Elvis Costello Fan Forum

Can ANYONE SAY ANYTHING about Kerry as a proven Leader, or shall we continue to mud wrestle in the pseudointellectual pleasuredome where, God-forbid, anyone will ever feel that it is noble to support and try to work with the current administration. Well, no we can't say anything about Kerry as a pr...

Frankly, I'm incredulous that anyone can get so worked up over either of the candidates. While Kerry is an unknown, it has become abundantly clear to me that W. Bush is not one of the great presidents, and is probably not even up to the level of the second rate ones. From what I've seen of him so fa...

WhipsnSpurs wrote: As you can probably guess from my "handle", I'm into horses.

Actually, I was guessing that you are into kinky sex.

It's a good thing the other choice wasn't Bob Dylan.

A rope leash wrote:In the early '90's, when I was starving in Nebraska, Brutal Youth saved me. Specifically, 13 Steps...

Not Springsteen's Nebraska?

Wow, I just opened this thread for the first time and I see that I've received honorable mention on Rope's list. :shock: I don't know whether to be flattered or very, very afraid. And by the way, other than material that is racist or sexist, I try not too take anything I see on internet message boar...

Oh, God. I love The Who and I've seen them in concert a number of times over the years, but this is geting ridiculous. How many ways can they repackage the same old songs over and over again? Pete is my guitar hero, but he sure seems to be more interested in turning a quick buck than anything else t...

from http://www.nynewsday.com/entertainment/music/nyc-linc03,0,2772211.story?coll=nyc-manheadlines-music By July 2004, the band will have returned from new recording sessions and it is likely that a number of new songs may be heard for the first time at the Lincoln Center Festival. Woo Hoo!! A New ...

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2004/02/27/the_dance_is_futuristic/ In the meantime, you'll have to hope that Costello sings "Do That To Me One More Time" instead of his usual Burt Bacharach repertoire. Tickets are $40 to $65. 270 Tremont St., 617-931-2000. I think that w...

Also, she shouldn't have been offended by the comment about hoping Cheney doesn't have a heart attack because, if he did, who would run the country. I've heard similar remarks from die-hard Republicans.

great subject line! i'm brand new to the forum but wanted to say hello and that i enjoyed hearing people's thoughts on the amazing show last night. i posted a silly little personal review here: http://www.thiswheelsonfire.com/blog/ if anyone has any photos from outside as Elvis was leaving the buil...

New York is a big state. Binghamton isn't really anywhere near New York City. However, it is home to a huge State university campus (SUNY Binghamton is widely considered to be the best school in the State system) so I'm sure there is plenty of activity there.

Mug, you weren't alone. My wife almost lost it during Real Emotional Girl. What a fantastic song! Some of my comments: I went to the Town Hall show last fall, and the accoustics at Town Hall are much better (not that the Beacon is horrible), and the audience at Town Hall was much better too. At the ...

Well, I'll be wearing an orange coat, too. I'm in the loge on the stage right side.

So who else is going???

My wife was not a particularly big fan - she barely tolerated my interest -until I took her to her first show last fall: EC and Steve Nieve at Town Hall here in New York City. She was floored by the performance and said it was the best concert she had ever seen. Needless to say, we're going to see h...

Green Shirt - Looping samples and space-age sythns lead Costello slightly down the New Wave trail. The albums shortest track hints at the deep-rooted paranoia that is the product of sleep deprivation and childhood angst. Most Memorable Lyric: "Better cut off all identifying labels/ Before they...

At the Town Hall concert in New York last fall, they had a small selection of t-shirts and the like. The main item was a T shirt with picture from the cover of North on the front. I didn't see anything I thought was worth buying though. Much better stuff was available during the WIWC tour. My shirt ...

Wow, I am getting really psyched for tomorrow night at the Beacon!

has anyone got a setlist to post???

i remember shaking those damned polaroids. i've got a polaroid camera somewhere. it's fun for one off insta-shots and retro-looking stuff. anybody remember when you had to roll goop on the polaroid first? okay, fine, i'm old. i don't have a digital camera. living in the dark ages, i know. :) I reme...

How legitimate is the Drudge Report? A lot of it seems like right-wing propaganda. Drudge was the first person to break the Monica Lewinsky story, but he is somewhat of a pariah to the news media. I'm sure the major news outlets are scouring the planet for confirmation. If they find any, we'll be s...

This is really great news. Wilco is one of my favorite bands right now. It'll be tough following up Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, which IMHO is one of the classic records of all time. I hope Tweedy and the boys are up to the task!

I love Dylan but he has got to be one of the worst live performers I've ever seen. I actually fell asleep at a show he did at Radio City Music hall a few years ago. Listening to all those boots from the '60s through mid -70's - where he sounds great - has to make you wonder what the heck happened to...

noiseradio wrote:Pov's joke has been going around since the Nixon administration. The first time I heard it, it was about Clinton (in 1993). So spare me the unoriginality accusation.

It's not even my joke! I copied it from a photography bulletin board. Another variant I saw has you deciding which lens to use.