1. Drive down to the Green Lights of Dallas; drive past them. Over Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge and past the new trolley tracks, to Davis Street – 829. Find Spinster Records illuminated on the dark end of the street, past the bars and sidewalks of Bishop Arts. 2. Walk through the open door. 3. Wander…
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Festival Fashion at Forecastle Festival, Louisville KY
Festival snaps from Forecastle Festival in Louisville (Loo-a-vull) Kentucky… That last one is me with Kayleigh Goldsworthy, who is touring with Young &…
Suburbia Music Festival 2014 Photo Blog/Experience Post
These are the pictures that someday kids look at, and conclude that they were born too late, and missed the days when everything was wild and free. Just like those photos of my uncle Dean in cowboy boots and underwear, canoeing the Current River… Hailed by the aging Rolling Stone magazine as a festival…
The Anti-Anti List for February 19, 2014
The other day I listened to Beck’s new album. I was obsessed with Beck circa age 15. I lost touch a little in the Midnight Vultures era, but later realized that I get a little happier than usual every time a Beck song comes on, whether its Hell Yes or Devil’s Haircut or even Lost…
29 Things I Actually Did Instead of NOT Getting Married Before I was 29
Nine years ago, today actually, I got married at the age of twenty. Today I happened to click on a link to Justtaylord’s “24 Things to Do Instead of Getting Married Before You’re 24” post, which is in turn a response to “23 Things to Do Instead of Getting Engaged Before You’re 23” on Wander…
Five Shows in Five Days – Youth Lagoon, No Joy, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Hello Lover and The Joy Formidable with Io Echo
Last Thursday we began a concert binge that would last until the earliest hours of Tuesday morning. The look for the occasion was mostly unwashed hair and the occasional sunglasses at night; days were caffeine fueled. The switch that turned Thom from 30 to 31 was flipped while we were sitting outside of Anvil watching The Joy…
Be Forgiven. (and listen to Daughters of the Soho Riots)
One day, I’ll let you wonder at the place and time, I was waking up extraordinarily hung over. The wall of guilt was dwarfing me as I tried to get my bearings. It was one of those mornings when I woke up earlier than normal, because I felt too bad to keep sleeping. Thom didn’t…
Street Style from Gorilla vs. Bear II at Granada Theater, Dallas (TIMEWARP!)
I took these with the intent to post at the time, but I guess I wimped out and felt self conscious about posting my street style shots. As I look back at them now, I know they deserve to be posted. There might be a little out of focus-ness, but I think they still have journalistic value….
Tamaryn with Boy Friend at Club Dada
Have you ever gone to a show, and looked around to see that the audience is 99% female? Have you ever then looked around and realized that a too-high-for-coincidence percentage of them are wearing combat boots, or sporting either edgy overstyled hair in varying degrees of not meant to be flattering or long wild unbrushed…
To Austin and Back for Zola Jesus at The Parish, in the Rain.
Last night we drove down to Austin to see Zola Jesus play at The Parish. Tickets were a whole ten dollars, and since picking up Conatus in Barcelona, we’ve become increasingly bigger fans of her. The openers were “not my bag” so to speak. We skipped most of Technicolor Hearts’ set, so I won’t really…
Video – Behind the Scenes of a Band – GiftHorse
I’ve been doing less video lately, because I’ve been conscious for awhile that I want to go in a different direction. I’d gotten really good at the quick vlog.. and I wanted to make something that went behind that. I wanted to document the things I see and people I know in a way that…
Rika Confesses 