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July 28, 2009
News Roundup: The Pixies, Bruce Springsteen, Ticketmaster/Live Nation, Michael Jackson
--The Pixies have announced the dates for their Doolittle 20th anniversary tour, where the alt-rock legends will play the album in its entirety. The band will play nine cities, including three New York gigs: November 23, 24, and 25 at the 3,000-capacity Hammerstein Ballroom. We recently talke ... More >>
Voice Choices
July 28, 2009
'The Be Yourself Tribute to Michael Jackson with Danny Tenaglia'
--The Pixies have announced the dates for their Doolittle 20th anniversary tour, where the alt-rock legends will play the album in its entirety. The band will play nine cities, including three New York gigs: November 23, 24, and 25 at the 3,000-capacity Hammerstein Ballroom. We recently talke ... More >>
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July 31, 2009
"The King of Pop's Going To Lick Your Lollipop"
No, that's not a threat. That's part of a quote from the new book about Michael Jackson in which a male actor is quoted as saying, "The very first time he blew me, he said 'The King of Pop's Going To Lick Your Lollipop'." And the actor was a grownup! The book--thrown together in two days the ... More >>
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August 4, 2009
VIDEO MADE THE RADIO STAR
The music of three legends under one roof
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August 12, 2009
Let's Have a Moratorium on Jacko Remarks
Well, just one, actually. Everyone from me to Bill Maher still thinks it's hilarious to say something on the order of "Michael Jackson started as a black man and he ended up a white woman." You can't turn on the TV or pick up the phone or crawl into a sewer without hearing someone say that ve ... More >>
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August 14, 2009
The Gay Housewives of New York Are Coming!
It was inevitable, folks. The people who brought you all those hit Real Housewives shows have turned to the gays, and I say yay for the inclusionariness of it all! Check out this link for info on just what they're looking for--which amounts to hot, fun, shopping-crazed kooks who are preferab ... More >>
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August 17, 2009
I'm Singing Michael Jackson Songs!
Oy vey, I've gotten hooked into performing at the Hear Me Roar! Project benefit for Sylvia's Place this Thursday August 20 at 6 at Bowery Poetry Club. I don't have an act, having worn out Suzanne Somers's poetry book as if it were a raunchy bottom, so out of desperation, I'm going to dig back ... More >>
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August 18, 2009
Spike Lee Is Throwing Michael Jackson A Birthday Party
This one pretty much can't miss. Jackson, who is set to be buried on his birthday out in Glendale, California, will get a NYC birthday send-off as well--Spike Lee is throwing a block party in his honor at Fort Greene Park. From 12pm-5pm, DJ Spinna will play Jackson jams exclusively, which is ... More >>
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August 24, 2009
Michael Jackson Was Murdered
The AP is reporting that the Los Angeles County coroner has ruled that Michael Jackson's death was a homicide. Dr. Conrad Murray, the doctor who administered the propofol that likely killed the singer, is "the target of a manslaughter probe headed by Los Angeles police," according to the repo ... More >>
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August 24, 2009
Michael Jackson's Death Ruled a Homicide: All of Us Indicted
Now that it's been revealed that the L.A. coroner found Michael Jackson had died of a lethal dose of the anaesthetic propofol, and that his death constitutes a homicide, instead of pointing fingers it's time we all took a hard look at ourselves, and considered: did we ask too much from Michael, and ... More >>
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August 25, 2009
So How Did My Singing Gig Go?
You may recall that the other night, I was all set to belt out a Michael Jackson medley at Hear Me Roar!, a benefit for the Sylvia Project, which helps LGBTQ youth. So how did it go? Record contract? Death threats? Both? Well, people laughed all through the performance--but it was OK nonethe ... More >>
Voice Choices
August 25, 2009
DO YOU REMEMBER THE TIME?
NYC celebrates MJ's birthday in a big way
Voice Choices
August 25, 2009
DO YOU REMEMBER THE TIME?
NYC celebrates MJ's birthday in a big way
Voice Choices
August 25, 2009
DO YOU REMEMBER THE TIME?
