William ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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.
Hec, Amazon has something about Jan 30, 2005 on your book. Has the release date been pushed back?
No, we've had a hard time getting Amazon to update their stuff. It is - according to the publisher - already in the warehouse. Mine is somewhere in the mail at the moment.
Costello didn't even write it. It's a cover of Nick Lowe.
Surely if you're gonna have one Costello, it's Shipbuilding.
Robert Wyatt did a better version anyway. Didn't Costello write it for Wyatt? I seem to recall hearing that way back when.
Oooh. That reminds me, what about that "Ain't Gonna go to Sun City" song that had a lot of artists on it?
Oh yes. It had Peter Garrett too, now an MP in Australia's federal parliament.
The Anti-Sun City project was put together by "Little Steven" Van Zandt aka "Silvio Dante" from The Sopranos
Jimi, I was talking about "What's So Funny About Peace, Love, and Understanding."
Silvio Dante
I... ain't gonna play Sun City...
Baddabing...
Man, now I have the anti-Sun City song stuck in my head.
Jimi, I was talking about "What's So Funny About Peace, Love, and Understanding."
D'oh!
Jim must've changed song titles in his edit because no mention of "...Peace, Love, and Understanding" is made anywhere.
Both are great songs.
Though I still think Wyatt did a better version than Costello of "Shipbuilding".
No, we've had a hard time getting Amazon to update their stuff.
I ordered form Amazon.ca last week, and it's expected to ship 22 November - 6 December.
Hec, when are you going to be on? Our station doesn't carry ToTN anymore, but I think I can get it through the 'net.
I'll be America's DJ!!!! Bwahahahahahaha!
I hear there are at least five great songs from Dunedin, New Zealand.
Heather - David's going to be on the afternoon of Nov. 11.
Has nyone mentioned Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six
Has nyone mentioned Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six
The Pogues? We should always talk about the Pogues. Whenever we're not talking about the Pogues, it's probably a mistake.
Just dropped off a stack of CDs at KQED. Then Kim emailed me an MP3 she wanted to include. So I called back and did an FTP (ooh! Technology!) with the engineer. Cool part? While I was on hold he was playing me the songs he was transferring down the line. So instead of muzak, business jazz or light classical, I was on hold listening to "Rock and Roll Friend" by The Go Betweens.
I think the article about the book in Time Out New York is coming out in this week's issue.
Also...(I can't believe I'm typing this), our publicist said a reporter for World News Tonight was pitching a story about the book to his producer. That seems like a pretty damn big longshot, but still it indicates this book is clicking at a high level for national publicity.