``For unto you is born this day in the
city of Memphis a Presley, which is Elvis the King.'' And Elvis saw them
berating the poor recording artist, whose music was terrible and lyrics
insipid, and Lo, the King said unto the mob: `Let him who is without bad
singles cast the first rhinestone.' And the mob turned down their eyes,
each considering his own Don't Worry Be Happy or Man in the Mirror, and
shuffled off. `Thank you,' said Elvis. `Thank you very much.' And I turned
to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden
records; and in the midst of the seven golden records one like unto the
Son of Zeke, clothed with a jumpsuit down to the foot, and girthed...er...girt
about the paunch with rhinestones. His hairs were black like vinyl, as
black as Brilcream; and his eyes, how they twinkled, his dimples, how merry...
``Who is this King of Rock-n-Roll? The Lord of Hostess, he is the King
of Rock-n-Roll. Shaboom.'' And Elvis so loved the world that he died, fat
and bloated, in a bathroom. He very pointedly did not rise from the dead
three days later, but was nonetheless seen across the world by various
and sundry housewives. Create your own Ain't Nuthin' Butta Hound-Dogmas,
but be sure to stay out of the Sacred Heartbreak Hotel, where damned souls
twinkle like stars in the night, each a Hunka Hunka Burnin' Love. ``Return,
we beseech the, O Lord of Hostess: look down from Heaven, and behold, and
visit this mall...''

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