Elvis Costello Fan Forum

...how did EC and Peter Wolf become such good friends? Probably on that 1978 pub crawl chronicled by photographer Roberta Bayley in SPIN magazine, November 1986 : ELVIS AT CBGB's The picture used for publicity for the Armed Forces tour was taken at CBGB's. Richard Hell and the Voidoids were playing...

I'm Spartacus!

bronxapostle wrote:hey Earl...as a NON twitterer; is there a chance we will get a live update of setlists? thanks, b

As a non-twitterer myself, I just search twitter for EC:

• http://twitter.com/search?q=elvis%20costello

From Twitter :

Listening to Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe soundchecking Oliver's Army together.

...In most jazz groups, the lyrics are not written by its own members, but here we have one of rock's greatest lyricists ( Elvis Costello ) singing the album's first composition , yet it's not his own work—it's Roy Nathanson's composition “ Wind Walked By ." The two are great friends, and Cost...

DrSpooky wrote: I noticed mediafire.com is down today and can't find any official news. I found some sites claiming there was a long term problem -- like shutdown for good. Any ideas?

In my experience, it's not unusual for it to be unavailable for a few hours from time to time.

It seems to be fine now.

Huge thanks once again for sharing your recordings, BA. no offense good doc: but, in chronological order, these are much better. the CBS show from April was much looser; the a.m. after the very first IMPOSTERS NYC & WORLDS BETTER than the groggy, oddly surreal TODAY show! it was quite banal by E...

Great job! Complete TV broadcast on YouTube for all to enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qf3bwIphfg - Mystery Train http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07mvJOKcOqY - Blame It On Cain (w/band intros) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iokacb9Obg - New Amsterdam/You've Got To Hide Your Love Away http://w...

wordnat wrote:No summer party record, methinks. Thoughts?

November 2 is election day in the U.S.

I wonder if EC intentionally picked that day to drop "National Ransom."

John wrote:Anyone know where and when this performance of Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood is from?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zriKO7hXsTc

This is just a guess...

• 1986-06-28 London, Clapham Common, Artists Against Apartheid

While the O’s are big, bold and circular, the rest of Costello is pushed together in this typeface – type face? – to complete his trademark horn-rims. The capital “E” is stretched down for the outline of his head and the coif is made up of the “LVIS”. That is fucking brilliant! How come I've never ...

And No Coffee Table wrote: His updated setlist adds "All These Strangers," which I guess is a new song.

As good a candidate as any to contain the phrase "National Ranson", I reckon.

docinwestchester wrote:

EarlManchester wrote: Clearly. I called their 800 number, but guess what? Not in service.

What a scam! I'd buy the damn thing if it frees up my applications, but I'm not sure that'll do it. It can't get much worse, I suppose. What do you think?

Don't buy it. It's the virus.

docinwestchester wrote:...Has something to do with "Antivir Solution Pro" which I'm told I have to purchase every time I try to run an application.

After a little googling, I suspect that "Antivir Solution Pro" is the problem, not the solution.

And No Coffee Table wrote: I can post a FLAC version if there's interest, but it'll be from the same lossy source. (Despite being lossy, it's the best-sounding Sugarcanes show since Austin City Limits.)

Just finished listening. Great job!

Many thanks for all your work on this.

sweetest punch wrote:Setlist seems somewhat unlikely - lot's of songs of last year's tour. Does anyone speak Italian here?

The author seems to have copy/pasted the setlist from Beacon Theatre 2009, as reported on setlist.fm...
http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/elvis-cos ... 60f8d.html

Top balcony wrote:According to the Wiki "an audience recording exists" and there's a fine example of artwork by Mr Blue.

I haven't spotted this on Dime, does anyone know where it can be obtained ? I'd love to hear Poisoned Moon

I would guess this is on sulky lad's to-do list.

Here's the website:

http://www.brbf.be/

Evidently, the release date has been bumped to August 10...

And No Coffee Table wrote:MP3s from the web stream, ...

Many thanks for all the time and effort it took to create these.

I couldn't bear the prospect of installing whatever new iteration of RealAudio was needed to listen to the stream.

As requested please by others elsewhere, has anyone e.g. an mp3 of any EC performance of 'The spell that you cast' to share kindly (other than having to download a full concert in FLAC ...). Thanks. MP3s of all four known live recordings: April 11, San Diego - http://www.mediafire.com/?fymy2tz4wnz ...

From 2006 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q0Wn4s4Ny4&feature=player_embedded Neat. Thanks for the link John. Two Imposters in the mix too. Sam Moore - vocals Bruce Springsteen - vocals, guitar Irma Thomas - vocals The Edge - guitar Elvis Costello - guitar Pete Thomas - drums Davey Faragher - ...

keithdylan wrote: I'm talking about somebody actually taping the radio broadcast.

chrispoor has torrented several Toronto shows from that era, including some FM broadcasts. It might be worth asking him.

• bronxapostle wrote: 303. WARREN ZEVON

When did EC collaborate with Zevon?

1 Howlin' For My Baby / M. Ward 2 Evil [Is Going On] / Jace Everett & CC Adcock 3 Bad Blood / Beck 4 How To Become Clairvoyant / Robbie Robertson 5 Shake And Fingerpop / Jr. Walker and The All Stars 6 Frenzy / Screamin' Jay Hawkins 7 Kiss Like Your Kiss / Lucinda Williams with Elvis Costello 8 ...