"ga" = "go ahead" Glenn | % Moderation of this conference has begun | % Your moderator is [71333,3050] Glenn | % The floor is now CLOSED | Welcome! | Elvis Costello... | is here tonight! | to answer your questions... | depending on where you are... | on the planet.. | you either just heard... | or will hear EC and the Attractions... | perform on the Radio... | confusing? | well maybe... | but Elvis is here live... | thanks for coming EC... | how was the show? | ga | % Moderator recognizes [100435,3076] Elvis | Costello Elvis Costello | raw throat, great guitar, wonderful audience | ga Glenn | how long ago did you get off stage? | ga Elvis Costello | 3 hrs | ga Glenn | thanks... | let's get to the fans... Question: | From DUBLIN, OH: lee p. | what's your favorite beatles songs and what | are you general views on Lennon? Glenn | ga Elvis! Elvis Costello | "I'll Get You"... | ga Question: | From WAYNE, NJ: Chris Traynor | Hi Elvis!! I'm a big fan (seen you live | many, many times). Thanks for all the great | songs and memories. I'm also a big Los Lobos | fan. Do you still keep in touch with David | Hidalgo (King of America) and do you follow | their music? Elvis Costello | No but I hope to in the future | ga Glenn | back to Lennon... | for a sec.. | was he influential to you at all? | ga Elvis Costello | I do follow his music (DH) | ga Glenn | ok.. Question: | From CHERRY HILL, NJ: Brian Samelson | 1986, Tower Theatre, 3 night-stand - probably | the best concert(s) ever - have you given | thought to this type of format again in order | to cover the large array of material? Elvis Costello | Yes. Wathc | this space.. | ga Glenn | hahaha Question: | From EDISON, NJ: God's Comic | Elvis, My favourite album is "Punch The | Clock", but I read somewhere that you didn't | like it. If it's true, can you tell me why? Elvis Costello | It was the eighties, what can I tell you! | ga Glenn | that pretty much... | sums it up | :) Question: | From WHITE PLAINS, NY: Marla Lewis | Elvis, can you tell us something about your | songwriting process? Elvis Costello | Pass ga Glenn | does that mean... | never mind. | pass it is | :) Question: | From GOLETA, CA: Ronald Perry | Many have compared you to John Wesley | Harding, Joe Jackson, Graham Parker, Billy | Bragg. Any opinions on these artists? Are the | comparisons apt? Elvis Costello | They're all fine gentlemen... ga Question: | From LOS ANGELES, CA: Paul | Elvis, I loved Juliet Letters. Question: | how come you've been writing songs lately | from the point-of-view of the other side of | life: death. Do you know something we don't | and should we be concerned? Glenn | Now what if he says "yes"? Elvis Costello | NO! | Don't be concerned ga Glenn | thank god Question: | From PHILADELPHIA, PA: Jen Travis | Did you ever want to be anything other than a | musician? Glenn | here's an easier one. Elvis Costello | A coalman ga Glenn | for ya :) | oh... | nice working conditions ! | attracts the best of 'em Question: | From COLUMBUS, OH: Steve Gynn | Greetings from Columbus, Ohio......Elvis | country.....have you been doing work with | other artists? Elvis Costello | Yes ga Glenn | now.... | that really really sums it up. | very tidy answer. | Question: | From GOLETA, CA: Rick and Marty | How long do we have to wait for another album | of original material? Glenn | could this be a "Kojac Variety" seque? | ga | er Kojak | :( Elvis Costello | Early next year ga Glenn | crisply responded. Question: | From LOS ANGELES, CA: Andrew Neumeyer | I am fascinated by the two different versions | of "American Without Tears." What motivated | you to write two sets of lyrics for this | song? What do you see as the connection | between the two? Elvis Costello | I was imagine that there should be more of a | story | at the end of a 12 inch disk ga Question: | From WAYNE, NJ: Chris Traynor | Elvis .... can you tell us a little about | your son? How old is he now? Is he still in | school? Does he have any strong musical | likes/dislikes? Glenn | nice question there Chris :) Elvis Costello | He's 20 and his musical tastes are his affair | and I | love him | ga Glenn | as every Pa should Question: | From CONCORD, CA: Robert B. Gilmore | Elvis-did you literally compose the tune to | 'Couldn't Call it Unexpected" from