ST. JOE STRUMMER

Some random thoughts on last night's Hold Steady show:

-Dear The Loved Ones,
Give the bass player a cookie.
Yours,
st

-The Hold Steady were not nearly as puppy-dog eager to please as they were last year, and the better for it.

-If my eyes/ears did not deceive me, I think there was an actual bona fide encore last night. As in, the crowd refused to leave after the air-quotes encore, and the band came back from wherever it is bands go when the show is over, to play one more song.

-Yeah, Craig Finn can turn a phrase, but brain coral's brother gets credit for the quote of the night, in reference to the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore: “They gots a baby elephant.”