Pre-post disclaimer: I promise this will be my last post about The Hold Steady.

Until at least May 13, 2007-

But what they did last night is certainly worth a quick blog and YouTube vid-

Just when I thought I had emerged from my musical-coma induced by my introduction to The Hold Steady just over three months ago, they go and play a SPRINGSTEEN tribute at Carnegie Hall-

They played Atlantic City- and by many accounts, they stole the show-

Can The Hold Steady get ANY BETTER?

Here’s a low-grade cellphone video of the Rosalita encore- Craig Finn kicks things off and then is ushered BACK to the mic by The Boss at the (arguably) greatest line in the song- (4:53 in the video)

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtjPO47XIbs