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Orianthi Is Ready For Her Solo October 27, 2009 Life has whisked Orianthi from the living room (where she learned guitar solos by watching VHS tapes of Carlos Santana) to the stage she now shares with her musical idols. The guitarist (aka Orianthi Panagaris) from Adelaide, Australia, has performed with Steve Vai, Santana, Prince and Carrie Underwood. This week, she'll be seen playing blistering solos for Wanna Be Starting Something and Dirty Diana alongside the King of Pop in the new Michael Jackson documentary. And Tuesday, she fulfills another dream: the arrival of her debut disc, Believe (on which she sings and plays guitar), after two years of writing and recording. The album's release, postponed from summer while she rehearsed with Jackson, now coincides with the film. "It's a real guitar-based record," says Orianthi, 24. "There's a guitar solo on every track." Orianthi rattles off the high points in her career as if she herself can't believe them. She began playing guitar at 6 and cut her first demo when she was 14. At 15, she was opening for Vai. By the time she was 18, her demo had found its way into the hands of Carlos Santana, who invited her to jam with him at a concert in Australia. Then came a record deal with Geffen Records and a move to L.A. After her attention-grabbing Grammy performance with Underwood in February, she received a MySpace message from Jackson's musical director, inviting her to audition for the lead guitarist spot on the This Is It concerts. "I was just blown away," she says. "I didn't think it was for real." Next thing she knew, she was playing Beat It for Jackson. "He started walking me up and down the stage," Orianthi says. "And he asked, 'Can you play that solo for me when walking at this pace?' And I said, 'Totally.' It was an amazing moment." Another "amazing" moment followed during rehearsals, when Jackson gave Orianthi an extra guitar solo during Black or White. "He said, 'This is your moment to shine. I want you to play your highest note.' And he was singing this really high note, and I was trying to reach it on the guitar," she says. Yet instead of performing for fans at O2 Arena in London, Orianthi found herself in "shock and disbelief," performing We Are the World at Jackson's memorial at the Staples Center in July. "All of us in the band were like, 'Are we actually doing this?' " she says. "It was really hard to hold back the tears looking out there and seeing how much love there was in the room." Although she'll never get to be part of what she says would have been "the biggest show on earth," she's looking forward to her own performances. She'll play her first single, According to You, on Good Morning America Tuesday and continue her radio promo tour through November. "I just can't wait to get out there and play some shows," she says. "I hope this record will inspire a lot of girls to pick up the electric guitar. That would be awesome." http://www.usatoday.com/l...nthi_N.htm | |
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snowmt said: graecophilos said: 30 secs in the evening news and a 4 min special?!  What did you expect? Evening news is 30 mins (25-27 mins is devoted to domestic news).
The National News chaennel only reports "real (political) news" as defined by whiners like Hannity and O'Reilly. They dont give a damn to celebrity. [Edited 10/27/09 10:00am] well my friend, it's a bit little, I didn't knwo what to expect since I know only little about Chinese TV. | |
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(Universal Motown) Diana Ross is thought by many to have discovered the Jackson 5. But longtime Motown promotions man Weldon McDougal remembers it differently. Having just been bumped up to director of special projects at the label, McDougal was in Chicago making preparations for a Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers show. They had a record out called “Does Your Mother Know About Me?” “So I [went] to Chicago [to] make arrangements at the club they were playing to take about four or five of the tables up front for VIP tables ... things like that,” remembers McDougal. “Got it all situated so that when the main night came, which was a couple nights later, they would greet our guests.” There to handle everything on a Wednesday, McDougal found out the club was having a talent show that evening. The winner would open for Taylor two nights later. The Jackson 5 stole the show, and they reminded McDougal of an act called The Twilights that were on the Harthon label in Philadelphia. McDougal was a partner in the label. “They used to do a little skit on James Brown, like Michael was doing,” he explains. “I thought, ‘He’s doing just what The Twilights was doing, and they used to get over.” The patriarch of the Jackson family, Joe Jackson, was there. Eager to get his sons on Motown, Joe found out McDougal worked for the Detroit institution. “He came to me and said, ‘Listen, we would like to be on Motown. Who do we get in touch with?’ And I said, ‘Man, I’m just the promotion man.’ But let me tell you, Bobby Taylor, who was a friend ... he just got an agreement with Motown that he could produce whoever he wanted and present it to the company,” says McDougal. “So he said, ‘Could you introduce me?’ And I said, ‘Well, Bobby will be here Friday.’ He said, ‘OK,” and he, on that Friday, and the guy who did Steeltown Records — he was there with Joe — and I introduced them to Bobby Taylor, and they told me at that time that they had a contract already signed by Atlantic Records. But Joe wanted to be on Motown. He felt like it was a bigger company. And that’s when I first met them.” McDougal ran into the Jackson 5 again in New York City. Taylor was playing the Apollo Theater, and he wanted McDougal to come to the show. He did, and he found out the Jackson 5 — though they weren’t on Motown yet — was opening for Taylor. “I said, ‘Hey man, how did you do that?’ He said, ‘Oh man, don’t worry about it.’ I never knew how they did it,” says McDougal. Again, the Jackson 5 electrified the crowd. McDougal called up radio broadcasting legend Georgie Woods to tell him about the show at the Apollo, and “ ... he said, ‘OK, put the father on the phone. No, put the manager on the phone,’ which was Joe. And the next thing I knew they were playing at Philadelphia’s famed doo-wop and soul venue, the Uptown Theater. Eventually, Taylor got the Jackson 5 to Motown. But the next time McDougal saw them, they were down in the dumps. “They were sitting on the bench at Motown and they were looking kind of glum,” says McDougal. “And I said, ‘What’s wrong with you guys?’ They said, ‘Oh, man, nothing. We’re waiting for Bobby to come out.’ You know, Bobby was trying to get them some recording time. They couldn’t get in the studio because Motown had all these acts making hits. They don’t know nothing about these little guys. And Bobby, I would say, he went all out for them. He broke a lot of the rules and regulations to try to get them to record, and finally he got them to record. And then he wanted everybody to hear the product, which took a while for that to happen.” But it did happen. Berry Gordy heard the group and the rest is history. As for Ross, she was with Gordy when he was first introduced to them. “And she said, ‘They are some cute little guys. I like [Michael Jackson]. He’s a cute little guy. And he was like, ‘Oh, Ms. Ross, you’re so nice.’ And they just made friends,” says McDougal. But the story doesn’t end there, of course. McDougal was charged with promoting the Jackson 5’s initial nationally released single, “I Want You Back.” As McDougal recalls, “Nobody wanted to play it. I mean, it was hard getting it on [radio].” Not only were they a new group, but the Jackson 5 were just kids, going up against established Motown hitmakers. A meeting was held to figure out how to get past this stumbling block. “I don’t know if I said it or not, but we came to a point where they said, ‘Let’s make the Jackson 5 Diana Ross’ protégés,’” says McDougal. Ross was then photographed sitting on a stool with the Jackson 5 around here. It was made into a postcard McDougal took to radio stations while conducting a second round of promotional stops for the record. “I would give this postcard out saying, ‘They’re Diana Ross’ protégés,” says McDougal. “For some reason, it got screwed around where the press said Diana Ross discovered them. And when that word got around, more guys started playing the record. So I wasn’t going to say that she didn’t discover them.” Why let the truth get in the way of a good story, and a good investment? AHEM!... | |
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mozfonky said: I've always been a huge fan of both, but after MJ died, I've been mourning, listening to, and rediscovering Michael. Michael is like Orson Welles/Citizen Kane, the early peak which raised expectation impossibly high, the lost childhood, the genius, the frustration with never being able to scale those peaks again. I think Thriller was his albatross much as Prince described Purple Rain as his, the difference was, Prince was amazingly bold and courageous in the face of the same pressures and never ever stopped moving. Michael was doomed to try and beat Thriller which is not only impossible for him today but impossible for anyone. Then, I'm sure, absolutely sure that the allegations distracted michael to a great degree, that had to be inhumanely stressful. Average people fall apart dealing with the legal system, and michael had the whole world judging and watching making it a truly no win situation. If I was accussed of Rape, child molestation, murder or whatever, no one would even know, I could do my time get out and be anonymous, Michael was hunted and haunted in his final days, thank god he had his very own babies to share some peace with. ^^ Well put! | |
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Did anyone submit their picture for the This Is It Fan Photo Mosaic?
