Elvis Costello Fan Forum

Having just installed ( and figured out how to use!) a scanner I`ve dug out some old Costello cuttings that I haven`t seen on any `net sites . As usual they make fascinating reading - some of his comments about Sinatra`s Only The Lonely were echoed in his interviews about North - 22 years later! ---...

http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/news/story.jsp?story=517317 For a generation of music fans it is an instantly recognisable prelude to one of the great hair-flailing, hard rock anthems of the past 20 years. Now the opening bars of "Sweet Child O' Mine" by Guns N' Roses have been na...

Is this a first ? http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0001LVZL6/qid=1083424017/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_9_1/202-2474158-9074214 The Essential Acoustic Album Various Audio CD (April 5, 2004) Number of Discs:2 Label: Sanctuary TV ASIN: B0001LVZL6 Catalogue Number: TDSAN010 Disc two has 13. Alison - Elvis...

http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=0f5b62cb-41aa-4391-8d3b-60ee657b9b11 CD launch event in Union Station mixes fans with indifferent travellers Aaron Wherry National Post April 29, 2004 The 1:37 p.m. train from Windsor was late. By the time it arrived, at 1:50 p.m., Union...

http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000500881 If you thought Elvis Costello was a one-off, think again. His four younger brothers make their recording debut this month in the Ireland-based band Riverway. Ronan, Ruairi, Liam and Kieran MacManus all use the names they...

from listserv - One very interesting tidbit from the show: Elvis said they had been at Jim Mathis's (sp?) studio in Clarksdale the day before (April 15) and had cut 20 tracks in three hours! Elvis also said they (I guess the band) had been driving along old Hwy 61 in Mississippi and saw the sign for...

http://www.thisisbournemouth.co.uk/dorset/bournemouth/leisure/BOURN_LEISURE_MUSIC0.html The Bournemouth Daily Echo reports- Date Published: Thursday 29 April 2004 Countdown to Costello by Nick Churchill AFTER mysteriously postponing a show several months ago, Elvis Costello finally makes it to the B...

`Five` isn't available in Dublin - maybe U.K. fans could have a look at this and see if it'll be different from a similar BBC documentary that Elvis was in years ago. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.five.tv/home/frameset/?content=98887...

from listserv - I digitized an old cassette tape of Elvis's first ever TV appearance (I think) from 1977. It was on a TV show in England called "Good Afternoon." He does solo versions with an electric guitar of Hoover Factory and Detectives, as well as puts up with a fairly obnoxious inter...

more from listserv - After browsing the site I've just found that you can listen to April 16 show of "Delta Sounds" via the following link (I don't know until when it stays up): http://216.70.22.38/radioaudio/kffa/ds041604.rm Elvis shows up about 11 mitunes past and stays there during the ...

from listserv- http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Info/HITandRUN/HR/vaio/okuda/img/0401/22_pete_l.jpg Pete Thomas plays for one of the most popular Japanese rock singers, Tamio Okuda. He plays on Tamio's new single titled 'Sound of Music.' Unfortunately there is Japanese website only, but you can list...

This cost me $1.95 - but , hey , you beautiful people are worth it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://library.ardemgaz.com/ShowArchiveStory.asp?Path=ArDemocrat/2004/04/23&ID=Ar01300&Qry=costello Original publication date : Friday, Ap...

From listserv - ( I was asked) if I had heard EC had been in Helena, Arkansas, and had performed on the King Biscuit radio show while there. Family thought it was funny I didn't know and they did. There was a story in the state newspaper apparently which I still haven't seen. Helena is located just ...

Get Away From Me by Nellie McKay - intoxicating mix of styles - rap , broadway and whatever your having yourself.

Here`s a rave about it -

http://www.rambles.net/mckay_getaway04.html

Just how big is this Bournemouth Pavilions venue ? According to this local newspaper John Martyn is playing there the same night as Elvis.

http://www.thisisbournemouth.co.uk/dors ... USIC0.html

http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/features/story.jsp?story=515886 The ten best Electric guitars Who needs air guitar when you can play at being a rock god with one of these beauties? Guitar Buyer's Paul Alcantara plugs in and takes his pick 28 April 2004 Fender American Vintage '57 Strat from...

Just found a new collection of Elvis photos - http://www.musicpictures.com/pictures_no_frames.cfm?search_string=ELVIS%20COSTELLO including these additional Walk Of Fame photos http://www2.musicpictures.com/pictures/100_orig/RVE009_Elvis_COSTELLO_P.JPG http://www2.musicpictures.com/pictures/100_orig/...

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/26/arts/music/26CHOI.html 'A Boot and a Shoe' Sam Phillips Sam Phillips polishes her miniaturist credentials on "A Boot and a Shoe" (Nonesuch), with 13 songs in 34 minutes. She doesn't rush the music, which bounces along most of the time with an oompah somewh...

Great Drake article here http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/story/0,13887,1197426,00.html -extract Among the archives unearthed were a version of 'Three Days' featuring the late Kwaku Baah on congas - and a tape of Drake performing 'River Man' in Kirby's room at Cambridge. Kirby also informed Gabrie...

http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/news/story.jsp?story=515262 Historian given £1.2m to write Beatles trilogy writer wins £1.2m for definitive history to write last By Louise Jury ,Arts Correspondent 26 April 2004 An author regarded as the world's leading authority on the Beatles has signed a ...

http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/arts/chi-0404250484apr25,1,4888604.story?coll=chi-leisurearts-hed Neither real jazz nor credible pop Singer-pianist Krall's latest album proves melodically unmemorable By Howard Reich Tribune arts critic Published April 25, 2004 If vocalist Norah Jones has prov...

.......and this week it's down to 11 - Top 40 Albums (25/04/2004) TW LW Title Artist Label 1 (1) Greatest Hits Guns N' Roses Geffen 2 (2) Anastacia Anastacia Epic 3 ( ) Musicology Prince Columbia/Npg 4 (3) Confessions Usher Arista 5 (7) Songs About Jane Maroon 5 J 6 (34) I Don't Want You Back Eamon ...

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/8495379.htm (extract) We asked Cheri Korstvedt of Frisco, Texas, a race walking coach who knows motivation. She says she talked recently to her daughter about that very subject. "I told her that on the mornings tha...

T C-L has , in the past , written a Costello biography. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Irish Times , Thurs. April 22 2004. ( 3 stars) It would be too easy , you might think , to classify Diana Krall's new album as a work wrought , written a...

Just like Kevin Spacey`s recent `walk in the park`in London you really have to factor in the circumstances here. There really is such a thing as putting yourself in harms way. The relative youth of his alleged attackers - and supposed use of a metal bar - indicate premeditation. To put it bluntly - ...