Elvis Costello Fan Forum

And I have this irresistable impulse to apologize to Doc.

The guy does all this great work on the site, and how do I show my appreciation?

It's embarrassing how little new music I even heard this year, so I'm just going to go with stuff I've been listening to (which will be embarrassing enough) Album of the Year David Newman/"Serenity" promotional CD (only 8 minutes long, but it got me through some lonely nights....) X -- Los...

Newsflash -- Mike Boom and El Vez...pirates! Avast ye, mateys!

Krook's Cat - Bobster Meow. I am delighted that my first nonhuman part is as a member of the feline family. My cat is even happier. However, I have no memory of Krook's cat....or Krook, for that matter. I think I read "Bleak House" about five or ten years....I have litle memory of any of ...

Verena -- Here's a page from http://www.imdb.com that should answer your question about "All About Eve" (which is, btw, definitely filled with great parts for us board members, if anyone wants to take it on). I think the character/actress you're thinking of is Celeste Holm as Karen Richard...

"I don't know art, but I know what I'm supposed to like." -- Woody Allen.

I admire you for having the courage of your convictions. But, as an atheist, I am mortally offended by your use of the word "Christmas" (I, of course, would never dream of wishing anyone a "Merry" or "Happy" "Christmas"), and I feel obliged to take my cyber-f...

miss buenos aires wrote:I've had a soft spot for Renoir ever since one of my friends in high school told me I looked like someone in one of his paintings...

Funny, someone once said the same thing to me. Well, it was Edward Munch, but otherwise, it was the same thing.

Y'all knew it was coming. Y'all just didn't care. But, seeing as the DVD is released in the states officially on 12/20, here it comes anyway.... My apologies to those of you who's character meeting untimely/gruesome ends, or who are sexbots. "Serenity" Capt. Malcolm Reynolds -- Noiseradio ...

Great news, Crash8! Very happy to hear it. Last time I was at Trader Joe's I remembered to pick up a jar of their kosher half-sour pickles, highly recommended by Our Bobster. Heaven in a jar... I think I'm about to increase my sodium intake about ten-fold. Oh dear. Also they make a delicious (and ve...

Well, I think you can be sure of a SFX sweep for "Kong" and maybe one or two technicalish awards (Production Design? Cinematography?) but there's a definite prejudice against genre films, particulary ones with a edge of juvenile fantasy (not that there's anything wrong with that!). Since s...

I've also learned that Noise, Otis, and Blue have some very interesting ideas for alcoholic beverages.

I'm not what you'd call a heavy drinker under ordinary circumstances, but getting drunk with these guys would at least be...colorful.

Goody2Shoes wrote:I was pleasantly surprised to learn today that my children actually buy my Omniscient and Omnipotent Mom schtick. I wonder how long that will last?

Probably right up to the moment they discover this board exists.

Well, Shane was still kind of gently slagging EC -- not on a personal level but on a professional one -- as late as the last few years. Don't remember the name of the fairly recent documentary, but in it Shane basically says he thought EC's production was too clean and perfectionist on "Rum, So...

If there are live shows, it'd would most cool if they included "Walking on Thin Ice" (and, oh yeah, "Deep Dark Truthful Mirror" would be nice too).

The mid-to-late eighties was definitely a cultural watershed for the comics world, commercially, it's entirely possible it was a bit of a last hurrah. At that point in my life, I'd pretty much foresworn all comics other than Will Eisner's "The Spirit" (still the greatest comic ever created...

For me it's easy, also from live. Hard to encapsulate (and it's been a few years), but for me it's the tale of his neighbor's oversexed monkey encounter with Richard's German shephard.

Todays Observer is predicting The Squid and the Whale to be the surprise Oscar winner. No doubt there'll be other similair pieces, all part of the hype. I've long since given up on keeping up with it all, I'm merely glad if a decent film or 2 turns up per week. If it's any good, it'll get here even...

My sister has one of those ultra wide screen high def babies and I've to say the high def stuff looks really fantastic...it's just that nothing else (even widescreen DVDs) look that quite right, but that's because it's one of those widescreen babies and I'm such an aspect ratio purest. Still, my adv...

Four words: Scarlett Johansson's perfect ass. And they don't give awards for that. Bluechair's hair can get one, but not Ms. Johanson (who I used to live across the street from...sadly, as close to that particular ass as I'm ever likely to get). Life is simply unfair. Anyhow, I'm definitely in the ...

No doubt about it, Richard Pryor was one of the most important artists of our time. Like lots of people, I learned a little something about life from him while laughing myself silly at a vulnerable age. He helped open a genaration's mind and I can't think of any higher compliment for an artist. Art ...

Actually, we do, but mostly not over the air, with a few obvious exceptions. Even as I type this, I'm listening to "Sirius Disorder" via satellite dish -- my TV tells me that Tom Waits' (lovely) "Dead and Lovely" is playing. Before that, we got some Lyle Lovett. Elvis C. and Pete...

I wonder what percentage of Elvis overall financial worth comes from the royalties of that single song alone? Healthy, I'm sure.

Interesting considering that I don't think it even came close to cracking the Top 40 in the U.S. (I'm not even sure it was a single here.)

:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: Verbal, man, you may have just saved my life. I can imagine myself ending up a bloody pulp on my first trip to the UK, after going on drunkenly about my love of, er, these types of musical instruments in front of a bunch of soccer...I mean football...hooligans. Of cou...

I am assuming this is an opinion question. If that is the case then Yes definately. :D For a second there I thought Crash8 actually meant the band "Yes", to which I could only say, "Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!" But, thankfully, you don't. (Though I do sorta like that "...