You Don’t Need to Fix Everything — Just Stay Steady

You weren’t made to fix every problem.
You were made to "stay steady" in the middle of it.
That’s real strength.

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Second of two... based on a #GeorgeSaunders story "Sea Oak". Listen and read here: https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/songwriter-podcast/songwriter-podcast-george-saunders-craig-finn?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

This song was by Craig Finn and does such an amazing job of totally standing on its own as a song with no awareness needed of the original story while also being completely grounded in the story details.

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New Hold Steady: Grand Junction

Video: The Hold Steady - "Grand Junction"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG2DVsBISxI

Directed by Lee Allen. From Price of Progress, out now on Positive Jams.

I poked fun at the crappiness of the previous Hold Steady video but this one is good. While both were compiled from footage shot at a single show, this new one is beautifully lit and its slow-motion ci...

Read more: https://gloriousnoise.com/2023/new-hold-steady-grand-junction

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New Hold Steady video: Sideways Skull

Video: The Hold Steady - "Sideways Skull"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AWENjwsobg

Directed by Sebastian Hagan. From Price of Progress, out March 31.

The Hold Steady doesn't release a lot of music videos, do they? It's been a while for sure. And maybe this is why. Cobbled together from footage from a show at the Brooklyn Bowl in Philadelphia a...

Read more: https://gloriousnoise.com/2023/new-hold-steady-video-sideways-skull

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Listening to old #HoldSteady albums and got curious if anyone had mapped out Holly’s storyline, from death to resurrection. Sure enough, the internet didn’t let me down.
I love the dense, referential story telling of Craig Finn’s lyrics. (And I realize I’ve never listened to their first album at all.)

https://theholdsteady.proboards.com/thread/2635/hold-steady-plot-chronology