Goodbye, Michael.
At age 50, Michael Jackson has passed away. There's more at the L.A. Times.
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June 25, 2009 |
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Posted by: Carla Axtman | Jun 25, 2009 7:47:45 PM
It's so sad...a tragic and unfortunate genius.
Posted by: Buckman Res | Jun 25, 2009 9:37:09 PM
Yea, despite the fact that he had short eyes, he was indeed an artistic genius we are not likely to see the likes of again in our lifetimes.
Posted by: marv | Jun 26, 2009 9:12:12 AM
Go rule the spirits? Or was there a more hostile intent
Boats?
Posted by: Randy2 | Jun 26, 2009 9:37:05 AM
I'm sorry, I feel no sadness about this at all. Yes, he was a musical genius, but then he became a freak and perhaps a pedophile. Now, Farrah Fawcett's passing? That is worthy of a moment of silence and reflection.
R
Posted by: Jim H | Jun 26, 2009 12:01:26 PM
Well, I guess I'll out myself as a Michael Jackson fan. I'll probably be listening to nothing but Michael for the next week or so.
I've been pleased to see both BET and MTV Jams (Comcast channel 475) have been playing his videos (full length!) non-stop. And not just the ones you'd expect - a number of obscure videos from the last few albums that probably haven't been aired (in the U.S. at least) since the week they were originally released.
I'll always remember the first time I got access to the Internet (Compuserve!). One of the first things I did was find Michael Jackson discussion groups. Of course even then we had to fight off the trolls who got off on pissing on everyone's parade.
Posted by: Stephen Amy | Jun 26, 2009 12:23:08 PM
Sky Saxon passed away Thursday morning.
Also, same day, another famous musician passed away.
Posted by: Stephen Amy | Jun 26, 2009 12:24:36 PM
YaHoWa 13 were even better than The Seeds.
Posted by: Boats | Jun 26, 2009 12:41:29 PM
Let's just say young boys the world 'round are safer today.
Posted by: Nick Wirth | Jun 26, 2009 1:48:19 PM
Classy move to talk s*** about someone they day they die.
I suspect I'm too young to really understand Michael Jackson's influence on pop culture. I'm not a particularly big fan beyond appreciating some of his songs as good party music. But I never understand why when someone famous dies there's always a few randos who show up and make some snide comments online. I don't know whether or not Michael Jackson was a pedophile, and neither do you, and I certainly don't condone it if he was. But you'd think that this would be as good of a time as ever to appreciate the good he did in his life. He grew from being physically and mentally abused as a child to become one of the most successful musicians of all time. During the early 90's he tried to take away some of the social stigma surrounding AIDs and called on Clinton to better fund AIDs research and charities at his inauguration. He raised and gave hundreds of millions of dollars to charity (supposedly $300,000,000), including all the profits from his tours after Thriller and Dangerous. He organized and/or performed in benefit concerts for a number of causes. In 2000 he was put into the Guinness Book of World Records for most charities supported by an entertainer. Yes, he was obviously eccentric, to say the least. But he also used his success to do a lot of good in the world.
Posted by: Old Ducker | Jun 26, 2009 5:25:47 PM
Best tribute video to MJ yet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvOx4avw8WY
Posted by: Boats | Jun 26, 2009 5:29:17 PM
All of the good deeds in the world cannot make up for buggering children.
Posted by: Emily | Jun 28, 2009 11:03:16 AM
R.I.P. Michael. Thank you for giving us your music, and thank you for being a genuine soul that you were. I am gutted that you are gone, but happy that lived in this time, so I did get a little piece of your world with the music you created. You will be deeply missed... And I am sorry about all the haters. I apologize on their behalf that made your life miserable, and even in death they will not leave you alone. They take time of their life to comment on someone they hate, well that requires serious medical attention. No person in their right state of mind will trash person in such a despicable way. Despite all of that, their comments are voided by the positive ones and they look stupid. The whole world mourns you, but haters are haters. they probably never lost anyone in their family and they don't know how it feels. today, somebody lost their son, brother and father. And you keep on trashing. Karma is not a nice thing, think about it. Unless they were directly involved or molested by M.J. haters should shut the ---- up. If my child was molested i wouldn't need 20 mill dollars, i would want the man assassinated. Haters and money diggers.