My photo made it in! 
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Someone posted a great picture of Michael at the 84 grammys in a earlier thread.
It was in color and just MJ kind of a big picture and he looked fly. could you Pleease post it again?? PLEASE..  | |
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tangerine7 said: Someone posted a great picture of Michael at the 84 grammys in a earlier thread.
It was in color and just MJ kind of a big picture and he looked fly. could you Pleease post it again?? PLEASE.. was this it?  "we make our heroes in America only to destroy them" | |
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graecophilos said: EmeraldSkies said: Elizabeth Taylor posted this on Twitter~
I was honored with the great privilege of seeing "This Is It" last week. I was sworn to secrecy, but now I can let you know about it. It is the single most brilliant piece of filmmaking I have ever seen. It cements forever Michael's genius in every aspect of creativity. To say the man is a genius is an understatement. He cradles each note, coaxes the music to depths beyond reality. I wept from pure joy at his God given gift. There will never, ever be the likes of him again. And we have this piece of film to remind us forever and ever that once there was such a man. God kissed him. God blessed him and squandered nothing, but loved it all. Michael knew how to put together every tone, every nuance to make magic. To say he was a genius seems so little. I wish my vocabulary encompassed what I feel. You owe it to yourselves and your loved ones to see this again and again. Memorize it and say to yourselves, "I saw genius in my lifetime" I loved genius in my lifetime. God was so good to me. I will love Michael forever and so will you, if you don't already.I hope I don't sound condescending. I'm sure you already know what I'm talking about, but go to see it again and again. I meant to repeat myself. I love you. I remember Michael loved you. He was totally up to now and the message of today in all his songs. If you listen to his lyrics they are those of a modern day prophet and it beseeches us to listen to him and what he sang.I won't use words like preaching because that is off-putting, but listen. Listen to his messages. From "Black And White", "Man In The Mirror". The inspiration behind "We Are The World". We must take his words of responsibility seriously. We cannot let his life be in vain / and always done with love. Remember that. Remember him and thank God for him and his genius. Kenny Ortega did a masterful job of directing the process that goes into making a complete show before hitting the stage. From A to Z you get Michael's input on every level. Michael's genius at work with the dancers. Mr. Ortega catches Michael in his every mood. You see in front of your eyes Michael's genius blossoming on this piece of film thanks to Kenny Ortega and his crews. I truly believe this film should be nominated in every category conceivable. Liz is even worse when it comes to citchy speaks than Michael. Or the one with Sophia Loren when she said that MJ is like litmus paper  That was years ago, though. | |
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mimi07 said: tangerine7 said: Someone posted a great picture of Michael at the 84 grammys in a earlier thread.
