Will Michael Jackson make it #3 this week?

[sanchopanza65]

I went out and got the 25th anniversary edition of "Thriller" tonight. This is really sad for me, because my dad just turned 51 and he grew up in the town next to Gary, so I somehow feel a little bit of a connection to the gloved one.

[depechemodefan]

I think MJ was very talented. The way he danced was just amazing.

I loved him in the Wiz.

NBC and ABC are already doing specials on him less than 3 hours after he died. Freakin' fast.

Then there is this posting on craigslist houston:

4 free concert tickets

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Date: 2009-06-25, 8:29PM CDT



i have 4 free micheal jackson tickets i can no longer use, email 4 info


I don't know if it's a sick joke or the person doesn't realize that those tickets will be collectors items.

Though I think it's the usuall scam to get email adresses to spam.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Some lady on the radio when I was listening this afternoon said this is going to be like JFK, Elvis, Regan, the Challenger, and the Columbia. Do you remember where you were when you heard?

JFK--too young to even be a gleam in my father's eyes. He was only 10 and my mom was only 8.
Elvis--maybe a gleam in my father's eyes, but he wasn't married to mom yet.
Reagan--dunno, and I don't consider him to be quite important enough to be one of those "where were you when you heard?" people.
the Challenger--too young to remember. I would've been 5.
9/11--just getting up during my second week of college that year when my roommate told me what happened.
Columbia--just got up to go grocery shopping.
Michael Jackson--just home from work, checking out CS and listening to somebody on the radio talking about Michael Jackson, and wondering why since Farrah Fawcett died earlier in the day.

[tropicsgoddess]

JFK--I wasn't even thought of then, let alone my sisters! My dad was only 8 and my mom was only 5.
Elvis--This was before my parents met and also before I was even thought of.
Reagan--dunno, and I don't consider him to be quite important enough to be one of those "where were you when you heard?" people.
the Challenger--too young to remember. I was only 2.
9/11--Just walked in the door of my Spanish 3 (I was coming from my Informal Geometry class which was another building) class during my senior year of high school when I heard about it.
Columbia--Was at home watching tv in the den (I was living at my parents' house then)
Michael Jackson--Was at home, saw the posts my friends made on facebook then hopped right on sun-sentinel.com and found out the sad news. Then I put up my post, started playing his songs and texted my little sisters who were both in just as much shock as I was.


Bunny, I saw the video of your burlesque performance, and I gotta say as a straight chick! Awesome moves! Can you teach me some burlesque? I could use that for SO in the bedroom.

[XCashier]

I think MJ was very talented. The way he danced was just amazing.

I loved him in the Wiz.

Me too. And I really liked Off The Wall and Thriller.

Did you see his cameo role in Men In Black 2? "I could be Agent M!" He definitely had a sense of humor. Too bad we didn't see it more often.

RIP, Michael.

[Cat]

JFK--not alive
Elvis--not alive
Reagan--I can't remember
the Challenger--2nd grade, and too foolish to grasp how sad this was.
9/11--Physics lab....my crazy teacher just mention 2 planes hitting the WTC, we thought she was making a joke (we were talking about errors in experiments) Went to the weather center aferward, watched the news
Columbia--Home, saw it on TV. wore a shuttle charm for a week afterward. found an old pic of a shuttle I saw, and I think it was columbia
Michael Jackson--driving home, listening to NPR...they mentioned he was in the hospital. when I switched stations, they were playing thriller. it was announced a bit afterward

[1756GR2]

JFK - Sitting in a high school French class (sixth grade accelerated students), announcement was made that school was closing early and we were to go home. Didn't know why till we got home.
Elvis - Nursing a five-month-old, listening to the radio news
Reagan - at home, watching TV
Challenger - at work in an NDT (non-destructive testing) lab, hoping the failure wasn't anything we'd tested (once the shock and horror passed after my husband called - he worked for Martin Marietta at the time and had taken the day off to watch the launch)
9/11 - working as office manager in a church, senior pastor's wife ran in from their house next door and called us to the house to see it on TV. Sat outside with a coworker for a while after, watching an unusual number of military aircraft heading north over our heads, and getting really nervous about it.
Columbia - at home, watching TV, almost thinking we were watching Challenger reruns.
Michael Jackson - At home, got a text from a friend who was working asking me to hunt down confirmation.

I do hope Michael Jackson is at peace finally. I won't even ride a roller coaster, but he lived on one.

[Lil Bunny]

Bunny, I saw the video of your burlesque performance, and I gotta say as a straight chick! Awesome moves! Can you teach me some burlesque? I could use that for SO in the bedroom.

Just remember it's parody and sexy combined and you have it. And yup, come join us at practice any time!! I'll send ya addresses if you're ever in town! (seriously, you'd love us!)

[JLG]

When I was a kid we would have a party on his birthday. We would save up our money a month before and buy food and bake a cake. Then we would pick one of our front yards and listen to his music all day. Those were some of my best memories with my friends growing up.

[MystyGlyttyr]

Where was I was at work. Towards the end of the day. I always joke about reporters flocking onto food, but as soon as one person made the statement "Michael Jackson is dead," there was a huge flurry of activity. A couple of people dove, literally DOVE at the televisions to get the news on and there were at least a few people clumped around both sets. The typing sounds probably could be heard through the windows, they were looking so furiously through all our sources and streams and sites for information. People running EVERYWHERE. Copy desk tearing dummy pages out of the folders because the entire front page was being rewritten. I had the thought that, even though I wasn't working at the paper during 9-11, "This must be awfully close to what it looked like."

