UNFAITHFUL MUSIC & DISAPPEARING INK - Oct. 2015
Re: Elvis 'memoir' now due November 2015
we all know that we really really want a X-mas album!
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Re: Elvis 'memoir' now due November 2015
After CCIU and Bedlam, how about a new take on hymns - after all "why should the devil have all the best music " - J.S.Bach !!
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Re: Elvis 'memoir' now due November 2015
Since you put me down, it seems i've been very gloomy. You may laugh but pretty girls look right through me.
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Re: Elvis 'memoir' now due November 2015
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-t ... teran.html
BEA 2015: Books by Franzen, Hallberg Among Most Talked About
(...)
Books & Books buyer Joanna Clarke is excited about City on Fire "of course," and says that "the editor really sold it." She's also jazzed about The Fall of Princes by Robert Goolrick (Algonquin, Aug.), and mentions memoirs by musicians: Patti Smith's new memoir The M Train (Knopf, October) and Elvis Costello's memoir, Unfaithful Music and Disappearing Ink (Blue Rider, October).
Becky Anderson of Anderson's Bookshop in Naperville, Ill. Echoed Clarke's sentiments, especially when it came to Goolrick and Costello. The Fall of Princes by Robert Goolrick is "so beautifully written," she said, "His books stay with you for a long time. We cannot wait to sell it. We are so excited about it." And, as for Elvis Costello's memoir, Anderson says it's the first memoir by a musician she's wanted to read. Anderson noted that he's got a "unique perspective" on the U.K. music scene and that he has insights she hasn't perceived from other musicians. "He goes deeper," she says than the typical memoir by a pop culture icon.
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BEA 2015: Books by Franzen, Hallberg Among Most Talked About
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Books & Books buyer Joanna Clarke is excited about City on Fire "of course," and says that "the editor really sold it." She's also jazzed about The Fall of Princes by Robert Goolrick (Algonquin, Aug.), and mentions memoirs by musicians: Patti Smith's new memoir The M Train (Knopf, October) and Elvis Costello's memoir, Unfaithful Music and Disappearing Ink (Blue Rider, October).
Becky Anderson of Anderson's Bookshop in Naperville, Ill. Echoed Clarke's sentiments, especially when it came to Goolrick and Costello. The Fall of Princes by Robert Goolrick is "so beautifully written," she said, "His books stay with you for a long time. We cannot wait to sell it. We are so excited about it." And, as for Elvis Costello's memoir, Anderson says it's the first memoir by a musician she's wanted to read. Anderson noted that he's got a "unique perspective" on the U.K. music scene and that he has insights she hasn't perceived from other musicians. "He goes deeper," she says than the typical memoir by a pop culture icon.
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Since you put me down, it seems i've been very gloomy. You may laugh but pretty girls look right through me.
Re: Elvis 'memoir' now due November 2015
EC seems to have put in a personal appearance at the booksellers' conference that sweetest punch mentions above.
https://twitter.com/PublishersWkly/stat ... 4506382336
https://twitter.com/PublishersWkly/stat ... 4506382336
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Re: Elvis 'memoir' now due November 2015
http://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.ht ... 517#m28597
https://instagram.com/p/3Ni2JfOSSD/
Blue Rider Press hosted a group of booksellers at 54 Below for a special appearance by Elvis Costello in conversation with Bill Flanagan, to promote his upcoming memoir, Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink (October). Pictured: Costello with Blue Rider publisher David Rosenthal. (photo: Patrick McMullan)
54 Below's website shows a "private event" at 9:30 PM on May 27.Did I just see Elvis Costello perform at a private party at 54 Below (former Studio 54 VIP basement)? Yes and it was awesome. #BEA #NYC #blueriderpress
Re: Elvis 'memoir' now due November 2015
http://www.copperfieldsbooks.com/elvis- ... -his-voice
Elvis Costello: There's a Story in HIS Voice
by Vicki DeArmon
Sun, 06/07/2015
Who knew I was a fangirl? Copperfield’s hosts as many as 500 events a year and that’s a lot of authors coming through. I’m delighted to meet each one when I get that opportunity, but luckily that giddy, head-spinning fan feeling that can render a person incapable of speech doesn’t happen to me. (Though I admit there was definitely some stuttering when I met Neil Gaiman a few years ago during an event we hosted in Santa Rosa.) But in general, I’m cool.
