From a Lost Highway e-mail I received:
" *Also do not miss Elvis Costello's live interview with Bill Flannigan on March 16th from 4:30-5:45 at the Austin Convention Center, Rm 18 ABC (500 West Caesar Chavez St.) "
For info on the South by South West Convention, see here:
http://2005.sxsw.com/music/
Lost Highway Showcase @ SXSW to feature EC Interview
Lost Highway Showcase @ SXSW to feature EC Interview
//I can't forgive you for things you haven't done yet
http://www.dailycamera.com/bdc/music/ar ... 24,00.html
With the music industry still in turmoil over downloading and CD burning, the mood at the convention center, like last year, is a bit glum.
Former Semisonic drummer Jacob Slichter, author of "So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star," opens the day's sessions by recounting the ways the industry stomped all over his band, a one-hit-wonder known for its late-'90s anthem "Closing Time."
Later, rock legend Elvis Costello announces the imminent demise of bricks-and-mortar record stores, predicting that music soon will be obtained through the 21st century version of mail-order shopping.
"Internet downloads — that's just a quicker way of getting your mail," Costello quips. "I hate to say it, because I love record shops. But they have to adapt or die."
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/entertainment/11159076.htm
Costello reveals his mask
It was a calm, relaxed and, at times, barely audible Elvis Costello who took the stage Wednesday at the Austin Convention Center for a sit-down interview with journalist Bill Flanagan. Costello, on a U.S. tour to push his new disc, The Delivery Man, reminisced about meeting such giants as George Jones, Count Basie and Jerry Lee Lewis, and said that everything he's gone through over the last 30 years was in service of the music, conceding that the hostility he used to be known for was a mask for something deeper.
"When I started out, I was just impatient and intolerant. [The hostility] helped keep people away so I could do my job. ... [But] I've seen others eaten by their own masks," he said referring to Kurt Cobain.
But he still can rattle a few cages, as in when he explained why he doesn't attend the Grammys, even when he's nominated: "I'm happy to be in a [nightclub] while the monolith that is U2 crushed us under their jackboot."
He also says that he and his old group, The Attractions, almost became Texans at one point. "We were considering moving to Austin because we liked it so much," he said. "And San Francisco, for the same reason."
http://www.dallasnews.com/s/dws/fea/ent ... 1ea0c.html
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Elvis Costello can be a bit dull talking about record-label history. He's considerably more entertaining telling quirky anecdotes.
During an interview session Wednesday, he offered self-deprecating humor about an awkward moment meeting Jerry Lee Lewis and learning from George Jones while suffering from the mumps.
A recent gig in New Orleans provided him with the quirkiest tale. A fortysomething female fan had his face tattooed onto one of her, um, cheeks, and a circle on the other. He gave his autograph inside the circle, which she planned to have permanently tattooed the next day.
Rob Clark
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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/ar ... 1000845831
Singer-songwriter Elvis Costello, now a Universal recording artist after long tenures at Columbia and Warner Bros., reflected on the changes he has witnessed in the business during an interview conducted by MTV Networks senior vp Bill Flanagan.
"The creative people inside the companies have become increasingly invisible," Costello said. "They box in the creative people inside this massive and unwieldy structure, which resembles the last days of the dinosaurs."
Costello also accused specialty music retailers, who have faced stiff competition from online music services, of being woefully behind the times and out of touch with consumers.
"As soon as broadband is big enough, the record (retailing) business is over," Costello maintained. "They will have to change or die. ... It's going to be about five minutes to the end. All bets are off." He added that traditional music chains like Tower Records had "let the spirit go out of it."
With the music industry still in turmoil over downloading and CD burning, the mood at the convention center, like last year, is a bit glum.
Former Semisonic drummer Jacob Slichter, author of "So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star," opens the day's sessions by recounting the ways the industry stomped all over his band, a one-hit-wonder known for its late-'90s anthem "Closing Time."
Later, rock legend Elvis Costello announces the imminent demise of bricks-and-mortar record stores, predicting that music soon will be obtained through the 21st century version of mail-order shopping.
"Internet downloads — that's just a quicker way of getting your mail," Costello quips. "I hate to say it, because I love record shops. But they have to adapt or die."
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/entertainment/11159076.htm
Costello reveals his mask
It was a calm, relaxed and, at times, barely audible Elvis Costello who took the stage Wednesday at the Austin Convention Center for a sit-down interview with journalist Bill Flanagan. Costello, on a U.S. tour to push his new disc, The Delivery Man, reminisced about meeting such giants as George Jones, Count Basie and Jerry Lee Lewis, and said that everything he's gone through over the last 30 years was in service of the music, conceding that the hostility he used to be known for was a mask for something deeper.
"When I started out, I was just impatient and intolerant. [The hostility] helped keep people away so I could do my job. ... [But] I've seen others eaten by their own masks," he said referring to Kurt Cobain.
But he still can rattle a few cages, as in when he explained why he doesn't attend the Grammys, even when he's nominated: "I'm happy to be in a [nightclub] while the monolith that is U2 crushed us under their jackboot."
He also says that he and his old group, The Attractions, almost became Texans at one point. "We were considering moving to Austin because we liked it so much," he said. "And San Francisco, for the same reason."
http://www.dallasnews.com/s/dws/fea/ent ... 1ea0c.html
Just sign here
Elvis Costello can be a bit dull talking about record-label history. He's considerably more entertaining telling quirky anecdotes.
During an interview session Wednesday, he offered self-deprecating humor about an awkward moment meeting Jerry Lee Lewis and learning from George Jones while suffering from the mumps.
A recent gig in New Orleans provided him with the quirkiest tale. A fortysomething female fan had his face tattooed onto one of her, um, cheeks, and a circle on the other. He gave his autograph inside the circle, which she planned to have permanently tattooed the next day.
Rob Clark
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/ar ... 1000845831
Singer-songwriter Elvis Costello, now a Universal recording artist after long tenures at Columbia and Warner Bros., reflected on the changes he has witnessed in the business during an interview conducted by MTV Networks senior vp Bill Flanagan.
"The creative people inside the companies have become increasingly invisible," Costello said. "They box in the creative people inside this massive and unwieldy structure, which resembles the last days of the dinosaurs."
Costello also accused specialty music retailers, who have faced stiff competition from online music services, of being woefully behind the times and out of touch with consumers.
"As soon as broadband is big enough, the record (retailing) business is over," Costello maintained. "They will have to change or die. ... It's going to be about five minutes to the end. All bets are off." He added that traditional music chains like Tower Records had "let the spirit go out of it."