birds | arranged on the high wire, or were you just | referring to the Steve Allen idea about that? Elvis Costello | Who is Steve Allen? ga Glenn | HaHAW | So that means... | well we figured it out | :) Question: | From FT. LAUDERDALE, FL: Gary Swing | what's on your cd/tape player right now? or | the last thing you popped in? Glenn | probably Steve Allen | I'd venture. | it's where he gets all his good stuf Elvis Costello | I think it was London Calling ga Question: | From NEWPORT BEACH, CA: Billy Martin | How did you choose the songs for your new | album? Elvis Costello | I tried to get out of a longer shadow ga Question: | From NEW YORK, NY: Soretta | Are the Nieves related to each other? And is | there any more collaborations with Nick Lowe | in the works? Thanks for all the great music! Glenn | BTW | I Tried To Get Out Of A Longer Shadow.. | use that. | ga | Elvis Costello | I don't understand the last question ga Glenn | any more collaborations... | with Nick Lowe in the works... | is the question | ga Elvis Costello | Not presently ga Question: | From PHILADELPHIA, PA: David M. Berk | I would like to know how you originally | became involved with the Attractions, why you | broke up with them and then got back together | with them for Brutal Youth. Elvis Costello | An advertisement in a music paper... | too many miles... | the right songs ga Glenn | in order... | with feeling... | and all that. Question: | From NEWARK, NJ: Steve Warshaw | I've been a big fan since "Armed Forces" and | I've always wondered.... why did you choose | the name "Elvis Costello?" Elvis Costello | It came to me in a vision ga Question: | From CHERRY HILL, NJ: Steve Patrick | On your lyrical storylines, are they inspired | by actual events, or an active imagination. | e.g. Georgie, Veronica, Miss Macbeth. and | please fill in the blank "ultraviolet | perfect_____" Glenn | or just more visions? | Elvis Costello | dental work ga Glenn | dental work... | does that help clear your vision then? | :) Question: | From VANCOUVER, BC: leora k. | what's nick lowe doing w/ all that money from | the bodyguard sdtrk? Glenn | hehehe | ask Nick. Elvis Costello | None of your business! ga Glenn | next Question: | From MADRID: Nico Knapp | I never heard any of your records conciously. | Where should I start? Glenn | oh boy... | Hi Nico. | she can't say hi back. Elvis Costello | Try listening to them unconsciously starting | now ga Glenn | but she is trying to feverishly. | got that.. | unconsiously... | starting then. Question: | From BOSTON, MA: Neal Stockwell | D.M., you are one of the very greatest | contributors to the arts. Thank you! A live | album maybe? Glenn | no response needed Question: | From BRUSSELS: Anthony & Alison Mc | Hi Dec, any chance of you playing a covered | arena in Belgium and not the mud bath that we | call Werchter? Elvis Costello | Yes ga Glenn | now that's good news A&A Question: | From KNOXVILLE, TN: Vince | Hi Elvis, read any good books lately? Always | interested in recommendations from people | whose tastes I admire. Glenn | I like that question. | but who cares? | ga EC Elvis Costello | Last Train to Memphis, Peter Guarlnick and | High | Fidelity, Nick Hornby ga Question: | From FAIRFAX, VA: D. Madigan | Which is your favorite EC & Attractions (or | "solo") album? Elvis Costello | Imperial Bedroom - today | ga Question: | From TORONTO, ON: Ian Heppell | EC: Your liner notes (e.g. Rykodiscs, Kojak) | are a joy to read, and a major incentive (one | of may) to buy the re-issues: do you find | them hard work, and will your next album | notes be more verbose than Brutal Youth | (please). Elvis Costello | If you please! ga Glenn | we please. | ANd Ian begs. | actually grovels. Question: | From FAIRFAX, VA: Jim Wilson | I still believe Imperial Bedroom is your best | work. Have you ever though about getting back | together with George Martin? Elvis Costello | I worked with George Martin on 'The Glory of | Gershwin' for the first time. I WILL be | working with | Geoff Emerick for the first time since | 'Imperial | Bedroom' this summer ga Glenn | wow | hey Elvis... | do you still play on occasion.. | with Chris Difford and Glen Tilbrook? Elvis Costello | Yes! ga Glenn | the Squeeze guys? | Lately? | ga Elvis Costello | ga Glenn | ok.. | thanks Question: | From SANTA CRUZ, CA: Tony J. Britton | Elvis, in your song "White Knuckles" on | TRUST, can you please tell me the rest of the | following line, "He needs alot, the ? | Thinking of ? spoiled all? THanks for your | time! You were great on Letterman! Glenn | he's pretty good on CompuServe too! | :) Elvis Costello | Consult the 'singing dictionary' | ga Question: | From NEW YORK, NY: Larry Pink | Declan; will you be writing with Paul | McCartney again or was it not a good | experience? Elvis Costello | It was agood experience - and maybe sometime | in | the future. Ask about Prince!! ga Glenn | mmm... | a good segue.. | into this one... Question: | From NEWPORT BEACH, CA: Jason Stewart | I have all the albums...blah,blah,blah. Is | there any question that you wish that someone | would ask you? Glenn | what about Prince? | ga | thanks Jason. Elvis Costello | Go ahead..... | ga Question: | From SAN RAFAEL, CA: John Hanley, Jr. | Elvis, what did you think of Mccartney's | Oratorio piece? Elvis Costello | It's beautiful!! ga Glenn | indeedy Question: | From HARTFORD, CT: Richard Garmon | Your career has taken many of the same paths | as another British singer/songwriter, Joe | Jackson. What is your opinion of his body of | work, and have the two of you ever considered | a collaboration? Elvis Costello | pass on that one.... ga Question: | From SANTA CLARA, CA: Collins M. Robert | what do you think about radio today? Glenn | here ya go. | no person to insult. | just an entire media. | Elvis Costello | It is still night here!! | ga Glenn | mmmm | that may explain that... | a little differently.. | than I might have expected. Question: | From PHILADELPHIA, PA: Jen Travis | Many of us really like the acoustic tracks | included on some of your remastered albums. | Do you plan to do any more of this kind of | music? Elvis Costello | There is a very good chance. ga Glenn | good. | we like it. | even unconsiously Question: | From WAYNE, NJ: Chris Traynor | Is there any chance that you'll release (on | CD) the great live version of "Tomorrow's | Just Another Day" that you performed with | Madness? It's one of my favorites!!! Elvis Costello | It's a Madness track - it's for them to | release... ga Question: | From CLEVELAND, OH: Raymond J. Paganini | How did it feel to be on an American Talk | Show in London (Letterman)? Elvis Costello | Ask about Richard ga Glenn | ok. | what about... | er... | um... | Richard? | ga Elvis Costello | Richard who? ga Glenn | there ya go. | I knew that was coming. | I set em up.. | he knocks em down. Question: | From MONTREAL, PQ: Scott Robinson | Are you pleased with the composing you did | with Paul Mccartney and do you intend to | continue writing with him. Elvis Costello | Yes & Yes ga Glenn | now... | does Paul plan on writing with you? | never mind | Question: | From COLUMBUS, OH: Michele Kinnamon | Hello...I hear you're doing a show with Ray | Davies next month? Where, what, why? Also, | what is your favorite Kinks song (I know you | covered "Days"--great choice, BTW). Cheers, | then. Elvis Costello | No show with Ray Davies plnned | but you never know. | 'See My Friends' is my favourite | ga Question: | From BRUSSELS: Anthony & Alison Mc | Hi Dec, what is your favourite Dublin pub? | Can we buy you a drink sometime?? Glenn | hard to pass that up..... Elvis Costello | The Dockers - Maybe! ga Glenn | mmm | a maybe.. | is the most positive.. | answer we've ever had... | from a celeb.. | alert the other medias! | Question: | From MINNEAPOLIS, MN: teej | Is it true that your next album will feature | 40 (!) songs? Also,do you foresee a | collaboartion with Tom Waits? Elvis Costello | It will be chosen *from* 40 songs. I look | forward to | seeing Tom soon. ga Question: | From VALLEJO, CA: brian | What did you think of Todd Rundgren's version | of "Two Little Hitlers", speaking of cover | versions. Elvis Costello | It's wonderful ga Question: | From MERRIMACK, NH: philip | I love Bruce Thomas's bass lines, did you | write them or colaborate ? Also, Have you | ever performed with your Dad ? Elvis Costello | A mysterious combination. Yes. ga Question: | From CONCORD, CA: Robert B. Gilmore | What are the Crimes of Paris? Elvis Costello | Ask my grandfather... ga