NYC celebrates MJ's birthday in a big way
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August 31, 2009
Thousands Attend Michael Jackson Birthday Event in Prospect Park
Despite sometimes disagreeable weather, thousands showed up in Prospect Park on Saturday for Spike Lee's birthday tribute to Michael Jackson. Borough President Marty Markowitz proclaimed August 29th "Michael 'King of Pop' Jackson Memorial Day." "It was great to see so many people out without anyth ... More >>
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August 31, 2009
Live: Spike Lee Throws Michael Jackson One Hell Of A Birthday Party In Prospect Park
Pix by Puja Patel, many more below Thousands of people flooded Prospect Park Saturday afternoon for Michael Jackson's 51st birthday party. Hosted by Spike Lee (who worked on the "They Don't Really Care About Us" video), the five-hour event, held together by an epic, all-MJ set from Brooklyn's DJ Sp ... More >>
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September 1, 2009
News Roundup: Jay-Z, Them Crooked Vultures, Grizzly Bear/Michael McDonald, Michael Jackson
--Jay-Z held a formal news conference yesterday to discuss plans for his upcoming Answer the Call September 11th benefit show at Madison Square Garden. Sitting beside Governor Patterson, Jay remembered September 11, 2001, the day the original Blueprint was released, and the days that followe ... More >>
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September 10, 2009
Pay Homage to the King of Pop at the Church of Michael Jackson
Not sure what the "life and teachings of Michael Jackson" were, exactly, but the Cult of Michael Jackson--a shadowy organization whose first commandment is "You shall have no other pop Gods or Kings before MJ"--promises to reveal them at a chapel they're opening in Williamsburg. The artist Ru ... More >>
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October 12, 2009
It's Something, Alright: Stream Michael Jackson's "This Is It"
How we're meant to take a new Michael Jackson song so thoroughly disconnected from any intelligible context relating to the man, his life, his music, etc.--i.e., anything but his death and subsequent (re) deification--well, who knows. This is it, as it were. Slated for the October 28th theatrical ... More >>
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October 13, 2009
Why Michael Jackson Never Married Liz Taylor
So I'm finally through with Mackenzie Phillips's book, which got a little dull when she cleaned up, and I'm now on to Rabbi Shmuley Boteach's The Michael Jackson Tapes, in which the self-promoting spiritual authority lays out his transcribed 2000-2001 conversations with the noseless king of p ... More >>
Film
October 27, 2009
Michael Jackson Documentary, Redux: This Is It
King of pop, meet the man who made High School Musical
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November 4, 2009
Michael Jackson's This Is It Sells 373,000 Copies, Is #1
So if you're following along: Michael Jackson's Number Ones is already on pace to have a shot at becoming 2009's bestselling record; This Is It, the film, has done $103 million in ticket sales and counting; and now the documentary's companion record has debuted with 373,000 copies sold, "the ... More >>
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November 20, 2009
Bid on Michael Jackson's "Swarovski Crystal Gemmed Stage Worn Socks" Tomorrow in Times Square
Also available: "A painting of Charlie Chaplin done in the hand of Michael Jackson at the age of 9 years old," the acoustic guitar he played on the set of the The Wiz, "chocolate from Jackson's wedding to Lisa Marie Presley," and other memorabilia of the same disturbingly bodily ilk. Tomorrow ... More >>
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December 22, 2009
Michael Jackson Saves Slow News Day with FBI Kid Sex, Death Threat Files
It's Christmas Eve's Eve's Eve and we got nothing, so thank Santa for the Freedom of Information Act, which got the FBI to release documents showing that the feds were looking into Michael Jackson's life, particularly the parts spent with young boys. Now we can relive the magic all over again ... More >>
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December 28, 2009
Why Exactly Is Spike Lee's Video For Michael Jackson's "This Is It" Only Surfacing Now?
So why is the Spike Lee-directed video for Michael Jackson's "This Is It" arriving now, in the holiday media doldrums, instead of October, when the song was first released, or a few weeks after that, when the movie named after the track finally came out? Perhaps because of the controversy that the ... More >>
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December 30, 2009
Who's The Best Child Star of All Time?
