The year 2009 is quickly coming to a close, and with that comes a barrage of retrospectives of famous people who’ve died. Here’s one you can wear: the Faces of Death 2009 t-shirt. Read more »
Michael Jackson Rides the White Horse
Michael Jackson makes his latest posthumous appearance down at Miami’s art mess. Riding a white horse in gilded clothes and cape, the King of Pop was unveiled in a massive Kehinde Wiley painting inside Deitch Projects’ booth at the Basel art fair. Read more »
A Florida man who shares the same name with a certain pop icon was arrested after a traffic stop turned up warrants for the sale of cocaine, giving editors at the News Herald a perfect opportunity to tweak the headline accordingly. Although two others were arrested along with him, they went with this: “Michael Jackson arrested for sale of cocaine.” Which is true! Michael Fitzgerlad Jackson was in fact busted for blow. There’s nothing wrong with misleading your readers if you’re being factually correct. Right? |NewsHerald|
More Michael Jackson memorabilia is going on sale. According to the Sun, 12 strands of the pop star’s burnt hair, set alight by pyrotechnics at a 1984 Pepsi commercial shoot, will go up for bid in London next week. Valued at $1600, the charred locks were collected by the executive producer of the explosive commercial, Ralph Cohen, who helped extinguish Jackson’s flaming head and has been attempting to cash in ever since the singer’s death. In July, some of Jackson’s head harvestings were pressed into a limited run of synthetic diamonds. |Sun|
Michael Jackson Gets Religion
After the fan suicides, baby dangling tributes and DNA embedded gemstones, the canonization of Michael Jackson continues. On Friday, The Cult of Michael Jackson opens a religious retreat for followers to worship “The Gospel,” non-scandalous pieces of the pop star’s life and music reinterpreted into scripture. King of Pop painter-turned-cult leader Rusel Parish designed the “spiritual haven” and believes everyone would be better off taking Jackson’s words to heart: “Imagine the strife and wars we could solve if we just straightened up and boogied down.” The Chapel opens at 6 pm on September 11th through October at 168 North 6th Street in Williamsburg.
After her attempt to rename a subway station in honor of Michael Jackson was denied, Councilmember Letitia James has a new request for the MTA to reject: an art contest. Unfortunately, the transit authority only puts up new station artwork during renovations, which won’t be happening at the Hoyt-Schermerhorn stop for five years.
After Michael Jackson died, the LAPD searched his bedroom and discovered a heap of prescription drugs like Valium, Temazepam, Lorzaepam, and Diazepam, but most importantly—to CNN—they also found “marijuana.” A whopping “two baggies” of weed were found and although no THC was found in his system, this is still very important. |CNN|
Tomorrow, on what would have been his 51st birthday, as many as 10,000 Michael Jackson fans are expected to swarm Prospect Park in celebration of the pop star’s troubled life. After Borough President Marty Markowitz declares it Michael Jackson Day, Rev. Al Sharpton will lead a prayer and Councilmember Letitia James will continue petitioning the MTA to memorialize the King of Pop. |NYT|
Michael Jackson gets the KAWS treatment for Interview magazine, peppering the King of Pop with white gloves and sperm like he’s done, so many times before. |Honeyee|
The MTA rejected a Brooklyn politician’s attempt to honor the late Michael Jackson by renaming one of the borough’s dirtier subway stations after him. Councilmember Letitia James plans to continue petitioning to at least install a plaque at the Hoyt-Schermerhorn station where’s Jackson “Bad” video was filmed. |NYP|
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