StillDirrty said:

Cool. You know what´s funny guys, that we get this transcript of MJ saying he slept with a girl and it still doesn´t stop the discussion of him being pedophile. See to me that child abuse case is quite clear (some may view it as me being blind, but), I know that we had the most determined people to investigate that case and put MJ behind bars. I don´t think there was put more investigation into any other child-molestation case. Neverland raided by tens of policemen, hundreds of people were interviewed, they had so many charges to indict him on and Mike was still acquited. I have followed the case, read the trancripts and came to the same conclusion as the jury.

Interesting thing also is that those leaks of the phone covnersations are being totally ignored by the tabloids. How come there are not headlines saying "MJ and his secret lover". It´s not that there have never been any stories of MJ being involved with women, but they just never got any worldwide massive attention by the tabloids, so it seems that MJ has only been involved with the little boys.

Anyway,those transcripts reminded me of a post at the KOP board from few years ago of a girl who claim to have worked with Mike on Invincible and she claimed to have sex with him. I am not sure if I can post the story here cause it´s very graphic - straight porn basically. Back than I didn´t believe it, but now reading those phone transcripts with Glenda etc. I am thinking "well, what if..." She claimed for example he drank wine. This was posted before the trial and before LMP told us that, so how did she know? Back than he still had that kinda image of a total abstinent...it´s weird.

StillDirrty said:

Actually...

I know her seen her around MJJF back in the day.

dag said:

The conversation was around 1991, he talks about turning 33 on one of the parts of the interview.
[Edited 8/14/09 1:57am]

Timmy84 said:

OK, do you happen to have a link to the rest of the trancripts? I lost it somewhere.

dag said:

Maybe tomorrow (no pun). I gotta take a nap in a few, lol I would just say google Michael Jackson phone interview on YouTube and see what happens.
[Edited 8/14/09 2:09am]

The transcripts are from different time periods. Some parts are from Bad Era and others are from 91 maybe 92. Oh and Dag can you give me a private message of the fan encounter. LMAO! I want to know.
[Edited 8/14/09 2:09am]

StillDirrty said:

I need to study them more. I am not at home right now, but please send me a link, so that I can have a look at all of them. I´ve sean/heard some, but I am not sure if it´s everything that´s been leaked.

Timmy84 said:

OK, take a nap.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/...5#32386165

gorgeous

mimi07 said:

looks like Jermaine.

StillDirrty said:

Thanks for the info.

Berry Gordy to Write Intro For 'Moonwalk' Reissue
August 14th


As it gears up for a major re-issue of Michael Jackson’s autobiography “Moonwalk,” Harmony Books on Thursday said Motown founder Berry Gordy would write an introduction with his recollections of the singer he helped launch into pop superstardom.

Gordy, who also ushered the likes of Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson and Marvin Gaye into prominence and signed the Jackson 5 to a recording contract in 1968, will share his thoughts on why Michael rose to fame so quickly and his first impressions of the group’s audition, Harmony revealed.

The 79-year-old Gordy said at Jackson’s public memorial in July that calling Jackson the King of Pop was simply “not good enough.” Instead, Gordy called him “the greatest entertainer that ever lived.”

The book, which was initially edited by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis along with current Harmony vice president and publisher Shaye Areheart, will go on sale Oct. 13 at a price of $25.

Areheart will provide an afterword, but in between her and Gordy the story will be all Jackson’s just as originally published in 1988.

The new edition of “Moonwalk” is one of several media projects that have been announced following Jackson’s sudden death due to cardiac arrest on June 25. Columbia Pictures will make a movie with video footage of him rehearsing for a concert only days before his death, and the executors of his state are planning a traveling memorabilia show and have agreed to numerous licensing deals.

Those projects, along with increased interest and sales of Jackson’s old records, are expected to bring hundreds of millions of dollars to his estate.


http://blogs.reuters.com/...-re-issue/

Everything has been said and tried in a court of law back in June 2005. That’s what matters, people’s ignorant opinions don’t. Wake up, its August 2009.

A jury for 6 whole months, every day, sat down and heard and saw every possible piece of evidence they could in the case against Michael Jackson. You and like most of the general public know 2% of what 99% of the jury knew. Your opinions are irrelevant. Everything you think you know has been provided from what the tabloids and the media have sold you. To sell you a story, they must generate your attention, so this involves scandalous headlines, bias reporting, pretty much sensationalism to an immense degree. Pretty much, lies.

The way the information was delivered to you was based on ratings and not justice. Sorry to break it to ya all.The fact that the case against Michael Jackson was the most expensive prosecution in history, yet they couldn’t find a shred of evidence against him, says enough.