Michael thank you for your music . You are Farah are free of all the pain. Invincible....God bless and condolences to your family and fans all around the world.
Posted by: Dr BLT | Jun 28, 2009 11:23:35 PM
There is plenty of Michael Jackson worship out there these days, but only one song that gives Michael Jackson his due props without trying to hide the elephant in the room. It was penned by a psychologist. It was recorded by a singer/songwriter. They are the same person, namely, me, Dr BLT
Sample the song here:
http://www.drblt.net/music/GoodbyMJFinalDemom.mp3
Hear the whole thing at my myspace page
http://www.myspace.com/drbltrocks
It's from the forthcoming CD, Dr BLTributes, found by hitting the "music' button at:
http://www.drblt.net
Posted by: sunny | Jun 29, 2009 2:56:51 AM
Hello everyone. We have perform a site to everyone who wants to give goodbye to Michael. We want to make the biggest signature book for Michael in the world.
If you love Michael as us, remember to sign there. thanks everyone. The page will be avaible along today
www.byebyemichael.com
Posted by: 350-030 | Oct 12, 2009 10:59:52 PM
Not since the passing of Aaliyah almost a decade ago, have I actually been in shock at a celebrities death. MJ was beyond a legend, there is not yet a word with enough magnitude to describe his musical abilities & contributions.
As one of the lucky people who were looking forward to seeing him in the flesh in 2 weeks time, I am saddened that I will never get that chance. I am sad that Michael will never get the chance to recover his crown & make a comeback & that the very fame that made him, was ultimately his killer.
It seems to me that Michael lived a life drowned in sadness & has now suffered a tragic death, but still managed to bring such joy to peoples lives. I only hope that the Jackson family can take comfort in knowing that the world mourns with you.
Posted by: PMI-001 | Oct 12, 2009 11:01:28 PM
check out the new mystery/detective books on a regular basis, so I don’t know how Micheal Koryta’s debut novel, Tonight I Said Goodbye, slipped under my radar. But it did. Even more surprising, the author was only 21 when he wrote the book, and he demonstrates the air of a prose as he strings his story along across the pages of the novel.
Koryta also works as a private investigator and journalist himself, so his knowledge of those fields definitely helped him bring his story together. His love of old hardboiled detective novels and films shows throughout the story as well. He understands what motivates those characters, and he uses those motivations to underscore his own take on the genre.
Posted by: 646-204 | Oct 12, 2009 11:02:42 PM
I was never a huge fan, post the Jackson 5 - My favorite song is "Ben" which always brings tears to my eyes. I actually disliked the man immensely, because as a little black girl I, like probably many others, fantasized about marrying one of the brothers. They were the perfect men, in a 9 year-old's eyes. But when the plastic surgery and the skin lightening appeared, and much later, the allegations of sexual abuse of young boys, that childhood fantasy seemed distorted. I felt betrayed, as I imagine other black girls did. As a kid when the white boys my age called me an animal and never gave me the time of day, it was the images of Jackson boys and the fantasy that there were boys that one day, might like us - were destroyed.
Posted by: Ed Hardy | Nov 3, 2009 9:28:38 PM
Well, I guess I'll out myself as a Michael Jackson fan. I'll probably be listening to nothing but Michael for the next week or so.
Posted by: Also in Primate News | Nov 3, 2009 11:24:35 PM
Simple minds can't separate the music from the guy, eh? How about he was a screwed up self-hater that happened to make decent music?
I am grateful though. Back during his trial I bet every "supporter" that would listen that he wouldn't live to 51, when they were talking about his oxygen induced longevity. I'm cleanin' up now. It's about being real. That was the point. This one don't take a lot of brains. "Tragic genius"? Yeah, now I really want to hear that person analyze a point about governance. Thanks for the heads up!
I think Joe Jackson sums his life up best, "I whipped him with a switch and a belt...I never beat him. You beat someone with a stick".
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Posted by: Boats | Jun 25, 2009 7:25:22 PM
Arde in regnum phasmatis Michael.