J (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} funkyplatypus) wrote,@ 2008-03-22 23:35:00 |
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Fuckayuyu?
So, apparently Elvis Costello is releasing a new record called "Momofuku". Only on vinyl and digital download, no CD. This a couple months after Costello declared he was never going to record another album again.
As much as I love the EC, I can't help but feel shafted by this move. I don't have a fucking record player. Also, vinyl and digital download? What, is this some sort of commentary on the polarization of the music industry? Is it a bitter nerd sneer and bitch slap towards the compact disc industry? I don't get it.
I checked out a few websites, did a little digging and apparently "Momofuku" is the first name of the guy who invented instant noodles. Instant noodles were first released on August 25th of 1958... exactly 4 years after Costello's birth date. Huh?
Does this make it some sort of concept album revolving around instant noodles?
Somebody on the Elvis Costello message boards suggested that "Momofuku" was also the name of an Asian restaurant that's also, apparently, favorite of Costello's. This gives weight to the theory that "Momofuku" is a second covers album (Costello's first covers album, "Kojak Variety", was named after a grocery store in Barbados, where Costello recorded the album).
So to clear stuff up, I went to the official Elvis Costello homepage at www.elviscostello.com and found that, not only was it "down for reconstruction", but it also announced that on March 31st, Costello and his longtime musical collaborator T-Bone Burnett were going to release some sort of jam session that was "live studio recording of the soundtrack for a stop-frame animation feature adapted from the James Ensor painting, 'Christ's Last Entry Into Brussels'."
Not only that, but the record itself was going to be distributed in an even less traditional manner than Momofuku:
"U.S. edition of record will be released on a state-by-state basis, in alphabetical order. Due to problems with piracy, only one copy will be manufactured for issue in each state or international territory. Individual copies will be encoded with the new, KNARP discriminators and secreted in the racks of selected stockists. Those discovering each unique disc will be free to do with it as their conscience draws it."
I am thoroughly confused. But such is the genius of Elvis Costello.
In other news, the Easter weekend is especially long for Argentines since they celebrate some sort of bizarre Holiday on monday, which gives me a four-day weekend. And, given my precarious economic situation, I will spend most of that four-day weekend loitering and calling people on the phone. Or stealing food. Or just doing absolutely nothing. Whatever.
I spent all day today with the lovely Lauren, this English girl I work with. We hung out in the Bosques de Palermo area and went to the Planetarium to see stars.
We also took pictures.
This is a sort of establishing shot. I establish my big fat head in front of you and behind Plaza Italia, where our adventure started out.
I found a shoe.
Some dead animals. A dead pidgeon and a dead cat, a few feet away from each other. My only guess is they fought each other to the death.
I dare you to find a dorkier smile than this.
Duckies. Or whatever the fuck.
And the day winds down with the taste of morbidly overpriced Palermo ice cream.
Have a happy Easter, everybody.
