Idol Headlines for 06/30/09

Looks like Simon Cowell’s people have been busy placing leaks about his Idol contract negotiations with the media. This New York Post press releas… er…. news story says that Cowell has been offered $144 million a year to re-up with American Idol:

http://www.nypost.com/seven/06302009/tv/enormous_money_176757.htm

a 11 min interview with Kelly on ET Canada

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDb7HBy2omU

Dish of Salt – Idols Answer Fan Questions

http://www.accesshollywood.com/american-idols-answer-fan-questions_video_1131143

Wow on Michael Jackson’s sales! I know I bought some musics myself Thursday night. I just saw on the news that Daddy Dearest was not mentioned in the will… wonder if that’s true?

Oh wow, now TMZ is reporting that neither Debbie Rowe nor Michael are the biological parents of the children. Debbie just acted as a surrogate. Holy crap! This just keeps getting weirder and weirder. The good news is, they are also reporting that there is a will and that Michael left nothing to Joe Jackson. That is the first bit of good news from all of this!

A cool MJ video. Thriller in a Philipino Prison.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMnk7lh9M3o

I saw someone on TV talking about how the younger generation thinks of MJ as some weirdo. Once the news of his death broke and we were showing the kids great songs he sang on Youtube, they said they only knew of him as a freak. Sad.

I wouldn’t be sad if Simon was no longer on idol.

Oh wow, now TMZ is reporting that neither Debbie Rowe nor Michael are the biological parents of the children. Debbie just acted as a surrogate. Holy crap! This just keeps getting weirder and weirder. The good news is, they are also reporting that there is a will and that Michael left nothing to Joe Jackson. That is the first bit of good news from all of this!

That’s good to know. Yesterday I hear there was no will and Joe would get some of MJ’s money, so hopefully TMZ is right about this one.

I saw someone on TV talking about how the younger generation thinks of MJ as some weirdo. Once the news of his death broke and we were showing the kids great songs he sang on Youtube, they said they only knew of him as a freak. Sad.

I agree, it’s sad. I would be considered the “younger generation” (15), but I honestly only know one other person close to my who could name more than 3 MJ songs. However, they can all tell you about the crazy things he’s done.

night. I just saw on the news that Daddy Dearest was not mentioned in the will’ ¦ wonder if that’s true?

I hope so. I’m just glad MJ’s attorney is coming forward with his will. I thought hat was strange when his parents said all too quickly that MJ didn’t have one…. That didn’t make sense to me. Joe will fight the Will either way. I hope the court respects MJ’s last wishes and distrubutes the estate by whatever the will says. Ditto for custody of the kids.

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Dish of Salt – Idols Answer Fan Questions

LOL@ the TOMT question. Adam is too adorable :wub_tb: :wub_tb:

Wow to Joanna P’s blog entry:

But I can’t help but be sad right now – Idol was an amazing experience for me and HUMBLING. I lined up for HOURS just like everyone else and made it through each round based on my talent. I made a lot of great friends and also built my confidence back up which I was in desperate need of. I am thankful for the time that I was a part of the show but I truly wish I was there longer – I think I deserved it.

No, Joanna, you did not. You forgot the words, like, every time you sang. And your voice was not so fantastic as to make up for it.

It’s weird. I remember watching the news special years ago when she won the national contest to play Annie in the Broadway revival, and I remember following the news cycle when she was unceremoniously dumped from the show before it opened, and I felt so bad for that little girl, and hoped that things would turn out okay for her. I suppose she could be forgiven for feeling like her life/music career has been all sorts of unfair. But, SHE FORGOT THE WORDS EVERY TIME SHE SANG IN HOLLYWOOD.

I thought hat was strange when his parents said all too quickly that MJ didn’t have one’ ¦. That didn’t make sense to me. Joe will fight the Will either way.

That was all strategy. Joe and Katherine probably planned all along to contest whatever will showed up as they likely knew any will MJ made would exclude Joe. So, they took the first shot by insisting there was no will. That way, when the will (if it exists) does show up, they can start their campaign to prove the will is a fake and contest it.

Joe is a greedy, controlling egomaniac. And, Katherine is his puppet. They have never up to this point acted in Michael’s best interest, so I don’t expect them to start now.

