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…
drive-by truckers @ the lincoln, night one
turn those speakers up full blast play it all night long Night one of two. Full review and set lists tomorrow. Or Monday. Probably Monday. More photos behind the jump. (Yeah, that’s an Epiphone electric mandolin that Patterson’s playing above. It was amazing.)
reckless kelly — somewhere in time
holy ghost tent revival @ the pour house, originally uploaded by minervacat. Reckless Kelly — Somewhere In Time. Out 2/8, Yep Roc Records. I was glad that I had a series of topical posts come up this week, because I’ve been dragging my feet on thinking about Reckless Kelly’s new release, which dropped Tuesday. I…
holy ghost tent revival @ the pour house
holy ghost tent revival @ the pour house, originally uploaded by minervacat. You guys are probably one of the only cities that understands what that’s like. ‘Cause you — the city of DC, from what I’ve read, in certain books, you nurture your own bands, you go see your own bands. If they’re local, you…
unc: gargoyles for beating duke.
unc: gargoyles for beating duke., originally uploaded by minervacat. Dean Smith made basketball a religion in our family, rivaled only by Presbyterianism, barbeque, and the Democratic Party. For many years, our dream scenario had gone something like this: Dean beats archrival Duke and its coach, the detested Mike Krzyzewski, for the national championship in April,…
…soihadto… @ local 506
…soihadto… @ local 506, originally uploaded by minervacat. I had a brief (we got derailed by other things) but interesting conversation over IM, about the definition of the term “side project”, with Ash over the weekend1, which is appropriate today, because of the band I saw last night. Technically, if you are into getting technical,…
promo: the night kitchen
I spent some time yesterday afternoon taking headshots of my friend Heather and her business partner Kala, for their new home bakery business, the Night Kitchen. It’s interesting, trying to get natural shots of people who are very conscious of your camera. I think I got some winners. When their website goes up, I will…
dylan vs petty covers benefit for haiti
dylan vs petty: big fat gap, originally uploaded by minervacat. My plan for today was to post several Tom Petty and Bob Dylan covers, in honor of the Dylan vs. Petty Haiti benefit show that we attended last night, but it turns out that in my enormous collection of covers, I actually have very few…
i do believe
It’s like Peter Pan: if you believe in spring hard enough, it will happen. And speaking of believing, a book recommendation: NPR’s 2006 compilation This I Believe: the Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women. I picked it up at BookExpo in 2006, and found it both moving and astonishing.
carrboro farmer’s market
carrboro farmer’s market, originally uploaded by minervacat. Rocking my world in terms of inspiration this week: Amazing multiple exposure photography, by Tracy Packer and Fiona O’Donoghue. Matt Sewell’s amazing watercolors. Docent, a Flickr app to curate and manage galleries made by your contacts. I love the galleries feature on Flickr — though I wish galleries…
brand new kind of photography 