There's a Busker Musical?

That's right! Finally, the world has, in a small way, caught up with me: busking is officially cool enough to get its own movie, albeit a small-release made in Ireland. Check this shit out!

It's called Once.

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I added a new song called "Stanley Steamer" to my .mac page a few days ago. It's something I've been working on for about three years with multiple rewrites and hair-yanking frustration, so I'm glad that I finally made some headway on it. I guess sometimes it just takes the right context to make a song work, and the stars finally aligned for this one.

My friend Matt Guess has an awesome new song on his myspace page you should all check out. He and I have similar taste, but I think where I channel traditional folk, he channels Elliott Smith. Listen to "When You Walk Through that Door" and prepare to rock out to an awesome single-not instrumental bridge.

I can't remember if I've mentioned it already, but my songwriting friends from college, Lauren and Sean, having been meeting up with me weekly so we can put our collective nose to the grindstone of songwriting. (Whoever came up with the nose to the grindstone saying? It's messed up. I should have known before I literally tried it...) Since I've been in a writing upswing, this has been a great chance to get some feedback.

I'll have one or two new songs up on my .mac page by the end of the weekend, so keep your eyes peeled (another saying that's not advisable to try).