[too young to stand here and too old to dance]

[minervacat]

On Monday, I shot the [Trekky Records Christmas at the Cradle] benefit show. If you're wondering why there are so many pictures of the bearded dude in the red shirt, it was because he was adorable boy technology 1000%, and he kept making lolzy faces

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[traveller]

you totally owe me my Highway Halo fic.

[minervacat]

i do indeed. when i get tired of atlantic, i may have to move over to ocms.

[traveller]

you should prompt me to do something, bb. give me a prompt for that Sekrit Project i emailed to you a week or so ago?

[minervacat]

oh! yes!

write me something about oranges? or unmarked cassette tapes.

[secrethappiness]

Min, I was just reading my del.icio.us and saw your comment re: Bon Iver. I got so excited because I haven't met anyone else who doesn't enjoy him either. I felt all alone in the hipster music crowd but not now.

Relatedly, Brother Pinn asked for music recs for Christmas and I was thinking about telling him about DBT because he enjoys that kind of music but I don't know which album to recommend. Hints, please?

[minervacat]

the only reason i haven't written bon iver off completely is that some dudes we know in a band down here used to play in a band with him back in wisconsin, and they swear he is a very nice dude. i'm sure he is! i just find his music totally boring. (his ex bandmates, on the other hand, make excellent music.) and you are totally not alone.

i think that the most accessible and best DBT album is 2003's decoration day, followed pretty closely by the dirty south and brighter than creation's dark, the latter of which is their newest album. (if he gets into them, the rest of the albums are all really great, but also more complex or weirder or both.) you might also consider jason isbell's first solo album, sirens of the ditch? it's not quite the same sound as the truckers, because jason left the band because his sound was changing, but it's similar enough and it's really spectacular.