Elvis

Saw Elvis Costello last night. Great show.

Not what I expected. He doesn't do rock albums all that often, and his latest one wasn't (as far as I know), so I expected this to be a more laid back show. I was wrong. Costello rocks. A while back, I saw a set list, and I didn't recoginize very many of the songs, but I knew that since he's such a good songwriter this wouldn't bother me. I was right, on that count.

I've got his greatest hits package of his early work, and one of his more recent records, so I'm not all that familiar with his stuff. He only played one song off of When I was Cruel, so aside from the familiar early tunes ("Allison", "Watching the Detectives", "Pump it Up", "What's so Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding", etc.) I only recognized that one song.

The keyboardist used a theremin, a little bit. Sounded like he had it run through his keyboard, and used it for the high-pitched wavering effect.

Opoening act was Sondre Lerche. He sings wide pop tunes, and backs himslef up on guitar. His guitar style is such that he fills in the bass end quite nicely, and his lead style is very percussive, so he has that one-man-band thing going.

worky

I was nice out yesterday, so instead of working at the duplex, I stayed home to work in the yard. I raked the dead leaves and grass out of the yard (most of it), and we (Cyn, mostly) dug up the garden so we could plant a row of carrots and a row of spinach.

R.E.M.

Does anyone have a copy of R.E.M.'s "Furry Happy Monsters" from Sesame Street that they could e-mail to me? I see it's on the Sesame Street CD set, but I don't really want to spend that much money for it.

In other news, you ever have one of those days where you just can't say anything and have it sound right? You wouldn't believe how many times I've tried to comment, erased it and started over, and then just gave up. Weird.