Elvis

The media have predicably being going overboard about the 25th anniversery of Elvis' death. Maybe I'm the just of the wrong generation, but I only remember Elvis as the bloated has-been crooning cheesy MOR. His apparent deification totally mystifies me. Scott at The Gamer's Nook clearly feels the same way.

Meanwhile Andrew Ian Dodge over at Dodgeblog doesn't mince his words - "Elvis was an ignorant drug-addled over-eating cretin. He would have been forgotten if he had not died on the bog from an overdose.". See his comments board for the flames from Elvis fanatics.

Of course, not all Elvis fans are like the family from My Trailer is Bigger Than Your Trailer, but that site's worth mentioning for their award-winning Amazon wish list.

Posted by TimHall at August 17, 2002 01:29 PM

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