City Seattle Kicks Memphis’ Ass
posted by on October 25 at 7:52 AM
Just continuing to abuse my slog privileges: from Forbes, via the BBC, it’s announced that Seattle’s Kurt Cobain is now the highest-earning dead guy, surpassing Elvis.
The rest of the Top Ten Corpse Cash Machines: Elvis, Charles Schultz, John Lennon, Albert Einstein, Andy Warhol, Dr. Seuss, Ray Charles, Marilyn Monroe, Johnny Cash.
Sociologically, this is one interesting look at what people like to spend their money on: or, what posters college students like to put on their walls of/by people whose image/work is still in copyright.
It as if the list is of canonized saints by US consumers.
This way you know to put a gold record of Nevermind on top of the tree this December; the goofy clock with wiggle legs was getting old anyway.
But who has better food? Seattle has a much more diverse menu, but I would posit that Memphis has much better flavor.
Seattle loses to Memphis (where an old girlfriend moved and I visited quite a few times) only in bar-be-que. Every other food category, Seattle wins.
Bill, maybe Memphis has great bar-b-q on every street corner. But South Seattle has some great restaraunts. There's even even a good one I think in Crown Hill.
Okay, here's another. Better baseball experience, Red Birds (AAA) in Memphis or Mariners? Pro baseball is (usually) better, but it's hard to beat getting sloshed at a minor league game and then stumbling around Beale Street (yeah, I'm a tourist).
I bet Jesus out-earns them all.
huh. I have a Cobain poster AND a Dr. Suess poster on my dorm wall. my roommate has the Elvis.
inneresting.
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