So lovely — warm and fun and full of singalongs, this was the first of CCL’s annual Electric Holiday Show that I have been to, but I will not miss another one. Full set is here.
Author: brandnewkindof
Photographer, baseball fan, lover of rock music, sweet tea, chili cheese hotdogs, and Matt Wieters.
christmas mix: someone you used to know
I’ve been making what I call a Christmas mix — that is, not holiday songs but a mix made at the holidays — since 1997; first they were tapes, then for a few years cds, and finally, in the digital age, the last seven years have been downloadable zip files, and this year is no…
almost people @ local 506
I know Scotty Sandwich from many things: his digital label Death To False Hope Records, his booking of great punk and garage and hardcore shows in Durham, but I’d never seen him play in his own band, Almost People, before last night. They play sharp, clever, hooky pop punk, lots of great guitar riffs from…
a mind like a diamond
The slip is vintage. The nail polish is Goldeneye from OPI’s James Bond collection. The lipstick is Make Up Forever’s Rouge Artist Intense, part of my life list goal to find the perfect red and pink lipsticks. The camera is my D80, Emmylou, and the strap is my third from vmjess. The title is, obviously,…
book review: you are awesome
You Are Awesome, Cicada Books, 2012. First, how nice is it to have a book that right up front tells you that you rock? I need more books like that. You Are Awesome is a book of 21 crafts; gifts for yourself, or to make someone else feel awesome. I need more of that in…
lists: things i want from the photojojo store for christmas
I love the Photojojo store. I love Photojojo, period, and their Tumblr is amazing, but they always have the best stuff in their store, and I can never indulge myself because I’m always broke, so since this is the season for giving, if you’re feeling generous, here’s a list of stuff from the Photojojo store…
magnolia collective @ local 506
This is me resolving that, in 2013, I will leave the house more and be a hermit less, especially when it comes to local music, because my friends are really talented and seeing them play makes me really happy, even when I unintentionally do dumb things at their shows. They also take care of me…
worth getting up for in november (belatedly)
Worth getting up for in November: Dr. Dog, Midtown Dickens, Matthew E. White at Haw River Ballroom; Justin Townes Earle, and Tift for the third time this fall, at the Cradle; roadtrips with the girls to Wilmington; the beach in fall; Skyfall and Daniel Craig and Judi Dench and Javier Bardem; “YER A WIZARD, JAMES”;…
american aquarium @ the soapbox
In a time past, some of it documented here, shep. and I used to spend a lot of weekends hauling all over the South to see bands, both national touring bands who didn’t play in the Thrill, or bands from here we just loved. So it was appropriate on Friday that, after failing to acquire…
american aquarium @ local 506
If I went back and counted, I’ve seen American Aquarium more than 50 times since the fall of 2007 — probably closer to 75. But as they spent more time on the road, and drew more and more fans in Raleigh, particularly, I’ve seen them fewer and fewer times every year. This is good, because…
brand new kind of photography 