Lewiston Ghost Picnic illustration

“Lewiston Ghost Picnic” – (India ink illustration by Shan) inspired by fleeting images, sights and sounds during a couple Two Sisters jaunts this summer (Bright Eyes in Lewiston, NY and Big Audio Dynamite in Philadelphia).

Bright Eyes 9:30 Club

Bookending summer
On the stage so familiar
Fall ends all our fun

Photo set from Bright Eyes live at the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC, September 4, 2011. Opening act was First Aid Kit from Sweden.

Click here to view the full set of Bright Eyes 9:30 Club DC via Flickr.

Photos and haiku by Ady

Daytrotter’s Barnstormer 5: Akron, Ohio

It’s locusts’ last stand!
Foggy field explodes with song
from pine-board boombox

So the good fellas at Daytrotter rolled into sunny, hazy Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Akron yesterday and proceeded to roll out five bands—Wildlife and Doug Paisley (both of Toronto), Princeton (Los Angeles), White Rabbits (Brooklyn via Missouri) and Hacienda (San Antonio), all distinct in their own sound, all equally impressive—that made for a killer 4+ hour show. They knocked the socks off the crickets and the locusts, and the human audience, too. Sean Moeller and co. hosted Barnstormer 5 in the beautiful centurian barn at the Conrad Botzum Farmstead, and it was smooth sailing, great sound and great people all night long. If you are anywhere near where the ‘Storm is headed (three dates left, tonight in Dexter, MI then on to Monticello, IL and Maquoketa, IA before it’s over), don’t walk, run! And make sure it’s toward it that you are running.

Hacienda at Barnstormer 5, Akron, Ohio

Click here to view Daytrotter: Barnstormer5 Akron, OH photo set on Flickr.

~ Review in Haiku by Shan

THE FELICE BROTHERS – “Love Me Tenderly” (live)

Countdown until The Felice Brothers head back our way has begun! Until then we’ve got this, a sweet live performance of “Love Me Tenderly” from their show at The First Unitarian Church on March 30, 2011 in Philadelphia caught on video by Ady:

Above: Ian Felice and David Turbeville/The Felice Brothers: view from under the scaffolds (photo by Ady for Sisters Dissonance)

Tim Kasher live at Johnny Brenda’s: photos, haiku review and a short interview

divorce was beauty
under spinning disco lights
all drunk together

peter pan on stage
rocking so hard glasses smashed
such a good birthday

Tim Kasher (Cursive) has been on the road touring his recent solo release ‘Bigamy: More Songs From the Monogamy Sessions’ EP and Ady caught him, along with openers Aficionado and Laura Stevenson and the Cans, at Johnny Brenda’s in Philadelphia last night. Of course her camera was by her side, but she was also able to talk to him after the show for a quicker than lightning interview. Here’s how the conversation went.

Ady: Your show tonight was amazing. Do all your shows go this smooth?
Tim Kasher: No, not all of them, but tonight was pretty good.

Ady: When do you think you will be back in Philly again?
Tim Kasher: Maybe in March.

Ady: So can I ask you one final question and call this an interview?
Tim Kasher:Yeah!

Ady: Ok. If you had a superpower, what would it be?
[no hesitation on Tim’s end, and he stretches his arms out wide]
Tim Kasher: You know how some people want to be all stretchy?

Ady: Oh, so you want super stretch powers!
Tim Kasher: No. I want to fly.

Ady: Can I quote that?
Tim Kasher: Absolutely.