A lot of the hateful comments in this thread are clearly based on jealousy from all the love Michael is receiving. Something Prince fans could only dream of in Prince’s life, little own in his death.And if you think for a second that any sane person would not convict a defendant they believed was guilty of being a paedophile, no matter who you are, you are hugely mistaken. And hugely in denial of the fact that there was no evidence against Michael, only evidence against the accusers – which proved them of grifters and con artists. The mother after Michael’s trial got charged with welfare fraud, lol.

Don’t think I’m denying Michael as eccentric either, like Prince he is. However being considered “strange” does not make you guilty.
I also find the posters here hilarious as they are posting articles as their proof, which come from the biggest tabloids in the world, particularly from the UK – they are the WORST, lol.

Put it this way, all the tax payers money and all the money that sleazy DA invested in convicting Michael Jackson (based on no evidence besides a collection of heterosexual porn, lol) could of put away hundreds of REAL paedophiles getting away with it every day! You guys I bet would never waste the same time it takes to bash Michael in this forum, at helping to try and stop real paedophiles.

Truth is, you only care to share an opinion when it comes to Michael Jackson. Because its an easy tool to use to bring him down and make him look like the monster you wish he was. Mostly due to jealousy.

There were two Michael Jackson’s in our lifetime. The one the media created and then the REAL one:

http://www.youtube.com/wa...annel_page

End of.

The song is one of the best that the Jacksons I've been vibing to them lately...and old school


Triumph kicks ass

By LINDA DEUTSCH, AP Special Correspondent – 59 mins ago

Jackson had long history with estate executor

LOS ANGELES – A week after Michael Jackson died, his longtime lawyer and friend, John Branca, was summoned to meet with the singer's family. He carried the pop star's will, and with it, an answer to their eagerly awaited question:

Who was to benefit from the King of Pop's estate?

"It was very difficult," Branca recalled. "There were a lot of family members there, his sisters and most of the brothers and his mother, Katherine."

He told them three things. Katherine would be guardian of Michael's three children and receive 40 percent of the estate in trust. The children would also receive 40 percent. The remaining 20 percent would go to unspecified charities to benefit children.

Their reaction would seem to bode well for the days to come.

"Actually, they applauded three times when they were told who got the property," Branca said. "They were thrilled."

It is one reason why Branca, one of two special administrators named in that same will, says he's surprised by the opposition that followed from lawyers representing Mrs. Jackson.

Her legal team has asserted that she should be given "a seat at the table" in executing deals for the estate. They've also been considering a formal challenge to the status of the special administrators, suggesting that conflict of interests and other factors may compromise the qualifications of Branca and co-executor John McClain.

Neither man is unknown to the Jackson family. During more than 20 years as the pop superstar's lawyer, Branca, 58, was a principal architect of Jackson's financial empire, having brokered the deal for the Beatles catalog of records; obtained the rights to master recordings of Jackson's own songs; and negotiated the purchase of Jackson's Neverland estate.

McClain, a childhood friend of Jackson's, crafted a major recording career for Michael's sister Janet, and is a successful record company executive.

Branca plays down any conflict with the Jackson family.

"Everything is going to be fine," he said calmly during a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press.

Branca and McClain have already won court approval for a deal that will bring the estate $60 million from a movie made of footage shot during rehearsals for the concerts Jackson was to have performed in London. A coffee-table book also was approved. But two multimillion-dollar projects, including a deal to market Jackson merchandise, have been stalled because of objections from Mrs. Jackson's camp.

"We're approaching the $100 million mark if those two deals in front of the court are approved," said Branca. "That's pretty remarkable — in six weeks as executors, to have brought $100 million into the estate."

A wunderkind of entertainment law when he met a young Michael Jackson in 1980, Branca is now regarded as one of the three top entertainment lawyers in the country, a man who's made millions for the Beach Boys, The Doors, Aerosmith, the Rolling Stones and countless other top rock acts. He represents 28 members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

"I've been very fortunate," Branca said. "Growing up, I had five idols and I wound up representing all of them. Elvis was No. 1. Then the Beach Boys, the Rolling Stones, the Doors and Michael and the Jackson 5."

In high school he played keyboard, wrote music and formed a rock band, but music wasn't his only passion: His uncle was famed Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca, who made baseball history when he served up what became known as the "shot heard 'round the world," Bobby Thomson's home run that cost the Dodgers the 1951 National League pennant.

