Sad Man Happy Man.  Out 10/6, ATO Records. I held off on reviewing this because I knew that I was seeing Doughty on a Tuesday; what better day to talk about his new album than a day I’m going to see him?…

abandoned swimming pool, sanford

abandoned swimming pool, sanford, originally uploaded by minervacat. People say photographs don’t lie. Mine do. — David LaChapelle

uncle jack’s 60th birthday party

uncle jack’s 60th birthday party, originally uploaded by minervacat. Sometimes you are presented the opportunity to take inexplicable photos of family members wearing umbrella hats, and so: you do.