Relatively Insignificant EC Stuff. . .

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Walking down my town's Main Street this afternoon I encountered a poster for a Laura Cantrell show later this month on April 24th up river in Kingston, NY. What stood out on the poster, which was a reproduction of her Kitty Wells album, was this quote:

"If Kitty Wells had done "Rubber Soul" it would have been Laura Cantrell"
Elvis Costello

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"....there's a merry song that starts in 'I' and ends in 'You', as many famous pop songs do....'
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New to me

http://cuffaroplus.com/?p=29

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Early Sunday morning MUTV were showing an old match from 1979. During a section before showing the Match Oliver's Army was played when they were talking about Trivial Pursuit being invented in this year.

Second time I've heard Elvis being played on there they used Walk us uptown earlier in the year
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Elvis & Diana were in attendance at this Don Rickles Tribute at the Apollo in NYC tonight.

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Diana appeared without Elvis at another Don Rickles tribute last year.

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1 ... 2875503984
When she was coming up with her set for the evening, "I asked Don what he wanted to hear," recalled the musician Diana Krall, "and he said 'What I'd really like to hear is Elvis.' I love you, Don."
Of course, Mr. Rickles took the time at the end to poke holes in any of the goodwill surrounding him, from Mr. De Niro's tendency to mumble to Mr. Stamos, who is "looking for a dad."

"Diana Krall? Her husband, Elvis Costello, is the real star. He couldn't be here because he wanted money."
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haha...classic DON on the Diana comments portion.
glad he did not sing last night.....i actually had a free pair that i declined as i couldn't make it.
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More from the same event:

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NEW YORK, NY - MAY 06: Elvis Costello, Patty Smyth and John McEnroe attend Spike TV's 'Don Rickles: One Night Only' on May 6, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Spike TV)
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John Pizzarelli puts a distinctive spin on his cover of "Alison" from his latest record "Double Exposure". One of the better cover versions of this song I have heard and a decent stab at making it a part of the great American Songbook:

http://youtu.be/er8nA9GLgaM
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Today's Sunday Independent (Dublin) feature on a Limerick castle, once owned by Eliza Oliver .

http://www.ganlywalters.ie/539941/Castl ... k_Limerick

http://www.castle-oliver.com/
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"Oliver's Army" used for this headline from NME, August 21, 1982.

Scans thanks to littletriggers on Flickr

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I'll give this a read & let you know if it's any good!

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/m ... -roll-star

In The Thrill of it All (named after a Roxy Music song) Joseph O'Connor combines both approaches. His fictional group, Ships in the Night, formed in the grim crucible of Luton Polytechnic circa 1982, become a global success, fronted by the Bowie-esque Fran Mulvey, a Vietnamese orphan raised in Rotherham. Yet the novel also has cascades of Hornbyesque lists – of records, artists, poets – and walk-on parts for the likes of Patti Smith and Elvis Costello.
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scielle wrote:Elvis & Diana were in attendance at this Don Rickles Tribute at the Apollo in NYC tonight.
This has been airing in recent days on Spike (the only cable channel named after an EC album). EC can be seen in the audience at least three times, during spots by Jerry Seinfeld, Brian Williams, and Don Rickles himself.
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And No Coffee Table wrote:
scielle wrote:Elvis & Diana were in attendance at this Don Rickles Tribute at the Apollo in NYC tonight.
This has been airing in recent days on Spike (the only cable channel named after an EC album). EC can be seen in the audience at least three times, during spots by Jerry Seinfeld, Brian Williams, and Don Rickles himself.
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news- ... /488511971
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If you click on the Elvis Costello button within the link there are some more pictures of Elvis's recent activity...
Who’s this kid with his mumbo jumbo?
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verbal gymnastics wrote:If you click on the Elvis Costello button within the link there are some more pictures of Elvis's recent activity...
Specifically, it shows Elvis arriving at a screening of "Supermensch: The Legend Of Shep Gordon" at the Museum of Modern Art in New York on May 29.

"Supermensch" is a documentary directed by Mike Myers.
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The perfect companion for your MAIT beer glass!
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:) :D
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I am reading a novel by Craig Russell 'The Long Glasgow Kiss' one of the gangsters is named Costello and his club is called 'The Riveira'
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A unusually informal photo has strayed my way. It's from August 1982 & we see Elvis & co. relaxing with Fools Face , a band who supported a show in Kansas City

http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/inde ... ansas_City



http://www.littlehits.com/v1/2005/08/so ... -2005.html


http://2or3lines.blogspot.ie/2012/03/fo ... -1981.html
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Jimmy Scott RIP

Here's his 1998 version of 'Almost Blue.' http://youtu.be/MzQ5Q0XhI9I


http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/ ... iscostellh
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Lovely rendition of Bacharach/Costello s Painted from Memory from http://www.sligojazz.ie/ s launch concert.

https://soundcloud.com/goodboy/painted- ... chcostello
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A new one to me -
http://www.rockpaperphoto.com/elvis-costello-nyc-1981

ELVIS COSTELLO, NYC 1981
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The spectacles seem more like PTC '83 era so I'm doubting the 1981 date.
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ANCT posted earlier -
Specifically, it shows Elvis arriving at a screening of "Supermensch: The Legend Of Shep Gordon" at the Museum of Modern Art in New York on May 29.

"Supermensch" is a documentary directed by Mike Myers.

http://www.courant.com/topic/ct-elvis-c ... Cbr%20/%3E


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Elvis Costello attends the ""Supermensch: The Legend Of Shep Gordon" screening in New York City last month.
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Elvis has a touring librarian?

Vancouver Orchestra’s new Composer in Residence writes for the curious
And, though she’s first and foremost a creative and innovative new music composer, she’s had some very high level contact with the non-classical music world, specifically with jazz diva Diana Krall and Krall’s partner Elvis Costello.

“That came from me being a professional copyist way back, for various people,” says Morlock. “At one point they needed a copyist for some music by The Chieftains. Then Elvis needed a touring librarian, so I became that person for him and Diana in 2006 or 2007. This certainly affected my own work, but not in the ways you might expect. I travelled and heard some amazing jazz musicians, enjoying seeing other cultures, meeting dozens and dozens of people everywhere we went.”
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