BOC: Meltzer/Aesthetics of Rock

[Ted Jackson jr.]

On 7 Feb 00, at 14:42, Andy Gilham wrote:

> Looking in "Helter Skelter" for Elvis books this lunchtime, ok, saw
> Meltzer's, ahem, seminal tome next to where Greil Marcus' _Mystery
> Train_ should have been... so obviously I picked it up.   Pretty
> unreadable, but you can dip into it!  Many refs to "Memphis Sam"
> Pearlman of _Crawdaddy_... also a brief mention of Jimmy Dean's "P.T.
> 109," which made me wonder whether it was in any way an inspiration
> for "M.E. 262"...
>
This is actually a brilliant observation, whether PT109 did or didn't
influence ME262.  The great thing about the early BOC albums [and
all of them really] is you can never tell when they're being serious or
funny...

theo