tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45474474863610512802024-02-08T04:00:22.385-08:00Travel Light"it happens sometimes. people just explode. natural causes."Travel Lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14179372898240636307noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4547447486361051280.post-9905520529199329602007-10-30T15:02:00.000-07:002007-10-31T18:34:14.554-07:00Monarch<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gofreescout/1805324517/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/2295/1805324517_84a9a3bfe3_m.jpg" alt="monarch" height="174" width="240" /></a>I wasn't foolin' about this band in my last blog. As you may or may not know, I'm especially wary of most anything indie-rock, but this little band has crept into my heart like very few things I've heard this year. It may be that I'm in a weird/stressful place with the new city which makes me predisposed to "pretty" music lately (Lloyd & Michael, Picastro, and Rachel's are also in heavy rotation), but this is tremendous. They're a two-piece--another cute couple band--with a sound that puts the swollen communal/dramatic vibes of the Arcade Fire through this weird Kim Deal/Chan Marshall/Jeff Tweedy filter. Skygazing melodies, basement folk, and we're-all-in-this-together gut grazing lovliness for the unsmug gallery set.<br /><br />I suppose I say the latter mainly because that's where I saw them live for the first time: A place called the G-Spot by the Streetcar Museum--which, a while ago, I thought was an abandoned mill --populated by furry forest dudes, horn rims/hipsters, little kids, and a lot of people that just looked like total vis arts pros. Oh yes, also the artwork of one of my idols, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/samsa1973/sets/1144287/" target="_self">William Schaff </a>, who was also in attendance with his dog (who licked my face!), albeit in a bad state of drunken sadness. In any case, I shook his hand and said "your paintings mean a lot to me." I'm going to pretend that he had any capacity for understanding and/or caring just then, but I suspect not. <br /><br />Listen to their music <a href="http://www.myspace.com/monarchbaltimore">here</a>Travel Lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14179372898240636307noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4547447486361051280.post-35639050326370496442007-10-30T15:00:00.000-07:002007-10-31T13:27:02.137-07:00Baltimore<p class="blogSubject"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Baltimore</span> </p> <p class="blogContent"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gofreescout/1465116313/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/1321/1465116313_910deedd05_m.jpg" alt="streetcar1" height="180" width="240" /></a><br /><br /><br />Found this thing on my second day in town. Bmore goes straight for my heart.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gofreescout/1465917994/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/1103/1465917994_b1a0d1978a_m.jpg" alt="streetcar6" height="180" width="240" /></a><br /><br />If you know me at all, you know this is probably the best thing I've ever seen.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gofreescout/1465116293/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/1046/1465116293_09dc3396f9_m.jpg" alt="office" height="240" width="180" /></a><br /><br />My office is indeed this cute.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gofreescout/1465116291/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/1127/1465116291_2afe2efac8_m.jpg" alt="mtvernon" height="180" width="240" /></a><br /><br /><br />This is part of a cluster of abandoned mill buildings up Falls Road.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gofreescout/1465116285/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/1110/1465116285_7958b12220_m.jpg" alt="light" height="240" width="180" /></a><br /><br /><br />Can't remember the dudes name, but he was in fact playing a fluorescent light and tweaking it via pedal into some heavy-as-fuck proto-industrial business. At Floristree, which reminds me of a much larger Fritz.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gofreescout/1465917984/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/1097/1465917984_821a1de214_m.jpg" alt="26401" height="180" width="240" /></a><br /><br /><br />Incredible concert space in an abandoned church.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gofreescout/1465917970/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/1400/1465917970_9323a92d3e_m.jpg" alt="deacon" height="180" width="240" /></a><br /><br /><br />Surprise! Bmore loves Dan Deacon.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gofreescout/1465116307/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/1403/1465116307_f3b43e0880_m.jpg" alt="room" height="180" width="240" /></a><br /><br /><br />My very bare apartment. Thank god it's so small.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gofreescout/1465987710/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/1259/1465987710_8687d8086f_m.jpg" alt="welcome" height="147" width="240" /></a><br /><br /><br />I'll post a picture of the Tavern soon.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gofreescout/1465987718/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/1080/1465987718_7bbbfe5da1_m.jpg" alt="desk" height="180" width="240" /></a><br /><br /><br />I have a desk.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gofreescout/1465987726/" title="Photo Sharing"><br /></a></p>Travel Lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14179372898240636307noreply@blogger.com2