it's a swell season.

the swell season, chicago theater, sunday, june 15th

okay, so, i won't even attempt to describe how much i loved this show. they are so talented. and glen hansard has a graceful, unpredictable stage presence. both him & marketa paused before each new song, to whisper something to each other, or to describe for several minutes what they felt the song was about. at the end, after their microphones were turned off -- and after their encore -- the whole band played a song together, as loud as they could to be heard by everyone still in the theater. they skipped up & down the aisles, and it looked as though they were mentally straining themselves to leave the stage.

rockin' out

new song: "loved you wrong"video: glen talking about where he's played in chicago over the years. he talked more than any other lead singer i've ever seen perform. after this, he went on to play "hoover-fixer-upper guy", and then did a van morrison cover during which i thought he was going to break his guitar, which he had to stop & tune mid-song (during many songs), several times.

i loved it. that's all. good night.