Branca's father, who encouraged his interest in baseball-card collecting, became the New York State athletic commissioner. At one point Branca had one of the world's most formidable baseball card collections, with major prized pieces including Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio and of course his uncle Ralph, who he's proud to say was one of two white pallbearers at Jackie Robinson's funeral (the other being Pee Wee Reese).

Branca spent his early years in Mount Vernon, N.Y., but later moved to Los Angeles with his mother, actress Barbara Werle who, coincidentally, had a role in the Presley movie "Charo." At Los Angeles City College he first majored in music, but quickly realized he wasn't good enough for the major leagues of rock.

He pursued law instead, seeking a music-related vein soon after graduating from UCLA School of Law. He started by setting up tours for Bob Dylan, George Harrison and Neil Diamond.

"I was in heaven," he recalled. "And then I got the Beach Boys and started my own thing."

He represented the Presley estate for a time, but in 1980 his world changed when an intermediary asked him to meet with Michael Jackson.

"Michael was either 21 or about to turn 21 when I met him and he had never had his own (legal) team," he said. "'Off The Wall' had come out and it was a big hit."

They bonded immediately.

"He said, 'Do I know you?' It was one of those things you have in life where you feel so comfortable with a person you actually feel you do know them. The conversation is easy and the connection is effortless."

He met Jackson's parents briefly, and remembers Mrs. Jackson saying, "Michael, I don't know if he's old enough to be a lawyer."

They were both in their 20s and about to make rock 'n' roll history.

Branca shepherded Jackson through the phenomenal success of the "Thriller" album in 1982 and negotiated the groundbreaking "Thriller" video — as well as a video about the making of the video. And contrary to other versions of the story, he said it was Michael's idea to buy the Beatles catalog after Paul McCartney told Jackson he was investing in buying copyrights to famous songs.

"Michael called me up and he said, 'Branca, I want to buy copyrights.' I said, 'Great.'" He bought copyrights to such songs as "Runaround Sue" and "The Wanderer," and the work of Sly and the Family Stone.

"And then came the mother lode," said Branca. "I found out ATV was for sale and I told Michael. He asked what that was. I said, 'You're not going to believe it: 250 Beatles songs, the Little Richard catalog.' He started screaming on the phone. I actually have a great note he wrote me. It said: 'Branca, the catalog is mine. Don't lose it by over-negotiating.' I framed that note."

Before bidding, he said he checked with Lennon's widow Yoko Ono and McCartney's lawyer and brother-in-law John Eastman to see if they were interested. They were not. It took a year of bidding against others — including British industrialist Richard Branson — before he closed the deal. In 1995, he merged it with Sony to create one of the largest such collections in the world.

In earlier years, Branca also helped Jackson obtain the rights to his recording masters and brokered the purchase of Neverland Ranch, originally offered for $60 million, for a final price of $17.5 million, including all furnishings.

Those deals helped transform Jackson from a rich pop star into a man of extraordinary wealth, and turned Branca's career in the direction of buying and selling music assets. (He recently negotiated the sale of the Rodgers and Hammerstein catalog for $200 million.)

But life with Michael was not all about money, Branca says. At first they were friends, traveling to Disney World together, socializing at Branca's home. Jackson was the best man at Branca's first wedding, bringing with him his pet chimp Bubbles, who was clad in a tiny tuxedo. Little Richard was the minister.

"His personality," Branca says when recalling the young pop superstar, "was just infectious."

In 1990, Jackson tearfully told Branca he wanted to try different representation; though Branca wouldn't confirm it, it's been widely reported that Hollywood mogul and record company executive David Geffen advised Jackson that Branca's influence in his affairs had grown too large. They remained apart for three years, while Branca moved on to other artists.

Branca returned in 1993, at a time when Jackson was being sued in a child molestation case he ultimately settled. But the relationship was different.

"Later on in his career he really had a line between his business and personal life," said Branca. "As people get older, that's not uncommon."

Branca's connections to Elvis would extend to Jackson when he introduced Michael to the King's daughter, Lisa Marie Presley. Branca treasures a portrait of the two after their marriage, which is inscribed in Michael's hand signed by the couple. It reads: "John: To the greatest lawyer of our time."

In 1997 a will was drafted for Jackson — but not, Branca says, by him. Instead, he said he assigned it to a member of his firm who specialized in wills and trusts. It was redone in 2002 because one of Jackson's children had not been born at the time of the first.

Branca said he played no role in advising Jackson on it, but knew the singer did not want a family member in control of his estate. Jackson also felt he did not have to take care of his brothers and sisters, Branca said.

