Elvis (iz) BUST at "Honest Ed's"

Why Elvis? Is this an appropriate image upon which to begin a blog? Probably not. I always get a secret thrill shooting in "Honest Ed's" (an überkitsch dep't. store in Toronto) as for some inexplicable reason, it's forbidden. The place is full of surveillance cameras and you half expect a wiry old man in striped uniform to leap out unexpectedly and haul you off for disobeying their signs. I must remember to photograph their cameras for my new group on Flickr- "selbstportraits mit überwachungskameras" (translation from German - "self portraits with surveillance cameras"). It's a brilliant idea! A little group, mostly based in Berlin, I believe. Perhaps it will bring meaning and purpose to my life- a worthwhile distraction while I teeter on the brink beween inertia and an overactive mind.

I shot this particular Elvis for my friend Mick in London, a rockabilly guy who's wanted this statue forever and which I will some day bring him. The pedestal beside Elvis' contains smashed fragments of another bust.

More Elvis related photos can be seen at ELVIS KARAOKE- which is a hilarious event in Toronto that takes place each year on Elvis' birth and deathday.
The small but vital Montreal rockabilly scene can be often found at The Wheel Club . Not only is it an authentic anachronism, one can hardly believe that it exists in a sophisticated city such as Montreal. It reminds me of a bar I once worked at in the Yukon- the "Pit" in Dawson City.