New Musical Express, June 9, 1979: Difference between revisions
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<center><h3> Murder on the Liverpool Express </h3></center> | <center><h3> Murder on the Liverpool Express </h3></center> | ||
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<center>Nick Kent</center> | <center>Nick Kent</center> | ||
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'''Nick Kent takes a train. E. Costello takes the strain | |||
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So there I was at Euston station, seated comfortably in the first class compartment waiting for the Inter City to speed me to my destination — Liverpool's Lime Street. | |||
So there I was at Euston station, seated comfortably in the | |||
My thought processes revolved around whether to peruse a copy of the latest ''Rolling Stone'' or wade into a hefty-looking biography of John Coltrane. | My thought processes revolved around whether to peruse a copy of the latest ''Rolling Stone'' or wade into a hefty-looking biography of John Coltrane. | ||
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Anyway, I was digging into a piece on Steve Dunleavy, the blood and guts reporter for Rupert Murdoch's tabloids, when I felt a hand touch my shoulder. Looking up I was face to face with the most reclusive rock star media-wise currently in existence. He was wearing a polka dot shirt, like the one Bob Dylan used to wear. He was wearing shades very similar to the ones Bob Dylan used to wear. And he sported the ubiquitous Johnson & Johnson jacket. There he was, smiling, nay virtually beaming ... Elvis Costello!! | Anyway, I was digging into a piece on Steve Dunleavy, the blood and guts reporter for Rupert Murdoch's tabloids, when I felt a hand touch my shoulder. Looking up I was face to face with the most reclusive rock star media-wise currently in existence. He was wearing a polka dot shirt, like the one Bob Dylan used to wear. He was wearing shades very similar to the ones Bob Dylan used to wear. And he sported the ubiquitous Johnson & Johnson jacket. There he was, smiling, nay virtually beaming ... Elvis Costello!! | ||
Not a sign of the cagey figure of our last encounter a few months back. This was not a man living on his nerve ends, but an amiable soul offering hospitality via the compartment it turned out he was sharing with his wife Mary, an extremely attractive, bright girl with sandy-coloured hair, and the couple's son Matthew, whose face was virtually hidden by a Fidel Castro cap. It goes without saying that a reconciliation had taken place, and throughout the three hour journey, er, what's-her-name wasn't even mentioned. | Not a sign of the cagey figure of our last encounter a few months back. This was not a man living on his nerve ends, but an amiable soul offering hospitality via the compartment it turned out he was sharing with his wife Mary, an extremely attractive, bright girl with sandy-coloured hair, and the couple's son Matthew, whose face was virtually hidden by a Fidel Castro cap. It goes without saying that a reconciliation had taken place, and throughout the three-hour journey, er, what's-her-name wasn't even mentioned. | ||
Other matters however ''were'' discussed — topics ranging from Costello following the J. Geils Band around Europe (he'd been at the final stages of mixing ''Sanctuary'', Geils' last album, got pally with the group and made the trip from France to London to watch them play, so enraptured was he with them) to animated impersonations of Robert De Niro in ''Mean Streets''. | Other matters however ''were'' discussed — topics ranging from Costello following the J. Geils Band around Europe (he'd been at the final stages of mixing ''Sanctuary'', Geils' last album, got pally with the group and made the trip from France to London to watch them play, so enraptured was he with them) to animated impersonations of Robert De Niro in ''Mean Streets''. | ||
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[[Nick Kent]] interviews Elvis Costello. | [[Nick Kent]] interviews Elvis Costello. | ||
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EC is mentioned in T-zers. | EC is mentioned in T-zers. Also included are ads for Nick Lowe's ''[[Nick Lowe: Labour Of Lust|Labour Of Lust]]'' and Dave Edmunds' ''[[Dave Edmunds: Repeat When Necessary|Repeat When Necessary]]''. | ||
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Punk rocker Elvis Costello turned down a chance to gig with the New Barbarians (same as the Old Barbarians etc). This further blow to Stateside Showbiz morale resulted from Elv feeling that he deserved a rest ... | Punk rocker Elvis Costello turned down a chance to gig with the New Barbarians (same as the Old Barbarians etc). This further blow to Stateside Showbiz morale resulted from Elv feeling that he deserved a rest ... | ||
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<small>Photo by [[Pennie Smith]].</small><br> | <small>Photo by [[Pennie Smith]].</small><br> | ||
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<small>Ads for ''[[Nick Lowe: Labour Of Lust|Labour Of Lust]]'' and ''[[Dave Edmunds: Repeat When Necessary|Repeat When Necessary]]'' on pages 16-17.</small><br> | |||
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*[http://www.elviscostello.info/articles/n/nme.790609a.html elviscostello.info] | *[http://www.elviscostello.info/articles/n/nme.790609a.html elviscostello.info] | ||
*[http://www.flickr.com/search?safe_search=3&sort=date-posted-desc&text=N.M.E.%2009%3A06%3A1979 Flickr: littletriggers] | *[http://www.flickr.com/search?safe_search=3&sort=date-posted-desc&text=N.M.E.%2009%3A06%3A1979 Flickr: littletriggers] | ||
*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/28979748997/in/album-72157671956816408/ Flickr: nothingelseon] | |||
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