I sat here with this window open and blank almost all day; I wanted to say something profound about how gorgeous and heartbreaking and wonderful the Rural Alberta Advantage were last night, how Nils’ voice made me shudder and Paul’s drumming made me laugh and dance in a crowd that was, otherwise, quietly and politely…
Author: brandnewkindof
Photographer, baseball fan, lover of rock music, sweet tea, chili cheese hotdogs, and Matt Wieters.
wye oak @ local 506
So the thing is: I like Wye Oak recorded just fine. I listen to their records, I enjoy them, they’re good, and I think Civilian is even breathtaking in moments. But it’s live, live Wye Oak sounds like a heartbeat to me, and because I am from Baltimore and they are from Baltimore, it doesn’t…
hills and valleys
The first farmer’s market shots of the year.
slingshot cash recording
i’m trying hard to have more sympathy than you if you’re keeping score at home i’m up three to two Fucking around in the studio last night while the Cowboy and his lead guitarist finished up the last track on Slingshot Cash’s new album.
for my flesh had turned to fur
And then sometimes all that is left for you is to post cat photos. From top to bottom, Billy Donovan, the most hateful meatloaf in the world but who is mine and who does love me; Rodney, shep.’s cat, who has a lot to say to everyone about everything, thank you, and would you mind if…
hey, you! you musician! over there! yeah, you!
It looks like we’re going to avoid a major government shutdown for the time being, but that doesn’t mean that the Republicans aren’t just going to decide to stop paying me while I answer phone calls from claimants, so some stuff I thought I’d put out there, local musicians and others: Need new and interesting…
joke’s on me
I’m not sure if all creative people struggle with this, I suspect not, but sometimes I have a difficult time taking myself seriously. As seriously as maybe I should. I really like taking pictures. I like being in the moment, doing it. I like exploring it, I like looking at the pictures. I don’t like…
baseball: stony brook @ unc
Two. Stony Brook, in getting outscored 34-11 over the weekend, did not lend any credence to the theory that northern college baseball teams, a few exceptions excluded, are getting any more regularly competitive with the warm weather teams. Carolina knocked the snot out of them in Game 2 of the series Saturday, and our pitching…
superchunk @ the cradle
Yesterday at work I uttered the phrase “Superchunk are the elder statesmen of Triangle rock” and then had to explain the term “elder statesmen”, so I didn’t bother with explaining the rest of it, but they are: in his 40s, Mac still rocks harder than most of the kids in the Triangle today. Jim Wilbur…
brett harris @ local 506
I title this after Brett, because he fronted the only band whose full set I saw last night — I was out for him, and while I caught the end of The Stars Explode’s set and most of the Numbers, I was hanging out at the 506 for Brett. (Can I say how nice it…
brand new kind of photography 