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This is mainly pointillism made with black ink and some watercolors on paper... I then scanned and digitally enhanced it. I didn't want this to look too realistic, I rather wanted to convey a Kitsch and Pop feeling...
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Poll: Obama More Popular Than Jesus, Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.
John Lennon once claimed the Beatles were more popular than Jesus. Now President Obama has evidence that he's more popular than both.
Obama topped a new Harris interactive poll that asked 2,634 Americans who they admire enough to call a hero.
Jesus came in second on a list that includes God, Mahtma Gandhi and George Washington.
Other historic or notable figures making the top 10 were Martin Luther King Jr., Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Abraham Lincoln, John McCain, John F. Kennedy, U.S. Airways pilot Chesley Sullenberger and Mother Teresa.
Participants named the heroes randomly instead of being shown or read a list of people to choose from. The poll was conducted online between January 12 and 19, 2009.
At the 16th spot in the poll, George Washington, Bill Clinton and Colin Powell tied.
Other politicians who made the poll's top 25 include Hillary Clinton (12), FDR (13), Condoleezza Rice (12) and Sarah Palin (21).
God ranked 11th, between Mother Teresa and Hillary Clinton.
Of the multiple reasons participants gave to explain their choices of heroes, the ones most cited is, "Doing what's right regardless of personal consequences" with 89 percent, "Not giving up until the goal is accomplished" with 83 percent and "Doing more than what other people expect of them," with 82 percent. Also popular were "Overcoming adversity" and "Staying level-headed in a crisis."
In the first Harris Poll asking this question in 2001, Jesus came in first, followed by the Rev. King, Powell, John F. Kennedy and Mother Teresea.
Obama joked last year at a roast that contrary to rumors, he was not born in a manger but on the planet Krypton. Apparently, Obama is even more popular than Superman, who didn't make the cut.
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The above article appeared on www.foxnews.com
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More than 100 artists have participated in this project.
The book is available at THIS LINK and you can preview it HERE
This book contains drawings, paintings, cartoons, digital art and poems admirers, artists and fans have made and dedicated to Michael Jackson, a man who inspired so many people all over the world to make a real difference. (One of my MJ portrait is on the cover and the 3 other ones I made are also in the book.)
This is a charity project, by buying this book, you will donate money to Mappa Mondo, a children’s hospice from the Red Cross in the Netherlands. Mappa Mondo is a house for children who suffer severe chronic diseases. The vision of Mappa Mondo is that children have the right to a safe environment, a home where they can play, learn, laugh and cry. Every child is unique and needs warmth, support, physical safety and homeliness.
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The whole project became a reality thanks to the efforts of Anne Peters, an artist from Eindhoven (The Netherlands), born in 1982. She is a photographer and digital painter, please visit her website for more information: www.conquista-online.com
© Stephen B Whatley
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A new portrait-tribute to the late Michael Jackson (1958-2009), that Expressionist artist Stephen B Whatley felt moved to paint, on the day of the legendary singer's funeral at Forest Lawn Cemetry in California; on September 3, 2009.
Many people - including other showbusiness stars - have sat for a Whatley portrait and found that the artist uncovers a heartfelt essence as he paints from life.
So too, when working from photographs, Stephen B Whatley, reaches deep; and in his Michael Jackson tribute studied a montage of 16 photographs of the star as he felt his way around the canvas. The artist says "I paint from my heart and soul with many prayers.."
"... and what I realised as I painted whilst studying photographs from the early 1980s to present day was that despite the physical changes to his face, Michael remained beautiful - I felt the beauty and kindness of his soul coming through - and felt tearfully overwhelmed and as ever emotionally spent at the completion of creating.." ~ Stephen B Whatley.
The work of Stephen B Whatley is in private collections worldwide and in public collections including BBC Heritage and the Royal Collection of Queen Elizabeth II; and this original iconic portrait of Michael Jackson will soon be available to collectors.
Michael Jackson - Tribute. 2009
Oil on canvas
30 x 24in/ 76 x 61cm
Here we are...along the former Nickel Plate in Gary, Indiana. "South Gary" to the NKP and NS. If you were distracted or intoxicated you could trip over this. Looking a little closer you'll see that this marker is a bit distant from the main. I believe this is because at one time the South Gary siding was here. I'm thinking the siding was removed in the 1970's? If you can clarify please do.
Some cool Nickel Plate history...right along scenic Chase Street.
Leica M3 on Fuji Provia 100F. January 22, 2017.
304/365
It turns out all the Werewolf wanted to do was the Thriller! Happy Halloween Everyone!
"And though you fight to stay alive
Your body starts to shiver
For no mere mortal can resist
The evil of the THRILLER!"
