floating action @ the pour house, originally uploaded by minervacat. I get obsessed with songs and listen to them again and again and again. I could eat music. — Florence Welch
glossary — feral fire
glossary @ local 506, originally uploaded by minervacat. Glossary — Feral Fire. Out 2/2, Liberty & Lament. One of my favorite things about Glossary’s sound is the combination of the fuzzed out, grinding guitars with Todd Beene’s sleek, wailing pedal steel and Joey Kneiser’s voice, which might have a whiskey edge but not quite a…
mike doughty @ the arts center
mike doughty @ the arts center, originally uploaded by minervacat. Douglas of Fresh Cherries from Yakima has declared this on repeat week, which is something I can get behind. I will listen to songs I adore until they’ve been driven into the ground. I have a smart playlist in iTunes that’s devoted to my 100…
worth getting up for: january
flooowers, originally uploaded by minervacat. Worth getting up for in January: waking up in a world where Tim Tebow no longer plays college football; big ideas; doing scary things; Brian Fallon solo acoustic shows; punk rockers covering Kathleen Edwards and Patti Griffin; this photo; putting the camera down and just rocking; tapas and dim sum;…
actualfax southern snow
actualfax southern snow, originally uploaded by minervacat. The snow and ice down here knocked out at least two of the three shows I’d had on the books for this weekend (American Aquarium at the Pour House went on as scheduled, sans us because driving to and from Raleigh wasn’t in the cards last evening; the…
the old ceremony @ the pour house
the old ceremony @ the pour house, originally uploaded by minervacat. Rocking my world in terms of inspiration this week: More alphabets, this one from local-to-me designer (and NC State student) Kayce Lomas. (More typography from Lomas here.) Also these illustrated letterforms and this Paperfingers alphabet. Frankly, while I’m at it: designworklife in general makes…
south holston lake, holston mountains, tennessee
south holston lake, holston mountains, tennessee, originally uploaded by minervacat. Hugh Morton is pretty much the granddaddy of all photographers in the state of North Carolina; he worked as a photographer from 1933 to the early 21st century, capturing some of the most iconic images in the history of the NC. The North Carolina Collection…
tim barry — 28th & stonewall
tim barry @ the local 506, originally uploaded by minervacat. Tim Barry — 28th & Stonewall. Out 1/26, Suburban Home Records. This has been one of my hotly anticipated albums, since Suburban Home started posting press and information about it in the fall; shep. turned me on to Tim Barry last year, for which I…
the old ceremony @ the pour house
the old ceremony @ the pour house, originally uploaded by minervacat. Interesting post on Ask Metafilter last week on what makes a drummer good. Relevant because last night we saw the Old Ceremony, and their drummer, Dan Hall, is probably one of the most underrated drummers working in the Triangle right now; the mark of…
the new familiars @ the blind tiger
the new familiars @ the blind tiger, originally uploaded by minervacat. It’s rare that I forget how much I love a band, but if I go a while between instances of seeing them live, sometimes I will forget how great someone is live. And that went for the New Familiars; I hadn’t seen them since…
brand new kind of photography 