A double shot from This Is American Music! You know I love those guys like whoa. Fire Mountain – All Dies Down: this is an album full of contradictions; it’s lovely but lonely. The rough vocals and the acoustic guitar driving the songs play against the electric guitars and piano that sound the way heat…
Author: brandnewkindof
Photographer, baseball fan, lover of rock music, sweet tea, chili cheese hotdogs, and Matt Wieters.
the sun don’t rise and set on louisiana
I was down in the ATL this past weekend seeing Trav, the fourth time I’ve been down since we got back together in February. Long distance, of course, sometimes means that you often just want to sit on the couch and be within arms’ reach of each other, and the first three trips down, Trav…
the trade deadline, emotionally
In 2006, this guy pitched 7.1 against Cal State Fullerton, and Matt Danford balked, picked a guy off third, and got the win. 13 innings. How can I not want someone whose starts I remember in that much detail in my bullpen?
worth getting up for in july
Worth getting up for in July: the Orioles in first place; two new posts on the hot dog blog; Wild Child; PHOX; the Shilohs and the Fresh & Onlys and Estrangers; Merge 25; old college friends; the new student books from Carleton with old college friends; mozzarella cheese; cold roast chicken; my dad; two new…
thursday nonsense: cats on film
It’s gonna take a while to get the hang of my Pentax K1000. But I’m gonna try my ass off.
the thing that ate my life: house photos
So some but not all of you know that right before Christmas, I closed on an amazing little townhouse in a cute neighborhood in Chapel Hill. And some but not all of you know that three weeks after that, during an incredibly unseasonable-even-for-January cold snap in the NC, I had two pipes burst in the…
concerts: merge 25
In June 1993 — on the mouth was out, but Flat Duo Jets’ White Trees was due out “that month” — I ripped an article titled “Goin’ To The Chapel” out of Sassy Magazine. It asserted that Chapel Hill was about to be the next Seattle; bands featured in it include Superchunk, of course; Dex…
hot dogs everywhere: the beet & blue, merge 25
Where: Provided by the Pig at Merge 25. What: the beet and blue dog; blue cheese and beet mustard. With whom: Me myself and I, and about 1500 other Merge fans. Why: BEET MUSTARD. Grade: A. One of the best dogs I’ve had. The dog itself was great, and the beet mustard — the tang…
hot dogs everywhere: al’s burger shack, chapel hill
Where: Al’s Burger Shack, 516 W. Franklin St, Chapel Hill, NC. What: the Pool Room dog; chili, mustard, slaw, hold the onions. With whom: Me myself and I. Why: I love chili cheese dogs, and I needed to eat before seeing the Shilohs. Grade: B+. Super solid dog and excellent chili, but the slaw was…
concerts: the fresh & onlys w/ the shilohs and estrangers @ local 506
Wrote about the Shilohs’ set for Speakers. The Fresh & Onlys, whose latest release House of Spirits is one I’m pretty crazy about, finished out the night, and, god, you guys, I just love well-done indie pop so so so much. The whole night was just jangle shimmer hand claps sort of delightful. Winston-Salem’s Estrangers, the project of…
brand new kind of photography 