Bands & how often they are mentioned by Craig Finn in A Positive Rage

By Jodi | Filed under 'Mats Memories | Comments (10)

Sometimes I wonder if part of the reason I have such a soft spot for Craig Finn of The Hold Steady is his love of The Replacements. Don’t get me wrong, I really do enjoy the music of The Hold Steady, but the esteem my tender heart holds for Mr. Finn is quickly approaching the same level as Mike Doughty’s.

If you know me, you’ll realize how momentous that is.

So I was watching A Positive Rage again tonight, and this time I kept track of the bands Finn mentions. Of course, I am here to share that with you.

Led Zepplin = 1
The Stones = 1
The Beatles = 1
Pavement = 1
Mission of Burma = 1
Sean Lennon = 1
Husker Du = 2
The Replacements = 6

Yeah. The DVD is pretty sweet.

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Read more | Comments (10) | | April 13th, 2009

Video Tuesday — I am developing a Craig Finn fetish edition

By Jodi | Filed under Seen Your Video | Comments (10)

He talks a lot about the ‘Mats in this one. It’s weird because I’ve been listening to The Hold Steady for ages, but I saw them a few weeks ago for the first time and now I am in the process of getting a teenybopper crush on Craig Finn.

And here, here he talks about how I Will Dare is his favorite ‘Mats song. And can you hear my heart go pitter pat?

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Read more | Comments (10) | | November 25th, 2008