“Did I scare you?”: The Curious Case of Michael Jackson as Gothic narrative, by Dennis Yeo Kah Sin, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
On June 25, 2009 , Michael Jackson died. Universally hailed as a musical genius and pop icon, Michael’s tale is shrouded by rumor, speculation and mystery. Even as this article [...]
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If you weren’t paying close attention, you might think of “The Way You Make Me Feel” as one of Michael Jackson’s weaker, less interesting music video films. However, this video has always interested me much more than the song alone. Everything Michael Jackson did as an adult came back to an exploration of himself, of [...]
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A portrait depicting Michael Jackson on horseback, dressed in regal garb and attended by two cherubs, has been sold at auction for $175,000, a US art gallery said.
“Equestrian Portrait of King Philip II,” commissioned by the late pop star, who died on June 25, was sold to a German collector at the Art Basel show, [...]
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It’s been a month. I still can’t believe it. Here, have some desktop wallpapers, 1920×1200. Click for full size and try not to cry.
Michael Jackson at Neverland, 1993, by H. Benson
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I’ve noticed as I’ve grown older that all tabloid stories everywhere increasingly collapse in on themselves. So, in honor of Michael Jackson’s secret love affair with Pamela Anderson I have made you this desktop background.
1680×1050 | 1900×1200
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It may not be evident from just looking at me but I have a sort of small pop culture obsession with Michael Jackson. I think he’s pretty much the greatest most misunderstood artistic genius of our time and that we are blessed and lucky to share the Earth with him and his enormously under-appreciated talent.
There [...]
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Did you get a chance to see the multimillion dollar 1986 3D short film Captain EO, starring Michael Jackson and Anjelica Huston, during its run at Epcot Center? I remember seeing it as a child. I remember loving it so much I made my parents take me to see it a second time…immediately. In my [...]
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From whiteglovetracking.com, clearly nerds after my own heart:
On May 4th, 2007, we asked internet users to help isolate Michael Jackson’s white glove in all 10,060 frames of his nationally televised landmark performance of Billy Jean. 72 hours later 125,000 gloves had been located. wgt_data_v1.txt (listed below) is the culmination of data collected. It is released [...]
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