This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth

[Sidd Finch]

Originally Posted by notcasesensitive

At the moment I remember him as the guy who gave me a snow day in June. Just got word my school in Westwood is shut down today because of the traffic/media circus surrounding his death at UCLA hospital.

It does seem rather cruel of the LA Times site to have up a later in life picture from his totally kooky era.

I'm torn between remembering him as he was on Thriller, on Off the Wall.... or in the glory days of the Jackson 5. I will probably go with the latter.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Sidd Finch

Sigh. I remember that poster fondly.

How do you choose to remember MJ?

[ltl/fb]

Originally Posted by notcasesensitive

At the moment I remember him as the guy who gave me a snow day in June. Just got word my school in Westwood is shut down today because of the traffic/media circus surrounding his death at UCLA hospital.

It does seem rather cruel of the LA Times site to have up a later in life picture from his totally kooky era.

Did Farrah die too?

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally Posted by Sidd Finch

How do you choose to remember MJ?

As a rich white man who killed a young black guy and got away with it.

[tmdiva]

Anyone else in Washington and not my Facebook friend want to get together this Sunday?

tm

[notcasesensitive]

Originally Posted by Sidd Finch

I'm torn between remembering him as he was on Thriller, on Off the Wall.... or in the glory days of the Jackson 5. I will probably go with the latter.

If you so desire, you can remember him at the star of the other Michael Jackson in Hollywood.

[Fugee]

Originally Posted by notcasesensitive

If you so desire, you can remember him at the star of the other Michael Jackson in Hollywood.

I don't get this. Why would you sit around on a sidewalk (even if it was the right one) for someone you didn't know personally. I sorta get the urge people have to leave flowers or other tributes, but these guys are just sitting in a circle.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Fugee

I don't get this. Why would you sit around on a sidewalk (even if it was the right one) for someone you didn't know personally. I sorta get the urge people have to leave flowers or other tributes, but these guys are just sitting in a circle.

sitting respectfully isn't weird.

at the Motown museum people were partying- that was weird. I guess singing his songs along to loud music could be seen as a celebration of his life, but it seemed wrong.

what I thought off was the TV coverage that focused on how great he was. they kept interviewing celebrities that knew him, and forgot that for the past 15 years their networks had uniformly mocked him.

I'm not saying they shouldn't have mocked him, but why pretend they didn't now?

[Fugee]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

sitting respectfully isn't weird.

at the Motown museum people were partying- that was weird. I guess singing his songs along to loud music could be seen as a celebration of his life, but it seemed wrong.

what I thought off was the TV coverage that focused on how great he was. they kept interviewing celebrities that knew him, and forgot that for the past 15 years their networks had uniformly mocked him.

I'm not saying they shouldn't have mocked him, but why pretend they didn't now?

I just don't get why people sit around like that. Somehow the people singing along to his songs makes more sense to me. I didn't know the man but I know the music and that's what I want to remember. And it is danceable music so I guess what the people at the Motown museum did makes more sense to me than sitting around a star on the sidewalk. Celebrate his music as a way of honoring his death.

And when people die, lots of times the bad stuff gets ignored. My one uncle got crazy and mean as he got older. At his funeral people skipped that part of his life and talked about his younger uncrazy and nice days.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally Posted by Sidd Finch

Sigh. I remember that poster fondly.

How do you choose to remember MJ?

A little levity:

So a confused little girl goes up to her mother and asks: “Is God male or female?”
After thinking for a moment, her mother responds: “Well, God is both male and female.”
This confuses the little girl, so she asks: “Is God black or white?”
“Well, God is both black and white.”
This further confuses the girl so she asks: “Is God gay or straight?”
The mother answers: “Honey, God is both gay and straight.”
At this, the girl’s face lights up with understanding and she triumphantly asks: “Is God Michael Jackson?”

I remember most his Off the Wall stage. That's when I liked him best. But I thought most of Thriller was pretty awesome. Not so much Bad, and after that, I couldn't care less much.

[Gattigap]

Originally Posted by Fugee

I don't get this. Why would you sit around on a sidewalk (even if it was the right one) for someone you didn't know personally. I sorta get the urge people have to leave flowers or other tributes, but these guys are just sitting in a circle.

It's worse than you think.

From local Ken Levine:

Fans flocked to the Michael Jackson star on the Hollywood Walk-of-Fame. But it was talkshow host’s star, not Jacko’s. His star was covered by a red carpet laid down for the premiere of BRUNO.

But here’s the great part: The fans were informed this was the wrong Michael Jackson but they remained and set up their shrine anyway.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally Posted by Fugee

I just don't get why people sit around like that. Somehow the people singing along to his songs makes more sense to me. I didn't know the man but I know the music and that's what I want to remember. And it is danceable music so I guess what the people at the Motown museum did makes more sense to me than sitting around a star on the sidewalk. Celebrate his music as a way of honoring his death.

And when people die, lots of times the bad stuff gets ignored. My one uncle got crazy and mean as he got older. At his funeral people skipped that part of his life and talked about his younger uncrazy and nice days.

We all grieve in our own ways. Some sit. Some sing. I grilled some Copper River salmon and opened a bottle of Tripel Karmeliet.

By the way, did you hear that those fans were at the wrong star?!? I expect this to make Shifter's Fail blog, if it has not already.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

I'm not saying they shouldn't have mocked him, but why pretend they didn't now?

De mortuis nil nisi bonum.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally Posted by Fugee

Why would you sit around on a sidewalk (even if it was the right one) for someone you didn't know personally.

I wouldn't sit around on a sidewalk if my mom died, either. Even if she had a star in Hollywood, or there was a star for someone else who happened to share her name.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally Posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)

De mortuis nil nisi bonum.

Excellent tribute avatar.