#Shoe Suede Blues

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Photo 2 by Kelly Hill.

“[Shoe Suede Blues] help[ed] construct a house in Vernon, N.J., for Habitat for Humanity, on Tuesday and yesterday.” - The Montclair Times, July 13, 2000 “‘We’ve all got to stick together or we’re all going to come unglued.’ [Peter] noted a drive for only one’s own fortune is at the expense of others. ‘Without community, the individual is dead.’” - The Life, May 3, 1996 “Now, the business of wresting power away from those who make a specialty of wielding it will be a long and protracted struggle, with a lot of setbacks along the way. The outlines of the new style of governance are only dimly perceivable, and won’t become clear for a long time to come. In the meantime, our job is to practice the principles of fairness and service to the extent possible. One thing is clear: there is a much higher joy in service than there is in acquisition of wealth. (Remember that it isn’t money that’s the root of all evil, it’s the love of money.) Hanging together in brother - and sisterhood is so happy-making you want to sing right out loud. Yeah, I feel the same about those ideas as I did then…in case you couldn’t tell. heheheh, Peter” - Ask Peter Tork

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I love Peter and his fuckass bob

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At Blue Suede Shoes: A Rockabilly Session, 1985.

“You know, I’ve always wanted one of them orange Gretsches with a big ‘G’ stamped on it. I finally got one—my wife [Olivia] got me the one I used on the Carl Perkins program for Christmas a couple of years ago—except it didn’t have a ‘G’ on it.” - George Harrison, Guitar Player, November 1987 (x)

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New Balance 993 ‘Butterfly Effect’

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Muppet Classic Theater (1994)

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Black Sabbath – Blue Suede Shoes

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Model: Aika May

Site: Happy Naked Teen Girls.

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Elvis

Art by Rick Leonardi

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Blue Suede Shoes - Elvis Presley

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Photo (from 1997) by Marilyn Ingram, via LAAC.

“Tork took time out from a round of TV appearances to give the keynote speech at a recognition awards and joint holiday breakfast for two Bay Area Employment of People with Disabilities groups. […] ‘I’ve never talked before about my intimate life,’ he told the audience in the ballroom of the Sunnyvale Hilton. Tork then plunged into a deep, wide-ranging explanation of why he originally thought he drank and what changed that reasoning and helped him maintain sobriety. ‘I’m worried you’ll think I’m off my rocker,’ he said. ‘You probably didn’t come here to hear something like this. You want to hear about Davy Jones. Well, he comes up to here on me, speaks with an English accent and sometimes is a pain in the ass.’ That got a laugh. But most of Tork’s words were as sober as he says he’s been for more than 16 years. Although his audience was filled with suits and dress ensembles on both men and women, Tork wore jeans, cowboy boots, a vividly embroidered vest, a bright blue print shirt and slung over his chair a leather jacket with Popeyes cartoon characters cavorting on the back. Tork said he argued continually with his cold, unemotional father, came from a dysfunctional family and drank to drown his sorrow, loneliness and feelings of being left out and different. ‘I realize now everybody has those feelings. Who hasn’t suffered? It’s universal. Buddha says all people suffer, not just the disabled. I’ve come to the conclusion that life stunts your growth. We all get scars. No one gets out of life unscathed.’ When he didn’t drink, Tork said, all the people who knew him didn’t like him. So he drank and found that once he started, he couldn’t stop. He finally surrendered to the idea he couldn’t do it himself and looked to a higher power for help. Tork worried out loud that his talk about God might offend atheists in the audience. ‘I can’t put it into words and don’t want to use the wrong terms,’ he said. ‘But you can’t nail it down. I know the answer for me is to be part of something larger, whatever it is. Bob Dylan wrote a song that had the line “You’re gonna have to serve someone.” Life demands that we rely on other people. It’s a curse to believe you’re too independent.’ Finally, Tork summed up his philosophy: ‘It’s no official doctrine we’re speaking about. We’re just talking about community.’” - Ventura County Star, December 13, 1996

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JOANNA'S HERE!!!

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Hello World

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OLIVIA HARRISON, BARBARA BACH and PATTIE BOYD in the audience during the special, BLUE SUEDE SHOES: A ROCKABILLY SESSION. October 21, 1985.

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The Story Of Beat-Club Volume 2 1968-1970 (2008)