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"My Dark Life" is collaboration between Elvis Costello and Brian Eno for a tribute album inspired by The X-Files. Costello and Eno's piece encompasses the feeling of a film narrative and accompanying score within the boundaries of a strictly audio experience. Here's the latest from Recline...

In "Poor Fractured Atlas," Elvis Costello reflects on the insecurity and vanity of men with an ample amount of irony in one of the last great recordings he did with The Attractions. All this in the latest from Recliner Notes:

http://reclinernotes.com/2022/07/31/poo ... red-atlas/

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The latest from Recliner Notes explores the song "All This Useless Beauty" which sees Elvis Costello taking on Oscar Wilde's art-for-art sake's philosophy and grappling with questions about artistic intent and responsibility:

http://reclinernotes.com/2022/07/24/all ... ss-beauty/

The latest Recliner Notes post is on "Deep Dark Truthful Mirror," exploring Elvis Costello's process in transforming a deeply personal subject matter into art. The post also tracks Costello's enduring musical partnership with the late New Orleans legend Allen Toussaint: http://reclinernote...

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In the 80s, Paul McCartney and Elvis Costello jointly composed a series of songs and recorded demos that stand as a vital and essential lost album. This post from Recliner Notes explores the body of work from this pair of songwriting masters with insights from both partners about the nature of their...

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“Tokyo Storm Warning” by Elvis Costello is an illustration of an apocalypse, both public and personal as it channels "Subterranean Homesick Blues" and delights in the cataloging of nightmarish images. See the latest from Recliner Notes: http://reclinernotes.com/2022/07/04/tokyo-storm-warni...