It was in color and just MJ kind of a big picture and he looked fly. could you Pleease post it again?? PLEASE.. was this it? YES!!! Thank You..Thank You!!! | |
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angel345 said: graecophilos said: Liz is even worse when it comes to citchy speaks than Michael. Or the one with Sophia Loren when she said that MJ is like litmus paper That was years ago, though.I always imagine Mj and Liz taylor having a battle: MJ; Liz, you're a genious. You're beautiful, I love you soo much Liz: No, no, Michael. YOU are genious, you're genious beyond believe. I shall kiss the ground you're walking on. and so on. I found what Stevie Wonder said about Michael much better, less theatralic, more on the point. | |
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AEG To Go Behind The Scenes Of Michael Jackson's 'This Is It' Saga October 27 AEG Live CEO Randy Phillips and a group of top AEG executives will discuss how the Michael Jackson "This Is It" saga played out behind the scenes for the Keynote Q&A at the Billboard Touring Conference on Nov. 5. Phillips, along with Paul Gongaware, co-CEO, AEG Live/Concerts West, John Meglen, co-CEO Concerts West, and Lee Zeidman, senior VP/GM of the Staples Center, will detail how AEG turned what some labeled the biggest disaster in live music history into a record-breaking tribute to the King Of Pop's legacy. AEG Live had 50 sellouts teed up at London's O2 Arena lined up at the time of Jackson's sudden death on June 25, putting a huge upfront investment in jeopardy and setting in motion the largest and most complicated refund effort in concert history. AEG then produced the July 7 Jackson memorial at L.A.'s Staples Center, and worked with the Jackson Estate and executors in negotiating a deal with Sony Pictures for rights to create the film "This Is It," which debuts tomorrow and is set to be the highest-grossing music film ever. In a matter of weeks, AEG, working in conjunction with the Estate, also struck a global merchandising deal with Bravado, and produced an exhibition of Jackson memorabilia is set to open Oct. 27 at the O2, the day the movie premieres in London. The exhibition is expected to then travel to New York and Los Angeles. "Amid turmoil and a media frenzy, the team at AEG made quick and savvy decisions that not only will help them recoup their investment, but also honors Jackson's legacy and greatly benefits the Michael Jackson Estate," says Waddell, executive director, content and programming for Touring & Live Entertainment at Billboard, who will moderate the session. "This session will shed light on how they came to these decisions through marathon meetings in the days following Jackson's tragic death, and will be a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the most compelling music business story of 2009." The 6th annual Billboard Touring Conference & Awards is set for Nov. 4-5 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City. | |
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graecophilos said: angel345 said: Or the one with Sophia Loren when she said that MJ is like litmus paper That was years ago, though.I always imagine Mj and Liz taylor having a battle: MJ; Liz, you're a genious. You're beautiful, I love you soo much Liz: No, no, Michael. YOU are genious, you're genious beyond believe. I shall kiss the ground you're walking on. and so on. I found what Stevie Wonder said about Michael much better, less theatralic, more on the point. As long as it's coming from the heart, and not scripted  | |
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EmeraldSkies said: Elizabeth Taylor posted this on Twitter~
I was honored with the great privilege of seeing "This Is It" last week. I was sworn to secrecy, but now I can let you know about it. It is the single most brilliant piece of filmmaking I have ever seen. It cements forever Michael's genius in every aspect of creativity. To say the man is a genius is an understatement. He cradles each note, coaxes the music to depths beyond reality. I wept from pure joy at his God given gift. There will never, ever be the likes of him again. And we have this piece of film to remind us forever and ever that once there was such a man. God kissed him. God blessed him and squandered nothing, but loved it all. Michael knew how to put together every tone, every nuance to make magic. To say he was a genius seems so little. I wish my vocabulary encompassed what I feel. You owe it to yourselves and your loved ones to see this again and again. Memorize it and say to yourselves, "I saw genius in my lifetime" I loved genius in my lifetime. God was so good to me. I will love Michael forever and so will you, if you don't already.I hope I don't sound condescending. I'm sure you already know what I'm talking about, but go to see it again and again. I meant to repeat myself. I love you. I remember Michael loved you. He was totally up to now and the message of today in all his songs. If you listen to his lyrics they are those of a