http://chicagoist.com/2008/05/30/today_in_weird_1.php All comments for Today in Weird: Velvet Elvis en-us 2008 Marcus Gilmer Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:00:00 -0600 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss marcusisabadass@gmail.com marcusisabadass@gmail.com 60 http://chicagoist.com/2008/05/30/today_in_weird_1.php#comment-1374010 http://chicagoist.com/2008/05/30/today_in_weird_1.php#comment-1374010 Comments Fri, 30 May 2008 12:21:01 -0600 <p>12 by 12!!! but look at this http://www.flickr.com/photos/indignico/924160553/</p> http://chicagoist.com/2008/05/30/today_in_weird_1.php#comment-1373965 http://chicagoist.com/2008/05/30/today_in_weird_1.php#comment-1373965 Comments Fri, 30 May 2008 11:47:17 -0600 <p>in case it's a common problem, i clicked on bethany's name, and it shut my firefox down. but anyways, i saw an image of this piece with her standing next to it yesterday online somewhere. it's friggin huge! how does one transport it?</p> http://chicagoist.com/2008/05/30/today_in_weird_1.php#comment-1373915 http://chicagoist.com/2008/05/30/today_in_weird_1.php#comment-1373915 Comments Fri, 30 May 2008 11:20:42 -0600 <p>Ah, the Velvet Elvis. Chuy's (a tex-mex chain that I visited in Houston) had the largest velvet Elvis I'd ever seen -- it was 8 feet tall! And, who doesn't remember the "abandoned corner lot" or ""gas station corner" vendor-in-a-kidnap-van that would appear weekly all over the Chicagoland area displaying their wares, which often included velvet paintings, often of Elvis, but sometimes of Jesus. Or the Marvin the Martian. Aaaaah, memories. * sigh *</p>