hillsborough hog days, originally uploaded by minervacat. This goat was comfortable: he was pretty sure that he wasn’t going to be eaten at an event called Hog Days. They went through 3000 pounds of barbecue by 2pm on Saturday. We stopped at Allen & Son on the way home from Hillsborough to get our fix…
55 on 86
55 on 86, originally uploaded by minervacat. Summer makes me lazy about posting. And shooting. And basically doing anything but lying on the couch like a lazy slob. Our air conditioning, or rather lack thereof, which up until this evening was not so much “air conditioning” as “trying futilely and failing miserably to air condition”,…
the gaslight anthem — american slang
the Gaslight Anthem, American Slang. Out 6/15, SideOneDummy Records. Let’s get this out of the way first, because it’s the only thing reviews will be able to talk about until it’s said: American Slang is not as good an album as The ’59 Sound. And now, lest you think everything else I say is a…
baseball: gwinnett braves @ durham bulls
baseball: gwinnett braves @ durham bulls, originally uploaded by minervacat. Thirty. Rain delay and all — I was given a damn good ticket and I used it to take a lot of clooooose up photos.
baseball: ny mets @ baltimore orioles
baseball: ny mets @ baltimore orioles, originally uploaded by minervacat. Twenty nine. The Orioles, man. The Orioles are not a good baseball team. The beer was tasty, though, and the company was good, and even though he’s not hitting worth crap, Matt Wieters does continue to exist, a fact that I’m pretty into. So it…
a slight figure of speech
rhett miller @ the pour house, originally uploaded by minervacat. Rocking my world in terms of inspiration this week: My friend Zannah takes amazing macro toy photographs. (A long time a ago she wrote a guide to taking photos of small plastic things which I still think stands as a pretty damn good macro photo…
langhorne slim @ cat’s cradle
As always, Langhorne Slim’s set at the Cat’s Cradle last night was transcendent. Seriously, one of the best live performers working right now. His live set is never less than 150% stellar. I think I’ve forgotten how to write a post here. I’ll be back soon. Stay put, y’all.
rhett miller @ the pour house
rhett miller @ the pour house, originally uploaded by minervacat. For as well and as long as I’ve loved the Old 97s, I’ve only seen them live three times — and before last night, I’d never seen Rhett solo. He flew down for a one-off favor-for-a-friend benefit show in Raleigh, and it was absolutely a…
the national @ the lincoln
the national @ the lincoln, originally uploaded by minervacat. Owned the hell out of Ticketmaster this morning, buying tickets for shep., Ash and myself to see the National in Raleigh in October. They won’t let me take my camera into Memorial Auditorium as an audience member, but who knows? I have some projects up my…
american aquarium @ local 506, june ’10
american aquarium @ local 506, june ’10, originally uploaded by minervacat. Chapel Hill shouldn’t count as out of town for Raleigh bands, but sometimes it does, and sometimes that means you get mellow sets full of old songs you don’t hear much, and long stories. Sometimes I’m happy to be out of town for Raleigh.
brand new kind of photography 