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« on: September 27, 2010, 01:26:19 PM »
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Register or LoginI haven't seen this site before until today. Is anyone aware of it? Light and L.O.V.E.,
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« on: September 27, 2010, 01:23:20 PM »
[youtube:13u202tt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9PqsvJ95Vk[/youtube:13u202tt]
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« on: September 16, 2010, 11:04:01 PM »
If you were a big conglomerate and you were jealous of a man and his brand, what would you try and do about it? And, if that man was brilliant and knew how to play you like a chessboard, what would be his response? HOAX. :lol: "What They Don’t Want You to Know About Michael Jackson What do you think of when you hear the name, Michael Jackson? Michael? Criminal? Great Entertainer? Businessman? Whatever you think of MJ, throw all your thoughts out of the window and let’s examine some facts. For years the media has labeled him “Michael Jackson.” What happened to MJ? Wasn’t he the biggest thing in music at one point? When did he go crazy? All anyone has to do is look when Michael started being portrayed as “Crazy.” It wasn’t during the “Thriller” years. It’s cool being a song and dance man. That’s what they want. DON’T DARE BECOME A THINKING BUSINESSMAN. DON’T DARE BUY THE BEATLES CATALOG. DON’T DARE MARRY ELVIS’ DAUGHTER. DON’T DARE BEAT THE RECORD INDUSTRY AT THEIR OWN GAME. Michael started being labeled crazy when he began making business moves that no one had been successful at doing. Michael took two cultural icons and shattered them to pieces. All our lives, we’ve been bombarded with 2 facts. The Beatles were the greatest group of all time and Elvis was the King of Rock and Roll. Michael bought the Beatles and married the King’s daughter. (if that ain’t literally sticking it to the man) If I wasn’t a cynic, I’d say Michael did the Lisa Marie thing just to stick it to the people who consider Elvis the King. The Beatles were great, but they weren’t great enough to maintain publishing rights over their own songs. Elvis was great, but he didn’t write his songs. His manager, Col Tom Parker, was the mastermind behind Elvis … keeping him drugged with fresh subscription pills and doing all the paperwork. Michael could do no wrong as an entertainer. “Off the Wall,” first solo artist with 4 top ten singles. “Thriller,” the biggest selling album of all time, with a then record 7 top ten singles. “Bad,” the first album to spawn 5 number one songs (even Thriller only had 2 number one songs). All this is cool. But that is all you better do. SING AND DANCE. Michael wanted to be greater. He bought the legendary Sly and the Family Stone catalog and no one really cared. When he bought the Beatles, people noticed. The Sony merger took the cake. Sony, in their eagerness to have a part of the Beatles catalog, agreed to a 50/50 merger with Jackson, thus forming Sony/ATV music publishing. Now, Michael co-owns half of the entire publishing of all of Sony artists. Check out the complete lists of songs at sonyatv.com. A sampling of the songs he owns the publishing rights to are over 900 country songs by artists such as Tammy Wynette, Kenny Rogers, Alabama. All Babyface written songs. Latin songs by Selena and Enrique Iglesias. Roberta Flack songs, Mariah Carey songs, Destiny’s Child’s songs. 2pac, Biggie and Fleetwood Mac songs. In essence over 100,000 songs. “What is this man doing?” None of the greats did this. Not Bono, Springsteen, Sinatra. “Who does he think he is? Get whatever you can on him.” To “get” someone, you have to attack what they love the most. I’ll say no more on that. The only man who even approaches MJ in taking on the industry is Prince and to a lesser extent, George Michael. They went after poor George Michael, publicly outing the man as a homosexual. Prince fought hard and made his point, but nevertheless still had to resort to using a major company to distribute his materials. There is nothing wrong with that. Prince would get the lion’s share, but the result were years of being labeled crazy and difficult. The greatest moment for them was the Sneddon press conference. “We got him.” Never was such glee so evident. Who cares if we have evidence? Michael was acquitted, did not celebrate, went home and left the USA. Best move ever. Now what is there left for the haters to do? He’s gone. “Gone, what do you mean he moved to Bahrain? Well, how the hell can we get him if he’s not here? Quick, get that columnist to write a series of articles on how MJ’s teetering on the brink of destruction. Oh we did that? Well, what can we do?” On the outer surface, it appears Michael is not doing anything to make money. Don’t even count the weekly sales of his CDs. 15,000 CDs a week is nothing for Michael. The Sony/ATV catalog is money for Michael Jackson every