Show Notes: ---------------------- Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag ---------------------- References:   Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “The River in Reserve”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/The_River_In_Reverse_(song)   “The River in Reverse”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71YLX4pUMW0 “The River in Reverse” acoustic solo performance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZLZ5H-fjao for the Preservation Hall Foundation in 2020 https://www.preshallfoundation.org   “What Does it Mean to Have Grit”: https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/what_does_it_mean_to_have_grit   A list of a few Imponderables: http://www.unm.edu/~jerome/imponder.htm   “Beware of Nominalization” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNlkHtMgcPQ   Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” https://www.amazon.com/Most-Terrible-Time-Life-Thursday-ebook/dp/B07XLXS5PL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Y4SGCT62WPEK&dchild=1&keywords=the+most+terrible+time+in+my+life+ends+thursday&qid=1608873405&sprefix=The+Most+Terrible+Time+in+%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1     "The River in Reverse" Lyrics How long does a promise last? How long can a lie be told? What would I take in exchange for my soul? Would I notice when it was sold?   Wake me up Wake me up Wake me up with a slap or a kiss There must be something better than this 'Cos I don't see how it can get much worse What do we have to do to send The river in reverse   Every man a crawling kingsnake Every girl a half a heartbreak Every woman sold into shame To any son without a name   Are your arms too weak to lift? Another shovel on the graveyard shift Here comes the flood if you catch my drift Where the things that they promised are not a gift   If man falls through the mirror of a lake They fish him out quick and they call him a fake Give him all the temptations he can take Tie him up high 'til his bones break   Wake me up Wake me up Wake me up with a slap or a kiss There must be something better than this 'Cos I don't see how it can get much worse What do we have to do to send The river in reverse   I thought I heard somebody laugh Look out your window They're chasing shadows in the dark They're counting widows   I felt a sliver of glass Saw a cross in splinters I felt the truce of spring Dig me out of the trench of winter   So count your blessings when they ask permission To govern with money and superstition They tell you it's all for your own protection 'Til you fear your own reflection But the times are passing from illumination Like bodies falling from a constellation An uncivil war divides the nation So erase the tape on that final ape running down creation Running down creation   Wake me up Wake me up Wake me up with a slap or a kiss There must be something better than this Wake me up Wake me up with a slap or a kiss There must be something better than this

Slow Drag with Remedy

91 :: If You Catch My Drift

Show Notes: ---------------------- Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag ---------------------- References:   Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Next Time ‘Round”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Next_Time_%27Round   “Next Time ‘Round”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgQbf__uOvE   Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” https://www.amazon.com/Most-Terrible-Time-Life-Thursday-ebook/dp/B07XLXS5PL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Y4SGCT62WPEK&dchild=1&keywords=the+most+terrible+time+in+my+life+ends+thursday&qid=1608873405&sprefix=The+Most+Terrible+Time+in+%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1     "Next Time 'Round" Lyrics As I stepped out upon the landing my heart was already down the stairs She's in the bedroom with that boy of hers Though her face is creased and her eyes seem strange There's a second-hand emotion on battered forty-five My tears were never enough to keep that girl alive Now she seems contrite, will she make the change   Chorus:  The next time 'round The next time 'round You'll be someone else's baby But I'll be underground The next time 'round   Then you took two steps forward and then one step on your back Now it's a future for me and you that I lack You'll be the one who stands out in the dark Even when you're all dressed in black   (Chorus)   You've got something I want now And I've got something I can't hide I've got too much love for you now You’ve got too much pride?   Sometimes I name and number all the things you gave to me Your elastic love, this velvet-lined purgatory You used to take the breath out of me Now I think you'll be the death of me   (Chorus)   The next time 'round The next time 'round You'll be someone else's baby But I'll be underground The next time 'round The next time 'round