Glenn | who plays with his son... | who plays with his son.. | etc Question: | From WESTPORT, CT: Andy | Your B-Sides are the geratest. Anything | special with Kojak? Elvis Costello | Pass ga Glenn | pass it is | everything is special | on Kojak. Question: | From CHERRY HILL, NJ: Brian Samelson | Impressions on the Crash Test Dummies, with | whom you toured last year? Glenn | looks like another pass... | mmm? | ga | hehe Elvis Costello | Very deep! ga Question: | From GOLETA, CA: Catherine R. Finch | elvis any chance foe a ryko cd of tracks not | on current ressues,and can we hope for a | double disc king of america? Elvis Costello | Yes - you can hope! ga Glenn | yes hoping... | is something... | that is hard to deny... | especially on request. | now EC... | we do NOT want to miss the radio show here.. | and you do not want us to.. | How much more time do you have... | to spend with us here? | ga Elvis Costello | a few more questions... ga Glenn | ok... | lemme get some. Question: | From TOWSON, MD: Carolyn Hurwitz | did you or Paul write the music for the | chorus to "Veronica" ("Do you | suppose...etc.)? Good song. Elvis Costello | Paul wrote the bridge and changed vital parts | of the | verse and chorus ga Glenn | collaboration it is. Question: | From GOLETA, CA: Rick and Marty | Any future works or concerts with the Brodsky | quartet? Elvis Costello | This summer in London | ga Glenn | ah... | good update there. Question: | From WINTER HAVEN, FL: Dean Nederveld | Saw your show at Chastain Park in Atlanta. | Are you planning a US tour? | If so, please go | back to Fox Theatre. Drove from Tampa,FL to | see you perform and could hardly hear! Glenn | aw... Elvis Costello | Let's hope so 8) ga Glenn | Allright! | now.. | we're going to open the floor to end it... | Elvis: | you can: | a: Hang out and pick out a few moew | questions... | b: exit gracefully... | c: combo. | at any rate.. | thanks very much for coming this eve.. Elvis Costello | a Glenn | !! | cool | OK gang... | I'm going to open the floor,.. | oh yeah... | thanks Warner Bros! | :) | and the Recording Industry Forum./ | EC: pick 'em out | % The floor is now OPEN pudgy | ? Tom McMinn | Elvis, at an Los Angeles concert you claimed | people | misinterpreted the "Spike" album title, and | that it | was more a _command_ to "Spike the beloved | entertainer." Glenn | go nuts gang. Brian Samelson | Elvis is king! God's Comic | Glenn your such a weenie! Warren Deep | Where can i get lyrics for brutal youth? Richard Garmon | Why did you not include printed lyrics with | the 'Brutal Youth' CD? Do you intend to do so | on future discs? Steve Patrick | remove the Stoudt? Glenn | and crank up your RADIO!!!! Andrew Neumeyer | Do you think that a time will come when you | will allow "Party Party" to be re-released? Debbie | Hi, Declan (David Sefton always calls you | Declan). I'm Debbie Levitt, the tour manager | and sound engineer for The Jazz Passengers | European tour. I feel like Monica | You sound great on the radio right now!! Lawrence Brandon | any plans to work with john hiatt again? MetalSerf | mighty like who? pudgy | ? Glenn | thanks God's Comic Jason Stewart | through the miracle of technology. Mike Perron | I love "Watching the Detectives" , especially | the end | lyrics "You think you're alone until you | realize your in | it, ...., it only took my little finger to | blow you away" Scott F. Casella | Hello Mike Perron | What inspired you on this song? Tom McMinn | Elvis, at an Los Angeles concert you claimed | people | misinterpreted the "Spike" album title, and | that it | was more a _command_ to "Spike the beloved | entertainer." Patricia | what is the most annoying aspect of fame? Scott Robinson | EC are you planning to work with Prince or | was this | comment a joke? Tony J. Britton | Thanks for all your consistenly great work! lee p. | boom Del, Andover, UK | Why /question Brad Patterson | What is your favorite instrument that you do | not know how to play but would like to learn? Tracy B. | eMUhI' JR@ Monica | Will you ever tour with the Dead? Jason Stewart | thanks for the sarcasm and passing. true to | form. pudgy | ? erikleschevre | Thanks for the music Roger Duckworth | Do you like the films of Woody Allen? JohnW | Elvis loved you in