Today's Independent has a nice piece / interview with The Hold Steady. I really like the idea that a school used the band and theie lyrics as a teaching tool
"Once we agreed to go, he changed his curriculum to fit around the band - maths would involve problems like: 'The Hold Steady has to get from Portland to Vancouver for their next show, a distance of x miles; if gasoline is $1.69 a gallon, how much will they spend?' My favourite part was, while we were on tour, each kid would be assigned a tour-date destination to research, and on that date they'd have to get up and explain: 'Today, The Hold Steady is in Seattle, Washington. Seattle is known for coffee...', or whatever was the case. So we went there and we did a little acoustic show for them, and it was really overwhelming."
Very cool.
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