blitzen trapper @ cat’s cradle, originally uploaded by minervacat. If I Gave Up (Kelly-Anne Riess) I would have followed you to Edmonton found a job waitressing babysitting even though I have three degrees a temporary fix while you finished school near mountains where you climb I wish I’d known you when you didn’t know what…
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Photographer, baseball fan, lover of rock music, sweet tea, chili cheese hotdogs, and Matt Wieters.
carrboro farmer’s market
carrboro farmer’s market, originally uploaded by minervacat. Rocking my world in terms of inspiration this week: The work of Anthony Earl Smith, especially his Southbound series. The Poetry of Forgotten Places. Drive Into The Sun. A road trip blog, as seen through amazing sketches. Myths and legends die hard in America. — Hunter S. Thompson…
sea wolf @ the nightlight
sea wolf @ the nightlight, originally uploaded by minervacat. this is the world, this is the world we live in it’s not the one i choose but it’s the one we’re given
mason jennings @ the cat’s cradle
mason jennings @ the cat’s cradle, originally uploaded by minervacat. Heather wrote a great post about an old old old school Mason Jennings bootleg over at Fuel/Friends on Sunday, and a) it got me digging out all my old Mason boots and b) realizing that I could kick in a little about that show in…
nellie mckay — normal as blueberry pie
wye oak @ cat’s cradle, originally uploaded by minervacat. Nellie McKay — Normal as Blueberry Pie: a Tribute to Doris Day. 10/13, Verve Records. I’ve been a fan of McKay since her 2004 debut, Get Away From Me, which the Maternal Unit sent me the first year I was living in the NC; it lived in my…
built to spill @ cat’s cradle
built to spill @ cat’s cradle, originally uploaded by minervacat. I could seriously watch Doug Martsch noodle around on his guitar forever and not get bored. He’s such an odd, awkward frontman, and yet simultaneously fantastically compelling when he gets behind a mic — actually, seeing Martsch made me wonder if some of Matt Berninger’s…
megafaun @ the nightlight
megafaun @ the nightlight, originally uploaded by minervacat. I genuinely don’t understand the obsession with red lightbulbs that seems so prevalent in Chapel Hill venues. But Megafaun is still and always awesome.
north carolina state fair
north carolina state fair, originally uploaded by minervacat. Rocking my world in terms of inspiration this week: Terrible Yellow Eyes. In honor of Where the Wild Things Are opening today, this is a blog that’s a curated project of artist submissions, tributes to Sendak and his masterpiece of a book. There’s some amazingly clever, beautiful,…
lucero @ cat’s cradle
lucero @ cat’s cradle, originally uploaded by minervacat. Most of the time I don’t bother with detailed concert reviews because when I go to a show, my reaction is mostly that was awesome/awful/someone shoot the opening band/those lights sucked. It’s not insightful commentary; it’s either, I had a good time or I didn’t. But I…
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