Elvis Costello imitates Bret Easton Ellis in Rolling Stone:
I walked into a bar, Bret was standing there. He looked disinterested. I took some more cocaine. He didn’t look any better. I had another vodka. The vodka didn’t make me feel any happier, so I switched on MTV. I wanted to fuck Blaine, but Blaine Read More
Actor Steven Weber stood outside the 92nd Street Y on Monday, May 18, as a procession of luxury cars pulled up, unloading finely dressed guests for the Y’s annual benefit gala.
“It is going to be an incredible evening,” said Mr. Weber, the event’s emcee, rattling off the names of the many luminaries scheduled to Read More
News now from Comedy Central (via Stereogum) that the Colbert Report will be puttin’ on one hell of a Christmas special this year. The November 23rd show will feature Feist, Elvis Costello, John Legend, Willie Nelson, even “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue” Toby Keith—all singing tunes written by Fountains of Wayne’s Read More
CONCERTS:
The Zombies (file under hip ’60s rock bands made popular anew by Wes Anderson movies and TV commercials) are playing Irving Plaza on July 11. The group will have just come off an extensive European stint with fellow British invaders the Yardbirds, though they only seem to have two U.S. dates lined up Read More
Forget the Beatles: Elvis Costello’s glorious first 11 albums are being re-released on iTunes next Tuesday, bestowing a decade of jagged and luxuriant and popsicle-sweet pop music upon a new generation of downloaders.
Mr. Costello wrote last century’s prickliest songs about hits and hip fashions—like “Radio Radio” and “This Year’s Girl” Read More
I’ve been praying a lot lately. I even did it with Patti LaBelle. We stood in a circle in her trailer—me, the great Lady Marmalade herself and her bandmates—while her drummer led us in a pre-performance affirmation. Ms. LaBelle, I should explain, was the star attraction at the opening bash for the new Barneys store Read More
I’ve been praying a lot lately. I even did it with Patti LaBelle. We stood in a circle in her trailer—me, the great Lady Marmalade herself and her bandmates—while her drummer led us in a pre-performance affirmation. Ms. LaBelle, I should explain, was the star attraction at the opening bash for the new Barneys store Read More
HEAR
Stacey Kent’s The Boy Next Door (Candid): Put on Ms. Kent’s album and you’ll understand why Clint Eastwood asked her to sing at his 70th birthday, and why Remains of the Day author Kazuo Ishiguro included one of her CD’s among his “desert island” disc picks for Radio 4 in the U.K. With Ms. Read More
I came late to Elvis Costello. In college, when the dorm emptied out on the night of the Attractions concert, I stayed in my room, listening to Eric Dolphy. My friends all had Elvis Costello records, and though there were songs on them I loved, I didn’t love the voice singing them. Once you’ve acquired Read More
To the millions who get their culture fix from Entertainment Tonight , Björk is that freakish nymph who wore a swan at last year’s Oscars. For a brief spell, she descended upon Hollywood, did the red-carpet rounds and performed a song from her celebrated big-screen debut, flirting with the big time just long enough for Read More
