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[DrFunk]

He's gone.

 

[Tyrone Slothrop]

calm down... some news orgs break news differently than others. the reason why TMZ broke it first is because they aren't exactly reuters m'kay

 

[Rewrite]

KCAL 9 News now has the headline that he's dead. It seems like it's official now.

 

[viciouskillersquirrel]

Madonna. Hate her or love her she is legendary and you know it.

Madonna is nowhere near as big a Jacko, trust me.

 

[vatstep]

So I guess I'm at the point in my life now when a bunch of celebrities from my childhood all start dying off.

When Bruce Springsteen dies, I will go into hiding for weeks.

 

[StormyTheRabbit]

I really hope he is well. i swear I'll kill myself tonight if his dead.

Do it or eat crow.


And I'm not trying to be a troll, but why is everyone so upset? Don't get me wrong, he was an AMAZING artist and did wonders for the music industry....but he also fucked a child. Just sayin'

 

[Mercury Fred]

God damn, I feel like crying.

The poet Sapphire wrote this poem for her collection Black Wings & Blind Angels in 2000.

I found it incredibly moving when I first read it and I thought I'd post it now.

The poem works to piece together some of MJ's troubled psyche. It may seem controversial, but hope no one takes any offense.

***


Neverland

I remember Michael Jackson—
perfect shiny round brown button
of a boy, who just wanted to dance,
& dance he did, like light spinning
in shoes--
turning turning
till his reflection
arrests him & he stops.

Michael stops in front the mirror
and says:
I will
I have the will
to change
My face
I want my face different.
He looks at his nostrils flaring
fire like horses & his lips & his chin
& his eyes & his cheekbones
& he says I want, I want
a nose that glows white, that glows thin
& long & white.
I want it & I shall
have it!
Everybody wants it, so shut up!
It's just everybody can't have it is all
But I can have it.
I can have it.

Why does he hit me
& I'm a millionaire?
Why does he hit me & my feet are the golden eggs that bought
the farm, the ranch, the mansions,
the zoo?
Why does he hit me?
I'm so very smart
I buy those old songs of John & Paul
& Ringo & sell 'em for dog food
commercials. I am rich.
I don't want to be hit
Do you hear me Father?
Father
I pray
I am devout
vegetarian
Jehovah's Witness
I dance till I collapse
in a pool of lost sex & sweat
I light the world
Platinum boy
channel
singing "Billy Jean"
"Thriller"
I sell sell sell
my success is phenomenal.
I have a friend. He is a Witness too.
He doesn't eat meat either.
We are special as fresh carrot juice
& the maids who turn
back our sheets.
He is a lightning boy
& when I'm with him I'm not the scarecrow
or a billion dollar brown wind-up doll
I put my tongue on him
taste the life in his nipples
penis
he is splendiferous

Father, NO!
I'm a millionaire
I have houses
get
Get that faggot out of here!
His fist rearranges my sight
& for a while all I see
is his voice writing
like the blimp he is
across the sky:
There'll be no freakish shit
in this house
What are you!
What are you!
Some kinda fairy-ass
faggot!

No, Father
no father.

I wrap myself in a sparkling white glove.
A hand I reach out that touches no one,
separated now like I am from the soft
velvet of his balls,
hard round of his chest—
memories erased like chalkboards
in elementary school
like the questions in the early years to Barry
about where all the money went.
I'm vacant now, a channel.

Still it fills me sometimes
like wanting something more than
monkeys & a ranch
& I just dance harder
till I pass out
& I pass out ever time
the semen
the spirit rises up
like a shaman & takes my soul
under the lights
& I'm not human. I'm a phenomenon
a miracle of motion going back to Indiana
Los angeles Motown light sound
breaking into a tornado
of rhythm
wanting wanting
what I can't have.

 

[VPhys]

Damn, I'm actually a bit choked up.

 

[NetMapel]

CNN now confirmed MJ has died. The anchorwoman even sighed at the news.

 

[Kaako]

I still can't believe this news man. WTF, this is Michaeal Jackson...he can't die yet.

 

[Barrett2]

NBC confirming.

King is dead.




Tonight I will listen to Thriller album in memorium.

 

[Mato]

Madonna is indeed legendary, but comparing her to MJ is laughable.

Really? It's always been Michael Jackson and Madonna. They co-existed in the same space of legendaryness.

 

[Eric WK]

they actually check their sources before posting the shit all over the internet...

Right because the LA Times retracted the coma line and confirming the death wasn't enough. Get Anderson Cooper into the hospital room.

