Hi everyone, I’m going to see EC soon and was wondering if there was an opener for this tour. I won’t be able to get out of work early and I’m hoping not to miss anything. Does anyone know? Thanks in advance

This is from the WXRT concert archives rebroadcast last night.

https://gofile.io/d/nWTuXP

The digi noise on I Want You was on the broadcast.

In "Poor Fractured Atlas," Elvis Costello reflects on the insecurity and vanity of men with an ample amount of irony in one of the last great recordings he did with The Attractions. All this in the latest from Recliner Notes:

http://reclinernotes.com/2022/07/31/poor-fractured-atlas/

Straight jeans with cuffed legs. “Red” shoes (Oxfords, loafers). Shirt, tie, and shabby jacket. Specs and mess of hair. From today’s perspective, he was the ultimate hipster. He dressed like a nutty history professor. Whatever degree of irony or conceit went into that early look, the early Elvis Costello was an icon.

The latest from Recliner Notes explores the song "All This Useless Beauty" which sees Elvis Costello taking on Oscar Wilde's art-for-art sake's philosophy and grappling with questions about artistic intent and responsibility:

http://reclinernotes.com/2022/07/24/all-this-useless-beauty/

Somehow this has been up on Elvis Costello's Youtube channel for a month and I just found this. What a great cover.

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The latest Recliner Notes post is on "Deep Dark Truthful Mirror," exploring Elvis Costello's process in transforming a deeply personal subject matter into art. The post also tracks Costello's enduring musical partnership with the late New Orleans legend Allen Toussaint.

http://reclinernotes.com/2022/07/17/deep-dark-truthful-mirror/

In the 80s, Paul McCartney and Elvis Costello jointly composed a series of songs and recorded demos that stand as a vital and essential lost album. This post from Recliner Notes explores the body of work from this pair of songwriting masters with insights from both partners about the nature of their collaboration:

http://reclinernotes.com/2022/07/10/the-lovers-that-never-were-the-paul-mccartney-elvis-costello-demos/

https://tfml.substack.com/p/we-know-that-hes-desperate?fbclid=IwAR3wRGL4psZh9sDJi9U50y2UD9vheOG6IL-yBsCDrxY3J9lklfdX1mKpN2Y

I hope this is OK! I'm writing about all of EC's songs for my newsletter and I really went long on this one. Such a great tune.

“Tokyo Storm Warning” by Elvis Costello is an illustration of an apocalypse, both public and personal as it channels "Subterranean Homesick Blues" and delights in the cataloging of nightmarish images. See the latest from Recliner Notes:

http://reclinernotes.com/2022/07/04/tokyo-storm-warning/

On Elvis Costello's "Uncomplicated" which includes thoughts on one-chord songs, contempt between the band and the bandleader, and the most basic subject in all of rock ‘n roll. The latest from Recliner Notes:

http://reclinernotes.com/2022/06/26/uncomplicated/

New post from Recliner Notes considering "Suit of Lights" by Elvis Costello which contains a son and an artist's contempt towards audiences as well as a hefty amount of self-hatred, ultimately serving as an act of purification:

http://reclinernotes.com/2022/06/19/suit-of-lights/

On Elvis Costello's "Brilliant Mistake" as well as the contradictions of America, Hollywood, and self aided by the insights of D.H. Lawrence:

http://reclinernotes.com/2022/06/12/brilliant-mistake/

Though telling a tale of ill-gotten money, senseless sex, and celebrity, the song "Deportee" is a reclamation project by Elvis Costello to recover and restore his musical voice and perspective in the latest post from Recliner Notes:

http://reclinernotes.com/2022/06/05/deportee/

Hi, this is a long shot but I am unable to attend the Elvis Costello concert. As such I am selling tickets for the concert on Aug 18, 2022, at Wolf Trap Farm in Vienna, VA. They are great seats located in Prime Orchestra row N seats 13 and 15. I am looking to sell them for what I bought them for, $250 for both of them. Please contact me if you're interested. If you are willing to buy these tickets I can easily transfer the will call tickets to you, and they will change the name so you will be able to pick up the tickets. Also if this is not allowed please delete this post. Thank you!!

The song "Almost Blue" sees Elvis Costello writing to the idea of what a standard should be. He does this by channeling Chet Baker and the remove inherent in Baker's musical approach. All this and more in this week's post on Recliner Notes:

http://reclinernotes.com/2022/05/29/almost-blue/

“Beyond Belief” demonstrates Elvis Costello's use of the studio as a compositional tool while presenting an entire universe of narrative points of view, instrumental sounds, and a collective of voices characterized by Costello’s singing. Check out this week's post from Recliner Notes:

http://reclinernotes.com/2022/05/22/beyond-belief/

“New Amsterdam” is the peak of Elvis Costello’s pun-centric compositions with layer upon layer of double meanings and wordplay. Read the latest Recliner Notes post on Costello's one-man-band approach that results in a strange, despondent, yet visionary dream.

http://reclinernotes.com/2022/05/15/new-amsterdam/