Tag Archives: Elvis Costello
Punk Playlist
I celebrated the 15th anniversary of 24 Hour Party People in a recent post. And over the weekend I discovered this great old BBC show called The Way They Were. On this episode you’ll find the real Tony Wilson presenting a selection of punk and new wave acts on his So It Goes television show [...]
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Tagged Blondie, Buzzcocks, Cherry Vanilla & Magazine, Devo, Elvis Costello, Fall, Ian Dury, Iggy Pop, jam, John Cooper Clarke, Johnny Thunder, Jonathan Richman, Jordan, New Wave, Nick Lowe, Penetration, punk, Sex Pistols, Siouxie & the Banshees, the way they were, Tom Robinson Band, Tony Wilson, Wreckless Eric, XTC
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Back to Hell
I recently found Straight to Hell with Spanish subtitles on YouTube. Like Blue Velvet and River’s Edge, Straight to Hell was released in 1986. Three decades haven’t dulled this whacked-out western which married MTV to the wild west with a cast of rockers including the Pogues, Joe Strummer, Courtney Love, Dennis Hopper, Grace Jones, Elvis [...]
Posted in Cinema
Tagged Alex Cox, Courtney Love, Dennis Hopper, Elvis Costello, Grace Jones, Jim Jarmusch, Joe Strummer, Pogues, Straight to Hell
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