Once
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Tour Dates 06/21/08 Telluride Bluegrass Festival CO
12/31/08 TBA 12/30/09 TBA Read More |
I think I just saw the best music movie recently. It’s called Once and it stars Glen Hansard, from The Frames[W♥M], and Markéta Irglová. The movie has a documentary feel to it because of the low quality of film (and often poor lighting) and also has very few cuts and seems like it’s mostly hand-held cameras.
The story is a realistic look at two struggling musicians, stricken with poverty in Dublin, Ireland, was written and directed by John Carney, who was briefly in The Frames as a bassist. As the movie draws to a conclusion, you quickly realize that it’s life and you don’t necessary get what you desire. Although the movie ended positively, I was actually quite sad at the end of the film.
So, in real life, apparently after the movie was wrapped up, Irglová and Hansard are now dating. They are perfect for each other, really, as the movie really captured their chemistry on screen. What a darling couple!
Anyway, all the songs in the soundtrack were written by Hansard and/or Irglová. The one song that I really enjoyed was “If You Want Me”.
I’ll set you up: in the movie, Hansard gives Irglová some CDs of music he’s composed. Irglová listens to the music on a portable CD player and it runs out of batteries. So in her pajamas, she goes down the store and buys some fresh batteries and walks home, singing the words she’s just made up.
A perfect night shot, with very few cuts – and a usage of a crane.
03/29/2008 05:43:06 vu my♥posts 
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| The Swell Season Tour Dates
04/23/08 Orpheum Theatre-SOLD OUT Phoenix, Arizona
04/25/08 Coachella Festival Indio, California 04/26/08 Paramount Theatre-SOLD OUT Oakland, California 04/27/08 McDonald Theatre-SOLD OUT Eugene, Oregon 04/28/08 Keller Auditorium-SOLD OUT Portland, Oregon 04/30/08 The Moore-SOLD OUT Seattle, Washington 05/01/08 The Wilma Missoula, Montana 05/02/08 The Depot Salt Lake City, Utah 05/03/08 Ellie Caulkins Opera House-SOLD OUT Denver, Colorado 05/05/08 The Uptown Theatre Kansas City, Kansas 05/06/08 The Pageant-SOLD OUT Saint Louis, Missouri 05/07/08 The Orpheum Theatre-SOLD OUT Minneapolis, Minnesota 05/08/08 The Riverside Theatre-SOLD OUT Milwaukee, Wisconsin 05/10/08 Royal Oak Theatre Royal Oak, Michigan 05/11/08 Allen Theatre at Playhouse Square Cleveland, Ohio 05/12/08 Brown Theatre Louisville, Kentucky 05/13/08 The Cobb Theatre Atlanta, Georgia 05/15/08 Meymandi Concert Hall-SOLD OUT Raleigh, North Carolina 05/16/08 Toad’s Place Richmond, Virginia 05/17/08 Meyerhoff Symphony Hall-SOLD OUT Baltimore, Maryland 05/19/08 Radio City Music Hall-SOLD OUT New York, New York 05/20/08 The Tower Theatre-SOLD OUT Upper Darby, Pennsylvania 05/28/08 Passionkirche Berlin, Berlin 05/29/08 Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg, Hamburg 05/30/08 Primavera Festival Barcelona, Barcelona 06/13/08 Bonnaroo Manchester, Tennessee 06/15/08 The Chicago Theatre-SOLD OUT Chicago, Illinois 06/16/08 Overture Arts Centre-SOLD OUT Madison, Wisconsin 06/17/08 Chicago Theatre-SOLD OUT Chicago, Illinois 06/18/08 Chicago Theatre-SOLD OUT Chicago, Illinois 06/22/08 Telluride Bluegrass Festival Telluride, Colorado |
| kathleenanna wrote:
Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 10:45 AM
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[this is good] The Swell Season (Glen and Marketa) are currently touring. They will be here, in Minneapolis, on May 7th. Unfortunately the show is sold out! Check out their recording of “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere” on the I’m Not There soundtrack. Lovely!