late January, 2006
- Elvis liked fried eggs after sex
(newkerala.com, January 30 2006)
New York magazine restaurant critic Gael Greene in her upcoming memoir, 'Insatiable: Tales From a Life of Delicious Excess', has revealed that the 'King of rock' Elvis Presley liked to have fried egg sandwiches after a romp in the bed. In her memoir, due out in April from Warner Books, Greene says that though she doesn't remember the details of her night of passion with Elvis, she does recall the singer asking her to order a fried egg sandwich after they had sex. "I think it was good. I don't remember the essential details. It was certainly good enough. I know the reality of it was thrilling beyond anything I might have imagined. He twitched a shoulder toward the phone. 'Would you mind calling and ordering me a fried egg sandwich?' The fried egg sandwich - that part I remember. I can't remember . . . how long the sex lasted, or even who was on top (probably me). But I have never forrgotten the fried egg sandwich," the New York Post quotes her, as writing in her book.
- Pearl Jam Cover Elvis Presley
(albumvote.co.uk, January 30 2006)
Pearl Jam are to release live cover version of Elvis Presley's Little Sister as a single to members of their Ten Club. The track was recorded live late last year with Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant will be backed up with a new track called Gone. Billboard reports that the band is nearing the completion of their next studio album which has been earmarked for an early summer release.
- Former dancer Petty remembered as 'the life of the party'
By Jerry Fink
(Las Vegas Sun, January 30 2006)
Las Vegas lost one of its more colorful characters Jan. 12 with the passing of 73-year-old Betty Petty. Petty's real name was Mary Elizabeth Petitti. She adopted the stage name when she came to Las Vegas in the late 1950s to dance, first at El Rancho Vegas and then several other hotels. ... Petty danced for about 10 years, but she was better known for her many escapades. "She was the life of the party," Fink said. "At the time, she was hanging out with Frank Sinatra. She partied with the Rat Pack. "Mom hobnobbed with a lot of celebrities -- her prize photo is of her and Elvis." Her friends came from all walks of life, from singer Kenny Rogers to gangster Sam Giancana, Fink said. "She hung out with mobsters," Fink said. "She was a legend back then. Everyone everywhere knew her. ...
- Richard M. Klaus, was a pioneer in radio and television broadcasting
By Alana Baranick
(Plain Dealer, January 30 2006)
Richard M. Klaus, whose company is parent to WNIR FM/100.1, WJMP AM/1520, WAX Channel 35 and WAOH Channel 29, participated in many pioneering endeavors in broadcasting. The founder of Media-Com Inc. and former vice president and general manager of WERE AM/1300, died Saturday at Manor Nursing Home in Aurora at age 86. During his nearly 60 years in broadcasting management, Klaus helped get helicopter traffic reports off the ground. He managed WERE in the 1950s and '60s, when disc jock eys Bill Randle and Phil McClain helped launch the career of Elvis Presley and made Cleveland radio the testing ground for other rock 'n' roll acts. ...
- How Elvis and the net helped in £147m fraud
By John Cranage
(Birmingham Post, January 30 2006)
Midland companies were hit by record levels of fraud last year with losses soaring nearly threefold, a survey shows today. Criminals working from the outside together with dishonest employees stripped businesses in the region of £147.2 million in 2005 compared with £49.4 million the year before, KPMG has calculated. According to the firm's annual Fraud Barometer, it wasn't only the value of the losses that rose. The number of major fraud cases involving losses of more than £100,000 rose by nearly a third to 36 during the year. One of the most significant cases in the region was a £58 million carousel VAT fraud involving mobile phones. ... Nationally, the Government remains the main victim of fraud (£447 million), largely through attempts at tax evasion, VAT and benefits fraud. But fraud against financial institutions - card fraud, identity fraud, false cheques - rose dramatically from £37 million in 2004 to £360 million.
A little under half of fraud was carried out by professional gangs (£420 million), but even more was the result of "insider" fraud by managers or comp any employees (£468 million). ... KPMG said identity fraud continued to be rife as criminals sought ways around the tighter controls introduced by such measures as chip and PIN. Nearly £200,000 was stolen from 160 people who were fooled by a bogus eBay auction site. ... As well as debt or greed, much individual fraud is motivated by addiction, commonly alcoholism or gambling habits. But some are motivated by more peculiar obsessions, such as the town hall cashier in Lincolnshire who stole over £550,000 in car parking fees to fund her Elvis Presley obsession. "All too often, insider frauds are conducted over a period of months or even years without anybody noticing," said Mr Patrick. ...
- 50 years later, Perkins' 'Blue Suede Shoes' is still in style
By PETE WICKHAM, The Jackson Sun
(tennessean.com, January 30 2006)
The idea came in an off-handed conversation on one of those all-night drives to the next gig. "Well, it's one for the money ..." It crystallized in a fleeting, angry exchange between a teenage couple dancing at a drive-in. "Two for the show ..." It maybe took three hours in the middle of the night to compose and write down on a paper sack that had been holding three potatoes. "Three to get ready ..." And Sam Phillips never let the recording session go past four takes, essentially saying ... "Go, cat, go!" Believe it or not, the celestial event of Carl Perkins' life - and perhaps the entire rock 'n' roll era - is 50 years old. On New Year's Day 1956, Sun Records released Blue Suede Shoes a two-minute, 13-second ditty that Perkins, his brothers Jay B. and Clayton and friend W.S. Holland had recorded just two weeks before. "The song has huge significance to this building and business," said Nikki Douglas, the operations manager/archivist for Sun Studios in Memphis. "This was the first gold record on the Sun label. "And, while Elvis was the biggest of the artists who came through these doors, it was Blue Suede Shoes that became the first song in history to hit No. 1 on every single chart: pop, R&B and country."...