Michael was in serious debt because he was an over-spender. He could never get himself to stop spending extreme amounts of money, even when we was making far less. The catalogues in Michael’s estate have a ton of value. Stop the crazy spending, and the estate really could right itself from the upside down position in a couple of years. Plus there is a new, big huge batch of royalties coming the estate’s way.

A good estate administrator could restructure all of that debt and start making some headway. There could still be plenty of money left for Michael’s kids. But, Joe needs that money and Michael’s catalogues to get his new record company off the ground. So, I suspect he’s going to fight for it long and hard.

Right now, I think the only chance the kids have is if the court appoints a lawyer to act as the legal guardian and represent their best interests. I don’t think anyone in the mix at this point has the interests of the children ahead of their own.

I don’t think anyone in the mix at this point has the interests of the children ahead of their own.

I would hope the grandmother does, but she may not be strong enough to fight for it.

Another Adam ‘Megan’ interview

This is with Access Hollywood – he answers fan questions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA5g9aalwLA

No, Joanna, you did not. You forgot the words, like, every time you sang. And your voice was not so fantastic as to make up for it.

I agree, she didn’t deserve a spot in the top 36 by any means – plant or no plant. Felicia Barton (who replaced her) was better than her by leaps and bounds.

Hopefully her experience will make the plants think twice about appearing on Idol…

Gossip Candy had this interview – I have never seen it before, but it is rather old

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKaVXOTmd6w

Here is a link to an article or blog about David Cook: http://www.examiner.com/x-11563-David-Cook-Examiner~y2009m6d29-David-Cook-Talks-acting-Michael-Jackson-and-the-music-scene-today This is a great article.

I was driving into work this morning (Southern California), and listening to the radio. They were doing the traffic report. They mentioned that traffic was bogged down due to the American Idol auditions that were going on today at the Rose Bowl. They were expecting crowds to reach 35,000. Is that good? Seems like a lot of people.

Joe is a greedy, controlling egomaniac. And, Katherine is his puppet. They have never up to this point acted in Michael’s best interest, so I don’t expect them to start now.

I totally agree with this, but if the Will is being submitted by a lawyer, won’t it be harder to say its not ‘valid’ since an attorney is an outside party?

Right now, I think the only chance the kids have is if the court appoints a lawyer to act as the legal guardian and represent their best interests. I don’t think anyone in the mix at this point has the interests of the children ahead of their own.

Yes. This is sad but very true. I just don’t see how any judge could award small children to a woman that is 79 (Katherine), and a known child abuser (Joe).

I totally agree with this, but if the Will is being submitted by a lawyer, won’t it be harder to say its not ‘valid’ since an attorney is an outside party?

Oh, there are all sorts of ways to tie up probate of a will with claims of its invalidity–even if those claims are ultimately completely without merit. But, MJ seemed to have some damn good lawyers, so I would actually be shocked if his parents found a way to successfully contest the will.

So, someone at ONTD got the interview from Canada’s TV Week magazine where Kris answered fans’ questions. That ONTD person copied & pasted the interview, although the actual questions are paraphrased. Enjoy!

I’m just going to paraphrase the questions to make them short, but I’ll give you Kris’ full answers

What can the Vancouver fans expect?

That’ll be my first time in Canada, so I’m very excited about going there. I’ve always wanted to go, and I hear Vancouver is great. The rehearsals have been going great. More than anything, just be ready to have a great show. It’s going to be like 10 little shows by 10 different people.

What song did you sing in the “sing-in?”

You know, I think, with the sing-off, it was the first one they did that day, so it was a little bit weird. We did it differently than the other ones, maybe they didn’t like how it was done, or it didn’t fit in. I dunno. But I sang “Everything” by Michael Buble.”

my note: I love that, because Buble is from here

re: little screen time, did he feel like an underdog?

You know, I think you do get aware of that, but I say if it’s going to happen, it’s going to happen. It never upset me or anything, because it obviously worked out. Besides, I don’t have a great back story. I’m just a regular guy that plays music, and I’m married, nothing too crazy about me. I mean, I guess I can be a little wacko, but that’s OK. [laughs]

Did he get tired of the “dark horse” characterization?

Actually, personally, I did feel like an underdog. Maybe not like an underdog, but a person that does lay low and is not… you have someone like Adam, who is captivating and very different and uber-talented and kinda stands out, but I felt like I stood out in a quiet way.