So this year when we went to the annual BookExpo in New York City, I accepted an invitation to a private party where Elvis Costello would be speaking and talking about his new book coming this fall, Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink. As you can imagine, this was a coveted ticket and it only admitted one person at 10 pm to the 54 Below night club and, holy cow, I was that person. There were 50 or so of us booksellers from across the country, all giggling fiendishly and seriously pumped (Pump It Up) as we waited for him to come onto the small stage for an in-conversation chat. I was seated 10 feet away at a small table with a band of other local independent booksellers. We described how long we had been fans, though Alison from Diesel Books had the biggest claim we thought.
When Elvis spoke, we hung on every word as he took us into his childhood and charmed us with stories from his musical career. His memoir, Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink, is billed as unusual (how could it not be?) in that it’s not an unveiling of inside celebrity facts, but more his attempt to make meaning of his life. And then at the end of the talk, he broke out his guitar and sang a song. Later, someone told me that, looking across the club, every one of our jaws fell open as his voice resonated through the room. Love Went Mad really.
After it was over, I bolted (this is an accurate description and my aim was true) to the front of the stage and used my 15 seconds to request a photo with him, which he agreed to. It’s a photo I’ve shared with the crew at work, my family, and a few distant cousins who I thought might be interested.
But the good news for you all is that, yes, we’ve now booked an event with Elvis Costello for October 23 at the Lincoln Theater in Yountville, Napa County. (More on getting your tickets later this summer.) Of course, I will have to introduce him at that event and the 1200 people in the room won’t make it hard for me, but it’s possible that the presence of Elvis himself might.
Fangirl. There’s no other word for it. Do You Know What I Am Saying?
Elvis Costello: There's a Story in HIS Voice
by Vicki DeArmon
Sun, 06/07/2015
Who knew I was a fangirl? Copperfield’s hosts as many as 500 events a year and that’s a lot of authors coming through. I’m delighted to meet each one when I get that opportunity, but luckily that giddy, head-spinning fan feeling that can render a person incapable of speech doesn’t happen to me. (Though I admit there was definitely some stuttering when I met Neil Gaiman a few years ago during an event we hosted in Santa Rosa.) But in general, I’m cool.
So this year when we went to the annual BookExpo in New York City, I accepted an invitation to a private party where Elvis Costello would be speaking and talking about his new book coming this fall, Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink. As you can imagine, this was a coveted ticket and it only admitted one person at 10 pm to the 54 Below night club and, holy cow, I was that person. There were 50 or so of us booksellers from across the country, all giggling fiendishly and seriously pumped (Pump It Up) as we waited for him to come onto the small stage for an in-conversation chat. I was seated 10 feet away at a small table with a band of other local independent booksellers. We described how long we had been fans, though Alison from Diesel Books had the biggest claim we thought.
When Elvis spoke, we hung on every word as he took us into his childhood and charmed us with stories from his musical career. His memoir, Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink, is billed as unusual (how could it not be?) in that it’s not an unveiling of inside celebrity facts, but more his attempt to make meaning of his life. And then at the end of the talk, he broke out his guitar and sang a song. Later, someone told me that, looking across the club, every one of our jaws fell open as his voice resonated through the room. Love Went Mad really.
After it was over, I bolted (this is an accurate description and my aim was true) to the front of the stage and used my 15 seconds to request a photo with him, which he agreed to. It’s a photo I’ve shared with the crew at work, my family, and a few distant cousins who I thought might be interested.
But the good news for you all is that, yes, we’ve now booked an event with Elvis Costello for October 23 at the Lincoln Theater in Yountville, Napa County. (More on getting your tickets later this summer.) Of course, I will have to introduce him at that event and the 1200 people in the room won’t make it hard for me, but it’s possible that the presence of Elvis himself might.
Fangirl. There’s no other word for it. Do You Know What I Am Saying?
