Two months ago we looked at ten Elvis websites recommended on WashingtonPost.com back in 1997.  Columnist Andrea Basora had organized her selections into four categories: “The Basics,” The Absurdists, “The Truly Weird,” and “The Music, Movies and Memorabilia.”  Well, we’ve already covered weird and absurd, so let’s take a look at the more mainstream blogs she liked.  How many of them were able to thrive and continue on to 2008?

It was not even necessary to click on the links for two of the Basics to see if they still exist.  Of course, www.elvis.com is the official site of Elvis Presley Enterprises, and I check it out often.  I assume you do too, but if not, there is a lot there for you to see if you follow all the links out to the many choices.  I wish we could go back and see what the site was like back in 1997.  It certainly has evolved a great deal since then.  The other no-brainer link in the article was www.rockhall.com, and this one takes you to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.  You really should spend some time on this site, as it is full of good stuff.  I recommend you check out the year-by-year lists of new inductees.  You will note that Elvis was in the inaugural class of 1986.  Also be sure to read about Scotty Moore and James Burton who were picked in the Sidemen category back in 2000 and 2001, respectively.

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The Sites We Lost Along The Way

Elvis Women – Actresses in Elvis Films:  This site didn’t come up when I clicked on the URL, and even Googling the name didn’t work.  I’m surprised this site has bit the bullet, because there are several other sites out there today that cover the subject of the women in Elvis’ movies.

Elvis In Latin:  Clicking on the URl goes nowhere, but a search on Google for “Elvis In Latin” does take you to the site of a Finnish guy who has recorded a CD of Elvis songs in Latin.  His biography indicates that this happened in 1995, so maybe he changed his URL along the way.  Still, I don’t see much there to recommend.  I mean, Elvis songs in Latin – who cares.

The Doghaus Collection / The Hillbilly Cat and Me:  This was actually two websites, but neither exists today.  The Washington Post article summarized them as “Fun stuff for collectors.  Everything from the Elvis Presley Board Game to Love Me Tender Conditioning Shampoo.”  Oh well, you can find Elvis goodies for sale on dozens of other sites today, so these two oldies won’t be missed.

The Elvis Movie Guide:  I really expected this site to pop up when I clicked on the URL, but it didn’t work.  A search of Google led only to several places where the phrase was used in a generic way.  Like the three previous dead ducks, this one is no great loss.  You can find guides to Elvis movies on probably hundreds of websites.

The Third Annual International Conference on Elvis Presley:  This looked like it might be a long shot for survival to 2008, and it was.  It sounds like it might be a bunch of boring academic psychobabble about why Elvis’ popularity endures and so forth.  I wouldn’t read it all even if it came up.  Elvis is fun for me, and this doesn’t sound like much fun.

Elvis Lives In Evil Levis:  Clicking on the link in the article brought up nothing, but Googling that interesting phrase did bring up as the first choice a foreign language site with that title.  However, after I clicked the box to translate it, I couldn’t find anything about Elvis, so I quickly moved on.

The Sites That Are Still Around

The Original (Unofficial) Elvis Home Page:  I like the justification presented by the WashingtonPost.com for this selection: “… Has the honor of being sued by Elvis Presley Enterprises.”  Indeed, the fine print at the bottom of the home page says, “The Elvis Home Page, as it once was, is unavailable due to legal problems.”  If you are interested, you can read about the squabble with EPE.  It appears that not much new has been added to this site for several years, but it still contains a wealth of content, so you might want to give it a look.

Pelvis:  The Washington Post capsule summary of this site was: “For a more academic view … actually a rather dull site, but worthy of mention due to its place of origin, Princeton. The King is truly ominipresleyent.”  How do you like that fancy word?  I wonder why they would recommend a rather dull site?  If you go to it, you will see that it is just a list if links, most of which do not work.  The one good thing I found was an Elvis quote I had never seen before: “Computers may out-think us one day, but as long as people got feelings, we'll be better than they are.”

Down In The Alley:  A click on this link took me to a site now called Elvex Pages, which surprisingly I had never discovered before.  As in 1997, the best feature of this Dutch site is the lyrics to over 700 Elvis songs.  There are some other sections you might want to explore, particularly the photos of Elvis in various jumpsuits taken at concerts from 1969 to 1977.

