Elvis Costello Fan Forum

Heat Of The Moment - Asia

I got Elvis' autograph on "Little Atoms" single, which was one of the four July 1996 singles he released. That's not bad, huh ?

I suppose what I would now present Elvis to sign would be Singles Vol. 3 Box Set.

"Gazza's older brother at a family get-together"

I have just read about the "breakfast at McCartney's" story in the latest (or the one before) issue of Record Collector (there's a 3-page feature on Ron there). Apparently Ron was paying a short visit to Chris Difford, and as Chris lives just a few hundred yards from Paul's place he decide...

Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite - The Beatles

That's what you get when you don't know how to play theremin.

ale or lager ?

She's Leaving Home - The Beatles

Haven't heard some of the stuff so thanks for the tips, johnfoyle.

I suppose there must be a few fans of Richard Thompson and/or Dave Edmunds on this board.
If so, you can listen to a couple of tracks from BBC archive recordings of their gigs here :

http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/mdh/t ... 1212.shtml

Enjoy !!

This is the Top 5 according to PopMatters : 5. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues / The Lyre Of Orpheus 4. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand 3. Brian Wilson - Smile 2. The Arcade Fire - Funeral 1. Kanye West - The College Dropout You can see the Top 100 here (TDM is # 76) : http://www.popm...

Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home) - Marvin Gaye

"I told you the third carrot would eventually come in handy"

I Wanna Be Adored - The Stone Roses

Do You Know The Way To San Jose ? - Dione Warwick

I guess what Otis means is that the title (Boulevard Of Broken Dreams) sounds like a quote from "Brilliant Mistake".

Have a great one, Poppet !!

There's A Story In Your Voice - EC

Hidden Shame - EC

Yep, she gave a concert a couple of hours ago at Warsaw Congress Hall. Tickets were sold out within a couple of hours back in June but at some recent internet auction someone paid 2995 Polish zloties for two tickets, which is about 250 GBP for one ticket. Not bad, huh ? This goes to show how popular...

Complicated Shadows (the book)
The Singles - Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
Golddiggas, Headnodders and Pholk Songs - The Beautiful South

and a big hug from my wife and kids.

One of PopMatters journalists has just ranked his top 20 albums of 2004. The Delivery Man is # 10. :D Here's what the guy writes: 10. Elvis Costello & the Imposters, The Delivery Man (Lost Highway) If Elvis Costello is the unofficial Dean of Rock and Soul History, the ultimate geek-snob who also...

So good to be back.

Big "thank you" for Dr. and Mrs Spooky for great job and keeping us informed.

The boys will be in the same classroom. They are very happy being together (though occasional quarrels and fights are inevitable ) and we would hurt them if we tried to separate them.
My heart broke when one of them told me today that he is a bit scared how it is going to be tomorrow.

Yeah, just two examples: Paul Weller - the new album coming out on September 13 ; the single's already out and getting a lot of airplay Nick Cave - the new (double) CD coming out on September 20 , the single is out on Monday, already getting a lot of airplay, audio and video excerpts from the album ...