Elvis Costello Fan Forum

Though my birth certificate says "Robert," I am, it must be said, a recovering "Bobby." I dropped the name at age 12, yet there are still people in the world who call me that. Soon, the assasins will be mobilized.

But, you see, we Bobs are like an international brotherhood. Mess with one, you mess with us all. Soon, we will all become meld our minds into one giant Bob-consciousness upon the physical death of ur-Bob, Bob Hope. Our first acts will be the destruction of all Weapons of Mass Destruction and a new ...

While there was once a time when it was common to smell marijuana smoke at L.A. concerts and nightclubs, NEVER was there a time (presumably including during the actual Summer of Love) when it was common to smell it in a movie theater. Not even at a midnight showing of "Fantasia" (though I ...

I'm not sure how I feel about this....

Okay, I've decided. I'm mad about it. Emoticon mad.

That's very mad.

F'*&*^'n Bob(ster)!

Here's just a few of mine. (I'm defining rarities as anything that didn't appear on an original album...which means that songs from "Taking Liberties" and "Ten Bloody Mary's" are eligible, since they were, in fact, compilations of rarities. Of course, rarities issued since would ...

"Oooh! Ooooh! Mr. Kotter...Mike Boom's talking about Bobster's mother" Coming soon: Mike Boom and Bobster play the dozens, old school. Mike: "You're mother's so fat, after sex, she smokes a turkey!" Bobster: "Well, you're mother's so ugly...people don't like to, uh, look at ...

SMM --

That's the one!

Thanks, Otis, for the response....I actually thought I posted a long, rambling dissertation on how I actually DID see "Brideheads" but forgot it, about the American meaning of "punting" and how I, as a alumni (alumnus?) of Venice High School can be technically termed a "Gond...

Sorry, to. Not much else to say.

"...so, please give little Bobster a large severance package equalling three years pay. Bobster is so creative and his needs are so great...."

Bobster's Mother

Actually, my old boss is just crazy enough....Damn!

BTW: That quote is a bit of an homage/swipe from a famous passage in "The Great Gatsby."

The title "Watching the Detectives", sans music has been thrown around on a lot. A&E used it to promote a week of Biography shows, or maybe it was a Law & Order promotion, I can't remember. It also appears on the cover of this month's Harper's which I got in the mail last Friday. A...

I read it. I wouldn't call it a good book, exactly, but it is a compelling document of a very specific group in a very specific time and place. A lot of people truly despise it, even though it did briefly render Ellis a legitimate literarly flavor of the month. Having grown up perhaps within a year ...

It's almost mandatory here to note that T.S. Eliot quote (or whoever it was): "Minor artists plagerize. Great artists steal." Of course, however, he should have given credit. Still, never ignore the possibility of subconscious theft, though the sheer number makes it unlikely in this case. ...

ARL -- Actually, I do remember that first Letterman show. I really loved it, it might well have gotten in the way of my schoolwork. If only his show now was half as funny as that one was. Re: the war. Well, it's not just that Letterman doesn't oppose the war, he's actually in favor of it and says so...

Happy birthday! Funny, but I turned 39 this year...and also the year before, too. Anyway, glad you had a good birthday and many happy returns, but what I need a quick English-to-American translations. What were you doing when you "punting".... I know "punters" are betters as well...

I sorta disagree with the whole premise here. I do not for a second accept that, of the network talk show hosts, Conan is second best. In fact, like Costellopunk's, his is the only one I can stand to watch for more than five minutes. That makes him the best, with a Letterman runing a poor second and...

Sulky -- Yeah, I suppose they could've...it would have to be either the Ramones or possibly Johnny Paycheck. Mike -- Actually, I wasn't quite as enthralled with "Whale Rider" as a lot of people. Loved the characters and the acting, but the story kind of lost my attention. However, it was n...

Like DrJ, I've never been one for the big guitar solo -- though I've grown to love Jimi Hendrix -- and even Prince in his faux Jimi stage. Still, every once in a while something strikes me...

1. Jimi Hendrix
2. Brinsley Shwarz
3. Roddy Frame
4. Richard Thompson
5. Vernon Reid

Good work on the graphics, Sulky.

BTW: Who's doing the liner notes?

Sorry, but all my musical writings were tragically destoyed in the great Palms/Culver City fire of '89. And let me, also say, good to see ya' Mike Boom. Saw "Whale Rider" -- doing boffo indie b.o. stateside* -- and was thinking of you. (Hey, I know it's not like your intimately acquainted ...

Okay, I'll bite. However, let it be known that my opinions/feelings change on a daily basis and I take no responsibility for any of this! (Also, I'm disqualifying "What's So Funny" -- a real contender for #1 as EC didn't write it, cause including other songwriters just opens the door way t...

Well, the stated reason -- and not a hard one to swallow at all -- was that the delay (admittedly, in nearly every other case a bad sign) was due to the political climate here in the U.S. The film was originallly sold to Miramax, the director says, on September 10, 2001, and finding a good time to r...

Priest: "And this offends you as a Jew." Jerry: "No. It offends me as a comedian." "That guy has a little name for everybody" -- Jackie Chiles, after being introduced to "the Soup Nazi" on the last episode. And here's a couple of probably not entirely accurate...

Lapins -- one last remark re: "Phantom." That list wasn't really intended to be a top 10 (unless it was "top 10 cult films I've been thinking about lately"). Actually, I had a sligthly higher opinion of it until I recently saw it out here at a screening out here and realized ther...