America in Panic - Michael Jackson dead
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Gerard K H Love
Appreciate your friends
They say he died. Trying to upstage our truly beloved Farrah Fawcett.
Jacko was just so weird but he had some great hits.
Jacko was just so weird but he had some great hits.
bospress.net
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Michael Jackson dead at 50
So far only a news report and not confirmed - he was pronounced dead about 15 minutes ago.
No love lost here. He was a sick piece of garbage and ruined some young lives and was able to use his money to pay off families after raping their kids....
Bill
So far only a news report and not confirmed - he was pronounced dead about 15 minutes ago.
No love lost here. He was a sick piece of garbage and ruined some young lives and was able to use his money to pay off families after raping their kids....
Bill
Gerard K H Love
Appreciate your friends
I heard stories of him paying off his friends who simply spent the night with him in the 70s. A limo driver heard stuff while driving some of the family for his grandmothers funeral.
He had some popular songs and Disneyland had Captain Eo- which suddenly went away during his pedophile scandal.
He had some popular songs and Disneyland had Captain Eo- which suddenly went away during his pedophile scandal.
Bukfan
"The law is wrong; I am right"
His death is already mentioned on Wikipedia (of course).
I remember seeing an interview with him and a 13 year old house guest of his. They were sitting and holding hands. It somehow seemed wrong.
I guess there must have been a reason why he payed off some parents. If he was innocent, then why pay when you know you'll look guilty by paying? Oh well, it's all water under the bridge now. He did create some good songs though...
I remember seeing an interview with him and a 13 year old house guest of his. They were sitting and holding hands. It somehow seemed wrong.
I guess there must have been a reason why he payed off some parents. If he was innocent, then why pay when you know you'll look guilty by paying? Oh well, it's all water under the bridge now. He did create some good songs though...
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Stand by for Family Feud Ep #4147789 over whatever money is left in his estate.
LickTheStar
Sad Flower in the Sand
I didn't think he had any money left in his estate at this point. Aren't all of his assets paying for all his high living and\or out of court settlements?
I know about separating the man from his art, but... man...
I know about separating the man from his art, but... man...
I guess we'll have to wait and see.
mjp
Founding member
Los Angeles Times says, "...Jackson also needed the comeback to reverse the damage done by years of excessive spending and little work. He has not toured since 1997 or released a new album since 2001, but he has continued to live like a megastar. [...] The concerts were to have been the start of an ambitious career revival designed to begin wiping out Jackson's staggering debt -- he owed at least $400 million and would have earned $1 million a night -- and return the singer to cultural relevancy."
So he was worse than flat broke. There is something poetic about that.
bospress.net
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He was paying $100,000 a MONTH in rent on that mansion in Bel-Air. I find it amazing that someone that owes $400M can keep getting credit.
I guess that the estate will now have to sell the Beatles catalog to try to pay off his debt. Expect Nike to own the Beatles catalog....
Bill
I guess that the estate will now have to sell the Beatles catalog to try to pay off his debt. Expect Nike to own the Beatles catalog....
Bill
If not a NINJA, definitely verging on the sub-prime.
I think the fight will be over the MJ royalties stream, unless he's already flogged that off, too.
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Plus, just wait for all of the suits against the estate from young adults that say that they were molested as children by him. They will take their share too. They deserve it more than many others, really.
I'm interested to learn who his beneficiaries are. I wonder if he willed a dollar to Save the Children.
yeah, and those were his good qualities!
Black Swan
Abord the Yorikke!
Of course everyone is going to make some cash from his legacy, one way or the other
It is easy to throw a one liner about the guy and brand him as a ped.
But what I see also is that he was himself a product of child exploitation.
And I doubt that anyone here has not dance or secretly tried to imitate him.
Let's face it , the guy was a musical genius.
It is easy to throw a one liner about the guy and brand him as a ped.
But what I see also is that he was himself a product of child exploitation.
And I doubt that anyone here has not dance or secretly tried to imitate him.
Let's face it , the guy was a musical genius.
Well, I think the word genius was diluted to death in the 20th century. Mozart was a musical genius. Jackson was simply bizarre.
We'll all have plenty of time to think about this as it will be ALL we hear about in the next months on the radio, television, and print sources. I was wondering why I kept hearing Thriller on the radio on my commute home yesterday. I thought I'd traveled in time to Halloween.
Black Swan
Abord the Yorikke!
btw, I have never owned a MJ album. I would like to point out that Mozart and many creators were also considered bizarre.
At this time, maybe it is appropriate to read Bukowski "The genius of the crowd".
A good reminder to put things in perspective before going on a rampage.
He is already dead, no need to overkill.
My 2 grams...
At this time, maybe it is appropriate to read Bukowski "The genius of the crowd".
A good reminder to put things in perspective before going on a rampage.
He is already dead, no need to overkill.
My 2 grams...
Rampage? I see no rampage.
Mozart was indeed eccentric, but he also had the fundamental quality that is required to earn the title genius: exceptional intelligence.
Mozart was indeed eccentric, but he also had the fundamental quality that is required to earn the title genius: exceptional intelligence.
i must say i never got the big fuss over him. he always struck me as uncool, unhip and with no depth or anything interesting to say/sing about.
just a few of the super-hip cutting edge crowd he hung and brainstormed with :
webster! the kid from home alone! that cory guy! gary coleman! brooke shields! elvis' daughter! etc!
talk about yer avant garde!
just a few of the super-hip cutting edge crowd he hung and brainstormed with :
webster! the kid from home alone! that cory guy! gary coleman! brooke shields! elvis' daughter! etc!
talk about yer avant garde!
LickTheStar
Sad Flower in the Sand
If they do, I'm going to have to take out their headquarters here in Portland. I'd rather Yoko gawdamn Ono owned the catalog over them. Of course, it could end up being the same thing...
Nike and Ono may be outbid by Bill Gates.
mjp
Founding member
I for one hope that Yoko does end up getting it. She has not sold out Lennon's music and image the way some other surviving families have in other cases of high profile musicians deaths. I think the Northern Lights Songs publishing (I think that's the name of the old Beatles catalog anyway) would be in good hands if she controlled it.
LickTheStar
Sad Flower in the Sand
At least better than Bob Marley's catalog has been treated by his family. Or is it just his image? Well whatever. Yeah Yoko would definitely be better than most other options.