Tag Archives: Elvis
A King is Born
Elvis Presley was born on January 8, 1935. Here’s Kurt Russell as The King in John Carpenter’s 1979 made-for-TV-movie, Elvis. As I remember, this is the end of the opening scene, before we flashback to Elvis’ childhood in Mississippi. Celebrate the birth of rock ‘n’ roll by watching TV Elvis shoot a hotel television… Please [...]
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Tagged 1935, birthday, Elvis, January 8, John Carpenter, Kurt Russell, rock 'n' roll, shooting, television, The King
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Straight, No Chaser at 25
Thelonious Monk: Straight No Chaser is one of my most important movies. The documentary was released 25 years ago in 1989. I saw it when I was a junior in college in the early 1990′s. The film assembles German television footage from the late 1960′s, ties it together with contemporaneous interviews and even includes a [...]
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Tagged be-bop, Beat, big band, Bob Dylan, Clint Eastwood, composer, Elvis, Germany, sax, Straight No Chaser, The Beatles, Thelonious Monk
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