Diplomacy says un-huh—Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi and President Bush visit Graceland. The world press has reacted with a series of strained, wince-inducing puns.
I met Elvis once—this was years ago, he was neither fat nor dead yet. We shared a bus, he a young, cocksure musician, I a budding journalist with an ear for music. I told him about an idea: a singing newspaper. And, goddam him, he just laughed. Laughed and laughed. We didn’t speak for the rest of the bus ride, and the next time I saw him he was on national television.
But that was a long time gone. And these days, as I sit in the office of the finest musical news outlet in the nation, I reflect on the fact that I am neither fat nor dead. So you can eat your heart out, Presley.
