Ashley Christensen’s Beasley’s Chicken & Honey was probably the most talked about restaurant in Raleigh during Hopscotch, and Saturday between day parties and the City Plaza shows I strong-armed shep. and C. in to try it out — we all had the chicken biscuit, with mustard, honey, and pickled green tomatoes, and each had a…
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Photographer, baseball fan, lover of rock music, sweet tea, chili cheese hotdogs, and Matt Wieters.
hopscotch music fest: empress hotel
I had the pleasure of hanging out with 4 members of New Orleans’ Empress Hotel for 45 minutes or so on Thursday evening, chatting with them about their upcoming debut full-length album — out in early 2012 — their tour plans, which of the Rogers brothers their mom loves best, and their thoughts on Treme….
hopscotch music fest day 3
Final full set is here.
hopscotch music fest: the flaming lips @ city plaza
More later, after my nap, but this: I don’t get the Flaming Lips, but I cannot deny that they put on a hell of a visual show.
hopscotch music fest day 2
Full set is still here and still being updated.
hopscotch night one
Full set is here.
hopscotch music fest 2011: a preview
Or, more accurately, my preview. The trouble with a great festival like Hopscotch is that I look at the schedule and get overwhelmed; there’s so much to see, I will probably just end up sitting on the sidewalk outside of Kings weeping from an inability to make a choice. I will, of course, be rockin’…
active child @ local 506
Shot for Speakers in Code last night. Probably the first and only time there will ever be a harp on the 506 stage. Full set here.
top 10 all-time bloodshot records releases
(Bloodshot Records, my beloved outlaw country indie record label out of Chicago, is celebrating their 17th anniversary of releasing consistently spectacular records this upcoming weekend, and though I’ll be otherwise occupied down here in the Triangle, the next couple of days on the blog will be devoted to Bloodshot and how much they kick ass….
because he always delivers
Another one of my boys — and, oh, there have been so many this year! My beloved Andrew Carignan finally made his debut with the A’s last week, after two injury riddled minor league seasons, though I don’t have a single photo of him in Carolina uniform — got his call-up to the majors this…
brand new kind of photography 