The Smithian

New York Daily News.

Bad.

black-culture:

The Jacksons!

[look of the hour]

(Source: thoroughly)

sprbd:

Michael Jackson & Al Green

[look of the hour]

“Michael Jackson was the most brilliant artist of our time. He went through tons of abuse in early childhood that scarred him for life, monumentally overwhelming success, public scrutiny, and various surgeries. That can take over someone’s psyche and isolate him. On top of that, he had an army of yes men who were there to grant his every request. Yes, Michael, yes, Michael, yes, Michael, yes. There was absolutely no one who stood up and told Michael Jackson reality. When sales of Invincible completely stalled, I was the one who had to deliver reality. I was the one who had to say, “No, Michael, we cannot and will not put millions more into the promotion of this album.” When somebody who’s accustomed to hearing only yes suddenly hears no, it’s only natural for him lash out.”

He traces…wrestling with his Chinese identity, while embracing a love of old school hip-hop, Michael Jackson, Charles Barkley, and Jonathan Swift’s satirical “A Modest Proposal.” Writing with attitude, Huang details his journey from novice cook sampling Haitian ribs, Southern cooking, Japanese Izakaya wings, Bon Chon Korean fried chicken, and Taiwanese foods to opening his landmark eatery…

more.

[released]

…for the first time…all 46 episodes of early ’70s Saturday cartoon, The Jackson 5ive series, in a four disc DVD set…

more.

…a radical new theory concerning [Michael Jackson]. Namely, that the man revered…as the “King of Pop” could not possibly have been a child molester. The book posits that Jackson resisted sex for all his days and died in 2009 a 50-year-old virgin.

more.

more family issues.

[meaningful glance]

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art: photo by Jim Britt, 1973