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Re: Elvis 'memoir' now due November 2015
I'm hoping there's some sort of book tour - like an In Conversation With type show. I'd like to see some shows where Elvis is interviewed by either fellow musicians (Billy Bragg for example) or somebody who is not necessarily a celebrity fan but will ask interesting questions.
I think the Royal Festival Hall would be a good venue for a London talk.
I think the Royal Festival Hall would be a good venue for a London talk.
Who’s this kid with his mumbo jumbo?
Re: Elvis 'memoir' now due November 2015
Van Morrison promoted a book of lyrics last year with shows in medium size venues , doing a hour of chat with Ian Rankin , a recitation of some of his lyrics by 'personalities' and then a hour long set with a band.
This account of the Dublin show I was at captures it well-
http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music ... -morrison-
Perhaps Elvis will be doing something similar. Hopefully there will be less of a mercenary aspect to signing the book. For Van you could get a presigned copy for €100.00 or buy a unsigned copy for €21.00 and chance your arm on getting him to sign it at the stage door or whatever....which just wouldn't happen.
This account of the Dublin show I was at captures it well-
http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music ... -morrison-
Perhaps Elvis will be doing something similar. Hopefully there will be less of a mercenary aspect to signing the book. For Van you could get a presigned copy for €100.00 or buy a unsigned copy for €21.00 and chance your arm on getting him to sign it at the stage door or whatever....which just wouldn't happen.
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Re: Elvis 'memoir' now due November 2015
There is also an event at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta, GA on Monday 19 October 2015:
http://www.acappellabooks.com/event/con ... s-costello
WHO: Elvis Costello
WHAT: Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink conversation with Chuck Reece of The Bitter Southerner
WHEN: Monday, October 19th, 8 p.m.
WHERE: The Variety Playhouse
TICKETS REQUIRED*
*Admission to the event is $32 ($35 the night of the show) and includes a signed, first edition of Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink. Tickets are available at the Variety Playhouse box office or on their website, here.
MOOT
http://www.acappellabooks.com/event/con ... s-costello
WHO: Elvis Costello
WHAT: Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink conversation with Chuck Reece of The Bitter Southerner
WHEN: Monday, October 19th, 8 p.m.
WHERE: The Variety Playhouse
TICKETS REQUIRED*
*Admission to the event is $32 ($35 the night of the show) and includes a signed, first edition of Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink. Tickets are available at the Variety Playhouse box office or on their website, here.
MOOT
Re: Elvis 'memoir' now due November 2015
http://www.abebooks.com/Unfaithful-Musi ... ewbook_low
This site is claiming to have (rather pricey) preview copies.
This site is claiming to have (rather pricey) preview copies.
Re: Elvis 'memoir' now due November 2015
Ha! Found this looking for something else -
The Word, August 2005
Interview by SYLVIA PATTERSON
(extract)
“NEVER WRITE AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY”
“I’ve been approached since 1978 for an autobiography and I don’t want to because it’s boring and self-serving. And it’s a self-involving line of work
anyway. I’ve been approached on numerous occasions for access for a biography and always denied that too. There’s been a bunch of unofficial ones and I usually speed-read them to see whether there’s anything inappropriate with regard to my family, or any misuse of copyrighted material which I’d have a strong opinion about. Other than that, they’re entitled to their opinions. But I’m not interested in people’s opinions. Really, genuinely, I’m not. Somebody who would take money to try and unlock the key to your work, it’s not very likely to work if I’m not going to collaborate with them. So that’s always going be a disaster. There’s a huge mistake in thinking that gathering a lot of facts gives insight. You have to know how to interpret evidence.
I haven’t, as yet, read anything that came much closer than saying I work a lot and maybe I’m not always a nice person. Hey, guess what? That’s most people. We all believe we’re doing the best we can and sometimes we fuck up. I’ve done it more publicly because I do, partly, a public job. There isn’t one line of the most damning review I’ve ever had that I haven’t said to myself five hundred times worse. And that’s why I’m good at what I do. And I’m not afraid to say that I’m good at what I do. Because I know I’m very very very self-critical. But I’m fortunate in many ways. I do a job I love and it wouldn’t really add up to a lot on its own. I have a good family and a wonderful life. That’s a lot of things other people don’t have. You just have to
remind yourself not to be so bloody self-absorbed.”