modern day prophet and it beseeches us to listen to him and what he sang.I won't use words like preaching because that is off-putting, but listen. Listen to his messages. From "Black And White", "Man In The Mirror". The inspiration behind "We Are The World". We must take his words of responsibility seriously. We cannot let his life be in vain / and always done with love. Remember that. Remember him and thank God for him and his genius. Kenny Ortega did a masterful job of directing the process that goes into making a complete show before hitting the stage. From A to Z you get Michael's input on every level. Michael's genius at work with the dancers. Mr. Ortega catches Michael in his every mood. You see in front of your eyes Michael's genius blossoming on this piece of film thanks to Kenny Ortega and his crews. I truly believe this film should be nominated in every category conceivable. I believe Elizabeth Taylor meant well by Michael... A stupid man’s report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconciously translates what he hears into something he can understand. | |
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Timmy84 said: Timmy84 said:
(Universal Motown) Diana Ross is thought by many to have discovered the Jackson 5. But longtime Motown promotions man Weldon McDougal remembers it differently. Having just been bumped up to director of special projects at the label, McDougal was in Chicago making preparations for a Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers show. They had a record out called “Does Your Mother Know About Me?” “So I [went] to Chicago [to] make arrangements at the club they were playing to take about four or five of the tables up front for VIP tables ... things like that,” remembers McDougal. “Got it all situated so that when the main night came, which was a couple nights later, they would greet our guests.” There to handle everything on a Wednesday, McDougal found out the club was having a talent show that evening. The winner would open for Taylor two nights later. The Jackson 5 stole the show, and they reminded McDougal of an act called The Twilights that were on the Harthon label in Philadelphia. McDougal was a partner in the label. “They used to do a little skit on James Brown, like Michael was doing,” he explains. “I thought, ‘He’s doing just what The Twilights was doing, and they used to get over.” The patriarch of the Jackson family, Joe Jackson, was there. Eager to get his sons on Motown, Joe found out McDougal worked for the Detroit institution. “He came to me and said, ‘Listen, we would like to be on Motown. Who do we get in touch with?’ And I said, ‘Man, I’m just the promotion man.’ But let me tell you, Bobby Taylor, who was a friend ... he just got an agreement with Motown that he could produce whoever he wanted and present it to the company,” says McDougal. “So he said, ‘Could you introduce me?’ And I said, ‘Well, Bobby will be here Friday.’ He said, ‘OK,” and he, on that Friday, and the guy who did Steeltown Records — he was there with Joe — and I introduced them to Bobby Taylor, and they told me at that time that they had a contract already signed by Atlantic Records. But Joe wanted to be on Motown. He felt like it was a bigger company. And that’s when I first met them.” McDougal ran into the Jackson 5 again in New York City. Taylor was playing the Apollo Theater, and he wanted McDougal to come to the show. He did, and he found out the Jackson 5 — though they weren’t on Motown yet — was opening for Taylor. “I said, ‘Hey man, how did you do that?’ He said, ‘Oh man, don’t worry about it.’ I never knew how they did it,” says McDougal. Again, the Jackson 5 electrified the crowd. McDougal called up radio broadcasting legend Georgie Woods to tell him about the show at the Apollo, and “ ... he said, ‘OK, put the father on the phone. No, put the manager on the phone,’ which was Joe. And the next thing I knew they were playing at Philadelphia’s famed doo-wop and soul venue, the Uptown Theater. Eventually, Taylor got the Jackson 5 to Motown. But the next time McDougal saw them, they were down in the dumps. “They were sitting on the bench at Motown and they were looking kind of glum,” says McDougal. “And I said, ‘What’s wrong with you guys?’ They said, ‘Oh, man, nothing. We’re waiting for Bobby to come out.’ You know, Bobby was trying to get them some recording time. They couldn’t get in the studio because Motown had all these acts making hits. They don’t know nothing about these little guys. And Bobby, I would say, he went all out for them. He broke a lot of the rules and regulations to try to get them to record, and finally he got them to record. And then he wanted everybody to hear the product, which took a while for that to happen.” But it did happen. Berry Gordy heard the group and the rest is history. As for Ross, she was with Gordy when he was first introduced to them. “And she said, ‘They are some cute little guys. I like [Michael Jackson]. He’s a cute little guy. And he was like, ‘Oh, Ms. Ross, you’re so nice.’ And they just made friends,” says McDougal. But the story doesn’t end there, of course. McDougal was charged with promoting the Jackson 5’s initial nationally released single, “I Want You Back.” As McDougal recalls, “Nobody wanted to play it. I mean, it was hard getting it on [radio].” Not only were they a new group, but the Jackson 5 were just kids, going up against established Motown hitmakers. A meeting was held to figure out how to get past this stumbling block. “I don’t know if I said it or not, but we came to a point where they said, ‘Let’s make the Jackson 5 Diana Ross’ protégés,’” says McDougal. Ross was then photographed sitting on a stool with the Jackson 5 around here. It was made into a postcard McDougal took to radio stations while conducting a second round of promotional stops for the record. “I would give this postcard out saying, ‘They’re Diana Ross’ protégés,” says McDougal. “For some reason, it got screwed around where the press said Diana Ross discovered them. And when that word got around, more guys started playing the record. So I wasn’t going to say that she didn’t discover them.” Why let the truth get in the way of a good story, and a good investment? AHEM!... What do I have to do for y'all to read this rather than go on about the movie?  We have a sticky thread for THAT.  | |
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mimi07 said: tangerine7 said: Someone posted a great picture of Michael at the 84 grammys in a earlier thread.
It was in color and just MJ kind of a big picture and he looked fly. could you Pleease post it again?? PLEASE.. was this it? He looked so damn FLY at the 84 AMA's and Grammy's | |
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My upload of "Take Me Back", rate, subscribe and comment.  | |
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Chew on this. Rev. Al Sharpton honored mixtape messiah [he is still hustlin' his record label] Joe Jackson with an award at the National Action Network in Harlem Saturday. Despite Michael Jackson’s past descriptions of his father as abusive, Sharpton heaped praise upon Papa Joe’s parenting skills, saying, “The arrogance of [people] attacking a man for being a stern father. I wish we had more stern fathers – then we wouldn’t be shooting each other up.” Joe said of his award: “This feels great. I feel like I’m someone very special.” The message you are about to hear are not meant for transmission. Should ONLY be accessed in the privacy of your mind. Words are so intense so if you dare to listen.Take off your clothes and meet me between the lines.  | |
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Chic35 said:
Chew on this. Rev. Al Sharpton honored mixtape messiah [he is still hustlin' his record label] Joe Jackson with an award at the National Action Network in Harlem Saturday. Despite Michael Jackson’s past descriptions of his father as abusive, Sharpton heaped praise upon Papa Joe’s parenting skills, saying, “The arrogance of [people] attacking a man for being a stern father. I wish we had more stern fathers – then we wouldn’t be shooting each other up.” Joe said of his award: “This feels great. I feel like I’m someone very special.” Chic, I'm gonna bash you in the head with a brick for posting Bezzlebub!  Al Sharpton? Bye girl with an old ass perm fly girl! | |
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Timmy84 said: Chic35 said:
Chew on this. Rev. Al Sharpton honored mixtape messiah [he is still hustlin' his record label] Joe Jackson with an award at the National Action Network in Harlem Saturday. Despite Michael Jackson’s past descriptions of his father as abusive, Sharpton heaped praise upon Papa Joe’s parenting skills, saying, “The arrogance of [people] attacking a man for being a stern father. I wish we had more stern fathers – then we wouldn’t be shooting each other up.” Joe said of his award: “This feels great. I feel like I’m someone very special.” Chic, I'm gonna bash you in the head with a brick for posting Bezzlebub! Al Sharpton? Bye girl with an old ass perm fly girl!You know you love Joe Jackson!  [Edited 10/27/09 15:21pm] The message you are about to hear are not meant for transmission. Should ONLY be accessed in the privacy of your mind. Words are so intense so if you dare to listen.Take off your clothes and meet me between the lines. | |
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Chic35 said: Timmy84 said: Chic, I'm gonna bash you in the head with a brick for posting Bezzlebub! Al Sharpton? Bye girl with an old ass perm fly girl!You know you love Joe Jackson! Hell nah, and why ain't you read what I posted? I posted a news story about how Bobby Taylor really got the Jacksons to Motown.  Scroll up! | |
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 [Edited 10/27/09 15:23pm] "The first time I saw the cover of Dirty Mind in the early 80s I thought, 'Is this some drag queen ripping on Freddie Prinze?'" - Some guy on The Gear Page | |
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Hustling for crack?
