Category Archives: Memphis

Fowl

Posted on March 31, 2018 by d4vid

Okay, look, I get the whole Memphis/Egypt connection, but the monstrous Bass Pro Shop Pyramid stands out as painfully garish in a town which already celebrates the garish.  I fled west across the Mississippi River to get away from it.

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Sun

Posted on March 31, 2018 by d4vid

Made a quick pilgrimage to Sun Studio before leaving town.

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Taste

Posted on March 31, 2018 by d4vid

Considering the size of the Graceland museum complex across the street, I was struck by the modest size of the mansion itself. Per usual, America has it’s priorities straight.Each visitor is loaned a heavily-rubberized iPad with a neck strap which … Continue reading →

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Liminal

Posted on March 31, 2018 by d4vid

In a sleepy corner of the Graceland museum complex, I found myself in a convention hall-sized room with an audience-worth of chairs set up facing a screen at one end.  There wasn’t a single person there.  The movie played to … Continue reading →

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Filmography

Posted on March 31, 2018 by d4vid

I guess I never grokked how many films Elvis starred in.  They range from the famous……to the plausible-but-silly-sounding……to the are-you-fucking-kidding-me-that-has-got-to-be-a-joke-right?

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King

Posted on March 31, 2018 by d4vid

Visited Graceland.  Across the street from the mansion itself is a museum complex celebrating Elvis’s music career, film career, car collection, and plane collection.  And, no, despite the bombardment of Elvis songs from every direction, I couldn’t get Paul Simon … Continue reading →

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