Re: R.I.P. Michael Jackson

On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:02:50 GMT, Derek Janssen
<ejanss1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

nick wrote:

On Jun 29, 2:56 pm, calvin <cri...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I always found pop music to be inescapable. In my
high school cafeteria, in my friends' cars, on transistor
radios on the street. It provided a steady aural landscape.

Maybe it has to do with growing up in Motown. I would
have thought everybody had heard "ABC" or
"I'll Be There".

I've heard 'I'll Be There' but if I heard the Michael Jackson
version I wan't aware of it. I don't know the sound of his
singing voice. He was never on my mind.

Not knowing anything about Michael Jackson, even to the point of not
knowing the sound of his singing voice, is the same thing as not
knowing a thing about Frank Sinatra or Elvis Presley. You don't even
have to like them, but being familiar with them is basic (very very
basic) cultural literacy. Wasn't it not too long ago (before you guys
got hijacked by the talk radio crowd) conservatives thought cultural
literacy was a good thing?

Think he's trying to do the Red Cloud act, where "Hah, I've never heard
of your cartoon robots, so there!" is meant to give the illusion of
cantankerous rebelliousness...
It generally doesn't *work*, particularly when used by individuals on
this hemisphere.

Particuarly since one generally doesn't BRAG about being out of the
conversational loop, but shaky self-worth seeks any refuge.

Derek Janssen (hah, go ahead and shoot me, I've never HEARD of bullets!)
ejanss1@xxxxxxxxxxx

The Millennium-Issue of the "Guinness Book Of Records" names Michael
as the Pop Star who supports the most charity organizations.

The following projects are supported by Michael Jackson:

AIDS Project L.A.
American Cancer Society
Angel Food
Big Brothers of Greater Los Angeles
BMI Foundation
Brotherhood Crusade
Brothman Burn Center
Camp Ronald McDonald
Childhelp U.S.A.
Children's Institute International
Cities and Schools Scholarship Fund
Community Youth Sports & Arts Foundation
Congressional Black Caucus
Dakar Foundation
Dreamstreet Kids
Dreams Come True Charity
Elizabeth Taylor Aids Foundation
Heal The World Foundation
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation
Love Match
Make A Wish Foundation
Minority Aids Project
Motown Museum
NAACP
National Rainbow Coalition
Rotary Club of Australia
Society of Singers
Starlight Foundation
The Carter Center's Atlanta Project
The Sickle Cell Research Foundation
Transafrica
United Negro College Fund
United Negro College Fund Ladder's of Hope
Volunteers of America
Watts Summer Festival
Wish Granting
YMCA - 28th Street/Crenshaw
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America
This is the oldest mentoring organization serving youth in the USA.
BBBSA has provided one-to-one mentoring relationships between adult
volunteers and children at risk since 1904. BBBSA currently serves
over 100,000 children and youth in more than 500 agencies throughout
all of the United States.
BMI Foundation
From jazz to musical theater, from music education for gifted
youngsters to support for the work of accomplished concert music
composers, the BMI Foundation seeks out the best and most promising of
today's and tomorrow's musical creators and offers a platform of
support that fosters their growth and ensures the continuation of the
heritage of American musical ingenuity for generations to come.
Childhelp USA
Childhelp USA is dedicated to meeting the physical, emotional,
educational, und spiritual needs of abused and neglected children
focusing efforts and resources upon treatment, prevention.
Children's Institute International
This is a private, non-profit organization specializing in the
treatment and prevention of child abuse and neglect.
Over the past 90 years, CII has evolved from a shelter for single
mothers and their babies to an internationally recognized model of
comprehensive care and assistance for at-risk children and their
families.
CII assistance includes child and family assessment supported by
24-hour emergency residential shelter care, family treatment services,
therapeutic day care, child health clinic, long-term foster family
care, and substance abuse treatment and prevention services.
Make A Wish Foundation fulfills the favorite wish of any child between
the age of 2 ½ and 18 who has a diagnosed life-threatening illness.
Camp Ronald McDonald
Camp for children with cancer.

Thumper
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