Elvis Presley

Top 5 worst fad diets

​Ah, the first week of a new year, where the grocery stores are all sold out of kale and you actually have to wait in line for a free elliptical machine at the gym. Everyone's resolutions are still in their infancy, and that means advertisers and publishers are doing their best to strike while the ... More >>

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Michele Bachmann on Elvis' Death Date: "Happy birthday!" [VIDEO]

Michele Bachmann wishes Elvis "Happy Birthday" on the anniversary of his death.​Michele Bachmann wished Elvis Presley "Happy Birthday!" on the anniversary of his death, providing yet another glimpse into how oblivious she really is behind those wild eyes."Before we get started, let's all say happy ... More >>

Top 10 sibling acts in country music history

​On this day in country music history - July 14, 1973 - Phil Everly threw a dang old fit, smashing his guitar after performing the song, "('Till) I Kissed You" and walking off the stage, effectively breaking up the Everly Brothers while performing at Buena Park, California's Knott's Berry Farm ... More >>

Bachmann keeps Elvis Christmas music on her iPod, and other CNN debate weirdness

All seven Republicans, on the right.​The Republican "debate" on CNN last night wasn't really a debate at all, it was a two-hour press conference in which seven candidates took turns trashing President Obama. No one expected anything different, really. All seven of them just wanted to cram int ... More >>

Rock the Cause: Hunka Burnin' Love

Curtiss A cancels Elvis birthday tribute booked on 501 Club's final night

Photo by Sharyn Morrow​Just a few days ago, we were musing over the melding of two disparate local music worlds that was set to take place at the 501 Club this Saturday night; MC/VL's final show was moved to the 501 after being bumped from the temporarily shuttered Turf Club, cramming their four-b ... More >>

All Inclusive New Year's Eve with Tina & the B-Sides

Color Me Gone: the Racing Picture

Minnesota State Fair taste test: best new foods

These are the best new fair foods we sampled.​We put on our most obnoxious-sloganed T-shirt, slathered up with sunscreen, and braved the crowds to find out how this year's new Minnesota State Fair food options stacked up to our predictions. Here are our picks on what's worth stretching the ela ... More >>

"All Shook Up" at Chanhassen is a hunka hunka the King

Act One, Too LtdThat's some jail: Chad (Rico Heisler) prepares to break out​ The all-Elvis musical All Shook Up opened at Chanhassen Dinner Theatres on Friday night, and we were there. Persnickety journalistic ethics precluded putting on the feed bag (hence no review of the food), but we caught ev ... More >>

Twin Cities theater this weekend is all about the musical

by Lauren B. PhotographyThe cast of "Always & Forever" say it with a song​It's a busy weekend, particularly considering the fact that we're in the afterglow of the Fringe, when local stages tend to be dark and theatrical options fewer than the usual dizzying gamut. As fate would have it, we're ... More >>

For Denny Hecker, Elvis has left the building

Elvis Presley, one for the money​Ladies and gentlemen, Elvis has left the building: Bankrupt auto magnate Denny Hecker's 6-foot-tall Elvis Presley statue is headed to TCF Bank as part of a $70,000 deal for the furnishings of Hecker's Crosslake vacation compound.

The Top 9 sellingoutest musicians in pop history

​ Proudly gay pop icon Elton John last month played Rush Limbaugh's most recent wedding, obviously bringing into question Elton's valuation of morals over-- do we really need to spell this out for you? Bottom line is it was a sellout for the record books. Here's some other sad cases of how th ... More >>

Elvis impersonator Anderson stays on ballot with Ole Savior

Photo via toddelvis.comOle and Elvis​Lots of people like TV news anchors. So DFLer Matt Entenza picked Robyne Robinson as his running mate for governor. The way Ole Savior figures it, lots of people like Elvis, so he picked an Elvis impersonator to be his running mate in the governor's race. ... More >>

Elvis's former physician says constipation claimed the King

Presley and Nichopolous, back in the day​George Nichopolous was Elvis's (and Jerry Lee Lewis's) personal doctor, a man who went through a worldwide shitstorm blitz following Presley's death, standing accused of prescribing him a ballet of uppers, downers, equalizers and tranquilizers, sending the ... More >>

Elvis meets tacos, Fork the Fire, and dinner in Rochester

​I was in Anaheim for my day job this past weekend.  Our first meal was definitely forgettable, but the next night totally made up for it.  We hit up Azteca, an amazing Mexican restaurant that was, aside from the food, entirely devoted to Elvis Presley.  They were well known for the ... More >>

Mischke show notes: Jan. 8, 2010

Join the conversation with T.D. Mischke on today's 'In The Stream' live from 2 - 3:30 p.m.

Revisiting Reissues: Hits and misses from re-releases in the '00s

A sampling of what made (re)collecting the old faves so fun, and frustrating, in the aughts.

!Viva Christmas!

Jolie Holland

Zombie Pub Crawl V: It's Starting to Stink

Wanda Jackson

Gaslight Anthem, Lookbook, Tapes 'n Tapes, and more

The Guy Expo

Elvis Costello set list photos

Photographer Steve Cohen sent us some great shots from Saturday's show.

Red, White, and Boom!

Flyer of the Week: Golden Chariots of Mars

You can never go wrong with a depiction of Elvis as an alien.

Jolie Holland

She & Him and more

El Vez

Elvis at the Northrop, 1981

Elvis Is Everywhere

City Planner: Tuesday

Royal Flush

America is a backwater toilet in 'The King'

6/15: Morning Communique

4/13: Morning Communique

The Great Pretender

Making a Good Impression with Celebrity Impersonator Dale Preston

Up Where She Belongs

Morgan Thorson's fascination with faking it

Ask Google, bonus round:
Who's your iconic daddy?

In The Ghetto

Do-Me Thespianism

Can a rock band-cum-theater company turn its audience into enlightened perverts?

Putting the "Prez" Back in Presley

Are You Lonesome Tonight?

When it's summertime in the Twin Cities, even Elvis lives

Sound Check

A Short Rhetoric on Troglodyte Rock

Caught in a Trap

Peter Guralnick chronicles a Memphis tragedy in his passionate biography of Elvis Presley

Lights! Camera! Elvis!

Jailhouse Rock and Viva Las Vegas turn Hollywood's first rock star from a kid into a King.

Burning Down the Road

Two decades after his death, Elvis lights out for the territory.

Imperial Bedrooms