90 :: This Velvet-Lined Purgatory

Show Notes: ---------------------- Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag ---------------------- References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Heaven Won’t Heaven Help Me?”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Why_Won%27t_Heaven_Help_Me%3F “Why Won’t Heaven Help Me?”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOolSuOkdiY Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” https://www.amazon.com/Most-Terrible-Time-Life-Thursday-ebook/dp/B07XLXS5PL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Y4SGCT62WPEK&dchild=1&keywords=the+most+terrible+time+in+my+life+ends+thursday&qid=1608873405&sprefix=The+Most+Terrible+Time+in+%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1     "Why Won't Heaven Help Me?" Lyrics I set off alarms and fire off flares Cause sometimes they answer prayers I'm listening I wait for some distant bell to ring   Why won't heaven help me? (Far, far away) Why won't heaven help me? (It's so hard to say) Why won't heaven help me?   Hey you out there! Even if you dare Take care of your wishes If you find they do come true You may regret that too   Why won't heaven help me? Why won't heaven help me?   Remember the thrill that followed praise While dressed for a lover's gaze The moment when You saw through the lies of older men   Why won't heaven help me? (Far, far away) Why won't heaven help me? (It's so hard to say) Why won't heaven help me?   Hey you out there! Even if you dare Take care of your wishes If you find they do come true You may regret that too   Why won't heaven help me? (Why won't heaven) Why won't heaven help me? (Why won't heaven) Why won't heaven help me? (Why won't heaven)   I sensed this was wrong but take my word I thought somehow I'd be spared Alone again Believe what you want of me till then   Why won't heaven help me? (Far, far away) Why won't heaven help me? (It's so hard to say) Why won't heaven help me?   Hey you out there! Even if you dare... Take care of your wishes If you find they do come true You may regret that too   Why won't heaven help me? (Why won't heaven) Why won't heaven help me? (Why won't heaven) Why won't heaven help me? (Why won't heaven) Why won't heaven help me? (Why won't heaven) Why won't heaven help me? (Why won't heaven) Why won't heaven help me? (Why won't heaven)

89 :: Hey You Out There

Show Notes: ---------------------- Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag ---------------------- References:   Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Nothing Clings Like Ivy”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Nothing_Clings_Like_Ivy   “Nothing Clings Like Ivy”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Bs4Sjma6PI   “The Pros and Cons of planting English Ivy in the Landscape”: https://blog.gardeningknowhow.com/gardening-pros-cons/pros-and-cons-of-planting-english-ivy/   Hollow: https://artsandsciences.sc.edu/appalachianenglish/node/492   “Southern Gothic Literature”: https://oxfordre.com/literature/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190201098.001.0001/acrefore-9780190201098-e-304   Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” https://www.amazon.com/Most-Terrible-Time-Life-Thursday-ebook/dp/B07XLXS5PL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Y4SGCT62WPEK&dchild=1&keywords=the+most+terrible+time+in+my+life+ends+thursday&qid=1608873405&sprefix=The+Most+Terrible+Time+in+%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1   "Nothing Clings Like Ivy" lyrics Nothing clings like Ivy Frightened by the dark Though she cuts deep It never leaves a mark   No one quite like Ivy Everyone gets it straight What she believes She won't negotiate   All the words of tenderness That never quite got through She says, "You know how young girls are From my contempt for you"   Outside in the hollow She may dare herself For there may be A serpent in the grass Nothing clings like Ivy Trying to scare herself And it may strike or Wait for her to pass   All the words of tenderness That she never possessed "So, what's the use of promises?" "I had my fingers crossed"   All the words of tenderness that never quite got through She said, "I laughed behind your back When I told them to you”   Nothing clings like Ivy Frightened by the dark Though she cuts deep It never leaves a mark