The Word, August 2005
Interview by SYLVIA PATTERSON
(extract)
“NEVER WRITE AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY”
“I’ve been approached since 1978 for an autobiography and I don’t want to because it’s boring and self-serving. And it’s a self-involving line of work
anyway. I’ve been approached on numerous occasions for access for a biography and always denied that too. There’s been a bunch of unofficial ones and I usually speed-read them to see whether there’s anything inappropriate with regard to my family, or any misuse of copyrighted material which I’d have a strong opinion about. Other than that, they’re entitled to their opinions. But I’m not interested in people’s opinions. Really, genuinely, I’m not. Somebody who would take money to try and unlock the key to your work, it’s not very likely to work if I’m not going to collaborate with them. So that’s always going be a disaster. There’s a huge mistake in thinking that gathering a lot of facts gives insight. You have to know how to interpret evidence.
I haven’t, as yet, read anything that came much closer than saying I work a lot and maybe I’m not always a nice person. Hey, guess what? That’s most people. We all believe we’re doing the best we can and sometimes we fuck up. I’ve done it more publicly because I do, partly, a public job. There isn’t one line of the most damning review I’ve ever had that I haven’t said to myself five hundred times worse. And that’s why I’m good at what I do. And I’m not afraid to say that I’m good at what I do. Because I know I’m very very very self-critical. But I’m fortunate in many ways. I do a job I love and it wouldn’t really add up to a lot on its own. I have a good family and a wonderful life. That’s a lot of things other people don’t have. You just have to
remind yourself not to be so bloody self-absorbed.”
Re: Elvis 'memoir' now due November 2015
Elvis makes some interesting comments about book writing & biographers at about 25 minutes into this interview from November 2006 -
http://stream.wusb.stonybrook.edu:8090/ ... lo1800.pls
http://stream.wusb.stonybrook.edu:8090/ ... lo1800.pls
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Re: Elvis 'memoir' now due November 2015
Listen here. Book comments start at 24:09:johnfoyle wrote:Elvis makes some interesting comments about book writing & biographers at about 25 minutes into this interview from November 2006 -
http://stream.wusb.stonybrook.edu:8090/ ... lo1800.pls
Re: Elvis 'memoir' now due Oct. 2015 - promo tour details
a "no hat" - promo picture??? What is happening??
Re: Elvis 'memoir' now due Oct. 2015 - promo tour details
10/13/2015 AT 7 PM
BARNES & NOBLE, NY 10003 2005
Union Square
33 East 17th Street
New York, NY 10003
212-253-0810
http://stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/87042-0
10/14/2015 AT 7 PM
BOOKCOURT, NY 11201 6263
http://bookcourt.com/
10/15/2015 AT 7:30 PM
SIXTH & I, DC 20001 3736
http://www.sixthandi.org/
10/16/2015 AT 7:00 PM
NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, NY 10018 2788
http://www.nypl.org/
10/17/2015 AT 6 PM
Berklee College of Music, MA 02215
https://www.berklee.edu/
Variety Playhouse, GA
10/19/2015 AT 8 PM
http://www.variety-playhouse.com/event/ ... versation/
10/20/2015 AT 7 PM
BOOK PEOPLE 6TH AND LAMAR, TX 78703-5413
http://www.bookpeople.com/
10/21/2015 AT 8 PM
Wilshire Ebell Theatre, CA 90005
http://ebellla.org/theatre/
10/22/2015 AT 7:30 PM
CITY ARTS & LECTURES, CA 94115 3113
http://www.cityarts.net/event/elvis-costello/
10/23/2015 AT 7 PM
The Lincoln Theater, CA 94599
http://lincolntheater.com/
11/3/2015 AT 8:00 PM
Francis W. Parker School, IL
http://www.fwparker.org/
11/10/2015 AT 7:30 PM
The Brooklyn Academy of Music – Howard Gilman Opera House, NY 11217
http://www.bam.org/literary/2015/unbound-elvis-costello
