Another MLB debut by an ex-Tar Heel this week. Kyle Seager, booter of ground balls, grower of tomatoes, hitter of doubles because do you guys know how much farther you have to run if you hit a home run? Your new Mariners third baseman, ladies and gentlemen. I’m more proud that I have any right…
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Photographer, baseball fan, lover of rock music, sweet tea, chili cheese hotdogs, and Matt Wieters.
hoots & hellmouth @ the pour house
The first time I saw Philadelphia’s hard-rocking, green-living, roots rockers Hoots & Hellmouth, they were touring without a drummer; just two stomp-boxes, four tambourines, and a mandolin that somehow manages to transcend stringed instruments and become percussion. (God, isn’t it wonderful, how the mandolin can do that? It’s one of those instruments that, when played…
happy happy
This guy’s birthday is today. I’m kind of fond of him. Happy birthday, you.
the american pasttime
Nineteen & twenty. Celebrated independence with a doubleheader yesterday, first the US National Collegiate Team taking on their Japanese counterparts, and then the Bulls (America’s favorite minor league team!) taking on the Braves. It was hot, but lovely.
rat jackson @ local 506
Some nights it seems like everyone in the Triangle has six bands, and they’re all so fantastic that 97% of the musicians I know should be famous. (Top to bottom, Rat Jackson, the Pneurotics, & Some Army, last night featuring people who also play in Spider Bags, the Magnolia Collective, Gambling the Muse, Red Collar,…
worth getting up for: june
Worth getting up for in June: Okkervil River live; psychobilly bands and things Pam tells me to like; seasons four & five of The Wire; Centro-matic’s Candidate Waltz; retail therapy; free outdoor concerts; cold salads; Libba Bray’s Beauty Queens; UNC’s super-regional win over Stanford and the College World Series; remembering how to be happy alone;…
two sentence reviews of new albums i listened to in june
Two sentence reviews of new albums I listened to in June, now 100% more Pam-approved. Okkervil River — I Am Very Far: plenty of people who have never compared bands to salad dressing have already written about this album, but you guys know me, I’ve got to get my 15 cents in, and Okkervil is…
it’s a nickname waiting to happen
Double dipping with two from the archives, since today guys-I’ve-seen-play-before-they-were-famous seems to be a theme: Alex White (#6) and Dustin Ackley (#13), top, both of whom made their MLB debuts this year, during their last ACC home series at Carolina; and bottom, freshly promoted Indians 3B Lonnie Chisenhall, when he was with the Kinston Indians — who are,…
baseball: scranton wilkes-barre yankees @ durham bulls
Eighteen. The Alpha Site goes to see the Yankees when they come to town every year, because shep.’s a native New Yorker and lifelong Yankees fan; as we like to see the future of my ballclub playing for the Tides (outlook: dismal), we like to see the future of her ballclub, too. They got thumped on Sunday evening, but Kei…
roadside graves @ nightlight
i’ve got a heart that won’t quit, won’t break no matter what you do “West Coast” was the first Roadside Graves song I fell for, it’s still my favorite, and there’s a gorgeous version in their latest Daytrotter session. They were, as always, a joy on Saturday evening.
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