time he breathes. Serious money. The fact that no one reports on the actual amount is proof of that. They would rather you believe he is broke than tell you the truth. Neverland is still owned by MJ. The family home in Encino is still owned by MJ. Michael still owns the Beatles songs through the merger with Sony as well as full ownership of his own songs. But, hey, that’s our little secret. Michael Jackson is literally walking in the shoes that no Black person has ever walked in before. If he ever writes an autobiography, it will be one of the most interesting ever. A Black man with no real formal education becomes the most powerful man in the industry, DESPITE hatred, racism, enemies in his own camps and a media willing to be bought to the highest bidder. If Sony had any sense, right now they should offer to continue the partnership. That’s the only way they will make future money off of Michael’s catalogue. Tommy Mattola did not lose his job with Sony because he was a bad label head. It was a casualty of war. MJ exposed him and Sony had to cut their losses. Companies do it all the time. Notice no one at Sony nor did Matolla himself ever sue MJ for slander. Michael always was loyal to his bosses at Epic/Sony. Back at the 1984 Grammys, he even brought then label head Walter Yetnikoff on stage with him at one point. He’s always thanked Dave Glew, Mattola and others at Sony in his acceptance speeches. Sony can still do right by Michael, but it may be too late. However, they still should make a goodwill gesture, but how many times do businesses do that? If I were them, I’d still want MJ as an ally, not as an enemy. It is/was a mutally profitable merger. I’d be scared as hell if I was an enemy of MJ while he is with the multi-billionaires overseas. Believe me, they aren’t just over there discussing designer clothing. A conglomerate is in the making. One last note, these facts that I write here should not be the only times you hear this, but the sad fact is it probably is. I was worried that Michael would go down because of the uncertainty of the jury. That’s playing unfair. If I’m presenting these facts here at EURweb, YOU CAN BELIEVE THE MEDIA KNOWS IT ALREADY AS WELL. They aren’t salivating over everything MJ related just because he made “Thriller.” They know what’s up. Think about it. That’s why I laugh when I see shows like BET’s “The Ultimate Hustler.” We all know who that is. (How can Damon Dash know who the ultimate hustler is anyway? He lost Roc-a-fella to Jay-Z) In the end, Michael won’t be known for being an alleged child molester. He won’t be known for “Thriller.” He will be known as the man that fought the record industry and won and lived to tell the tale." You are not allowed to view links.
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« on: September 05, 2010, 06:03:14 AM »
I had the very good fortune this weekend to see Tuck & Patti perform in New York at the Blue Note. Like Michael, they are true perfection. Tuck said that Michael Jackson was his hero. He said he learned how to finesse his guitar playing by thoroughly analyzing MJ's "micro-movements." In "memory" of Michael, Tuck played Man In The Mirror. It was so sublime but Tuck looked sad while playing it and I wanted to yell out, "take comfort! Michael is ALIVE!!!"  Here's a version of MITM when Tuck was younger: [youtube:17stb7dv]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLFjk0KXjIk[/youtube:17stb7dv] They dedicated Love Warriors to MJ's fans: [youtube:17stb7dv]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwH0J-_SSp8&p=20DA36ECEF3764DC&playnext=1&index=18[/youtube:17stb7dv] I adore Tuck & Patti and so pleased by the way they honored our Michael. If you don't know this duo (husband and wife), check them out. One of my many favorites is Wide Awake: You are not allowed to view links.
Register or LoginThanks for waking us up, Michael!
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« on: August 28, 2010, 01:54:09 AM »
I searched and didn't see this anywhere else on the forum. If this is a double--post, please delete and my apologies. From CNN, August 27. Michael Jackson voted number one music icon.You are not allowed to view links.
Register or LoginAlmost 100,000 of you voted for Michael Jackson as your top global music icon Bob Marley, The Beatles, Leslie Cheung and Elvis Presley also made the top five Madonna came in at number six, nanarrowlyissing a place in the gallery (CNN) -- The votes are in and Michael Jackson is your number one global music icon.
Almost 100,000 of you voted to tell us that the self-styled "King of Pop," who died suddenly in June 2009, is the musician you rate above all others.
British pop group The Beatles, late Canto pop sensation Leslie Cheung, rock 'n' roller Elvis Presley and Reggae godfather Bob Marley also made the top five.
No female artists made the list, although U.S. pop queen, Madonna came in at number six, narrowly missing a place.
