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Dorothy_Marie
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Just a few mentionings to go with the update for Jan 25, 2009, brb.
Dorothy_Marie
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Michael Jackson Mentionings for Jan 25, 2009:
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/jan/25/blades-page-meet-doug-obrien/
10. What songs do you have on a playlist in your iPod or CD player in your car? Prince, Michael Jackson
http://www.thelocal.se/17074/20090122/
Brown made his debut in 2005 at the tender age of 16 and by 2007 the lad had already released his second album. He is now well on his way to becoming a global household name within his genre and has drawn comparisons to artists such as Michael Jackson and Usher.
http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/tv-show...w-theme-tune-for-the-simpsons-78057-21068146/
FALL OUT BOY have recorded a version of The Simpsons theme tune which will be used in a new episode.
The rockers - Pete Wentz, Patrick Stump, Joe Trohman and Andy Hurley - are huge Homer fans and named the band after one of the show's characters.
The FOB episode - which features Devil Wears Prada star Emily Blunt - goes out in the States today with a British showing soon.
Other rock bands who have guested on the long-running comedy include Aerosmith, The Who, Smashing Pumpkins and REM. Michael Jackson has also appeared.
Michael Jackson HIStory for Jan 25, 2009:
1975 - Michael Jackson performed "We're Almost There" on "American Bandstand
1996 - Michael Jackson was named Hype Of The Year in "Rolling Stone's" Critics Poll
2002 - Michael Jackson's album "Invincible" was certified double platinum by the RIAA.
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/jan/25/blades-page-meet-doug-obrien/
10. What songs do you have on a playlist in your iPod or CD player in your car? Prince, Michael Jackson
http://www.thelocal.se/17074/20090122/
Brown made his debut in 2005 at the tender age of 16 and by 2007 the lad had already released his second album. He is now well on his way to becoming a global household name within his genre and has drawn comparisons to artists such as Michael Jackson and Usher.
http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/tv-show...w-theme-tune-for-the-simpsons-78057-21068146/
FALL OUT BOY have recorded a version of The Simpsons theme tune which will be used in a new episode.
The rockers - Pete Wentz, Patrick Stump, Joe Trohman and Andy Hurley - are huge Homer fans and named the band after one of the show's characters.
The FOB episode - which features Devil Wears Prada star Emily Blunt - goes out in the States today with a British showing soon.
Other rock bands who have guested on the long-running comedy include Aerosmith, The Who, Smashing Pumpkins and REM. Michael Jackson has also appeared.
Michael Jackson HIStory for Jan 25, 2009:
1975 - Michael Jackson performed "We're Almost There" on "American Bandstand
1996 - Michael Jackson was named Hype Of The Year in "Rolling Stone's" Critics Poll
2002 - Michael Jackson's album "Invincible" was certified double platinum by the RIAA.
Dorothy_Marie
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Thriller Live, Lyric Theatre, London
(Rated 4/ 5 )
Reviewed by Michael Coveney
Monday, 26 January 2009
Is it a musical? Is it just a juke-box compilation show? Do we expect narrative complexity in our new musical theatre? Is there a life for pop music within the proscenium arch beyond Mamma Mia!? Or shall we resort to revivals of Sondheim and hope for the best from Andrew Lloyd Webber?
All of these thoughts go racing through your mind – well, actually, they don't – when sitting through this immensely enjoyable compilation of the Michael Jackson catalogue. Somehow Jackson, and his sibling quintet, passed me by, as they happened, but now I'm suddenly all grooved up on the Jackson Five and the high points of Michael's best-selling discs.
This is great stuff. It makes you want to move around in your seat. I did do that and nearly got arrested for moving around in the seat right next to me. Not my fault. We had to get up and get down in an audience participation re-tread of "Shake Your Body", and some of us did.
Others resisted. One irate critic even berated the great Tito Jackson (the bass player) for turning up late at his own show. What else was he supposed to do? We thought Janet might show, but she didn't. We made do instead with a whole host of television celebs, Vanessa Feltz as well as Girls Aloud and actors from Hollyoaks. And then we all had to join in a number called "Get On the Floor". Enough said.
It's a shame that Gary Lloyd's production has no theatrical justification whatsoever, but the presentation is so enjoyably theatrical that the objection disintegrates. There's a wonderful catalogue of late Motown, blues and early indie rock that covers a whole era of pop music at its best.
It's all laid down with tremendous funk and fusion of lights, sound and dance moves. The onstage musicians under John Maher supply great backing for the company numbers and the fantastic solo contributions of Ricko Baird as the "Thriller" doppelgänger, Ben Foster and John Moabi as the Jackson singers, Denise Pearson as the soul mamma of Motown, and cute Kieran Alleyne as the sly, devilish little Jackson.