Abigail Breslin made a spectacular child star at age 10 in the Oscar winning Little Miss Sunshine, and she's now onto a full-fledged career as an adolescent, making even more movies than La Streep and heading to Broadway in a Miracle Worker revival that could turn her into the new Patty Duke. ... More >>
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January 11, 2010
Help Me Explain The Jay Leno Situation
So lantern-jawed funnyman Jay Leno's experiment in prime time is officially as dead as his Michael Jackson jokes, and the linked report attempts to provide some background on the wherefore of it all. It claims, "The network says Jay's show performed as it anticipated, but it presented issue ... More >>
Music
January 19, 2010
Michael Jackson and the Endless Summer of Death
What the King of Pop left behind, and what he took with him
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February 9, 2010
Michael Jackson Autopsy Reveals Thin Hair, Closed Bottle of Urine
The Michael Jackson autopsy report is out, and reveals only a few heretofore unknown details. For instance, scene investigators found "near the foot of the bed... a closed bottle of urine atop a chair." TMZ contacts Dr. Arnold Klein, a former member of Jackson's medical team, who explains, "T ... More >>
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February 16, 2010
Brooklyn to Get the Michael Jackson-Themed Subway Mural It Tenuously Deserves
Photo via alexrheadrick's photostreamCan't wait to hear what angry NY GOP Congressman Peter King will have to say about newly revealed plans to dedicate a memorial to Michael Jackson at the Hoyt-Schermerhorn station, where Martin Scorcese once directed the "Bad" video. Last year, City Council ... More >>
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March 16, 2010
Michael Jackson's Estate Signs $250 Million Contract With Sony, Thus Beating Jay-Z By $100 Million In Establishing the Most Absurdly Lucrative Deal, Ever
Image Courtesy of: Jean-Marc Giboux/Liaison$250 million is by far the record for a recording artist, living or dead--the closest thing, Jay-Z's $150 million dollar deal with Live Nation, isn't really anywhere close. The fact that Jackson isn't alive to fulfill the contract is incidental--the ... More >>
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June 17, 2010
Are All Celebs Compensating For Bad Childhoods?
You know the drill: A child has self-aggrandizing parents (Lindsay Lohan) or a demeaning mother (Barbra Streisand) or an abusive father (Michael Jackson) or tons of distracting siblings (Madonna), and it's because of all that Freudian jazz--whether directly or indirectly--that the child ends ... More >>
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June 30, 2010
The Real Michael Jackson vs. "the Jewish Jacko": Who Will Win?
via The New York PostProbably you've heard about the Jewish Michael Jackson by now. If you haven't, you can catch up on the details (here, here, here...and here). But stay with us for a quick summary: He's an Orthodox Jew named Michoel Streicher who was sentenced yesterday to at least a year ... More >>
Voice Choices
July 20, 2010
REACH OUT AND TOUCH FAITH
Get close to God via Michael Jackson
Voice Choices
August 18, 2010
ONE MORE CHANCE
Get down for the King of Pop
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August 26, 2010
Q&A: DJ Spinna on Michael Jackson, Whose Music He Will Be Playing for You and Spike Lee This Weekend
courtesy DJ SpinnaSpinna, as a little boy holding the Jackson 5 LP Get it Together Michael Jackson would've turned 52 this Sunday. Undoubtedly many parties shall be thrown around the globe in his honor, but MJ's spirit will most likely be floating over Prospect Park for Spike Lee's second annual Br ... More >>
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August 27, 2010
Week in Review: You Rejected the Youth
Goodbye to all that. Photo by Sam Horine.In the week one of our team successfully transitioned into the "expert" phase of her juggalo fascination, the rest of us just kind of got silly. Hence: the top ten songs named "Fuck You" or the immediate equivalent; Jay-Z's ten most shameful rock and r ... More >>
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August 30, 2010
Snoop Dogg Paid Tribute to Michael Jackson in Prospect Park on Sunday
Photo via the Rap-UpThough Michael Jackson's 52nd birthday would've fallen on this past Sunday, his music was pretty much the official soundtrack for the whole weekend in Prospect Park, blasting out of vendor trucks and ballfields, picnics and stereo-mounted bikes--pretty much everything with ... More >>
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October 26, 2010
Here's My Newest Broadway Show Idea
There's a Broadway musical on the boards called Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, which got pretty favorable reviews, right? So I've got a great new idea: A show called Bloody Bloody Michael Jackson!
