How are you today! I hope you are prepared to know that kansas.com has written that Usher may have a duet with Michael lol does it surprise you? Do you believe?
Have a nice day! :flowers:
Mentionings:
Eight pop culture events for 2008
7. Usher, title TBA The Georgia R&B singer promises to be more eloquent and have more than "yeah" to say this time. His new album -- which may feature a duet with Michael Jackson -- is all about growing up, getting married and being a dad. Due in the spring.
http://www.kansas.com/entertainment/story/290047.html
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Student's strength of mind survives
AUK RAPIDS — When Lindsey Schmidt talks to groups, she starts by asking a couple of questions.
"How many of you have seen celebrities on a daily basis and been to Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch?"
Almost no one raises a hand.
The tone changes with the second question.
"How many of you have had over 18 brain surgeries and lived through it?"
No one raises their hand in response to that question, either.
The point is that Schmidt, a 24-year-old Sauk Rapids resident, has lived a life that has had incredible blessings and incredible challenges.
The fact that Schmidt tells most of the story herself is a blessing she and her family still have difficulty putting into context.
On April 5, 2005, surgeons removed a tumor the size of a golf ball from the third ventricle of her brain — in the middle of her head, and the farthest spot down from the top of the skull. The third ventricle provides a pathway for the cerebrospinal fluid that protects the brain and spine from trauma.
After surgery, Schmidt's tumor tested as a Grade 1, or benign, tumor.
On Sept. 13, 2003, she also attended a birthday party for Michael Jackson at his Neverland Ranch. Tickets were $5,000, but a friend who worked at a radio station had extras.
"Once you got in, everything was free.
"There were tents everywhere and there was a different food theme in every tent," she said. "At one point, they called us all into one of the tents and there was a stage set up and we all sang 'Happy Birthday' to Michael Jackson."
These are just small quotes taken out from the article. To read all aricle go to http://www.sctimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080124/NEWS01/101240036/1009
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Local Release Roundup
RHYMEFEST | Man in the Mirror | (Free download at rhymefeststore.com)
Legacy Recordings must have thought it would make for good music—or at least a good marketing gimmick—to have Will.i.am, Akon, and Kanye West remix some of Michael Jackson’s songs for the 25th-anniversary edition of Thriller that’s coming out next month. But faced with material that’s so culturally monumental and sounds so dated—it’s hard to believe how rinky-dink the synths on Thriller seem now—the guest producers either lost their nerve and applied only the barest gloss of up-to-date sounds (Will.i.am’s approach) or threw caution to the wind and ran roughshod over the originals (Akon rewrites the verses to “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’,” replacing Michael’s vocals with his own ode to Auto-Tune, and throws in his trademark prison-door-slam sample for good measure).
Rhymefest’s new mix tape, Man in the Mirror, is a much more interesting treat*ment of MJ’s work. These are freestanding tracks, not remixes, each built around a loop from a Jackson or Jackson 5 song, and little of the source material is instantly recognizable to a casual fan. Though it samples the King of Pop as though he were a mere mortal, Man in the Mirror is worshipful in its own way—in the skits Rhymefest talks with a Michael Jackson impersonator (about the way other races see black people, about the pressure he feels to put thug **** in his rhymes), and he sounds so sincere that it doesn’t feel tacky. This mix is also a lot more fun than the Thriller retreads. Rhymefest isn’t the most nimble MC, but he’s got a sharp sense of humor and irony, and his unfancy flow gets a boost from his smart-ass wordplay—not to mention the guest turns from Wale and Talib Kweli. The producers—including the ****-hot Mark Ronson—are clearly thrilled to be messing around with some of the most primo R & B of all time, and they bring their A games. Man in the Mirror is packed with thrills no record exec would dare dream up: “No Sunshine” uses a quick loop of the vocals from the original song’s bridge to create delirious chipmunk-soul mania, and the skit where Rhymefest asks the fake Michael Jackson for his advice on groupies and relationships flirts so openly with cheap-shot humor that when it doesn’t take the low road it’s like watching a tightrope walker not quite fall. Download this while you still can.
Rhymefest's MySpace page http://www.myspace.com/rhymefest
http://www.chicagoreader.com/features/stories/sharpdarts/080124/
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Today in
Michael Jackson History
1976 - The Jackson Five appeared on "Soul Train."
