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.
Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.
Lilah ,'Destiny'
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.