Then, he took out an accordian. There was something wrong with it. Elvis lost his temper and began to violently wrestle with the accordian.
Suddenly, all of the lights went out and the music stopped.
Unfortunate, I thought, I was enjoying that a lot more than I thought I would.
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The 4 quotes are:
"A single gunshot can never destroy the beauty of fascism"
(from Desperate Living)
"A smile, two bangs and a religion"
(Eric Idle as Ken Buddha from a Monty Python sketch)
"It's only real when it's dark. Dark and still."
(I don't remember where this came from.)
"See you real soon, kids"
(Krusty the Klown's epitaph from the Simpsons episode "Bart the Fink")
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The background is from Dali's Inventions of the Monsters. Elvis is from the French Sleeve of Love Me Tender. Inside the Samech is a statue from The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Page 3
The image of Divine is from Pink Flamingos. The woman with the whip and her slave are from some cheap bondage magazine. Elvis' smile belongs to Conrad Veidt from The Man Who Laughs
Page 4
The background is Johns' White Target with Four Faces The picture of Elvis is (I think) from a British LP called Elvis Presley No. 2. The impaled Elvis is from the 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong LP. The ghostlike creature is a wendigo from Kickle Snifters and Other Fearsome Beasts by Alvin Schwartz, illustrated by Glen Rounds. ALso shown are a Soulbird from The Egyptian Book of the Dead, a puffy demon from Fall of the Rebel Angels by Peter Brueghel the Younger, a Sea monster from a French engraving, A Demon Bat from Varney the Vampire and the Christian Dove of Peace.
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The "Teach Me Hypnotism" Priestess is from the cover of Stephen King's Desperation. The words "Teach Me Hypnotism" are from the comic strip Overboard. The upper priestess is Nancy. The Holy Grail is Priscilla Presley from Elvis and Me. Elvis' body is from Kabline in Movement by Victor Brauner. The monster at the base of the Mound is Lon Chaney Jr. from Son of Frankenstein.
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The face at the bottom belongs to Alexandro Jodorowsky from his film The Magic Mountain. Elvis' body is from the cover of the Japanese single of (It's a) Long Lonely Highway/I'm Yours. The head is from an Italian LP called Cocktail di Successi N.8. The cat is from Alice. Also present are Nancy; a clan spirit from Ulupu, Northern Maprik district, New Guinea; an Asaro mudman mask from New Guinea; a Nukokube from Japan; and Aztec Deathgod; and Sandino.
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Elvis is from a Portugeuse LP called Elvis Show. On the bottom are a cartoon of Madonna, several Erises, a Metalunan mutant from This Island Earth and a meenlock from The Fiend Folio. Faces in the crowd include Carrie Fisher, Heile Selassie, Alice, "Bob", Bart Simpson, Lisa Simpson, Seymour Skinner, Marina Sirtis, Leatherface, Siouxsie Sioux, Charles Manson, Kathy, Pope John Paul George Ringo II, Carol Borland, Conrad Veidt, Billie Holiday, Andre the Giant, the Barong, John Lennon, Buddha, several Giger babies, Nuestra Seņora de Monserrat (I think) and me.
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Elvis is once again from 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Must Be Wrong. Mr. Kite is Johnny Rotten. Her Majesty the Queen of the Night is Tor Johnson. Inside R'lyeh is Truman Capote. The Norwegian Wood man is ejaculating Soulbirds and a Bird Demon from Last Judgment by Hieronymus Bosch. The Day Tripper Mask is from the Lower Sepik area of New Guinea.
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The elephant demon is from a Calcutta state barge, whatever the fuck that is. There is a soulbird and an earwig. Elvis' face is from an obscure Basque 6" single of Hound Dog.
