Marian McPartland: Piano Jazz with Elvis Costello
This recording of Elvis Costello on Marian McPartland’s long running jazz interview show will surprise only those of his fans who haven’t been paying attention. For the last 20 years, Elvis has made a career of confounding expectations and sneaking popular music and standards into the unlikeliest of places. This latest recording, featuring EC singing [...]
Partial blogoutage
Apologies for the somewhat denuded appearance of the site this morning. The server that hosts my images (and my CSS stylesheet!) is currently down. I’m going to keep posting, however, mostly because I’ve found an excellent coffeehouse, complete with free wifi, here in Pittsfield. (It helps that the baristas here at Digital Blend really know [...]
Pack up your bombs….
Brilliant, brilliant letter from the London News Review to the perpetrators of yesterday’s attack. Best bit excerpted below: …we’re better than you. Everyone is better than you. Our city works. We rather like it. And we’re going to go about our lives. We’re going to take care of the lives you ruined. And then we’re [...]
