Slighty Feral Media: The Raccoon's Cabinet of Curiosities

  Slightly Feral Media  Stygian Bough at Warehouse on Broadway: A Journey Through the Void Live Music Photography, Doom Metal, and Ritual at Warehouse on Broadway Stygian Bough at Warehouse on Broadway Some shows are collections of bands. Some shows are experiences. This was the second kind. The raccoon arrived at Warehouse on Broadway with anticipation. I was about to experience one of my favorite bands in one of my favorite venues, and the camera was ready to collect data. There are only two bands I have intentionally seen more than once: Drifter and Barrage. This weekend I got to see both. Both contain musicians I first met while working as a stagehand. Both are extraordinarily talented. Both are populated by genuinely good humans. Stygian Bough was on the list and when one of your favorite bands makes a weighty suggestion, a wise raccoon listens.  It was a good weekend for the raccoon. This particular evening brought Drifter, 40 Watt Sun, and Stygian Bough to Warehous...

Loud Enough to Become Quiet The room should have felt overwhelming. Brutal death metal. Thrash. Doom. Enough volume to loosen dental work and renegotiate internal organs. Instead, it felt strangely simple. That's one of the weird little secrets heavy music keeps from outsiders. People think rooms like this are built on chaos. They're not. They're built on recognition. On May 29, Warehouse on Broadway hosted Unmerciful alongside The Soiled Doves, Garoted, and Torn The Fuck Apart. Long before the headliner took the stage, the room was already carrying tension. Not anxiety. Expectation. The kind that appears when everybody already knows why they're there. The blog gets the story. The full visual evidence lives here: https://mymidlifecrisiscreativeinc17.pixieset.com/unmercifulwarehouseonbroadway/ The Signal Arrives The Soiled Doves were on stage when it happened. I walked through the door carrying the usual collection of human clutter. Work. Deadlines. Responsibilities. Hal...