88 :: I Had My Fingers Crossed

Show Notes: ---------------------- Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag ---------------------- References:   Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Harpies Bizarre”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Harpies_Bizarre   “Harpies Bizarre”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW0-7Kbo5rU   “150 Years of Harper’s Bazaar” https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a18658/history-of-harpers-bazaar/   “Cultured Pearls vs. Real Pearls” https://www.pearlsofjoy.com/blogs/blog/real-pearls-vs-cultured-pearls   “Natural vs. Cultured Pearls: Everything You Need to Know” https://www.diamonds.pro/guides/natural-vs-cultured-pearls/   “Harpyiai” https://www.theoi.com/Pontios/Harpyiai.html   “Harpy” https://mythology.net/monsters/harpy/   Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” https://www.amazon.com/Most-Terrible-Time-Life-Thursday-ebook/dp/B07XLXS5PL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Y4SGCT62WPEK&dchild=1&keywords=the+most+terrible+time+in+my+life+ends+thursday&qid=1608873405&sprefix=The+Most+Terrible+Time+in+%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1       He selects the plainest face from a spiteful row of girls Elegant insulted women, a flaw of cultured pearls He drops a name or two, she fails to catch At last he's met his match Unspoiled and unaffected, he wants her so much   She puts up half-hearted resistance, like she was taught to do She's heard some of those small town playboys but this is something new His promise seems dangerous, she'd like to believe He says "You'd better leave" "You've only got yourself to blame, shame, or deceive"   The waiting lines are long They never get too far Everyone wearing that medal with pride Harpies Bizarre   I looked on but hesitated, I failed to interrupt You're so hard to tell the truth to, so easy to corrupt I'll memorize your face, your tragic smile The hurt look in your eyes As you betrayed yourself to the part of him that dies   The waiting lines are long They never get too far They're shining up their shoes to kick a falling star You think you should be somebody But you don't know who you are Everyone wearing that medal with pride Harpies Bizarre

87 :: So Easy to Corrupt

Show Notes: ---------------------- Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag ---------------------- References:   Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Drum & Bone”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Drum_%26_Bone   “Drum & Bone”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eewL9YmNM1Y   “That” definitions and synonyms: https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/that “That” https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/that     Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” https://www.amazon.com/Most-Terrible-Time-Life-Thursday-ebook/dp/B07XLXS5PL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Y4SGCT62WPEK&dchild=1&keywords=the+most+terrible+time+in+my+life+ends+thursday&qid=1608873405&sprefix=The+Most+Terrible+Time+in+%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1       Maybe we're nothing but skin and bone Blare and rubber Eyes that blubber Teeth that bite Hands that slight   And I'm trying to do the best I can But I'm a limited, primitive kind of man   Maybe we're nothing but skin and bone Nerves that shatter Tongues that flatter Lips that mutter Lashes that flutter   Mounds of dust and lips of ripe Twice as vicious As the words I type Under a ribbon Of every stripe   There's a grip that tightens A dark that frightens A wise that crackles A fear that shackles   And I'm trying to do the best I can But I'm a limited, primitive kind of man   And then that kinder creation Becomes a fine fixation All of a sudden With the parts we've hidden Because they are forbidden   Beneath a hide of pain You'll find a soul of stain While fists still beat At heart's deceit   And I'm trying to do the best I can But I'm a limited, primitive kind of man   Maybe with nothing but a drum and drone I want to beat it 'til I get unknown   Pig some skin Stretch it tight Make myself up overnight   Maybe this is nothing but drum and drone Wanna beat it 'til I get unknown   Dig my pin Kick up some stink Find myself a brand-new kink   Prick that berry And squeeze this ink Scratch out all of the words I think Before your very eyes can blink   And I'm trying to do the best I can But I'm a limited, primitive kind of man

