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Note to Blelvis: You have not left the City Paper Building.
In today’s Washington Post, staff writer Monica Hesse writes a long profile of District legend Blelvis and calls City Paper out for abandoning this street-walking entertainer.
“In the cast of characters that inhabits the streets of Washington,” Hesse writes, “Blelvis has achieved fame. He was the subject of two City Paper features, in 1987 and 1998—the press always comes around near the anniversaries of Presley's 1977 death.” “Today,” Hesse claims, “The City Paper journalists have moved on.”
Monica Hesse, it seems, has not been reading her Black Plastic Bag.
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5:02 pm
wow i thought blelvis died back in 99. this guy and bill were the only adults i really interacted with when i was a teenager
11:43 pm
Blevis used to perform Elvis songs between band sets at the Emerald Isle on Capitol Hill and was never stumped by an audience request. He even knows "Do the Clam." A true DC treasure.
11:06 am
blevis is an interesting, complex dude.
loved the post article by hesse. (and my guess is she was being literal when she referred to the city paper "journalists" who moved on, not the city paper in general.)
11:08 am
Blevis! Not Bliberace, not Bladonna...Blelvis!