Elvis Costello Fan Forum

Isn't it surprising that the Amish would even HAVE a web site? I thought they eschewed telephones, the internet and other connections to the outside world.

I disagree with the premise that '77-'82 were his "finest" years. It implies that he went downhill after that, which is unture. For example, KOA, ATUB, and B&C also deserve to be considered among his finest records.

spooky girlfriend wrote:I just prefer a good tranqualizer - like a bottle of wine or something. I'll fall asleep just the same.

That's both funny AND true

Do you have a 'regular' 'mixed' drink? Not really...I go from rum and coke to jack and coke, to stoli vanilla and coke (sensing a theme?) to makers on the rocks (hah, got ya) to crown and sprite/ginger to seven and seven...wow, I might have a problem. That's my question, do I have a problem? :o Onl...

A subscription to a magazine that you think she'd enjoy.

What was your worst vacation, and why?

1. Quality rap is more interesting than quality pop. 2. The youth of today are no worse than the youth of yesterday. 3. Liberals are more dangerous than the right-wing. I'm making a distinction between 'liberal' and 'left'. 4. Punk's not dead. 5. I like Harry Potter, but I'd rather read fanfiction ...

Nothing by The Clash????

What was the band's name? Are they just a Beatles cover band or do they have any original stuff?

It was one of the best episodes I've ever seen. Really made up for that clunker last week with the 25 minute dream sequence. Silly me - I really thought that Christopher HAD tried to commit suicide, right up to the point where they pulled over in the woods . . .

He was a great actor. The Odd Couple was one of my favorite shows gropwing up.

Here in New York City he was also well known as an ardent supporter of the arts, havign founded a theatre company to perform the classics at ticket prices that the average person could afford.

I'll I'm really saying is that dead is dead, and hiding behind our sense of moral superioty does absolutely nothing to change that. It's not about a sense of moral superiority, it's about causation. In the case of collateral damage, the death is caused by the terrorist hiding himself within a civil...

Tim(e) -- I didn't know about your connection to the Bali bombing, my belated condolences. But at times you have to wonder if a pacific response wouldn't be better. And you also have to wonder, just why do we place the killing of that one, single civilian in a different category that the thousands ...

"Cadillac Ranch" by Bruce Springsteen (James Dean in that Mecury '49).
"Ingrid Bergman" - Written by Woody Guthrie, performed by Billy Bragg and Wilco.

Blue Chair, I was about to edit my prior post to say that it took me a good 5 listens or so before I "got" YHF. When I first heard it (and it was the first Wilco album I ever listened to) I hated it. I thought it sounded like bad Pink Floyd on qualudes. Now I think it's one of the best alb...

Not yet, but now that I know it's available I intend to give it a listen. YHF is going to be hard to beat, though.

Every once in a while, UK music writers go wild over something new, and the hype usually ends in disaster. The year started out with Franz Ferdinand as critics' darlings, and with much justification. Their debut LP is a stonker, and reviews on their current UK tour are equally positive (too bad it ...

In case you haven't heard, Larry La Prise died last week. With all the sadness and trauma going on in the world at the moment, it is worth reflecting on the death of a very important person...a death that almost went unnoticed. Larry La Prise, the man who wrote "The Hokey Pokey," died peac...

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=638&e=3&u=/nm/20040504/en_nm/people_who_dc The sad thing about this is that it means I must be getting old too. Here are some potential song titles: We're Not Gonna Take Our Medication Shuffleboard Wizard The Punk Meets the Grandfather Who ...

Well, I went BACK and got two more for the Impostors in Row Y. This was AFTER it first said the shows were sold out.

Then I went to the Lincoln Center site and managed to pull row C for the Imposters and Row D for the Metropole. Anyone need some extra tickets?

I got BX 10 through the presale for the Imposters. I assume this means Box 10. It sure sold out fast!

Juliet Letters, For the Stars (unless you really like Sofie Van Otter), Goodbye Cruel World. I'm on the fence about Mighty Like a Rose.

To this day, the Beatles are just much more ingrained in our culture. Pick any person off the street. Ask them to name 5 Beatles songs, then ask them to name 5 Dylan songs. I suspect that most people would have an easier time with the Beatles songs. My teenage niece went to summer camp with a very d...

I just bought All This Useless Beauty, and will start my listening adventure tomorrow....didn't mean to be blasphemous about IB -- guess it's just "to each his own", but I think I like "Blood & Chocolate" better than IB, and certainly WIWC. Maybe it just takes a few listens....

There is, sad to say, very little nobility to be found in serving the agenda of this administration. Some top officials are cunning liars and some merely dupes. None has at heart your best interests, or mine, or that of the beautiful souls you are raising. What about Dick Cheney? I think he truly c...

I firmly believe that the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were unneccesary to end the Pacific War (and I'd be happy to square off on that one if anyone wants to take the bait). Those bombs were dropped primarily to intimidate Stalin; that's a crap reason to incinerate over a ...