NPR has an amazingly detailed piece playing right now - how did they put it together on a moment's (well, half-hour's) notice? (By Neda Ulaby, with whom I attended college, by the way.) Maybe they had something worked up because he had a tour coming up? I mean, nobody had him on the short list to die any time soon, right? He was 50. Kooky, but not sick.
Let me guess. We're in a hurry.
Inara ,'Serenity'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
flea - Jun 25, 2009 1:45:05 pm PDT #25891 of 30000
information libertarian
lori - Jun 25, 2009 1:45:26 pm PDT #25892 of 30000
A good one from a friend, given the MJ news:
P checks www.abevigoda.com/ with relief.
lisah - Jun 25, 2009 1:46:21 pm PDT #25893 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
Brenda, here's the story:
actually a couple of recipes in there.
I can't decide if I'm hungry or nauseous. bleh. It's too hot here and I have to clean & pack.
msbelle - Jun 25, 2009 1:46:36 pm PDT #25894 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Never would wish mj death, but he has seemed like such a tortured soul.
lisah - Jun 25, 2009 1:48:28 pm PDT #25895 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
He was 50. Kooky, but not sick.
I thought there were reports of him being sick with a heart thing earlier this year? You never knew with him though whether it was true or a grab for attention.
News outlets usually have big obits of alive famous people prepared just in case.
Connie Neil - Jun 25, 2009 1:48:38 pm PDT #25896 of 30000
brillig
The Motown 25 was the night he did the dance with the hat, right? Where can I find video?
Aims - Jun 25, 2009 1:49:22 pm PDT #25897 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
brenda m - Jun 25, 2009 1:49:32 pm PDT #25898 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Cool, thanks Lisah.
Steph L. - Jun 25, 2009 1:49:49 pm PDT #25899 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
God, you guys. Michael Jackson.
I heard it in the car on the way home; I was wondering why the Top 40 station was playing "Gonna Be Starting Something," and then the DJs announced it.
I got teary. It's just -- Michael Jackson was the soundtrack to my middle school/junior high years, and even though he had been so weird for so long, it's just surreal to think of him actually being dead.
Damn.
Jesse - Jun 25, 2009 1:50:29 pm PDT #25900 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, I think they have prepared obits for everyone really famous, just in case.