Elvis In the Machine:  A click on this link takes you to one section of the Elvis Home Page listed above.  It is supposed to be a collection of virtual Elvis computer stuff, but almost every link I clicked on brought up one of those boxes that give you scary warnings should you continue.  I got out of there pretty quick.

So that’s it.  Of the twelve recommended Elvis websites from 1997, only four exist today that are worth checking out.  But, that’s not so bad, really.  In 2008, we now have thousands of websites devoted to Elvis to choose from.

©  2008   Philip R Arnold, Original Elvis Blogmeister   All rights Reserved   www.ElvisBlog.net

Cruising through the Internet is one of my favorite ways of finding ideas for ElvisBlog, and I have a special joy in finding the oddball websites with Elvis content.  Over the years, I have found enough to do three previous columns titled, “Odd Elvis Websites.”

That’s why I was so happy when I stumbled upon a 1997 WashingtonPost.Com column by Andrea Basora, written to commemorate the 20^th Anniversary of Elvis’ passing.  It was titled “Elvis in the Machine,” and Ms. Basora asserted that anything was possible with Elvis online.  She was impressed because there were hundreds of Elvis websites.  Eleven years later, there are thousands.

Ms. Basora organized her recommended Elvis sites into four groups:  “The Basics”, “The Absurdists,”  “The Truly Weird,” and “The Music, Movies and Memorabilia.”   That’s right; fully half of the Elvis sites recommended by the WashingtonPost.in this article were either “Absurdist” or “The Truly Weird.’  I knew checking this out was going to be fun.

My first impulse was to see how many of these odd Elvis websites are still in business.  Which ones had the legs to make it from 1997 to 2008?  Here’s a look at the winners and losers along with some of the original commentary in the 1997 article.  Then, I add my own observations.

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The Sites We Lost Along the Way

Elvis Shot JFK:  For the conspiracists out there.

I’m glad this one is gone.  It was over the line.  I can’t believe that the Washington Post had so little taste and mentioned it

The Strange Case of the Missing Elvis Diaries:  A novel idea – an on-line serialized mystery featuring Jeff Parrish on the trail of Elvis Presley’s legendary lost journals.  A “tale of blue suede and bullets, greed and grease.

How about records and robbers?  Jumpsuits and jailbirds?  I tried to Google this to see if it had a new URL.  There was one link, but it wouldn’t open.  I wonder if the story was any good.

Elvis Ain’t Dead  /  The Elvis Spotters Page:  Contribute your own Elvis-sighting experience, or read through other people’s visions of The King.

Even if this “Elvis Sightings” website has died, several more have sprung up.  I don’t waste any time on them.  However, you do have to admit that “ELVIS Ain’t Dead” is a pretty catchy title.

Vote for Elvis:  The site that asks: “Why settle for a Prime minister when you can elect a King?”  Of Canada, no less.

I Googled this one, but 13 sites have the phrase in their title, now.  So, it’s impossible to know if one was the 1997 original.  My favorite of these new titles is “Disco Elvis / Show Your Support and Vote For Elvis.”  Disco Elvis??

The Oracle of the Plywood Elvis:  Unearthed near the quaint alpine village of Belgrade, Mont., the Plywood Elvis supposedly “provides guidance on topics of personal concern to those who seek its powers.  Click on the Elvis image for useful advice along the lines of:  “You are fluent in the language of futility” or “You can never have too many sweaters.”

I remember this site.  I was on it at work a few times six or seven years ago.  At the end of the day when you were totally wiped out, you could kill time until 5PM by playing on this one.   Just click on the plywood Elvis image and get fortune-cookie-like messages.  Totally stupid, but I’m sorry it’s gone.

The Sites That Are Still Around

The Oracle of Elvis: By the creator of The Oracle of Bacon (more commonly known as Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon), the best way to ferret out those top secret relationships to The King.

The link in the original article went nowhere.  I thought, “That’s too bad.  I would have liked to play Six Degrees of Elvis.”  So, rather than give up, I Googled that name, and the site is still on the net.  The single page site looks like it had no additional posts over the years.  A one-shot-deal that has just floated along in the web all these years.  Unfortunately, I didn’t have the time or patience to figure out any of the fifteen connections you could pick.  Not even all the actresses that need just 2 degrees to get to Elvis.  For example, if you click Cher, all you had to come up with was the two actors who starred together in a movie, and each of them also starred with either Elvis or Cher.  If you think you’d like to play, check it out here.