There's an excruciating speech towards the end invoking JFK, Nelson Mandela and Barack Obama. This is followed by an "Earth Song" with everyone dressed in white. The show is worth seeing all the same.
http://www.sevenglobal.org/index.php/music/55-europe/326-la-roux-back-to-the-future.html
Having worked together for three years, Jackson and Langmaid began as an acoustic guitar-based band. After a while, they decided to ditch the overrated sound for the synth and reinvent themselves as retro revivalists of artists such as Michael Jackson, Annie Lennox and Depeche Mode.
http://blogs.citypages.com/food/2009/01/pepsi_spends_12.php
Pepsi's message hasn't evolved all that much from the days when Michael Jackson hawked the soda as "Choice of a New Generation." There's one glaring omission though. Whereas Jackson openly endorsed the soda, Pepsi is using its "Refresh Everything" logo (which looks half Nike swoosh, half Obama logo) as if Pepsi was some kind of benevolent, direct vessel to the prez.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/food/article-1127435/Chop-Idol-Now-butchers-got-reality-TV-.html
With all this hardware, protection is pretty crucial, too. I'm wearing a steel chainmail glove, with a surgeon's plastic glove on top to fend off fat.
Like Michael Jackson, I need only one gloved hand - my chopping hand is safe.
'We're losing a lot less fingers these days because of the gloves,' Keith says, as he points out a tiny incision in the pig's skin and through its thick layer of creamy fat. 'They did this at the abbatoir, putting in a tiny little periscope to see how deep the fat is - 10mm on this one.'
(Rated 4/ 5 )
Reviewed by Michael Coveney
Monday, 26 January 2009
Is it a musical? Is it just a juke-box compilation show? Do we expect narrative complexity in our new musical theatre? Is there a life for pop music within the proscenium arch beyond Mamma Mia!? Or shall we resort to revivals of Sondheim and hope for the best from Andrew Lloyd Webber?
All of these thoughts go racing through your mind – well, actually, they don't – when sitting through this immensely enjoyable compilation of the Michael Jackson catalogue. Somehow Jackson, and his sibling quintet, passed me by, as they happened, but now I'm suddenly all grooved up on the Jackson Five and the high points of Michael's best-selling discs.
This is great stuff. It makes you want to move around in your seat. I did do that and nearly got arrested for moving around in the seat right next to me. Not my fault. We had to get up and get down in an audience participation re-tread of "Shake Your Body", and some of us did.
Others resisted. One irate critic even berated the great Tito Jackson (the bass player) for turning up late at his own show. What else was he supposed to do? We thought Janet might show, but she didn't. We made do instead with a whole host of television celebs, Vanessa Feltz as well as Girls Aloud and actors from Hollyoaks. And then we all had to join in a number called "Get On the Floor". Enough said.
It's a shame that Gary Lloyd's production has no theatrical justification whatsoever, but the presentation is so enjoyably theatrical that the objection disintegrates. There's a wonderful catalogue of late Motown, blues and early indie rock that covers a whole era of pop music at its best.
It's all laid down with tremendous funk and fusion of lights, sound and dance moves. The onstage musicians under John Maher supply great backing for the company numbers and the fantastic solo contributions of Ricko Baird as the "Thriller" doppelgänger, Ben Foster and John Moabi as the Jackson singers, Denise Pearson as the soul mamma of Motown, and cute Kieran Alleyne as the sly, devilish little Jackson.
There's an excruciating speech towards the end invoking JFK, Nelson Mandela and Barack Obama. This is followed by an "Earth Song" with everyone dressed in white. The show is worth seeing all the same.
http://www.sevenglobal.org/index.php/music/55-europe/326-la-roux-back-to-the-future.html
Having worked together for three years, Jackson and Langmaid began as an acoustic guitar-based band. After a while, they decided to ditch the overrated sound for the synth and reinvent themselves as retro revivalists of artists such as Michael Jackson, Annie Lennox and Depeche Mode.
http://blogs.citypages.com/food/2009/01/pepsi_spends_12.php
Pepsi's message hasn't evolved all that much from the days when Michael Jackson hawked the soda as "Choice of a New Generation." There's one glaring omission though. Whereas Jackson openly endorsed the soda, Pepsi is using its "Refresh Everything" logo (which looks half Nike swoosh, half Obama logo) as if Pepsi was some kind of benevolent, direct vessel to the prez.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/food/article-1127435/Chop-Idol-Now-butchers-got-reality-TV-.html
With all this hardware, protection is pretty crucial, too. I'm wearing a steel chainmail glove, with a surgeon's plastic glove on top to fend off fat.
Like Michael Jackson, I need only one gloved hand - my chopping hand is safe.
'We're losing a lot less fingers these days because of the gloves,' Keith says, as he points out a tiny incision in the pig's skin and through its thick layer of creamy fat. 'They did this at the abbatoir, putting in a tiny little periscope to see how deep the fat is - 10mm on this one.'
Silouette
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Nice to meet you Mr. O'Brien.
I didnt even have to open the link to know what 'Brown' they're talking about here. lol!
Thats good. It's a success.
Sounds like it was a great show.
Dorothy, thanks for all the N&M.
mistermaxxx
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thanks for the info and the Grammys been tired IMO for so long i wonder why it even airs anymore to be honest?
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