jonny’s birthday party, originally uploaded by minervacat. “The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman…
Author: brandnewkindof
Photographer, baseball fan, lover of rock music, sweet tea, chili cheese hotdogs, and Matt Wieters.
weesefest 2009: american aquarium @ the pour house
weesefest 2009: american aquarium @ the pour house, originally uploaded by minervacat. Happy 4th of July, y’all. I recommend celebrating the independence of this country with country music, bourbon, and pies with bourbon in them, but you do what you gotta do; my word’s sure not law, or even strong suggestion.
the ginger envelope @ local 506
the ginger envelope @ local 506, originally uploaded by minervacat. Sometimes the trouble is that none of the photos I took last night look remotely the way that Matt Stoessel’s soaring pedal steel sounds in a mostly-empty 506, or feels in that soft spot under my rib cage. A lot of bands use the pedal…
pattern #1
pattern #1, originally uploaded by minervacat. My July photo project is patterns. The best thing about being re-employment is that I’m looking forward to having a routine. There is actually such a thing as too much free time — or at least there is when you don’t have independent wealth to supplement your free time.
twilight, carrboro
twilight, carrboro, originally uploaded by minervacat. stop your parents’ car — i just saw a shooting star — the Avett Brothers, “Laundry Room” This is a track from the Avetts’ upcoming I And Love And You, out in September; I ripped a version of it recorded for an NPR session from video to .mp3 so…
drive-by truckers @ the cat’s cradle
drive-by truckers @ the cat’s cradle, originally uploaded by minervacat. Another from the archives; Patterson Hood of the Drive-By Truckers at the Cat’s Cradle, May 2008. Patterson’s long-delayed second solo album, Murdering Oscar (And Other Love Songs), came out last week; I’m finally listening to it and it’s fabulous. Also, this is a film shot…
holy ghost tent revival @ local 506
holy ghost tent revival @ local 506, originally uploaded by minervacat. “A photograph is a secret within a secret. The more is shows, the less you know.” — from The Brothers Bloom
cold glass bottles
cold glass bottles, originally uploaded by minervacat. I love tiny gas stations in tiny off the highway Southern towns. Three flavors of Crush in little glass bottles, in Magnolia, NC.
holy ghost tent revival @ the pour house
holy ghost tent revival @ the pour house, originally uploaded by minervacat. One of the things I’m always trying to capture when I shoot shows is pure, unadulterated joy.
hands #6
hands #6, originally uploaded by minervacat. Spent the week to date with my mama (that’s her hand in this photo); she flies out today, shep.’s mama flies in. It’s a Mom-invasion down here in the NC. Which is why I haven’t really picked up the camera since Monday night. Just FYI.
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