Mojo - December issue on sale November 1st
Mojo - December issue on sale November 1st
The November issue (out now, yeah I dont get it either??) previews article in next months issue on Elvis Costello - from new wave to old rave.
should be worth looking out for
should be worth looking out for
...I want him to hurt...
This blog seems to have some of this feature -
http://www.mojo4music.com/?url=http://m ... -gigs.html
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Last week, Elvis Costello told MOJO magazine that he was thinking of giving up making records. For him, it had ceased being an economical way of disseminating music, and besides, he’s bored of it.
“I’m not of a mind to record any more,â€
http://www.mojo4music.com/?url=http://m ... -gigs.html
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Last week, Elvis Costello told MOJO magazine that he was thinking of giving up making records. For him, it had ceased being an economical way of disseminating music, and besides, he’s bored of it.
“I’m not of a mind to record any more,â€
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[quote="johnfoyle"]This blog seems to have some of this feature -
http://www.mojo4music.com/?url=http://m ... -gigs.html
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Last week, Elvis Costello told MOJO magazine that he was thinking of giving up making records. For him, it had ceased being an economical way of disseminating music, and besides, he’s bored of it.
“I’m not of a mind to record any more,â€
http://www.mojo4music.com/?url=http://m ... -gigs.html
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Last week, Elvis Costello told MOJO magazine that he was thinking of giving up making records. For him, it had ceased being an economical way of disseminating music, and besides, he’s bored of it.
“I’m not of a mind to record any more,â€
Since you put me down, it seems i've been very gloomy. You may laugh but pretty girls look right through me.
I dont belive for one minute what he is saying. Its just a soundbite for a journalist.
He knows and we know that he will have a bunch of songs inside that he will want to share and come the day he will put them out for not just us but a wide audience to listen to.
Right now he is doing what he wants to do but there will come a time when his vanity will yearn for a wider audience......
He knows and we know that he will have a bunch of songs inside that he will want to share and come the day he will put them out for not just us but a wide audience to listen to.
Right now he is doing what he wants to do but there will come a time when his vanity will yearn for a wider audience......
...I want him to hurt...
This , I find, is the particularly galling part. Why does Elvis presume to apply this logic to everyone? True , a lot of people download a few tracks and disregard the rest of some albums. Many, including myself , don't. I like listening through a whole album. The seemingly weaker tracks emphasis the better one's , they can then assume qualities on re-listening and so. Consideration of sequencing is also another facet always worth exploring.MP3 has dismantled the intended shape of an album.
If a similar argument was applied to literature it would mean the book industry was also doomed. People would just read reviews and synopsis' etc. As the continuing healthy sales of books shows this is not the case.
It all boils down to the fact that if a quality product is out there people will find it.
I think the market EC refers to are young folk - 12-25 - which have always been the target market for the music industry. Also, if you grew up with the Internet, then I would think your approach to discovering music is a bit different... one-off tunes are thrown in with your mix... It could be perceived as chaos, but, I think, as long as technology continues to change (web 2.0 apps/infrastructure changes), it might benefit artists over time... The music industry (aka gangsters) needs to re-evaluate their current business model and step up and accept the fact that they need to streamline their business/industry... it's only at that point, will things change (my opinion only) ... I am sure the fats cats are working on this...
On a separate note - I had no idea that I share the same b-day as E.C.'s dad... sort of cool, I guess... Libra on the cusp.. nice... almost 40 years apart... I'll raise a cocktail in his honor.
On a separate note - I had no idea that I share the same b-day as E.C.'s dad... sort of cool, I guess... Libra on the cusp.. nice... almost 40 years apart... I'll raise a cocktail in his honor.
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I'm between 12 and 25 and still buy and listen to albums. I need to have a solid copy of something in my hands. It's just such a good feeling. And I contantly lament the state of it all towards my mp3 inclined friends, who wouldn't know (or certainly appreciate) a well-sequenced album if it punched them in the nose. I hardly use shuffle on my iPod; I still listen to whole albums when I can. Good albums have a flow that you can't match with a random shuffle. But, I'm an anamoly anymore among my age group, in most ways. Just the fact that I listen to a lot of the music that you guys do gives you some idea. It's sad, yes, but I don't believe for a minute that Elvis will stop making records. Leastways, I hope not.
http://www.mojo4music.com/?url=http://m ... -dont.html
Elvis Costello may never play another show in Britain, he tells MOJO magazine in a forthright interview this month. Speaking in his tour bus while on tour with Bob Dylan, the 53-year-old songwriter told us that “I don’t care if I ever play England againâ€
Elvis Costello may never play another show in Britain, he tells MOJO magazine in a forthright interview this month. Speaking in his tour bus while on tour with Bob Dylan, the 53-year-old songwriter told us that “I don’t care if I ever play England againâ€
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Yeah, the bloody Brits. Buying all those bloody records, going to all his bloody concerts. We're such gits. Cheers for that, Elvis. Nice touch.
According to another forum, Costello doesn't make the cover, it's the Zep instead. While this does make him sound an arse, it's no great surprise after hearing about him Happy Birthday-ing Hilary Clinton last week. So the slide into smug, redundant misery continues.
According to another forum, Costello doesn't make the cover, it's the Zep instead. While this does make him sound an arse, it's no great surprise after hearing about him Happy Birthday-ing Hilary Clinton last week. So the slide into smug, redundant misery continues.
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[quote="johnfoyle"]http://www.mojo4music.com/?url=http://m ... -dont.html
“On that tour the BBC asked Allen [Toussaint] and me to do an interview. They kept us waiting in reception for ages and then they said they didn’t want Allen on the show, they only wanted me. So I said, ‘OK, I won’t do it!’ Then they relented. What the fuck? This guy is a guest in what used to be my country and you're just embarrassing yourselves.â€
“On that tour the BBC asked Allen [Toussaint] and me to do an interview. They kept us waiting in reception for ages and then they said they didn’t want Allen on the show, they only wanted me. So I said, ‘OK, I won’t do it!’ Then they relented. What the fuck? This guy is a guest in what used to be my country and you're just embarrassing yourselves.â€
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Let's not get into too much of a tizzy here. EC may have parted ways with Jake Riviera a ways back, but the latters talent for shock and hyperbole still clearly influence El. How many times has he proclaimed retirement? How many times has he slagged some part of the world and then returned? How many times were the Attractions over 'forever'? Clearly he knows that shocking statements get more attention than safe stuff.
[quote](“Making a record requires me to take all the money that the label advances me and give it to other peopleâ€
echos myron like a siren
with endurance like the liberty bell
and he tells you of the dreamers
but he's cracked up like the road
and he'd like to lift us up, but we're a very heavy load
with endurance like the liberty bell
and he tells you of the dreamers
but he's cracked up like the road
and he'd like to lift us up, but we're a very heavy load
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Seems like Elvis is in good company. His buddy Bob is selling Cadillacs now!?!johnfoyle wrote:The full text contexualises , somewhat, some of the extracted comments. For instance , the Visa sponsorship was , apparently, necessary because it was the only way Elvis could afford The Imposters for the April tour.
I'll post the text later.
http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2007 ... cadil.html
Since you put me down, it seems i've been very gloomy. You may laugh but pretty girls look right through me.
Photos taken for the feature can be seen here -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shawn_brac ... et-727484/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/shawn_brac ... et-727484/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/shawn_brac ... et-727484/
Interview - Phil Sutcliffe
I PAY TAXES HERE AND I CAN’T VOTE SO I’LL SAY
what I like,â€
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Interview - Phil Sutcliffe
I PAY TAXES HERE AND I CAN’T VOTE SO I’LL SAY
what I like,â€
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