Josh with strings in San Francisco

"Another New World" by Josh Ritter (live with string quartet)
(see also a poem by Edgar Allan Poe)

"The Curse"

UPDATE: Shit, I have to put this version of Kathleen up. What a story in the middle.

"For a while I was going out with a modern art... dancer. It was a tempestuous relationship... that she didn't know about. Sometimes those are the best.
Her name was Vengeance. And Tuesdays through Fridays she would disappear at night from around 4 in the afternoon til about 1 in the morning, and I'd say, 'Vengeance, where have you been?' She was wearing her hair funny and she had these... spiky boots. Singin' Bob Seager songs. It's an interesting choice for a modern dancer. 'Down on main street...'
So I followed her... one day. And I was amazed when she went to the Great American Music Hall. I thought, "She's just a big music fan, and that's great." So I followed her in, and I brought my guitar... but I didn't actually go into the Great American Music Hall, I went into O'Farrell's Theater..."

(cue sweeping, epic string section and final verse)

Kathleen

So... yeah.

Sorry everyone for the lack of posts, but my hard drive called it quits a week and a half ago. Expect a glorious second coming once that particular situation is resolved.

Oh, also, here's who's coming for Floralia (May 2nd, all day, Conn College):

Santogold
B.O.B.
Welcome to Florida
Barefoot Truth
Orange Crush
Wicked Peach
MOBROC Bands

Kid, you got a long way to go.

"Transistor Radio" by Cloud Cult

Just saw Cloud Cult at Toad's Place in New Haven. Weird venue - the area in front of the stage is split in half, under-21 and 21+, by these big metal barrier fences. Looked like someone got in trouble with our great state's liquor laws. Regardless, the show was amazing. In addition to the singer/guitarist, bassist, drummer, violinist, and cellist, there was a painter on the stage, with a canvas in front of him that had a nude female figure penciled in. On the first chord of the first song, he picked up his brush and started throwing paint onto the canvas, and throughout the show he developed and detailed the painting, all in crazy colors and in sync with the music. As soon as the last note of the final song was played, he put his brush down, nearly mid-stroke. The result was silent-auctioned on a sheet in the back and went for around $120. It's the type of thing that could be a gimmick, but the urgency and reckless abandon with which he painted stripped the act of any pretense. Good shit.

Oh, and the music was excellent as well.

"Million Things" by Cloud Cult