Last month CNN's arts and culture program, icon, asked you to vote for your top five most iconic musicians of all time.
This month, we want to know your thoughts on the most iconic 20th century painters. Salvador Dali perhaps? Picasso? Or maybe Andy Warhol? Click here to vote.
We'll reveal your top five on September 23 when the next show airs.
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« on: July 20, 2010, 12:02:45 AM »
Whenever I hear a song that makes me think of Michael or I want to share with him, I will post it here.
[youtube:gq4pff7a]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgbvHM03dMs&feature=PlayList&p=6A87AE4163FFFDE2&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=65[/youtube:gq4pff7a]
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« on: July 17, 2010, 09:49:45 PM »
[youtube:72zlijxv]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmoIkh6BC-g[/youtube:72zlijxv]
No picture here, just magical music for our sweet King Michael.
Missing you, loving you, MJ. "May all your storms be weathered and all that's good gets better."
HERE'S TO LIFE!
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« on: July 16, 2010, 10:04:01 AM »
In case you haven't seen this article online, please take a look here: You are not allowed to view links.
Register or LoginA reporter by the name of Jan Carlsen writes a beautiful piece about who Michael Jackson is vs. the caricature the media thought up to portray and betray him. It's long so I won't post the entire thing but will include the first couple of paragrahs to give you a feel for it. We should spread this around often and broadly. And, I'll include here some of the discussion questions that appear at the end of the article. Definitely a teachable moment... Systematic media brainwashing over a period in excess of two and a half decades succeeded in turning a genuinely innovative musical genius and gentle man into a laughingstock -- a joke -- a caricature. A caricature is defined as “an exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics in art or literature.”
From the time his talent made him a household name in 1984 until his death in 2009, the public was conditioned to think of Michael Jackson in the following terms: “odd,” “freak,” “weird,” “bizarre,” “strange,” “Wacko Jacko,” “predator,” “pervert,” and “pedophile.” Propaganda and Inflammatory words did immeasurable violence not only to Mr. Jackson but to the world, depriving it of authentic, factual knowledge of a man who, while he has been called the ‘greatest entertainer the world has ever known,’ was also the most inexhaustible humanitarian and lobbyist for change in our cultural memory. Future generations have been cheated, too; Mr. Jackson’s next discipline was to be film direction, by his own admission, and the world will never know what further contributions he might have made had he been alive to make them.
Examined individually, and with a bit of common sense, each of the major stories contributing to the notoriety of a legend, make logical sense in the context of Mr. Jackson’s life. Taken out of context, embellished, and sensationalized, they paint a caricature, not a biography. An overwhelming preponderance of the parodies constructed about Mr. Jackson had a medical basis.The full article is here:http://www.voiceseducation.org/content/case-study-caricature DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 1.How can we, as consumers, change the way our media covers celebrity? 2.How can laws be constructed assist in the control of media bias? 3.How can newspaper and broadcast media be held to a minimum code of ethics as doctors and lawyers are? 4.What can be done to improve the Shield Law that protects journalists from being accountable for their actions in wielding their pens as weapons of destruction? 5.How has the advent of the ‘information superhighway’ impacted the journalistic profession? 6.How has the 24 hour news cycle impacted television? 7.Given this account of media bias, inaccuracies and failure to report the facts: how do you feel as a consumer? Are you surprised? Outraged? Or unaffected? 8.If you could change anything about this story, what would it be? If you had the power to request a change from the media, what would you say? 9.If you were the target or subject of such storytelling, how would you feel? What would you do? 10.If you agree with the media using these tactics, why do you agree? If you disagree, why? And what do you think can be done about it? Written by: Jan Carlson
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« on: July 03, 2010, 08:26:39 AM »
Has anyone read or seen Miko at any gathering? Was he not at FL or heard from last week?
I find it interesting that he seems to be totally out of the picture right now.
And for me, it points to him being with MJ.
Also, what about Chris Tucker? Or Elizabeth Taylor? Liza? Diana?
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« on: June 23, 2010, 10:43:41 PM »
Check out this youtube link with the photo that's been discussed and announcing the new album?? You are not allowed to view links.
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« on: June 22, 2010, 02:12:41 AM »
I was on another forum where a member posted a video where you clearly see two Michael's at 02. I'll try and post the video. But, the question was asked, what does it mean? It's such a magnificent illusion, I said it was like pulling back the curtain - The Wizard of Oz (O2) and/or because the curtain at 02 is red, V for Vendetta. In the end, both of these films have the same message, imo (a wake-up call because it's all for L.O.V.E.) I then found a brilliant analysis online@ You are not allowed to view links.
