Elvis remembered
08/16/2007 @ 12:00 am
Remora wrote in today to remind us that August 16 is the 30th anniversary of the death of The King – Elvis Presley, which will be marked by special events in Japan and elsewhere.
- Japan is the second largest market in Asia after Australia for sales of Elvis music.
- A statue of Elvis stands in Tokyo’s trendy Harajuku district, courtesy of financing by ex-prime minister Junichiro Koizumi and his brother Masaya.
- A website named Elvis World – Japan provides Japanese readers with up-to-date information about the latest news in the Elvis universe.
it must be a busy 48hrs for ex-PM Koizumi first a visit to Yasukuni followed by The King’s 30th anniversary celebrations.
There’s a connection there somewhere, but I just can’t spot it.
rem.
August 16th, 2007 at 7:16 am(also.)
http://gort42.blogspot.com/2006/08/happy-belated-babe-elvis-day.html
August 16th, 2007 at 7:50 amgot on my ‘blue suede shoes’ & heading to the ‘heartbreak hotel’ to have a drink for the KING cause I’m ‘all shook up’ about these ‘hound dog’ posts on Japundit, but ‘don’t be cruel’ cause a ‘hard headed woman’ ‘can’t help falling in love’ with ‘king creole’ who lives ‘in the ghetto’ with his ‘teddy bear’.
August 16th, 2007 at 8:29 amthat’s all right mama bird - (calm down and have a cup of tea).
August 16th, 2007 at 8:42 amwell, there was a report of a specially hired train named the “Mystery Train” carrying fans from around Japan to Tokyo to visit the Big Elvis, but when I tried to track down more info on this event (plus pix & vids) I accidentally turned up this report about an ultra-low emission train which has just been introduced onto Japan’s rail network.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/07/12/travel/main3049958.shtml
well, when not quite as newsworthy as the passing of the King, it still merits some interest. (Thankyou)
*Japundit! the clean green blog-site!*
rem.
August 17th, 2007 at 12:14 pmone of the most off-beat references to Elvis and Japan is in the movie American Yakuza 2 (Back to Back) with Ryo Ishibashi and Koh Takasugiashi (Hideo).
Where Hideo is an Elvis obsessed Yakuza hitman who has a vision of the King whilst bleeding to death in the final scene.
Complete crap movie - but kinda touching and..and (sniff!).
rem.
August 17th, 2007 at 12:53 pm30 years ago Elvis left the building…
The king is remembered & not forgotten
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_has_left_the_building
August 17th, 2007 at 1:25 pmwell, seeing that things have been rather quiet so far today (probably the heat) I’ll add this last thing on Elvis just for the record (pun intended).
Also for the Pizza and JP’s cold dead hand….:lol:
http://animenarutard.blogspot.com/2007/08/30th-aniversary-of-elvis-presley-pizza.html
(*_*)
August 17th, 2007 at 2:55 pmYes, we slowed down a bit today because yours truly braved the record-breaking heat to play a round of golf. Luckily we were up on a mountain so it was a bit cooler than down on the plain. . . But just a bit.
Back to normal posting schedule from tomorrow.
August 17th, 2007 at 7:14 pm[...] As we mentioned the other day, fans around the world recently marked the 30th anniversay of the death of Elvis Presley. Now we get word that an album of the King’s greatest hits has hit No. 1 in the U.K. Share This [...]
August 21st, 2007 at 10:39 amElvis = 埃尔维斯 (Pinyin)
http://www.chinese-tools.com/names/calligraphy/code_885_elvis.html
*that’s handy to know*
August 21st, 2007 at 11:19 am