86 :: A Fine Fixation

Today’s slow drag is with “Motel Matches,” from “Get Happy!!,” released in 1980. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. Show Notes: ---------------------- Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag ---------------------- References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Motel Matches”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Motel_Matches “Motel Matches”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLh-5onrgfQ “Who Shot Sam” (1959) George Jones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItJp3mJSoKE “Who Shot Sam” lyrics: https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/8152751/George+Jones “Another Saturday Night,” Sam Cooke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O8m0mMDpHw “Sam Cooke dies under suspicious circumstances in LA”: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sam-cooke-dies-under-suspicious-circumstances-in-la   “Why Mystery Still Shrouds Singer Sam Cooke’s Shooting Death 60 Years Later”: https://people.com/movies/why-mystery-still-shrouds-singer-sam-cookes-shooting-death-nearly-60-years-later/ Urban Dictionary entry for Motel Matches: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Motel%20Matches Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” https://www.amazon.com/Most-Terrible-Time-Life-Thursday-ebook/dp/B07XLXS5PL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Y4SGCT62WPEK&dchild=1&keywords=the+most+terrible+time+in+my+life+ends+thursday&qid=1608873405&sprefix=The+Most+Terrible+Time+in+%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1   "Motel Matches" Lyrics (Final and Alternative) Somewhere in the distance I can hear "Who Shot Sam?" This is my conviction, that I am an innocent man Though you say I'm unkind I'm being as nice as I can   Boys everywhere, fumbling with the catches I struck a lucky with motel matches Falling for you without a second look Falling out of your open pocketbook Giving you away like motel matches   I wake with the siren in an emergency Though your mind is full of love In your eyes there is a vacancy And you know what I'll do When the light outside changes from red to blue   Boys everywhere, fumbling with the catches I struck a lucky with motel matches Falling for you without a second look Falling out of your open pocketbook Giving you away like motel matches Alternate lyrics Live at the Palomino, North Hollywood, CA, February 16, 1979:  Somewhere in the distance I can hear "Who Shot Sam?" Someone's crawling 'round your door I suspect it is the insect man Though you say I'm unkind You'll find I'm being as nice as I can   Boys everywhere, fumbling with the catches I struck lucky with motel matches Falling for you without a second look Falling out of your open pocketbook Giving you away like motel matches Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh   I remember thinking as I was crawling to the door That I will make my move if I can only jump this chequered floor And I know that quite soon You'll see more of me than just a cartoon   Boys everywhere, fumbling with the catches I struck lucky with motel matches Falling for you without a second look Falling out of your open pocketbook Giving you away like motel matches Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh   Boys everywhere, fumbling with the catches I struck lucky with motel matches Falling for you without a second look Falling out of your open pocketbook Giving you away like motel matches Giving you away like motel matches Giving you away like motel matches Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

85 :: Fumbling with the Catches

Show Notes: ---------------------- Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag ---------------------- References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “I’ll Wear It Proudly”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/I%27ll_Wear_It_Proudly “I’ll Wear It Proudly”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0fLW4OpNyM “20 Different Ways to Kiss”: https://www.liveabout.com/different-ways-to-kiss-better-3196326 Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” https://www.amazon.com/Most-Terrible-Time-Life-Thursday-ebook/dp/B07XLXS5PL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Y4SGCT62WPEK&dchild=1&keywords=the+most+terrible+time+in+my+life+ends+thursday&qid=1608873405&sprefix=The+Most+Terrible+Time+in+%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1     "I'll Wear It Proudly" lyrics: I hate these flaming curtains they're not the color of your hair I hate these striplights they're not so undoing as your stare I hate the buttons on your shirt when all I wanna do is tear I hate this bloody big bed of mine when you're not here   Chorus: Well, I finally found someone to turn me upside down And nail my feet up where my head should be If they had a King of Fools then I could wear that crown And you can all die laughing because I'll wear it proudly   You seem to be shivering dear and the room is awfully warm In the white and scarlet billows that subside beyond the storm You have this expression dear no words could take its place And I wear it like a badge that you put all over my face   (Chorus)   I'll wear it proudly through the dives and the dancehalls If you'll wear it proudly through the snakepits and catcalls Like a fifteen-year-old kid wears a vampire kiss If you don't know what is wrong with me Then you don't know what you've missed   We are your arms and legs wrapped round more than by memory tonight When the bell rang out and the air around turned blue from fright But in shameless moments you made more of me than just a mess And a handful of eagerness says "What do you suggest?"   (Chorus)  

84 :: A Handful of Eagerness

Show Notes: ---------------------- Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag ---------------------- References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Night Rally”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Night_Rally “Night Rally”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BanwTz8_Fk The evolution of the song meaning comment thread: https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107858655549/ Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” https://www.amazon.com/Most-Terrible-Time-Life-Thursday-ebook/dp/B07XLXS5PL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Y4SGCT62WPEK&dchild=1&keywords=the+most+terrible+time+in+my+life+ends+thursday&qid=1608873405&sprefix=The+Most+Terrible+Time+in+%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1     "Night Rally" Lyrics: I would send out for assistance but there's someone on the signal wire And the corporation logo is flashing on and off in the sky They're putting all your names in the forbidden book I know what they're doing but I don't want to look   You think they're so dumb, you think they're so funny Wait until they've got you running to the Night rally, night rally, night rally   Everybody's singing with their hand on their heart About deeds done in the darkest hours That's just the sort of catchy little melody To get you singing in the showers   Oh, I know that I'm ungrateful I've got it lying on a plate And I'm not buying my share of souvenirs You can stand to attention You can pray to your uncle Only get that chicken out of here Everyone gets armbands and 3-D glasses Some are in the back room And they're taking those night classes   You think they're so dumb, you think they're so funny Wait until they've got you running to the Night rally, night rally, night rally