Register or LoginWhat is "Oz" a symbol for? Ounces. What is measured in ounces? Gold. What is the yellow brick road? Bricks or ingot bars of gold. The character known as the Straw Man represents that fictitious, ALL CAPS, legal fiction - a PERSON, the Federal U.S. Government created with the same spelling as your birth name. Remember what the Straw Man wanted from the Wizard of Oz? A Brain! No juristic person - legal fiction - paper corporation has a brain because he/she has no breath of life. What did he get in place of a brain?A certificate: a Birth Certificate for a new legal creation. He was proud of his new legal status, plus all the other legalisms he was granted. Now he becomes the epitome of the brainless sack of straw who was given a certificate in place of a grain of common sense. Now, what about the Tin Man? Does Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) recall anything to mind? The poor TIN Man just stood there mindlessly doing his work until his body literally froze up and stopped functioning. He worked himself to death because he had no heart nor soul. He's the heartless and emotionless creature robotically carrying out his daily task as though he were already dead. He's the ox pulling the plow and the mule toiling under the yoke. These days, his task masters just oil him nightly with beer and place him in front of a hypnotic television until his very existence no longer has any meaning or value. His masters keep him cold on the outside and heartless on the inside in order to control any emotion or feeling that might arise. The Cowardly Lion was always too frightened to stand up for himself. Of course, he was a bully and a big mouth when it came to picking on those smaller than he. (Have you ever noticed how bullies are really the biggest cowards? They act as though they have great courage, but, in reality, have none at all. They roar, but with no teeth of authority to back them up.) When push came to shove, the Cowardly Lion always buckled under and whimpered when anyone of any size or stature challenged him. He wanted courage from the Grand Wizard, so he was awarded a medal of "official" recognition. Now, although remaining a coward, his official status allowed him to be a bully, but with officially recognized authority. (He's not unlike the Attorneys who hide behind the Middle Courts of the Temple Bar.) et al ad infinitum. What about the trip through the field of poppies? Did you notice how this had no narcotic effect on the Straw Man (no brain) or the Tin Man (no heart or soul)? They weren't real people, so drugs could not influence them. The Wizard of Oz was written at the turn of the century, so how could the author have known America was going to be drugged? The Crown has been playing the drug cartel game for centuries. Just look up the history of Hong Kong and the Opium Wars. The Crown already had valuable experience conquering all of China with drugs, so why not the rest of the world? What was the Emerald City? The Federal Reserve System. Who finally exposed the Wizard for what he really was? Toto, the ugly (or cute, depending on your perspective) and somewhat annoying little dog. Toto means "in total, all together; Latin in toto." Notice how Toto was not scared of the Great Wizard's theatrics, yet he was so small in size, compared to the Wizard, that no one seemed to notice him? The smoke, flames and holographic images of Oz were designed to righten people into doing as the Great Wizard commanded. Toto simply padded over, looked behind the curtain (the COURT, etc.), saw it was a scam, started barking until others paid attention to him and came to see what all the barking was about. Who was behind the curtain? Just an ORDINARY PERSON controlling the levers that created the illusion of the Great Wizard's power and authority. When Toto pulled back the curtain and completely exposed him, the charade was at an end. (The veil hiding the corporate legal fiction and its false courts was removed.) The Wizard's game was UP. What was he after all? ... a con-man. A FRAUD. We can see, in this tale, just how loud the bark from a little dog can be. How bout YOUR bark? How big is it? Most of us remain silent and wait to be given whatever food and recognition, if any, by our legal master. Let us not forget those pesky flying monkeys. What perfect mythical creatures to represent the Bar Association Attorneys who attack and control the little people for the Great Crown Wizard, the powerful and grand Bankers of Oz: GOLD! How, finally, was the evil witch destroyed? .... pure, clean water LIQUIDATION! How, at last, did Dorothy get home? She simply clicked her heels. She always had the power, and SO DO WE! What would it take to expose the Wizard for what he is, tearing away his veils? We each need only a brain, a heart and soul --- and COURAGE. Then, and perhaps of the greatest importance, we need to learn HOW to WORK TOGETHER. Only "in TOTO," WORKING TOGETHER as ONE Body of the King of Kings.
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