gratitude

I bought a plane ticket to Minneapolis yesterday, and booked a hotel room, and emailed some Carls to tell them I was coming and could we eat Thai food. Thanks to the generosity, kindness, and big hearts of friends, family, strangers, blog readers, Grant Hart fans, Minnesotans — I will be spending three days in…

i’ve got a theory that it’s a demon

I have a theory. (I have a lot of theories, it’s true. The most important of my theories is Everything Needs More Dave Hause, which I shall test in person this week at the Cradle, along with Everything Needs More Dave Hause Corollary #1, Everything Also Needs More Brian Fallon. But this is not about everything…

the tiny dinosaurs go on an adventure, part one

The tiny dinosaurs and I went on an adventure yesterday. My macro photography needs work, which is exactly why I bought the tiny dinosaurs to begin with. If you’d like to help fund my macro improvement, check out my donation drive, running through Friday.

an appreciation note to rusty sutton

Some time in the last month-ish, Rusty Sutton, excellent bassist, road manager for Lost In The Trees, and sound dude par excellence, installed a single white light in the front-of-stage lights at Local 506. The 506, if you can’t tell, is my favorite venue in the Triangle; I’m a regular, Glenn books impeccably, it’s walking…

what did you expect? an archers of loaf concert documentary

it’s always the east coast, i’m always the asshole “Freezing Point” is not necessarily my favorite Archers of Loaf song, but for some reason, it is my favorite song on last year’s gorgeous re-release of Icky Mettle, which would have been my #1 record of 2011 if it hadn’t been a re-release (I make them…

promo photos: young///savage [austin, tx]

I did a set of impromptu interviews with musicians and others at Death To False Hope Fest II yesterday, which led to an impromptu photo shoot with Young///Savage from Austin, TX. We found the ground littered with playing cards, a sure sign that Magic Michael Casey had been around the night before, and sure enough,…

sinful savage tigers @ the station

If you didn’t stay til the bitter end of this great show, you missed me bullying Josh Moore and SST into covering ‘The Weight’ for me. They killed it, and I am terrifically bossy. Sinful Savage Tigers’ last Americana Revue … the Station better get somebody as good as SST and predecessors Magnolia Collective to…

need promo photos? i’m your girl.

Locals — or out-of-towners playing in Chapel Hill; wish I could do Raleigh or Durham for a shoot, but I can’t — if you’re in the market for new promo photos for an upcoming release, a tour, or just because your bassist quit, I’m running a May special: Email me — asdonkar AT gmail, subject…

promo photos: the fooligans

Spent Sunday afternoon with the Fooligans, goofing around and doing their promo photos. Full set is here. If you’re a local band who needs promo photos, I’ll cut you a price deal if you book me in the next two weeks: asdonkar AT gmail. I have two days in May and four in June open.