Author: brandnewkindof

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

hoots & hellmouth @ the casbah

Delighted by the chance to see my beloved Hoots & Hellmouth twice in a month, and hope it heralds their touring more through North Carolina in places I can see them. Lovely humans, stellar musicians, and Sean Hoots’ songwriting on the just released Salt is staggering in both its breadth and its intimate detail. Salt…

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the grand salami

I was digging through my handful of photos of Matt Wieters playing for Georgia Tech, in honor of last night’s 10th inning grand slam for the Orioles, and realized that it’s been almost five years since the first time shep. and I saw him play. It was May, and I was just finishing my Master’s…

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margot & the nuclear so-and-so’s @ local 506

It’s been about a year since I’ve seen Margot & the Nuclear So-And-So’s, and they’re just sounding even better every time I see them — last year’s Buzzard hadn’t grabbed me at the time, and this year’s lovely, slow-burning Rot Gut, Domestic was still growing on me when Margot took the stage last night. After…

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shaggy @ old duke 2012

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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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…

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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…

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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…

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