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...Elvis Costello is only 30 seconds into his set before a small audience in a Los Angeles TV studio when -- boing! -- a broken guitar string brings the music to a halt. During rehearsals, Costello has already groused about the lighting and the sound, so the tension in the wings is palpable. But the mercurial rocker calmly accepts a new guitar and starts again, launching into an acoustic rendition of Deep Dark Truthful Mirror. When Costello leaves the stage nine songs and an hour later, the audience is clamoring for more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Look, Ma -- No Amps! | 7/1/1991 | See Source »

...creators of Unplugged, MTV's hit program featuring all acoustic performances, such unstrung moments are part of the fun. "Everything's last- minute, and that's the way we like it," producer Alex Coletti says of the Costello segment, which will air next week. "It gives the show the loose feel we want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Look, Ma -- No Amps! | 7/1/1991 | See Source »

...Elvis Costello, Bruce Hornsby & the Range, Suzanne Vega, Cowboy Junkies, Midnight Oil, Jane's Addiction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Benefit Beat | 6/10/1991 | See Source »

...Lobos' exultant Bertha, Lyle Lovett's Friend of the Devil, Costello's Ship of Fools...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Benefit Beat | 6/10/1991 | See Source »

...have nothing but good things to say about her," says Bonnie Costello, an associate professor of English at Boston University who advised Terada's disertation. Costello says that Terada has a "quiet nature" but exudes warmth and self-confidence. "At B.U.," says Costello, "she was a great success as a teacher...

Author: By Julian E. Barnes, | Title: A Young Scholar Assists A Troubled Department | 1/30/1991 | See Source »

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