happy leap day! to celebrate, mint gallery is hosting a leap year in the new year fundraising dinner. proceeds benefit their leap year mentorship program, which helps support emerging artists. don’t miss out! what will you be doing with your bonus day? – ryan & gub

clementine turned nine months old and to celebrate she got her set of first wheels! well, more so she is finally big enough to enjoy her great hand-me-down car. clementine has also officially been out of the womb longer than she was in there! ryan & gub

with the upcoming radiohead concert fast approaching, i decided it was time to finally go through and post some photos from their last show in atlanta. we had these amazing general-admission pit tickets, so we were right up front and center. in all my years of concert going i’ve never been so close for such [...]

my brother and i went on a great scoutmob tour of the batdorf & bronson roastery. i learned quite a bit about brewing & roasting coffee, its history, and by the end of the tour i could actually taste the difference between a sumatra and a costa rican cup of coffee. talk about a fun [...]

jeff mangum recently played the variety playhouse and we were fortunate enough to attend. to say the least, the show was remarkable! mangum’s voice sounded like it was 1998, probably since he hasn’t toured since then, and he played all of the songs you could ask for. scotty spillane and co. played horns on select [...]

as of today, clementine is an official crawler! ryan & gub

i took some photos of our japanese magnolia through the beveled glass on our front door and they turned out pretty cool! – ryan

i am enjoying the latest album from damien jurado called maraqopa. it’s one of his best records, especially from start to finish, and that’s saying a lot with this being his 12th outing. there are some classic jurado tracks on this gem, including my current favorite museum of flight, which you can check out below. [...]

our friend mike made some tasty luther burgers for the super bowl! for those who never made it to mulligan’s when it was around, a luther burger is a bacon-cheeseburger on a grilled krispy kreme doughnut. it’s an amazing experience to say the least! – ryan & gub

atlanta has a ton of great shows this spring. don’t miss out on the fun! for a full list, click here. march: radiohead – the, mar 1st – phillips arena – $69 – 7:30pm – tickets cults – tue, mar 6th – the earl – $10 – 9:00pm – tickets deleted scenes – mon, mar [...]

with m83 coming back to town, i figured i should finally review their show from last halloween at the the masquerade. all in all, the show was great! the new songs sounded amazing live and the crowd was way into it. at the same time, this was my fourth time seeing m83 and i had [...]

fans of vinyl records and neutral milk hotel rejoice! jeff magnum recently self-released a vinyl only box set featuring their entire catalogue along with fifteen previously unreleased tracks. the box set includes the in the airplane over the sea and on avery island lps in new deluxe gatefold packaging, the everything is 10″ remastered with [...]

i recently drove by the big chicken in marietta for the first time. how did i not know there was such a cool 50s relic in marietta? the eyes and beak even still move! – ryan

i tried out the recipe for country apple dumplings that i posted a few months ago. my results didn’t look nearly the same as the one i had at r&a orchards, but they were still super tasty! – ryan r&a orchards 5505 highway 52 east ellijay, ga 30536 706-273-3821 country apple dumplings recipe: ingredients: 2 [...]

it’s groundhog day! unfortunately punxsutawney phil saw his shadow this morning, so we can expect six more weeks of winter. lame! anyone else get up early and watch groundhog day? – ryan & gub UPDATE: this just in, looks like georgia’s own general beauregard lee, who is 94% accurate, didn’t see his shadow today and [...]