Tag Archives: Memphis

Gearhead Heaven: Elvis’ Car Museum

Posted on January 8, 2016 by sheila

Elvis was born on this day in 1935, Tupelo, Mississippi. 1956 Cadillac Eldorado 1962 Lincoln Continental 1969 Mercedes Benz 600 Limousine 1955 Pink Cadillac Fleetwood sedan 1973 Stutz Blackhawk 1956 Lincoln Continental 1960 Willys Jeep 1976 Harley Davidson Electra Glide … Continue reading →

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Conversation With a Memphis Pimp

Posted on December 22, 2014 by sheila

In 2013, I had a half-hour long conversation with a lovely pimp in Confederate Park. Flanked by cannons with a gigantic statue of Jefferson Davis in the background. Because it’s the South and everything is fucked up. The pimp was … Continue reading →

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Snapshots

Posted on November 23, 2014 by sheila

– I miss Memphis. I want to go back. And I also want to go to Shreveport, and Biloxi. It’s been a while since I’ve taken a road trip. I’m getting restless. – Been reading Seamus Heaney poetry in the … Continue reading →

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Isaac Hayes’ Cadillac

Posted on April 16, 2014 by sheila

It circles in its own room at the STAX Museum in Memphis (something you should definitely check out if you go to Memphis). The interior has white fur details. It is one of the most outrageous things I’ve ever seen … Continue reading →

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For Father’s Day

Posted on June 16, 2013 by sheila

Photo by Alfred Wertheimer, summer 1956. Elvis and his father, Vernon, in the half-filled pool in the first house Elvis bought, on Audobon Drive (I drove by the house on my last visit to Memphis). Elvis had a swimming pool … Continue reading →

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Graceland Details

Posted on January 14, 2013 by sheila

The front room Gladys’ dresses, hanging in her closet Dining room table You really can’t say that the descriptions of The Jungle Room over-state the case. Light switch by the basement stairway. It’s the details that get me. In the … Continue reading →

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Another Memphis Collage

Posted on January 10, 2013 by sheila

S. Main at night The Little Tea Shop Christmas tree on Mud Island in the Mississippi, at sunset The most disturbing dog park I have ever seen. Picnic tables in Overton Park Beale Street in the rain Walkway overlooking the … Continue reading →

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Memphis Flash: Elvis’ Duds

Posted on January 8, 2013 by sheila

Private Presley This belt might be my favorite Vegas clothing item. Worn at his Madison Square Garden press conference, 1972 The white suit, white shoes, Elvis wore to sing “If I Can Dream” at the end of the NBC special … Continue reading →

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Memphis Collage

Posted on January 6, 2013 by sheila

Dawn, Confederate Park Beale Street on a rainy night A door to nowhere, somewhere in Memphis Barge on the Mississippi The old Ambassador Hotel ghost sign, Main Street Reserved. For a legend. I kept being drawn to this building off … Continue reading →

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Past/Present/Future: The Hotel Chisca

Posted on January 5, 2013 by sheila

“That building you were just takin’ pictures of … that was the Hotel Chisca. Ol’ Dewey Phillips used to broadcast from there.” The man, who walked with a cane, came up beside me on Main Street and offered this information. … Continue reading →

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