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Tour Dates 11/29/09 Seattle, WA @ Paramount 11/30/09 Portland, OR @ Roseland Theatre 12/02/09 Oakland, CA @ Paramount 12/04/09 Indio, CA @ Fantasy Springs 12/05/09 Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint 12/07/09 Pomona, CA @ Fox Theatre 12/08/09 San Diego, CA @ Copley Symphony Hall 12/10/09 Los Angeles, CA @ Gibson Amphitheatre 12/11/09 Ventura, CA @ Ventura Theatre Read More Morrissey http://weheartmus... Being a huge Morrissey/The Smiths fan, people often ask me: "What's your favorite Morrissey song?" My absolute favorite song is "Jack the Ripper". Casual fans might not be hip to this song, as it's somewhat of a rare song. So, it's time the tale was told on "Jack the Ripper"! The song originall...

YOU CAN'T SPELL SWORDS WITHOUT WORDS
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Heaven knows Morrissey doesn't need the promotion, but being a loyal fan, I thought I'd at least mention his forthcoming B-Sides album, Swords out on November 3^rd in the US (UK residents will receive the album early on October 26^th).

Morrissey - Girl Least Likely To

The thing I like about B-Sides is that for some artists, is that they can let their hair down. Sometime they take some risks, for instance one of my favorite B-Side is "Girl Least Likely To" which was co-written by ex-Smiths Andy Rourke. It was quite rare to see Rourke doing the writing chores... but when he did, it was usually a B-Side. Incidentally, Rourke also provided the music for another favorite B-Side called "Get Off the Stage" (who says Morrissey doesn't have a sense of a humor?)

Hardcore fans will probably own all the singles, but the reason why they would pick up Swords is that it's just very convenient. Instead of compiling your own CD-R, this will do all the work for you and includes a new cover artwork. And as usual, it's definitely worth getting the limited version for the bonus disc.

Here's the tracklisting:

Good Looking Man About Town Don't Make Fun Of Daddy's Voice If You Don't Like Me, Don't Look At Me Ganglord My Dearest Love The Never-Played Symphonies Sweetie-Pie Christian Dior Shame Is The Name Munich Air Disaster 1958 I Knew I Was Next It's Hard To Walk Tall When You're Small Teenage Dad On His Estate Children In Pieces Friday Mourning My Life Is A Succession Of People Saying Goodbye Drive-In Saturday Because Of My Poor Education

Limited edition bonus disc: Black Cloud I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris I Just Want To See The Boy Happy Why Don’t You Find Out For Yourself One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet, Baby Life Is A Pigsty I'm OK By Myself

Tour Dates 10/05/09 Esplanade Concert Hall 10/08/09 Fremantle Arts Centre Fremantle 10/11/09 Palais Theatre Melbourne 10/13/09 Wrest Point Entertainment Centre Hobart 10/14/09 Palais Theatre Melbourne 10/15/09 Royal Theatre Canberra 10/17/09 Enmore Theatre Sydney 10/18/09 Convention Centre Brisbane Read More Elvis Costello http://weheartmus... I've been waiting for Universal to release all of Elvis' catalogue - and I was pleased to see that This Year's Model (the album with Pump it Up) was released a few months ago. My Aim is True (1977) is the first in the reissues, and it's a good start, because it was the first Costello album. Ove...

PUTTING THE "EL" IN ELVIS
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I guess I'm pretty old. I have a lot of music-stories.

I've seen Elvis Costello at the Berkeley Theater before. I was there to cover Sleeper, the opening band. We had pretty awful seats, I had brought some friends along. They wanted to leave, but not until he played "Veronica" (one of the girl's name in our group). So he played it about half way into his set and we started walking out.

Outside the venue, there was a whole family sitting outside the venue's wall, listening to Elvis Costello. They were somewhat offended that we were leaving the show - "What's the matter? Why are you leaving?" they asked.

To be honest, I would've liked to say for the whole Costello show. I would've love to hear "Pump It Up" live, which I suspect probably would've been encore material.

So what's my point? Next Tuesday, as part of the "Costello Show" series, Live At The El Mocambo, comes out on Hip-O Records, according to amazon.

I got a chance to preview it, and I'll have to say that the recording is clean, probably was originally recorded from the soundboard for radio broadcast. The show was originally recorded in 1978 and released to Canadian radio stations only. As usual, fans got a hold of it, and it was heavily bootlegged. It eventually got an official release in 1993, but only as part of the 2½ Years boxset. Cheapskates will be happy to know that you can now buy Live At The El Mocambo as a standalone release soon.

Read More Michael Jackson http://weheartmus... I grew up in the ghetto in Sacramento, and we were pretty poor. Our color television was probably the most valuable thing we'd own. I don't know how it came into our possessing (probably a find at the Goodwill), but we had this one-hour NBC documentary via VHS on The Jackson Five. At the end of t...

IS THIS IT? THIS IS IT!
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Too soon?

UK tickets for the highly anticipated Michael Jackson film, "This Is It", goes on sale today, September 27^th. If I were a betting man, I would think that tickets will probably sell out - so I suggest if you really want to see it, buy the tickets early.

Here's the kicker, the movie will only be available for two weeks, starting Wednesday, October 28^th. I did check for tickets in my area, there is an HD showing near me for $14, which is a little more expensive than I had hope. Remember when movies only cost $4.50 for matinee ?

While some may argue that the movie-going experience is worth it, I say for about the same amount, I'll get the DVD or Bluray version when it comes out. Which I'm almost certain it will come out.... after all, the soundtrack is available for pre-order.

Here's the official details of the MJ film:

Michael Jackson's THIS IS IT will offer Jackson fans and music lovers worldwide a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the performer as he developed, created and rehearsed for his sold-out concerts that would have taken place beginning this summer in London's O2 Arena. Chronicling the months from April through June, 2009, the film is produced with the full support of the Estate of Michael Jackson and drawn from more than one hundred hours of behind-the-scenes footage, featuring Jackson rehearsing a number of his songs for the show. Audiences will be given a privileged and private look at Jackson as he has never been seen before. In raw and candid detail, Michael Jackson's THIS IS IT captures the singer, dancer, filmmaker, architect, creative genius and great artist at work as he creates and perfects his final show. Kenny Ortega, who was both Michael Jackson's creative partner and the director of the stage show is also directing the film, which is being produced by Randy Phillips, Kenny Ortega and Paul Gongaware. Executive producers are John Branca and John McClain. The film will be distributed worldwide by Sony Pictures Releasing. Tickets for the limited two-week engagement of the film go on sale beginning September 27.

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