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Good evening everyone! I hope you are having a nice Friday evening. It surely is going to be a very interesting weekend because of all this talk about the Superbowl commercial that is a "Thriller" theme. Please check back for any updated news as it becomes avaliable.
As of right now there is a lot of news to report from a report saying Michael is going to make a cameo in this commercial all the way to the youtube version of Thriller from the London Underground.
http://www.utalkmarketing.com/pages...&Title=‘Thriller’_show_stunt_reaches_millions
‘Thriller’ show stunt reaches millions
Imaginative thinking and the power of YouTube has help rocket a publicity stunt to an audience of millions.
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the release of Michael’s Jackson’s classic album, ‘Thriller’.
To mark the occasion, a new musical show featuring some of the star’s biggest routines is taking to the road.
Inspired and cost-effective marketing saw the cast taking to the London Underground and city hot spots such as Trafalgar Square entertaining stoney-faced commuters with some impromptu ‘Thriller’ choreography to promote the show.
As well as reaching thousands on the capital’s streets, their performance on the Tube was filmed and released on YouTube.
The video has become an instant viral success and so far has been viewed by 120,000 viewers. It’s also been been picked up on by the Sun and Metro.
‘Thriller’ routines have been a soaraway viral success in recent months. A version performed by inmates of a Filipino prison has been seen by more than 11 million times on YouTube.
Michael Jackson’s original version however, has only been seen half that number of viewers, standing at around five million.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article3264240.ece
Rock the Kasbah
Then of course, there was Michael Jackson – clearly a pop musical genius, but surely a shaky start for Sheikh Abdullah’s plan to change the world, quietly, through music, and a quixotic choice of guest for someone aiming to promote understanding between Islam and the West. For two years ago, Abdullah became the mystery man who granted a bolthole to Michael Jackson, following the pop icon’s trial for child molestation (Jackson was acquitted). Sheikh Abdullah welcomed Jackson for a reportedly all-expenses-paid year, shielding him from the tabloid reporters who stalked his every move – until, that is, he found palatial refuge in a magic kingdom thanks to his deep-pocketed patron and pal. After the sheikh reportedly flew the moonwalker and his family to stay with him, the pair collaborated for a year together on a Hurricane Katrina charity single I Have a Dream and 2 Seas announced an exclusive record deal (the single was never released). Meanwhile Sheikh Abdullah kept frustrated reporters at bay while ***** reportedly skipped around town in a black robe, or abaya, and a scarf covering his face, an outfit traditionally worn by conservative Arabic women. In a Muslim monarchy, it’s hard to know what anybody here really thinks of Sheikh Abdullah and his Western friends, but Michael Jackson stirred some controversy in Bahrain and even in Dubai (where he entered the ladies room in a shopping mall and applied make-up). “He should keep his concerts and his effeminate manners away from us,” said Bahraini conservative cleric Adel al-Maawda. “We don’t want him turning Bahrain into Las Vegas.” Or as one ordinary Bahraini, Hani Bucheery, a security company manager, put it: “I’m not against him being in Bahrain – but against him using Bahrain to run away from his problems.”
Jackson eventually became enough of a royal pain to prompt Sheikh Abdullah to sue him in the High Court in London, alleging that Jackson moonwalked right out the door to Japan and Ireland, breaching their contract, a case that is still ongoing. “All I will say is that Michael is a dear friend,” says Sheikh Abdullah. “It is a business problem. It is not personal. But let me tell you: Michael is not at all weird or bizarre. He is one of the most down-to-earth, sweetest guys I’ve ever met.”
http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=567319
Quick Hits: Justin Timberlake, Michael Jackson, Foo Fighters, Beck, SXSW
AOL Radio has launched a new "All Michael Jackson" station to coincide with the 25th anniversary of Thriller. The station is streaming Jackson's hits, rarties and more. As previously reported, the 25th anniversary edition of Thriller comes out February 12 and will boast the original album as well as eight bonus tracks and a DVD. The bonus tracks include a Kanye West remix of "Billie Jean," a new version of "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" featuring Akon and will.i.am, will.i.am remixes of "The Girl Is Mine" and "P.Y.T.", and "For All Time," an unreleased cut from the original Thriller recording sessions, which was newly mixed and mastered by Michael Jackson. The other bonus tracks are rarities "Someone In The Dark," "Carousel" and Jackson's demo recording of "Billie Jean."
http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2008/02/01/news/news229.txt
Which spots are getting the most pregame hype this year?
