Elvis Costello Fan Forum

"Everything Happens to Me"

On "Mau Mauing" I recall seeing the term used in the old Tom Wolfe essay on the confrontation between Oakland minorities and the well-meaning liberal bureaucracy. In that context, I think Wolfe meant it to show how the minorities ganged up on the bureaucrats to get money and services, usin...

Don't disagree with anything you say. I distinguish him from Drudge, however, and would allow him his space to vent without fixing his little red wagon. Right wing, religiously inclined movie critics who got their training in the old lefty culture wars and who get read by more than a few readers do ...

What did Medved do/say? I give him a lot more credit than Drudge who is a hack and an opportunist. Medved was voted "most radical" in his Los Angeles high school class, graduated from Yale and attended Yale Law School, where he knew Bill and Hillary Clinton (as well as Kerry). He was an an...

Piggybacking on El Vez, and continuing with the Kael theme, here's my topic: Pauline Kael vs. Andrew Sarris. where do you stand? I know this was all very relevant in the wacky sixties, but I still care. I'm a Sarris man myself, and feel he won the war, but sadly it appears that today's critics (sarr...

Sade (1989 or so): excruciatingly dull music; fabulous derriere. Not all was lost.

I don't get his comments about Idol and North. Is he delusional, or does he really think that the people who watch the Idol shows in England or the US for that matter comprise even 1% of the public that would buy any EC record? Did he really believe when he was "composing" North that he wa...

I have a theory that EC's comments about other artists are really about....EC. So let's dissect the Morrissey paragraph using that approach: "Take Morrissey[LET'S TALK ABOUT HIM AND COMPARE HIM TO ME]. For me, he’s been singing the same tune for 20 years[UNLIKE ME WHOSE CAREER IS THE EPITOME OF...

Here's the Spanish translation to go with the Catalan. ELVIS COSTELLO, A lesson in how to rock, with substance • the indomitable Costello's return is sharp and deep: furious, abundant and one of a kind NANDO CROSS ARTIST Elvis Costello & the Imposters LOCAL -Razzmatazz DATE 3 of February Elvis C...

My bad. Got my PIs and spies mixed up. Not a good combination.

Definitely a dated list, since I don't watch much tv these days:

Get Smart
I Spy
Mission Impossible
It Takes a Thief
The Avengers

Blue Chair what you say about Neil may well be established opinion on the man, and may be a consensus of opinion in fact. I chose to list him as overrated because I think that the level of credit given to these career achievements that you list, and others, is overrated. I am not saying he sucks, or...

Ever notice how in all her record covers she slants her face in an attempt to disguise her gargantuan Leno-like chin. The "live in Paris" one is the only one where she doesn't tilt her head enough to hide it.

Neil Young

Here's the translation of the latest Spanish article. This one is a terrible article, replete with mistakes. Pete and Bruce are now brothers, by the way. There is nothing more painful than having to translate hyperbolic garbage, strewn with inaccuracies, and badly written. You are forewarned. Only f...

Although as Google translations go this one was not too bad, there are still some howlers ("costello defends his race"?), so here's my rewrite of their translation. The one thing he says here that I have not heard him say before (Mr. Foyle may have captured this at some point, but I have m...

BambooNeedle, points taken. I agree with your last post.

I just want to make the point that I too am not offended by art that lampoons the Nazis, but distinguish that from wearing the symbols or helmets or whatever as a goof, or to show that they are no big deal.

Bamboo Needle, as I see it there is no need to resort to wearing Nazi symbols to outsmart them or to show that we refuse to be victimized by them. All that does is trivialize the gargantuan atrocities committed by a system which used the swatstika to represent it. I agree with your previous post tha...

Invisible Pole: I too lived under communism for a number of years until my family were granted asylum in the US, and having gone to school in this country in the 70s and 80s prior to the fall of the Berlin Wall I was always put off by the fact that communist symbols of the time (the hammer and cicle...

I had one more pick after all. No mas!!
Out: PJ Harvey
In: Bob Marley

Nick Lowe
Bob Marley
Randy Newman
Lennon/McCartney
Willie Dixon
Bob Dylan
Joni Mitchell
Richard Thompson
Willie Nelson
Holland/Dozier/Holland

Dr. J and Von: I too like the Fountains of W. Great pop songs. I recommend all three albums. 30 songs or so, and only 2 or 3 that I skip. My only complaint, and it's a mild one that does not stop me from loving their stuff to death, is that there's a lack of empathy in the songwriting for the subjec...

I think I've reached the dreaded five limit, dammit
Out: Steve Forbert
In: Hank Williams

Nick Lowe
Chris Difford & Glenn Tilbrook
Randy Newman
John Prine
Willie Dixon
Carole King
Joni Mitchell
Richard Thompson
Hank Williams
Holland/Dozier/Holland[/quote

Sorry, IP, Tower Madness.

Oops, I forgot to update the list

Nick Lowe
Chris Difford & Glenn Tilbrook
Randy Newman
John Prine
Billy Bragg
Carole King
Stevie Wonder
Marshall Crenshaw
Richard Thompson
Gram Parsons

Out: BB
In: Marshall Crenshaw

Nick Lowe
Chris Difford & Glenn Tilbrook
Randy Newman
John Prine
Billy Bragg
Carole King
Stevie Wonder
Burt Bacharach
Richard Thompson
Gram Parsons