MUSIC NEWS - Elvis Costello and The Attractions' classic Hollywood High concert from 1978 will finally be released on CD in January 2010. Individual tunes had been made available over the years, but the Univeral Music Enterprise release next month will be the first time the entire performance has been put out.
Appropriately called "Live at Hollywood High ", the release will include 20 songs and out on January 12, 2010 and will give us 11 previously unreleased songs, say UME. Elvis... Read Full Story
MU SIC NEWS - The second season of Sundance Channel's popular music/talk original series “Spectacle: Elvis Costello with…” will return on Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 10:00pm et/pt with an episode featuring U2’s Bono and The Edge (maybe some Spiderman, The Musical discussion?). “Spectacle: Elvis Costello with…” combines the best parts of talk and music television and lets viewers in on intimate conversation and performances with host Costello and his guests, who range from legendary... Read Full Story
MUSIC NEWS - Hear Music (Starbucks) has announced a June 2, 2009 release of Elvis Costello’s new album ‘ Secret, Profane & Sugarcane’ (track list below). The album was produced by T Bone Burnett and recorded by Mike Piersante during a three-day session at Nashville’s Sound Emporium Studio. With Costello at the sessions were Jerry Douglas (dobro), Stuart Duncan (fiddle), Mike Compton (mandolin), Jeff Taylor (accordion) and Dennis Crouch (double bass). These players are some of the... Read Full Story
I try not throw the word shimm around here too loosely. Not everything is the shimm that is posted on the Shimm. Of course, my music postings are of the highest quality. This is my favorite thing to eat in New York @ Momofuku. That pork is really incredibly delicious and that bun is the highest quality bun I've encountered. It tastes like incredibly decadent, shimm you know will cause carotid artery disease, but this is the kind of stuff worth incurring a heart attack for. I don't like any... Read Full Story
MUSIC NEWS - With a varied performance schedule this season, performing with The Sugarcanes or The Imposters; solo at an NYC bar, LA and SF Record shoppes, in front of thousands at Bonnaroo or with Sheryl Crow at the MLB All-Star charity concert , Elvis Costello is performing at his peak this summer, hot on the release of one of his best albums. Most of Costello's recent gigs have been with his all-star cast of Nashville session players while he supports his June 2 release; Secret... Read Full Story
MUSIC NEWS - In praise of independent music retailers, Elvis Costello will celebrate the release of his new ‘ Secret, Profane & Sugarcane ’ album (out via Starbucks' Hear Music label) on Monday, June 22, 2009 by performing free in-store shows at Amoeba Records San Francisco, CA and Hollywood locations (sorry Berkeley store!). Costello will kick off his one day “ Amoeba Music Tour ” at Noon PT with a performance at Amoeba San Francisco, then fly south for a performance at 8pm pdt at... Read Full Story
History repeats the old conceits
The glib replies the same defeats
Keep your finger on important issues
With crocodile tears and a pocketful of tissues
I’m just the oily slick
On the windup world of the nervous tick
In a very fashionable hovel
I hang around dying to be tortured
You’ll never be alone in the bone orchard
This battle with the bottle is nothing so novel
So in this almost empty gin palace
Through a two-way looking glass
You see your Alice
You know she has no... Read Full Story
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MUSIC NEWS - Singer Elvis Costello will headline an all-star line-up at a Washington DC Inaugural Party on January 20, 2009 to celebrate US President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration. Sting and Sam Moore will also appear at the event, which will raise funds for the non-profit arts and entertainment advocacy group, The Creative Coalition . A few of the many confirmed guests are; Anne Hathaway, Susan Sarandon, Marcia Cross , Alan Cumming, Seal. Director Spike Lee will also appear at... Read Full Story
