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by johnfoyle
Tue Oct 21, 2003 12:49 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Preview of Offenbach show.
Replies: 3
Views: 5539

From: "John Harrison" writes- Subject: Was Offenbach show cancelled? To: COSTELLO-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM this from the guest book on the Home Page: http://www.elviscostello.info/guestbook/index.php Name: bm Date: 2003-10-16 Message: offenbach gig I was really looking forward to tomorrow. Sadly...
by johnfoyle
Mon Oct 20, 2003 3:43 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Pretty words don't mean much anymore
Replies: 32
Views: 27011

Danny writes- The Poet's Rest has gotto be a pub, outside which the bus burst into flames And so it is . In Slane , Co. Meath it would be on the route of that tortuous seven hour bus journey from Dublin to Letterkenny that Elvis took at one point in the 1980`s - then he learned to drive. see http://...
by johnfoyle
Mon Oct 20, 2003 12:50 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: German article about Elvis
Replies: 9
Views: 8584

German article about Elvis

Translation please ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.op-online.de/333_404_3436313032.htm Entdeckung der Langsamkeit: Costello vor Tourstart in Deutschand Hamburg (dpa) Auf den ersten Blick scheint es, Elvis Costello habe sein neues Album ...
by johnfoyle
Mon Oct 20, 2003 12:46 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: ` Muggins got asked to get Elvis out on bail,...`
Replies: 1
Views: 3527

` Muggins got asked to get Elvis out on bail,...`

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/the10/story/0,11109,1062840,00.html Last month's 10 Last month, Ben Thompson nominated the 10 Greatest Publicity Stunts in music. They were: 1 Elvis joining the army 2 The Sex Pistols' boat party 3 Robert Johnson selling his soul 4 Madonna publishing 'Sex' 5 The KL...
by johnfoyle
Mon Oct 20, 2003 12:45 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: BBC Radio 2 "Sold On Song"
Replies: 18
Views: 14224

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv_and_radio/story/0,3604,1066686,00.html The first word Elvis Costello ever said was "skin". He had heard it often enough, on Sinatra's I've Got You Under My Skin, for it to be his first utterance, he told Mariella Frostrup on Elvis Costello - Sold on Song (Radio...
by johnfoyle
Sun Oct 19, 2003 4:28 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Covers of Costello/Bachrach songs in Philippines charts
Replies: 5
Views: 6611

Covers of Costello/Bachrach songs in Philippines charts

http://www.sundaylife.co.uk/features/story.jsp?story=454978 Siobhan tastes a little Asian success BELFAST-based jazz singer and festival artist Siobhan Pettit is a major celebrity these days - in the Philippines! The Clonmel-born chanteuse is delighted that her new album Long Ago Tomorrow, has soare...
by johnfoyle
Sun Oct 19, 2003 4:03 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: That other new Elvis recording
Replies: 3
Views: 5893

Wanda Jackson talks about working with Elvis - http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/music/article/0,1406,KNS_349_2353081,00.html Late last year, word started getting around that Jackson was headed to Hollywood to record a new album, and musicians started offering their support for the project. Then Nashville...
by johnfoyle
Sun Oct 19, 2003 12:57 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis on compilations
Replies: 66
Views: 73441

Elvis on compilations

Browsing through the compilation racks I see Elvis is quietly licensing his tracks all over the place . Yesterday I spotted - an odd selection - New Amsterdam on Good Vibes http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000A306F/ref=sr_aps_music_1_1/026-3487646-1398807 and , more likely , Good Year For ...
by johnfoyle
Sat Oct 18, 2003 5:21 pm
Forum: The Annex
Topic: Kill Bill
Replies: 20
Views: 15379

Copulation , carnage , exotic locations , poignant shots of the Twin Towers in the Manhattan skyline , stunning photography , breathtaking aeriel sequences - yes, Winged Migration was the best film I saw today. No , `Crow , I`m not really a birder - though I do watch out for a pair of Magpies who ne...
by johnfoyle
Sat Oct 18, 2003 5:08 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: `Costello has posted wedding banns at MARYLEBONE TOWN HALL`
Replies: 70
Views: 52403

`Costello has posted wedding banns at MARYLEBONE TOWN HALL`

http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/0/C8C6823C5D21CE7280256DC10045E634!opendocument COSTELLO AND KRALL TO WED Loved-up musicians ELVIS COSTELLO and DIANA KRALL are planning to marry in the next few weeks. British Costello has posted wedding banns at MARYLEBONE TOWN HALL, London - meaning the...
by johnfoyle
Sat Oct 18, 2003 11:09 am
Forum: The Annex
Topic: Kill Bill
Replies: 20
Views: 15379

Just seen this - have to agree with The Bro. - runs out of steam about half way in - which wasn`t a bad thing `cos it meant I could have a nap and enjoy the hack `n slash final part. Now going to Winged Migration - an entirely different type of movie altogether....
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0301727/
by johnfoyle
Sat Oct 18, 2003 11:00 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Preview of Offenbach show.
Replies: 3
Views: 5539

Yet again - Dave Weill has a great `translation` of this to share with us. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2003 09:20:54 -0500 From: "dave weil" Subject: Re: Preview of Offenbach show. To: COSTELLO-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 1...
by johnfoyle
Sat Oct 18, 2003 5:44 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Preview of Offenbach show.
Replies: 3
Views: 5539

Preview of Offenbach show.