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November 8, 2010
Does Michael Jackson Sing the New Michael Jackson Song?
The upcoming Michael Jackson album, Michael, will be available on December 14, just in time for the holidays. The album's lead single, "Breaking News," is out now and begins with static-infused soundbites about Jackson's controversial life and death. "Everybody wanting a piece of Michael Jack ... More >>
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February 19, 2011
Michael Jackson's Estate Continues to Make Tons of Money
Michael Jackson's estate has made a cool $310 million since his death in 2009, largely thanks to the success of the This Is It movie. Not bad for someone who isn't alive anymore. The money's been going towards his family and various charities, as well as starting to pay off the $400 million i ... More >>
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June 24, 2011
Tippi Hedren Honors Michael Jackson
Photo: Bill DowTippi Hedren is the Hitchcock star of The Birds and Marnie (in which she was a klepto who was afraid of the color red), and she also worked with Chaplin, albeit in the comedy misfire A Countess From Hong Kong. She's further known as the mom to Oscar nominated Melanie Griffith, ... More >>
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August 17, 2011
ROCK WITH YOU
Paying tribute to MJ
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September 2, 2011
The 10 Most Overplayed Party Jams
This should probably not be how you do it.It's a common dilemma of the booty club: You're buzzing off the overpriced drinks, two-stepping with the opposite sex. The lighting is right and you're getting closer and closer to each other... and then DJ Lack-of-Direction throws on some bullshit. Y ... More >>
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September 20, 2011
Q&A: Das Racist On The "Michael Jackson" Video
In the two years since stumbling across viral MP3 stardom with "Combination Pizza Hut & Taco Bell," Brooklyn's Das Racist have evolved from insular meta-rap blogger obsession to some of our city's most electric assonance merchants. Their first official, hold-it-in-yr-paws physical release, Re ... More >>
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October 2, 2011
Rick Perry's 'Niggerhead' Ranch vs. Michael Jackson's 'Neverland' Ranch: Which is Stranger?
When we first wrote about Rick Perry's "Niggerhead" Ranch, we were struck by how it phonetically reminded us of another infamous getaway spot: Michael Jackson's "Neverland" Ranch. Both were occupied by larger than life personalities. Both ranches had names that raised eyebrows, especially ... More >>
Voice Choices
September 14, 2011
The Black Eyed Peas
When we first wrote about Rick Perry's "Niggerhead" Ranch, we were struck by how it phonetically reminded us of another infamous getaway spot: Michael Jackson's "Neverland" Ranch. Both were occupied by larger than life personalities. Both ranches had names that raised eyebrows, especially ... More >>
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November 3, 2011
Michael Jackson Was A Raving Hetero, Says David Gest!
Liza Minnelli's ex husband David Gest, who bristles when gay stuff is suggested about himself, does the same when it comes to his old pal Michael Jackson. In fact, in a new DVD called Michael Jackson: The Life Of An Icon, Gest takes pains to note that Jackson was not only a raving heterosex ... More >>
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November 22, 2011
100 & Single: What Billboard's Rule Changes Mean For The Britney, Michael And Gaga Albums You Bought
When you go see a movie at a Saturday half-price matinee, should it count toward that weekend's box office? You paid less than the guy who saw the movie Friday night. Does that mean your viewing shouldn't count? What about if you see an old movie at a revival house: Should that count toward ... More >>
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December 2, 2011
Sleigh Bells' Second Album Is Coming Soon, And It Will Be Called Reign Of Terror
Normally I am not too into the idea of the "album trailer"—just put out a song, jeeeez—but the trailer for the second album by the always-maxing-out-the-sound-system duo Sleigh Bells, called Reign In Terror, is too good—a thrashy loop that I could, truth be told, probably listen t ... More >>
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