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On August 16, 1977, the American political system received a blow from which it has yet to recover. On that day, Elvis Aron Presley was discovered sprawled out on the bathroom floor in his spacious Memphis mansion, Graceland.
It's no coincidence that Elvis' death directly preceded the decline and fall of American presidential campaigns. Once we elected presidents based upon their campaign pledges or party affiliation or record of past achievement. In 1977, Elvis died. In 1980, Ronald Reagan was elected president. Coincidence? I think not.
What will transform the content of culture most of all is the artistic world's great imponderable: individual genius. A prognosticator in the year 1500 would have had no way of knowing that Shakespeare was just around the corner. A music seer in 1950 could not have guessed that Elvis...
As this flood of sensory stimuli grew, the very notion of "high" art began to be questioned. The new cultural icons, including pioneers like Elvis and the Beatles, were immediately accessible and understandable. Even while it splintered into different subgenres, rock music spread around the world, dominating record sales and...
The man from the Boston Globe will mention abortion, gays in the military and single mothers. Big Ears will says that's why America is in the trouble it is. Elvis will self-righteously denounce Poppy and Poppy will say we need to get back to traditional values.