Elvis Costello Fan Forum

Finished Vonnegut's Mother Night. Very good, but then again, Vonnegut usually is. Now it's onto Deadeye Dick, then Kafka's Amerika. ...I feel like such a literature dork.

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms on board. May your day be filled with mothery goodness.

Momofuku

Bone Machine (Waits)

The Jesus of Cool re-issue, finally.

Well, I still haven't had the time to fully digest all of what I'm hearing, but I think this is a damned fine album. A few thoughts: I agree with Otis' #4 -The 'to the bridge' and whatnot sounds a little contrived. I don't see why so many people are whinging about Turpentine. I think the double drum...

My copy came today! And so far is is verry good, but I shall refrain from voting until a few listens. Amazon shipped them yesterday, said they would arrive Tuesday, so boy was I surprised when they came today! It's like a birthday today! Elvis, Tom Waits, Nick Lowe, and the SSA name popularity lists...

Just finished Vonnegut's Player Piano. Excellent, as expected, of course. I just got a library card, so hopefully I'll be able to add a lot more to this thread in coming weeks. Oh, and a charming book called Ana Cultiva Manzanas for Spanish.

Happy Birthday to a fellow Waits fan.

Why do so many teenage girls want to look like walking disco balls at their prom?

Got my dress today. For pretty cheap.

Sam- I dislike burned CDs. They feel....incomplete to me. I know I'd have the vinyl, but, eh. I find CDs a happy medium, as they still have artwork and credits, but are more portable.

Happy Birthday! Do you still have awesome hair?

CD. I'd buy both CD and vinyl if I had my druthers, but my money supply says otherwise. Not having something on CD bothers me. I like something I can put in my disc drive and make mp3s out of at any time.

My They Might Be Giants intro set, also known as the retrospective Dial A Song: 20 Years of They Might Be Giants. I forgot how quirky-awesome the Johns are. I even get to use a song for an American Studies extra credit assignment.

Big props to every woman anywhere who have given birth. I saw the Miracle of Birth Video today, and it was nasty.

Yay Spooky! I'm so glad you're alright. I consider you a good friend of mine, even though we've never met. Here's to hoping Jordan is alright too. I'm sure everyone here is sending good vibes his way.

I. Am. So. Friggin. Excited.

That is all.

Nick Cave -Because I've never heard him before, besides some intriguing 30 second clips on iTunes. The Jesus of Cool re-issue -I've really meant to get around to that Regina Spektor's earlier stuff. More Ryan Adams More XTC, Drums and Wires most likely. I require more Tom Waits... Frank's Wild Years...

Be well, Spooks. I don't know what I'd do without your correspondence.

My graduation is June 4th! A good day all around then.

Well, needless to say, I'm excited....but I'll be waiting for the CD. Blasphemy? Perhaps. But my wallet will thank me. However, I would have bought the vinyl had the CD come out several months or so after the initial release. Goes to show, Elvis.... But yeah, excited. Needless to say..... you mean ...

Happy Birthday!

Well, needless to say, I'm excited....but I'll be waiting for the CD. Blasphemy? Perhaps. But my wallet will thank me. However, I would have bought the vinyl had the CD come out several months or so after the initial release. Goes to show, Elvis.... But yeah, excited.

At first I thought this post was going to have something to do with me! Being taken to task by the Elite, perhaps! Well, if you can't tell, I dig the song too, but John has answered your question besutifully already.

I'm reading. You write very well. (Like you need the plaudits from an 18 year old.)

A Knife and A Fork

And hell, give me something by John Wesley Harding.

Leave It Out -The Specials