Tag Archives: Elvis Costello

Massive Attack and Elvis Costello live, July 2016

Posted on July 9, 2016 by

Not together, but two of my all-time favourite artists played in London this month. Massive Attack opened the British Summer Time series of live concerts in Hyde Park on Friday 1 July. Elvis Costello and the Imposters played the Roundhouse … Continue reading →

Posted in Music - concerts, lists, reflections | Tagged , , , , | 5 Comments

Influences and passions : Chvrches, The Staves, Genghar… and Elton John

Posted on February 21, 2016 by

In London yesterday it rained, then rained, then rained some more. I used it as a reason to start editing the quotes out of my book, so it’s easier to publish commercially, and just to veg out a bit, watching … Continue reading →

Posted in Music - concerts, lists, reflections | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Unfaithful Music and Disappearing Ink, by Elvis Costello

Posted on February 14, 2016 by

I’ve just finished reading Elvis Costello’s autobiography, “Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink”. The book got mixed reviews when it came out. Good in parts, seemed to be a theme. Some critics objected to the length, the detail, the supposed name-dropping. … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, books, theatre, cinema | Tagged , , | 10 Comments

Elvis Costello at the Royal Albert Hall, 29 October 2014

Posted on November 1, 2014 by

Last Wednesday I went along to the to the Royal Albert Hall to see Elvis Costello, supported by Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames. It was part of a Blues festival that week, not that I’ve ever associated Elvis with … Continue reading →

Posted in Music - concerts, lists, reflections | Tagged , , , , | 6 Comments

Have You Heard? – (36) “Imperial Bedroom” by Elvis Costello

Posted on April 3, 2013 by

I’m off work this week and have been spending some time on my music book, now on a chapter about what Elvis Costello and Bruce Springsteen did from the the early eighties onwards. After both made a sequence of five … Continue reading →

Posted in Music - Have You Heard? | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

The Number Ones That Never Were

Posted on January 3, 2013 by

The BBC website had an enjoyable piece recently on some of the great singles that only ever made No 2 in the British singles charts. Listeners to Radio 2 had voted for the best ten of all time. Here are … Continue reading →

Posted in Music - concerts, lists, reflections | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment