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- Mon Nov 18, 2013 1:02 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis Plays Port Chester Nov. 11, 2013 - Happy Veterans Day?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 28575
Re: Elvis Plays Port Chester Nov. 11, 2013 - Happy Veterans
And in case you're wondering, that is indeed me yelling "Yeah!" after the "drummer who threw up in the sink" line in "Ghost Train".
- Wed Nov 13, 2013 9:56 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: New album for 2013: "Wise Up Ghost" (with The Roots!)
- Replies: 1087
- Views: 1621767
Re: New album for 2013: "Wise Up Ghost" (with The Roots!)
My review is finally posted. Have at it and tell me why I'm wrong.
http://everybodysdummy.blogspot.com/201 ... ghost.html
http://everybodysdummy.blogspot.com/201 ... ghost.html
- Tue Nov 12, 2013 10:51 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis Plays Port Chester Nov. 11, 2013 - Happy Veterans Day?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 28575
Re: Elvis Plays Port Chester Nov. 11, 2013 - Happy Veterans
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.
- Mon Sep 09, 2013 8:50 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: New album for 2013: "Wise Up Ghost" (with The Roots!)
- Replies: 1087
- Views: 1621767
Re: New album for 2013: "Wise Up Ghost" (with The Roots!)
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...
- Fri Sep 06, 2013 11:04 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: 40 DAYS OF ELVIS COSTELLO: A Countdown To WISE UP GHOST
- Replies: 369
- Views: 838296
Re: 40 DAYS OF ELVIS COSTELLO: A Countdown To WISE UP GHOST
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...
- Wed Sep 04, 2013 2:19 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: 40 DAYS OF ELVIS COSTELLO: A Countdown To WISE UP GHOST
- Replies: 369
- Views: 838296
Re: 40 DAYS OF ELVIS COSTELLO: A Countdown To WISE UP GHOST
Every entry has been great, but the Phantom Menace link is priceless. Well played sir!
- Wed Aug 14, 2013 11:51 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: 40 DAYS OF ELVIS COSTELLO: A Countdown To WISE UP GHOST
- Replies: 369
- Views: 838296
Re: 40 DAYS OF ELVIS COSTELLO: A Countdown To WISE UP GHOST
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!
- Mon May 06, 2013 8:36 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Costello Sings Again 1986 Playbill scan
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6198
Re: Costello Sings Again 1986 Playbill scan
That's terrific!
- Sun Apr 07, 2013 5:43 pm
- Forum: Trading Post
- Topic: Awesome collection of Costello bootlegs with download links
- Replies: 2
- Views: 10066
Re: Awesome collection of Costello bootlegs with download li
There's gold in them thar hills!
- Thu Mar 21, 2013 8:52 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Beyond Belief
- Replies: 13
- Views: 12532
Re: Beyond Belief
$25 plus shipping is an excellent price -- a fraction of what it cost to subscribe to the whole run back in the day.
- Wed Feb 06, 2013 6:23 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: 'Elvis Costello - In Motion Pictures', Nov. '12
- Replies: 56
- Views: 59148
Re: 'Elvis Costello - In Motion Pictures', Nov. '12
My review of this album is finally up. The toughest part was assigning a rating:
http://everybodysdummy.blogspot.com/201 ... tures.html
http://everybodysdummy.blogspot.com/201 ... tures.html
- Mon Feb 04, 2013 8:24 pm
- Forum: The Annex
- Topic: Neil Young news
- Replies: 20
- Views: 23011
Re: Neil Young news
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.
- Sun Nov 18, 2012 6:16 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Defying Gravity- EC's Fallen
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8428
Re: Defying Gravity- EC's Fallen
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.
- Sun Nov 18, 2012 8:52 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Defying Gravity- EC's Fallen
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8428
Re: Defying Gravity- EC's Fallen
I adore "Fallen". That is all.
- Mon Oct 22, 2012 9:39 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: national ransom two years next week
- Replies: 13
- Views: 14286
Re: national ransom two years next week
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...
- Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:23 pm
- Forum: The Annex
- Topic: Bob Dylan's Tempest
- Replies: 28
- Views: 36574
Re: Bob Dylan's Tempest
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...
- Sun Sep 02, 2012 6:38 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: 40 Terrible Albums by Great Artists - Guess which EC album?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 34816
Re: 40 Terrible Albums by Great Artists - Guess which EC alb
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...
- Sat Aug 25, 2012 8:35 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Your Top 10 Favourite Elvis Costello Albums
- Replies: 32
- Views: 40818
Re: Your Top 10 Favourite Elvis Costello Albums
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
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
- Tue Aug 07, 2012 9:41 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis Costello A Life In Liner Notes
- Replies: 9
- Views: 16446
Re: Elvis Costello A Life In Liner Notes
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.
- Tue Jun 05, 2012 7:05 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Frets and Struts Section of EC Website
- Replies: 11
- Views: 12333
Re: Frets and Struts Section of EC Website
I go to the Frets & Struts page and it still says "Coming Soon".
- Sat May 05, 2012 8:42 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: 1981, Almost Blue sleevenote
- Replies: 26
- Views: 35672
Re: 1981, Almost Blue sleevenote
Fantastic! I'd never seen the whole thing. Essential viewing.
- Thu Apr 26, 2012 8:26 pm
- Forum: The Annex
- Topic: Pete Fornatale RIP
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6489
Re: Pete Fornatale RIP
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...
- Fri Apr 20, 2012 6:48 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Getting stuff signed after show
- Replies: 19
- Views: 21247
Re: Getting stuff signed after show
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...
- Mon Apr 16, 2012 7:15 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: '..it honestly could be years before I do that again..'
- Replies: 26
- Views: 23407
Re: '..it honestly could be years before I do that again..'
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 ...
- Mon Apr 09, 2012 6:56 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: 'The Return Of The Spectacular Spinning Songbook', Nov. '11
- Replies: 473
- Views: 393023
Re: 'The Return Of The Spectacular Spinning Songbook', Nov.
And while I'm at it, here's my review:
http://everybodysdummy.blogspot.com/201 ... cular.html
http://everybodysdummy.blogspot.com/201 ... cular.html