30, originally uploaded by minervacat. This is what 30 looks like. 30, apparently, has a big zit on her chin and just poured coffee down her own cleavage. 30 is really mature, y’all. I don’t have a lot of photos of myself. I have a camera so I don’t have to be in the photos;…
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worth getting up for: february
mandolin orange @ local 506, originally uploaded by minervacat. Worth getting up for in February: Drive-By Truckers two-night stands at the Lincoln; the Lincoln’s light rig, when they use it; Glossary’s Feral Fire, Jason & the Scorchers’ Halcyon Times, the Preservation Hall benefit album and, surprisingly to me, Butch Walker’s I Liked It Better When…
unvalentine’s hearts
unvalentine’s hearts, originally uploaded by minervacat. said “i’d rather be alone take your chocolates and go home” [Drive-By Truckers — “Feb 14”] Happy Valentine’s Day, kids. I’m going to see Percy Jackson with three of my favorite people in the world. shep. and Ash are going to be my valentines, and that’s awesome. MP3s are…
worth getting up for: january
flooowers, originally uploaded by minervacat. Worth getting up for in January: waking up in a world where Tim Tebow no longer plays college football; big ideas; doing scary things; Brian Fallon solo acoustic shows; punk rockers covering Kathleen Edwards and Patti Griffin; this photo; putting the camera down and just rocking; tapas and dim sum;…
worth getting up for: december
warm/cold, originally uploaded by minervacat. Worth getting up for in December: holiday music; Ash’s pictures of the Christmas lights on 34th Street in Baltimore; Christmas at the beach1; the post-Weis-firing Notre Dame coach search rumors (but not Brian Kelly leaving Cincinnati for ND DDD:); donuts; #IowansInMiami; Trekky Records’ Christmas at the Cradle; having actualfax sick…
dave’s new year’s party
dave’s new year’s party, originally uploaded by minervacat. [Posted elsewhere as well; apologies.] Since the mid-nineties, Justin has been saying, ironically or not, that this is how your first entry of the new year should always be, and so it is.
permanent view
permanent view, originally uploaded by minervacat. I decided I wanted to start 2010 with a clean iTunes slate, so this week I put my epic Drive-By Truckers re-listen on hold to frantically plow through everything that was built up in my various unplayed and/or unrated playlists. I am getting much, much better about acquiring music…
worth getting up for: november
unc: flowers for eve, originally uploaded by minervacat. Worth getting up for in November: Micah Schnabel’s When The Stage Lights Go Dim; the Iron Bowl, Texas/A&M, Boise State, and TCU’s dismantling of their entire conference; Thanksgiving at the beach; federal holidays (there are TWO in November); semi-trashy historical fiction; emails from major labels; Southeastern Camera…
worth getting up for: october
two cow garage @ local 506, originally uploaded by minervacat. Worth getting up for in October: the North Carolina State Fair; a proliferation of excellent national touring acts coming through the CH in specific and the NC at large; the word proliferation; dreaming of road trips; federal holidays1; the new Big Star box set, Keep…
worth getting up for: september
holy ghost tent revival @ the pour house, originally uploaded by minervacat. Worth getting up for in September: the Avett Brothers’ I And Love And You, Lucero’s 1372 Overton Park, the Mountain Goats’ the Life of the World to Come, Mason Jennings’ Blood of Man; free tickets to shows at the 506; yelling at TJ…
brand new kind of photography 