Three years following his death, we remember the presence and legacy of Michael Jackson.
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bLISTerd Presents: The 100 Best Albums Of The Eighties (10-1)
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It’s a Purple Top 10, as the Kid from Minneapolis finishes near the top of our list…but he’s not #1. Find out who was in the final installment of the ’80s best albums!
bLISTerd Presents: The 100 Best Albums Of The Eighties (20-11)
The Top 20 of our countdown is here! Classic ’80s albums from Run-DMC, Talking Heads and U2 appear in this portion of the list.
bLISTerd Presents: The 100 Best Albums of the Eighties (#50-#41)
We are in the top half of our ’80s list, and in this installment, R.E.M. appears twice and the King of Pop makes his first of three appearances. Find out what other albums made the cut.
The Singles Bar: Justin Bieber’s Die In Your Arms
When I was a kid, I couldn’t wait to hear the new hotness drop on the radio. I remember when Tupac Shakur was just a couple weeks out of the joint, one of the local radio stations played a very static-y portion of what would become “California Love”. It was a radio moment I’d never forget both because of how much I yearned for new Tupac music and also because of the tremendous hype job that the radio DJ did. […]
The Singles Bar: Michael Jackson’s “Bad” (Afrojack Remix)
Popular DJ Afrojack remixes one of the King of Pop’s most popular singles. What do you think of the “Bad” remix?
Chamone!: MJ’s Bad Turns 25 With Deluxe Package
Hee Hee! Check out what Sony has in store for the 25th anniversary of Michael Jackson’s smash album Bad.
Who The Hell Is…Kenny Wesley?
(and why the hell is he covering Michael Jackson’s “Rock With You”?) I must admit, when I got sent this email by Popdose grand poobah Jeff Giles, I wasn’t sure if I wanted to listen. I can count on one hand the MJ covers that I’ve legitimately liked. But curiosity got the best of me and I watched the video, and came away totally impressed. Wesley got the lightness of Michael’s delivery down pat, and the music is as breezy as […]
We Saw It! “Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour”
Even if you’re a die-hard Michael Jackson fan – the kind that’s owned five copies of Thriller to replace worn-out ones or collect the bonus material on every repackaging – it can sometimes be easy to forget, even if just for a second, what it means to recognize the artistry of Jackson as a composer, arranger, singer, dancer and all-around showman par excellence of the 20th century. Cirque du Soleil’s Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour , which played Newark, NJ’s Prudential Center on Saturday, was a reminder of […]
Blerd Radio: (Un)charted Territory
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Guess what, folks? It’s time for another Blerd Radio episode! This episode finds Big Money Mike joined by Popblerd co-conspirators Mike Duquette and Zack Stiegler and special guest Michael Parr . Among the topics discussed: -The quality of Bruce Springsteen’s Wrecking Ball album, the similarity of a certain track to a song by They Might Be Giants, and the curious lack of people of color at your average Boss show. -The underwhelming singles from Madonna’s upcoming MDMA album. Has the Queen of Pop lost […]
Reading Is Fundamental: “My Friend Michael” by Frank Cascio
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Although Michael Jackson was well-known throughout his career for his association with children (and you can take that any way you want to), what’s been interesting is the fact that none of his young friends have gone the tell-all book route, whether during his lifetime or in the 2 1/2 years since his death. Well, if any of MJ’s friends is qualified to write a book about the pop star, it would probably be Frank Cascio. Also known as Frank […]
Reading Is Fundamental: A Preview of Frank Cascio’s “My Friend Michael”
The name Frank Cascio might not be immediately familiar to you unless you’re a Michael Jackson fan, but if you are, like me, a major KOP obsessive, then that name will immediately ring a bell. Cascio was MJ’s personal assistant and right hand man for well over a decade until his tragic 2009 death. Frank met Michael when he was barely out of diapers, and the two formed a lasting, close friendship that withstood all of the drama that entered […]
