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On Joe Jackson’s awesome parenting, tacky mourners and musical genius

By Joe Sapien | Published: July 20, 2009
The whole affair is sad, but in a way that’s different from the one the media has been using to wring ratings out of their flipper-clapping public.
Posted in Arts & Literature, Entertainment, humor, music | Tagged | 1 Comment

Pop and populism: Michael Jackson, Barack Obama and the leftist’s dilemma

By Feature Writer | Published: July 6, 2009
It is no accident that the last real pop superstar, Michael Jackson, hit the apex of his popularity in the Reagan years.
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What becomes of Michael Jackson’s children?

By Renee Martin | Published: July 5, 2009
What is ‘Neverland” but a palace dedicated to loss and suffering in the guise of play and whimsy?
Posted in Arts & Literature, Columnist, Current Affairs, Entertainment, music | Tagged | 10 Comments

Michael Jackson: Dead at 50

By Renee Martin | Published: June 26, 2009
The world watched as Michael's face and skin color morphed. By the time of his death, he looked nothing like the little boy who sang "ABC."
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Michael Jackson: of mortal coils and music

By Natalia Antonova | Published: June 25, 2009
While the news of Michael Jackson's death has already caused an explosion of Twitter, I was tempted to go back to a June 5th advice column by Salon's Cary Tennis.
Posted in Arts & Literature, Entertainment, music, obituary | Tagged | 6 Comments