tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post4316385109025842814..comments2024-03-27T16:02:25.334-05:00Comments on Orange Crate Art: Liberace Museum to closeMichael Leddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-61187078857447167242010-09-19T22:16:58.861-05:002010-09-19T22:16:58.861-05:00A colleague of mine has traveled to Las Vegas seve...A colleague of mine has traveled to Las Vegas several times and on one of these trips actually visited the Liberace Museum. Unfortunately for her, the map she had did not have a scale of miles on it, so what looked like an easy stroll turned out to be five miles in the unrelenting desert sun. Even so, she made it to her destination, somewhat wilted and none the worse for wear, loading up on souvenirs for the folks back home, including a <i>fabulous</i> fridge magnet for me, depicting Władziu Valentino Liberace in all his pouffy-hairpieced, ringed and (faux? surely)-fur-collared glory.normannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17358715755873851074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-86544160560866053582010-09-19T21:14:27.619-05:002010-09-19T21:14:27.619-05:00)))((((((
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....O....---{Roy Rog...)))((((((<br />(0)...(0)<br />....U....<br />....O....---{Roy Rogers & now this!<br />Oh the humanity!!!}https://www.blogger.com/profile/03037704048671379868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-87238602995696564812010-09-19T11:18:08.524-05:002010-09-19T11:18:08.524-05:00It seems I’m the only one here who hasn’t been to ...It seems I’m the only one here who hasn’t been to Las Vegas. :)Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-12158651726212722282010-09-19T08:27:13.488-05:002010-09-19T08:27:13.488-05:00For a while there in the late '90s, I made sev...For a while there in the late '90s, I made several trips to Las Vegas, and yet somehow there was always some more pressing business than a visit to the Liberace Museum, and I thought there would <i>always</i> be time, later. Ah, well.William V. Madisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18120331095634473021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-51500143605346160132010-09-18T15:58:07.919-05:002010-09-18T15:58:07.919-05:00The article mentions going on the road, though not...The article mentions going on the road, though not through the Smithsonian.<br /><br />I once saw a traveling exhibition of Elvis regalia — jumpsuits, sunglasses, and I can’t recall what else. It was a sad and strange experience. (I’d go again.)Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-55428683630216204282010-09-18T14:43:28.055-05:002010-09-18T14:43:28.055-05:00I lived in the USA eight years, visited the Libera...I lived in the USA eight years, visited the Liberace Museum in my last few days before I left, and it helped me understand the American psyche more than almost anything else that had gone before. It is an amazing place, seriously, one of the most amazing museums in the world (and I’ve been a museum professional), and it’s very sad to see it close. The Smithsonian should take it over, or at least organise a travelling Liberace show.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05440000415609510204noreply@blogger.com