malarkeygras 2010 @ the pour house

There are bands you love, and then there are bands you love and nights that sounds like the inside of your heart. And last night, the entire Pour House howling along with a blow-the-doors-off cover of “Thunder Road”, was the latter.

holy ghost tent revival @ the blind tiger

holy ghost tent revival @ the blind tiger, originally uploaded by minervacat. baby i don’t know, i don’t think anybody can ’cause that which keeps us moving is that which we can’t understand

all the sweetest winds

holden beach, nc, christmas 2007, originally uploaded by minervacat. i went down to houston and i stopped in san antone i passed up the station for the bus i was trying to find me something but i wasn’t sure just what man i ended up with pockets full of dust so i went on to…

black and white

Sometimes the only way to overcome light too red to bear is to shoot in black and white. Above, Justin Robinson of Carolina Chocolate Drops and, here, Justin Robinson and the Mary Annettes. Below, Pete Connolly of Birds & Arrows. I don’t have it quite right yet — black and white makes you look for…

baseball: norfolk tides @ durham bulls

baseball: norfolk tides @ durham bulls, originally uploaded by minervacat. I haven’t been real bloggy lately, y’all, but instead I’ve been reading new mystery novels (James Lee and Alafair Burke, Emily St. John Mandel, Tim Dorsey, Tana French; waiting for Carl Hiassen and Sara Paretsky), coverage of the Orioles’ 8-1 run under Buck Showalter (theory:…

the new familiars @ the blind tiger, august ’10

shep. and I started going to the Blind Tiger in Greensboro for Holy Ghost Tent Revival, and we kept going for — well, for Holy Ghost and the New Familiars. We made a single ill-advised trip there for another band, but like I said: it was ill-advised. So mostly, we’ve gone to the Blind Tiger…

baseball: indy indians @ durham bulls, august ’10

Thirty seven and thirty eight. Bulls rained out Thursday equals a 7-inning double header on Friday; we saw the last six innings of the first game, and the first five of the second. Bulls and Indians split. Notable about the Indianapolis Indians: they are not the Triple A farm club of the Cleveland Indians, which…