Weekly Wire Nashville Scene Ask Walter  Our columnist answers
readers'--well, one reader's--questions  By Walter Jowers
SEPTEMBER 11, 2000:  Last week, faithful reader Susan M. wrote
me a nice letter in which she said that the Helter Shelter
column could, and often does, take on a modern Ann Landers sort
of role, except that I don't answer any reader questions. Well,
that's because I don't get that many questions, I'm not smart
enough to make up fake ones, and my editor at the Scene is way
too busy to make 'em up for me.  So Ms. M. hit me with a short
stack of questions, which I think I can handle. Here goes:  Do
people really get electrocuted by listening to a Walkman while
sitting on the toilet? Can I safely use my cordless phone while
in the bathtub?  A guy at the Pie Wagon restaurant told me that
a Walkman is what got Elvis. According to this man, shady music-
biz types covered up the real story and blamed E's death on
perfectly harmless prescription drugs and fried peanut-butter-
and-banana sandwiches. Yo