2026 has truly been the year of Baz Luhrmann’s EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert so far here on The Mystery Train. With that in mind, I decided to create a new page to house all of our EPiC content. Check it out here. You can also access it via the “EPiC” link in the main menu. Thank you for reading and listening.
In a special Elvis Week episode of the Along For The Ride radio show, we discuss my memories of August 16, 1977, the day Elvis Presley passed away. We also look at some of my mom’s Elvis records from the 1950s and talk about what they mean to me.
The new episode is embedded below, or you can watch it directly on YouTube.
In this outtake from today’s episode of Along For The Ride, I struggle saying the outro.
“Elvis Is Having Fun,” today’s episode of the Along For The Ride radio show, was recorded while we were still on vacation at the beach. The Bride continued her journey through my overly long review of Baz Luhrmann’s EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert.
Among the topics:
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We have discussed the possibility of having guests on Along For The Ride. However, these particular guests were uninvited.
While we were still at the beach, The Bride continued interrogating me about my overly long review of Baz Luhrmann’s EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert from a couple months back. As usual, we took a lot of detours in “Someone Did Not Take Care Of Business,” today’s episode of the Along For The Ride radio show.
Among the topics:
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I should note that neither The Bride nor I drink alcohol or anything of that nature. This is just natural us.
A second outtake, and I don’t think I ever got the word right despite The Bride’s attempts to help.
We tried something new on today’s episode of the Along For The Ride radio show. On a whim, we decided to record while on vacation a couple of weeks ago. As we didn’t have our typical setup, we weren’t sure how it would turn out. Once we were back home, we were pleasantly surprised by the results.
In “The Trouble With Quibbles (And How To Get Into It),” the Bride has questions about the massive, overly long review of Baz Luhrmann’s EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert I posted nearly two months ago. This is one of my favorite installments so far, mostly because of the little detours we take along the way.
Among the topics in this episode are:
The new episode is embedded below, or you can watch it directly on YouTube.
An outtake from episode 1.6 is included below.
One of the fun things about doing the Along For The Ride radio show with my bride is that she often takes the discussion into areas I wouldn’t typically cover here on The Mystery Train. For instance, I’ve been writing about Elvis for well over 30 years, but I’ve never once talked about the famed peanut butter & banana sandwich.
In today’s episode, “Elvis: His Gift Was Always There,” we review Elvis Presley: A Little Golden Book Biography (2024), which was written by Lisa Rogers and illustrated by Luke Flowers. Among the topics the book inspired are:
The new episode is embedded below or you can watch it directly on YouTube.
An outtake from episode 1.5 is included below.
ALONG FOR THE RIDE episode 1.4 is now available from The Mystery Train
Who was Elvis Presley? Many have tried to answer this question. Baz Luhrmann took a swing at it in 2022 with his ELVIS biopic. Despite Austin Butler’s incredible performance, something seemed to be lacking in its presentation of Elvis for me.
Luhrmann’s EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, released earlier this year, taps into what was missing by using documentary footage of the real Elvis, who was a lot more playful than his dramatic counterpart. My bride enjoyed this aspect of EPiC as well.
Concluding our discussion of EPiC, episode 1.4 of Along For The Ride explores:
The new episode is embedded below or you can watch it directly on YouTube.
An outtake from episode 1.4 is included below.
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