83 :: Catchy Little Melody

Show Notes: ---------------------- Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag ---------------------- References:   Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Human Hands”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Human_Hands   “Human Hands”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6yiii2iWkw   “Why Can’t a Person Tickle Himself?”: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-cant-a-person-tickle/   Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” https://www.amazon.com/Most-Terrible-Time-Life-Thursday-ebook/dp/B07XLXS5PL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Y4SGCT62WPEK&dchild=1&keywords=the+most+terrible+time+in+my+life+ends+thursday&qid=1608873405&sprefix=The+Most+Terrible+Time+in+%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1   "Human Hands" Lyrics: I've been talking to the wall and it's been answering me Oh darling, how I miss you I'm just the mere shadow of my former selfishness I crave the silhouette of your kiss With only the blue light of the TV on Lip-reading threats and false alarms There's a boy somewhere holding hands with himself And a girl in a window on the Reeperbahn   Whenever I put my foot in my mouth and you begin to doubt That it's you that I'm dreaming about Do I have to draw you a diagram? All I ever want is just to fall into your human hands   With the kings and queens of the dance hall craze Checkmate in three moves in your heyday But the girls don't listen to your line anymore Now you're part of someone else On the factory floor you still say "Where’s the action?" Now you manufacture happiness And get sold on the cheap for someone's satisfaction   Whenever I put my foot in my mouth and you begin to doubt That it's you that I'm dreaming about Do I have to draw you a diagram? All I ever want is just to fall into your human hands   All you toy soldiers and scaremongers Are you living in this world, sometimes I wonder In between saying you've seen too much  And saying you've seen it all before Tighter and tighter, I hold you tightly You know I love you more than slightly Although I've never said it like this before   Whenever I put my foot in my mouth and you begin to doubt That it's you that I'm dreaming about Do I have to draw you a diagram? All I ever want is just to fall into your human hands All I ever want is to fall into your human hands   "Human Hands" Alternate Lyrics: There’s nobody burning between these sheets Oh, darling how I miss you I'm just the mere shadow of my former selfishness I crave the silhouette of your kiss With only the blue light of the TV on Lip-reading threats and false alarms There's a boy somewhere holding hands with himself And a girl in a window on the Reeperbahn   Whenever the money runs out or the drugs wear off And you start to doubt the household brands All I ever want is just to fall into your human hands       With the kings and queens of the dance hall craze Checkmate in three moves in your heyday But the girls don't listen to your line anymore Now you're part of someone else On the factory floor you still say "Where’s the action?" Now you manufacture happiness And get sold on the cheap for someone's satisfaction   Whenever the money runs out or the drugs wear off And you start to doubt the household brands All I ever want is just to fall into your human hands     All you toy soldiers and scaremongers I can already remember when you were younger in between saying you’ve seen too much and saying you’ve seen it all before Tighter and tighter, I hold you tightly You know I love you more than slightly Although I've never said it like this before   Whenever the money runs out or the drugs wear off And you start to doubt the household brands All I ever want is just to fall into your human hands

