I recorded today’s two interviews with 75% of Northern Virginia rockers MELODIME back in March, at the Pisgah Brewing Company in Black Mountain, NC; one with brothers Sammy and Tyler Duis as part of my Brothers In Arms series, and solo interview with lead singer Brad Rhodes below about their latest record. Read ’em both….
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Photographer, baseball fan, lover of rock music, sweet tea, chili cheese hotdogs, and Matt Wieters.
book review: exile in guyville (gina arnold ; 33 1/3 #86)
Two or three years ago, when this title was announced by Bloomsbury, I was excited, because I thought that Gina Arnold might be able to explain Exile In Guyville to me. To tell me what makes women of a particular age — say 32, because I know this record never kicked for my baby sister,…
bloodshot records spring: bobby bare jr & dex romweber
Bobby Bare Jr. — Undefeated: once a year or so, Bloodshot’s new release schedule affords me the opportunity to dig into the back catalog of one of their artists, someone I’ve never really listened to before; this year it’s Bobby Bare, Jr., and it starts with his 2014 release Undefeated. It’s a gem of a…
concerts: rhett miller @ cat’s cradle backroom
In one of the most hilarious, slightly obscene, and totally unplanned live music moments I have ever experienced Saturday night when Rhett Miller walked onto the stage, before he’d even played a note, you could — audibly — hear every woman in the Cradle sigh out loud. Like, this perfect moment of oh holy God…
a new old 97’s song (& also i love rhett miller’s face)
I was writing about the new 97s single for Speakers In Code yesterday (it’s NEXT week’s JOTD), and I ended up looking a whole bunch of my photos of Rhett Miller, who plays the Cradle Back Room tomorrow night with Sarah Shook. You guys, he is so tasty. Still. Forever. I never get tired of…
worth getting up for in march
I can’t believe I haven’t made a Worth Getting Up For post since November. Maybe that’s why the last four months have sucked the big one. Anyway. Worth getting up for in March: baseball; daffodils; picking out countertops and floors for the house; every single late night conversation with Trav; the guys from This Is…
concert: dave hause @ local 506
Yesterday in the course of my evening, the following things occurred: I saw a woman walking a ferret. While I was talking to Trav on the phone between sets, I saw a dude dressed all in black, hood up, big black combat boots, denim vest with the Misfits logo sewn on the back, walking down Franklin Street…
concert: rogue band of youth LP release show @ nightlight
Rogue Band Of Youth are part of the Pot Luck Foundation, a loose collective of Triangle musicians who all play in each other’s projects, loosely. They celebrated at the Nightlight last for the release of their debut self-titled LP, and they were fantastic, all melancholy folk ache and echo. Beautiful music, lovely night. Openers were…
the first album i ever bought: oasis – what’s the story morning glory?
The First Album I Ever Bought is an occasional guest post series where friends, family, and strangers talk about, well, the first album they ever bought. A new piece runs (almost) every Wednesday, and sometimes more often. If you’d like to submit, please see the guidelines here. My friends at This Is American Music are…
promo photos: slingshot cash
Did some promos for the Cowboy and the current configuration of Slingshot Cash last night. Did I rig up an outdoor light for that porch shot with medical tape and a slightly busted floor lamp? You bet your ass I did.
brand new kind of photography 