1987 - A sketch entitled "Michael Jackson Workout" was show on "Saturday Night Live."
Have a nice day! :flowers:
Mentionings:
Eight pop culture events for 2008
7. Usher, title TBA The Georgia R&B singer promises to be more eloquent and have more than "yeah" to say this time. His new album -- which may feature a duet with Michael Jackson -- is all about growing up, getting married and being a dad. Due in the spring.
http://www.kansas.com/entertainment/story/290047.html
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Student's strength of mind survives
AUK RAPIDS — When Lindsey Schmidt talks to groups, she starts by asking a couple of questions.
"How many of you have seen celebrities on a daily basis and been to Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch?"
Almost no one raises a hand.
The tone changes with the second question.
"How many of you have had over 18 brain surgeries and lived through it?"
No one raises their hand in response to that question, either.
The point is that Schmidt, a 24-year-old Sauk Rapids resident, has lived a life that has had incredible blessings and incredible challenges.
The fact that Schmidt tells most of the story herself is a blessing she and her family still have difficulty putting into context.
On April 5, 2005, surgeons removed a tumor the size of a golf ball from the third ventricle of her brain — in the middle of her head, and the farthest spot down from the top of the skull. The third ventricle provides a pathway for the cerebrospinal fluid that protects the brain and spine from trauma.
After surgery, Schmidt's tumor tested as a Grade 1, or benign, tumor.
On Sept. 13, 2003, she also attended a birthday party for Michael Jackson at his Neverland Ranch. Tickets were $5,000, but a friend who worked at a radio station had extras.
"Once you got in, everything was free.
"There were tents everywhere and there was a different food theme in every tent," she said. "At one point, they called us all into one of the tents and there was a stage set up and we all sang 'Happy Birthday' to Michael Jackson."
These are just small quotes taken out from the article. To read all aricle go to http://www.sctimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080124/NEWS01/101240036/1009
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Local Release Roundup
RHYMEFEST | Man in the Mirror | (Free download at rhymefeststore.com)
Legacy Recordings must have thought it would make for good music—or at least a good marketing gimmick—to have Will.i.am, Akon, and Kanye West remix some of Michael Jackson’s songs for the 25th-anniversary edition of Thriller that’s coming out next month. But faced with material that’s so culturally monumental and sounds so dated—it’s hard to believe how rinky-dink the synths on Thriller seem now—the guest producers either lost their nerve and applied only the barest gloss of up-to-date sounds (Will.i.am’s approach) or threw caution to the wind and ran roughshod over the originals (Akon rewrites the verses to “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’,” replacing Michael’s vocals with his own ode to Auto-Tune, and throws in his trademark prison-door-slam sample for good measure).
Rhymefest’s new mix tape, Man in the Mirror, is a much more interesting treat*ment of MJ’s work. These are freestanding tracks, not remixes, each built around a loop from a Jackson or Jackson 5 song, and little of the source material is instantly recognizable to a casual fan. Though it samples the King of Pop as though he were a mere mortal, Man in the Mirror is worshipful in its own way—in the skits Rhymefest talks with a Michael Jackson impersonator (about the way other races see black people, about the pressure he feels to put thug **** in his rhymes), and he sounds so sincere that it doesn’t feel tacky. This mix is also a lot more fun than the Thriller retreads. Rhymefest isn’t the most nimble MC, but he’s got a sharp sense of humor and irony, and his unfancy flow gets a boost from his smart-ass wordplay—not to mention the guest turns from Wale and Talib Kweli. The producers—including the ****-hot Mark Ronson—are clearly thrilled to be messing around with some of the most primo R & B of all time, and they bring their A games. Man in the Mirror is packed with thrills no record exec would dare dream up: “No Sunshine” uses a quick loop of the vocals from the original song’s bridge to create delirious chipmunk-soul mania, and the skit where Rhymefest asks the fake Michael Jackson for his advice on groupies and relationships flirts so openly with cheap-shot humor that when it doesn’t take the low road it’s like watching a tightrope walker not quite fall. Download this while you still can.
Rhymefest's MySpace page http://www.myspace.com/rhymefest
http://www.chicagoreader.com/features/stories/sharpdarts/080124/
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Today in
Michael Jackson History
1976 - The Jackson Five appeared on "Soul Train."
1987 - A sketch entitled "Michael Jackson Workout" was show on "Saturday Night Live."