82 :: In Your Heyday

Show Notes: ---------------------- Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag ---------------------- References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Radio Silence”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Radio_Silence “Radio Silence”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CcSwea80dc (can’t find an official EC upload) “Radio Silence” Definition: https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/radio-silent-silence-meaning “Pearl Harbor” Strike Force radio silence”: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01611190701313940?journalCode=ucry20 “The Secret History of messages etched into records”: https://thevinylfactory.com/features/secret-history-messages-etched-runout-groove/ “The World and His Wife” Origin: https://wordhistories.net/2020/04/22/world-and-his-wife/ Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” https://www.amazon.com/Most-Terrible-Time-Life-Thursday-ebook/dp/B07XLXS5PL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Y4SGCT62WPEK&dchild=1&keywords=the+most+terrible+time+in+my+life+ends+thursday&qid=1608873405&sprefix=The+Most+Terrible+Time+in+%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1   "Radio Silence" Lyrics: Signal fading, listen to what I'm saying Testing, testing This better be worth all of the breath I'm wasting Maintaining radio silence from now on   Barricaded in the talk radio station Hostage taken The red "On-Air" light shines on Something cheaper that passes for free speech will have to do   Hear him coming through loud and clear He's trickling in your ear He'll tell you anything you want to hear   Tape starts running He's going to tell you something String starts strumming Another humdrum conundrum Signing off now Maintaining radio silence from now on   But there's one thing I should have said "The hostage will end up dead" It's just a comedy The hostage is me   So, pay the ransom Beyond the run-out groove And get my wife down here A helicopter on the roof No police marksman Maintaining radio silence from now on   Mystery voices Drowned out by too much choice That's not to mention The sad waste of this wonderful invention Maintaining radio silence from now on   Libraries filled up with failed ideas There's nothing more for me there I trust in tender ink and gentle airs   Do those drug dealers still polish women made of wax? Gangsters and world leaders Require the same protection from attack From a distance it's hard to tell the difference Between a king and jack then a poet and hack Maintaining radio silence from now on

81 :: "Gentle Airs"

Show Notes: ---------------------- Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag ---------------------- References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Pretty Words”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Pretty_Words “Pretty Words”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5jV7LmNeVk “Hobson’s Choice”: https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/hobsons-choice.html Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” https://www.amazon.com/Most-Terrible-Time-Life-Thursday-ebook/dp/B07XLXS5PL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Y4SGCT62WPEK&dchild=1&keywords=the+most+terrible+time+in+my+life+ends+thursday&qid=1608873405&sprefix=The+Most+Terrible+Time+in+%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1   "Pretty Words" Lyrics: I ask you nicely Get my face slapped under wraps What's going on precisely Is there something wrong perhaps?   Surprise, surprise (surprise, surprise) It's more like a booby trap than a booby prize Civil disobedience from a soldier with a dirty rifle You're loosening all the screws that hold the hinges of my life Fat cats and army brats Hep cats and dog tags pawing over girly mags   Pretty words don't mean much anymore I don't mean to be mean much anymore All I see are snapshots, big shots, tender spots Mug shots, machine slots Till you don't know what's what You don't know what you got   Curious women running after curious men Curiosity didn't kill the cat It was a poisoned pen But there's not much choice (it's Hobson's choice) Between a cruel mouth and a jealous voice   Got back to London Picked a paper from the mat No words of consolation Just cartoons and chitter chatter Well, well, fancy that Millions murdered for a kiss me quick hat No backbone, blood and guts Better keep your big mouth shut   Pretty words don't mean much anymore I don't mean to be mean much anymore All I see are snapshots, big shots, tender spots Machine slots, mug shots Till you don't know what's what You don't know what you got  

80 :: Hobson's Choice

Show Notes: ---------------------- Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag ---------------------- References:   Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Five Small Words”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Five_Small_Words   “Five Small Words”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3i-0GJv4qA   “Poison most genteel” abstract: https://eds.a.ebscohost.com/abstract?site=eds&scope=site&jrnl=23275707&AN=100548026&h=14UchlM9kd2j0szlzDmbVBJRsz%2bofAGP3AdjTlnWUnx7Y%2bmKRxGniCiKe6aoz0yNrAZrPO8n7Ro8wWyXtDPV5A%3d%3d&crl=f&IdpId=&resultLocal=ErrCrlNoResults&resultNs=Ehost&crlhashurl=login.aspx%3fdirect%3dtrue%26profile%3dehost%26scope%3dsite%26authtype%3dcrawler%26jrnl%3d23275707%26AN%3d100548026   Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” https://www.amazon.com/Most-Terrible-Time-Life-Thursday-ebook/dp/B07XLXS5PL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Y4SGCT62WPEK&dchild=1&keywords=the+most+terrible+time+in+my+life+ends+thursday&qid=1608873405&sprefix=The+Most+Terrible+Time+in+%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1 "Five Small Words" Lyrics: Maybe you'll recognize in time Maybe one day you will discover All the pain that lies behind You and your unfortunate love   Somebody might be more Unsuitable and strange With eyes that offer everything That are capable of danger   My mind turns over lies you told Things said to your other lover Sweet as they had been to me You lay there telling them to each other   Now I stand outside the door My head is filled with phrases Inside someone's calling out Their voices rise in praises   Five Small Words "Don't want you anymore?" Five Small Words Well, who is keep score? Five Small Words   Coward that you are, you would faithlessly implore "Baby please don't leave me" "Why don't you believe me?" "Why did you deceive me?"   Didn't take some shiny dagger Tattooed fingers grip and hone I walked under some dark ladder I Heard your final loving moan All your indiscretions are so merciful and brief Genteel poison sprinkled on your Spanish handkerchief   Five Small Words "Don't you love me anymore?" Five Small Words Well, who is keeping score?   The coward that you are, you would so faithlessly implore "Baby please don't leave me" "Why don't you believe me?" "Why did you deceive me?"   Maybe in time you'll want me more Accidentally like this ‘45 This ‘44