BARNES & NOBLE, NY 10003 2005
Union Square
33 East 17th Street
New York, NY 10003
212-253-0810
http://stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/87042-0
10/14/2015 AT 7 PM
BOOKCOURT, NY 11201 6263
http://bookcourt.com/
10/15/2015 AT 7:30 PM
SIXTH & I, DC 20001 3736
http://www.sixthandi.org/
10/16/2015 AT 7:00 PM
NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, NY 10018 2788
http://www.nypl.org/
10/17/2015 AT 6 PM
Berklee College of Music, MA 02215
https://www.berklee.edu/
Variety Playhouse, GA
10/19/2015 AT 8 PM
http://www.variety-playhouse.com/event/ ... versation/
10/20/2015 AT 7 PM
BOOK PEOPLE 6TH AND LAMAR, TX 78703-5413
http://www.bookpeople.com/
10/21/2015 AT 8 PM
Wilshire Ebell Theatre, CA 90005
http://ebellla.org/theatre/
10/22/2015 AT 7:30 PM
CITY ARTS & LECTURES, CA 94115 3113
http://www.cityarts.net/event/elvis-costello/
10/23/2015 AT 7 PM
The Lincoln Theater, CA 94599
http://lincolntheater.com/
11/3/2015 AT 8:00 PM
Francis W. Parker School, IL
http://www.fwparker.org/
11/10/2015 AT 7:30 PM
The Brooklyn Academy of Music – Howard Gilman Opera House, NY 11217
http://www.bam.org/literary/2015/unbound-elvis-costello
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Re: Elvis 'memoir' now due November 2015
I'm not sure how long this has been there, but Penguin's site confirms it is "Read by: Elvis Costello."Ulster Boy wrote:Will EC narrate the audio book version?
Re: Elvis 'memoir' now due Oct. 2015 - promo tour details
Chalkie Davies said something to me about Elvis envying Chalkie for having to record only a few minutes for a short film for his photo exhibition where as he , Elvis, was going to have to take hours to record his book.
Re: Elvis 'memoir' now due Oct. 2015 - promo tour details
Excellent news, John -- and ANCT. I figured it was pretty likely that EC would do the audio book himself, but I hadn't seen anything saying so. I've listen to a couple of memoirs in this format lately and I think it really adds a lot of have the author him- or herself reading.johnfoyle wrote:Chalkie Davies said something to me about Elvis envying Chalkie for having to record only a few minutes for a short film for his photo exhibition where as he , Elvis, was going to have to take hours to record his book.
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Re: Elvis 'memoir' now due Oct. 2015 - promo tour details
Both Amazon and Penguin say now that the memoir counts 624 pages.
A few months ago it was 352 pages.
The audiobook lasts 720 minutes.
A few months ago it was 352 pages.
The audiobook lasts 720 minutes.
Since you put me down, it seems i've been very gloomy. You may laugh but pretty girls look right through me.
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Re: Elvis 'memoir' now due Oct. 2015 - promo tour details
No wonder Elvis was complainingsweetest punch wrote:Both Amazon and Penguin say now that the...audiobook lasts 720 minutes.
Who’s this kid with his mumbo jumbo?
Re: Elvis 'memoir' now due Oct. 2015 - promo tour details
He'll be complaining even more -- 720 minutes was for when it was 352 pages.verbal gymnastics wrote:No wonder Elvis was complainingsweetest punch wrote:Both Amazon and Penguin say now that the...audiobook lasts 720 minutes.
(For comparison: Patti Smith's "Just Kids", 320 pages = 10 hours; Kim Gordon's "Girl in a Band", 280 pages = 7 hours and change.)
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Re: Elvis 'memoir' now due Oct. 2015 - promo tour details
I laughed even more when I read that!erey wrote:He'll be complaining even more -- 720 minutes was for when it was 352 pages.verbal gymnastics wrote:No wonder Elvis was complainingsweetest punch wrote:Both Amazon and Penguin say now that the...audiobook lasts 720 minutes.
Who’s this kid with his mumbo jumbo?
