a blog about elvis presley's music and records
ALWAYS CHECK YOUR SOURCE’S SOURCES! If you are not hip to the fact that billions of “facts” circulating on the internet aren’t remotely factual—even when found on oft-quoted websites or from well-known authors—then consider this your wake-up call. Many writers don’t know enough about their topics to know when a source is unreliable. [Read more] “always check your source’s sources!”
I HAVE WRITTEN ABOUT WIKIPEDIA and why it is an unreliable source of information about popular music and records. It seems that every time I look up anything about music and records, I find errors. Most are factual errors—titles, dates, catalog numbers, etc.—while some reflect the contributors not understanding the topic under discussion. [Read more] “quora is an unreliable source of information about records”
PEOPLE ON QUORA asking me questions about rock & roll music seems to come in waves. I have answered several in the past few days after going more than a week without—although there were a few that I couldn’t answer because they concerned newer artists with whom I’m unfamiliar (newer meaning artists who recorded after 1980). [Read more] “did elvis steal his style of singing from other artists?”