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The latest on www.elvisinfonet.com:
Lisa Presley's thrill ride nightmare: Lisa Presley will be thinking twice before she takes US NASCAR racers up on offers of a drive around the track at the upcoming Sam's Town 250, after one speed-lover terrified her with a thrill ride. The rocker, who is set to enjoy a stint as grand marshal, once agreed to belt up for a hairy high-speed drive in former race ace WALLY DALLENBACH's motor and she's now determined to stay out of fast cars. She says, "He was riding a half inch away from the wall and bottoming out, which freaked me out. "It was exciting... but he was having his own party. A party for one." And Presley admits she doesn't know how racing car drivers put up with the intense temperatures they have to endure as they race around the track. She adds, "I got in one of those race uniforms. It's like 250 degrees with that on. It that were me, I would have been in the ER getting electrolytes." (News, Source: Contact Music) Australian promotion for "Hitstory": SonyBMG Australia will be promoting the upcoming 3CD boxset, Hitstory, through an extensive media marketing campaign. The campaign will include three week's of television advertising in major capital cities and regional areas in the week commencing 23 October. Ads on Pay TV will run from 23 October for two weeks and there will be a two week campaign on metropolitan radio stations. BMG is considering other promotional activities including press advertising and spots on programs such as Sunrise and Mornings with Kerri-Anne. (News, Source: SonyBMG Australia)
Elvis On Tour Outtakes DVD - Disc 2: Samses posted this news of the 2nd disc on the FECC messageboard: "Me and my friend watched disc two from the EOT outtakes the
other night. The quality of the footage is not as good as on the rehearsal stuff
but the sound is as good. Several of the songs are edited from several angles,
but no multi-angle. This version has nothing from Richmond just Hampton Roads,
Greensboro and San Antonio. Content:
Elvis remixes - a good or bad thing?: We found these interesting postings about the relative merits of Elvis remixes on the alt.elvis.king messageboard: The case against: These so called "remixes" of Elvis's classic songs are bullsh*t. Who wants to hear Heartbreak Hotel with a hip hop beat? Even if people do, these remixes take a great and original piece of art and distort the idea to something Elvis never wanted. Marty, can you help? Remi Memphis Mafia response: Nothing I can do about it except agree with you. If the fans don't buy it they won't continue to do it. Otherwise BMG is constantly devising ways to get y'all to pay for the same crap in a different package over and over again. Marty (Lacker) The case for: I understand where you're coming from, because I too love the originals. But I think remixing is a way to keep Elvis' legacy alive with the younger generation. Some of those remixes stirred interest in Elvis among the teens, and that intest lead many of them to his movies and original recordings. And they love Elvis. You have to move along with the times if you want to get radio play. Elvis was always ahead of his time and changed as he grew. As his career moved on, Elvis did too. Maybe if Elvis was alive they wouldn't be remixing his old hits, but I think if he was still recording he would be putting out more modern music, maybe even with a hiphop-type or modern day R&B beat -- but the bottom would always remain rock & roll. He paid respect to the songs that made him famous, but did not
Priscilla Presley dispels rumor on Australian TV: Priscilla Presley appeared live by satellite today on Australia's top rating entertainment program, Rove Live. Priscilla's appearance was principally to promote the recent DVD, Elvis by the Presleys. However, in response to a question from host, Rove McManus, Priscilla told the audience that Elvis shot, not one, but several television sets. And she made it very clear that on all occasions Elvis' anger was not directed at the performer on the screen. Rather it was a symptom of other things in his life at the time. While Priscilla did not directly mention Robert Goulet, her comments were obviously intended to dispel the long standing myth in the Elvis world that Elvis disliked Robert Goulet's singing. (News, Source: EIN)
Elvis suicide theory raised again: Elvis Presley' step-brother, David Stanley has told the Dutch newspaper 'De Telegraaf' that the King of music took his own life on August 16th 1977.Stanley, who's family have released at least seven books about Elvis over the years claims, “Elvis committed suicide". Stanley says. "He took three times his ‘normal’ dose of pills, knowing what would happen to him”. Stanley went on to state that Elvis committed suicide because of the release of the tabloid book "Elvis - What Happened?" written by Red West, Sonny West and Dave Hebler. And the thought of another touring tour of the U.S.A depressed him and he decided to end his life. David Stanley's film "The Headhunter" is in pre-production. (News, Source: Elvis Express) Elvis image to feature on jeans: Levi Strauss, the jeans maker is creating a Warhol Factory X Levi's line of men's and women's