Shot Duke Union’s Old Duke 2012 event last night — Shaggy can still really kick it. And I still know every single word of “It Wasn’t Me”. Full set here. (Working with the DUU has been one of the great vision-expanding joys of my spring. Muchas gracias to J at my day job for the…
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Photographer, baseball fan, lover of rock music, sweet tea, chili cheese hotdogs, and Matt Wieters.
plants & animals @ local 506
Small crowd, animated band at the 506 last night with Plants & Animals. Full set here.
alabama shakes @ cat’s cradle
When the Alabama Shakes slid on to the national scene last summer, with a slight EP and a handful of YouTube videos, pretty much everyone who heard them knew they were about to blow up — and they have. And you know what? Everything I’ve heard says that they’re amazing live, better than their staggering…
red hot chili peppers @ pnc arena
Today I think the photo speaks for itself; shooting the Chili Peppers is the coolest thing I’ve gotten to do to date. Muchas gracias to Speakers in Code for the opportunity. Love y’all. (Full set here.)
delta spirit @ cat’s cradle
Delta Spirit loves what they do. They write hooky songs with basslines that make you want to shake your hips, and any band that even occasionally uses two drummers is bound to groove pretty hard. They were just flat-out fun last night, and even the normally stolid Chapel Thrill crowd really got into it. I…
make me think
Inspiring me today: PrismYard: a user-curated gallery of vintage cameras. Yum. Prague Daily Photo: a long-time resident of my RSS reader, I’ve been craving a trip to Eastern Europe lately thanks to them. These amazing photos from Dixie Pixel owner Tara Kneiser. Esquire’s photo shoot with Jon Hamm. (More diner photoshoots pls. Fewer bathrooms shoots…
vacationer @ cat’s cradle
Reasons why I will go see a band live: I like them. Someone whose taste I trust told me I would like this band. A publicist I like asks me to shoot the show. A publicist in whose good graces I wish to stay asks me to shoot the show. A publicist I don’t know…
hot dogs everywhere: trolley dogs
Where: Trolley Dogs, Southport, NC. What: a hot dog with chili and slaw With whom: the Maternal Unit Why: the Maternal Unit and I were wandering around Southport and happened on Trolley Dogs. We had to indulge, even though we’d already had lunch! Grade: B. Solid, but not particularly memorable.
grant hart @ the cave
Dear 22 year old self, I know that, right now, you’re unhappy: you hate yourself, and your life, and you’re terrified about graduating and what the future is going to bring and all of that bullshit. The worst part is, self, that you don’t really have the words or the self-awareness to know all this,…
the pull of gravity
This is my favorite Adrienne Rich poem, II from Twenty-One Love Poems. I wake up in your bed. I know I have been dreaming. Much earlier, the alarm broke us from each other, you’ve been at your desk for hours. I know what I dreamed: our friend the poet comes into my room where I’ve…
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