Adam was the frontrunner, the odds-makers in Vegas had him winning. How surprised was Kris with the results?

Adam and I both were talking about that, and I think he was thinking I was going to win and I was thinking that he was going to win, so it was like we were both thinking it could go either way. But yeah, it was surprising. I thought it could have happened, but who knew? It didn’t matter to us because we both made it to the finale.

Did he stress out in that situation, or let the chips fall?

I didn’t stress about winning, nothing like that. I didn’t come to win, I came to have a music career. With winning, that does happen, but it was never about that. For Adam and I both it was about putting on a good show.

asks about Kris being in VA Beach and a possible collaboration with the Fray

I don’t know if I want to let that out of the bag… um, we’re actually still in Virginia Beah and are leaving today. You know, there is not a collaboration, but I do like The Fray and I’m just doing some work out here.

Any collaborations or duets on the album? What can he say about the album?

I don’t know about collaborations. Right now there’s nothing in the works. I think the tone of the album is going to be very much like what I did on the show, something that everyone can enjoy, something that comes out having great songs on an album.

most interesting thing when he’s googled himself?

I don’t google myself. But what is interesting is that, at some point, my wife was the third most googled person on Google.

Dream collaboration?

I think my dream would be Paul McCartney – but that is a dream.

Who from the contestants would he want to have his back in a Zombie Attack?

Have my back? Yikes. So it’s zombies, right? Hmm… probably Lil, because I have a pretty good feeling she could beat them up.

The pictures they used were a shot of Kris performing with his guitar (the week he wore the shirt with the numbers on the shoulder), and picture of him performing with Brian May, a shot of Adam, Kris, and Seacrest when it was announced that he won, and a picture of him and Katy on the car in the Arkansas parade.

http://community.livejournal.com/ontd_ai/810064.html

I don’t think anyone in the mix at this point has the interests of the children ahead of their own.

…and in response…
I would hope the grandmother does, but she may not be strong enough to fight for it.

No.
In my view she is 50% as culpable as Daddy Dearest in any abuse that may have taken place.
She was Michael’s mother. It was her job to protect him and she just looked the other way.
Just no.

I would hope the grandmother does, but she may not be strong enough to fight for it.

She’s still married to Joe isn’t she? This is the first thing my husband asked me when I said the children were temporarily in her custody. Someone PLEASE step up for the children!

Sorry if I missed this being posted somewhere here but another Adam song has been released on iTunes — “What’s Love Got To Do With It” . It’s under Brazen, a Digital Glitter euro-disco Fozerelli dance mix.

Here a link to the song.

http://www.towleroad.com/2009/06/adam-lambert-does-tina-turner-whats-love-got-to-do-with-it.html

Also, after last night’s broadcast Adam’s Album was back up to #78 on the iTunes Album charts.

Thanks to the person above who linked to the latest David Cook interview. Much appreciated.

asks about Kris being in VA Beach and a possible collaboration with the Fray

I don’t know if I want to let that out of the bag’ ¦ um, we’re actually still in Virginia Beah and are leaving today. You know, there is not a collaboration, but I do like The Fray and I’m just doing some work out here.

If he’s still in VA Beach working on music, then he very well COULD be working with Timbaland! Which would be the first interesting thing about his future album for me.

Great new tidbits from the new David Cook article!

About acting:

he said that he’d like to do whatever comes his way, and that he even read for something recently that he hopes he gets.

WHAT!?

SpenserJ (wasltp), you continue to be my heroine! Your comments about the MJ kids were inciteful and heartfelt.

Sorry if I missed this being posted somewhere here but another Adam song has been released on iTunes ‘” ‘What’s Love Got To Do With It’  . It’s under Brazen, a Digital Glitter euro-disco Fozerelli dance mix.

Wasn’t this Fozerelli dude being lauded just the other day for claiming in a blog post that he would not do this (sell Adam’s pre-Idol songs)? Hmm…

I for one don’t blame him for wanting to cash in (but neither do I want to tar and feather the HiFi dude) and I questioned his ability to give away music written by others for free (when that was claiming he would do).

Thanks for bringing that over [b]girlygirl[/b]! Lil, huh — actually I feel like she, Allison, Megan and Alexis probably could take on a pack of zombies (maybe better than the guys, lol.)

