I think fair use applies to this marker, since it's probably US government property. Otherwise, you can take all the pictures you want in Graceland (where I went today), but can't use any of them for commercial or public use (I forget the exact wording) without checking with Elvis Presley Enterprises first. So I am probably going to want to include images of Graceland in my dissertation (and I took a LOT of them today), but I guess I'm going to have to consult with some lawyers sometime in the next few years.
Graceland sure was expensive, but I actually thought it was quite nice. The included audio guide was very well done, with a good basic tour and then a bunch of optional things you could cue up to listen to explanations of a lot of the exhibits. Definitely worth checking out if you're into this sort of thing (or into studying this sort of thing).
Hello, I'm John Paul Meyers. I recently defended my dissertation in Ethnomusicology at the University of Pennsylvania. My dissertation is titled "'Rock and Roll Never Forgets': Memory, History, and Performance in the Tribute Band Scene." My dissertation examines tribute bands both in the United States and in Latin America, paying particular attention to what I term "historical consciousness in popular music": the sense that the past in popular music is worth knowing about, remembering, and in the particular case of tribute bands, re-performing as accurately as possible. I'm currently in the process of turning this research into a book. I also write about jazz, popular music, and American culture--all three of those things understood as broadly as possible.
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