By 2006, Branca says, his relationship with Jackson was troubled once again. The star was listening to an increasingly odd set of advisers — a revolving door of characters who Branca feared did not have the singer's best interests at heart.

"He was surrounded and I had to resign," he said. "He did not ask me to stay. I resigned amicably."

And then, a little more than a month before Jackson died, the call came from Jackson's former manager, Frank Delio.

"Michael wants you to come back," Delio told him. "He wants you to give some thought to what you can do for him, what kind of deals."

Branca drafted an agenda and met with Jackson on June 17 at the Forum in Los Angeles, where the King of Pop was rehearsing for his big comeback.

"I hadn't seen him in several years," Branca said. "We hugged each other. He said, 'John, you're back.' It was very emotional. I showed him the agenda."

It was what Jackson wanted, Branca said — including a concert movie, books and merchandising deals.

"That agenda is exactly what John McClain and I are doing now," Branca said, "for the estate."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/a...5oYWRsbw--

jamgirl said:

Also known as

Shake Your Boy Part 2

mimi07 said:

Never seen that pic before in my life. Thanks for finding it.

Remembering Michael
by Jeffrey Daniel


(Dancer and singer Jeffrey Daniel was a member of the R&B group Shalamar and pioneered the dance move the backslide — which, after he taught it to Michael Jackson, became known as the moonwalk.)


He would religiously work on dances every Sunday.

And it was over a period of, I don't know, a few weeks because you're doing it just once a week for a couple of hours or so. It wasn't so regimented, like, O.K., here's this step and this step.

It was like some of it was having fun, some of it was acting goofy, moving around like Charlie Chaplin and poking faces at each other. Some of it was, we were just gelling, you know, with the dances. And some of it was concentrating on a particular move, but a lot of it was two guys just having fun and showing dances. And then watching Fred Astaire films, watching Gene Kelly, watching the Nicholas Brothers, watching Sammy Davis Jr., getting inspiration. He could eat popcorn like nobody I knew, 'cause I could eat some popcorn. And we're sitting watching movies together and you can hear him scraping the bottom, and I'm just cracking up laughing. And he breaks out singing along with the movie. I was like, My God, he's just like anybody else you know. We first worked with him in 1980, but he did not do the moonwalk publicly until 1983 [on Motown's 25th-anniversary TV special]. And after he did it, he asked, "How was it?" And I said, "Why did you wait so long?" He said, "Well, it still didn't come out right." I'm like, Huh? This is the performance that totally blew everyone away —and he said something didn't come out right.

Whatever was going on in his mind, we would never know it. We all know that it was a mind-blowing performance, and it just took him to another level.



http://www.time.com/time/...60,00.html

Timmy84 said:

That is the Michael i've been vibin to of late....Late 70's...very early 80's.

Gary paid air fare for Jackson's father, 7 others


Friday, August 14, 2009

(08-14) 08:49 PDT Gary, Ind. (AP) --

Gary's mayor says Michael Jackson's father wasn't paid a penny to attend a July 10 memorial for his son, but the city paid $5,000 to fly Joe Jackson and seven other people from Los Angeles to Gary.

Mayor Rudy Clay says the money paid to fly the group, including the musical group the Chi-Lites, did not cover all of its travel costs.

Clay says Jackson's father and the seven others footed their own hotel costs and all other expenses.

Clay says donations already made or promised to the city will cover all of the memorial's costs.

A call seeking comment was left Friday with a spokesman for the Jackson family.

jamgirl said:

Likewise. This MJ is underrated compared to the Motown/post-Thriller MJ.

The publisher demonstrates the otherworldly coolness of the MJ Opus 3D Reality.

Timmy84 said:

Very Very Very Very Underated.

When he was with the Jacksons...not the Jackson 5.

Goin' Places, Destiny, Triumph and Victory.

All on my ipod on replays.

some really good work, nice to hear Michael finding his real SOUL then.

Btw, I really loved the demo of 'Shake your body' when at the end someone said "I want the Bee Gees to hear this shit'

LOL

jamgirl said:

Yeah that was funny. I think that was Randy or Jackie who said that, not sure. You could clearly hear Michael in the background going "turn, turn it off!"
[Edited 8/14/09 11:48am]

MissChanel said:

Of course great posts like this will get ignored.....

Great Post...

Timmy84 said:

Brothers must have some good memories of themselves idling in the studio back in the day.

jamgirl said:

I know, right?

Copycat said:

Oh yeah.....

Timmy84 said:

Good they weren't his anyway.. He didn't sweat to get them.