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It's not easy to lure a scenester out of Larryville, but the promise of Elvis Costello, a "Spectacular Spinning Songbook" wheel, and a go-go dancer booth convinced us to make the trek to Crossroads in KC on what was surely the hottest day in recorded history. Did we love it?
Richard: "Yes. I especially dug the second-encore jamboree with the Southern sisters from the opening act, who added some sweet pedal steel to 'Sulphur to Sugarcane' with Costello vamping it up to lyrics like "I gave up married women cause I heard it was a sin / Now I'm back in Kansas City I might take em up again." Who doesn't love when singers include the name of the city they're in!".
Chip: "The only thing I demand from a show like this is that the hits be played with absolute fidelity to their recorded versions, so that I can sing along, obnoxiously. But Costello slowed 'Alison' down to an odd rhythm in the first encore and then it morphed into 'Tracks of My Tears,' and 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow,' and 'Purple Rain.' Confusing."
An observation about the evening: KC should smoke better weed. It smelled like a fucking skunk was loose in the Crossroads!
Verdict: four out of four 5-dollar beers! Our only regret is that we never managed to get onstage and spin that wheel and dance with the go-go girl, though we certainly understand the logic of only allowing pretty girls to get up there instead of horny hipsters like ourselves.
Here's a picture Chip took. You can't tell it, but Elvis Costello is up there!
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