doodledee

Elvis has a greatest hits album coming out this fall. I guess 2002 is some milestone anniversary of his death or something. It turns out that most Elvis fans are getting really old. It also turns out that kids these days aren't all that interested in The King. As a result, sales of Elvis records and sequined jumpsuits are at all time lows -- not to mention a big fall-off in Graceland tours.

How refreshing for a drop in record sales not to be blamed on internet music downloading.

Personally, I predict the Elvis collection will be a huge seller. I also predict that for about 20 minutes this winter, it'll be trendy to be an Elvis fan.

I'll admit that I'm a little worried about a sudden trendiness of Elvis. Viva Las Vegas is one of my all time favorite sing-along songs, and I'm sure as hell not trendy. Or maybe I am and I had no idea? Kick ass!

In Junior High School, one of the history teachers was a huge Elvis fan. Some days, if you had him for study hall, he would show Elvis movies -- like Viva Las Vegas -- in his classroom. Other days, he would make everybody in the class cut giant sideburns out of black construction paper and tape them to their face. A lot of kids thought it was lame, but I thought it was mint.