A few times a year, Colonel Hector Bravado from the Donnybrook Writing Academy listens to the 30-second samples of the top-selling iTunes singles. Then he writes stuff. “I Gotta Feeling” Black Eyed Peas …that this single’s gonna be around a long time. That this single’s gonna be around a long, long time
Thanks Mary for sharing this “open letter” by Phonte. It captures a lot of what I’ve been trying to articulate about Michael Jackson and my frustration with the U.S. media’s portrayal of his life and work. R.I.P Michael Jackson (1958 – 2009) My Hero Ain’t Molest Them Bitch Ass Kids: A Kaing’s Tribute I haven’t been compelled to blog in a long time
I am a bit surprised at how much MJ’s death has affected me. I am still really sad (or is that I was already at an emotional low, and this is just all the more reason to stay there?) , and I just feel awful about the way people talk about him now, well the ones who have no respect fo the dead. (Isn’t that a rule of etiquette that you don’t say mean things about dead people?… I guess that’s unless they were a celebrity). I bought an mp3 cd with all of his albums (I mean all 1972-2001) and rea