Gimme That Dang Pill:  A shockwave game that provides the opportunity to help Elvis from himself.  Your task?  To flush down the toilet before Elvis can eat them.  Your reward?  A fried peanut butter sandwich.

You can’t get to this site anymore by clicking on the link in the WashingtonPost.Com column.  But, a quick search found it at another URL.  Like Six degrees of Elvis, this appears to be a one-time post that has prevailed in spite of its despicable concept.  It is a brain-dead game where you drag pill bottles and large capsules over a toilet and drop them in, accompanied by Elvis grunting “yeah” and “oh baby”.  No matter what you score, a message tells you’ve won a fried peanut-butter sandwich.  They couldn’t even get that right.  Elvis ate peanut butter and ‘nanner sandwiches.  I don’t like this site and wish you would stay away from it.

Americans for Cloning Elvis (ACE):  Just like it sounds; a petition – via e-mail – for the cloning of Elvis.

Apparently, this site that has switched URLs over the years.  It is somewhat interesting for a couple of minutes, but I find it hard to believe over two-and-a-half million people have signed the petition.  If you want to add your name to the list, click here.  If you are really motivated you can contribute $5 to the cause.

The First Church of Jesus Christ, Elvis:  For true Elvis worshippers… In case you had any doubts that Elvis represents the second coming, check out some of the Elvis as Jesus parallels, such as… Jesus is the Lord’s shepherd / Elvis dated Cybill Shepherd.

This one is still around, but it appears to be another one-page deal that has nothing new added over the years.  In fact, maybe some things have removed, because I could not find the Elvis as Jesus parallels.  There are two altered pictures that I have seen elsewhere and some text about Elvis written in the style of Biblical passages.  Not a very impressive website.

Disglaceland – The Home of Tim-Elvis:  A humorous site that is actually full of useful information… don’t miss The Showroom which features photographs of Friz-Elvis, the first known Budgie King.

Well, we’ll never learn who Friz-Elvis is.  This site still comes up, but it has been inactive for eight months.  Tim-Elvis made his last post on November 28, 2007, and he called it “Fading Away.”  Very apropos.  Unfortunately, the archives go back only to 2004.  How do you like this sub-title: “Disgraceland, the cybermansion of Tim-Elvis.  It’s where I ramble on about Elvis, his fans, zucchini, and a variety of related subjects.”

I scanned a lot of his posts, and Tim stopped writing about Elvis a few years ago.  Then he just stopped writing altogether.  I feel sad for Tim-Elvis, and I hope he won’t mind if I borrow something from him.  When I write the last ElvisBlog column, it will be titled, “Fading Away.”  Don’t worry, that won’t be for a long time.

In the future we will look at WashingtonPost.Com’s recommended sites in the categories of “The Basics” and “The Music, Movies and Memorabilia.”   I hope they made better choices than they did with this bunch of losers.

©  2008    Philip R Arnold, Original Elvis Blogmeister    All rights Reserved    www.ElvisBlog.net

Cruising through the Internet is one of my favorite ways of finding ideas for ElvisBlog columns.  I doubt that there are many websites devoted totally to Elvis that I haven’t visited at least once.  But, I have a special joy in finding other sites with just some Elvis content, and often it is pretty strange.  I bookmark them, so I can share them with you from time to time.

Elvis Shot JFK – We Have Proof:  This site is 100% tongue-in-cheek, and contains some interesting elements.  I like the disclaimer at the bottom that says, “This web page is best viewed… while on prescribed doses of Prozac, Lithium and Valium.  Check out the letter that supposedly shows the startling similarities between Elvis and JFK, or the one were the writer talks about putting on his aluminum foil cap to keep the alien beta-waves from causing further brain damage.

http://www.jokewallpaper.com/elvisshotjfk/

Elvis Effigies:  I don’t think effigies is the right word here, but this website certainly has an eclectic assortment of Elvis images, and most seem to be made by Elvis fans.  Elvis has been depicted many ways, but this is the first time I’ve seen him done with balloon art.

http://www.shsclassof1956.org/ElvisEffigies.htm

Elvis Guns for Sale (Maybe):  I discovered this site back in November 2007, so I was surprised that these guns Elvis used to own are still available for sale five months later.  If you are interested in finding out, click on Home, and scroll down to the contact information.

