Tag Archives: Michael Jackson

Marking the anniversary of Michael Jackson’s death

It’s hard to believe: Today marks the one-year anniversary of the surprising death of Michael Jackson, the man who I think will always be the King of Pop. I marked the date by listening to some of my favorite MJ songs … Continue reading

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Lots of music news

I heard quite a few interesting music-related things yesterday (sorry, I just didn’t have time to get them written up until now). First was the announcement that Carrie Underwood will be performing at the Fargodome this summer. The country music … Continue reading

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“We Are The World” gets an update

As most people have heard in the last couple of days, an all-star remake of the famous 25-year-old charity song "We Are the World" will soon raise money for Haiti earthquake relief. The list of musicians involved in the project … Continue reading

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‘This Is It’ – a fitting tribute to the King of Pop

I finally got the chance to check out "This Is It" last night, the movie made from footage of Michael Jackson’s preparations for his 50-night set of London concerts that would have started shortly after his death in June. I … Continue reading

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Michael Jackson’s death ruled a homicide

It’s been hard to keep listening to the Michael Jackson death coverage – I understand that it’s a big story, but I became a little sick of the round-the-clock coverage not long after Jackson died. But a recent development in … Continue reading

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Michael Jackson – not butter worthy?

I just saw a rather odd story about Michael Jackson on the AP wire – with the intense media frenzy on Jackson since his death, this was a nice change of pace from the normal daily reporting I hear about him. I guess many Iowa … Continue reading

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Death really is the best career move

I was glancing over the AP wire today and saw something crazy – a musician was able to sell about 1.2 million albums in two weeks. This is in 2009, when record sales keep plummeting and the thought of selling … Continue reading

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Michael Jackson, 1958-2009

I was totally surprised today to hear Michael Jackson is dead at the age of 50, apparently from a heart attack according to the reports I heard. This guy was tiny and definitely didn’t seem to be a heart attack … Continue reading

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