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…
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Photographer, baseball fan, lover of rock music, sweet tea, chili cheese hotdogs, and Matt Wieters.
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…
two sentence reviews of reasonably new albums i listened to in november
November: through with you. Black Prairie — A Tear In The Eye Is A Wound In The Heart: I don’t know if any of you (actually, this is a lie, I know some of you have) have spent considerable time driving around Southern Minnesota, but it’s the sort of almost-prairie that’s stark and lovely and…
darling don’t you go and cut your hair
i am human and i need to be loved Y’all, I don’t normally get all personal up in this space, but can we talk about body image and curvy asses and chubby thighs and bad hair days for a minute?
happy thanksgiving
Here’s to a weekend of sloth and gluttony, and a lot of gratefulness.
midtown dickens & matthew e. white @ haw river ballroom
I have — well, not slacked, but I have seen far fewer shows this year than I did last year, and I have definitely missed a lot of homecoming, release, celebration shows by people I love that I wish I hadn’t. Unfortunately, concert photography is a calling that wars with my anxiety and depression, and I’ve…
tift & jte @ cat’s cradle
A co-headline show, and it was magical. Tift plays so well at home, and JTE is such a gift, such a great songwriter and performer. It was a warm and fantastic night. Full set here.
This is my favorite photo that I’ve taken of Justin Townes Earle; I can’t believe it’s been almost two years since I saw him last. He’s at the Cradle tonight with Tift Merritt, her third stop in Carrboro this fall. You should come.
brand new kind of photography 