lucero @ cat’s cradle

lucero @ cat’s cradle, originally uploaded by minervacat. she asked me if i loved her and i showed her the tattoo weren’t no answer but for then it had to do

langhorne slim — be set free

langhorne slim @ the cat’s cradle, originally uploaded by minervacat. Langhorne Slim — Be Set Free. 9/29, Kemado Records. I can’t believe I haven’t written about this album before, but: man, what a fucking great album. It’s hard for me to put words down about Langhorne, because on the surface — guy with a guitar,…

baseball: pawtucket red sox @ durham bulls

baseball: pawtucket red sox @ durham bulls, originally uploaded by minervacat. I love the Carolina baseball team a whole damn lot, but not enough to sit in the rain on a Monday to watch Matt Harvey1 pitch in an intrasquad scrimmage, so instead, have a stray shot from the Bulls/Pawsox series this summer. That starting…

the never @ local 506

the never @ local 506, originally uploaded by minervacat. The 506 was a big sucking black hole of light last night, but the show was really great.

wye oak @ cat’s cradle

wye oak @ cat’s cradle, originally uploaded by minervacat. Out to see Blitzen Trapper and Wye Oak last night; Blitzen Trapper were super enjoyable, but Wye Oak was the amazing surprise of the evening. I was a little wary because, to be perfectly honest, I was underwhelmed by The Knot — it isn’t a bad…

christmas at the cradle

christmas at the cradle, originally uploaded by minervacat. Rocking my world in terms of inspiration this week: Zachery Fein’s work in shooting abandoned parts of Detroit. Un-fucking-believably gorgeous and heartbreaking shots. This crazy hilarious Nikon ad from the ’70s. book lovers never go to bed alone. Gorgeous gorgeous blog full of shots of books. This…

durham be easy: the mountain goats

durham be easy: the mountain goats, originally uploaded by minervacat. The nice young man pictured above (as well as the rest of the Mountain Goats) was on the Colbert Report Tuesday night; last time I saw him in person, he was playing a free solo show for 150 people in the Durham Armory. So that…

wrightsville beach

wrightsville beach, originally uploaded by minervacat. This is for Heather. It’s a lesson in the power of a point and shoot; I took this shot lying upside down on a blanket at the beach, just leaned back, looked at what was behind me, framed it, and clicked. No metering, no thinking, just go. I probably…

built to spill — there is no enemy

american aquarium @ the pour house, originally uploaded by minervacat. Built to Spill — There Is No Enemy.  Out today on Warner Bros.  A rare major label acquisition for me.

american aquarium @ the pour house

american aquarium @ the pour house, originally uploaded by minervacat. I almost included this in last week’s inspiration post, but I realized I wanted to pull it out and talk about it on its own, because it really hit home with me. Day19 is the photoblog of pro photographers Jeremy and Claire Weiss, and I’m…