I spent last Friday, again, with the VaudeVillain Revue in Raleigh; it was, again, a pleasure. Full set here (not necessarily SFW).
the rest is silence
The Quiet World (Jeffrey McDaniel) In an effort to get people to look into each other’s eyes more, and also to appease the mutes, the government has decided to allot each person exactly one hundred and sixty-seven words, per day. When the phone rings, I put it to my ear without saying hello. In the…
sitting on the porch singing townes van zandt
The second annual tribute to Hank Williams and Townes Van Zandt at the Nightlight was excellent, as I expected it to be. Everyone was good but my unquestionable highlights were EFfingham doing “My Mother the Mountain” (creepiest EVER) and Anna Rose Beck absolutely slaying “If I Needed You” (my favorite Townes song, and one I’ve…
start it over
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.
worth getting up for: december
Worth getting up for in December: Beirut live; Mandolin Orange’s Christmas show; the wild Christmas lights in Caswell County; Photojojo’s bokeh kit; the new Twitter app for Android; ugly vintage sweaters with koalas on them; best of 2011 lists; applying for one of JazzFest’s volunteer photographer positions; Rachel Yamagata live; making it through 2011; the…
local beer local bands: wylie hunter & the cazadores
Last LB/LB of the year! I don’t get to Tir Na Nog nearly often enough for them, because Raleigh on Thursdays, but Wylie and the guys were great and it was a good way to end the year.
don’t let me into this year
It takes a village. If it weren’t for other people, I’d just be over here taking pictures of my cats and my own face, and if the end of the year isn’t time for being thankful, I don’t know when is. (Other than Thanksgiving, of course.) So without further ado, people I couldn’t have survived…
an easier world
Dogfish (Mary Oliver) Some kind of relaxed and beautiful thing kept flickering in with the tide and looking around. Black as a fisherman’s boot, with a white belly. If you asked for a picture I would have to draw a smile under the perfectly round eyes and above the chin, which was rough as a…
top ten shows of 2011
I saw 133 shows so far this year, with two left in 2011, but these are the unquestionable top ten. Now with photos. (Josh Ritter in Charlotte above.) 1. Josh Ritter, solo acoustic, at the McGlohon Theatre, Charlotte, 11/2011. I didn’t go to another show this year where I barely breathed from start to finish…
studio session: the brand new life
I love studio work; it’s desperately intimate and open. Thanks to the Brand New Life for letting me hang around. Full set here.
brand new kind of photography 