Slow Drag with Remedy :: An Elvis Costello Appreciation

About Slow Drag with Remedy :: An Elvis Costello Appreciation

An Elvis Costello Appreciation Podcast. An appreciation & exploration of linguists, language, poetry, and clever word play as framed by the peerless poetry of the modern day master, Elvis Costello

Publisher

Remedy Robinson

Category

arts · music

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

27 Aug 2019

Latest episode

16 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

148 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   16 Aug 2026

   144 :: Flagstone Streets :: A Slow Drag with "Deep Dark Truthful Mirror"

   Today's slow drag is with "Deep Dark Truthful Mirror" from "Spike," released in 1989. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello's birth name. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Riot, MA, MFA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slow_drag_remedy/ Bluesky Social: https://bsky.app/profile/slowdragwithremedy.com Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com "Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, Podcasts" https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=Podcasts Transcription: https://slowdragwithremedy.weebly.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag Slow Drag with Remedy on Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/1f521a34-2ed9-4bd4-a936-1ad107969046/slow-drag-with-remedy-an-elvis-costello-appreciation (https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/1f521a34-2ed9-4bd4-a936-1ad107969046/slow-drag-with-remedy-an-elvis-costello-appreciation) References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=Deep_Dark_Truthful_Mirror "Deep Dark Truthful Mirror" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tujLEFMtaVA What is Gestalt? https://www.gestaltcleveland.org/what-is-gestalt "Deep Dark Truthful Mirror" Lyrics One day you're going to have to face a deep dark truthful mirror And it's going to tell you things that I still love you too much to say The sky was just a purple bruise, the ground was iron And you fell all around the town until you looked the same (Chorus:) The same eyes, the same lips The same lie from your tongue trips Deep dark, deep dark truthful mirror Deep dark, deep dark truthful mirror Now the flagstone streets where the newspaper shouts Ring to the boots of roustabouts And you're never in any doubt, there's something happening somewhere Well, you chase down the road 'til your fingers bleed on a fiberglass tumbleweed You can blow around the town, but it all shuts down the same (Repeat Chorus) So, you bay for the boy in the tiger-skin trunks They set him up, set him up on the stool He falls down, he falls down like a drunk And you drink till you drool Well, it's his story you'll flatter You'll stretch him out like a saint But the canvas that he splattered Will be the picture that you never paint Deep dark, deep dark truthful mirror Deep dark, deep dark truthful mirror A stripping puppet on a liquid stick gets into it pretty thick A butterfly drinks a turtle's tears, but how do you know he really needs it? 'Cos a butterfly feeds on a dead monkey's hand Jesus wept, he felt abandoned (shortest verse) You're spellbound baby, there's no doubting that Did you ever see a stare like a Persian cat? (Repeat Chorus) Deep dark, deep dark truthful mirror

2. 

   26 Jul 2026

   143 :: The Mirrors and the Spools :: A Slow Drag with "I Want to Vanish"

   Today's slow drag is with "I Want to Vanish," from "All This Useless Beauty," released in 1996. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Riot, MA, MFA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slow_drag_remedy/ Bluesky Social: https://bsky.app/profile/slowdragwithremedy.com Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com "Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, Podcasts" https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=Podcasts Transcription: https://slowdragwithremedy.weebly.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag Slow Drag with Remedy on Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/1f521a34-2ed9-4bd4-a936-1ad107969046/slow-drag-with-remedy-an-elvis-costello-appreciation (https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/1f521a34-2ed9-4bd4-a936-1ad107969046/slow-drag-with-remedy-an-elvis-costello-appreciation) References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, "I Want to Vanish" https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=I_Want_To_Vanish "I Want to Vanish" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZIzhXMNzBo The meaning of "paste" as it pertains to jewels: https://www.josephjewelry.com/guide/glossary/paste "I Want to Vanish" Lyrics I want to vanish This is my fondest wish To go where I cannot be captured Laid on a decorated dish Even in splendor this curious fate Is more than I care to surrender Now it's too late (Chorus:) Whether in wonder or indecent haste You arrange the mirrors and the spools To snare the rare and precious jewels That were only made of paste If you should stumble upon my last remark I'm crying in the wilderness I'm trying my best to make it dark How can I tell you I'm rarer than most I'm certain as a lost dog Pondering a sign post (Repeat Chorus) I want to vanish This is my last request I've given you the awful truth Now give me my rest

3. 

   9 Jul 2026

   142 :: A Head for Figures :: A Slow Drag with "Almost Beaten To the Punch

   Today's slow drag is with "Almost Beaten to the Punch," from "Get Happy!!," released in 1980. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Riot, MA, MFA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slow_drag_remedy/ Bluesky Social: https://bsky.app/profile/slowdragwithremedy.com Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com "Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, Podcasts" https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=Podcasts Transcription: https://slowdragwithremedy.weebly.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag Slow Drag with Remedy on Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/1f521a34-2ed9-4bd4-a936-1ad107969046/slow-drag-with-remedy-an-elvis-costello-appreciation (https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/1f521a34-2ed9-4bd4-a936-1ad107969046/slow-drag-with-remedy-an-elvis-costello-appreciation) References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, "Almost Beaten to the Punch" https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=Beaten_To_The_Punch "Almost Beaten to the Punch" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoDQS0Zd110 Semantic Satiation: https://www.verywellmind.com/semantic-satiation-why-words-become-meaningless-8650932 "Almost Beaten to the Punch" Lyrics You say that you can and then you run and get your mummy And you're almost beaten to the punch Looking for the man who sold you the dummy And you're almost beaten to the punch Laughing at the older guys who say it's just as well Saved by the wedding bell Almost beaten to the punch You're looking for somebody new that you can knock about You are almost beaten to the punch If you've got a head for figures then you'd better count me out You were almost beaten to the punch You pulled the piece but you soon called it love You go hand in glove Almost beaten to the punch Your body speaks much louder than your voice You let it do the talking so I don't have any choice Now you find the younger guys are putting up resistance And you're almost beaten to the punch You better get out now because you'll never go the distance And you're almost beaten to the punch You'll find a girl and you'll promise her anything Even a wedding ring Almost beaten to the punch

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.2 / 5

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Spotify

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

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Engagement

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