http://www.famousfirearms.com/_wsn/page3.html

Mickey Mouse in an Elvis Jumpsuit:  Here is a joint offer from Disney and EPE, and it looks pretty good for $20.  Thanks to Photoshop, we have seen everybody else in an Elvis jumpsuit, so why not Mickey Mouse?

http://www.collectiblestoday.com/ct/product/prdid-901529001.jsp?elvis+mickey/_prod/_16&endeca=true&abbr=hm#

38 Women Elvis Dated:  It figures that a website named “Who’s Dated Who?” would have a pretty good section on Elvis Presley.  There are quite a few women they say Elvis ‘hooked up with” who I have never heard of.  No proof is offered, so take it with a grain of salt.

http://www.whosdatedwho.com/celebrities/people/dating/elvis-presley.htm\

Elvis Does Some Self-Promotion in Sweetwater, TX:  This is a six-year-old web column from Don Aly’s Celebrity Scene.  Aly is a freelance journalist with past experience in motion picture promotion.  In this article, he reminisces about Elvis performing in his hometown in 1954.  I especially like the part about Elvis going from car to car at a drive-in hamburger joint promoting himself while “That’s All Right” played on the PA system.

http://www.donaly.com/don_alys_column5.html

Elvis Bootleg Albums — The Bottom of the Barrel:  When this site opens, your first impulse may be to get out quickly.  The two photos at the top of the home page of El Buncho’s Sound Dungeon aren’t very appealing, and neither is most of the content.  However, if you scroll quickly about 2/3 of the way down, you will spot a picture of a bootleg Elvis album with a title I won’t repeat here.  The concept is totally gross, presumably because the album is a collection of the worst songs Elvis ever recorded.  I’ve never seen a copy of this mess, but if you are curious and not easily offended, check it out. (Note to the male readers: I’ll bet something will catch your eye as you scroll down, and you will stop and look at it.  I do have this album.)

http://sounddungeon.blogspot.com/

Tag Team Match – The Oprahs versus The Elvii:  I would imagine very few of you readers ever watched Celebrity Death Match on cable TV.  It was an animated show pairing two celebrities in a no-holds-barred fight, and it was pretty crude and very violent.  Two courtside announcers provided verbal humor ((sort-of) with their commentary.  Well, there is an Internet version called WWWF Grudge Match.  There is no animation, just the text of the announcers’ commentary.  For 248 matches, the fans could vote for the winner, but the function has now been retired.  Most fights had just two combatants, but this one has both fat and skinny Oprah Winfrey and fat and skinny Elvis in a tag team match.  At least check it out to see if the Elvii came out on top.

http://www.grudge-match.com/History/elvii-oprahs.shtml

©   2008   Philip R Arnold   All rights Reserved   www.ElvisBlog.net

ElvisBlog’s determined search for Elvis content on the Internet has produced another winner.  Buried deep within the archives of TV Guide’s website is a wonderful selection of interesting items for Elvis fans.  It is difficult to navigate to them from their Main Page, and I can't seem to establish a normal hyperlink.  So if you finish reading this column and want  to access all the TV Guide Elvis content, please click on this URL   http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/elvis-presley/149192 .

You will open to what in essence is a TV Guide Elvis home page, complete with its own toolbar of links.  To the right of Elvis’ picture is a very brief biographical outline.  If you click on the Biography tab in the toolbar, you get a bit more, but probably not much that you don’t already know.  The one new thing I learned is that Vernon’s second wife Dee’s real name was Davada Stanley, but I don’t really care.  Why they have her listed and not his grandkids I’ll never know.

The next tab is News, and clicking it will bring up 45 TV Guide articles since 2000 that mention Elvis.  Admittedly, Elvis is not the sole topic of most of them, but I found it interesting that someone who has been dead for so long can still be a point of reference in journalism about modern TV viewing. 

When I clicked on the next tab, Photos, I didn’t get what I expected, but I liked what came up.  The link shows all 33 of the TV Guide issues with Elvis on the cover, and it’s fun to view them all.

This is a photo of the first TV Guide cover with Elvis on it: September 8, 1956.  I can tell from his sport coat that the photo was taken at RCA Studios in New York two months earlier on July 2.  Al Wertheimer took dozens of shots of Elvis wearing that sport coat during the recording sessions for “Hound Dog” and “Don’t Be Cruel.”

