Today is Elvis Costello's birthday, y'all.
Other birthday bods include Sean Connery and Gene Simmons. And Billy Ray Cyrus.
Harrow: You didn't have to wound that man. Mal: Yeah, I know, it was just funny.
'Shindig'
Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
billytea - Aug 25, 2004 11:51:44 am PDT #4700 of 10003
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
msbelle - Aug 25, 2004 11:52:25 am PDT #4701 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
no. Navigation was actually a pretty constant thing and I was either driving or navigating 7 of the 8 days. Still, if I had my druthers there would have been at least 2 CDs played a day. One of teh riders just really prefers silence and or talking to music, so that was my gift.
Daisy Jane - Aug 25, 2004 12:59:10 pm PDT #4702 of 10003
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Elvis Costello is THE MAN.
Pretty much. I drive my punky/retro friend crazy by calling him the OTE (One True Elvis)
Hayden - Aug 25, 2004 1:29:29 pm PDT #4703 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I'm going to go see Elvis the C in a few weeks for the first time. He's usually kind of expensive, and I'm not so crazy about anything he's done since, say, Blood & Chocolate (and I have diminishing returns on anything after Imperial Bedroom, actually), so I've just never forked out to see the guy. But he's playing the Austin City Limits Fest, and we have tickets, so I figure I'll check him out.
DavidS - Aug 25, 2004 1:31:32 pm PDT #4704 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I saw EC at Berkeley's outdoor theater during the Spike tour. Pretty spiff. Guy's got a deep songbook, so even just occasional dips away from the current record will yield many fine live songs. Also, he had a great band on that tour.
erinaceous - Aug 25, 2004 5:36:58 pm PDT #4705 of 10003
A fellow makes himself conspicuous when he throws soft-boiled eggs at the electric fan.
I saw EC at the Chicago Theatre a year-plus ago. It was pretty damn amazing, and I'm not an obsessed fan. I swear. And I think Robert Plant is a funny man, and that his first solo album is very very good.
Does Angus have a reliable high-speed connection? Because I could probably host stuffed or zipped files of the mp3s I have for a couple days for him to download.
A friend sent me Drink Me's eponymous album today. That's some damn fine music. Very "Rainy Day With Accordion."
Angus G - Aug 26, 2004 3:36:22 am PDT #4706 of 10003
Roguish Laird
Sadly I'm living in an ancient 20th century kind of world with only a dial-up connection, Erin!
Heather was asking about Wiley--if you mean Wiley the UK grime MC (album called "Treadin' on Thin Ice") then yes, quite good, but the general feeling among those in the know is that his real talents are as a producer rather than an MC. Anyway, the essential album in that genre (not really an album-based genre but for those of us without access to London pirate radio that's all we've got!) is Dizzee Rascal's "Boy in da Corner", although Dizzee's new album "Showtime" (which hasn't been released yet) is even better.
Lyra Jane - Aug 26, 2004 4:55:36 am PDT #4707 of 10003
Up with the sun
We've seen EC twice, because my husband has been an Elvis fan since 1983. (A young man attempted to court one of Patrick's sisters by giving her a tape of Elvis songs. It didn't work, and the tape made its way to P.) He's very good live, but he suffers from the deep-catalogue problem of playing FOREVER -- I think last time, he was onstage for something like three hours including the encores. I'm not such a fan that i didn't fiind it a tad excessive.
msbelle - Aug 26, 2004 5:01:06 am PDT #4708 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I've seen EC twice and as a bonuc MC of the first Down from the Mountain, pre that title, show. I love him live. "I Want You" can go on forever, but I kinda expect that.
He is on my Lyle, Emmy Lou, David, Nanci, Dwight - list of go see them as often as you can when they come to town. It doesn't mean I catch them every time they come, but I usually try.
billytea - Aug 26, 2004 5:02:35 am PDT #4709 of 10003
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
New CDs have arrived from Australia. Aside from the hard-to-find tracks of Euphoria's "Love You Right" and Chocolate Starfish's "Mountain", I have also received the Chess musical soundtrack, an old Kevin Johnson (Rock and Roll I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life) and The Essential Bob Dylan. I'm finding this surprisingly affecting, even the early acoustic work.