Stay Postive & Boys and Girls in America Album Commentaries

Boys and Girls in America:
This consists of 1 mp3 file that has Craig Finn talking about each song followed by a clip of the song. This used to be hosted on the THS site, but I can't find it right now, so it has been preserved here.

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Stay Positive:
This consists of the introductions Craig and Tad did for the album for the Imeem On The Record segment. 12 mp3's, one for each song and an opening one.

MP3s (8.52mb)

Live on The Sound of Young America ( August 19, 2008)

An interview with Craig and Tad.

1. Intro
2. Interview 1
3. Interview 2
4. Interview 3
5. Interview 4


Source

Mp3s

NPR: World Cafe

01. Interview
02. Constructive Summer
03. Hot Soft Light
04. Sequestered in Memphis
05. Stay Positive
06. Outro

Source

MP3s (16.55mb)

9:30 Club (August 14, 2008)

The Hold Steady
9:30 Club,Washington,DC
8/14/08


DPA(B&K) 4011s(clamped to balcony DFC)->Luminous Monarchs->V2->
Luminous Synchestra Signature XLRs->SD 722 @ 24/96.SD722 ->
CD Wave (tracking) -> Wavelab 5(edit,resample,dither)->
FLAC -> V0 MP3
Recorded and transfered with a little luck by Mark Lynn(mark@ninebullets.org).

01. Intro
02. Constructive Summer
03. You Gotta Dance (With Who You Came With)
04. You Can Make Him Like You
05. Sequestered In Memphis
06. Chips Ahoy!
07. Curves and Nerves
08. Massive Nights
09. Party Pit
10. The Swish
11. One For The Cutters
12. Magazines
13. Girls Like Status
14. Chillout Tent
15. Ask Her For Some Adderall
16. Lord, I'm Discouraged
17. Yeah Sapphire
18. Your Little Hoodrat Friend
19. Slapped Actress
-Encore-
20. Stay Positive
21. Stuck Between Stations
22. Southtown Girls
23. Killer Parties
-2nd encore-
24. How A Resurrection Really Feels

Source with FLAC

MP3 a
MP3 b

The Norva (August 13, 2008)

The Hold Steady
August 13, 2008
The Norva
Norfolk, Virginia


source: B&K4022(xy)>Sonosax>744t (24/48)
location: stand 7.5' inside sbd cage/dfc
transfer744T>wavelab(fades/resample/bit depth)>cd wave>flac>V0 MP3
recorded & seeded: craig davis


01 Intro
02 Constructive Summer
03 Chips Ahoy!
04 Cattle and the Creeping Things
05 Sequestered In Memphis
06 Magazines
07 Cheyenne Sunrise
08 One for the Cutters
09 Milkcrate Mosh
10 Navy Sheets >
11 Banging Camp
12 Joke About Jamaica
13 Massive Nights
14 Party Pit
15 Lord, I'm Discouraged
16 Hornets! Hornets!
17 Don't Let Me Explode
18 Sweet Payne
19 Slapped Actress
20 -Encore-
21 Stay Positive
22 Stevie Nix
23 Your Little Hoodrat Friend
24 Stuck Between Stations
25 First Night

Source with FLAC

MP3 tracks 1-13 (84.05 MB)
MP3 tracks 14-25 (84.35 MB)