a year in review

Happy New Year, you crazy kids. This was a really hard year in many ways, for me. It was also one of the best years I’ve had, as well, as crazy as that sounds. Because it wasn’t a bad year. It was just a hard year. And since I think therapy is good for everyone,…

photos: then and now (blitzen trapper and langhorne slim)

I was emailing with Adam last week — as I often am — and I realized, after pulling that 2009 photo of Hayes Carll for comparison to this year’s photo of Hayes Carll, that all of last week’s shows were bands that I shot very early on in my concert photography career. And, for the…

what is important what’s really important

langhorne slim @ cat’s cradle, originally uploaded by minervacat. i haven’t finished a thing since i started my life/i don’t feel much like starting now Over this past weekend, and the week before that, I’ve had multiple conversations with multiple people about the things that are making me craziest right now — and one of…

suburbia

suburbia, originally uploaded by minervacat. Lesson learned this week: take what you’ve got and make it work.

worth getting up for: july

baseball: norfolk tides @ durham bulls, originally uploaded by minervacat. Currently making it worthwhile to get up in the morning: a commute that allows for a full album there, a full album back, paid for by the Feds; crunchy-guitar girl-fronted quasi-punk from the Northwest; Big Gulp-sized Diet Cokes from gas stations; good conversation about music;…

baseball: norfolk tides @ durham bulls

baseball: norfolk tides @ durham bulls, originally uploaded by minervacat. Tonight, sitting on my porch in the damp twilight listening to the Dexateens and smushing mosquitos, every minute I spend without a camera in my hands feels wasted. It’s only almost August, not almost January, but I’m making a lot of resolutions in my head…