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Post by campfirewood1980 on Apr 5, 2009 20:35:15 GMT -5
Talking to Franz after the Urbana show the next night, he said that he heard people were passing out fliers at Calvin about THS being bad and, I'm assuming, sacrilegious. Anyone see anything or hear that too? He didn't seem to know much about it since he was already gone, but I'm totally intrigued. If anyone finds one, we need a scan on this... sounds amusing. For the record: I consider myself a fairly observant Protestant and do not find THS remotely sacrilegious, though it was kind of odd explaining the "Communion of Capsules" poster to my Catholic in-laws...
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Post by shaist88 on Apr 6, 2009 17:09:42 GMT -5
Talking to Franz after the Urbana show the next night, he said that he heard people were passing out fliers at Calvin about THS being bad and, I'm assuming, sacrilegious. Anyone see anything or hear that too? He didn't seem to know much about it since he was already gone, but I'm totally intrigued. If anyone finds one, we need a scan on this... sounds amusing. For the record: I consider myself a fairly observant Protestant and do not find THS remotely sacrilegious, though it was kind of odd explaining the "Communion of Capsules" poster to my Catholic in-laws... i was there and i didn't see anything like that at the show. i am actually planning on going to seminary to be a pastor and i think that finn is one of the most significant/important songwriters alive. so... you know, some of us christians do love the hold steady. stay positive was my favorite album of 2008.
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Post by hoodrat on Apr 6, 2009 17:19:03 GMT -5
next april fools day, i am totally making some anti-steady chick tracts. stay tuned.
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Post by mrrrty on Apr 7, 2009 12:49:32 GMT -5
Long time listener, first time caller. I work in the Student Activities Office here at Calvin and am a huge THS fan. I can unequivocally say that there was no sort of protestation against The Hold Steady by anyone, and that if there was, it was done in extreme secrecy. Which is not typically the way that those sorts of things go. As many of you have noted, Calvin is a very "open-minded" institution, though we may choose to say that we are attempting to be hospitable to people who aren't exactly like us. Theologically, we are operating under the (biblical) assumption that God is at work both within and without the church, and both with our Festival and our concert season we've tried to highlight places where we believe that work is happening. To be quite honest, while I love the religious aspect of THS (nothing like singing "Damn right He'll rise again!" with a few hundred other people), I personally am more intrigued by THS' positivity, their fighting of irony, and the way that it's all been received in hipsterdom. To me, this is where the Holy Spirit is working -- telling people that they can be themselves, that they don't have to capitulate to fashion, telling them to be honest. There are not many Christian bands doing this, and there are probably not any doing it while making interesting music. The Hold Steady are fighting the anti-community of indie rock, fighting alienation and malaise and discontent. That, to me, seems to be holy work. All of that aside, THS aren't exactly the most controversial show we've ever done; hell, they weren't even the most controversial show last weekend. While THS were playing in the Fine Arts Center, Baby Dee was playing her harp in our downtown venue. We received more frustration over the fact that Vic Chesnutt -- an atheist -- was scheduled to play than anything else. For anyone who's interested, we did an interview with Craig in the afternoon before the show, which you can listen to here: www.calvin.edu/admin/sao/festival/2009/audio/Cheers!
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Post by ted on Apr 8, 2009 11:29:47 GMT -5
Long time listener, first time caller. I work in the Student Activities Office here at Calvin and am a huge THS fan. I can unequivocally say that there was no sort of protestation against The Hold Steady by anyone, and that if there was, it was done in extreme secrecy. Which is not typically the way that those sorts of things go. As many of you have noted, Calvin is a very "open-minded" institution, though we may choose to say that we are attempting to be hospitable to people who aren't exactly like us. Theologically, we are operating under the (biblical) assumption that God is at work both within and without the church, and both with our Festival and our concert season we've tried to highlight places where we believe that work is happening. To be quite honest, while I love the religious aspect of THS (nothing like singing "Damn right He'll rise again!" with a few hundred other people), I personally am more intrigued by THS' positivity, their fighting of irony, and the way that it's all been received in hipsterdom. To me, this is where the Holy Spirit is working -- telling people that they can be themselves, that they don't have to capitulate to fashion, telling them to be honest. There are not many Christian bands doing this, and there are probably not any doing it while making interesting music. The Hold Steady are fighting the anti-community of indie rock, fighting alienation and malaise and discontent. That, to me, seems to be holy work. All of that aside, THS aren't exactly the most controversial show we've ever done; hell, they weren't even the most controversial show last weekend. While THS were playing in the Fine Arts Center, Baby Dee was playing her harp in our downtown venue. We received more frustration over the fact that Vic Chesnutt -- an atheist -- was scheduled to play than anything else. For anyone who's interested, we did an interview with Craig in the afternoon before the show, which you can listen to here: www.calvin.edu/admin/sao/festival/2009/audio/Cheers! while I'm about as far as someone could possibly get from "religious", great post.. Thanks for having THS..
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