Blu ray review: Change of Habit (1969)
By time he performed in his triumphant 1968 Christmas special on television, Elvis Presley had become weary of making movies that offered...
Blu Ray Review: Come September (1961)
The films of the 1960s seem to have a style all their own. And before the cultural shift in 1967 that gave us movies like The Graduate...
Book Review: Under the Influence of Classic Country
Music historian and scholar Sheree Homer scores once again with a massive study of country music's evolution, based on the memories of...
Elvis Presley musicals come to blu ray
Elvis Presley’s importance to music cannot be overstated. He is perhaps the single most important figure in the history of popular songs....
Remembering John Lennon on the anniversary of his passing
“Do you remember where you were and what you were doing when you heard John Lennon was murdered?” It is a question I am sometimes asked...
ELVIS PRESLEY: A TRIBUTE
Back in 1954 when Elvis, Scotty Moore, and Bill Black banged out an impromptu reading of Arthur Crudup’s 1946 blues number “That’s All...
Quotes from the stars, what they said about Elvis Presley
"Before Elvis there was nothing. Nothing really affected me until I heard Elvis. If there hadn't been an Elvis, there wouldn't have been...
Help! (1965) The second Beatles movie
A religious cult needs one of Ringo’s rings in order to make a human sacrifice. So they travel to England to get the ring, planning to...