Hosive

live music is one of our loves. live music outdoors, weather permitting is a special treat. live music outdoors in central park….to start the fall….magic. the swell season, the couple from the movie once has been touring doing music from the film as well as old frames songs and new pieces.

i wish i knew some more of their older stuff. we were hoping for more songs from the movie. but glen hansard puts on a great great show with high emotion and energy. he led the crowd in some singing which he confessed he was warned not to do because “nyc is too cool for school” but he did it anyway. after the third sing along with the very reactive crowd, he declared that he felt like bono!

marketa did some numbers too. i love a band with multiple singers, voices and styles. same vibes but different voice mediums to transmit.

she was charming, imp like and joyful. she was walking around amongst the crowd beyond the safety of the artists area and was very much like a regular person. maybe she can run for vice president too.

she looked a lot thinner than she did in the movie. either the touring has been a grind or the camera does put on the lbs. or both.

rumsey field is a great venue: intimate and smaller than you’d think….perhaps half the floor or less of an arena. with trees all around, the night sky and the autmn breeze….a terrific place for the swell season. keane did a show here last year too but i got scared off by the ga/standing room only not knowing how big the field was…strange fear since theresa and i frequently go to ga shows and have no problems getting in the front row. btw……

we got railing……it was a pretty casual atmosphere. at first i was kicking myself for not getting there earlier. but i got a good spot that made it easier her to come in and not get angry stares. but she wound up coming down the middle of the field anyway and was the most hated woman in the place. but she don’t care.

and we had a magical romantic night in the city of blinding lights.