Elvis Costello has released a politically motivated, spoken word single “Phonographic Memory.”
“Phonographic Memory” imagines a post-war ceremony involving an archive recording of the voice of Orson Welles and someone identified only as, “President Swift”. The recording takes the form of a short story recited over an acoustic guitar.
The new track is being referred to as a B-side to the recently released “We Are All Cowards” single the latter of which will be featured on Costello's Hey Clockface LP due 30 October on Concord Records.
Bad Dad (occasionally called Ed) has been on the periphery of the punk and punk-adjacent scene for over twenty years. While many contributors to this site have musical experience and talent, Ed's musical claim to fame comes from his time in arguably the most punk rock Blockbuster Video district in NJ where he worked alongside members of Blanks 77, Best Hit TV and Brian Fallon. He is more than just an awful father to his 2 daughters, he is also a dreadful husband, a subpar writer, a terrible dresser and has a severe deficiency in all things talent… but hey, at least he's self-aware, amirite?
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