We saw some great hype last year. This year we’re seeing some but not on the level of last year. There’s one in particular from Anheuser-Busch. I spoke to someone there (Tuesday) about it. It’s a 60-second spot featuring the Clydesdales, and they predict it will be the strongest of the group. They predict it will win SpotBowl. It’s about a Clydesdale who tries to train to make it into the (Anheuser-Busch) lineup, it plays the “Rocky” theme. It’s cute and funny, I think it will do well.
Also this year, we’re hearing a lot of excitement over Pepsi. It has a great pop star, Justin Timberlake, doing his own stunts, jumping over cars. It’s a great celebrity and a big product, I think it will do well.
We’ve heard rumors that Pepsi may have a cameo by Michael Jackson. We haven’t confirmed that, but everybody’s buzzing about that. It would be the biggest cameo in the last 10 years if that happens.
It’s interesting, Sales Genie made a horrible spot last year. It was last in SpotBowl but they claimed it was a success because it drove people to its web site. Now they’re going out of the way to create a cheesy, bad spot, they want to finish last again. People are looking forward to that for the wrong reason.
Michael Jackson Mentionings:
http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_8138942?source=most_emailed
Oster tracked down Ackerman through an Internet chatroom, and, after a masterful sales job, ended up in the musician's own studio in Vermont. On Oster's latest album, Ackerman serves as producer and guest artist again. Among a pile of other artists, Steely Dan drummer Keith Carlock is featured on five songs and Bruce Swedien, the legendary audio engineer who produced Michael Jackson's "Thriller," mixed two songs.
http://www.nintendic.com/news/1770
Recently there has been a flurry of SEGA classics being revealed for Nintendo’s Wii following the great success the company has had with Sonic and the Secret Rings, as well as Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz and Ghost Squad. So, hot on the heels of the revelations of Samba de Amigo, NiGHTS: Journey into Dreams and House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return, now talk of Space Channel 5 has popped up. But is any of the hearsay actually true?
It all began with a news story that German website N-Zone.de ran about the game apparently being confirmed. According to the report, the game would be a remake of SEGA’s Dreamcast classic music and dancing title from back in 1999, coming complete with a special set of licensed songs, including one by pop legend Michael Jackson
http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20080201/NEWS/721482391
Caribou Ranch was a storied place in its time. From country rocker Joe Walsh in 1972 to Christian singer Amy Grant in 1985, dozens of well-known musicians recorded at the studio.
Chicago, Elton John, Carol King Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson and Rod Stewart, among several dozen others, recorded there.
http://www.freepressreleases.co.uk/...st_gallery_showing:_2008020211734/&Itemid=60/
Linda Silverstein, an internationally published photographer, brings the 80’s back to life. Featuring a very young Angelina Jolie with her father Jon Voight; OJ Simpson with Bob Hope; Michael Jackson with Sophia Loren; Lucille Ball, Oprah Winfrey before she was a household name, and many others.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/6acd5e94-d053-11dc-9309-0000779fd2ac.html
She grew up in a Glasgow suburb, listening to Michael Jackson with her sister, but remembering little from her parents’ stereo other than “Octopus’s Garden” (“by The Beatles, or whatever”). Inspired to take up guitar by the Glaswegian band Travis, she wrote much of This Is the Life as an ardent teenage music lover. One song is addressed to Pete Doherty, of whom she was a big fan “before he descended into complete chaos”, and another fantasises about playing at Glastonbury
Michael Jackson HIStory:
1989 - Lavon A. Muhammad was sentenced to a maximum of 2 1/2 years in prison for violating a court order to stay away from Michael Jackson. She also lost her £100 million paternity suit. She had claimed that Jackson was the father of her twins.
