My favorite part of the State Fair is eating, but we also looked at some rabbits, some cows, and some gardens, and those photos are here.
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Photographer, baseball fan, lover of rock music, sweet tea, chili cheese hotdogs, and Matt Wieters.
yep roc 15
Full set from all three nights of Yep Roc 15, a celebration of Yep Roc Records’ 15th birthday party, is here. Write-up will be on Speakers In Code tomorrow or Tuesday. Thanks for inviting me to your party, y’all. It kicked ass. (I shot every band on the lineup but Liam Finn — who I…
5 non-camera things i can’t live without as a working photographer
There are plenty of things that no one will think to tell you about being a photographer; things like wear comfortable shoes or if you can shoot a punk show in a mini-skirt you can shoot anything. Photographers get plenty of advice about what gear they need, but very few people will tell you about…
album review: chest fever – a canadian tribute to the band
Let’s not front: we all know how I feel about the Band. (Have you missed the memos? Short summary: my favorite band of all time except when it’s the Rolling Stones or Big Star.) So albums full of covers of the Band, I am into those, let us say. “Into” being a polite way of…
worth getting up for in september
Worth getting up for in September: Hopscotch Music Festival and Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion; the Orioles making the playoffs; Beasley’s Chicken & Honey, and the mac and cheese at the Busy Bee; visiting with old friends; Jesse Thorn’s deeply serious correction-slash-apology on the 9/10 episode of Jordan Jesse Go!, regarding believing that Jim Thome…
frontier ruckus @ local 506
I’ve spent the last two years, since I discovered Frontier Ruckus’ astounding record Deadmalls & Nightfalls, trying to figure out what, for me, and for so many other people, makes them stand out. Partially it’s Matthew Milia’s voice, which doesn’t sound like it should come from him; it’s haunting and eerie and grounded all at…
because fuck you, that’s why
“[Y]ou should lie to people to get what you want; you can make things happen for yourself just by acting confident.” — Kathleen Hanna in Girls To The Front, on the start of her writing career “There was a point when I realized that you could get away with just about anything so long as…
antibalas & the brand new life @ cat’s cradle
I’ve had a bit of a week: I’ve shot gothic Americana, kickass lady punk, electro-synth indie pop, and last night, a double bill of great, great Afrobeat. To be honest, I was almost completely ignorant of Afrobeat as a genre or a movement until I started going to see my friend Seth’s project, the Brand…
two sentence reviews of reasonably new albums i listened to in september
California Wives — Art History: sparkling, thickly layered guitar pop that makes great use of vocals as instruments, and repeated choruses as sonic texture. Really compelling listening, and the only word for it really is ethereally beautiful. (Saw them this week opening for Stars, and they fucking blew me away. Get this album now, because…
stars @ cat’s cradle
Top to bottom: Stars; Diamond Rings; California Wives. Full set here.
brand new kind of photography 