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THIS TIME THE QUESTION posed to me on Quora was somewhat nebulous and seemingly pointless: “What is something that needs to be said about Elvis Presley?” Nebulous in that almost anything can be said, and pointless because what hasn’t been said about the man? [Continue reading]
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). [Continue reading]
TWO QUORA QUESTIONS answered in one day, both about Elvis. (Check out the previous post on this site’s front page for the first question and my answer.) The question this time was,”What was Elvis Presley like in person? [Continue reading]
EARLIER TODAY I fielded another question on the Quora platform: “What made Elvis Presley great and was he the best rock and roll singer ever?” Rather than tax my mind trying to come up with something clever, instead I recalled to the best of my ability—keeping in mind that I may be suffering with incipient Denny Crane Syndrome—a review that was forty-six years old. [Continue reading]
I RECENTLY DISCOVERED QUORA, a sorta social media website with a mission: “To share and grow the world’s knowledge.” They do this by allowing registered members (it’s free and easy) to ask questions and other members to offer answers. [Continue reading]