Do you love The Swellies? You saw Once and were swept away by the beauty of the magic that is the confluence of Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová? Loved The Frames and couldn't get enough of their side project, The Swell Season?

Well, they recently played in Milwaukee (and my Mark opened for them!) and my friend has blogged about the concert ( Read more... )

Cos I couldn't say it better:

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Inaugural speech made me cry.

I REALLY enjoyed hearing my President paraphrase Mark Dignam in his inaugural speech:

"Your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy." - Barack Obama, 1/20/09

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I finally finished my review of Mark Dignam's Box Heart ManSince meeting him and spending time with him in New York, I have just come to love Mark, and listening to his CD repeatedly to get the feel of it has just made it better/worse, however you wanna look at it ( Read more... )