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Sabado, Marso 31, 2012
New Chain of Elvis Themed Diners
EPE (Elvis Presley Enterprises) has licensed the EAD International Group to open up a chain of Elvis Presley themed restaurants throughout Eastern and Central Europe. Elvis hated restaurants according to everything I’ve read so I’m sure he’d be tickled pink … Continue reading
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Biyernes, Marso 30, 2012
Sorry, TCB Band — No Call from the RockHall, Again
On February 9, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame made an interesting announcement. They will enshrine six rock backing-bands from the 50s and early 60s at the 2012 Induction Ceremony in April4. The bands will join all the … Continue reading
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Huwebes, Marso 29, 2012
Miyerkules, Marso 28, 2012
Martes, Marso 27, 2012
Elvis–This Day in History
July 26, 1954 Elvis signed a formal contract with Sun Records, which had to be countersigned once again by his parents. Elvis–This Day in History is a post from: The Elvis Presley Blog
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Elvis and the 1992 Presidential Election
2012 is an election year, and already it has been the catalyst for one article connecting Elvis and politics. Well, now I have found a source that inspires another. It is the text of a 1993 San Francisco Examiner column by Greil Marcus. That name should be familiar to you, because Marcus is the author of two famous Elvis books: Mystery Train (1997) and Dead Elvis.
Elvis Books by Greil Marcus
Marcus reported that during the 1992 Presidential campaign, the press corps started comparing Bill Clinton to Elvis, although the candidate never did this himself. The press even made references to Clinton’s campaign plane as “Air Elvis.”
Bill Clinton and Elvis on Stamp from the republic of Chad in Africa
His opponent, George H W Bush, felt compelled to respond to this linking of Clinton and Elvis, by stating this in a campaign speech:
“Clinton is on all sides of every issue. He’s been spotted more places than Elvis Presley. I guess you’d say his plan really is ‘Elvis Economics’. America will be checking into Heartbreak Hotel.”
Bush didn’t get much traction with these assertions.
Autographed 1973 Photo of President George H W Bush and Elvis
In fact, the “Heartbreak Hotel” reference may have worked in Clinton’s favor. Many believe he turned the race around when he wore dark glasses and played the song on the Arsineo Hall Show.
Bill Clinton Plays “Heartbreak Hotel” on the Arsineo Hall Show
Marcus contended that an Elvis reference in any politician’s campaign speech is a guaranteed sound-bite on the evening news, although there is no guarantee what the public’s response will be. This quote is said to have lost votes for former President Bush in his re-election campaign:
“I finally figured out why Clinton compares himself to Elvis. The minute he takes a stand on something, he starts wiggling.”
The funniest thing in the Marcus column is this quote from noted dull and stiff politician, Al Gore, as he accepted the 1992 vice-presidential nomination at the convention in New York.
“I’ve been dreaming of this moment since I was a kid – that one day I’d have a chance to come here to Madison Square Garden and be the warm-up act for Elvis.”
Yep, that would really get the fans revved up. Dream on, Al.
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Priscilla, Lisa, and John Travolta
The other day I stood in the supermarket checkout line and spotted the February 6 issue of the tabloid National Enquirer. Lisa Marie and John Travolta were side-by-side on the cover, just above the headline “Divorce Shocker: Whose marriage can be saved. Whose can’t.”
I immediately flashed back to something in my collection of tabloids with Elvis cover stories. However, the issue I remembered wasn’t about him. It was the August 12, 1978 issue of Midnight Globe, and the cover featured Priscilla and John Travolta. The headline reads “Priscilla Presley, Travolta in New Romance.”
So, in the span of 33 years, John Travolta has appeared on tabloid covers with both Elvis’ wife and daughter. Let’s take a look inside and see what’s going on.
First, it should be pointed out that the current magazine does not link Travolta and Lisa together in any kind of divorce shocker. Rather, there are two separate stories about the marital problems each supposedly has going on. In Lisa’s case, some of the problems between her and husband Michael Lockwood are related to different opinions on how to raise their three-year-old twin daughters and to how she keeps him removed from anything to do with the Presley finances.
However, Midnight Globe says the biggest source of stress is Lisa’s relentless determination to restart her singing career. She apparently considers her third album (and first since 2005) to be a do-or-die effort. Lisa is now 44, and she hasn’t had a hit song in seven years, so this might actually be the case. The CD, titled Storm and Grace, comes out on May 1, so we should know pretty soon if her singing career will continue. One way or the other, let’s hope everything works out for Lisa and Michael.
