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I saw REM live last week (with Sparklehorse) and they were absolutely outstanding. Michael Stipe was very chatty and engaging and they just seemed like they were having a lot of fun. By the way, REM only filled 2/3 of the venue last week, and Radiohead filled it to the brim last night (another good ...
- Mon Sep 29, 2003 2:45 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: B & C Boo Boo....Yaaayyy!!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10660
- Thu Sep 25, 2003 4:01 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Now that Elvis will be Canadian.........
- Replies: 35
- Views: 31006
- Mon Sep 22, 2003 9:08 am
- Forum: The Annex
- Topic: Music and Politics
- Replies: 32
- Views: 26047
Thanks everyone! A lot of you pointed out stuff I had lined up but I also was reminded of some that I had forgotten and some I was unaware of. I'll keep you posted on how this goes. I'm also writing a proposal for a music appreciation type class to offer as an elective for next year, so I may be bac...
- Thu Sep 18, 2003 4:15 pm
- Forum: The Annex
- Topic: Music and Politics
- Replies: 32
- Views: 26047
Music and Politics
Hey everyone- I teach an Advanced Placement Civics course for 12th grade girls and I've decided to do a unit on popular music and politics- everything from answering the questions about which comes first, the music or the movement, to addressing how rock and roll has been co-opted by politicians and...
- Thu Sep 18, 2003 4:07 pm
- Forum: The Annex
- Topic: Hate to be cynical but who are Simon & Garfunkel kidding
- Replies: 30
- Views: 22251
I like Simon and Garfunkel. I think their stuff was the epitome of that sensitive-nerdy-guy-in-a-black-turtleneck-who-didn't-understand-why-the-jocks-got-the-girls kind of guy. Plus Paul Simon has managed to show a vivid self-deprecating sort of wit, especially on SNL. Besides, whether anyone thinks...
- Thu Sep 18, 2003 11:27 am
- Forum: The Annex
- Topic: Even Fox News is running this now. Amazing.
- Replies: 18
- Views: 15293
- Thu Sep 18, 2003 11:25 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Incredible new, exciting game!!
- Replies: 307
- Views: 218415
The churchy organ in Clowntime No. 2 really makes it for me. A song that is already vaguely ominous becomes more so when slowed down. I don't really have a great interpretation for this song, but it seems to be about the ending of innocence. From what I've seen, most people kinda like this version b...
- Thu Sep 18, 2003 11:14 am
- Forum: The Annex
- Topic: Even Fox News is running this now. Amazing.
- Replies: 18
- Views: 15293
- Thu Sep 11, 2003 9:28 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Live by Request
- Replies: 57
- Views: 49333
- Wed Sep 10, 2003 11:13 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Live by Request
- Replies: 57
- Views: 49333
- Wed Sep 03, 2003 4:05 pm
- Forum: The Annex
- Topic: Recent CD Purchases
- Replies: 2208
- Views: 1540920
Since there seems to be some interest, I'll post the track listing for the Kinks tribute CD. It was released on Ryko last year. Fountains of Wayne: Better Things Steve Forbert: Starstruck Jonathan Richman: Stop Your Sobbing Bebel Gilberto: No Return Josh Rouse: A Well Respected Man Cracker: Victoria...
- Wed Sep 03, 2003 3:42 pm
- Forum: The Annex
- Topic: Recent CD Purchases
- Replies: 2208
- Views: 1540920
I definitely stand corrected- for some reason I thought MH was from 68. Regardless, its great, and rather than go to Haggard and the Louvins for inspiration, Ray seems to have pulled it out of himself; i.e. put an English spin on being a hillbilly. Cause I'm a Muswell Hillbilly boy I wish I was in W...
- Wed Sep 03, 2003 3:08 pm
- Forum: The Annex
- Topic: Recent CD Purchases
- Replies: 2208
- Views: 1540920
Blue Chair- Muswell Hillbillies is an essential Kinks release. The Kinks predated just about every trend that would eventually come down the pike, and Muswell Hillbillies is their excellent stab at country music (before the Byrds and Stones really went there). For the later stuff, I truly feel that ...
- Wed Sep 03, 2003 11:48 am
- Forum: The Annex
- Topic: Recent CD Purchases
- Replies: 2208
- Views: 1540920
- Wed Sep 03, 2003 10:32 am
- Forum: The Annex
- Topic: Recent CD Purchases
- Replies: 2208
- Views: 1540920
Just picked up This is Where I Belong: The Songs of Ray Davies and the Kinks. It's probably the best tribute album I've heard. Standouts are Ron Sexsmith's This is Where I Belong , Steve Forbert's Starstruck , Fountains of Wayne's Better Days and Ray and Damon Albarn doing a live version of Waterloo...
- Fri Aug 29, 2003 11:06 am
- Forum: The Annex
- Topic: Looking for Lost Elvis Fans
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4448
Looking for Lost Elvis Fans
This might be impossible, but just in case: Back on the Mighty Like a Rose tour my friend Robin and I drove from Spokane, WA to Berkeley to see EC and the Rude 5 at the Greek. We were some of the first people in line and met several other fans whom we ended up sitting with. We met a couple named Kev...
- Wed Aug 20, 2003 3:31 pm
- Forum: The Annex
- Topic: Great Perspective Builders
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10688
Great Perspective Builders
The death of my friend last spring and the subsequent death of one of my students (in a one car auto accident the day before school started) have given me a couple of intense perspective/reality checks this year. I have thought a lot about this and I want to ask the forum the following questions: * ...
- Mon Jul 28, 2003 12:44 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Painted From Memory on vinyl , June 2017, Mobile Fidelity's hybrid SACD , Oct. '17
- Replies: 117
- Views: 193039
- Fri Jul 25, 2003 9:57 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Thoughts on "Bespoke Songs, Lost Dogs, Detours & Re
- Replies: 21
- Views: 20818
- Wed Jul 23, 2003 5:57 pm
- Forum: The Annex
- Topic: Texas Troubadours
- Replies: 24
- Views: 22089
- Wed Jul 23, 2003 5:54 pm
- Forum: The Annex
- Topic: Recent CD Purchases
- Replies: 2208
- Views: 1540920
- Wed Jul 23, 2003 5:48 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Thoughts on "Bespoke Songs, Lost Dogs, Detours & Re
- Replies: 21
- Views: 20818
- Fri Jul 11, 2003 10:35 pm
- Forum: The Annex
- Topic: Top 5 Guitarists
- Replies: 52
- Views: 46593