I was walking by the Palladium dorms (agh!) on 14th Street the other day and thinking about all the bands I saw there back when it was a theater/club and I was a mere pipsqueak. Elvis, XTC, Squeeze . . . I'm positive there are dozens more, but damned if Granny can recall them at the moment.
So happy birthday, Mr. Costello—54 and still a fox.
Bahahahaha! I'll say! SO CUTE - still!
Posted by: mariaaaaa | August 26, 2008 at 12:52 PM
I can almost forgive him Bebe Buell.
Posted by: jules | August 26, 2008 at 03:19 PM
I forgive him Bebe because her Elvis obsession was so entertaining!
Posted by: Judy McNewWave | August 26, 2008 at 07:14 PM
Didn't Elvis play on the same bill with Squeeze at the Palladium? Would have been in '81 or '82. Things were a bit hazy back then.
More recently (last winter in fact), I ran into Elvis at the Baby Gap on Fifth Avenue. Guess we've both changed...
Posted by: Halden | August 29, 2008 at 11:34 PM
i was getting my hair done at frederick fekkai (i know awful isn't it to be such sellout), anyway i had by head down and when the stylist straighted it up, right around the corner came elvis costello with a cup of tea in his hand. i looked over the at the next chair, diana krall getting highlights. he's a least 50lbs heavier than that picture, but he was wearing suit that looked like he slept in it. i'm sure it was really expensive.
i also saw daniel boulud there which for me was actually a little more exiting.
-maryann
Posted by: maryann | September 03, 2008 at 08:39 PM
Catching up with your posts. Of course my first comment is music related...The Palladium! Mine? The Jam, The Clash (first time in NY!), Iggy (with Glen Matlock and Brian James!)/Cramps/Student Teachers, BOC/Thin Lizzy!!! Gadzoox, what a great joint.
Posted by: noisejoke | September 09, 2008 at 01:45 AM