I checked out the previews for Jordin’s new album on Amazon — Tattoo and One Step At A Time are the two end tracks. Is it just me or is that a little odd?

eta: oh wait, somehow I was looking at the UK version of her album. (but still)

Wasn’t this Fozerelli dude being lauded just the other day for claiming in a blog post that he would not do this (sell Adam’s pre-Idol songs)? Hmm’ ¦

I for one don’t blame him for wanting to cash in (but neither do I want to tar and feather the HiFi dude) and I questioned his ability to give away music written by others for free (when that was claiming he would do).

Not one to speak for Fonzerelli, but the tracks he may give away are unfinished- this one was already ready to go.

Also he is in no way using Adam’s name to sell them- the artist is simply listed as Brazen. And he is making zero claims about “exciting brand new single” etc.

I bought one- personally I hope it sells very well and aggravates the hell out of Hecker.

A guardian ad litem will be appointed for each of the children once the family court matter is consumated.

Sadly, I remember an interview with mama Jackson where she talked about hating white people. She had a good reason, she lived through the worst of the civil rights era, but she talked about how to this day she will never speak or befriend a white person. When asked about whether she passed this racisim on to her children, she said, ‘damn right,’ I learned the hard way never to trust a white person. And in fact, almost the entire family is anti-white. (I’ll never forget when jermaine(sp) jackson judged the Miss USA pagaent-he gave the black contestants 9.9 , and the white girls such low scores that none made the top five. Needless to say, Trump never asked him back as a judge. LOL.

I dunno, but I think allowing her to raise ‘white children’ might not be such a great idea. LOL. Rumor has it that Jackson wished for his former nanny to raise them.

The other rumor is that MJ had trained his oldest son to perform with him on his tour. Very sad. As sad as it is that MJ died, perhaps it is the only way these children will have a chance at a normal life-if and only if a NON Jackson raises them.

I dunno, but I think allowing her to raise ‘white children’ might not be such a great idea. LOL. Rumor has it that Jackson wished for his former nanny to raise them.

The other rumor is that MJ had trained his oldest son to perform with him on his tour. Very sad. As sad as it is that MJ died, perhaps it is the only way these children will have a chance at a normal life-if and only if a NON Jackson raises them.

I read a rumor that space aliens were living in Queens, and that JFK is really alive, STILL and living in a bunker under the Pentagon…. :ponder_tb:

If he’s still in VA Beach working on music, then he very well COULD be working with Timbaland! Which would be the first interesting thing about his future album for me.

Kris was in VA Beach working at Timbaland’s studio but that Timbaland was not there. He was working with The Fray’s guitarist Joe King. Here’s the interview quote:

Kris and Joe craft the new song in Timbaland’s studio. Unfortunately, the powerhouse producer is not present during the session. “But Timbaland’s brother was there along with his crew, and it added this great energy to the session. When the boys heard the track, they started hanging around,” Joe shared. “Timbaland’s brother said if Timbaland was upstairs and he heard this melody, he’d walk in the studio and say, ‘That’s a melody’.”

Here’s the link to the article:

http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00025201.html

I thought these “bubble tweets” from Matt and Danny were kinda cute. It would be pretty cool if all the idols would do something like this from time to time.

http://bbltwt.com/j9opz

http://bbltwt.com/4v4mw

And while I think Danny’s offer to let everyone know where to meet up with him for pictures, autographs, hugs, etc is sweet, I think he has no idea what he’s setting himself up for.

Sadly, I remember an interview with mama Jackson where she talked about hating white people. She had a good reason, she lived through the worst of the civil rights era, but she talked about how to this day she will never speak or befriend a white person. When asked about whether she passed this racisim on to her children, she said, ‘damn right,’ I learned the hard way never to trust a white person. And in fact, almost the entire family is anti-white. (I’ll never forget when jermaine(sp) jackson judged the Miss USA pagaent-he gave the black contestants 9.9 , and the white girls such low scores that none made the top five. Needless to say, Trump never asked him back as a judge.

Wow. I had never heard that before. Yeah, I agree, not a good idea to let her raise white children. Geesh, these people really are messed up.