79 :: Filled with Phrases

Show Notes: ---------------------- Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag ---------------------- References:   Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Chewing Gum”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Chewing_Gum   “Chewing Gum”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh-tbg_0ZIY   “Rock n’ Roll: Here’s Where the Name Came From”: https://sparkfiles.net/rock-roll-origins-phrase/   “Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis”: http://zimmer.csufresno.edu/~johnca/spch100/4-9-sapir.htm “Language, thought, and color: Whorf was half right”: https://www1.icsi.berkeley.edu/~kay/tics2.pdf   “Chewing Gum” Explanation from the Elvis Wiki page: http://www.elviscostello.info/faq/lyrics.php   Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” https://www.amazon.com/Most-Terrible-Time-Life-Thursday-ebook/dp/B07XLXS5PL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Y4SGCT62WPEK&dchild=1&keywords=the+most+terrible+time+in+my+life+ends+thursday&qid=1608873405&sprefix=The+Most+Terrible+Time+in+%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1 "Chewing Gum" Lyrics:  With their cardboard hands by their sides, here's a naked man and lady And they're yours to cut out and keep and you can dress them up maybe They don't know just who they are, or who they're supposed to be You can make them happy or sad or assume their identity   So here they are in the departure lounge, it's the "Gateway to the East" She is just another mail-order bride, she doesn't know he's a kinky beast Now he gives her a picture of Maradona and child She wants to "roll and rock" As he spills his beer over her Bumps and grinds as he repeats "Bangkok"   (Chorus:) There must be something that is better than this It starts with a slap and ends with a kiss Begins with you bawling and it ends up in tears Oh, my little one, take that chewing gum out of your ears   She might as well be in the jungle, she might as well be on the moon He's away on a business trip in Dusseldorf, and she's becoming immune To the lack of glamour and danger in the West-German city today The nearest she comes to the "Dynasty" life he promised her Is a Chinese takeaway (Repeat Chorus) And though he only taught her three little words It doesn't matter if they're dirty or clean He can only control what they look like He can never possess what they mean   So, he wants to whisper in her ear All the shrinking nothingness Something always comes between them I wonder if you can guess  (Repeat Chorus)

78 :: Shrinking Nothingness

Show Notes: ---------------------- Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag ---------------------- References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Pay It Back”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Pay_It_Back   “Pay It Back”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SEu2e12x1w   Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” https://www.amazon.com/Most-Terrible-Time-Life-Thursday-ebook/dp/B07XLXS5PL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Y4SGCT62WPEK&dchild=1&keywords=the+most+terrible+time+in+my+life+ends+thursday&qid=1608873405&sprefix=The+Most+Terrible+Time+in+%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1     "Pay It Back" Lyrics: Stop thief; you're gonna come to grief If you don't take a little more care You're gonna get more than the family plan From this one shoestring affair I may be crazy but I can't contemplate Being trapped between the doctor and the magistrate   Chorus: One of these days I'm gonna pay it back, pay it back, one of these days One of these days I'm gonna pay it back, pay it back, one of these days   And then they told me I could be somebody If I didn't let too much get in my way And I tried so hard just to be myself But I keep on fading away And then the lights went out, I didn't know what to do If I could fool myself, then maybe I'd fool you (chorus) I wouldn't say that I was raised on romance Let's not get stuck in the past I love you more than everything in the world I don't expect that will last They told me everything was guaranteed Somebody somewhere must've lied to me (chorus)

77 :: Raised on Romance

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