Elvis on Vice

Raggare Love Hot Rods and Rock 'n' Roll

A Chat with One of the Last Original Swedish Greasers

Raggare are modern-day greasers who are as important to Sweden’s national identity as meatballs, ABBA, and blue-eyed blonds. This is despite the fact that the raggare subculture is all about the appropriation of American cars, rock ’n’ roll, and tough-guy leather jackets. Full story

Kaufman on Kaufman: An Interview with Andy's Brother

A new exhibition focused on Andy Kaufman titled 'On Creating Reality' opens Saturday at Maccarone gallery. The show will feature a boatload of Andy's personal effects, as well as a rotating cast of his close friends and family members, at least one of whom will be at the gallery Full story

Behind the Seams

Nudie Cohn

Clothing designer Nudie Cohn lit a fire in the country music world with glittering suits and jackets with rhinestone-bejeweled pot leaves and gargantuan uppers and downers. His custom creations for Elvis, Gram Parsons, and Hank Williams are now legendary. Full story

I'm Going to Graceland Too!

I know you went to school with a guy that was "totally into Bowie," and there's a 40-year-old in your hometown who hasn't outgrown his Church of the Subgenius phase, but that's preschool stuff. Full story

In The Ghetto

Blelvis Has Slept In Front of the Building

The gritty sidewalks of Washington, DC are no place for a celebrity, yet Blelvis, the 34 year-old Elvis expert, calls them both home and stage. Full story