This Frankfurt `paper preview of the Offenbach show has a lovely tinted treatment of the North cover here - http://www.f-r.de/ressorts/plan.f/das_beste_der_woche/?client=fr&cnt=322426&src=103652 .......and the preview here ( maybe someone would like to translate this but even my very basic G...
by johnfoyle
Sat Oct 18, 2003 1:09 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: EC in November Downbeat magazine
Replies: 0
Views: 2442

EC in November Downbeat magazine

Dave writes - EC in November Downbeat magazine To: COSTELLO-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Downbeat (Nov 2003) has a good interview with Elvis, a little different from the rest fo the interviews lately. More talk about jazz, the players on the record, and even Ms. Krall than we've seen so far. Also some nice bi...
by johnfoyle
Sat Oct 18, 2003 1:05 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Terry Gross "FreshAir" Costello interview up at iT
Replies: 1
Views: 3732

Terry Gross "FreshAir" Costello interview up at iT

"Steve Talkowski" writes - Subject: Terry Gross "FreshAir" Costello interview up at iTunes Store To: COSTELLO-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM There are 767 archive edition episodes of Fresh Air up on the Audiobooks section of iTunes. For $2.95 you can snag a 52 minute episode with Costello, B...
by johnfoyle
Fri Oct 17, 2003 6:46 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Punk Monks dig Elvis
Replies: 1
Views: 3897

Punk Monks dig Elvis

http://www.dailyiowan.com/news/531464.html Zen power chords splashed with humor By Richard Shirk - The Daily Iowan, 17 October 2003 Stuart Davis could be the wittiest self-ordained monk to ever rock power chords. Shaven-head bald, and as devoutly Buddhist as he is devoutly rockin', he is a man bring...
by johnfoyle
Fri Oct 17, 2003 6:41 am
Forum: The Annex
Topic: Are You A Boy Or Are You A Girl?
Replies: 42
Views: 32169

Well if you must impose roles ( as John Cleese said in The Meaning Of Life) .....I`m a boy.
by johnfoyle
Fri Oct 17, 2003 12:56 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: German interview with Elvis
Replies: 4
Views: 5809

marcus kuley writes- Subject: Re: German interview with Elvis To: COSTELLO-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM I have a hunch that the writer's translation of EC's remarks are highly inaccurate. I'm sure that the writer did not dare to call Diana Krall a 'jazz starlet' to the face of Elvis. So please don't blame me ...
by johnfoyle
Thu Oct 16, 2003 4:58 pm
Forum: The Annex
Topic: Auction for Diana Krall bra
Replies: 39
Views: 26700

PlaythingOrPet wonders-


-Why has no one probed John on why he was looking for Diana Krall's bra? Shouldn't you be serving snotty-nosed kids half a pound of bon bons, John? -


It was a topic on a Diana Krall forum - honest!

Also- most of the kids who come into my shop are looking for cigarettes.
by johnfoyle
Thu Oct 16, 2003 3:39 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: German interview with Elvis
Replies: 4
Views: 5809

German interview with Elvis

Translation/general summary in English please! ------------------------------------------------------ http://www.welt.de/data/2003/10/17/183604.html?s=2 "Die Punks von heute sind Memmen" Elvis Costello über die Wut der Jugend, die Weisheit des Alters und seine Brille Elvis Costello trägt A...
by johnfoyle
Thu Oct 16, 2003 2:56 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: MacManus & McCartney
Replies: 33
Views: 28890

King_of_Spain wonders - -Oh, by the way... I am deeply interested on knowing -if someone has any information- how the relationship between them both -Macca and MacManus- goes RIGHT NOW... - Guess this old thread on this board can tell ya - http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=141
by johnfoyle
Thu Oct 16, 2003 12:51 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: That other new Elvis recording
Replies: 3
Views: 5893

You can hear the EC/Wanda duet at:
http://www.cmt.com/av/trackaday/wanda.jackson.jhtml
by johnfoyle
Wed Oct 15, 2003 4:47 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis on Dutch TV, Oct.15th
Replies: 1
Views: 4539

Elvis on Dutch TV, Oct.15th

--- Joyce Slavik wrote: > Elvis just finished on Barend von Dorp. He sang > "Still" accompanied by > Steve. Sounded great! I heard he'll be on German tv > tomorrow. > > Joyce Maybe this link will eventually show a picture from this http://www.rtl.nl/actueel/barendenvandorp/index.xml