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R.I.P. Michael Jackson (1958-2009)
Backseat Sandbar —
... On the other side of things, Andrew Sullivan at The Atlantic had some very interesting words to say about MJ and they’re worth reading. ...
Michael Jackson Linkpile
Oh Word —
... on a flower covered floor. It seems a fitting elegy to the King of Pop even though it was posted last week — before his passing. Many had been missing Michael Jackson for years already.
I’ve excerpted just tiny bits from some of the below posts but you need to go visit them and read them in their entirety.
Please add your own links in the comments if you’ve seen other gems out there.
Reflections
Andrew Sullivan – Thinking About Michael
There are two things to say about him. He was a musical ...
Deepak Chopra on his friend, Michael Jackson
In Contention —
... in his undoing. What began as idiosyncrasy, shyness, and vulnerability was ravaged by obsessions over health, paranoia over security, and an isolation that grew more and more unhealthy. When Michael passed me the music for that last song, the one sitting by my bedside waiting for the right words, the procedure for getting the CD to me rivaled a CIA covert operation in its secrecy.
They recall, for me, a portion of Andrew Sullivan’s shrewd point in an Atlantic post Thursday:
I grieve for him; but I also grieve for the ...
Pop Goes the World
wayneandwax.com —
There’s little I can add to all the tributes and reflections gumming up the web these days, but like so many others I feel compelled to say something. Inspired even. I found Andrew Sullivan’s and Jeff Chang’s posts pretty resonant, Jason King’s too, among others, and I’ve been particularly struck by all the MJ music I’ve been hearing in the street and on the radio — and especially all the callers explaining to DJs how his passing feels like losing a family member.
Of course (of course?!), my ...
What we can learn from the Jackson coverage (Crazed by the Music)
PopMatters —
... and Andrew Sullivan for instance), boosters would end their tributes by wishing that Jackson was finally at peace now. Considering the circumstances of his death, that doesn’t seem likely. Much as he probably dreaded the grueling show schedule that he was about to undertake in England, he wanted and needed a grand event as a comeback. Though he prophetically hinted that the shows would be his last curtain call, he obviously looked to them as vindication of his lost years and a chance to become a beloved star again. Instead, he never got a chance to prove that. One point ...
