'Tales From Monographic Oceans': a freewheeling journey through a stretch of sea, cutting across the isthmuses of some discographies (Elvis Costello 49, 19) 'Cin Cin, c'mon, we're special / we wear glasses / come along with us!'. The Fatal Attractions of a bespectacled jack-of-all-trades para-Irish, who seriously knew – and still knows – how to ‘do it all’, from wave'n'roll to Classical auteur and back.
I Almost Had a Weakness