Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
ELVIS COSTELLO is still upset with moviemaker JARED HESS for using his mid-1980s alter-ego NAPOLEON DYNAMITE in his hit 2004 film - and refusing to credit the rocker. ...
Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Will you buy Elvis Costello as a TV host? I think you will, because he is playing that role on a promising new show designed for music lovers. "Spectacle: Elvis Costello with ... " debuts at 9 p.m. Wednesday on...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | yesterday
Elvis Costello would be a natural on TV -- or so people kept telling him. For years he believed it, entertaining meetings with the BBC and others as far back as the late 1980s about developing his own show. But nothing stuck, even after he filled in as a host of "Late Show" when David Letterman was recovering from shingles in 2003.
PopMatters Music (Free subscription) | yesterday
The theme music to "Spectacle: Elvis Costello With" sounds like a funky version of "Here Comes Santa Claus," an appropriate coincidence since this talk show, debuting Wednesday on the Sundance...
The Daily Beast - Blogs and Stories (Free subscription) | yesterday
This week: Barbara Walters reveals her most fascinating person of the year, William Shatner gets a talk show and Daniel Radcliffe talks about on-stage erections. MONDAY DEC 1 He's bared it all on Broadway. Now Daniel Radcliffe promises...
Cinema Blend (Free subscription) | yesterday
Hey, you like music, otherwise it stands to reason you probably wouldn't be reading Cinema Blend's music section. Well, you should consider DVRing Elvis Costello's new thirteen episode interview show on The Sundance Channel . The program airs on Wednesday Nights at nine P.M. Eastern and will feature auditory exchanges with a hoard of music legends
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
ELVIS COSTELLO would be a natural on TV -- or so people kept telling him. For years he believed it, entertaining meetings with the BBC and others as far back as the late 1980s about developing his own show. But nothing stuck, even after he filled in as a host of "Late Show" when David Letterman was recovering from shingles in 2003. Cue Elton John. Mr. John and David Furnish, his partner, are friends...
No Rock And Roll Fun (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Jim M emails with the observation that Elvis Costello's move into TV presenting isn't entirely comfortable: the phrase "vanity project" springs to mind. Some of us remember when Costello confined his TV appearances to those occasions when he he actually had something to say, or perform. He's now turned into the sort of media darling he would once have scorned in his lyrics. How showbiz is the project?...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
ELVIS Costello needs a shave. Sorry to focus on the man's facial hair, but his feeble excuse for a beard was a huge distraction for me while watching a preview DVD of his new talk show, titled "Spectacle," a reference (probably) to his glasses...
The Concert Blog (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
AC/DC’s stats are amazing. Here’s a look at some of the notable numbers in the band’s career: 0: The number of Top 20 songs AC/DC has scored on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. 2: Where AC/DC’s “Back in Black” ranks on the list of the world’s best-selling albums (well behind Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” and just a hair [...]
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
When Elvis Costello turned up on Saturday Night Live in 1977, many viewers (including me) couldn't tell whether it was supposed to be a joke or real music. Ahh, how time and experience can change our perspective.
Jossip (Free subscription) | yesterday
U2, Jay-Z, Coldplay, John Legend, Dixie Chicks, The Killers & Elton John, The Police & Elvis Costello, Death Cab for Cutie and Sheryl Crow are among the artists releasing exclusive songs today to celebrate the launch of (RED) Wire, a digital music magazine that debuts its first issue Dec. 10th. You can catch the new [...]
incarnatus est (Free subscription) | yesterday
Chuck Willis ... Rock and Roll Shoes .... Jerry Lee Lewis has a good version of this song. Carl Perkins ... Stockins and Shoes Hank Williams Sr. ... Walkin Shoes ... This song is a humorous lament about women: It starts ... WELL, YOU CAN'T LIVE WITH 'EM, YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT 'EM, YES, THERE'S SOMETHING MIGHTY NECESSARY 'BOUT 'EM ... And of course: Elvis Costello ... The Angels
The Daily Vidette (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
NEW YORK (AP) - During an interview with Elton John for the debut of his new Sundance Channel show "Spectacle," Elvis Costello didn't ask about stage costumes, boyfriends or "Island Girl." Instead, the conversation turned to Laura Nyro, Leon Russell and David Ackles.
2008 Democratic Convention Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
Elvis Costello to Headline The Creative Coalition's Inaugural Ball WASHINGTON, DC (December 1, 2008) – The Creative Coalition announced today that Elvis Costello will be the featured musical guest at their Inaugural Ball on Tuesday evening, January 20, 2009 to commemorate the Presidential inauguration. The Ball is a benefit gala for The Creative Coalition (the nonprofit, nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) advocacy...
