Category: life or something like it

on how to be an adult

I’ve resolved to be more of a real adult in 2013. I know that November is a weird time to make resolutions, being that, you know, it’s not 2013 and most of 2012 has gone by without a change in my adulthood status, but still. This morning I got a busted tail light on Azula…

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worth getting up for: october

Worth getting up for in October: Yep Roc 15, the Hold Steady, Kathleen Edwards, the Old 97s, Rhett Miller solo opening for himself, the Heartless Bastards; Admiral Fallow twice; new friends; sunny Sunday afternoon outdoor music; the new Rayland Baxter record; fried things at the State Fair; plastic flamingos, which just made me happy in October; dinner…

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worth getting up for in september

Worth getting up for in September: Hopscotch Music Festival and Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion; the Orioles making the playoffs; Beasley’s Chicken & Honey, and the mac and cheese at the Busy Bee; visiting with old friends; Jesse Thorn’s deeply serious correction-slash-apology on the 9/10 episode of Jordan Jesse Go!, regarding believing that Jim Thome…

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worth getting up for, summer edition

Worth getting up for this summer: the Menzingers and Lucero at the Cradle, Langhorne Slim and Ha Ha Tonka at the Casbah; long conversations with musicians I like and respect; field trips with the tiny dinosaurs; Gaslight Anthem and Dave Hause together at the Cradle, Girl in a Coma at the 506; the new light…

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“we ordered one of everything!”

Whenever I see my folks, we eat really well. Top and bottom: hot dogs from Sluggy’s at the Yard; the Elvis Special from Clementine’s.

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…

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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…

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worth getting up for in may

A little belatedly. Worth getting up for in May: sweeping Boston in Boston with the definition of an epic; JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound, Sugar & the Hi-Lows live; catching up with old friends; the dusty green light of May in North Carolina; 7.1 innings of perfection from an 18 year old; Red Collar’s…

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