http://sadclownrep.com Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:29:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Track Eight is the second and best interlude of the three on the CD. At least according to my MP3 Player which is persnickety about what I can and cannot load onto it. Unfortunately I haven't been able to locate an audio or video file that I ... http://sadclownrep.com/?p=3771 Moving forward to Track Seven, the album appears to take a turn for more beautiful pastures as great musical revelations are revealed to the listener but later into the number it all dashes your hopes of escaping darkness, unless you truly work for it. Definitely an intriguing, interwoven ride through ... http://sadclownrep.com/?p=3770 Onto Track Four, Pitfires from Hell, which is an updated version of Pitfires that was released on their 2003 acoustic ep. Besides adding distortion and drums, the violin solos the intro vice the cello on the Original. This musical interpretation of what the facing the Pit Fires of Hell ... http://sadclownrep.com/?p=3769 So the second week of school has drawn to a close and I am no worse for the wear. Actually, it's been a little better than years past, but still draining all the same. So, the hour is at hand for some serious R&R this Labor Day ... http://sadclownrep.com/?p=3768 Judgement Day started off as a duet playing on street corners in both Berkley and San Francisco, California. Their heavy aggressive style was influenced by a group of German cellists playing Metallica covers called Apocalyptica. On these corners, they experimented with songs that they wrote and souped-up covers ... http://sadclownrep.com/?p=3763 I'm afraid we have to turn to Rhapsody here. Perhaps a little reminiscent of Costello's work on Get Happy, "Tears Before Bedtime" has a touch of R&B flavor. As Bulldog mentions, Steve Nieve's work really stands out on this track. This is another track that I've only recently been exposed to. ... http://sadclownrep.com/?p=3810 Album cover video: Live in 2003: Released in 1982, Imperial Bedroom proved to be one of Costello and The Attraction's best loved albums. Though it didn't produce any hits (and at least one writer thinks it is overrated), Imperial Bedroom is an ambitious, challenging record with some of Costello's finest lyrics. ... http://sadclownrep.com/?p=3809 This live version on The Tonight Show from 1984 is better than the album version: "Peace In Our Time," the final track from Goodbye Cruel World, hasn't aged especially well. One of Costello's more blatantly political (and cynical) songs, this was apparently a response of sorts to the Falkland Islands ... http://sadclownrep.com/?p=3808 I'm not crazy about Costello's version of this song, but I adore Roy Orbison's. Since that version is available, and Costello's isn't, let's enjoy it instead: "The Comedians" is one of Costello's most moving songs and the original lyrics are wonderful. They made it into the original comic book ... http://sadclownrep.com/?p=3807 Courtesy of Daily Motion, the Official (rather excellent) Video: Elvis Costello - I Wanna Be LovedUploaded by jpdc11. - See the latest featured music videos. This is a cover of this song by Teacher's Edition: Teacher's Edition is a band that seems to have vanished to the mists of time. Anyhow, "I Wanna Be ... http://sadclownrep.com/?p=3806