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"This Is It": Yes, And That's a Shame …

October 28, 2009

… because there might have been so much more. After the jump, notes about a film which marvelously promotes a concert and tour that will never happen.
NOTE: The material after the jump was written soon after I watched the movie on Tuesday night. A revised and expanded version, done for the Beacon Journal print editions, [...]

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Who Will Get the Michael Media Treatment Next?

July 8, 2009

We're in the wind-down of the Michael Jackson saga — I actually saw a non-Michael story on CNN a little while ago, although "The View" is doing a "Remembering Michael" thing. So here's the question: Whose death will next get this degree of coverage? …

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The Michael Jackson Memorial

July 7, 2009

You know how ambivalent I am about Michael Jackson. You can see that in my previous post. You know how I think many people have made great sacrifices and contributions, without the kudos bestowed on someone like Michael Jackson. I've written about that, too. And today I generally avoided the run-up to Michael's memorial, and [...]

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Of Death, Famous and Not So

June 26, 2009

 
Before I took off on this vacation, I wrote a piece about Walter Cronkite, since there was talk he was near the end. I had also been thinking for some time about Farrah Fawcett, though I hadn't written anything down. (What I was thinking, though, is in the post below.) Since this vacation began, Ed [...]

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