And this is a photo of the most recent Elvis TV Guide cover in the layout:  May 8, 2005.  Actually, it was part of a series of four alternate covers released at the same time.  They each came with a bonus CD single of “Young and Beautiful,” and each of these had different label graphics.  So, obviously, every wrinkle possible was used to make them collectibles.  The ploy certainly worked on me; I bought all four.  You will note that over the years the price of TV Guide has changed from 15 cents to $3.
 
Next up on the toolbar is TV Listings.  If you click on it, you will see what Elvis movies, specials and documentaries are available for viewing in the near future.  Right now, all it lists is AMC showing Love Me Tender on Friday, February 15 at 4:00 AM.  It also has a link to steer you through the steps to recording it (or anything else) on TIVO.  I now have the Elvis TV Listings URL saved as a favorite, and I will check it out every couple of weeks to see if there is any Elvis to watch on the tube.
 
It seems that the Credits tab brings you a compilation of everything that has ever appeared on TV Listings.  The most recent entry was the special “Elvis: Viva Las Vegas,” from last year.  All the Elvis movies and specials are there, plus  episodes of other shows with Elvis content, such as Larry King Live, True Hollywood Story, and Myths and Legends.
 
I suggest you skip the last two tabs, Discuss (nothing there) and Shop (same stuff you see everywhere), but there are still more treats for us elsewhere.  Scroll all the way to the right, and you will see Latest Videos.  Only three are listed, but below them, click on More Elvis Presley Web Videos.  Thumbnails of 49 videos come up, but I suggest you click on Free Only, which narrows it down to 32.
 
The first twelve are a mixed bag with some you can skip.  The CNN parody is a waste, Jesse Jackson talking about Elvis is mostly sour grapes, and I couldn’t get Priscilla Presley on the David Letterman Show to play.  Also, if you put the cursor over the thumbnails, a box appears that will tell the source for these videos.  Don’t play the ones from the Biography Channel.  Once the video plays, I couldn’t exit back or close it without turning off the whole Internet.
 
I definitely recommend the first video: Blue Suede Shoes.  It comes from VH1, so I guess it was in their music video rotation back in the days when they actually featured music.  Carl Perkins has a small cameo in it.  You will like this one.  And I’m sure you will also enjoy the fifteen original Elvis movie trailers.  They are addicting – you can’t watch just one – so start when you have enough time to enjoy them all.
 
One last recommendation.  Don’t watch the final video titled “Hard N Phirm: Death of The King.”  It has a catchy melody, but the lyrics are stupid and the video is disgusting.  If you are tempted and do click on it, remember, you were warned.
 
That’s it.  Kudos to TV Guide for giving us all this Elvis content on their website.  They don’t make it easy for folks to find, but thanks to ElvisBlog, now you know.
 
©  2008   Philip R Arnold   All Rights Reserved   www.elvisblog.net

Back in November 2005, I discovered that someone had Googled “odd websites,” and Elvisblog came in # 8 out of 3,170,000 results.  I told my wife, and she asked, “Is that a good thing?” 

“Not really,” I answered, “but it’s not as bad as it sounds.  Google isn’t evaluating web sites.  It is looking for sites with those exact words in it.  Elvisblog had an article earlier this month called New Archive Items, Some Odd Websites, And A Tease, and Google is finding that.”

“Oh.”  She didn’t really care.  Hoping you Elvis fans do, I offer a few more websites with odd stuff about Elvis.

The Elvis and Jack Nicklaus Mysteries:  This one is pretty cool.  It is part of a site called Icebox, which seems to be a place for animators/writers to show off series ideas in hopes of moving them up to TV shows or theatrical shorts.  The Elvis and Jack Mysteries are the creation of Jeff Martin.  There are four stories, each lasting only a few minutes.  The Elvis voice is done well, both in dialog and in the singing of the catchy theme song at the end of each episode.  The lyrics tell it all:

            Elvis and Jack Nicklaus

            It may sound ridiculous

            They were once as close as friends can be

            Evil-doers best beware

            Hillbilly Cat and the Golden Bear

            Teaming up to solve a mystery

Have some fun and watch all four stories at http://www.icebox.com/index.php?id=show&showid=s1’

Arm Of Elvis:  (Sub-titled “Elvis’ Arm Has Left The Building)  This silly site from England is dedicated to the ongoing plight of the arm stolen from a small hanging Elvis figurine owned by “The Dexter.”  The Dexter provides readers with both verbal and sketched histories of the brutal attack.  He has a link to official and visitor sightings of the missing arm and also a sightings forum that degenerates into some stupid stuff.  Another link enables readers to post nasty ransom notes, which will be posted on Visitor Threats, but so far there aren’t any.  My favorite link on this site has five related games, although the missing arm has returned to Elvis for one of them.  If you have some time to kill, click on http://www.armofelvis.co.uk/.

