Elvis Costello and the Imposters The Delivery Man (Lost Highway) On the title track of his latest album, Elvis Costello sings, “I want to be your delivery man.” True to form, he’s layered the line with several coats of irony, taking the perspective of a murderer who served time for a minor offense and is […]
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now playing 10-7-04
At the very real risk of slipping into the credibility-robbing practice of using a public forum to shamelessly self-promote, here I go. This Sunday, Oct. 10, at 8 p.m. (8 p.m. sharp, you slackers), we — that is, Tom Irwin and the Hired Hands — intend to celebrate 10 years of performing (almost) every Sunday […]
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sound patrol 10-7-04
Sally Timms In the World of Him (Touch and Go) Sick unto death of so-called security moms and their effect on the upcoming election? Are women the new white men? The latest solo CD by Mekons singer Sally Timms seems spookily relevant, even though its timing is probably coincidental; In the World of Him has […]
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music notes 10-7-04
• The Springfield Classical Guitar Society, now in its seventh year of presenting some of the world’s best classical guitarists in the capital city, submits for your approval composer and performer Brad Richter at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, at the First Presbyterian Church (321 South Seventh St.). Then, in an interesting scheduling move, the […]
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music notes 9-30-04
• Got a craving for that crazy Dixieland sound, but finding a trip to New Orleans a bit difficult right now? Rest easy, my friend, and slip down to Robbie’s (4 Old State Capitol Plaza, 528-1901) on Friday evening as the Big Easy comes to you. Riverboat 5 +1 sports all the trappings of a […]
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sound patrol 9-30-04
Nelly Sweat (Fo Reel/Universal) Nelly is all things to all people — there are no multiplatinum weirdoes — and therein lies his charm. Beloved by all races, the photogenic St. Louis rapper is blasted from suburban softball fields and ghetto stoops alike. Strippers grind to him; preteens load him on their iPods; politicians praise him […]
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now playing 9-30-04
When a kid from New Jersey sings country music as if he had been born in the back of a pickup truck on brown-paper chicken-feed sacks as Mom waited for Dad to come out of the tavern, you know that times have changed. Moot Davis serves up honky-tonk music like someone who’s been spoonfed bad […]
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Now playing 9-23-04
Funk, funk, funk. It’s a fun word, but what does it mean? To some it’s a musty odor, to others it’s a depressed state of mind, and to music fans it’s something entirely different. No one says it better than Webster’s New World College Dictionary (second entry, third definition): “a form of rhythm and blues […]
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sound patrol 9-23-04
Various Artists Future Soundtrack for America (Barsuk) Pity the young Republican who aspires to hipness. The nation might be evenly polarized, but the rock community, particularly the indie faction, is pretty much unanimously disgusted with W. The Bush twins claim to love Modest Mouse, the Strokes, and the Postal Service, but the likelihood that any […]
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music notes 9-23-04
• Good golly, Miss Molly, it’s the ol’ Tutti-Frutti king himself, whooping it up at Millikin University’s Kirkland Fine Arts Center in Decatur at 2 p.m. Sunday. Yes, it’s Little Richard still out proving to the world that he invented the musical art form all by his lonesome. Don’t believe him? He will convert you. […]
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now playing 9-16-04
How much wood could a woodbox box if a woodbox could box wood? Hell, who cares? But it makes for a goofy intro for the Woodbox Gang, one of my favorite bands in the world as we know it. The gangsters hail from southern Illinois and have made camp in the Carbondale area for several […]
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sound patrol 9-16-04
Ricky FantéRewind (Virgin) Ricky Fanté makes soul music, nothing “neo” about it: just sweet, buttery, Stax-sounding soul that’s wholesome as a plate of hotcakes. No hip-hop flourishes, no Pro-Tools preening, no freaky dancehall textures, no pottymouth innuendoes for this 26-year-old ex-Marine. Rewind is truth in advertising, a trip back in time to when nice girls […]