clothing, including US$250 jeans and US$300 jackets. The line of clothes will use some of Warhol's most famous images, including those of Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe, in its new collection which will be unveiled to prospective retail buyers at a trade show in Las Vegas next week but are not due to launch in shops until the spring of 2006. Levi is synonymous with American culture in the same way that Warhol and Elvis is, Levi is an iconic brand, Andy Warhol is an iconic artist and Elvis Presley is an iconic figure.'' a spokesman said. (News, Source: Elvis Express) 'What gives with ShopElvis?' update: Further to our story yesterday, DWW319 tells us he ordered all 3 new FTD releases (All Shook Up, Today & Tickle Me) from ShopElvis about 3 weeks ago and received them in about 4 days with free shipping. (News, Source: DWW319- Email) World's best "young" Elvis heading to UK: Travis LeDoyt, hailed as the world's best young Elvis, is coming to the UK with his band from Nashville in Feb-Mar 2006 for a three week tour. Watch his website at www.travisledoyt.com for more details. (News, Source: Dick McVey) Canadian Idol pays tribute to Elvis: The final four contestants in the current season of Canadian Idol will pay tribute to Elvis by singing two Elvis songs each in the performance show on August 30 and are likely to be wearing Elvis branded clothing in the voting results show on August 31. The August 30 show (and possibly the August 31 show, too) will feature footage of the visit the final four are making to Graceland and other Elvis-related sites in Memphis this weekend. Click here to go directly to a press release about themes of the last few shows of this season. Canadian Idol airs on CTV. (News, Source: EPE)
Lisa Presley's skating dreams: Rocker LISA MARIE PRESLEY still harbours dreams of becoming a champion ice skater even though she struggles to stand up on the rink. The daughter of ELVIS PRESLEY grew up hooked on Olympic ice skating and rarely missed an opportunity to watch her heroes on ice. She says, "It's an amazing talent but I suck. I can barely get around the rink. "I just try to make it look like I'm not about to break my leg." (News, Source: Contact Music) Viatical fraud investigation leads to Elvis' house: "Nobody ever lost money; it's safe." Those words, uttered by Venice-area financial planner Herman "Skip" Jaehne, led retirees Ron Gillis of North Port and John Romanus of Port Charlotte to invest many thousands of dollars in "viatical settlements." No one could lose on the investments, Jaehne argued, because a viatical settlement is an investment in which an investor buys shares in the life insurance policies of terminally ill patients at a discount that comes off the face value of the policies. Once the patients die, as everyone does eventually, the insurance company pays off the investor. When their investments failed to pay off within a year or two as promised, Gillis and Romanus mounted separate crusades to bring down the billion-dollar corporation that provided their viatical investments, Mutual Benefits Corp. of Fort Lauderdale, and the financial planner who sold them the investments. Their crusade would eventually take them from the halls of a Fort Lauderdale office building that Gillis described as "shabby," to Elvis Presley's deluxe house in Palm Springs, Calif., which Jaehne had purchased for $1.25 million -- the amount of money he made selling the viatical investments. "It didn't surprise me," said Romanus, of Jaehne's connection to Elvis's house. "I know from past experience, (Jaehne) always wants to do unusual business practices that most good financial planners wouldn't touch." Viatical investments were established in 1989 and came into vogue in the late 1990s. At that time, interest rates were falling, and viaticals were seen by many as an alternative to other interest-bearing investments. (News, Source: VeniceGondolier.com) Circle G Ranch update: A few weeks back, Bill Burk's Elvis World told us of the Horn Lake (MS) Board of Supervisors granting proper zoning to promoter J. D. Stacy to develop Circle G and surrounding properties into a mega-million $$ resort, complete with more high rise towers than probably exist in all the rest of the state of Mississippi. In getting his zoning, Stacy said he would begin closing on properties "immediately." Well, it's been weeks now and the Horn Lake Board, noting no action on the Circle G front, has sort of issued Stacy a "do it or get off the pot" ultimatum.
This is Stacy's 3rd (or 4th?) effort at developing the Circle G Ranch into Dreamsville. Meanwhile, Daniel DelPiano, one of Stacy's partners in an earlier Circle G plan, has been sentenced to a maximum penalty of five years in prison and ordered to pay $12.6 million to a former Waltham, MA-based commercial finance company the court says DelPiano defrauded. DelPiano, one-time owner of Premier Holidays International Inc., promised members of MicroFinancial Corp., of Woburn MA, club retreats to sophisticated vacation sites in return for annual fees and monthly dues, the Assistant US Attorney stated. He pleaded guilty and was immediately sentenced. (News, Source: Bill E. Burk)
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