Film aid benefit show

sweetest punch · Post by **sweetest punch** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 11:43 am

The official site ( http://www.elviscostello.com ) has this:

Appearences:

9/22/2006
Nashville Americana Awards
Elvis Will Be performing @ the Nashville Americana Awards

9/25/2006 - 11:30 PM
Late Night With David Letterman
Elvis will be performing as part of the Tony Bennett special

10/6/2006 - 2PM
Speedway Meadows
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA
Elvis Will be Playing at the "Hardly Strictly Blue Grass Festival" with "The Hammer of the Honky Tonk Gods"

10/11/2006
Soldiers Field
Chicago, IL
[Buy Tickets]
Elvis will be supporting The Rolling Stones

10/11/2006
Soldiers Field
CHICAGO, Illinois

10/15/2006
Beacon Theatre
New York, NY
Elvis will be performing @ the John Stewart Autism benefit show.

10/16/2006
Time Warner Cafe (overlooking Central Park)
New York, NY
Film Aid benefit show

johnfoyle · Post by **johnfoyle** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 1:44 pm

http://filmaid.org/news/inthenews.shtml

see also-

http://www.shopsatcolumbuscircle.com/scs/user/twc.aspx

On the same day Elvis could pop along and get that famous panty sniffer James Ellroy to sign a book for him -

http://www.shopsatcolumbuscircle.com/sc ... d=EV-00197

event details
James Ellroy signs The Black Dahlia

Host BORDERS BOOKS & MUSIC

Days From 10/16/2006 To 10/16/2006

Hours 7:00PM - 9:00 PM

johnfoyle · Post by **johnfoyle** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 4:53 pm

http://www.filmaid.org/gala.2006.shtml

Join Us for FilmAidâ€™s First Gala Benefit!

Honoring Jane Rosenthal and Ambassador Richard Holbrooke
Featuring a Special Performance by Elvis Costello!

FilmAid invites you to attend our 1st Annual Power of Film Gala on Monday, October 16, 2006 at the Time Warner CafÃ© in New York City. The Benefit will honor Ambassador Richard Holbrooke and Jane Rosenthal and will feature a special musical performance by Elvis Costello!

Join us for a wonderful evening of cocktails and hors dâ€™oeuvres, special guests and an extraordinary musical performance by world-renowned musician Elvis Costello in one of New Yorkâ€™s most spectacular venues overlooking Central Park.

You are also invited to attend the eveningâ€™s private VIP Program featuring scenes from the award-winning documentary "God Grew Tired of Us" followed by a roundtable discussion with Ken Burns, Al Maysles and Christopher Quinn.

Purchase your tickets now!

Sponsorship:

Studio Sponsor - $50,000.00

Director Sponsor - $25,000.00

Executive Producer Sponsor - $10,000.00

Producer Sponsor - $7,500.00
Individual:

VIP Ticket - $1,400.00

Individual Ticket - $350.00

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Holbrooke

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Rosenthal

johnfoyle · Post by **johnfoyle** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 1:29 pm

http://www.wireimage.com/GalleryListing ... ld=&nbc1=1

Elvis Costello
1st Annual Power of Film Gala to Benefit FilmAid International
10/16/2006

.........loads of more images at above link ( put Elvis Costello into search, if necessary)

http://beeeej.livejournal.com/132956.html

Beeeej writes -

Last Night...
...was one of those experiences you just can't quite believe after it's over.

Many of you know my cousin-in-law Caroline Baron is a film producer. She produced the amazing "Monsoon Wedding," and more recently "Capote," and was nominated for Best Picture for the latter. Her new production is "Bel Canto," which will be directed by Bernardo Bertolucci from the novel by Ann Patchett, and we're all excited by that.

But Caroline's better known in film circles for having started FilmAid International, which brings the power of film to refugee camps all around the world to educate, entertain, and bring hope. Last night was their first annual "Power of Film" Gala, in the Time Warner Center. My Aunt Madeline was one of the co-chairs of the event, and invited me along, even including me in the VIP portion of the evening, which was amazing.

The VIP portion involved a brief reception, then a screening of scenes from "God Grew Tired of Us," a new documentary about the "lost boys" of the Sudan, followed by a panel discussion on the power of film to change lives with panelists including Ken Burns, Al Maysles, Christopher Quinn, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, and John Dau, one of the aforementioned lost boys. Danny Glover was there and briefly addressed the panel as well.

