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The Hold Steady at the Taste of Randolph Street.

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Sunday evening we headed over to the Taste of Randolph Street for some food and The Hold Steady.  Despite walking over to the stage about 15 minutes before the show started we managed to get right up to the left of the stage.  This of course put us right next to the massive speaker but we could see the stage fine.

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Side Note:

*The rest of my photographs are here.
**This unattended baby stroller was right next to us almost the entire show which raises several questions:

  1. Where’s the baby?
  2. Where’s the baby’s family?
  3. Who’s food is that in the stroller?
  4. Why is no one else noticing this random stroller?

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The Hold Steady at the Metro.

The Hold Steady at the Metro.The Hold Steady at the Metro.

Last night I went with Dom & Kelley and Emily to see The Hold Steady at Metro. Being my first time to the Metro I was surprised by how small the place was. We ended up in the balcony and it felt like we were right on top of the stage. The place was packed but considering it was Halloween the only costumes I saw were on the band. I take that back there was a midget taking tickets at the door that had his face painted.

Towards the end of the show.The Costumes are falling by the wayside.More Hold Steady.More costumes.From my view in the balcony.The Hold Steady in Costume.

We missed the first band but the second opening band, Art Brut, is a stalwart of my annual Top Ten List. ‘The Brut’ (as I like to call them) were decked out and all sorts of costumes that were in many waysappropriate . They also had a running slide show of the lyrics to their songs on the back of the stage which was helpful for those who are new to tidal wave of sound that is Art Brut. If nothing else in went well with the singalong vibe that the crowd was excreting all night.

I missed The Hold Steady at Lollapolloza this past year but I’ve been listening to their albums the last couple of months leading up to this show. My favorite being Almost Killed Me. The band showed up on stage in Pancho Villaesque attire which included ‘bullet belts’, mustaches and cowboy hats. It was pretty bad ass.