The message you are about to hear are not meant for transmission. Should ONLY be accessed in the privacy of your mind. Words are so intense so if you dare to listen.Take off your clothes and meet me between the lines. | |
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Chic35 said: Despite Michael Jackson’s past descriptions of his father as abusive, Sharpton heaped praise upon Papa Joe’s parenting skills, saying, “The arrogance of [people] attacking a man for being a stern father. I wish we had more stern fathers – then we wouldn’t be shooting each other up.” Joe said of his award: “This feels great. I feel like I’m someone very special.” I agree. I'm glad my parents were stern on me & my brothers. | |
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I like Joe & Katherine and I don't give a shit what anybody says. Neither are perfect people and I'm sure they've made plenty of mistakes but I don't believe for one second that they didn't care about their children.
ANYWAYY, Michael Jackson On Track For 6th No. 1 On Billboard 200 As Michael Jackson's movie "This Is It" is about to open in theaters, the film's companion album of the same name is already doing brisk business. Industry prognosticators suggest that the Epic Records set -- which was released on Monday, Oct. 26 -- could shift 300,000 copies by week's end on Sunday (Nov. 1) night. Depending on how much the movie's opening impacts the album's sales through the course of the week, the set could post a higher figure -- perhaps 350,000 copies. With numbers like that, it would seem like Jackson will be a sure thing for the No. 1 slot next week on the Billboard 200 albums chart. If the King of Pop hits No. 1, it will mark his sixth chart-topper, following "Thriller," "Bad," "Dangerous," "HIStory" and "Invincible." Jackson already owns the No. 1 selling album of the 2009 calendar year with "Number Ones" -- 2 million sold this year and counting. Additionally, his "Thriller" is the year's 11th best-seller (1.1 million) and "The Essential Michael Jackson" is the 15th biggest (986,000). The "This Is It" album contains 14 studio recordings of Jackson's hits like "Billie Jean" and "Beat It" and two versions of the from-the-vaults title track, which plays over the film's end credits. It also includes three demo recordings and a spoken word poem titled "Planet Earth." http://www.billboard.com/...0856.story | |
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I'm sure some of you will buy the Michael Jackson Tapes, a book of audio interviews he did with Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, who is a bit of a nut. He became Michael's mentor, kind of like his Larry Graham..lol In this interview Boteach mentions what may have led to MJ's death, his weird ideas, his fear of women, his wish to die young and be buried with children...ick.
He hated Madonna. I know he is dead, but he was a nut... Who's gonna buy the book? All you others say Hell Yea!!  | |
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2freaky4church1 said: I'm sure some of you will buy the Michael Jackson Tapes, a book of audio interviews he did with Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, who is a bit of a nut. He became Michael's mentor, kind of like his Larry Graham..lol In this interview Boteach mentions what may have led to MJ's death, his weird ideas, his fear of women, his wish to die young and be buried with children...ick.
He hated Madonna. I know he is dead, but he was a nut... Who's gonna buy the book? I read the book WITHOUT Rabbi Boteach's commentary. It actually made me like the guy more "We may deify or demonize them but not ignore them. And we call them genius, because they are the people who change the world." | |
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Michael obviously didn't like black women. All you others say Hell Yea!! | |
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2freaky4church1 said: Michael obviously didn't like black women.
Didn't he date Stephanie Mills? | |
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Prince, forgive us, you are saner than we thought. All you others say Hell Yea!! | |
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