tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post3346269269263475060..comments2024-03-27T09:52:02.406-07:00Comments on Petunia Face: Maybe(ish)Petunia Facehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10862319327443285277noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-60306492048503306672009-06-27T12:00:31.395-07:002009-06-27T12:00:31.395-07:00I totally agree with you... when I herad he had di...I totally agree with you... when I herad he had died I remembered the events that coincided with his music. I think that demonstrates that no matter what he was or did, he was a musical icon... <br /><br />I still remember the dance we made up on the green to 'the way you make me feel' - I must have been about 9!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-77352186770372491002009-06-27T08:52:24.979-07:002009-06-27T08:52:24.979-07:00personally, i don't think that what he did or ...personally, i don't think that what he did or did not do with children was ever remotely sadistic on his end. that being said, it is IN-A-FUCKING-PROPRIATE for a grown man to have naked children sleeping in his bed. it doesn't even matter if he touched them. i do not budge on this matter and i don't feel remotely bad about my intolerance.<br /><br />besides, i was never much into the michael jackson phenomena. kind of observed it but never really got it. now, duran duran and depeche mode and madonna?<br />DON'T GET ME STARTED.<br />(oddly enough, i only really stayed with them for the first albums as well.)kristahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07862447137460152226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-79865834699780764582009-06-26T22:20:46.339-07:002009-06-26T22:20:46.339-07:00My sadness relating to Michael's passing is le...My sadness relating to Michael's passing is less about his death than about the tortured, twisted person he became. <br /><br />I have absolutely no doubt - NO doubt - that he was a child molester and suspect that he was himself abused in some way or another as a child. He was surrounded by people who wanted something from him and encouraged, or at very least enabled, his worst tendencies. <br /><br />My greatest sadness is for the boys whom he molested; how difficult it must be for them to witness all this media adulation of their predator.s.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04741062569246094417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-30297398712547695002009-06-26T21:14:28.412-07:002009-06-26T21:14:28.412-07:00Yup, we don't know the man we mourn. I mourn t...Yup, we don't know the man we mourn. I mourn the end of an era for me. I have been listening to him since I was five years old, and watching Thriller was a seminal and terrifying moment in my life. Billie Jean might be my favorite pop song of all time.<br />The music was a huge part of the soundtrack to my life.Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699674732274478502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-15033970492292061172009-06-26T16:10:33.763-07:002009-06-26T16:10:33.763-07:00So funny- my husband was at work on the phone with...So funny- my husband was at work on the phone with a client yesterday when he found out about Michael Jackson. He and the client both had that same yellow sweater vest poster. <br /><br />I have to agree with your mom - Hi, Judy! - and the anonymous Jackie Chan look-alike on this one. I think the man was a freak-show but you could sure could dance to him.Kirsten @Apothecasf.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00180220155162950361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-7033832446919901392009-06-26T15:53:17.578-07:002009-06-26T15:53:17.578-07:00From Jackie Chan look-a-like:
I cannot entirely h...From Jackie Chan look-a-like:<br /><br />I cannot entirely hate someone who calls booze jesus juice. I have often referred to it as bethelem brew. I also cannot be naive enough to think he wasn't a serial child molester. Having said that, I really enjoyed his music - albeit with a touch of guilt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-33775010290187257582009-06-26T14:23:31.522-07:002009-06-26T14:23:31.522-07:00I guess I missed the Michael Jackson "Pop Ico...I guess I missed the Michael Jackson "Pop Icon" part and really just got the "weird celebrity" years. His music had a fantastic dance beat and the man could move no doubt about it. But so much of what I saw of him was the "so bad and twisted it was like an accident that you couldn't NOT look at it"...and of course Paris Hilton could have sat at his feet as far as the media/PR attention he generated. It almost feels like he died a long time ago (or should have)-before his nose started falling off, before the hyperbaric oxygen chamber and little boys sleeping over, before he turned clown-white and became best friends with a monkey...pre-masks for himself and his mystery-origin children. Since his last trial he had virtually disappeared; taking refuge and support from the kindness of strange stangers in one place or another while Neverland, its animals, his staff starved and fell into ruin. It just isn't possible for me to believe that he wasn't a pedophile...there was too much hard evidence linking him with young boys. Even he didn't deny sleeping with the boys; he just said it was all innocent. Is there any parent with a young son who would have been fine handing him over to Michael's special "innocent" attention?