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...Onion Weavers Puppet The after was founded in 1992 and since then they have tackled Aristophanes' The Frogs, the Star Wars trilogy and Edgar Allen Poe's stories, all with wonderfully funny results. For their newest production, they chronicle Elvis Presley's music, life, and after life. He has never been quite so, er, honored...
...after all, and the amazing things that can be done with puppets overshadow any technical glitches. One of the Weaver's most clever uses of puppetry is the missing footage from the Ed Sullivan show revealing Elvis' all-too-talked-about pelvis. Also delightful is the mamoth floating Priscilla Presley Head...
...titled HIStory, Past, Present & Future-Book 1, is not due to appear until one minute past midnight on June 20, but the publicity drumbeat-and the rejuvenation of Jackson's career after allegations of child abuse-has already begun. America's reigning odd couple, Jackson and wife LISA MARIE PRESLEY-JACKSON, had 46 children from around the globe (and a few journalists) over to his California home, Neverland, for three days of seminars on the world's problems. And a steam-train ride around the grounds...
...much as anybody, invented rock 'n' roll. To imagine '50s pop music without their propulsive tunes-Hound Dog, Kansas City, Jailhouse Rock, Searchin', Love Potion #9, There Goes My Baby, Love Me, Yakety Yak-is pretty much to imagine the '40s. As writer-producers, impresarios on call to Elvis Presley, the Coasters, the Drifters and many more, Leiber and Stoller were the prime concocters of sass, smarts and blue-eyed soul in rock's first decade...
...could ever forget ELVIS PRESLEY's way with Nunc Hic aut Numquam? Or his heartbreaking rendition of Tenere Me Ama? Well, chalk it up to sic gloria: a Finnish professor, Jukka Ammondt, has translated several of the singer's hits into Latin and, with the vocals provided by Finland's Eurovision Choir, put them on a compact disc. "Latin," says Ammondt, "is an eternal language, so what better way to immortalize a legend...