I see you purchased a thing for me to be in. I shall be in this thing, which all your purses, which you have purchased for me to be in. What do you mean you are shutting the lid. I am in this thing! I cannot get out of this thing! Stop buying things for…
concert: PHOX @ local 506
I wrote about the PHOX show last Friday for Speakers.
rest in peace, william john donovan the cat
This face was my main man for the last ten years. We lived in one city, two towns, three apartments, and one house together. We took approximately 6,000 naps. He outlasted three exes. He is the only cat who ever won two NCAA basketball championships, went 18-0 in the SEC, and made $3.865 million a…
concert: shakey graves & wild child @ local 506
I am having the worst week, but last night for a couple of hours, I left two bands from Texas blow my mind and my heart wide open. Live music is magic. Full set is here.
concert: carolina still @ local 506
It has been a damn long while since I saw a band that mostly did covers — and mostly did covers by knocking them out of the fucking park. Saturday night I took Trav to see Carolina Still headline the 506, on the strength of the two openers (Texoma and Campfires & Constellations), and he…
for a cup of coffee and to wear your ring
and i don’t know how i survived those days before i held your hand well i never thought that i would be the one to admit that the moon and the sun shine so much more brighter when seen through two pairs of eyes than when seen through just one
quote: kathleen hanna on beyonce
Beyoncé isn’t Beyoncé because she reads comments on the Internet. Beyoncé is in Ibiza, wearing a stomach necklace, walking hand in hand with her hot boyfriend. She’s going on the yacht and having a mimosa. She’s not reading shitty comments about herself on the Internet, and we shouldn’t either. I just think, Would Beyoncé be…
baseball: brewers @ braves
I bought stupid good tickets for me and Trav to see the Brewers play the Braves last night; I heckled Mark Reynolds (“Cut your damn hair, Reynolds!” “Fall down again, Reynolds!” “Swing at that pitch and miss, Reynolds!” “WHAT IS YOUR FACE, MARK REYNOLDS!”) and watched my beloved ex-Tar Heel Rob Wooten pitch 1 1/3…
concerts: the gaslight anthem & cory branan @ cat’s cradle
Setlist: ’59 Sound / Old White Lincoln / Biloxi Parish / Howl / Stay Lucky / Film Noir / The Patient Ferris Wheel / 45 / The Queen Of Lower Chelsea / Boxer / Too Much Blood / Wooderson / Drive / American Slang // Encore: National Anthem / Handwritten / Great Expectations / House…
quote: mason jennings on marriage, sort of
This quote from a 2011 American Songwriter interview with Mason (I was doing research for a piece) made me grin: I’ve heard that couples would come up to you after your shows sometimes to tell you what your music means to them. Yeah, it’s just something we noticed over the years. Often times, when I…
brand new kind of photography 