Anyway. Feeling calmer now. Kinda glad/amazed that flying off at the heavens was what some people needed to hear. I guess there always has to be someone to get straight to the anger stage of grief and I'm, uh, happy to oblige.

I know realistically that things have to happen certain ways sometimes. I know the physics of psychology. Like balancing JFK and his assassin, it doesn't seem like something so "small" should do something so enormous. Of course there's no reason extraordinary people shouldn't die in ordinary ways at ordinary times. There's just no balance to it...you can't put those things on a scale and have it balance. Michael Jackson on one side and a garden variety heart failure on the other won't balance. You put someone as big as MJ on the plate and it slams down so hard that you're shocked and stunned and possibly wounded and you have to react to that bang. Some people cry, some people walk away for a while, and some people shriek and kick at the scale.

As much as the wrestler in me IS jealous because the speculation of substance abuse (which is so far just speculation as far as I can tell) is being handled with class and respect that would never be afforded me and mine...I AM happy that in death, Michael has the peace and painlessness and comfort and dignity and respect he never could get again in life.

So RIP man and enjoy it, cuz you earned it. Don't trip over your wings when you moonwalk

[El Pollo Guerrera]

Michael was an icon of the 80's, and his talent helped fuel the music industry. Hell, he CHANGED the music industry.

I always respected the talent and ability that made him famous.

Rest in Peace, MJ...




P.S. - Mysty: damn it, I forgot that the Benoit deaths happened today. I can't believe that it has been two years already.

Also, did you hear about the wrestler who died in the ring last week? Mitsuharu Misawa was one of the biggest and best wrestlers in Japan, landed wrong on his back and broke his neck...

2009 has been a crazy year...

[CrazedClerkthe2nd]

Michael was an icon of the 80's, and his talent helped fuel the music industry. Hell, he CHANGED the music industry.

I always respected the talent and ability that made him famous.

Rest in Peace, MJ...




P.S. - Mysty: damn it, I forgot that the Benoit deaths happened today. I can't believe that it has been two years already.

Also, did you hear about the wrestler who died in the ring last week? Mitsuharu Misawa was one of the biggest and best wrestlers in Japan, landed wrong on his back and broke his neck...

2009 has been a crazy year...

Dang I didn't know about Misawa. So many people gone lately....

[Severen13]

JFK - several years before I was born
Elvis - Too young to remember
Reagan - was at school and the teacher told us.
Challenger - was home sick from school that day. My dad called and told me what happened.
9/11 - I was at work and a co-worker came in and said terrorists attacked the WTC by flying a plane into it. I was thinking a small plane, not jetliners full of people. Then we turned on the radio and listened to Dan Rather describe the towers collapsing.
Columbia - at home, watching TV thinking "Not again."
Michael Jackson - At home, surfing the web. First they were reporting he was in the hospital, then in a coma, then dead.

[El Pollo Guerrera]

Dang I didn't know about Misawa. So many people gone lately....

The sad thing about Misawa was that he said he was going to retire after the current tour he was on... He'd been trying to retire for a few years now, but felt he had to keep coming back to help 'elevate' other performers in his company.

Another sad thing: Akitoshi Saito, the guy who was in the ring with Misawa, was so distraught that he tried to commit suicide after... he's being watched now by family and friends...


JFK: too young.
Elvis, Lennon & Reagan attempt: don't remember.
Challenger: it was a 'snow day' at school, where only a few students made it (buses were not out, so a lot of kids didn't show up). Pretty relaxed day, where the students that DID show up could just wander from class to class, getting caught up on work (or earn extra credit). I was walking past the Social Studies room, where people were standing around the TV...
9/11: I was working night shifts then, so I was sleeping later in the morning. I just woke up and turned on CNN (kind of a news junkie) and saw the second plane hit. Went to work where... customers were just stunned into silence.
Columbia: Heard about it on the radio at work, just like Michael Jackson.

Other ones I remember
Owen Hart: That was before I had internet access, so I didn't find out until WWE Raw aired the next day. I tune into the show and there's all the wrestlers standing on the ramp, crying. That was so surreal...
Eddie Guerrero: I was out watching movies with friends, and thought I'd check out a wrestling forum before I went to sleep.
Chris Benoit: Again, movies with friends. I went online to check out the PPV results (because Benoit was supposed to wrestle CM Punk that night, which would have been an incredible match) and found out that he didn't show up to the show. The whole story unfolded over the next few days...

[Pagan]

I never showed this. Just remember.

Showed what? Whatever it was that you didn't show was brilliant!

Reagan--dunno, and I don't consider him to be quite important enough to be one of those "where were you when you heard?" people.

And assassination attempt on our President isn't important enough to remember?

Columbia--Home, saw it on TV. wore a shuttle charm for a week afterward. found an old pic of a shuttle I saw, and I think it was columbia

I heard it. Didn't know what it was at the time. I went and dug out my pictures of the Columbia. A lot of people in New Mexico were very upset about it. We considered the Columbia "our" shuttle.

What's funny is that everyone's listing where they were on 9/11 and I didn't even mention it!