On October 6th, 1974, Elvis played two shows at the University of Dayton, Ohio, to a combined audience of 27 000. The evening show was recorded at the soundboard (in great quality) and bootlegged.
It was the 10th day of a 13 day, 15 show tour, which had not started well, with two chaotic nights at College Park Field House, Baltimore. Press reviews of the early part of tour generally seemed to project the assigned reporters' own disinterest, rather than overwhelming negativity, with a common theme being poor stadium acoustics.
By tour's end, the reviews were communicating a more familiar sense of excitement, using words like 'dazzling' and 'golden voiced', and demand for seats was as strong as ever, with a Texas DA promising to prosecute scalpers, who were asking as much as $20 (!) for a ticket.
It was one of only five outings for the spectacular 'Chinese Dragon' style jumpsuit.
woo wee woo would ya look at you lot!! i was sorta waitin for a bigger bang a eyes ta welcome ta my personalized Hell show, but fives just gonna hafta do it!
i mean its booooring waitin for people ta come linin up at your shiny and bright lookin mobile display wantin ta talk small!!
like seriously borin.
so you gaggle a fun get ta be phase one a this new trial im settin up! its called "socializin with the multiverse" which i imagine probably gets a lil confusin, what with all the anime runnin around! L O L
anyway, im mad! or mads! formally madeleine (but thats more a board room classic than a friendly chat bitch)
im a livin nightmare (literally!) an i love makin cash an helpin people invest in their own sorry ass!
Can't draw robot animals so i had to use a pic as a placeholder for now
Age:
Unknown
Gender:
Male
Appearance:
White and Orange robotic tiger
Personality:
Very kind and gentle, puts Ginger’s safety above all else, very quick to forgive people if they become friends. Calls people “Lady” and “Sir”
Background:
Made as a processing chip to be put into one of the Vandelay robots, Soundboard was a defect because he was given too much personality and Zanzo scrapped him, but didn’t get rid of him properly and thus ended up in the Junkyard. Ginger picked him up later and built a body for him.
Special Abilities/Skills:
Able to connect to Ginger’s MP3, sending music through his weapon form or regular form. He’s able to transform into various weapons that Ginger programmed into him. Ranging from an ax, to a hammer, to a glaive, to a bow.
Weaknesses/Limitations:
He’s not 100% indestructible despite the amount of vandelay scrap put into him. He can survive heavy blows, but he’ll end up losing a part of his body. His processing chip is his biggest weakness, but it’s hidden deep in his body to protect it.
Goals/Motivations:
To stay with Ginger and help her out with anything she needs.
On February 13th, 1977, Elvis played the West Palm Beach Auditorium, Florida, the second night of the first tour for that year, ten nights in freezing conditions. This was one of the smaller rooms Elvis would play outside of Las Vegas or Lake Tahoe, sold out at just 5 900 in attendance. Around half the show was captured from the soundboard and bootlegged.
There are times during this show that Elvis appeared to be struggling a little, and he can be heard commenting, off mic, to Charlie Hodge, about just how cold it was in the arena. But he was in very good humour, and made a big effort, which was rewarded by a very appreciative and loudly enthusiastic audience, and a glowing review in the Palm Beach Post;
“…Trumpets blared the "Theme from 2001", heartbeats quickened, people stood, women screamed, flash cubes exploded in a strobe light effect, and suddenly in one magical instant, he was there in the flesh. Elvis Presley, decked out in a white, sparkling jumpsuit, showed a frenzied audience at the West Palm Beach Auditorium last night why they call him the King. In an hour-long show, Elvis ran through all or part of two dozen songs mixing his classic early records from the 1950s and 1960s with newer material, all the time teasing and toying with his audience so that the excitement level rarely dropped…Looking overweight, despite the wide belt around his middle, Elvis showed his voice was in far better shape than his body…But the biggest reaction of all seemed to come when Elvis unleashed his thunderous voice on versions of It's Now Or Never and a more recent record, Hurt…”
Even making allowances for the fact that Elvis was suffering with a cold during this tour, it's interesting to note changes since his final tour of 1976, less than six weeks earlier. Of his show in Birmingham Alabama, on December 29th, the Birmingham News reported that Elvis was, " in good voice, good shape, good health and good spirits. He had lost weight and gained confidence. His act was full of humour, zest, and occasional beauty."
This was the final tour for the 'Rainfall' and "Chief' jumpsuits, with the Mexican Sundial worn most nights in the following four tours.
@ultra-rage: #nice tats#you look deranged (positive)#also super pretty
you would in fact be right!! i AM deranged!! but thats par the course a bein whipped up in Hell id think ;)
an those aint tattoos either! theyre actually terribly gruesome marks from when raph an i got torn apart from one another!! which is a really funny story these days
thankfully theyre awfully aesthetically pleasin L O L