As for living through the worst of the civil rights era, well I can understand that making someone biased, even extremely biased, but “hate”….I just can’t understand it. And if this is what she is willing to say publically, just think what her mindset is in private.

Q3 Jun 30th, 2009 at 1:11 pm

If he’s still in VA Beach working on music, then he very well COULD be working with Timbaland! Which would be the first interesting thing about his future album for me.

Kris was in VA Beach working at Timbaland’s studio but that Timbaland was not there. He was working with The Fray’s guitarist Joe King. Here’s the interview quote:

Yeah, but the way he answered that question it sounded like he was BACK in VA Beach recording (a separate time from when he was with Joe King). I could be interpreting it wrong. When was the interview done?

Not one to speak for Fonzerelli, but the tracks he may give away are unfinished- this one was already ready to go.

Unless he wrote those songs or pays compensation to the the writers/performers, they are not really his to give away, IMO.

Also he is in no way using Adam’s name to sell them- the artist is simply listed as Brazen. And he is making zero claims about ‘exciting brand new single’  etc.

Am I to infer that it is more noble when Adam gets no credit or pay for his performances than when he is credited, promoted and paid? If so, I don’t get it.

Sadly, I remember an interview with mama Jackson where she talked about hating white people.

Unless I have documented proof of this interview I just throw it into the “rumour” pile and treat it as such. There is so much unsubstantiated and uncorroborated stuff out there right now that I’ve decided to just ignore it all.

The only thing I know of, for a fact, is that Michael is dead! But, I thought that after Elvis died and people still keep seeing him walking around to this day.

Unless I have documented proof of this interview I just throw it into the ‘rumour’  pile and treat it as such. There is so much unsubstantiated and uncorroborated stuff out there right now that I’ve decided to just ignore it all.

That sounds like a wise idea, Tess. Since I have been following idoldom in the past year or so, I have found that there are always so many unsubstantiated rumors out there. I guess it is best to not take it all as fact.

I don’t think that Mama Jackson hates her own grandchildren and I would hope that the whole family embraces them because those kids are going to need them and from all accounts they were Michael’s pride and joy in life.

Now I love the part in the David Cook article where he talks about acting, if he gets an acting job I hope it is a comedy because he has shown great comedic timing but I would love to see him in anything:

I’ve heard David mention in a few interviews that he wants to pursue acting at some point as well, so I asked him to talk a bit more about what kind of acting he’s referring to, and he said that he’d like to do whatever comes his way, and that he even read for something recently that he hopes he gets.

Unless I have documented proof of this interview I just throw it into the ‘rumour’  pile and treat it as such. There is so much unsubstantiated and uncorroborated stuff out there right now that I’ve decided to just ignore it all.

You are right here. Upon further reflection, those comments seem almost too ott to be true. They may be, but it does seem far fetched that anyone would actually say those things.

I always thought that David Cook would make a good actor…and of course, Adam, too. But I sort of feel like he is biting off a little more than he can chew. Concentrate on building the one area for a while, and then try something else. There is no rush….at least I don’t think so.

But then, it’s not my career so who am I to say.

David Cook performed The World I Know & Lie at the Vilar Performing Arts Ctr in Beaver Creek.

TWIK : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnAnxESG-Kc

Lie : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYAKIkzCZPg

…still get the chills just hearing him sing TWIK again.

That Brazen release kinda sucks. I’m glad Adam’s name is not attached to it.

And if you go to iTunes, you can get the album for $3.99, which includes six (!) versions of the same damn song (four of which are six minutes long).

Sorry, I must be clueless, but I don’t get it.

Adam’s changed his twitter handle to just plain “adamlambert” … I assume they wrested the username away from whoever had it previously. I checked to see what was going on with “krisallen” and “allisoniraheta” and those accounts have been “suspended for suspicious activity”, heh. So I bet Kris and Alli will convert his to their real names sometime as well.

I always thought that David Cook would make a good actor’ ¦and of course, Adam, too. But I sort of feel like he is biting off a little more than he can chew.

I thought Adam already was an actor, though, right? Cuz he was in Wicked? Did he have an acting role or was he like in the chorus?