As of right now there is a lot of news to report from a report saying Michael is going to make a cameo in this commercial all the way to the youtube version of Thriller from the London Underground.
http://www.utalkmarketing.com/pages...&Title=‘Thriller’_show_stunt_reaches_millions
‘Thriller’ show stunt reaches millions
Imaginative thinking and the power of YouTube has help rocket a publicity stunt to an audience of millions.
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the release of Michael’s Jackson’s classic album, ‘Thriller’.
To mark the occasion, a new musical show featuring some of the star’s biggest routines is taking to the road.
Inspired and cost-effective marketing saw the cast taking to the London Underground and city hot spots such as Trafalgar Square entertaining stoney-faced commuters with some impromptu ‘Thriller’ choreography to promote the show.
As well as reaching thousands on the capital’s streets, their performance on the Tube was filmed and released on YouTube.
The video has become an instant viral success and so far has been viewed by 120,000 viewers. It’s also been been picked up on by the Sun and Metro.
‘Thriller’ routines have been a soaraway viral success in recent months. A version performed by inmates of a Filipino prison has been seen by more than 11 million times on YouTube.
Michael Jackson’s original version however, has only been seen half that number of viewers, standing at around five million.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article3264240.ece
Rock the Kasbah
Then of course, there was Michael Jackson – clearly a pop musical genius, but surely a shaky start for Sheikh Abdullah’s plan to change the world, quietly, through music, and a quixotic choice of guest for someone aiming to promote understanding between Islam and the West. For two years ago, Abdullah became the mystery man who granted a bolthole to Michael Jackson, following the pop icon’s trial for child molestation (Jackson was acquitted). Sheikh Abdullah welcomed Jackson for a reportedly all-expenses-paid year, shielding him from the tabloid reporters who stalked his every move – until, that is, he found palatial refuge in a magic kingdom thanks to his deep-pocketed patron and pal. After the sheikh reportedly flew the moonwalker and his family to stay with him, the pair collaborated for a year together on a Hurricane Katrina charity single I Have a Dream and 2 Seas announced an exclusive record deal (the single was never released). Meanwhile Sheikh Abdullah kept frustrated reporters at bay while ***** reportedly skipped around town in a black robe, or abaya, and a scarf covering his face, an outfit traditionally worn by conservative Arabic women. In a Muslim monarchy, it’s hard to know what anybody here really thinks of Sheikh Abdullah and his Western friends, but Michael Jackson stirred some controversy in Bahrain and even in Dubai (where he entered the ladies room in a shopping mall and applied make-up). “He should keep his concerts and his effeminate manners away from us,” said Bahraini conservative cleric Adel al-Maawda. “We don’t want him turning Bahrain into Las Vegas.” Or as one ordinary Bahraini, Hani Bucheery, a security company manager, put it: “I’m not against him being in Bahrain – but against him using Bahrain to run away from his problems.”
Jackson eventually became enough of a royal pain to prompt Sheikh Abdullah to sue him in the High Court in London, alleging that Jackson moonwalked right out the door to Japan and Ireland, breaching their contract, a case that is still ongoing. “All I will say is that Michael is a dear friend,” says Sheikh Abdullah. “It is a business problem. It is not personal. But let me tell you: Michael is not at all weird or bizarre. He is one of the most down-to-earth, sweetest guys I’ve ever met.”
http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=567319
Quick Hits: Justin Timberlake, Michael Jackson, Foo Fighters, Beck, SXSW
AOL Radio has launched a new "All Michael Jackson" station to coincide with the 25th anniversary of Thriller. The station is streaming Jackson's hits, rarties and more. As previously reported, the 25th anniversary edition of Thriller comes out February 12 and will boast the original album as well as eight bonus tracks and a DVD. The bonus tracks include a Kanye West remix of "Billie Jean," a new version of "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" featuring Akon and will.i.am, will.i.am remixes of "The Girl Is Mine" and "P.Y.T.", and "For All Time," an unreleased cut from the original Thriller recording sessions, which was newly mixed and mastered by Michael Jackson. The other bonus tracks are rarities "Someone In The Dark," "Carousel" and Jackson's demo recording of "Billie Jean."
http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2008/02/01/news/news229.txt
Which spots are getting the most pregame hype this year?
