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I can't imagine any other entertainer, living or already dead, passing away and making me feel like this.
I can't stop playing in my head, over and over again, one of my earliest memories of walking into my parent's bedroom when I was 5, wearing the glove, the red buckled leather jacket, to sing and dance to his songs. And they weren't playing over a stereo or anything, I just wanted to show my parents that I could be like him... and be COOL like him. Emphasis on cool because that dude, in that time, was THE COOLEST person on the planet. Hands down. No competition. He was IT. And just listening to his music made me feel like a million bucks.
That is the power his songs have. They make ME want to change the world. To forget every problem and just dance. And most importantly, feel like you are cool when the world outside your headphones is telling you that you are not.
I loved Michael Jackson so much that I actually asked my mom if I could change my name to Michael Jackson. Literally. I am not kidding. I remember the car ride vividly.
I remember sitting in my basement playing video games listening to Dangerous for the first time on my Walkman when I was 10. I turned around to see who was pounding on the door during the intro to Black Or White. That listening experience is burned into my brain.
I remember finally finding Bad on LP at Last Vestige in Albany this past winter, so excited I couldn't wait to get back to my turntable to spin it up. Holding that lovely square, 12" x 12" creation that is and will always be my favorite pop album of all time.
I remember playing Moonwalker at the Chucky Cheese in Albany when I was clearly too old to go into a Chucky Cheese.
I remember watching the Bucharest video over and over again, in awe of the power that guy had over the human spirit with music.
His dancing... my god, his dancing.
I remember the Michael Jackson marathons on VH1. Watching Moonwalker in it's entirety every time it came on. Laughing at Joe Pesci and wishing that Michael could just stay in the field with the kids all day and the world would just leave him alone.
I nearly cry every time I listen to Will You Be There... I can only imagine the sob fest that will occur from here on out.
I was looking forward to his comeback with skepticism, but with the hope that he could actually do it. That he was still the great hero that I grew up with. A triumphant man who could stand in one place, not moving an inch, and have hundreds of thousands of people passing out at the mere thought of being in his presence. But I think what I really wanted was another chance to see my childhood idol, up on stage where he belongs. Not in the tabloids where he was exploited for eccentricities brought upon him through growing up in the spotlight, abuse, and being robbed of a childhood.
Unfortunately, I will never get to see that and that makes me very sad. And listening to Sometimes It Snows In April doesn't help much...
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Greg Brown is a painter and native of Palo Alto, California, best known for his trompe l'oeil murals in the San Francisco Bay area. He sprang into national prominence with his "Pedestrian series of 1976." The project included 9 trompe l'oeil figures/vignettes sprinkled throughout the downtown area of Palo Alto, California. This experience spawned a love affair with walls that continues to this day.
Hamilton Station Post Office - 380 Hamilton Avenue in Palo Alto, California 94301 - Google Map - additional views
Panorama of Downtown Post Office on Hamilton: www.virtualparks.org/scenes/ZgdAiohtXg6NAtk1J3thyIQ.html
Digital Print . Off the Wall series. Edition of 10
Represented by Erdmann Contemporary, Cape Town
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(1959 - 2009)
Just talking abot the music here, these albums will live for ever. All that stuff recorded with his brothers - timeless genius!!
art party at the old Grand Rapids Art Museum. Sculptures throughout the building created by West Michigan faculty and students. This seating was created by Cameron Van Dyke of Capsule Gallery.
ACTIVESITE during the International Sculpture Conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
... 'cause at least i feel alive ... (8)
pare tantas veces el ascensor que pense que lo iba a dañar, JAJAJA ... queria las puertas cerradas, pero no queria estar paseando por todos los pisos, jajajaja ...
@ hotel melia
Vans Off The Wall key chain that showed up randomly in the yard. After my wife left for work I saw this and snapped the picture.
after a week. i tried doing it like the transworld product guide cover. but i dont know. how's it look?
Literally, taking a work "Off-the-Wall" Armory Board Member Susan Caldwell, Artist Margaret Caldwell, Armory Board Member Jane Abascal, Artist Kenton Nelson and Armory Board Member Gale Kohl