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.
Bruce Cockburn, "If I Had a Rocket Launcher". Actually, all of side 2 ("Side two? What's he talking about, Mommy?") of Stealing Fire, the songs comprising which were composed after Cockburn's trip to Central America in 1983. Apropos for these times, too, since a bunch of people in the Bush administration (this one, I mean, but George pere was up to his eyeballs in it) were deeply involved in the making and carrying out of our official and unofficial policies toward Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras.
our publicist said a reporter for World News Tonight was pitching a story about the book to his producer.
Peter Jennings probably got wind of all those Rush and Triumph albums in the book.
