very cool. he'll never go out of style.

It's great to see how Mr. Costello has weathered over the years. In college, I was one of the 1st to break from the "rock" diet and welcome Costello, Talking Heads, The Jam, Sex Pistols, etc...and I got my balls busted to no end...until it became "en vogue" (then they all wanted to borrow my LP's). Nice mix...but I might engage in a coffee-house debate that "Iggy" is [true] king of the punks.

ahhh. mr. osterberg. it's all relative to musical situation. i do love some stooges every now and then...

A cool primer (once again, check out my two-volume "More like a hand job than a hand jive" set--we picked a lot of the same stuff, I think). I'd go with Mr. Osterberg, too, as "king of the punks", although one of Elvis' main attributes was how quickly he transcended the whole punk movement. Just a thought...

again. very relative statement--king of the punks. but each is entitled to her/his opinion. i happen to like veronica. so there you go.

I don't understand how you seemed to read something unpleasant in my last statement... I was complimenting your mix and adding something to the "king of punks" discussion. Perhaps I neglected to say that I don't view Costello as a "punk" at all, and neither does Mr. Costello, for that matter (and although I like a lot of punk stuff, for sure, I regard this as a positive, rather than a negative, thing). Putting your first record out on Stiff in 1977 and having some angry lyrics does not necessarily make you a punk...

i didn't read your last statement as unpleasant. i was just stating difference of opinion. i appreciate your comments. no harm, no foul.

Me, too. Glad we're on the same page. It's hard to interpret this stuff sometimes... :-)

by the by, i like your two disc costello set. tre cool.