another song from silver. a kind of fake eastern european wedding song paired with lyrics from a book of songs for jewish soldiers. there’s another version of this song that i reworked for the leaky heaven circus production of Birthday Boy in 2003. that one has lyrics taken from the Song of Songs. maybe i’ll put that on the new album (recording in april 07, probably for release in the fall), since i have a kind of biblical theme going on. just warning you. Continue reading comrades
a beautiful day in bremen
oh darlingen (that is a german word that i made up a few days ago) we are having such a good tour! thanks to all who are coming out. every night i am caught in some ecstasy of music and good company. and today i had a lovely walk in bremen. the ipod is playing the perfect shuffle mix. belle and sebastian into john cale into flaming lips into wax mannequin into phil ochs. sometimes it is so great to live in this future. Continue reading a beautiful day in bremen