SUPERMAN! ELVIS PRESLEY! Two of my favorite heroes (one fictional, one historical). Y’know, I observed many years ago that these two seemingly disparate characters actually have quite a few similarities. And, no, I don’t mean the fact that they were both known for wearing capes. Elvis got that idea from a different superhero. Seriously. So…
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ELVIS PRESLEY WAS NOT A RACIST
Elvis Presley with Claudia Ivy and BB King “Elvis, was a hero to most, but he never meant shit to me, you see, straight out racist that sucker was, simple and plain, motherf**k him and John Wayne…” -Chuck D of Public Enemy, “Fight The Power” I’ve written before about my near-lifelong admiration of Elvis Presley.…
WHAT’S WRONG WITH SINGERS WHO DON’T WRITE THEIR OWN SONGS?
While writing last night’s post about Elvis, and discussing the prospect of him recording new music, I mentioned the need for capable producers to find the right songs for him, since Elvis himself was not a songwriter. That brings up an interesting topic which I’ve thought about many times over the years. Despite Elvis’ worldwide…
WHAT IF ELVIS PRESLEY REALLY WAS STILL ALIVE TODAY?
This is something that I’ve thought about before, but especially recently, since I watched that ELVIS FOUND ALIVE dvd. Ignoring all the Right Wing anti-Obama conspiracy stuff in that dvd, what if the basic premise was true? What if Elvis really did fake his death 36 years ago, with the help of the Federal Government,…
ELVIS (1979)
Some folks think it’s odd when they find out that I’m such a huge fan of Elvis Presley, as his career was before my time. But it was this movie, released two years after Elvis’ death, that ended up turning me on to Elvis. I must have been around 11 when I saw it, and…
JAILHOUSE ROCK
This is first Elvis Presley movie that I ever watched. This is the third film he made, when he was still young and trying to be taken seriously as an actor. Elvis loved acting, and his dream was to pick up where James Dean left off, and play the same types of roles that Dean…
ELVIS FOUND ALIVE
When I went on Amazon to look up Elvis: The Miniseries, this dvd popped up on the recommendation screen. I’d never heard of it before, but it looked interesting, and was rather cheap, so I went ahead and ordered it too. This is a fake documentary, a mockumentary if you will (although, judging by many…
ELVIS (THE MINISERIES)
I didn’t see this miniseries when it originally aired in 2005, but I’ve meant to check it out for years, as I have been a huge fan of Elvis ever since I was a kid. I also became a huge fan of Jonathan Rhys Meyers, thanks to his starring role as King Henry VIII in…
