I’m a conspiracy theorist. Tell me about a conspiracy and I’ll believe it. Our own U.S. government assassinated JFK for botching the Bay of Pigs Invasion you say? I’m on board. Chuck Barris was a CIA operative/assassin who used his The Gong Show hosting gig as the perfect cover you say? You bet. Again, our very own U.S. government gave Bob Marley cancer (or some other cancer-resembling, ultra lethal, quick-acting disease) because he was stirring up “too much” black pride and backed the “wrong” Jamaican prime minister candidate? I read you loud and clear.
So, it only stands to reason that I am also keeping my eyes open for Elvis Presley and Jim Morrison. Heck, they’re probably playing Texas Hold ‘Em down in Uraguay right now. Chances are they probably died in the 1970s, but I’m holding out hope. Both talked about faking their deaths so they could escape the harsh glare of the media and their fans and go back to living a more normal life. Since they talked about it and had the money to execute it, what if they actually did it?
Just once I want one of these stories to be true. Can you imagine how the world would be turned upside-down and inside-out upon the announcement that Elvis was back from the “dead?” Or if Jim Morrison returned to LA, pushed Ian Astbury out of the way and started recording with The Doors again? Am I asking too much for something like this to happen just once? Maybe Elvis and Jim are just waiting for a grand re-entry, to be televised on Maury, along with living recluses JD Salinger and Harper Lee. Hey, that would be enough to get me to buy a TiVo.
I’m counting the Mockingbird references. This is your second.
And I haven’t even seen ‘Capote’ yet. Just wait ’til then.
Incidentally, I like the look and sound of ‘Life Music Death.’ That has a very literary look/sound to it.