Author: brandnewkindof

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

movies: skyfall

We saw Skyfall last night, and it was extraordinary; not just the performances, though Judi Dench is otherworldly and Daniel Craig is his usual lovely craggy grouchy talented self, but something about the lighting of it, specifically, moved me in the same way that watching The Hour last year did. The power of light and…

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album rec: the givers and the takers ep

This seems like a good time to tell you that Browan Lollar once saw me in my pajamas, with bedhead, in an elevator, in a hotel in Charlottesville, Virginia. He probably doesn’t remember it, but it’s a true story. Also a true story: after many years as Jason Isbell’s very talented guitarist, Browan has released…

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and i will sing my tune until my voice is gone

I had about a million hours of podcasts to listen to at work today, and the last one that I listened to before I left the office for the day was a special broadcast from the Third Coast International Audio Festival, via their Re:Sound podcast — an hour long talk from Radiolab’s Jad Abumrad, and…

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dr dog @ haw river ballroom

Dr. Dog absolutely destroyed it last night at Haw River; they’re such a tight band, the harmonies that make their music stand out are even better live, and they just flat out rock. There was a full house, and the crowd was absolutely rocking with them. A ton of fun, and such a pleasure to…

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