Elvis Costello is a wicked nice guy, too. He came in to Tower Records when I was working there (just to shop) and was incredibly kind and generous with his time when he got stopped for autographs.
During a recent season's episode of the British sketch show,
Dead Ringers,
Elvis Costello walked into the real Chemist shop where the actor portraying Ozzy Osbourne was "working". At first I thought it was just someone who happened to look like Elvis but no, it was the real man. He only stayed briefly and you couldn't get a good look b/c it was a hidden camera but he appeared to be fooled by the impersonator (who was brilliant) and totally bemused to see "Ozzy" working behind the counter. "Ozzy" kept telling him how much he loved his music and that they should work together some time. It all appeared to be a completely unexpected appearance by Elvis and was high-larious.
Emmett has made his first mix.
Emmett's Rock Mix 1
Misirlou Dick Dale
Walkin' On The Sun Smash Mouth
One Way Or Another Blondie
I Got A Right Iggy & The Stooges
Song 2 Blur
TANK! Yoko Kanno
Can't Be Still Booker T. & The MG's
Deja Varoom Southern Culture On The Skids
Rock the Casbah The Clash
K2G Puffy AmiYumi
Stacy's Mom Fountains Of Wayne
Tequila The Champs
I Fought the Law The Clash
Whip It Devo
Pump It Up Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Blitzkrieg Bop The Ramones
Search And Destroy Iggy & The Stooges
Moving Suede
Teen Titans Theme PUFFY
The Ballroom Blitz Sweet
Voodoo Cadillac Southern Culture On The Skids
Dance This Mess Around The B-52's
Gone Daddy Gone Violent Femmes
Surf Beat Dick Dale
The Tick Theme
...unsurprisingly it looks a lot like a party tape I would've made in college ('79 - '83).
What kind of music does Southern Culture on the Skids play? There are bootleg shows by them on the Internet Archive and Furthurnet and I've often wondered what their style is, or what bands are comparable to them.
What kind of music does Southern Culture on the Skids play? There are bootleg shows by them on the Internet Archive and Furthurnet and I've often wondered what their style is, or what bands are comparable to them.
Sonically sort of like Creedence Clearwater Revival, with a strong dose of The Cramps. Lyrically, very funny white trash tales of misadventure. Rick Miller is an excellent guitarist with a great feel for surf twang, and swamp rock.
Cool, I'll have to download a show or two. Lurg knows it won't be easy to find a legit release in Adelaide, though there are a couple of stores who might be able to get in an import if I like what I hear on a bootleg recording.
This sounds like sonething that would appeal to Bay-area Buffistas:
Yes, this Tuesday (8/10) Project: Pimento brings their theremin lounge sounds back to the East Bay and back in time, to play the retro event SpeakEasily, dubbed "Oakland's ONLY Weimar cabaret vaudevillian Kultur fest". We're not quite sure what that means, but it sounds hella interesting. This all takes place at The Mile High Club, located at 3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way in scenic Oakland (www.oaklandmilehigh.com). Project: Pimento will play two sets, starting at 9pm. In between, burlesque wonder THE INDRA performs her Theater of Blood High-Body-Count Apache Dance. Now that's entertainment! We'll see you at the bar...
Emmett's made a great mix there.
So, trying to pick least favorite songs from favorite artists, I was trying to think of a Minutemen song I hate, and the best I can do is "The Cheerleaders," which is just pretty cruddy. My Replacements choice is the hair-metallic "Shooting Dirty Pool," and I find "Gary's Got A Boner" kinda silly-stupid-fun. The Meat Puppets produced way too much bullshit to pick one worst song, but in their great run from MP II through Huevos, I'd take the robotic sub-King Crimson title track from "Mirage." Husker Du's "Keep Hanging On" is my least favorite song from their three great albums. Skipping their flawed final album, my least favorite Pixies song is "There Goes My Gun." From Sonic Youth's almost-perfect run from EVOL through Daydream Nation, I could go the rest of my life without hearing "Master-Dik" again. Did any other post-punk bands have a near-perfect run of albums in the 80s? I mean, my beloved Mekons are way too easy to pick on with So Good It Hurts, and I think I'm physically incapable of being annoyed at Camper Van Beethoven or The Feelies.
The Wheel of Fortune tour was amazing.
And I believe he was calling himself Napoleon Dynamite for those particular shows.
Favorite EC story: a friend of mine was in New York with a friend of his, and they are in Manhattan talking face to face. Other person says "Hey that looks like Elvis Costello", to which my friend responded while turning around to look, "can't be; why would Elvis Costello be in New York?" just before EC walks by him and says "I might be playing Saturday Night Live, but then again, I might not." and keeps walking.
Emmett has made his first mix.
::sniffle:: You must be so proud!
