29th
The Hold Steady - Cattle and the Creeping Things
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Sooooo, I thought I knew what I was going to say, but I just had the most awesomest interruption of my writing process (seriously, I loaded up the track and opened up the Tumblr page I type into, and then I was interrupted).
A friend of a good friend of mine just broke up with his girlfriend, apparently. My friend messaged me over Twitter, and sent me this guy’s number, asking if I could call him and send him “hugs”. So I did.
After a little bit of a chat, we got to talking, and I mentioned this blog as something I was up to before heading to my friend’s for a small party. When prompted as to what I write about, I explained the premise, and offered a few bands I’ve written about lately. The Beatles, DJ Format feat. Abdominal, The Hold Steady.
Holy shit, he liked the Hold Steady. And we talked for an extra 10-15 minutes, just chatting about Hold Steady stories.
These guys are my Phish. People build friendships, lead their lives around music. Some bands have this huge cult following (see: Phish, or The Grateful Dead). Others have their more quiet followings, ones that aren’t so steeped in tradition.
He quoted Multitude of Casualties as his favourite song, I mentioned this as mine. I also gave that lyric from the other day from Citrus as my favourite lyric.
Small fucking world.
