[78-L] Jackson death

[David Lennick]

What's going on out there? Not even a full moon (I don't think) and there have 
now been hoax reports about the deaths of Jeff Goldblum and Harrison Ford.

dl

Taylor Bowie wrote:
> Well,  his adult appeal baffled me.  I liked some of the early stuff with 
> the Jackson 5,  but the material  which made him rich and famous was really 
> the first of the "wretched excess" over-produced vocals of the 80s...and 
> today with American Idol etc. we're still suffering the consequences.
> 
> Long ago he stopped being a singer and completely morphed into a symbol or 
> an icon...the same thing happened to Valentino,  Jean Harlow,  Elvis, James 
> Dean,   Marilyn Monroe,  etc.  Whatever  merit these artists possessed just 
> got buried in waves of idolatry,  sentimentality and nostalgia...and general 
> commercialism.
> 
> Taylor
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 4:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Jackson death
> 
> 
>> fnarf at comcast.net wrote:
>>> $511 for a copy of Thriller with a bent cover?
>>>
>>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/Michael-Jackson-Thriller-LP-Vinyl-Original-EX-1982-EPIC_W0QQitemZ270411333797QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMusic_on_Vinyl?hash=item3ef5c580a5&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A3|66%3A2|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A0|293%3A2|294%3A50
>> Rather appropriate, no?
>>
>> At the risk of using a word that's very politically incorrect, especially 
>> this
>> week (not to mention any other time), I was standing in a variety store 
>> about
>> 20 years ago and two young girls (11-12 or so) were looking at the teen
>> magazines and one of them said "Michael Jackson..what a faggot."
>>
>> Never understood for one second what there was to this guy. Other than 
>> total
>> weirdness, and once having been part of a family act. His "I Saw Mommy 
>> Kissing
>> Santy Claus" is STILL torture to my ears.
>>
>> Poor Farrah can't even have this day to herself.
>>
>> dl
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: soundthink at aol.com
>>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>>> Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 3:39:09 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
>>> Subject: [78-L] Jackson death
>>>
>>> If you want to see morbid frenzy, check out the Michael Jackson auction 
>>> items on eBay. It's like 1977 all over again, when Elvis died.
>>> Everything with his name on it is selling. Crazy, nutty, insane prices.
>>>
>>> Cary Ginell
>>> ______________________________