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45 RPM SPECIAL EDITION: Burn This Disc Out

I’m suspending my random column this week to share this little tidbit from my (and maybe your) childhood.

Michael Jackson’s stellar entertainment career all but eclipsed his former life as a child wunderkind.  As soon as Thriller hit, many folks forgot about his previous incarnation as a highly combustible impish pixie, all hot splits and high-tenor vocal explosions, on Motown.  But kids my age will remember that baby Michael and his brothers, as The Jackson 5, were more than […]

By |July 1st, 2009|People|303 Comments
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“Destiny” and “Triumph”: The Maturation of Michael Jackson

When people talk about the career of Michael Jackson, a lot of them forget the period between the Jackson 5’s amazing original success and the time Michael went supernova with “Off the Wall”. The reasons for that are somewhat valid. The hits weren’t exactly plentiful during that period, and Michael and his brothers were struggling to find their artistic identity. However, one shouldn’t give The Jacksons (as they were named following their departure from Motown […]

By |February 23rd, 2009|Releases, Reviews|17 Comments
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They Put Me In The Mix – Jam Slow

My MHW brothers have been putting up mix tapes. I’m not really a big mix tape guy, except when it comes to slow jams. I think I’ve always connected better with slow jams. I’ve noticed that artists use slower songs to communicate real issues or possible heartbreak or happiness much better than in faster songs. I guess the reason to have faster songs is much different and when you’re making the crowd dance, they probably […]

By |August 7th, 2008|People|318 Comments
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