We saw some great hype last year. This year we’re seeing some but not on the level of last year. There’s one in particular from Anheuser-Busch. I spoke to someone there (Tuesday) about it. It’s a 60-second spot featuring the Clydesdales, and they predict it will be the strongest of the group. They predict it will win SpotBowl. It’s about a Clydesdale who tries to train to make it into the (Anheuser-Busch) lineup, it plays the “Rocky” theme. It’s cute and funny, I think it will do well.
Also this year, we’re hearing a lot of excitement over Pepsi. It has a great pop star, Justin Timberlake, doing his own stunts, jumping over cars. It’s a great celebrity and a big product, I think it will do well.
We’ve heard rumors that Pepsi may have a cameo by Michael Jackson. We haven’t confirmed that, but everybody’s buzzing about that. It would be the biggest cameo in the last 10 years if that happens.
It’s interesting, Sales Genie made a horrible spot last year. It was last in SpotBowl but they claimed it was a success because it drove people to its web site. Now they’re going out of the way to create a cheesy, bad spot, they want to finish last again. People are looking forward to that for the wrong reason.
Michael Jackson Mentionings:
http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_8138942?source=most_emailed
Oster tracked down Ackerman through an Internet chatroom, and, after a masterful sales job, ended up in the musician's own studio in Vermont. On Oster's latest album, Ackerman serves as producer and guest artist again. Among a pile of other artists, Steely Dan drummer Keith Carlock is featured on five songs and Bruce Swedien, the legendary audio engineer who produced Michael Jackson's "Thriller," mixed two songs.
http://www.nintendic.com/news/1770
Recently there has been a flurry of SEGA classics being revealed for Nintendo’s Wii following the great success the company has had with Sonic and the Secret Rings, as well as Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz and Ghost Squad. So, hot on the heels of the revelations of Samba de Amigo, NiGHTS: Journey into Dreams and House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return, now talk of Space Channel 5 has popped up. But is any of the hearsay actually true?
It all began with a news story that German website N-Zone.de ran about the game apparently being confirmed. According to the report, the game would be a remake of SEGA’s Dreamcast classic music and dancing title from back in 1999, coming complete with a special set of licensed songs, including one by pop legend Michael Jackson
http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20080201/NEWS/721482391
Caribou Ranch was a storied place in its time. From country rocker Joe Walsh in 1972 to Christian singer Amy Grant in 1985, dozens of well-known musicians recorded at the studio.
Chicago, Elton John, Carol King Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson and Rod Stewart, among several dozen others, recorded there.
http://www.freepressreleases.co.uk/...st_gallery_showing:_2008020211734/&Itemid=60/
Linda Silverstein, an internationally published photographer, brings the 80’s back to life. Featuring a very young Angelina Jolie with her father Jon Voight; OJ Simpson with Bob Hope; Michael Jackson with Sophia Loren; Lucille Ball, Oprah Winfrey before she was a household name, and many others.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/6acd5e94-d053-11dc-9309-0000779fd2ac.html
She grew up in a Glasgow suburb, listening to Michael Jackson with her sister, but remembering little from her parents’ stereo other than “Octopus’s Garden” (“by The Beatles, or whatever”). Inspired to take up guitar by the Glaswegian band Travis, she wrote much of This Is the Life as an ardent teenage music lover. One song is addressed to Pete Doherty, of whom she was a big fan “before he descended into complete chaos”, and another fantasises about playing at Glastonbury
Michael Jackson HIStory:
1989 - Lavon A. Muhammad was sentenced to a maximum of 2 1/2 years in prison for violating a court order to stay away from Michael Jackson. She also lost her £100 million paternity suit. She had claimed that Jackson was the father of her twins.
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