Cleveland ELVIS FAN | The Pogues are great too Paul Bijkersma | Hi El! What is your e-mail address (if you | have one)? ga bruce | Why don't you round up the old stiff | guys(bremner, lowe, edmunds, and make your | own "supergroup" and she show them how to do | it? Joseph S. Donohue | See my friends a great song from a great | writer | .Good choice Patricia | Who is the boy in From a Whisper video? Don Bambrick | Have you been following the OJ trial? MetalSerf | Glenn, this is utter chaos. Monica | Where can we write to you? Do you have a | Compuserve address? this year's girl | thank you thank you thank you Jeff Levack | Do you expect to be more satisfied or less | satisfied with life as you get older? Debbie | elvis is asleep. it'3:04am there Jeffrey S. Weiss | EC what do you do with your PC ? Beside talk | to us? erikleschevre | What Does Kojak Variety rfer to? Glenn | that would be cool Bruce! Gary Swing | BaBaBooey! Tony J. Britton | A julie Andrews duet? HAHAHA! Scott | We named our daughter Caitlin! David Rauh | Elvis -- any plans to tour with the current | band (the one we saw on Letterman? Glenn | this is supposed to be... David M. Jones | Will we ever see a new music video on MTV? David Rauh | Also, have you ever played basketball? | Glenn | the moderated portion of the conference.. | is over... bigfatwhiteguy | Im not a guy, may i follow you around? Mike Perron | What's your favorite cover of one of your | songs, and | by whom??? Glenn | Elvis is picking out... ELVIS FAN | Good night true KING Debbie | Can you get Robbie from your office to call | me back about rehearsal schedules???!?!?!? Glenn | a gem or two to respond to. MetalSerf | Aaah... thanks for the clarification :) John Fix | Thanks for the memories... hope you do an | acoustic tour (aka | Lincoln Center) at some future date. Glenn | =:) Debbie | See you in London on 21st June, darling. Ronald Perry | We have an Internet Usenet group where we | discuss you and your music. Have you heard | about us? Gary Swing | Elvis has left the building?!?! Scott F. Casella | Ithink he's gone... MetalSerf | I'd be if I were him. BamaLamaBamaLoo | %Elvis is King Steve Patrick | That was a Mellifluous performance on "The | very | thought of you" John Fix | Gary: Great line... sounds familiar lee p. | what went on on america online? Julie D. | ElviElvis, what is EEliveI Like ElviWhat | iLager:) Glenn | he's still here BamaLamaBamaLoo | Elvis is God Glenn | I can see him. David M. Jones | Don't ask me to apologize... Lynne | you can see God? cool odds&sods | ELVIS, come to Vancouver erikleschevre | I wont ask you to forgive me Scott F. Casella | I was just wondering Andy Sheppard (Engl | What the hell is going on Elvis Costello | FIRE AWAY Debbie | I've no echo. Have my thouiughts been making | it to the terminal? Glenn | see...he's here. | :) ejc | Please come back to Mesa erikleschevre | Do you think humanity is doomed pudgy | any ? John Fix | America Online.... uh oh, multiple Elvis | sightings.... wait til the | tabloids hear about this. Steve Patrick | I think elvis likes his beer light, cuz he's | singing | remove the stoudt Monica | ELVIS! WHEN ARE YOU COMING TO LA? I MISS U! Warren Deep | Elvis....I still like GET HAPPY the most!! ELVIS FAN | Producing any more Pogue albums? odds&sods | Come to Vancouver Scott F. Casella | Cool. Jeffrey S. Weiss | Come to Buffalo, NY !!! Debbie | I'm the tour manager for Jazz Passengers and | I wanted to say HI and see you soon! God's Comic | Hey Elvis: do you forgive Bruce Thomas? Andre Velloso | \question Guy Minkin | How's is wifw doing? Larry Pink | Thank you for coming tonight! erikleschevre | This Year's Model is great Bob Tierney | (1(1-12,Elvis Costello) Bob Tierney (1-12 | Elvi(1-12Elvis Costerll) bob tierney is my | biggest fan Graeme Clark | Elvis Wet Wet Wet here any chance of writing | with us Steve Patrick | a lul Del, Andover, UK | Why did u not follow the SKA movement on | 2-tone ? :) Andre Velloso | \question erikleschevre | Is Black and White World about "Selfabuse" bruce | %was there ever any consideration of working | w/ Grahm Parker Anthony & Alison Mc | Wet Wet Wet is the code name for Werchter... [At this point, we were invited to vote for our favorite EC album, although we were only given a