Elvis Costello Fan Forum

I honestly don't think racial profiling is the answer to terrorism.. Never said it was "the answer". Just disappointed that our attempts to be PC have pushed us to the margins of stupidity. Tell me with a straight face, LTZ, who would you feel more comfortable to see boarding your plane ....

Right on Gilli. God bless them all. I'm every bit as angry about 9/11 as I was 5 years ago. But looking back. . . . I'm angry that we STILL don't have Osama. I'm angry that we're bogged down in Iraq. I'm angry that I really don't feel any safer. I'm angry that we are too hamstrung with ridiculous po...

1. Miracle Man
2. Sleep of the Just
3. Poor Fractured Atlas
4. My Thief
5. Painted from Memory
6. Jack of All Parades
7. I'll Wear it Proudly
8. Two Little Hitlers
9. Fallen
10. Heart Shaped Bruise

This really needs to be a top 20 or 30 song list.

I agree with you Neil. Its a great album, but I don't find myself listening to it as much as GH, B & C, KOA, and at least 5 or 6 others. I rarely listen to it, except when I want to hear two or three tracks. And I really like Shabby Doll. Damn it, now you got me wanting to listen to the whole CD.

Akron OR Cleveland. Those would've been good. Last night of the tour, impromptu setlist, last minute ticket announcement, Jim Jarmusch in the audience, etc. Chicago was good. I just had shite seats, the sound was bad, and it was hot up there in the rafters. I was watching 90% of the show squinting w...

Just got back from Chicago. Came away a little disappointed. It was a great show, but not from where I was sitting. Might as well been at Soldier Field.

And whoever Duke Robilard is -- the guy ain't fit to carry Marc Ribot's guitar case. Very unimaginative and bland.

I'm not giving him a pass, or forgiving him. I just don't understand the hysteria. It shouldn't be headline news. Rascists are in plentiful supply anywhere you want to look. Just because he is a big movie star, so what? Now, if it was discovered he has been giving money to Hamas or Hezbollah, or goi...

Good post, Boy with a Problem. Sums up the way I feel. I don't understand what all the fuss is about either. If people think actions speak louder than words . . . then we should be MORE upset that he was driving around drunk with an open bottle of tequila in his car, and could have killed somebody -...

Taking a cue from his movie, "The Conspiracy Theory", I think the whole thing is a publicity stunt.

Blue - There are a few reports from this new site: http://blackrider23.com/tomwaitsfantemp/

While scanning through the ticket section of that forum - it was reported that a pair of Waits tickets sold on eBay for $2850.00
Thats Barbara Streisand territory!

Responding to my own post: http://www.pastemagazine.com/action/article?article_id=3116 Tom Waits Tickets Bought on eBay Won't Be Accepted Many of the the Tom Waits tickets that have been purchased via resale sites such as eBay and StubHub.com will not be accepted at Waits’ upcoming shows. Because ...

No one mentioned "Ship of Fools"?

Andrew was arrested for trying to fill a fraudulent prescription and Kreamy singer/ violin-player, Prya, has been on the phone all day & well into the evening trying to find someone with enough collateral to cover Andrew’s $500 bail

What a frustrating way to buy tickets. Finally got through to ticketwaster on the phone -- Chicago tickets kept coming up unavailable on the website. After repeated busy signals by phone for 25 minutes, I got thru, at 9:18 a.m., and managed to get 2 limited view seats, separated by 2 rows, in the 2n...

I'm going to try for tickets tomorrow morning for the Chicago show. Wish me luck. Memphis sold out quick. Good for you Pop. I was kinda thinking the same thing -- I had pretty much written off ever being able to make a Waits show. Anyone have any tips for securing tickets thru Ticketmaster? Get on-l...

Thanks for the heads up, Blue. This tour is in my neck of the woods, being in St. Louis. Told the Mrs. today that this would make for my perfect birf-day present, a trip to either Memphis, Louisville, or Chicago (all being aprox. equi-distant from my fair city). I've been a huge Tom Waits fan for 20...

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and they all had fun

at the ladybug picnic.

Blue Chair - I agree. I tried to tell my wife the same thing, that I didn't think it was quite as funny as say The Incredibles or Monsters. Just didn't seem to have as much of that wit going on 2 levels - the inside jokes for the moms and dads w/ the kid humor. It had plenty, but just not as much. I...

Took the fam to see CARS the other night. Reallly enjoyed it. I can't stomach the cable guy's stand-up bits, but with just his voice used in this movie, it was fine.

Six-Fingered Man ROCKS. My favorite is going to need further time to settle. I have a feeling there are about 5-6 that will be in the running.

After only a couple listens . . its between International Echo and Who's Gonna Help a Brother. I love the 'bone solo on Who's Gonna Help a Brother. It hits you over the head.

I think the opening track, "On Your Way Down" is a very appropriate starter. 2 reasons I say so: 1) It puts much of the blame for the New Orleans tragedy (as it unfolded and devolved) squarely where it belongs . . . on the jackass that did a low fly-by, "on his way down", from AF...

Stunning performance on Letterman. I will probably go out and buy the CD and DVD tomorrow. Allen sitting in with Paul was pretty cool, too.

What the hey is 62 year old Keif Richards doing up in a palm tree?

Its cool looking at all these freaky album covers. Like browsing at a hip record store. I picked up the Jayhawks' Rainy Day Music on the recommendation somewhere on this board of Blue Chair and Pophead2k. Gave it a first listen today. Very good. Great harmony singing. Anxious to listen to it a lot m...