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Friday, Apr. 24, 1987 — 9 O'clock ...zzzzz... What does this mean? It means that one (probably more) Elvis Costello fan was bored — at his concert.
I though WOW! PPB brought Elvis here to Oswego! Great! Psyched! I was so happy, ecstatic even. Then to go and... Well it goes like this...
I arrive and Nick Lowe is playing. Then about 9:00 out comes this smoothly dressed guy decked out in a gray jacket, black shirt and black trousers. His background is like a playroom. It had a small TV, a slide screen, projector, stools with a bar, a teddy bear and an umbrella.
Costello opened with "Angels Want to Wear My Red Shoes." After he finished he said, "Good evening and welcome to my world... (he pointed to his umbrella with countries all over it) You are here!" (Pointed to... I guess Oswego?!)
After this quaint and amusing episode, Costello proceeded to show slides of "My Holiday-Inn Pictures... World of Travel." He made several witty comments for his slides and generally egged the audience on for approval.
He then played several long, long ballads. If you weren't a Costello fan then forget it — you were lost in Never Never Land. Such ballads he played, accompanied by just his guitar were, "DTS" and "Pull Him Out of the Cold, Cold Ground."
At this point. I was getting pretty restless. My friend and I went to the bathroom about four times, walked around — if we didn't keep moving we would have fallen asleep.
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