Once

Our esteemed colleague and member of alt-rock group Cutting Room Floor, Luke Sweet tipped me off to the film/soundtrack Once and after watching it, well...once, I'm quite taken with it.

I was reluctant at first because it's most certainly a romantic tale and in some ways a "chick flick". The story is cool however, and the lack of a large budget ($160,000) gives the film a certain charm found to be lacking in the bright lights and gloss of Hollywood.

The songs were all composed and performed by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová. Hansard is the founding member and frontman of the popular Irish rock band The Frames and both had collaborated previously.

The track, "Falling Slowly" won the 2007 Academy Award for Best Original Song and it's just tremendous, thus explaining the embedded file below.

Comedy At The Oscars

I didn't watch the Oscars, instead choosing to indulge in spoilers (I just read the list of winners around 8:30) and waited for any good moments to make themselves available online. Much to my enjoyment, the plan worked flawlessly. Here is a nice little skit featuring Seth Rogen and James Franco reprising their roles from Pineapple Express as they watch clips from some of the Academy Award nominees and some films that got snubbed by the Academy.

As an aside, Our apologies for a lack of content in the last week or so. For some reason I haven't felt compelled to write much lately. As for Brian, well he has an actual job and thus legitimate excuses. Fear not, we'll be much more active in the near future.