Elvis Costello Fan Forum

The only McCartney/McManus tunes that I like are "So Like Candy" and "That Day Is Done." But the success of both owes a lot to EC's vocal delivery, and, in the case of "That Day Is Done," to the Fairfield Four. The live version of "Mistress and Maid" from &quo...

Didn't realize until I read EC liner notes for Punch the Clock that Dexy's horn section was the TKO horns. BTW, I listened to the PtC re-issue for the first time yesterday and couldn't help breaking out in a big grin when I heard "TKO (Boxing Day)" for the first time in years - an underrat...

so lacklustre wrote:I see that you've all heard the evidence and found him guilty then?

I don't know if Jody is guilty of this particular offense, but I know his history and can't say I'm surprised that he's been accused.

so lacklustre wrote:Good looking kids Sam, fortunate they don't take after you . Irish descent by any chance?

Yep, on my side. My wife is of Finnish descent.

How could you tell? Blue eyes, big heads, pale skin?

What, no Craig Bellamy?

35 but feeling much older *wheeze*!!

....ok...hands up those who didn't guess it was Jody Morris (allegedly..) ??? Useless little toerag. I remember reading a few articles during the summer in which he talked about how he was misunderstood, unappreciated at Chelsea, was determined to prove everyone wrong, blah blah blah... Truth is, C...

One of my wife Marna and daughter Madeleine at the National Zoo in DC, and another of the little guy, from Seattle. http://homepage.mac.com/matthewconroy1/.Pictures/Photo%20Album%20Pictures/2003-06-09%2005.14.50%20-0700/Image-A779AA4ED7E211D7.jpg http://homepage.mac.com/matthewconroy1/.Pictures/Phot...

Here I am in Montreal with my son, Kieran.

Recent splurge from me (don't tell the wife):

-EC reissues (Trust, Get Happy!! and Punch the Clock)
-Bob Dylan reissues (Blonde on Blonde, Highway 61 Revisited, Desire, Blood on the Tracks, Bringing It All Back Home)
-North
-David Bowie's new one, Reality

Anybody but the gawd-awful Seattle Mariners!! Okay, not on the poll, and already out of the running, but I am surrounded EVERY YEAR by avid locals who are CONVINCED this is their BEST year ever, and that the WILL take the penant THIS YEAR. I make a lot of money betting against them. Lately--no one ...

Jackson Doofster wrote:I had a party planned at my place on Saturday - beer and golf followed by footie followed by curry and beer. I am seriously thinking about cancelling the whole thing!

Surely not the beer part?

Ridiculous. What a week for football in England. TWO rape scandals involving Premiership players, Rio's drug test, disciplinary hearings for Sol Campbell and that miserable little dwarf Craig Bellamy. And I thought the NFL was bad. The players should shut up and play. Rio missed the test and the rul...

Anyone else get their hands on the new Dylan SACD hybrid reissues? I don't have the equipment to take advantage of the SACD format, but the new versions sound superb even in their standard incarnation, especially "Highway 61 Revisited" and "Blood on the Tracks." "Blood on th...

I think the Red Sox just may do it this year. They beat Oakland by the skin of their teeth last night. The Sox are tough to beat and they gave the Yankees all they could handle this season. A Cubs-Sox World Series would be great. Since my Dodgers missed the playoffs, I was just happy to see the Gian...

Otis: I'm no conservative, but I must say that I do like the Telegraph's footie coverage. I don't read these papers on a daily basis so, while I understand that the Telegraph is somewhere on the right of the political spectrum, I'm not sure how far over it is on the ideology scale. Politically, I wo...

Excellent. I wonder what my three year-old daughter is thinking when I subject her to my music in the car. She seems OK with it most of the time, but as she gets older I suspect she'll want to listen to her own tunes when we're driving around. I can only hope she steers clear of the teeny-bopper stu...

Anyone else catch REM on David Letterman last night? Wow, they sound great live. Must say I do like their new single. I was a big fan back in the days of "Murmur," "Reckoning" and "Fables of the Reconstruction," then lost interest sometime in the early nineties, maybe a...

I personally don't think Limbaugh should have been fired for his comments on McNabb. He's allowed to think and say whatever he pleases. I do, however, wonder what ESPN were thinking when they hired him. I hate it when people mix sports and politics. Still, I hope these drug allegations are true. Cou...

Honestly can't see us getting Roberto Carlos. I think we are fine with what we currently have.

Can he tell me how to play it on a Mac? I'd like to know too, Otis. The cover boasts of an exclusive digital download but does not say that it's for Windoze users only. You only discover that when you open the CD. Sure, I can get my wife to pull it down for me, but I shouldn't have to ask her. Tsk ...

Thought the first installment, directed by Scorsese, was excellent. Missed last night's episode. Not at all like Ken Burns, thankfully.

Otis Westinghouse wrote:Chelsea are looking pretty hot right now, ain't they?

Yes they are. But Wolves are terrible. Worst team I've seen in the PL in a number of years. No quality whatsoever - a dead cert for relegation. Still, it's nice to see Crespo banging in goals.

I hope Ranieri and other PL managers were watching that tonight. Stop Arsenal from playing through the middle of the park and you've got them beat. They have no width at all, especially at the Library on that postage-stamp sized pitch. And they are very shaky at the back - mediocre defenders (Sol's ...

The referees have been shocking so far this season. A lot of very poor decisions. I missed the games, as I was in Montreal for the weekend, but saw the highlights on TV last night.

That Lucas Neill tackle was brutal.

One more thing - MUTU! MUTU! MUTU!!!!