Elvis Costello Fan Forum

Glad you're enjoying Plot , Otis. Still haven't read much Roth (just that one and Sabbath's Theater ), but look forward to American Pastoral (which Red is currently working on) soon. Currently working on Slaughterhouse-Five very slowly. Have had a lot going on that has made it hard to just sit down ...

Man, these people don't know greatness when they hear it, do they???

I think Elvis sounds great on "Carpetbaggers." Not sure why some of the reviewers are giving him such a hard time.

I so would have picked up a copy of this album yesterday, but alas, its Canadian release was delayed by a week.

Guardian was nice enough to post a stripped-down version of "Mississippi"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/audio/2008/sep/19/1

His drumming on "Whistlin' Past The Graveyard" by Tom Waits is one of my favourite things ever.

I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend - Ramones

Wow - beyond Elvis, we all have pretty similar tastes around here don't we?

Twenty-odd years after charliestumpy's discovery comes mine. As my musical horizons expanded, the name Elvis Costello came up time and time again, but it wasn't until I was 18 that I took a chance on My Aim Is True through one of those music clubs (Columbia House, probably) before getting hooked and...

verbal - hopefully only another birthday or two pass before we can meet for another beer. All the best to you on your special day!

"Way Down In The Hole" - Tom Waits

Has anybody played around with iTunes 8 yet? The genius feature will construct a playlist based around one song of your choosing. I thought it might be fun to take a song we all have in our iTunes and see what kind of playlist it generates. Here are the first twenty songs that come up in a "No ...

Red and I went to see The Swell Season (Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova from the film Once ) at the beautiful Massey Hall last night. Excellent show of surprisingly long length. They opened with Van Morrison's "Into The Mystic" and immediately launched into "Falling Slowly" (t...

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues - Bob Dylan

It sounds like Cito Gaston is back as the Blue Jays' full-time manager. Originally he was only supposed to fill in for the rest of the season, but when the Blue Jays suddenly got good again (we recently had a 10-game winning streak that almost put us into the wild card race) I think they decided tha...

oh... my.... god.

I love life!

Definitely a shame. One of the great studio players of all time.

Burn After Reading , the latest from Joel & Ethan Coen. Although reviews have been mixed, I always try to see Coen Bros. films on the big screen so I can formulate my own opinion about them. As far as comedies go, I suppose the Coens have done better (Raising Arizona, The Big Lebowski, O Brothe...

Glad you were able to catch Sam Phillips. I would definitely recommend her latest CD.

Heart of Mine - Bob Dylan

Ain't That A Shame - Fats Domino

All Together Now - The Beatles

Gas prices here increased 13 cents overnight last night.

Listening to songs from this on her MySpace page. Outstanding stuff.

Am loving this album.

Alone Again Or - Love