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by johnfoyle
Wed Sep 24, 2003 6:16 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Yahoo Launch review of North
Replies: 1
Views: 4504

Yahoo Launch review of North

http://launch.yahoo.com/read/album.asp?contentID=214694 09/23/2003 By Ken Micallef It began with 1982's Imperial Bedroom. The album featured a newly reflective and ever poignant Elvis, not the sarcastic new waver known for such lines as, "six little Hitlers will fight it out until one little Hi...
by johnfoyle
Wed Sep 24, 2003 6:15 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Rocky Mountain News interview
Replies: 0
Views: 3367

Rocky Mountain News interview

Some exciting news about DVD / live CD releases in this. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/music/article/0,1299,DRMN_54_2290256,00.html Costello rides song cycle on new side trip By Mark Brown, Rocky Mountain ...
by johnfoyle
Wed Sep 24, 2003 6:13 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Town Hall 9/22/03
Replies: 23
Views: 21727

Four NY newspaper reviews of this gig. http://www.nj.com/entertainment/ledger/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-1/106438108329090.xml Elvis points 'North' -- Costello devotes much of Town Hall show to his newest CD Wednesday, September 24, 2003 BY JAY LUSTIG Star-Ledger Staff NEW YORK -- Elvis Costello'...
by johnfoyle
Tue Sep 23, 2003 4:17 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Town Hall 9/22/03
Replies: 23
Views: 21727

Billboard review of Costello/Nieve , Town Hall , N.Y. , Sept.22 see http://www.billboard.com/bb/livereviews/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1984816 ------------------------------------------------------ September 23, 2003 Elvis Costello & Steve Nieve / Sept. 22, 2003 / New York (Town Hall) Ac...
by johnfoyle
Tue Sep 23, 2003 3:56 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: The Onion review of North
Replies: 1
Views: 4345

The Onion review of North

http://www.theonionavclub.com/3937/music.html#review3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Elvis Costello North (Deutsche Grammophon) For at least a decade, Elvis Costello fans have been divided into two camps: those who showed up for the straightforward...
by johnfoyle
Tue Sep 23, 2003 1:20 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis in Zagat Survey Music Guide
Replies: 5
Views: 7464

Elvis in Zagat Survey Music Guide

see http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1984699 ------------------------------------------------------- ( extract below) Here are the Zagat Survey Music Guide's top albums by genre: Blues: "Moanin' in the Moonlight," Howlin' Wolf Classical: "Horowitz i...
by johnfoyle
Tue Sep 23, 2003 1:14 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: MSNBC review of North
Replies: 1
Views: 4263

MSNBC review of North

see http://www.msnbc.com/news/970121.asp?0si=-&cp1=1#BODY ------------------------------------------------------ “NORTH,” ELVIS COSTELLO Never shy about experimentation, Elvis Costello applies his lyric scalpel and considerable voice talent exclusively to the ballad on his new album, “North.” El...
by johnfoyle
Tue Sep 23, 2003 1:03 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: New York Post review of North
Replies: 4
Views: 8272

Mike Carter contributed this to COSTELLO-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM - Found this on the Rhino website: "Rhino records presents....GET MOPEY!!! The new, not-so-fun album from Elvis Costello! "The noted performer, praised for his chameleon-like musical abilities, releases this material after an unfo...
by johnfoyle
Tue Sep 23, 2003 12:59 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis on BBC `Later...` DVD
Replies: 2
Views: 4813

Elvis on BBC `Later...` DVD

see http://www.noblepr.co.uk/Press_Releases/warner_vision/later_giants.htm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Warner Music Vision is proud to announce the 20th October 2003 release of Later…with Jools Holland GIANTS. This stunning DVD contains perf...
by johnfoyle
Tue Sep 23, 2003 12:45 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: EC's Dublin Home For Sale
Replies: 47
Views: 39073

http://www.lisney.com/showsearch.asp?FormType=ViewRSale&RSID=1716 Update on this link sez `Sale Type: Private Treaty Price: €1,300,000 ` which means it didn`t go to auction , selling for above figure. Not a great price in Dublin property terms ; it`s relatively remote location didn`t help.
by johnfoyle
Tue Sep 23, 2003 6:42 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Town Hall 9/22/03
Replies: 23
Views: 21727

From alt.fan.elvis-costello - EC and Steve Nieve played a generous two and a half hour set to an adoring, sold out house Monday night in NYC. Most of 'North' was played in addition to mostly familiar songs that spanned his career. While I am not going to make final judgments on 'North' based on thes...
by johnfoyle
Tue Sep 23, 2003 6:38 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: New York Post review of North
Replies: 4
Views: 8272

New York Post review of North

see http://www.nypost.com/music/3176.htm ------------------------------------------------------- ELVIS COSTELLO "North" Deutsche Grammophon "North," the latest from Elvis Costello, is a musically pretty disc that's also pretty boring as it tells a boy-loses-girl, boy-finds-himsel...
by johnfoyle
Tue Sep 23, 2003 6:29 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: U.S.A. Today review of North
Replies: 0
Views: 3124

