drive-by truckers two-night stand at the cradle, originally uploaded by minervacat. This week at work I’m listening to a huge playlist on shuffle; songs rated four or five stars that I haven’t heard in three months. Today, Adam Sandler doing “Werewolves of London” kicked up, and it got me thinking. I love a good cover…
olin & the moon — terrible town
lucero @ cat’s cradle, originally uploaded by minervacat. Olin & the Moon — Terrible Town. Out 5/6/2009, self-released. I was turned on to Los Angeles-based indie rockers Olin & the Moon via a free download of their sophomore album, 40 Miles of Bad Road, on ninebullets.net last year. They straddle that line between indie rock…
one from the archives
one from the archives, originally uploaded by minervacat. This photo I did not take. I did not take this photo because that’s my mom, small, riding in the little red wagon (her older brother Jack is her chauffeur). I stole this photo from my mom’s Facebook page. Today is my Mama’s birthday. I get my…
the new familiars @ local 506
the new familiars @ local 506, originally uploaded by minervacat. At the end of the summer, when I was asking people to pick out photos for me to talk about, my Kat picked this one. It has sat in my “to post” folder every since, waiting for me to figure out what to say about…
worth getting up for: december
warm/cold, originally uploaded by minervacat. Worth getting up for in December: holiday music; Ash’s pictures of the Christmas lights on 34th Street in Baltimore; Christmas at the beach1; the post-Weis-firing Notre Dame coach search rumors (but not Brian Kelly leaving Cincinnati for ND DDD:); donuts; #IowansInMiami; Trekky Records’ Christmas at the Cradle; having actualfax sick…
dave’s new year’s party
dave’s new year’s party, originally uploaded by minervacat. [Posted elsewhere as well; apologies.] Since the mid-nineties, Justin has been saying, ironically or not, that this is how your first entry of the new year should always be, and so it is.
permanent view
permanent view, originally uploaded by minervacat. I decided I wanted to start 2010 with a clean iTunes slate, so this week I put my epic Drive-By Truckers re-listen on hold to frantically plow through everything that was built up in my various unplayed and/or unrated playlists. I am getting much, much better about acquiring music…
birds & arrows @ local 506
birds & arrows @ local 506, originally uploaded by minervacat. Rocking my world in terms of inspiration: Scott Teplin’s Alphabet City prints. 8 Interesting Visually Confusing Photographs. 36 Essential Readings for Photographers and 50 Must-Read Photography Books. Bright Eyes’ “Southern State”. What a gorgeous, heartbreaking song. Jason Travis’ Persona series; portraits of people, portraits of…
top 25 albums of 2009
lucero @ cat’s cradle, originally uploaded by minervacat. THIS IS A VERY LONG POST ABOUT MUSIC. It’s almost 2010, and so: top 25 albums of 2009, in rough reverse order (#1 is at the bottom!) based on a combination of objective quality and subjective belovedness, according to me:
unc: librarian on a post!
unc: librarian on a post!, originally uploaded by minervacat. I’ve been at my current job, which is hardly “the new job” anymore, for just about six months now, and there are many, many things I love about it: the routine of it, the stability both financial and employment, the benefits, my 401k which I am…
brand new kind of photography 