Double Trouble · Bill Clinton and Elvis Presley in a Land of No Alternatives by Marcus, Greil -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Table of Contents Introduction Part One - THE ELVIS ELECTION

A Moral Crisis Contribution to LA Weekly Advice to Bill Clinton Symposium How the Heartaches Began Images of the Present Day The Roger Clinton Experience Flashback: The Music Playing Outside Bill Clinton’s Oxford Dorm Room Pop Music Saves the World Again Contribution to City Pages Artist of the Year Issue Bill Clinton: Hound Dog or Teddy Bear?

Part Two - TRACES OF EXTREMIST CULTURE IN A TIME OF BROKEN POLITICS

Bob Dylan Argues with Himself at the Inauguration The Summer of Love Generation Reaches the White House. So Do Their Kids More Thoughts on the White House Playlist But Not Life What’s New in the Cemetery Mystery Train After Thirty-nine Years Elvis and Hermes, Together Again at Last Clinton Places Behind Juliette Lewis, Ahead of Prince in New Poll; McCarthyism Tops “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Traces of Extremist Culture in a Time of Broken Politics Kurt Cobain 1967–1994

APRIL 12, 1994 CONTRIBUTION TO CITY PAGES ARTIST OF THE YEAR ISSUE

Nirvana After the 1994 Congressional Elections Gladys Love Smith and Vernon Elvis Presley Bob Dylan After the 1994 Congressional Elections Nostalgia Mario Savio 1943—1996 Allen Ginsberg 1926—1997 Tell-Tale Heart August 16, 1997: The Drifter August 16, 1997: The Farmer A Map You Can Throw Away The Story Untold

Part Three - THE LAST LAUGH

J. T. Walsh Heaven’s Gate America at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century Pennsylvania at the End of the Twentieth Century The Last Laugh Demand the Impossible Contribution to City Pages Artist of the Year Issue Center of the Universe Pleasantville A Look Back The Man from Nowhere

Part Four - NOWHERE

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Also by Greil Marcus Works Cited Acknowledgments Index Notes Copyright Page