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The Elvis icon
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The word icon in the broadest sense simply means image, any image, but in the more restricted sense in which it has generally been understood, it has signified a sacred image to which special veneration is given. The icon plays a very specific role in the Orthodox Christian Church where its worship in the course of time became integrated into the celebration of the liturgy (Weitzman, 1978).
From tiny prehistoric stone fertility goddesses to Greek and Roman gods to the ubiquitous image...
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TVEYE: ELVIS: THE THEME NIGHT
The Independent - London
; Elvis is alive and well and living at Trent Bridge cricket ground. Last weekend at the Ashes Test Match in Nottingham, a group from the improbable- sounding Elvis Presley Cricket Lovers' Society were spotted in full regalia. Two decades after his death, Elvis is still everywhere. He is certainly
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I Am Elvis: A Guide to Elvis Impersonators.
The Nation
; Reports of Elvis Presley's death, as the tabloids routinely remind us, have been greatly exaggerated. Nowhere is this clearer than in I Am Elvis: A Guide to Elvis Impersonators. This apparently sober document records the bios and vital statistics--birthdate, height/weight, astrological sign and
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ELVIS IS EVERYWHERE!
Roanoke Times & World News
; "Elvis is everywhere! Elvis is everything! Elvis is everybody! Elvis is still the king! Man, oh, man, What I want you to see, Is that the big E's, Inside of you and me!" -- Mojo Nixon, "Elvis is Everywhere" So one more year has passed since Elvis Presley left the building for good. He died 28 years
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The ghosts of Elvis past and present
The Boston Globe
; ELVIS In the Twilight of Memory By June Juanico Arcade, 319 pp., $25.95 IMPERSONATING ELVIS By Leslie Rubinkowski Faber and Faber, 301 pp., $26.95 Like so many others, I remember where I was when I heard that Elvis Presley was dead. The only difference is, I didn't care. Brought into pop by the
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`Dead Elvis': From rocker to weird icon
The Boston Globe
; ... that Elvis died? Me, I was at the teletype machine at WMEB-FM, the Maine college radio station for which I worked. I read the news -- oh boy -- right off the wire and was, of course, stunned. Not that Elvis could or would die -- I'd just digested "Elvis: What ...
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The King Is Undead: Elvis's Enduring Appeal
The Washington Post
; Elvis Presley's wake has now lasted longer than his career. In fact, 25 years after his death, Elvis is No. 1 again, thanks to Nike, the World Cup and an obscure single dressed up with a little drum 'n' bass for the new millennium. Last week the refurbished Elvis tune, "A Little Less Conversation,"
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Elvis Presley was my brother
The Independent - London
; "Elvis, Elvis, Elvis - hey, that's all I've been doing for 17 years. I guess I'm kinda used to it." I guess he is. David E Stanley, 40, ex-bodyguard, ex-drug addict, ex-evangelist, is doing the one thing he has always done best: being Elvis Presley's stepbrother. Having written Elvis, We Love You
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Film: The King has now re-entered the building A 30-year-old film of Elvis in concert is a timely reminder of what makes a real pop star, says Mark Simpson
The Independent - London
; Elvis didn't want to be black, he wanted to be Tony Curtis. The natural blond, Memphis-belle boy dyed his hair in imitation of his idol's shiny black pompadour and continued tinting it that unnatural- supernatural blue-black colour until the very end (though later it was probably merely to hide the
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DAILY RECORD DEBATE: Was Elvis rock 'n' roll's greatest?; Elvis fans were quick to let us know that their hero will never be bettered but many reckoned that the King was over-hyped and over-rated.(News)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
; Elvis may be dead but his music will live on forever - Davie Kelly. Elvis is not the greatest rock and roller! Buddy Holly is the greatest rock 'n' roller ever - Graham Yates, Ormskirk. He was the greatest. I've even been known to belt out a few Elvis numbers after a couple of drinks. Long live the
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Elvis Is Everywhere // One Impersonator's Insights Into a Stylish Life With the King
Chicago Sun-Times
; Elvis Birthday Tributes 8 tonight Star Plaza Theatre, Merrillville $22 (219) 769-6600 or (312) 734-7266 8 p.m. Saturday Paramount Arts Centre $18 and $22 (708) 896-666 Elvis IS alive - and he's on line one, calling from (where else?) Vegas. You scoff and tell him: Only fools rush in and believe
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