Author: brandnewkindof

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

concerts: pokey lafarge, escondido, and ellis dyson & the shambles

Pokey and Escondido photos — both great sets — up on Speakers. Ellis Dyson and the Shambles are a local band, with the kind of sharp songwriting and energy and stage makeup who really, really remind me of Holy Ghost Tent Revival about five years ago. I’m very much into them, and they might very…

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concerts: langhorne slim @ cat’s cradle

Langhorne photos from two weekends ago are up on Speakers. I’m lazy posting lately, my bad. The Spirit Moves, Langhorne Slim & the Law’s 2015 release, is excellent. Hope to review it sooner than later.

hopscotch music festival: saturday

Speakers didn’t cover Hopscotch this year because Matt done gone and gotten himself a baby, and I was reeling after we had a break-in in July and Butthead McStealy walked off with not only all my camera gear but also my camera bag, which contained my entire collection of press passes in a pass holder….

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festival preview: secret stages, birmingham, alabama

Secret Stages, a two day festival in downtown Birmingham featuring loads of great smaller bands, starts on Friday, July 31, and runs through August 1. Festival organizer Travis Morgan was nice enough to sit down and answer some questions for me. If you’re in the greater Birmingham area this weekend, make sure to check it…

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baseball: nats @ orioles

Seven. The Wiets drove in the tying run in the bottom of the 8th and Jonathan Schoop walked off. The floppy hats were excellent.

100 foods in 100 counties: granville county

Cheese and sausage biscuit at Sunrise Biscuit in Oxford, crossing Granville County off the Our State 100 Foods list. The biscuit was fabulous and I would have eaten half a dozen plain.

the kittens have gotten big (are still dopey)

(I love Cat Summitt’s face in this one. WHAT ARE YOU DOING CAT SUMMITT.) They’re still shy, but very sweet, and very silly. Cat Summitt still only weighs about 5 pounds. ALL LEGS AND TAIL.

last minutes and lost evenings

We had a really nice 4th. Long weekend, good company, good food. Trav and I are getting pretty damn excellent at feeding people we love. You should come visit.