 

[Fritz]

this is ridiculous, Im actually in awe. So fucking sad

 

[Mdk7]

A legend dies tonight.

 

[Mik2121]

As much as I loved MJ, I don't know if he was any bigger than Elvis...maybe about equal.

Bigger. Definitely.

Elvis could be bigger in the US, but worldwide MJ was the biggest singer ever.

 

[Xeke]

much bigger.

No way. John Lennon was the voice of an entire generation of people and he was murdered. John Lennon was x1000 times more influential.

 

[kassatsu]

CNN citing LA Times and CBS News

"MJ dead."

 

[agrajag]

RIP.

I wonder how many children he raped.

 

[smokeymicpot]

R.I.P Michael Jackson.

 

[MrDenny]

CNN is probably waiting for multiple confirmations.
I remember watching the live mine accident they were reporting.
They said the miners were alive and told the family, and then they latered changed the story and said they were dead. They probably don't want to make the same mistake again.

 

[Price Dalton]

He was pretty explicit in his postings. Twice.

and as for the discussion going round that paedos just have an urge they can't deny like gay people, some killers also suffer from genes that give them uncontrollable urges to kill the same way hetero/homosexuals have genes that generate urges when they see naked women/men. Are you now going to say murderers are just "misunderstood" and are on the same level as a person's natural sexuality? Talk about specious.

Of course not, but it is arguably more tragic when the disorder's at a genetic, almost subconscious level. Doesn't change the fact that they're murdering people (or raping kids), though. It just makes it more unfortunate.

 

[MIMIC]

CNN & MSNBC are now citing the L.A. Times

 

[daw840]

RIP

 

[I AM JOHN!]

And we're done. Show's over, folks. :'(

Wait, these fuckers are just citing the LA Times. FUCK THAT. >:|

 

[OokieSpookie]

Could not at least find something with better spelling?

 

[8bit]

Fuck knows who the Beeb have on the phone now, but bringing up Jarvis Cocker?

 

[Valth0nis]

At this point I need an official statement... Fucking media... tell me what's happening!!!

 

[DSK123]

Now CNN says he's in a coma.

 

[BruceLeeRoy]

Wow this seriously threw me for a loop I am completely numb.

 

[paparazzo]

Can't say I'm sorry he's gone, but the man was mighty talented long ago.

 

[Datrio]

Holy. RIP Michael Jackson, you were one of the greatest artists in the world.

 

[Darkman M]

Bringing your trolling to the offtopic side i see? get the fuck outta here clown.

 

[xbhaskarx]

I would say...

John Lennon
Michael Jackson
Princess Diana (ugh)

Elvis wasn't as shocking as those other three because he was already fat and in a downward spiral.

 

[subzero9285]

Damn...Michael, you brought joy to millions of us around the world. RIP.

 

[Banana Kid]

btw, how are his kids white?

...you know, I actually always wondered this.

 

[D4Danger]

RIP.

I wonder how many children he raped.

dude. Not the fucking time for this shit. Just keep it to yourself.

 

[Eaten By A Grue]

Wow I am totally bummed out and sad. He was the music of my childhood, this really sucks.

 

[Barrett2]

No way. John Lennon was the voice of an entire generation of people and he was murdered. John Lennon was x1000 times more influential.

:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol



no

Michael Jackson was THE KING

 

[avaya]

No way. John Lennon was the voice of an entire generation of people and he was murdered. John Lennon was x1000 times more influential.

jackson was the first truly globalised musician, simply more people and more media by sheer weight of numbers.

 

[anddo0]

R.I.P.

 

[epitome]

lol at all the weirdo MJ fans. that are about to come out the fuckin wood work.
that guy has the die hardest of any fans. insane.

 

[Rindain]

Does anyone know whether he had any kind of heart condition?

I'm shocked because he was only 50 years old.

 

[TOM f'N CRUISE]

wasnt he gonna have his last concert too?

 

[lunarworks]

Holy fuck.

End of an era.

 

[Onemic]

btw, how are his kids white?

I don't think anyone really knows....skin bleaching?

 

[MidgarBlowedUp]

If he died then shouldn't there be an announcement from the hospital?

 

[Rewrite]

At the medical center, every entrance to the emergency room was blocked by security guards. Even hospital staffers were not permitted to enter. A few people stood inside the waiting area, some of them crying.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/25/michael.jackson/index.html

 

[Eric WK]

No way. John Lennon was the voice of an entire generation of people and he was murdered. John Lennon was x1000 times more influential.

Worldwide, MJ is the biggest musician of all time. It's not even close.

 

[Smokey]

RIP.

I wonder how many children he raped.

get the fuck out of here