Bela and Elvis:  Believe it or not, someone has done research to show that Elvis and Bela Lugosi had much in common.  The author states, “There is a most amazing psychic link that draws these two charismatic performers together in a chain of synchronicities that seem almost too strange to be just a coincidence.”  Well, I don’t know if I’d call it all that, but it does start with the fact that they both died on the same date (21 years apart).  For an interesting, but not too convincing, theory, click on http://www.horror-wood.com/belaelvis.htm.

Elvis In The Holy Land:  It won’t take long to check out this site featuring “The Elvis Inn” in Abu Ghosh, Israel.  Sounds like a hotel, but a better description would be a cross between a 7-11 and a souvenir stand.  Imagine this: babaganoush, shwarma, and Elvis coffee mugs all at the same store.  For more proof that Elvis really is everywhere, click on http://www.ibiblio.org/elvis/elvisinn.html.

Elvis, For The Ladies:  This is not really an odd web site, but it has an unusual feature.  It is a four-minute video on You Tube set to a song by Mariah Carey.  Dozen of photos of Elvis scroll up and down the screen, and most of them are ones I have never seen before.  What might be of special interest to you ladies is a string of ten photos early in the video that show Elvis without a shirt.  So, if you want to see bare-chested Elvis, click on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9g_Ck8Ao7o.

Smells Like Catfish:  This is a site I found by linking from a July 10 article on www.elvis.com/news.  Considering the content, it’s hard to believe that anyone at Graceland ever checked it out.  Maybe there are just too many official EPE licensees to keep up with everything they all have on their websites.  Anyway, Lowell Hays was Elvis’ jeweler and friend in the 1970s, and on his site you can purchase official licensed replicas of the custom pieces of jewelry Hays made for Elvis.  You can also read several “great memories” Mr. Hays has of the years he spent with Elvis.  Be sure to check out the third one at http://www.elvisjeweler.com/Stories.html.

©  2007   Philip R Arnold   All Rights Reserved   www.elvisblog.net

When I make my frequent trips into the web looking for ideas for Elvis articles, one of my regular stops is www.elvis.com/news.  This is the news section of Graceland’s official Elvis Presley website, and they do a good job.  With so many Elvis-related things going on these days, several new posts show up almost every week.

However, there may be a new trend going on.  Twice in the last three months, Elvis.Com has illustrated an article with a photo of a pretty woman showing lots of skin.  I’m not complaining.  In fact, I like it. 

The photo above was shown on February 15 as part of the Sports Illustrated photo shoot for their annual swimsuit edition.  You may recognize the Graceland “Jungle Room” as the background.  Posting photos on Elvisblog is not a regular thing, but it’s necessary here to provide a reference point the rest of this article.  Unfortunately, I can’t figure out how to post two photos on one article, so it has to be split into two.

Both photos have reappeared on other Elvis news websites, including www.elvisnews.com, which publishes lengthy lists of reader comments about them.  Let’s take a look at some of the more interesting comments on ElvisNews.Com.

Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Layout in the Jungle Room:

           Yummy.  Elvis sure would have loved to be there…

            No!!! and I do mean no.  This is utterly outrageous.

Elvis may be gone but it only gets better.  The King lives and this will show the world who is still #1.

I think it’s a sexy and thrilling idea to keep Elvis memories alive … a very handsome man who had lot’s of women adore him all his life.  (Editor’s note:  Interesting argument.  Elvis was handsome, so let’s have more scantily-clad lovelies on his websites.)

Like the song says – there’s a pretty little thing, waiting for the King, down in the Jungle Room.

This is a terrible temptation for lust and greed.  Actually, everything Elvis did not believe in.  (I’m not so sure you can give Elvis a pass on lust.)

I don’t get you people……something associated with Elvis being “risqué”???  Elvis WAS risqué!!!  The swiveling hips, the sneer, the hair, the clothes….that’s what made Elvis “ELVIS”….I think it’s cool as hell these beauties are posing in the Jungle Room….and don’t think for a minute he’s not up there somewhere smirking.

©  2007   Philip R Arnold   All Rights Reserved   www.elvisblog.net