Elvis Presley

At T3, Royal Flop Idols of the King Hardly Honors Elvis

Dallas County Would Like to Sell You a Pot-Bellied Pig

When Dallas County commissioners meet on Tuesday, they will decide whether to part with a rather unusual piece of county property: a black, 75-pound pot-bellied pig. The swine, identified only by his serial number, 12-167125, is being kept at the Kennedy Livestock Center outside Hutchins, where the ... More >>

The State Fair is Taking Donations to Pay For Big Tex, Who Sends Along a Slightly Morbid Holiday Greeting

For now, the State Fair of Texas is sticking to its story that Big Tex wasn't reduced to a scorched metal frame during this summer's conflagration but instead is recuperating at an undisclosed Texas spa. Not only that, but he's well enough to send a holiday greeting that the fair passed along this m ... More >>

Why Folks Are Complaining About Lil Wayne Breaking Elvis' Record - And Why They're Wrong

By Chaz Kangas Last week, rapper Lil Wayne added to his already-quite-substantial legacy by breaking Elvis Presley's record for most songs on the Hot 100 charts by a solo artist. Immediately, however, many began squawking that this record deserved an asterisk, a la Roger Maris' 61 home runs. See ... More >>

It's Good to Be the King

Heartbreak on Mars III

Saturday, January 7, at Texas Theatre

When Pat Boone Was Cooler Than Elvis

A Hunka Burnin' Love for Sushi

​Elvis Tuna Tartare at Shinsei Top Chef contestant Casey Thompson may be gone from Shinsei, but thankfully Elvis is still in the house, rockin' the fresh sushi. Recovered completely from a motorcycle accident, Shuji "Elvis" Sugawara still draws crowds with specialties like his Elvis Tuna Tarta ... More >>

Q&A Giveaway: Bosco Delrey Talks Combining Dancehall and Retro Rock Into One Sound

​You may have not heard of New Jersey's Bosco Delray yet, but if the early buzz is a signal of things to come, you will certainly know the guy soon. Mixing early rock and roll (Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry) with dancehall and hip-hop, Delrey is plying his craft in a genre all of his own. He recen ... More >>

Jailhouse Locks: Heritage to Auction Off -- Seriously -- a Jar Full of Elvis Presley's Hair

Courtesy Heritage Auction GalleriesWho knew Elvis jarred?​I'll admit: When last offered the opportunity to view in person an up-for-auction item warehoused at our 'cross-the-street neighbor Heritage Auction Galleries, I rushed right over -- sure, like I'd miss the chance to touch Captain Kirk's he ... More >>

Decades After Local Man Found, Um, "Lost" Elvis Song, The "Tale of Greed and Betrayal"

​On eBay at this very moment, you can buy for anywhere from $3.99 to $85 a single sold in the late 1970s by then-Mockingbird Lane-based International Classic Productions and advertised as Elvis Presley's "first professional recording?!" The single was accompanied by a missive from then-University ... More >>

Quietly, Elvis Presley's December 1976 Concert at Memorial Auditorium Was Officially Released

​The boots got the boot last week, and my apologies to those Friends of Unfair Park who wrote in wondering what the what. (Out-of-town family obligations, if you must know.) I had intended to make up for that slight with a certain high-quality recording of some renown: Elvis Presley at Memorial Au ... More >>

Idol Rich: Results, Adam Lambert and...uh, Polyphonic Spree?

​So, I'm sitting there watching Idol, getting ready for the results portion (which also generally includes already-famous people performing songs that I'm sure the contestants would much rather watch when they're not waiting to find out if they're "safe"), with Seacrest being all dramatic and shit ... More >>

Idol Rich: It's a "Hound Dog" of a Week!

​Elvis week, people. Elvis week. Lots to choose from. Lots of disappointments. And Idol alum Adam Lambert was the mentor, so that means there was lots of make-up... as well as inappropriate jokes about inches and tongues from Ryan Seacrest. Awkward!On a positive note, though, Lambert was one of th ... More >>

Today In Music News: Buy Elvis' Hair, London Gets All The Good Residencies and Medieval Times Brings Super Groups Together

Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, October 8, 2009... Have you ever sat around, wishing you could buy a tuft of Elvis' hair? Well now is your chance! What's the deal with London getting all the band residencies lately? The Pixies kicked off their residency by playing Doolitt ... More >>

Artwork Fit for a King: Jeff Scott's Selling His Elvis Collection at Low, Low Prices

Jeff Scott's Object Of Authority​On this bargain-hunting Wednesday, a note concerning one hell of a steal for art collectors: From 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on August 16, Jeff Scott's going to unload a major hunk of his Elvis Presley artwork at Studio 1019. One reason: Scott had been showing in Gerald Pete ... More >>

Britney Spears And The Greatest Music Comebacks Of All Time

Celebrating the Birth of the King with Cake, Chips and Salsa.

As noted earlier today on City of Ate, yesterday marked 74 years since Elvis Aaron Presley was born in Tupelo, Miss., and to mark the occasion, Chuy's locations around Texas paid him the honor of hiring impersonators, handing out cake and inviting diners to dress like him.Elvis impersonator Michael ... More >>

Ask a Mexican

El Rey lives south of the border, if only on black velvet

The Police, Elvis Costello and the Impostors

Wednesday, May 21, at Superpages.com Center

Country Music Medium

Jason Petty conjures the ghost of Hank

Bless His Soul

Mimic the King at Dick's

Elvis Is Everywhere

The King and I

Elvis gets the musical treatment in Fort Worth

The King and I

Grown men dressed in spandex: What does it all mean?

Happy Birthday, Hound Dog

Call Her Ms. Jackson

Rockabilly queen was more than Elvis' girlfriend

Royal Flush

The King serves up a clumsy portrait of James Marsh's America

Jelly-House Rock

We're caught in a trap, we can’t walk out because these doughnuts are so tasty

Trespassers

Blue Shoes Special

Rockin' Run

The King's loyal subjects pound the pavement

Fine Dining

For a little, they get a lot

Elvis Now

A hunk, a hunk of birthday love

Dave Tapley and other Elvis impersonators

January 8

Best Place to Meet Your Own Kind

Dallas-Plano TX Meetups

Royal Run

Elvis dons blue suede trainers

A Big Hunk O' Love

eXtreme Elvis makes Vegas Elvis look svelte and classy

Dig Dug

RCA unearths 100 "lost" Elvis recordings, just in time to celebrate his death day

All Shook Up

A little Hawaiian girl and her sister adopt a destructive mutant in Lilo & Stitch

Greil Marcus

Double Trouble: Bill Clinton and Elvis Presley in a Land of No Alternatives (Henry Holt & Company)

Burning Question

Why do restaurants decorate with junk?

The King of the road

Photographic proof of Elvis in Texas...more than 40 years ago

The sideman

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame acknowledges Scotty Moore, the guitarist behind the King

Black Magic

But where's Three Dogs Playing Poker

I, somebody

Three decades later, the Residents are still anonymous -- and still butchering sacred cows

Idol worship

Letters

Caught in a trap

Peter Guralnick's Careless Love sheds new light on the opaque unraveling of Elvis Presley

Read? What am that?

The year in rock books which isn't such an oxymoron, really