michael jackson
July 10, 2009
- Michael Jackson died 2 weeks ago, and I suspect I’m the only person in the universe, IN THE UNIVERSE, who had no emotional reaction whatsoever. No urge to turn on the TV or radio, no urge to tweet about it Google it or comment or reflect or say something snarky or anything else. Really, I just didn’t think or feel anything. Until now. I woke up at 5:47am (rather early for me) with I’ll ...
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July 8, 2009
- Mirror, mirror... There's a new N-word permeating our culture and it has nothing to do with racial epithets. The warm bath of public narcissism is getting as crowded as the rooftop hot tub at SF's kink.com on a Friday night. Instead of luxuriating in it, or watching a few privileged porn performers sudsing up, we're all jammed in, flailing around and knocking into each other like the Three ...
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July 8, 2009
- 'Drop in when you drop dead' was the tagline at the undertaker’s outlet. I imagined stone cold corpses walk in for a cuppa and a casket. This was on my regular route and it invariably made me smile. I thought about the smiles I saw at the Michael Jackson memorial service. They were not celebrating death, but life. Brought up in a culture where this is unusual and loud weeping is common and ...
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July 7, 2009
- They put Michael Jackson in the ground today. You know already, of course, since every media outlet in the universe is standing by to share the experience and their opinions about it.It's not my intention to share my opinion about Michael here. Like most contemplations of other human beings, it's complex and contradictory (and private). But I think holding a mirror to Michael's life, and death, ...
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July 7, 2009
- I can't be the only one to notice that there is a large segment of the media that is hitting the Michael Jackson story from the "There is too much Michael Jackson coverage" angle, thereby providing more Michael Jackson coverage while looking like they are against it.Ugh.Let's just say that I refuse to give this whole Michael Jackson thing any further attention. That, really, is the only ...
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July 6, 2009
- Michael and I share a lot. We are close in age. We like music. We are both huge San Francisco 49er fans. So I, along with the rest of the known universe (and beyond), was shocked when Michael passed away late last month, much too young. (Please take note, God. Michael was 50-years-old—younger than me. That is too young for a person to die.)There is a great void in our world. Something needs to ...
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July 5, 2009
- Lots has been happening, but not that much connected with books … until I got this e-mail from Kathi Kamen Goldmark (who’s added “Barry” to her name, having married HarperCollins SF’s Sam Barry recently). She is famously the creator of the Rock Bottom Remainders, the garage band comprised of best-selling authors (Amy Tan, Stephen King, Matt Groening, Mitch Albom, Scott Turow, Roy ...
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July 3, 2009
- I want you all to know, first, how excited I am that the release of my new novel, Labor Day, is just a month away now. I'm happy and proud to tell you that the book was selected by the Book Expo 2009 Librarian's Shout and Share program as one of the seven must-read books of the summer, and that early reviews have been terrific. Of course, the readers I care most to hear from are always the ones ...
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July 1, 2009
- from http://thepeepdiaries.com He went the way he lived, veiled in bizarre secrecy even as the entire world wanted to know everything. Michael Jackson, king of pop, who thrilled me and my teenage cohorts with the audacious creation of a half-million dollar 14 minute music video complete with choreographed zombie dancing, is dead at 50. He will be remembered as much for Billie Jean and ABC as ...
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June 30, 2009
- I just wrote an article entry, and dedicated a poem to this wonderful artist, Michael Jackson, with a small explanation about his medical condition, and who he was terribly misunderstood. http://redroom.com/articlestory/living-art Listen to his message through his songs! Its full of peace, love, hope, and joy!
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