#321 Short but Sweet & Craig Finn Review

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4.3 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2012

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Short but Sweet – Proving that great things do come in small packages, hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot run down some of rock and roll’s best under 2 minute tunes. Plus, The Hold Steady's Craig Finn goes solo: Jim and Greg review "Clear Heart Full Eyes."

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0:00.0	There had been abuse in my family, but it was mostly musical in nature. Are you ready to get your world rocked?
0:20.0	Are you ready to get your world rocked? Ready?
0:21.0	Are you ready to get your mind blown?
0:24.0	Do it!
0:25.0	One, T-T-P-M!
0:27.0	Good things come in small packages, and that includes songs. This episode is dedicated to the short but sweet.
0:37.0	I'm Jim Diregadas from W.B.E.Z. and Columbia College.
0:40.0	And I'm Greg Kott of the Chicago Tribune. We run down our list of the top under two minute tunes in rock history.
0:46.0	And we'll review the new solo effort from Hold Steady Frontman, Craig Finn.
0:50.0	That's all coming up on sound opinions.
0:53.0	From W bez Chicago and distributed by PRX, you're listening to sound opinions.
1:05.0	Time now for some music news. Oh, That is Tugnars with 2011 Who Kill, the album that topped the Village Boys
1:36.7	Paz and Job Critics poll, the 39th annual poll internationally of more than 700 critics.
1:44.0	A bit of an upset, Jim, I have to say, even though you and I both love this album and
1:47.7	both made our top tens.
1:49.5	We had Merrill Garbus and Toonyards in the Sound Opinion Studio last year to showcase some
1:55.1	tunes off this record but I think the odds on favor to lead the critics
1:59.6	poll this year was probably that bony veer album that finished ninth in this year's
2:04.4	's album. That finished ninth in this year's poll. The one thing we do have to say as
2:06.5	we begin to pick apart their top 10 is that the poll which inevitably comes
2:11.0	out a few weeks before the Grammy Awards is probably a more accurate
2:15.5	barometer of artistic merit in any given year than the Grammy Awards are.
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