Re: Elvis 'memoir' now due Oct. 2015 - promo tour details
http://www.dailyoffbeat.com/articles/98 ... o-tour.htm
Bookish Elvis Costello Books Book Tour After Writing A Book
By Tony Sokol (anthonys@dailyoffbeat.com)
23 Jul '15
Daily Offbeat
Elvis Costello has always looked a little bookwormish to me and yes, I admit I bought skinny ties to wear on stage just because of the former Declan Patrick MacManus. But that was chapter 1, apparently he's been writing the book every day. I just don't know how his little hands of concrete didn't smash his keyboard.
"'Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink'" is destined to be a classic, idiosyncratic memoir of a singular man," reads a somewhat disingenuous press blurb, probably written by Elvis Costello himself.
Elvis Costello wrote a memoir and is going on a speaking tour of bookstores to promote it, according to a Penguin Books schedule that was just forwarded to me from a bass-playing weatherman friend I have.
Costello's memoir, "Unfaithful Music," describes how Costello's career has "somehow endured for almost four decades through a combination of dumb luck and animal cunning, even managing the occasional absurd episode of pop stardom," according to what little press has been written about it.
The memoir was written entirely by Costello. No ghostwriter, no one else pounding the keyboard. The book "offers his unique view of his unlikely and sometimes comical rise to international success, with diversions through the previously undocumented emotional foundations of some of his best known songs and the hits of tomorrow.
"The book contains many stories and observations about his renowned co-writers and co-conspirators, though Costello also pauses along the way for considerations on the less appealing side of infamy."
Elvis Costello is a "Grammy award-winning musician whose career spans almost four decades," reads the web page bio. "A prolific singer-songwriter, Costello has released several critically-acclaimed albums, and in 2003 was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame."
Elvis Costello was raised in London and Liverpool. He is the "grandson of a trumpet player on the White Star Line and son of a jazz musician who became a successful radio dance band vocalist. Costello went into the family business and had taken the popular music world by storm before he was twenty-four.
"Costello continues to add to one of the most intriguing and extensive songbooks of the day. His performances have taken him from a cardboard guitar in his front room to fronting a rock and roll band on your television screen and performing in the world's greatest concert halls in a wild variety of company.
Bookish Elvis Costello Books Book Tour After Writing A Book
By Tony Sokol (anthonys@dailyoffbeat.com)
23 Jul '15
Daily Offbeat
Elvis Costello has always looked a little bookwormish to me and yes, I admit I bought skinny ties to wear on stage just because of the former Declan Patrick MacManus. But that was chapter 1, apparently he's been writing the book every day. I just don't know how his little hands of concrete didn't smash his keyboard.
"'Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink'" is destined to be a classic, idiosyncratic memoir of a singular man," reads a somewhat disingenuous press blurb, probably written by Elvis Costello himself.
Elvis Costello wrote a memoir and is going on a speaking tour of bookstores to promote it, according to a Penguin Books schedule that was just forwarded to me from a bass-playing weatherman friend I have.
Costello's memoir, "Unfaithful Music," describes how Costello's career has "somehow endured for almost four decades through a combination of dumb luck and animal cunning, even managing the occasional absurd episode of pop stardom," according to what little press has been written about it.
The memoir was written entirely by Costello. No ghostwriter, no one else pounding the keyboard. The book "offers his unique view of his unlikely and sometimes comical rise to international success, with diversions through the previously undocumented emotional foundations of some of his best known songs and the hits of tomorrow.
"The book contains many stories and observations about his renowned co-writers and co-conspirators, though Costello also pauses along the way for considerations on the less appealing side of infamy."
Elvis Costello is a "Grammy award-winning musician whose career spans almost four decades," reads the web page bio. "A prolific singer-songwriter, Costello has released several critically-acclaimed albums, and in 2003 was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame."
Elvis Costello was raised in London and Liverpool. He is the "grandson of a trumpet player on the White Star Line and son of a jazz musician who became a successful radio dance band vocalist. Costello went into the family business and had taken the popular music world by storm before he was twenty-four.
"Costello continues to add to one of the most intriguing and extensive songbooks of the day. His performances have taken him from a cardboard guitar in his front room to fronting a rock and roll band on your television screen and performing in the world's greatest concert halls in a wild variety of company.