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This is from the early days of the Jackson 5, when Michael is about 6 or 7. I took advantage of the 3 different Lego legs to create the hight variations between the brothers.
Also, these early days they were also wearing some really bizarre outfits, so I tried to replicate that with whatever was closest in official Lego pieces....(c;
(Microphones from Brickforge, guitars from Hazel.)
My websites : Instagram / DeviantArt
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"THE MICRO" par excellence de la scène, des concerts et des shows TV internationaux et français de la fin des années 60 jusqu'au début des années 80 : le "SHURE 565 Unisphere 1" (surnommé "The Woodstock" car il fit l'une de ses 1ères apparitions très remarquée sur la scène lors de cette manifestation musicale en 1969 !)
En 1980, un micro "grand publique" de qualité était vendu 250 Frs, un modèle pro tel que le SHURE "565" : 2300 Frs.
Les 2 qui sont présentés sur la photo sont des "565" (que je possède), ce modèle était principalement utilisé sur scène en concert et à la TV car dépourvu d'interrupteur "ON/OFF" (évite que le son se coupe accidentellement lors des diverses manipulations) et équipé de la prise "Amphenol" qui, en plus de permettre le choix d'une impédance haute ou basse suivant son câblage, a l'avantage d'être vissée.
Ce qui évite les débranchements inopinés lorsqu'il faut trainer de grandes longueurs de câbles !!!
En France, on peut en voir pléthore dans les émissions des "Carpentier" à partir de 1973.
Auparavant, ils utilisaient les imposants "Sennheiser MD 441", autre micro de très grande qualité.
Une autre version était beaucoup plébiscitée pour les mêmes événements (ce qui fut le cas à Woodstock) : le "565 D"
Comme pour le "565", pas d'interrupteur "ON/OFF" mais cette fois-ci une prise "XLR" (prise qui se clipse au micro et qui est toujours la norme actuellement utilisée sur les modèles récents).
Dans ce cas, le microphone était souvent installé sur un pied et en cas de prise en main, il était conseillé de tenir le câble (ce que l'on voit souvent sur les films et photos d'archives).
Dernière version : le "565 SD".
Ce modèle est identique au "565 D" (donc prise "XLR") mais cette fois-ci un interrupteur "ON/OFF" est présent.
Ce modèle fut principalement utilisé par les studios d'enregistrement et les stations de radio (comme RTL, Europe 1 etc.)
A noter que le "565 SD" est toujours commercialisé.
En France, on le trouve aux alentours de 160 Euros, ce qui n'est pas très onéreux comparé aux tarifs de la belle époque.
Mais pour beaucoup d'utilisateurs pro, ils sonnent moins bien que les anciennes générations qui étaient fabriquées aux USA durant les années 60 / 70 (actuellement, ils sont produits au Mexique et diffèrent quelque peu des modèles originaux).
Remplaçant du 565 : le SHURE "SM58" (modèle toujours très utilisé sur les scènes du monde entier ainsi qu'en France, vendu avec câble XLR ou en version sans-fil "HF").
Idem que pour le "565", les anciennes générations de "SM58" sont très recherchées car pour beaucoup, le son n'a rien à voir avec ceux produits au Mexique depuis une vingtaine d'années...
Mor el Rei del Pop ... neix un mite
Muere el Rey del Pop ... nace un mito
Dies the King of Pop ... a myth is born
Jackson Five Mural in Downtown Gary Indiana
A graffiti artist has created a four-story mural honoring The Jackson 5 in the group's hometown of Gary, Indiana.
The city commissioned local artist Felix "Flex" Maldonado and his assistant Omar "OMS" Marin to paint the mural on the brick side of a vacant building. The black-and-white artwork features all five members including late pop superstar Michael Jackson. The artists used hydraulic lifts to paint the nearly 200-foot-by-200-foot mural. It took them about two weeks.
The mural is on the 500 Block of Broadway.
The (Northwest Indiana) Times (bit.ly/2fyYXnN ) reports that Maldonado painted a similar but much smaller mural in another Gary neighborhood and it was very popular. Tiffany Tolbert of Indiana Landmarks' Northwest Field Office says people are constantly stopping to take photos of it.
(Building and Mural have been demolished)
www.nwitimes.com/entertainment/219/four-story-jackson-mur...
www.forbidden-places.net/urban-exploration-gary-indiana-g...
NOTE: THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY WAS MADE IN 2009, BUT FOR A FEW PUNCTUATION EDITS SINCE.
