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jordanmorris:

You can stream Craig Finn’s “Clear Heart, Full Eyes” on the NPR website.  I suggest you do.

Virgin Free Fest 2009 was on my birthday. I was right at the beginning of my love affair with The Hold Steady, which had started earlier that spring with Chris Bowman’s interview with Craig and Tad on The Sound of Young America, then was cemented during a drive down the mountain with Mike to pick up a latecomer to MaxFunCon. 

Once the band took the stage, Craig resplendent in a plaid button down and huge watch, my friend Eddie remarked “He looks like a math teacher.” And the only thing I could think to say was “If math was anything like this guy’s lyrics, I would have multiple degrees.”