A disappointing report on CostelloNews.com: the release of the DVD The Right Spectacle has been postponed “due to legal problems” per a Demon Records rep.

In 1981 or 1982 I wrote Bob and Doug McKenzie; I can’t remember if I wrote to NBC—I must have, and I would’ve written to Dave Thomas and/or Rick Moranis, because I was 14, not 5. Weeks later they gifted me with an autographed 8" x 10" and this form letter via Anthem Records.

I’m saddened about Johnny.

The BBC reports that Elvis Costello is composing an opera, entitled The Secret Arias, based on Danish fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen’s unrequited love for Swedish soprano Jenny Lind.

Sleigh bells ring. Are you listening?

Near-blizzard conditions in NE Ohio this morning.

Much Squeeze to contemplate, including the December release of the book Squeeze: Song by Song (even available Stateside, which surprised me), and in a matter of weeks, Glenn Tilbrook is releasing a 4 CD-set of his demos from 1974-1998.