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Category Archives: Personal
Visiting Elvis’ cars: 1956 Lincoln Continental Mark
I think this is the car Elvis flew to Houston to purchase in the summer of 1956, with June Juanico in tow. (I get the 1956 cars mixed up sometimes.) Elvis and June stayed in a hotel room together. Scandalous! … Continue reading
Visiting Elvis’ cars: 1956 pink Cadillac
The pink Cadillac Elvis bought for his mother (even though she didn’t want it and even though she couldn’t drive). Branding wasn’t invented yesterday. The pink Cadillac was part of his “brand”. It was a famous car at the time … Continue reading
Visiting Elvis’ cars: 1975 Ferrari Dino
Elvis was 6’1”. How did he fit his legs in this thing? Sometimes I see these cars as a version of the pathetic fallacy. They are cars as psychological projection, and subconscious mirroring, mirroring of the driver – his wants, … Continue reading
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Visiting Elvis’ cars: 1973 Stutz Blackhawk
At the old location all the doors of this beast of a car were open so you could see the bright red leather interior. But it’s enough to know it’s there. You’d see this car pull up behind you and … Continue reading
Visiting Elvis’ cars: 1956 Cadillac Eldorado
Another old friend. The surreal 1956 Cadillac Eldorado. This gleaming beauty always makes me think of the famous Tom Wolfe essay “Kandy-Kolored Tangerine Flake Streamline Baby.” He details how cars had moved into their Surrealist Art phase. Cars were symbols … Continue reading
Visiting Elvis’ cars: 1971 Stutz Blackhawk
I just came back from a trip to Memphis. It started out with me being laid low by a gigantic flu. I got a Covid test. Negative. I lay in bed all day, watching movies, and finishing Jessica Mitford’s Hons … Continue reading
Elvis: People just know about him
My niece Pearl, aged 9, to me, out of the blue: “Isn’t it funny that everyone knows who Elvis is? Even I know who he is. I knew about him when I was 3. People just *know* about him. Isn’t … Continue reading
R.I.P. Sam Schacht
My acting mentor and friend Sam Schacht has died. I’m so mournful. How do you talk about someone who made such an impact? Who was so wonderful? I love you, Sam. Thank you. Thank you for all you gave me. … Continue reading
My Ideal New Year’s Eve Party … Is Fictional
I’m not much for New Year’s Eve (I have already covered this), and I’m not much for big parties anymore, nor am I into people who can’t hold their liquor. My friend Ann Marie calls New Years Eve “open mic … Continue reading
R.I.P. Jan Grant
It’s hard to even express the impact she had on me as a child, through participating in her after-school Theatre program, starting at age 9 years old. I worked with her well into high school. She ran her theatre program … Continue reading
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