Then the larger event began, in a beautiful room with wraparound views of Columbus Circle and Central Park. There were many hundreds in attendance; Caroline had no idea whether people would even be interested in the event, but it sold out and had a healthy waiting list as well. The incomparably beautiful (but rather short) Julia Ormond made the presentations of the two inaugural "Power of Film" awards, one to Ambassador Holbrooke, and one to Jane Rosenthal, the co-founder along with Robert DeNiro of the Tribeca Film Festival, which kick-started the redevelopment of downtown after 9/11. I had the opportunity to speak briefly with Ormond, Holbrooke, Glover, and Burns...

...and Elvis Costello, who did an unbelievable five-song acoustic set that absolutely brought down the house. Just incredible.

I also randomly ran into Mark, an old friend, Cornell classmate, and fraternity brother of mine who works for Latham & Watkins, a law firm that happened to be a corporate sponsor for the event. It was a pleasant surprise for both of us to be able to catch up there.

Shockingly few hors d'oeuvres, but the open bar rocked.

Anyway, there is now underway a charity auction to raise money for FilmAid International, with some really fantastic memoribilia and experiences up for bids, some at surprisingly low starting amounts. Best of luck if you bid.

And No Coffee Table · Post by **And No Coffee Table** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 2:46 pm

http://beeeej.livejournal.com/132956.html

...and Elvis Costello, who did an unbelievable five-song acoustic set that absolutely brought down the house. Just incredible.

Beeeej kindly supplied the setlist in response to a comment on the blog:

"The River in Reverse"
"Bedlam"
"Invasion Hit Parade"
"She's Pulling Out the Pin"
"(What's So Funny) 'Bout Peace, Love and Understanding"
(unknown song about going to bed after throwing a party - the general consensus is that this was somebody else's song)

Any guesses on the identity of that last song?

johnfoyle · Post by **johnfoyle** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 5:04 pm

............it couldn't be this , could it?!?!

Party Party

We're gonna drink enough tonight to drown the average army
By New Year's Day the next door neighbour will be goin' barmy
The milkman arrives at midday with his usual wisecrack
Who knows a girl with Wednesday legs so when's they gonna snap?

Chorus:
Why does everybody have to be so hale and hearty
Can't they see we're tryin' to have a party party party party

The last thing I remember I was talkin' to some fellas
Then she said she'd have a word for me with her good-looking mate
And handed me a pint-pot filled with Advocaat and Tizer
And I woke in the flowerbeds of fear and fertilizer

Chorus

So shift yourself and shake your bod
You got bullet proof insurance from fire, flood and Act of God
You got to learn from your mistakes
When you got a face like last week's Cornflakes

The doors and the window frames are by Pablo Picasso
The party decorations owned by Michelangelo
The fine music that you hear is by Stravinsky
With overall design by Leonardo daVinci

Chorus

So shift yourself and shake your bod
You got bullet proof insurance from fire, flood and Act of God
You got to learn from your mistakes
When you got a face like last week's Cornflakes

Two boys are upstairs in your bed
Three girls are downstairs crying
The Alka Seltzer in the glass is roaring like a lion
You think you've aged ten years tonight and still never been kissed
So you overdose on aftershave and try to slash your wrist

Chorus and fade

johnfoyle · Post by **johnfoyle** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 12:55 am

http://eileenrivera.blogspot.com/2006/1 ... elite.html

Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Letter from the trenches of the NYC elite

Eileen blogs in , er, verse -

( extract)

Gussied up:
Cocktail dress,
Heels and pearls
Set off by subway to mingle
With the Hollywood set.
First gala benefit for
FilmAid International
Whose mission is to bring film to
Refugee camps around the world.

Elvis Costello!
Many songs
Feet away from us
While Vic and I talk about other things
In a stage whisper
Elvis says, "You won't be seeing me
For awhile; I'll be busy playing Dad."
We clap
He's pretty good.

FAVEHOUR · Post by **FAVEHOUR** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:52 am

[(unknown song about going to bed after throwing a party - the general consensus is that this was somebody else's song)

Any guesses on the identity of that last song?[/quote]

I'd guess it was the Rudy Vallee song he did at Tanglewood...

Dave

And No Coffee Table · Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:36 am

FAVEHOUR wrote:I'd guess it was the Rudy Vallee song he did at Tanglewood...

That makes sense, and Beeeej has confirmed it.

Beeeej · Post by **Beeeej** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 11:17 am

johnfoyle wrote:http://beeeej.livejournal.com/132956.html

Beeeej writes -

John, how on earth did you find and quote my blog post so quickly? It was only a couple of hours after I posted it - is it possible Google picked it up that fast?

Not upset or anything, just amused and curious.

Glad to help out with the set list.

