I am a pretty good photographer; I’m not a terrible designer, either, because I did spend four years getting a degree in scenic design, a long time and a lot of student loans ago. What I am bad at, however, is starting a design; I was in college, too. I have big ideas, but then…
southern folklife collection fiddle symposium concert
One of the best things about living in a college town — one of the best things that I don’t take nearly enough advantage of, to the point where I put it on my life list — is all the cool free and cheap events that Carolina sponsors, throws, has, etc. Last night was the…
the devil makes three @ cat’s cradle
I didn’t know that a bluegrass band from Santa Cruz, California — a pretty traditional three piece bluegrass band, albeit a really great one — could inspire such punk show mosh pit heights, but the Devil Makes Three did it last night. It’s a tribute to them, on most hands; their rocking, uptempo, hook-filled songs…
song share: cups (lulu & the lampshades)
If you’ve seen Pitch Perfect, this is the original version of the song that Anna Kendrick covers with the plastic cup at her audition; it’s by a London band called Lulu & the Lampshades that now goes by the name Landshades. You can buy the song here for a buck. This song makes me very,…
album review: wooden wand – blood oaths of the new blues
Wooden Wand — Blood Oaths Of The New Blues. Out 1/8, Fire Records. One of the only problems I have with Hopscotch is that sometimes, I just get so damned overwhelmed by all my choices that I’m unable to make one at all. This happened last year, on Friday night; I was slumped in a…
cities that love their sports teams too much
If ever a city needed a self-help book, it was Baltimore: Towns That Love Sports Teams Too Much, and the Greedy Team Owners Who Use Them. — Laura Lippman, Charm City I grew up in a town without a football team. The Colts were still in Baltimore for the first few years of my life,…
book review: ryan adams: losering, a story of whiskeytown (david menconi)
It would take thousands upon thousands of pages — an encyclopedia of pages — to document the full history of the Triangle music scene, as it would for any scene with bands, labels, and clubs as legendary and venerable as the Triangle has. (Some day, I am convinced I will see Michael Stipe in the…
toddlers kickstarter reward party @ local 506
a. This was one of the best Kickstarter rewards that I’ve ever seen: a private show for people above a certain donation level, and a free download card for a new release with it. I would never have thought of it for a reward, but it was a great one. I was delighted that Dan…
i am not named after her, but sometimes i fib and say i am
“I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.” — Agatha Christie Not meant as a jab at the maternal unit for not making Dame Agatha my namesake, just saying I’m Agatha…
read what you’ve already decided to read
I’m going back to October for my January reading, and reading what I own (sort of). In October, I read only books that were on my GoodReads to-read list before October 1, so in January, I’ll be only reading books on my to-read list before January 1. You guys could join me. Sometimes it feels…
brand new kind of photography 