choice of four: Brutal Youth, Armed Forces, Get Happy!!, and This Year's Model. I think that was the order, but I'm not certain. At any rate, the people calling out numbers are voting publicly.] erikleschevre | 4 bruce | 4 nancy | 2 cyberboy | 4 Andrew Neumeyer | 1 cyberboy | 3 Debbie | I4 Craig Parker | 4 BamaLamaBamaLoo | 2 cyberboy | 4 John H. | 3 greg fischer | 3 EDDIE | 2 Bob Tierney | 444 Craig Montoya | 1 Scott | 3 Julie D. | Whats tI miss Lond2 Debi | 2 Julie D. | 2 | 2 Gary Swing | 2 lee p. | argh! BamaLamaBamaLoo | 2 pudgy | any Graeme Clark | 2 Del, Andover, UK | 0 teej | ??Tell us about/QUESTION33 greg fischer | 3 Steve Patrick | 4444444yeeeeeeeeeeea Andy | Why is England so far away?/Why i/Questio3 Julie D. | 2 Jim Smit | 3333333 Glenn | do /vote you guys Jim Smit | 3333333 Gary Swing | 2 Glenn | :) mike houston | 4/OFF Jim Smit | 3333 erikleschevre | What's the meanbing of life Richard Fathers | 11 Barry Labell | Elvis why no station in boston lee p. | learn to vote Scott F. Casella | Imperial Bedroom is my fav Steve Patrick | could england move to america? Debbie | how about "Thi soffer is unrepeatable" for | Roskilde? mike houston | +++ux Ross Mahler | ElvisElvis Elvis are you EElvis areElvis | aElvis1 odds&sods | Saw you on Letterman last night. Why didnt | you play | w/ Little Richard? Glenn | HEHE Learn To Vote Monica | DO YOU HAVE A COMPUSERVE | ADDRESS? Steve Patrick | yea | do ya | hu Glenn | Armed Forces is winning Ross Mahler | DO YOU HAVE AN INTERHN Elvis Costello | No lee p. | elvis, do you ever have thoughts about | Morrissey? Andre Velloso | IS THIS GOing on foreverJ Elvis Costello | Lovely boy Andy Sheppard (Engl | Are you coming back to england Glenn | Yes Andre :) Debbie | I can't afford to watch all this prattle. | Goodnight, Declan. See you in a few weeks. | Love, Debbie Levitt Andre Velloso | I`m working in Brazil. Is Glenn there Andrew Neumeyer | When will you produce Cait O'Riordan's solo | album? Jim Smit | OFF Steve Patrick | ever teach a class on writhing, i mean writing lee p. | ok... Ross Mahler | Everybody's crying mercy Brian Samelson | Any shows scheduled for Philadelphia? Glenn | goodnight Debbie John Fix | Are you planning on b-side bonuses to get out | some of the extra | tracks from the album sessions? Monica | Be sure to look me up when you're in L.A. bruce | %Do you seethe advantages of working with a | band vs studio musicians? Graeme Clark | ElvisElvis, wet wet wet here , any chance of | writing with us ? Gary Swing | I've heard that Chrissie Hynde referred to | today's "Alternative Music" as an alt | ernative to music! Any comments from the | greatest original contributor to the ge | nre? pudgy | 1 | 1 | 1 God's Comic | Do you forgive Bruce Thomas? ejc | 11 Julie D. | 2 It's Me | cr Julie D. | 2 Brad Patterson | We hate genres. erikleschevre | Do yopu polan on any more mvovie appearances, | like Americathon? Tony J. Britton | how's your school with McCartney? Monica | DIDN'T YOU JUST HATE THE DURAN DURAN | COVER OF WATCHING THE DETECTIVES?? Julie D. | 2 Stacie | bquit/exit Scott F. Casella | From a whisper to a scream Del, Andover, UK | SKASKA? Glenn | Yes Monica :) | hehehe Lawrence Brandon | working again with john hiatt in your plans? Steve Patrick | I agree, tom waits is king American of | songwriters Larry Pink | Any movies in your writing future? angela | what DOES kojak variety mean? Anthony & Alison Mc | stacie, type bye ... bruce | Elvis%Elvis Costello and Rockpile.....kind of | sings, doesn't it? Monica | Thanks, Glenn. I knew I couldn't be the only | one | with taste!!!! Warren Deep | Elvis...what ever happened to TRACIE. She was | so good! angela | yeah, Imperial Bedroom is my fave too Damian Fox | Did you enjoy your recent appearence in Paul | McCartney's classical concert? Scott F. Casella | A bevvy of beauties It's Me | cr Steve Patrick | like the flavors of kojak's lollipops Scott F. Casella | Hi Angela Brad Patterson | Interesting conversation?? David M. Jones | AS you have grown musically over the past 2 | decades you have taught your fans to respect | many | forms of music. Thanks erikleschevre | Gotta go, thanks Mr. Costello, you are the | best! Robert B. Gilmore | see ya Elvis Costello | Well, thanks folks, Ellvis HAS left the | building. BYE