- Mom's Notes May Explain 3 Children's Deaths
(Crime/Punishment Blog Archives, January 29 2006)
Authorities said notes left inside the home of Paula Eleazar Mendez, 43, may explain why she took the life of her three young children and tried to kill herself by swallowing a toxic substance. Mendez was being held in an Arkansas county jail Sunday after being treated at a hospital for swallowing a toxic substance. She collapsed when police arrived at her home Saturday in response to a call from her husband, who works in New York, who said he wife had confessed to the killings. Inside the home, police found 8-year-old Elvis and 6-year-old twins, Samanta and Samuel, lying side-by-side on a bed. Autopsies will determine whether the children were smothered or poisoned, investigators said. ...
- Woman hopes to help brother prove he was fathered by Elvis
By Nancy Glasscock
(athensnews-courier.com, January 28 2006)
Regina Holland of Rogersville says she has reason to believe her
brother, Timothy James Farrell of Michigan, is Elvis Presley's son and
that she may hire Johnny Cochran to prove it. Holland played a cassette tape of her brother's version of Presley's "Jail House Rock" Tuesday as she told the story of how her mother, Rebecca Stewart, met the famous singer when she was 19. Stewart died Sept. 19, 2002. Holland displayed photographs of Farrell and his children, who she said have a chilling resemblance to "The King" as she retold her mother's version of the story.
That story begins in a place called Eagles Nest in Memphis, 1954. "Elvis was a nobody then," Holland said. "He came down off the stage and asked my mother to dance but she said 'No way." She said that according to her mother, Presley seemed too sure of himself, which was not a trait her mother was fond of, although she did agree to dance after some persuasion from Presley. After he performed several more songs, Presley took another break and again stepped down from the stage to ask Stewart to dance. "She said, 'No, I'm not dancing with you," Holland said in reference to her mother's second decline of Presley's offer. Presley then called Stewart a chicken, implying that she was afraid to dance with him, after which the couple danced and later ended up spending the night together. Holland said that according to her mother, Presley was gone by the time she awoke the next morning and had left a note saying, "Thanks for a good time."
Stewart later found out she was pregnant. Three or four months after the alleged encounter at Eagles Nest, Holland said that Presley became famous and that by that time, her mother was afraid to tell anyone because she did not want to damage Presley's career. When she was seven months pregnant, she married the late Jim Farrell, who Holland said was aware he was not the baby's father. Stewart told her son his father was another man, but when Farrell was 14 years old, he contacted that man only to be told otherwise. Holland said she has had genealogy research conducted that proved this man could not have been Farrell's father.
Two months ago, Holland and other relatives were cleaning out some cabinets when they found a letter sent in 1978 that Holland says is likely from one of Presley's cousins, although she is puzzled as to how Presley would know he had a son. "The letter said Elvis knew he had a son and wanted to meet my brother," she said. Holland said she contacted The Today Show concerning a possible appearance and that her brother is "willing and ready" to have DNA tests conducted, but has yet to receive a call from producers. She said her brother has no intention of attempting to collect any money from the Presley family. "He said he was not a gold-digger. He just wants to know who his dad is."
- The Kauai resort seen in "Blue Hawaii" will be replicated for 2008
By Tom Finnegan
(Honolulu Star-Bulletin, January 28 2006)
Coco Palms Resort, the last of Kauai's hotels still shuttered by Hurricane Iniki and arguably its most famous, is finally getting a face lift, company and Kauai officials announced yesterday. The resort, site of the famous wedding scene in Elvis Presley's film "Blue Hawaii" and the home of the last reigning queen of Kauai, will be replicated, as the buildings are too damaged to restore, said Richard Weiser, partner of Coco Palms LLC. But Weiser said it is the company's priority to restore the grandeur and the "aloha" that made Coco Palms the pre-eminent resort on the Garden Isle for decades. The $220 million project is expected to begin in June or July, with a grand opening scheduled for summer 2008. ...
- Inaugural flight links All America City to the infamous Sin City: Las Vegas
By Mark Baylis
(Santa Maria Times, January 28 2006)
A packed plane - complete with champagne, a show girl and Elvis himself - took the inaugural flight from the Santa Maria Public Airport to Las Vegas Friday night, giving local vacationers a new route to Sin City. A reported 148 people boarded the nearly sold-out Allegiant Air flight amid inaugural festivities. The new service is the first direct flight between the two cities in decades, city officials said. The flights will operate twice a week between Santa Maria Public Airport and McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas. A diverse group of passengers filled the normally sparse airport lobby Friday night for the 8:20 p.m. flight. Many had gotten tickets during the December promotional sale and were eager to test out the new route. ... Friday's ground-breaking flight included an Elvis impersonator and a Las Vegas showgirl, who greeted customers and posed for photos before boarding the 150-seat MD-80 jet. Champagne was set to be served on board and customers were given complimentary gifts.
Brendan Paul, aka Elvis, and Porsha Revesz entertain at the inaugural flight of Allegiant
from Santa Maria to Las Vegas. The pair joined passengers on the flight. //Ed Souza/Staff
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