Travolta’s problems stem from the fact that he is an accomplished pilot and has his own airplane and airstrip right at his house. According to National Enquirer, he has recently developed a penchant for taking unannounced flights to Tahiti, Miami, San Juan, Mexico, Central America, and even Bosnia. The good news supposedly is that his wife Kelly Preston had threatened Travolta with divorce if it continued, and he has sworn off his globetrotting ways.
The John Travolta and Priscilla story back in 1978 is much more interesting, and it also includes Lisa Marie. According to Midnight Globe, Elvis’ ten-year-old daughter was a big fan of Vinnie Barbarino, the character Travolta played on the hit TV show Welcome Back Kotter. Lisa knew her mom had Hollywood connections, and talked Priscilla into arranging a visit to the set.
When they got there, Travolta was charming and gracious, and took them to lunch at the studio commissary. Supposedly, there was immediate chemistry between Priscilla and Travolta. At the time the article was published, “sources” reported they had three or four secret dates.
They each had their own reasons for not appearing in public together. Travolta did not want to take any chances of offending his hoard of loyal teeny-bopper fans. Priscilla had a TV special about Elvis in the works and didn’t want any publicity that might distract from it.
Midnight Globe did mention that Priscilla was 33 and Travolta was only 24, but had no mention that either of them considered their age difference any problem. It is interesting that Priscilla had previously experienced the reverse of this. She was only 14 when she came into the life on 24 year-old Elvis.
John Travolta is now 57, and his career continues with meaty roles in movies. It is a safe assumption that his face will again grace the covers of the tabloids. After sharing them with Elvis’ wife and daughter, maybe he will make it a trifecta and share one with Elvis’ granddaughter. If Riley Keough and John Travolta ever appear on the same cover of National Enquirer, I’m buying that one, too.
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Elvis, Elvis Presley, and Graceland are registered trademarks of Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc.
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Linggo, Marso 25, 2012
Al Wertheimer and the Dreaded Tonto Bar
I received an unexpected e-mail last week. It was from Alfred Wertheimer, the most famous Elvis photographer and an interesting guy. He sent me a joke. Not just me. He had a blast e-mail list of folks he shared the joke with, and I was thrilled he had me on his list.
The message was short:
“All:
Time out for a good old fashioned laugh.
AW”
And, at that point I realized Al had sent me a joke. Cool. Here it is:
Nice little joke.
When I wrote Al back to thank him, I enclosed a photo I found on the internet somewhere and asked if it was one of his. And, if it was, could I post it as well and comment on it. Al not only was nice enough to say yes, he also was nice and sent me a better copy of the photo.
Photo by Alfred Wertheimer - used by permission
Do you know what Elvis is doing here? If you are familiar with his 1956 TV show appearances, you will recognize this as a shot from the Steve Allen Show. It is from the same night when Elvis wore a tux and sang to a real hound dog. Allen had Elvis in a comedy sketch about coyboys. Here we see him shooting at a dreaded Tonto Bar being pulled across the stage by a wire. The skit was pretty lame, but I love watching it again.
A couple of observations. How do you like that wide belt Elvis is wearing? Maybe a forerunner of things to come. And what’s with the shoes? I asked Alfred why Elvis was wearing white shoes, not cowboy boots, and he said the photo was taken at rehersal. Elvis wore boots for the live broadcast.
Alfred always has plenty of stuff going on -- mostly Elvis related. I keep asking him if I could do a phone interview about his gig as a film photographer at Woodstock. Al was on the Woodstock staff. Talk about being in a situation with amazing opportunities for memorable events. You know Al has to have some good stories to tell, and I’ll be happy just to write about his. Someday, I hope.
For the past two years, Alfred has been involved with the Smithsonian Institution’s touring exhibition “Elvis at Twenty One.”
"Elvis at Twenty-One" features forty of his famous photographs of Elvis, and it opened in January 2008 at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles. The exhibition’s three month run at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond just ended. Click here for a great review of this exhibit by Troy Yeary at the Mystery Train Elvis Blog.
During April, May and June, “Elvis at Twenty One” will be presented at the Dwight D Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene, Kansas.
Alfred Wertheimer signing copies of his book “Elvis at 21”
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Elvis, Elvis Presley, and Graceland are registered trademarks of Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc.
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Can a Book Be Considered a Killer?
Did Elvis die because of a book? According to this interesting story, a book may very well have helped to kill Elvis Presley. You all know the book I am talking about. Elvis: What Happened was published just 2 weeks … Continue reading
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Caption Contest # 29 -- Winner
Our winning submission comes from first time entrant Vickie Dailey. Congratulations, Vicki.
Hey, give me a break. She said she was eighteen.
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