Although the theater is historic, the Jackson 5 NEVER performed there. According to Wikipedia, Donald Trump "dressed up" the front (with those awful, tacky design entrance paper covers, and false windows, now all warped up - also installed the section on the marquise that held the lettering for the Jackson Five reference. This theatre was "dressed" for the "Miss USA" Pageant fake background photos. This one was held in Gary in 2002. Gee, Donald, how about a small chunk of your change to save the thing. Since the Jackson kids were born in Gary (Joe, the father, worked at a steel mill), perhaps a small miracle could occur and a real estate mogul could actually have the vision to save important American historic places and cities, like Gary. I mean, after all, Detroit is in serious decline and what did Detroit have to offer? Only the birth of American automobile, the auto industry, and the American culture that surrounds it. In my dreams, wealthy visionaries would PRESERVE incredible historic old buildings in such areas. If you go to the St. Louis museum in St. Louis, Mo., they have (or did have - I was there in 1999, my late insightful and intelligent favorite cousin brought me here) a display in which a film runs all day long with clips of beautiful old building implosions that have taken place throughout the decades. It seems like there is no end to the clips, mostly in black and white. There is opera music in the background playing as you watch the film. Then, when you gaze around the room there are huge pieces of architectural elements (all from old, historic buildings and places, ripped out St. Louis) that had been removed and are now sitting there for display. It was a chillingly moving exhibit and sickening for anyone who wants to see what once was and is no longer, thanks to "progress" and greed. Anyway, the Donald probably spent a few hundred bucks on this pathetic facade, for a backdrop to another forgettable Miss USA pagent that took place, all while old brick buildings in New York City were being replaced with new mega steel structures or cheesy gold plated interior fixtures. I don't think the word "renovate" is in the vernacular of developers.
2300 Jackson St.- 23rd & Jackson St. Gary Indiana. It all began when Michael was born on the 29th of August 1958 in Gary, Indiana. He was the 7th of nine children. Brothers, Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, Steven. Sisters, Rebbie, Janet and La-Toya.
Michael began his musical career at the age of 5 as the lead singer of the Jackson 5. They played local clubs and bars in Gary Indiana.
A wall mural depicting Michael Jackson photographed at Clarion Alley in the Upper Mission District of San Francisco, California. Originally called 'Cedar Lane', Clarion Alley is a small street in San Francisco noted for its community and arts activity. The alley runs between Mission and Valencia streets in the Mission District and is literally covered with murals, some of which are eventually obliterated by grafitti but, almost always, replaced by something new.
Michael Joseph Jackson (1958-2009), to many, needs no introduction. A popular American recording artist, songwriter and musician, he was often referred to as the 'King of Pop' and is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time. He led a turbulent life and died, possibly from a drug overdose, in June of 2009.
Prince Michael Jackson I aka Prince, Michael Jackson, Prince Michael Jackson II aka 'Blanket' and Paris Jackson shopping at Ed Hardy
Los Angeles, California - 27.04.09
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Jackson5 Murel In GaryIndiana 5th and Broadway (4/12/2019) supposedly soon to be coming down due to construction.
The Palace Theater is a defunct movie and stage theater in Gary, Indiana. It was designed by the prodigious movie palace architect John Eberson and built by Maximillian Dubois's construction company Max and Sons in 1924. A year later it opened featuring live stage shows, vaudeville acts, and eventually motion pictures.
Since the time of its construction, the theater was one of the grandest venues in the town, but when the US Steel plant in Gary went into decline, so did the rest of the town, including the historic theater. The theater slid into decline, and eventually shut down entirely in 1972.
Roosevelt High School - Gary, Indiana
The first and only high school in Gary built exclusively for African-Americans, Theodore Roosevelt High School, recently (2015) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The National Register listing recognizes Roosevelt for its architecture and association with the development of the city’s black community.
The Colonial Revival school building, designed by renowned architect William Butts Ittner and built in 1930, is one of five school buildings he designed in Gary.
Funding for the nomination was through the Partners in Preservation Program, which allowed a consultant to work with the National Roosevelt Alumni Association to nominate the building for the National Register.
Tiffany Tolbert, director of the Northwest Field office for Indiana Landmarks, said documentation combines the architectural history along with social and cultural history associated with the building, which also is on the state's historic list.
Now called Roosevelt College and Career Academy, the school has a long and storied history.
Theodore Roosevelt High School was named after Theodore Roosevelt, the twenty-sixth President of the United States.
The school was built in 1908 as a one-room building on 12th Avenue and Massachusetts Street. It combined with another institution and moved to Fifteenth and Madison Street, renamed as the Froebel School. An elementary school was added in 1915 as Gary's population grew. Some Froebel students transferred to the new school. The school moved again in 1921, to Twenty-fifth Avenue and Harrison Street, as the Roosevelt Annex. In 1923, the principal, James Stanley, assumed duties at another school named Roosevelt while also running the Annex. In 1925, the Annex began offering secondary school courses. In 1929, F. C. McFarlane succeeded Stanley as principal and a year later the school was accredited, graduating its first high school class.
