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Published On: Sep 11, 2004 09:51 PM
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Published On: Sep 11, 2004 09:51 PM
Graceland 1
This is what you are first treated to while
waiting in line to board the bus that shuttles you across the street from the
parking area to Elvis' mansion, Graceland. Surreal, and very strange. Old Elvis
movies and concert video emanating from the back of a truck on lawn. The perfect
kitsch. I loved it.
The Graceland experience is pretty much what one might expect: a tour in atrocious interior decorating of the 1970s. The mansion has been done up like Elvis had it in the Seventies and boy howdy did his taste in furniture (and wallpaper and paint and carpet) stink. Really really stink. Again--the perfect kitsch and I love it, but to think that it wasn't kitsch back then makes me shudder. it was hard getting interior photos to come out because they ban flash photography there (for good reason!), but here is a sample:
The "Jungle Room" and TV room (3 TVs):
The really Ugly Billiard Room and the kitchen:
And then of course, those god-awful jumpsuits:
My favorite room, however, was the one with all the memorabilia from his movies:
The Graceland experience is pretty much what one might expect: a tour in atrocious interior decorating of the 1970s. The mansion has been done up like Elvis had it in the Seventies and boy howdy did his taste in furniture (and wallpaper and paint and carpet) stink. Really really stink. Again--the perfect kitsch and I love it, but to think that it wasn't kitsch back then makes me shudder. it was hard getting interior photos to come out because they ban flash photography there (for good reason!), but here is a sample:
The "Jungle Room" and TV room (3 TVs):
The really Ugly Billiard Room and the kitchen:
And then of course, those god-awful jumpsuits:
My favorite room, however, was the one with all the memorabilia from his movies:
Posted: Sun - August 29, 2004 at 09:13 PM |