Comments on: i’ve got a lot of old friends that’re getting back in touch

By: gorjus

gorjus — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:22:31 +0000

I suppose this is a bitter update, but while I still love the Hold Steady (August 7 cannot get here fast enough!), Vagrant’s online store—fueled by MerchLackey—is pathetic. I ordered the bundle above on the day I did the post—July 16. It’s now July 30, and the rep on the phone said “it was shipped yesterday.” Which in my world is code for “not yet in any fashion.”

So: two weeks, still not here. That sucks. Should have waited and bought it from the band, so the money went right into their pockets. BAH WEB 2.0 YOU SUCK

By: e*

e* — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:17:18 +0000

look, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with admitting that rock and roll can change your life. it’s tough to do that because it obviously sets you up for disappointment, and most of the time it just doesn’t. most of the time it’s just music.

but i’ve seen the hold steady live 4 times, and i’ve never walked out of a hold steady show and thought there was something better i could’ve done, anywhere on earth, for any amount of money, with any group of people, for the preceding 2 hours.

By: lula

lula — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:15:03 +0000

August 7th cannot get here fast enough!

By: Professor Fury

Professor Fury — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:16:59 +0000

Byootiful. I just got my copy of Stay Positive from the good folks at the CD Store (hi Taylor!) and am looking forward to listening to nothing else for the next few weeks. August 7th can’t get here fast enough! Get your tickets soon: They’re playing Chelsea’s, people. Total capacity: 7. (Unless they change the venue, as rumored.)

By: gorjus

gorjus — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:02:03 +0000

P.s. “My friend got a copy of Boys and Girls in America, and he made me come over to the house and sat me down and made me listen to “Southtown Girls” until I started grinning. I remember the moment it happened. I was sitting in his home office staring at a tiny computer screen and it washed over me like warm beer, and all of a sudden I wanted to throw the dice, take off my shirt, grab a girl and try to dance. I wanted to do it all and the record said I could, I should give it a whirl.”

I think that’s how it goes.