Elvis Costello Fan Forum

Rope:

Love the cowbell reference. One of the very few recent SNL skits that actually made me laugh (most of that show is just plain dreadful). Great stuff from Will Ferrell and Christopher Walken.

Two great pop albums released this summer...

Pernice Brothers "Yours, Mine & Ours"
Fountains of Wayne "Welcome Interstate Managers"

I also love the latest Radiohead.

Otis:

I'm pretty sure he did "Bewlay Brothers" at one of his New York City Marathon shows last fall. Unfortunately not the one I attended, at Queens College. Still, it was a great show.

Well, I did send in some of them... Good luck.

Sulky:

Check out John Everingham's site, http://www.elviscostello.info. Loads of ticket stub scans in the gigography section.

Otis: Have you been inhabited by the spirit of Arsene Wenger ("I did not see the incident")? Blatant handball in the Soton match, but it didn't matter in the end. I watch a lot of footie on Fox Sports World (from England, Germany, Spain, Argentina and the MLS), and I must say that the refs...

Otis: Gimme a break. A 2-2 draw against Blackburn is not a terrible result - and the first Mutu goal should have counted. Did you really think we were going to win every match? Nice handball in the area by Phil Neville BTW. Was he playing volleyball? Not surprisingly, the ref did not see it.

Dunno about the transfer window. I think Lampard will do fine and will stay. He's a much better player now than when he came over from West Ham. Assuming we stay in CL, there will be plenty of games to go around. Here's who will be gone by this time next year, IMHO: -Hasselbaink (out of contract) -G...

shabbs: I knew we wouldn't beat Blackburn - our "bogey" team. Must be said, however, that the Mutu goal that was disallowed was NOT offside. I already love this guy - what a player! PoP: You didn't stay away too long, did you? Maybe you should threaten to quit this thread every week! I do ...

POP: Certainly at least 4 "world class" players in that lineup - Owen, Gerrard, Kewell and maybe Dudek.

shabbs: Don't know if I would advise putting money on Chelsea. We'll slip up soon and everyone will have a good laugh - maybe as early as this weekend against Blackburn.

PoP: Houllier needs to go. All that money spent and boring football to show for it. Some very dodgy purchases. Why playing Kewell out of position? Only Houllier could screw that up. The one goal you have scored was a twice-taken penalty. The sooner you get a competent manager in there the better. Lo...

Bowie and his band played at a local hole in the wall called "The Chance" (just a short drive from my house). How did I miss this? Arrggghh!!! :x Bowie Enjoys Live 'Reality' Check By Wes Orshoski NEW YORK (Billboard) - An admittedly nervous David Bowie previewed his forthcoming album, &quo...

Ok, I'll give it a go...

1. Manchester United
2. Chelsea
3. Arsenal
4. Newcastle
5. Liverpool
6. Blackburn
7. Southampton
8. Manchester City
9. Birmingham
10. Tottenham
11. Middlesbrough
12. Leeds
13. Everton
14. Charlton
15. Aston Villa
16. Portsmouth
17. Fulham
18. Bolton
19. Wolves
20. Leicester

Otis: From what I saw of Ronaldo I was very impressed. A good buy, but it was also nice to see Roman drive up the price a bit (from £6m to £12m+). I think Chelsea will get more out of Veron than Old Red Nose ever did. Good business for us and, in the long run, probably for you as well. As for Owen's...

Nice to see my Blues do the business at Anfield this weekend (sorry Bunny and EC). 'Bout f***ing time.

Otis, thanks for Veron!

I thought I heard it too BWAP. Sounded like, "Waiting until the end of the world."

One of the idiots from Saturday Night Live.

Just the once for me, after the Pittsburgh show last October. EC was very cool. Took a lot of time to sign autographs, take pictures, etc. He signed my Japanese tour program.

Oi! When's he gonna do a tour of the States???

Thanks DrJ. I'll check it out.

Great summer for pop records. I'm especially enjoying the new Fountains of Wayne record, "Welcome Interstate Managers" and Pernice Brothers' "Yours, Mine & Ours."

Who says nobody knows how to write a tune anymore?

Yikes. Sorry about that. Must read more carefully. Carry on.

OK, I think I know a couple of these off the top of my head:

12) Jake Riviera

13) Steve Nason

27) Dave Edmunds?

Today's music selection - Joni Mitchell's "Hejira". What a soooo-perb album. Incredible lyricist, beautiful arrangements. Especially "Amelia" and "Hejira".

Discarded:

Thanks for posting the setlists. "Tell Me Right Now" is a Joe Tex tune that EC covered previously. It's available on the "Blood & Chocolate" Bonus Disc.

Dunno the name of the other one you're misssing.