Elvis Costello Fan Forum

My review is finally posted. Have at it and tell me why I'm wrong.

http://everybodysdummy.blogspot.com/201 ... ghost.html

Caught this thread after the show, but I'm sure we crossed paths last night. A fun show indeed -- especially since I'd jokingly predicted to my fellow 45-year-old companions that he'd play "45", and he did.

Okay. I listened several times, and took notes. (Coming soon to an Everybody's Dummy blog near you!) That said... I can't see giving this anything higher than three stars out of five. Why? Because too many of the grooves sound the same. The Roots are a great live band; anyone who's watched any two m...

Generally, you (cwr) and I agree on everything Elvis. Except that you like WIWC way more than I do, and I like the recording of "WIWC #1" way more than you do. This album has never grown on me, and I don't expect it will, but I'll keep listening anyway. These writeups are wonderful. I'm al...

cwr wrote:DAY 28: PAINTED FROM MEMORY

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Every entry has been great, but the Phantom Menace link is priceless. Well played sir!

Mr. crw -- so glad you've been writing about EC again. I had to resort to the Wayback Machine to revisit some of the old astheygo content, but your current format is doing wonderful justice to the canon. I wonder if the new album will live up to the 40-day build!

That's terrific!

There's gold in them thar hills!

$25 plus shipping is an excellent price -- a fraction of what it cost to subscribe to the whole run back in the day.

My review of this album is finally up. The toughest part was assigning a rating:
http://everybodysdummy.blogspot.com/201 ... tures.html

I thought Psych Pill was okay, not great (more detail at the blog). I'm still a champeen of Sleeps With Angels, and even Broken Arrow.

I was a fan from the first play, and it was one of my go-to 'it's chilly and dark out and I've just cracked a bottle of wine' albums. I realize I've been too preoccupied this fall to revive that tradition. We'll see what happens before the night is out.

I adore "Fallen". That is all.

Wow -- what's more shocking than the two-year stat is the admission that I haven't spent enough time with this album. Don't get me wrong -- I was happy with it then, and continue to be so now, but I haven't ingested it like I did Trust, KOA, B&C, MLAR, etc. Why is that? Have I not given it enoug...

Indeed -- it is his best record since "Love And Theft". Granted, that was only three albums ago, but I don't fawn over Modern Times and Together Through Life as others do. Tempest is a good record, but probably not a great record. My review should be up on the blog (see URL below) within t...

I have never been a defender of Brutal Youth -- unlike many others, I found it forced and noisy. But I don't hate it. And I skimmed through the rest of the list at the link -- Back To The Egg has its charms, and Paulie's done way worse than that. And Coda shouldn't be there either, since none of the...

The Five:

Get Happy!!
Trust
Imperial Bedroom
King Of America
Blood & Chocolate

bubbling under:

This Years Model
Armed Forces
Mighty Like A Rose
The Juliet Letters
North

I've done much of the same thing, cleaning up commas I don't like, italicizing and capitalizing when necessary. Haven't printed it up in a pretty package though.

I go to the Frets & Struts page and it still says "Coming Soon".

Fantastic! I'd never seen the whole thing. Essential viewing.

In a time of my life where others would have spent in front of the TV, I spent all my free time within earshot of 102.7. Pete Fornatale's Mixed Bag, Dennis Elsas, Dave Herman, Richard Neer, Dan-O Neer, Marty Martinez, and of course Scottso, who played Beatle music at the start of every show from 198...

Elvis signed happily when I approached him after a Hi-Tone show. Pete was talking with a few fans out front and otherwise unnoticed, so getting to him was no problem. Outside the Letterman theater stage door Elvis signed a handful of things; a few people had album covers with them but I think he kne...

Pretty much. When he has songs, he'll record them, and find a way to distribute them. It would be in his best interest to distribute them himself, a la the Internet, but if he hasn't figured out how to do that in the past 10+ years, I don't know if he ever will. (Mostly because he likes the phyical ...

And while I'm at it, here's my review:
http://everybodysdummy.blogspot.com/201 ... cular.html

Got my CD/DVD copy yesterday, blasting the CD now. For those of us who care, I think I've determined which songs come from which show. I Hope You're Happy Now, Heart Of The City, Mystery Dance, Radio Radio, God Give Me Strength, Watching The Detectives, Tear Off Your Own Head, Out Of Time and Stella...