U.S.A. Today review of North

see http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/reviews/2003-09-22-listen-up_x.htm Elvis Costello, North (* * * ½) Costello may have been cast as a child of punk early in his career, but as a writer, he has always owed a greater debt to Lennon & McCartney and Rodgers & Hart than Lou Reed or the Sex P...
by johnfoyle
Mon Sep 22, 2003 3:44 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Rolling Stone review of North
Replies: 5
Views: 7260

Rolling Stone review of North

see http://www.rollingstone.com/news/newsarticle.asp?nid=18713 ------------------------------------------------------ Elvis Costello North Deutsche Grammophon Having reinstated his rock & roll credentials last year with When I Was Cruel -- not to mention getting inducted into the Rock & Roll...
by johnfoyle
Mon Sep 22, 2003 12:51 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Healing the Divide concert in NYC (Waits, EC, DK, and DL)
Replies: 1
Views: 4413

Healing the Divide concert in NYC (Waits, EC, DK, and DL)

From COSTELLO-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM - Just got back from the Healing the Divide concert at Avery Fisher Hall. Great show! Quite a diverse lineup of performers who were all well worth seeing. EC and DK arrived about half an hour after the show started, during Anoushka Shankar's set, and sat about 10 row...
by johnfoyle
Sun Sep 21, 2003 2:28 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: EC on BBC Radio 2 "The Album Chart Show"
Replies: 1
Views: 4379

EC on BBC Radio 2 "The Album Chart Show"

From COSTELLO-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM - Follow this link to hear EC interviewed by Simon Mayo for BBC Radio 2 on "The album Chart show" (broadcast on 15 September 2003). http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/radio2_aod.shtml?albumchart (needs realplayer) The EC item is about 22 minutes into the show (...
by johnfoyle
Sun Sep 21, 2003 7:03 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis to play Canadian benefit , Sept. 27?
Replies: 0
Views: 3524

Elvis to play Canadian benefit , Sept. 27?

This seems possible , what with Elvis playing Chicago on Sept.26th , a short `plane ride away. ------------------------------------------------------- see http://www.canada.com/vancouver/theprovince/story.asp?id=FBCF1B71-31BC-4A26-AAFF-367A6F3DF41E NEWS STORY Fire concert takes shape Extravaganza of...
by johnfoyle
Sun Sep 21, 2003 12:54 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis opens for Neil Young , Sept.20
Replies: 4
Views: 6426

Elvis opens for Neil Young , Sept.20

From Costello-l listserv- `Nunki` writes - I probably get to be the first to report on EC's set opening for Neil Young in Irvine tonight, since I was unable to stay for Neil's set. There weren't any surprises for anyone who saw the July tour, but as heavily abbreviated, hits-oriented shows go, it wa...
by johnfoyle
Sat Sep 20, 2003 4:21 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: U.S. /Canadian Virgin Stores showing `Museum gig
Replies: 3
Views: 6115

U.S. /Canadian Virgin Stores showing `Museum gig

From the Island site- See an exclusive Elvis Costello live performance from the Museum of TV & Radio beamed via satellite to Virgin Megastores across the US 9/23, 8PM at the "A" stores 9/25, 8PM at the "B" stores List of A&B Stores http://staging.idjmg.com/contribute/Virg...
by johnfoyle
Sat Sep 20, 2003 9:07 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: EC Vinyl Collectors...Help?
Replies: 2
Views: 6034

see http://members.fortunecity.com/hosko/misc/misc_kingbisc.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Elvis Costello [LP] (Rock Around The World #204) 13 Jul 80 Elvis Costello [LP] Produced by DIR Braodcasting. Hope & Anchor, 1980. Martin Belmont is...
by johnfoyle
Fri Sep 19, 2003 3:21 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Entertainment Weekly review of North
Replies: 3
Views: 6681

Entertainment Weekly review of North

see http://www.ew.com/ew/ (subscription required - this text was posted on Costello-l-listserv) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Doing the math on Elvis Costello yields some remarkable figures: More than a quarter century and hundreds of compositio...
by johnfoyle
Fri Sep 19, 2003 12:39 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis interview in Australian `paper
Replies: 0
Views: 3462

Elvis interview in Australian `paper

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/09/19/1063625206054.html A new romantic, his aim is still true September 20, 2003 Falling in love again fuels Elvis Costello's new album. Just don't expect him to kiss and tell. Elvis Costello ended a 16-year relationship with Irish singer and songwriter Caitlin O...
by johnfoyle
Fri Sep 19, 2003 12:29 pm
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Where's Bruce?
Replies: 3
Views: 7076

Bruce Thomas is now a writer. See these earlier threads for info. on his books.


http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2 ... c.php?t=37

http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2 ... .php?t=388
by johnfoyle
Fri Sep 19, 2003 6:53 am
Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
Topic: Elvis comments on reviews of North etc.
Replies: 21
Views: 21441

Elvis comments on reviews of North etc.

see http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1045258,00.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Guardian profile: Elvis Costello Though fans applaud his musical courage, dedication and aversion to pigeonholes, critics have turned on the se...