RE: David, he’s said that music will always come first (smart guy), and I’m sure whatever acting he does will be something minor, so I don’t see too much harm in that. If you combine the comedy bits he’s done on VH1′s Best Year Ever and his guest spot on the Free Radio show, he’s pretty much already gotten as much screen time as a guest actor on a regular TV show would get. I dunno, as long as he starts small and doesn’t play a role that’s too much of a stretch, the whole thing sounds doable to me, and it would be good exposure.

DA wrote a blog today– rambling a bit as usual.

http://davidarchuletanetwork.ning.com/profiles/blogs/todays-blog

His thoughts on writing in a journal were interesting to me. He really is wise.

“Well I best be off now to spend time with the family. But before I go I just wanted to mention how valuable I find writing in a journal is. Last year I didn’t really keep a journal, and I thought it took too much time out of my day. I’d do it every now and then over the last few years, but I’d get unmotivated and stop writing. I made it my New Year’s Resolution to write at least once a week in it though, and at first I thought there’s no way I’m going to keep this going lol. But surprisingly, I ‘ve been doing really well with it, and I’m so glad that I have. It really helps you sort your thoughts out, and also gets your mind kicking into gear. One of my favorite things is going back to a page and reading what was going on through my mind 6 months or 2 years ago. It’s a really neat thing to do actually–especially the entries that were before I knew what all was going to happen with music in my life. Think of how cool it’d be for your grandkids and great-grandkids to read about your adventures and what you were like too. You may think, “Oh my life’s not interesting enough to waste my time writing about it in a journal.” But hey, you should go for it anyway and you might surprise yourself how cool it will be reading back sometime in the future. So I’d like to challenge all of you to get a journal and start writing in it tonight! Let me know how you do, ok? If you don’t have a journal, then go out and buy one this week. I’m really serious about it, and I’m a true believer in how much a journal is worth. Once you start writing in it, it really becomes a priceless possession. Well I’ve gone off long enough about that, but really let me know how you guys do and keep it up! It’ll be sooo worth it in the long-run, even for whoever ends up with it later on. But with that, I leave and say until next time!”

Go to the link to see the rambling stuff.

If he’s still in VA Beach working on music, then he very well COULD be working with Timbaland! Which would be the first interesting thing about his future album for me.

He’s not in Virginia Beach. He’s in LA, getting read to leave for Portland today. This interview was just recently published, but it was conducted back when he was in Virginia Beach working with Joe King.

So we had shows in Boston and Philly, and they were sooo much fun! Philly was an amphitheater show, and I think the sun really makes people happier. At least when it’s not beating down on you at 110 degrees. But the crowd was so cheerful and energetic, and it was just a lot of fun. Woah… Sean Kingston is in Yo Gabba Gabba teaching a dance. That’s crazy. I like Sean Kingston. Wow I’m feeling really spacey today. But you guys have to watch this show if you’re bored it’s really interesting. Oh Sean Kingston just disappeared.. This is so weird!

Hahaha! Archie is so funny. He goes off into a tangent even when he’s writing. He writes his blogs as if he’s talking to close friends. I like that about him. I’m always glad to see that he can take it easy and be just a kid once in a while.

BTW, isn’t Sean Kingston the guy who wrote the additional “beautiful girls” lyrics to Stand By Me? LOL.

I have front row seats a week from today at Kennedy Ctr to see Color Purple! WOO-HOO!! Also, FAB seats for AI concert in August–I have a feeling Adam might destroy me. I mean, Bowie, Zepplin? I’m done…

Adam just twitted that he changed his twitter account from therealglambert to adamlambert. If you were a follower for therealglambert, you don’t have to do anything, now you are following adamlambert instead. For new followers, seach adamlambert and you’ll get the real Adam.

As tributes to Michael Jackson pour into Rolling Stone ‘” be sure to keep an eye out for our special issue, out next week ‘” recent cover star Adam Lambert shared his memories of dancing around his parents’ house, lip-synching to ‘Beat It.’  His early childhood was also heavy on ‘Thriller’  (he cites his love of Halloween as a major reason). Lambert also revealed that ‘Rock With You’  was his first American Idol audition song, which impressed one judge in particular: ‘Paula was really grooving out to it.’ 

Here link to RS article:

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/06/30/adam-lambert-on-getting-jackson-news-everybody-just-stopped/

Okay, I’m sure I’m the only one who cares about the discussion of the structure of Don’t Stop Believin’ in the LA Times article mj linked to in the headlines, but I’m gonna post about it anyway….

