Word: elvises
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Elvis himself is convincingly presented as a Jekyll-and-Hyde type character, capable of both shocking brutality and lavish generosity, who expected his every whim to be fulfilled but who struck many as gentle and insecure. The gift that seemed to compel many of the people who surrounded him to...
Bob Dylan, a legend himself, declared that Elvis "steps from the pages" of the predecessor to this book, Last Train to Memphis, and much the same can be said of this one. The most impressive quality of this book is Guralnick's ability to depict Elvis' life and detach the...
The crux of I Get No is the collapse of time. When an Elvis-impersonator bursts upon the founding fathers, we see the most realistic instance of time-space confuscation. "Elvis" escorts a dorky librarian to the future, where his mission is to prevent a militaristic presidential candidate from winning...
No subject is too sacred for the men of the HPT, who yearly tackle thorny issues of the day. Erik Amblad '99 assumes the controversial and theologically challenging role of the Reverend Hal Elujah, who must sell the word of God in disco-rhyme from a pulpit of rhinestones--undergoing...
The liner notes to Breaking God's Heart, the debut album by Scotland's Hefner, contain three injunctions, which characterize Hefner rather well: "If you like this record send us one of yours. Be kind to small businesses. Buy more Beach Boys records." These are good sentiments, well meaning and...