Miscellaneous

IN THE GHETTO in­cludes ar­ti­cles that don’t fit under the other, more spe­cific cat­e­gory ti­tles. This in­cludes as­pects of Pres­ley’s per­sonal life, and crit­i­cisms of other writers and critics for their pro­mul­gating non-facts, myths, and lies about Elvis.
A reg­ular target is Wikipedia, where writers who know little about the his­tory of rock & roll write ar­ti­cles which are ap­proved by ed­i­tors who ap­par­ently know less.
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dame kiri te kanawa on the greatest voice she ever heard

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KIRI TE KANAWA is not a name fa­miliar to most pop music fans, in­cluding those of Elvis Presley. Nonethe­less, she is one of the most fa­mous opera singers in the world and should be known to Elvis fans. She was born in New Zealand in 1944 into a family that was too poor to be able to af­ford to even keep her, making her family con­sid­er­ably poorer than the Pres­leys during Elvis’ youth. [Continue reading]

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who gave elvis his big break in show business?

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THE QUESTION IS OLD: “Who gave (fill-in-the-blank) her big break in country music?” or “Who gave (fill-in-the-blank) his big break in the major leagues?” Those ques­tions are asked about singers and bands and base­ball and bas­ket­ball players, among others. It usu­ally comes from someone who has never been a big suc­cess in any field of en­deavor, let alone ones as de­manding as en­ter­tain­ment and sports. [Continue reading]

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c’mon over to bleeding heart liberal petitions on facebook

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I HAVE A FACEBOOK PAGE ti­tled Bleeding Heart Lib­eral Pe­ti­tions. Most days, I re­ceive a slew of emails with pe­ti­tions for var­ious causes such as saving an en­dan­gered species, urging my rep­re­sen­ta­tives in state and fed­eral gov­ern­ment to vote for or against a par­tic­ular bill, protest an in­jus­tice, etc. I read them all, sign most of them, and add a few to the Face­book page. [Continue reading]