Strangeness in Memphis;

Maybe it is just the timing, like when people are dying in an illegal war, but can things get any more Twilight Zone?

In Memphis, Two Heads of Government Visit the Home of Rock 'n' Roll Royalty - New York Times:

"'It's like a dream,' Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of Japan said to President Bush in the Jungle Room of the Presley home here. Amid the faux leopard print chairs and green shag carpet covering both floor and ceiling, the prime minister then serenaded the president.

'Loooovve mee tenderrrrr,' Mr. Koizumi crooned, as Priscilla Presley, Elvis's former wife, and Lisa Marie, his daughter, looked on.

When Priscilla Presley pointed out the oversize gold-rimmed sunglasses once worn by the King of Rock 'n' Roll, the prime minister eagerly donned them, thrusting his hips and arms forward in imitation of a classic Elvis move.

'I knew he loved Elvis,' Mr. Bush said afterward. 'I didn't realize how much he loved Elvis.'"