MOJO · Post by **MOJO** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 11:36 am

John is using a RSS reader/client to search for anything related to E.C.

From the Live Journal Website -

All accounts on LiveJournal have an Atom 1.0 feed, a FOAF file, and a RSS 2.0 feed. Both you and Bots can read these files for information on your public recent entries, friend relationships, and interests.

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The RSS feed of every journal lets other sites/tools aggregate your content. Full Unicode support allows you to write in any language.
Our site is available in many languages.

More info on RSS readers and links to RSS clients can be found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_aggregator

Beeeej · Post by **Beeeej** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 11:38 am

MOJO wrote:John is using a RSS reader/client to search for anything related to E.C.

Outstanding. Thanks!!

johnfoyle · Post by **johnfoyle** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:06 pm

John is using a RSS reader/client to search for anything related to E.C.

I found it via the Google Blog Search -

http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch ... arch+Blogs

Thanks Beeej!

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 9:24 am

Watch it Beeeej - he knows where you live

Welcome by the way!

Beeeej · Post by **Beeeej** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 9:27 am

verbal gymnastics wrote:Watch it Beeeej - he knows where you live

Welcome by the way!

Thanks! Quick "newbie-ish" question - is there an appropriate place on this forum for posting a link if/when I've got some prime EC stuff for sale on eBay? Or is that a no-no all around?

And No Coffee Table · Mon Nov 27, 2006 10:15 am

Beeeej wrote:Quick "newbie-ish" question - is there an appropriate place on this forum for posting a link if/when I've got some prime EC stuff for sale on eBay? Or is that a no-no all around?

You can put it in the "Trading Post" section.

Beeeej · Post by **Beeeej** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 10:16 am

And No Coffee Table wrote:
Beeeej wrote:Quick "newbie-ish" question - is there an appropriate place on this forum for posting a link if/when I've got some prime EC stuff for sale on eBay? Or is that a no-no all around?
You can put it in the "Trading Post" section.

Thanks very much!

Post by **BlueChair** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 2:08 pm

But please do not abuse the section to publicize any sales you might be having unless you feel that they are of prime interest to people on the forum. In other words, we would much rather see specific offers to Elvis fan forum users as opposed to links to outside auctions.

Beeeej · Post by **Beeeej** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 2:12 pm

BlueChair wrote:But please do not abuse the section to publicize any sales you might be having unless you feel that they are of prime interest to people on the forum. In other words, we would much rather see specific offers to Elvis fan forum users as opposed to links to outside auctions.

Just to clarify: You would prefer I not make a post about, say, an Elvis Costello-signed guitar that I'm selling unless I am only offering it for sale to Elvis Fan Forum users? A link to an auction on eBay for the same guitar would be considered abuse, notwithstanding the potential for people who frequent this board to be interested in it?

Not judging, just desiring clarification of "of prime interest to people on the forum" and "specific offers" - I genuinely do not wish to offend. Thanks.

Post by **BlueChair** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 2:19 pm

So long as you don't start pasting dozens of ebay links per week, I'm sure none of us will have a problem with it. Post away.

Beeeej · Post by **Beeeej** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 2:23 pm

BlueChair wrote:So long as you don't start pasting dozens of ebay links per week, I'm sure none of us will have a problem with it. Post away.

Thanks! I don't anticipate that being a problem.

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 5:38 am

Beeeej wrote:Just to clarify: You would prefer I not make a post about, say, an Elvis Costello-signed guitar that I'm selling unless I am only offering it for sale to Elvis Fan Forum users?

If you've got a signed Elvis Costello guitar, the norm would be to offer it as a gift to male fan forum members only who live in Kent in England.

Only joking (ahem!).

Beeeej · Post by **Beeeej** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 10:26 pm

verbal gymnastics wrote:
Beeeej wrote:Just to clarify: You would prefer I not make a post about, say, an Elvis Costello-signed guitar that I'm selling unless I am only offering it for sale to Elvis Fan Forum users?
If you've got a signed Elvis Costello guitar, the norm would be to offer it as a gift to male fan forum members only who live in Kent in England.

Hee!!

johnfoyle · Post by **johnfoyle** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:58 am

http://needmagazine.blogspot.com/2007/0 ... -york.html

Man out of Time · Post by **Man out of Time** » Mon May 28, 2012 7:29 am

This has been up on YouTube since August 2007 and does not appear to have been posted here yet. No sign of other recordings from this event.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idnKd5iRT48 - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding? - solo on acoustic guitar

Nice quality and clearly professionally shot and edited (with more than one camera).

MOOT

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