From SlashFilm:

Jason Segel (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) joined The Swell Season — Irish musician Glen Hansard and Czech singer and pianist Markéta Irglová (you know, the musical artists from the indie musical Once) — on stage at The Wiltern in Los Angeles on November 18th, 2009. Segel joked that the movie Once beat out the Dracula Love song from Forgetting Sarah Marshall at the Academy Awards due to Hollywood “politics.”

I tried to watch Once once after everyone said it was good, but I couldn’t stomach all the emotional balladry.  But then I treat earnestness the way cockroaches treat sunlight, probably because I’m so well adjusted.  Anyway, I’m including an excerpt of the lyrics below.  The phone number in the chorus is real, and goes to a recording with Segel’s email address.  I called it myself to confirm.  I’ll let you guys know if we end up frotting.

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