The song’s structure isn’t nearly as bizarre as the writer makes it out to be. It’s a bit unusual, but it’s not “a mess” or “nutty” as the writer called it. It’s essentially a pretty standard verse-verse-chorus, solo-verse-chorus sequence, with a different chorus (the famous one) added at the end. The writer calls the initial chorus a “bridge”, but it’s really just a different chorus — and thus it’s not that weird a structure.

Journey also did something similar in Girl Can’t Help It, adding essentially a different chorus toward the end of the song (and that chorus is the most beautiful passage of Journey music I know of, btw).

If you want a Journey song that really is pretty weird, check out the title song from the Escape album — it’s pretty much two complete songs in one. (It’s also one of their two or three best hard-driving songs, along with Keep On Runnin’ and maybe Stone In Love.)

Really nice Newsweek article:
Kris talking about Michael Jackson

http://www.popcrunch.com/kid-rock-dating-kellie-pickler-sheryl-crow/

Kellie Pickler dating Kid Rock?

I can’t find the Monday numbers thread, so I checked HDD to find its final prediction. Consistent with the article above, MJ’s album sales predictions:

CHART DATE: 06/29/2009
LAST UPDATE: 06/30/2009 12:49:17
NOW IN: FINAL

– 1 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 106,956 — THRILLER

– 2 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 105,648 – ESSENTIAL

– 3 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 104,163 – NUMBER ONES

– 14 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 34,225 – OFF THE WALL

– 25 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 18,929 – BAD

– 26 JACKSON 5 MOTOWN 17,677 – ULTIMATE COLLECTION

– 32 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 14,351 – DANGEROUS

– 35 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 13,951 – ULTIMATE COLLECTION

– 39 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 12,150 – HISTORY:GREATEST HITS,VOL. 1

^^^weareallinnocent, I saw that that thread was slowly getting to the bottom of the sidebar, so I’m glad you posted this here. Wow, just wow! I’ll be interested to see the real numbers as well. Based on these numbers the albums sold =428,050. That’s if I added correctly. Almost half a million in the top 50 alone. Well over half of that in the top 3.

Sorry if this has been posted somewhere else already. The news (or rumor) is that Johnny Depp will be playing Michael Jackson in a biographical movie about him. You can read about it here in the Insider.

ETA: According to Extra, it is not true, straight from the horse’s mouth…
Johnny revealed, “That is such an obtuse rumor that I never had the pleasure of cultivating — it’s not my idea, you know.”

I think we should be ready for any and every kind of rumor. It’s just been crazy and probably won’t stop soon.
But a movie with Depp? I’d see it.

Am I to infer that it is more noble when Adam gets no credit or pay for his performances than when he is credited, promoted and paid? If so, I don’t get it.

I think the reason why no one is jumping Fonzerelli’s back is because this release is not trying to usurp anything away from Adam or use him in any way(unlike with Hi-Fi). It’s not claiming to be his big summer release or his signature sound or any of that stuff that completely riled the fanbase.

And Adam got paid for this gig ages ago as a session singer or whatever, so he’s not being short-changed.

Latest news from CNN:

Cherilyn Lee, a registered nurse, told CNN that Jackson suffered from severe insomnia and pleaded for the powerful sedative Diprivan, despite knowing its harmful effects.

Watch (listen to) the video interview.

On today’s CNN morning news, Lee said that he desperately wanted to get some sleep, 8 hours, so that he can be refreshed in the morning. MJ told her that he would pay any amount of money to have someone administer it to him. Lee implied that someone must have given in to his pleas and to the monetary gain for doing so.

Lee asked him, why Diprivan? Why not some sleeping pills? MJ told her that the pills don’t work for him. Lee refused to comply to his wishes. In fact, she was not even familiar with the drug. She had to ask a doctor friend of hers to find out what it was. Diprivan is an intravenous drip used for inducing sedation for going into surgery or for certain procedures such as intubation. It is not something that is generally given at a residence. It is generally given while in an ICU unit because constant and close cardiac and respiratory monitoring is required due to its narrow therapeutic window (i.e., a little too much can be fatal).

Dr. Conrad Murray, MJ’s in-house doctor, has insisted that he did not give Michael any Demerol or Morphine. But did he give him Diprivan?