Glen Hansard – PJ20 Day 2

I’m sitting here at work, speechless, listening to Glen Hansard wow the crowd at PJ20, and realizing that I missed out in a huge way when I decided to miss his opening act for Eddie Vedder back in June. Thank goodness for bootlegs, though. His cover of Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks is wonderful, and his duet with Eddie Vedder on Falling Slowly is just gorgeous.

Stream the tracks below, or download the entire show here. (You can also grab his Day 1 set here.)

I took a train from California

I know I’ve posted this bootleg before, but in Ilan’s memory I’d like to put it up again. It’s one of their earliest boots in existence; taken from their first ever tour in 1993. While Adam hadn’t yet begun his trend of going on lyrical tangents during the songs, this boot does feature two fantastic unreleased songs (Open All Night and Margery) and an unbelievable cover of Van Morrison’s Caravan.

And while Ilan introduced me to Van Morrison through this bootleg (even though I introduced him to the boot itself), it’s Oh Margery which stands out on the most recent listens.

I took a train from California to the far side of the continent, woke up in Kentucky where the wedding was about to end.

Missing you so much it hurts, Ilan.

Download the entire show here.

Days Of Graduation

It’s over. Finally. After way too many years, my undergraduate career has almost entirely come to the end, pending University Graduation on Tuesday.  This has been a long time coming, and it’s really an awesome feeling to be done with school, and to (hopefully) begin working soon.

It’s one of those weird feelings; where you’ve finished an entire 20-year stretch of your life and are about to venture out into a new one. It’s exciting, weird, and scary all at the same time. Here’s a few songs about

Drive By Truckers – Days Of Graduation