Holy fucking shit: Michael Jackson is dead

[ebbomega]

He never grew up, end of story. The real question is: can you really blame him?

[Kraig]

This was @ Stevie Wonder's concert the day after MJ passed. Talk about a legend. The second movie is moving... Rather than playing an encore, Stevie plays MJ tunes and gets emotional while they play.

[Kraig]

On a related note... Stevie Wonder does a cover for one of my favorite MJ songs, Human Nature. I'm sooooo lucky to have gone to this concert. So good.

[-evil-duerr-]

Originally Posted by dave mcnasty

My opinion on the whole child molestation thing is that yes, he was wacko, but I don't think he was actually touching the children.

If you've seen him talk about the subject, and talk about kids, he's actually crazy enough to just LOVE children. I think he was just wacko enough to love sleeping in a bed with a bunch of children. He always said he didn't find anything wrong with an adult sleeping with children. He was just crazy enough to wanna do that.

But of course when a parent finds out about something like that....well, they're gonna be pissed off, cuz that is weird, but also they're gonna instantly see dollar signs. I would do the same thing. Tell the kid to say "he touched me" and boom, you get millions of dollars. It's a no brainer really.

Ya not to mention that both times he was accused the parents settled out of court for a pile of cash rather than JUSTICE. What kind of parent would settle for just the money rather than have him locked up? Not only would it undermine the gravity of what they claim happened to their child, it would also mean they don't care if he repeats his alleged actions. It's so obvious he was setup, anyone who believes otherwise is either uninformed or a fool.

[ebbomega]

^ Not true, that was only the first time he was accused. The second time he was found Not Guilty and the parents got nothing.

[C_squared]

Fuck I honestly thought MJ's death was going to be another Princes Di with a hoard of media attention. I'm actually glad that its not that bad. Either that or I have completely tuned all of this out.

Move on with your lives people... Fuck its nice outside today.

[Vitamin-X]

Originally Posted by -evil-duerr-

Ya not to mention that both times he was accused the parents settled out of court for a pile of cash rather than JUSTICE. What kind of parent would settle for just the money rather than have him locked up? Not only would it undermine the gravity of what they claim happened to their child, it would also mean they don't care if he repeats his alleged actions. It's so obvious he was setup, anyone who believes otherwise is either uninformed or a fool.

Yeah, I guess the idea of trying to take down someone with legions of crazed fans, hundreds of millions of dollars, and a renowned media darling sure wouldn't seem like a daunting task.

Or, they could take the money (15.3 million) hide from the now rabid media and Mj fans and try and have a life (i'm guessing a rich one).

Most people would fight to the bitter end to clear their name if they came up on child molesting charges. Others, use their "get out of jail for 15.3 million dollars" card.
I don't know about you, but a 15.3 million dollar payout screams busted pretty loud.

[-evil-duerr-]

Originally Posted by ebbomega

^ Not true, that was only the first time he was accused. The second time he was found Not Guilty and the parents got nothing.

word my bad

[shogun rua]

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[stephen_c]

Billie Jean - Retro Instrument

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I absolutely love this song, and I thought that it would be fun to do a cover using only retro instruments (primarily from the 1980s)! What you see is the result of a compulsive need to buy weird instruments off of eBay! The featured instruments include:

Casio DG-10 Digital Toy Guitar (run through an octave pedal to create the bass. Also used for a lead in Verse 2)
Casio SK-1 Sampling Keyboard (used for the strings and the brass)
Dubreq Stylophone (for electric guitar riffs)
Suzuki Omnichord electric autoharp (run through a resonator plug-in to add texture)
The drums are samples from the SK-1 and DG-10, triggered via the Rock Band controller.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbNyuw2QYIw