Roosevelt was admitted to the North Central Association of Schools and Colleges in 1931.
In 1933 McFarlane resigned the principalship of Roosevelt. In August of the same year, the high school section of Pulaski was united with Roosevelt, and H. Theo Tatum, who had been principal of East Pulaski School became principal of the combined unit.
Tatum retired in 1961 and was succeeded as principal by Warren Anderson, who served until July 1970. Beginning in the fall of 1970, Robert E. Jones became principal. He served until 1990. David Williams served from 1990-1992 as head principal. William Reese, Jr. served as head principal from 1992 until the fall of 1997. The next principal, Edward B. Lumpkin, Sr., began his job as head principal in 1997. Lumpkin retired from this position on June 30, 1999. Marion Williams succeeded Lumpkin and served as principal from 1999 to 2005.[4] Charlotte Wright was principal of Roosevelt High School from 2006 to 2012. Terrance Little was hired as principal in May 2012, but resigned in February 2013.
Roosevelt High School remains the first and only school built exclusively for the African-American community in the city of Gary.
Effective at the beginning of 2012-2013 school year, the Indiana Department of Education, under the authority of Public Law 221, took control of Roosevelt High School away from the Gary Community School Corporation due to substandard academic performance. The state contracted with EdisonLearning, a Tennessee-based for-profit company, to operate the school for the next four school years. Edison renamed the school Theodore Roosevelt College & Career Academy.
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The Jackson Five
In 1966 at the Roosevelt High School Talent Show, the brothers perform at a talent show in Jackie's "Roosevelt High School" in Gary, Indiana. They have sung "My Girl" by the Motown group the Temptations. Michael have helped win the competition with his song-and-dance routine. Michael says that after that, they won every talent contest they entered in Gary. Joseph started to invest more money in the group by buying new musical equipment for the boys- microphones, amplifiers and guitars.
It's Christmas Day here already.
Seasons greetings to all you folks.
Time for me to hit the sheets. We'll have a long day today for our family get together. Do enjoy your celebrations.
Seen here is a teenage busker performing a Jackson Five song.
QVB, Sydney, Australia (Thursday 18 December 2014)
1958-2009
I am saddened that I and the world will never see Michael Jackson dance or sing again. Everytime I watched Michael sing & dance I was in awe! The talent this man had was extraodinary! I grew up listening to The Jackson Five. I remember going to a Jackson Five concert many years ago and still remember it today! Michael Jackson has given so much of his talent to the world. Yes, he was different and I respected his differences and admire him for being himself. He should be remembered for what he gave the world and so what if he was different, his difference is what made him the artist he was. Michael Jackson will always hold a special place in my heart!
Michael Jackson has been named the most charitable Pop Star in the “Guinness Book Of Records."
Superbowl performance........Enjoy!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnvSebbIVAM
Will You Be There ~ Free Willy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvYygjcMDdQ
I'll Be There
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMUmgImUj8I
Black Or White
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI9OYMRwN1Q
Scream
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNl2Pm9-7Vk
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Michael Jackson's Childhood home 3 months before his death in Gary Indiana. This home held 11 people ... Joe, Kathryn, Rebbie, Lotoya, Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, Michael, Janet and Randy. (Marlon had a twin that died, not sure how old.)
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Jackson Five Mural in Downtown Gary Indiana
A graffiti artist has created a four-story mural honoring The Jackson 5 in the group's hometown of Gary, Indiana.
The city commissioned local artist Felix "Flex" Maldonado and his assistant Omar "OMS" Marin to paint the mural on the brick side of a vacant building. The black-and-white artwork features all five members including late pop superstar Michael Jackson. The artists used hydraulic lifts to paint the nearly 200-foot-by-200-foot mural. It took them about two weeks.
The mural is on the 500 block of Broadway.
The (Northwest Indiana) Times (bit.ly/2fyYXnN ) reports that Maldonado painted a similar but much smaller mural in another Gary neighborhood and it was very popular. Tiffany Tolbert of Indiana Landmarks' Northwest Field Office says people are constantly stopping to take photos of it.
www.nwitimes.com/entertainment/219/four-story-jackson-mur...
Michael Jackson's Childhood home 3 months before his death in Gary Indiana. This home held 11 people ... Joe, Kathryn, Rebbie, Lotoya, Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, Michael, Janet and Randy. (Marlon had a twin that died, not sure how old.)
www.michael-jackson-photos.com/
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