I’ve been making what I call a Christmas mix — that is, not holiday songs but a mix made at the holidays — since 1997; first they were tapes, then for a few years cds, and finally, in the digital age, the last seven years have been downloadable zip files, and this year is no…
Category: rock and roll it
This is my favorite photo that I’ve taken of Justin Townes Earle; I can’t believe it’s been almost two years since I saw him last. He’s at the Cradle tonight with Tift Merritt, her third stop in Carrboro this fall. You should come.
hopscotch preview: triangle bands i love
Plenty of blogs out there — including Speakers in Code! — will tell you which national acts to catch at Hopscotch. For you, my dear readers, I shall tell out-of-towners and Triangle-residents-who-only-leave-the-house-once-a-year which locals are worth their salt, your time, and more, like who pays for photo jobs in vinyl. Aren’t those the important things?…
things i do when i’m not here, jam of the day edition
Not sure if I ever mentioned this in a post, but I’ve been writing one of Speakers In Code‘s Jam(s) of the Day since May. I pulled them all together in a page, and I’ll keep updating it as long as I write one. You can check out what I’ve picked to date here, but…
every everything: the shoes
It’s not that I have a foot fetish, it’s that I really like shoes, and also I think that the way people stand is revealing. I’m never sure what they’re revealing until later, but it’s revealing. And when it’s photos of my shoes, it’s I was here, at this moment. So I took a lot…
every everything: a wrap-up
First, I am still so tired, you guys. I am so, so tired. I have a huge bruise-slash-scrapes-slash-lump-of-pain on my right shin from where the sound case fell out of the SUV trunk on Tuesday, I have a new scrape on my right knee from where I fell off the curb into 4th Street, I have an…
if she asks you why
you remind anna, if she asks why that a thief stole my heart while she was making up her mind i heard she lives in brooklyn with the cool and goes crazy over that new york scene on 7th avenue There’s this version of the Gaslight Anthem’s “Here’s Looking At You, Kid” that appears on…
every everything: a plea for help
Last winter, as most of you know, I had the fantastic opportunity to get to know, and become friends with, filmmaker Gorman Bechard, when I organized a screening of his documentary about The Replacements, Color Me Obsessed, in Chapel Hill. We just screened his concert documentary about the Archers of Loaf, What Did You Expect?,…
show preview: these united states & the henry clay people
These United States headline the 506 tonight, in support of their new self-titled record, supported by the Henry Clay People, in support of their new record, Twenty-Five For The Rest Of Our Lives. 9PM, $11. You can make this show and still catch Slingshot Cash at the Nightlight later on; that’s what I’m doing. These…
a week(end) at the 506
Remember those weeks last year when it seemed like I’d just moved into the Local 506 and was, say, sleeping in the bathroom after shows instead of going home, because I would just be back there the night after, and the night after that? This year has had less of that, because this year has…
brand new kind of photography 