<br /><br />And on to the other Recent Dead....Farrah Fawcett...now she really "grew" on me over the years and she was a class act as she handled her terminal illness. I thought she was great in The Burning Bed, Extremities and Small Sacrifices.<br /><br />May they both RIP.<br />MomJudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06235688942890462756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-77110081782518962462009-06-26T09:36:23.018-07:002009-06-26T09:36:23.018-07:00I've always been one of the people to stand be...I've always been one of the people to stand behind Michael Jackson. He was strange, no doubt. A sad man who never had a real childhood, whose whole life was a money maker and entertainment for the rest of us. I agree with Mellie. If a grand jury can't come up with enough to convict him, that says a lot. He's certainly an easy target. The saddest thing to me is that he probably would be shocked at how sad everyone is. Yesterday he was Wacko Jacko to so many people who would crack jokes at this expense. Today he's the legendary Michael who everyone loves. Perhaps if people had not been cruel to him while he was still alive, his death would not seem so tragic.Vanessahttp://thevoyageofv.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-3192660397951264162009-06-26T07:33:24.240-07:002009-06-26T07:33:24.240-07:00I had the same poster - the yellow one where he ga...I had the same poster - the yellow one where he gave that sad/concerned look. PYT & Thriller were such huge parts of my teenage years...it's all very sad to lose such a huge icon.amber {daisy chain}https://www.blogger.com/profile/18319294429035814508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-8892458344261869232009-06-26T07:22:05.387-07:002009-06-26T07:22:05.387-07:00Beautifully put. And you are right...it is the me...Beautifully put. And you are right...it is the memories. He is such a part of the lives of those who grew up in the late 70s and early 80s. It's like letting go of a piece of our collective past.Amynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-63830453492531198372009-06-26T05:50:07.225-07:002009-06-26T05:50:07.225-07:00He was never indicted or convicted of anything. I...He was never indicted or convicted of anything. I believe he was a kind soul, eccentric as hell, but I don't believe he ever harmed a child. That's just me, and none of us will ever really know, but if two grand juries couldn't find enough evidence to even indict him, that is pretty powerful to me. His music will live on, and he will always be an American icon. RIP Michael.Mellienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-10768884213538205072009-06-25T23:37:50.309-07:002009-06-25T23:37:50.309-07:00I put that very poster you're talking about on...I put that very poster you're talking about on the latest post on my blog... That poster was soo amazing...!kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04016226496226581236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-63702786455267827152009-06-25T23:26:51.386-07:002009-06-25T23:26:51.386-07:00Dude, seriously. Thriller was the first album I e...Dude, seriously. Thriller was the first album I ever owned, I was 7, and I too had that poster.<br /><br />This is all so confusing and sad.<br /><br />I think he was a tad bit of it all.ZDubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17050000234750719978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-61631154129254580672009-06-25T23:25:31.645-07:002009-06-25T23:25:31.645-07:00All I know is that when I heard about Farrah Fawce...All I know is that when I heard about Farrah Fawcett my thought was "there was a life well lived" (granted that I know nothing about her life), and that when I heard about Michael Jackson I felt.....<br />nothing. <br /><br />I feel for his family and especially his children, and I acknowledge his place as an icon in pop history. But for some reason while other friends were posting sad little tributes on Facebook I was more interested in looking at a friend's pictures of her kid graduating pre-k.<br /><br />Don't know how to explain that.mosey (kim)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14990626697257089908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-59203103631703684412009-06-25T23:12:12.441-07:002009-06-25T23:12:12.441-07:00I danced to his music at Mr. A's- the coolest ...I danced to his music at Mr. A's- the coolest disco evah and telling my father in law when I saw "Thriller" that he would be one of the biggest pop stars of all time. It's unfortunate there are so many skeletons in his closet.bensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12595453642858540703noreply@blogger.com