Canned Blog: juni 2007

søndag 17. juni 2007

In Sorte Diaboli

I just played a wedding, then went to get some food, and when I was there, I saw a masterpiece staring back at me. So now I'm relaxing with Dimmu Borgir's "In Sorte Diaboli". Anyone interested in good music, ought to buy it straight away.

søndag 10. juni 2007

Belt Exam in Molde

Today, the TKD-club went to Molde for belt-exams. 34 of my students were ready to be tested, but one got sick (poor kid spent the whole day throwing up), and another broke her thumb two days earlier. Ah well. Out of the 31 that were left, every single one passed, and Master Andresen was very pleased. After the test, a few of us went to Burger King to celebrate, and then the Mjelva-ninja and I went to play pool. We were home again at 11 p.m. LOOONG day, but pleased.

Elvis Aron Presley: Did You Know?

In Wright City, Missouri (about 40 miles west of St. Louis) there is a roadside attraction called the "Elvis Is Alive Museum.". Their theory is that Elvis faked his own death and has lived in obscurity ever since. They're serious. (www.artistfacts.com)
Elvis' televised concert Aloha From Hawaii was the first global satellite broadcast devoted to a single entertainer. It was seen by 51% of US viewers, more households than watched the first moon landing. In many countries it captured 70-90+% of the television audience. Ultimately, nearly 1.5 billion people in 40 countries saw this performance. (www.artistfacts.com)
In 1955, Sam Phillips sold Elvis' contract to RCA records for $35,000. According to music journalist Robert Fontenot, this was not as big a blunder as it sounds, as the music business in 1955 was a quick-cash game; no label owner, certainly not a small, regional one like Phillips, could have possibly asked for a percentage of an artists' future royalties once he was signed away. $35,000 was by far the largest amount ever paid for any artist by a major label, and no one in the business considered Rock music more than a passing fad; if anything, RCA was thought to have wildly overpaid for Elvis. Phillips proved he was indeed a shrewd businessman by investing that $35,000 in a small upstart hotel chain in Memphis. The name of that chain was the Holiday Hotel; you may know it better as the Holiday Inn. (www.artistfacts.com)
In 1959 Elvis became the first artist to release an album without an artist name on the cover, front or back, with the album For LP Fans Only. (www.artistfacts.com)
Elvis is the only artist inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Country Hall of Fame, and the Gospel Hall of Fame. (www.artistfacts.com)