October 28th, 2008  •  Fool Me Once, Shame on You. Fool Me Twice...

Back again, so soon? What the hell? Yeah, I guess I felt like adding more photos today. Still no news. Well, those rumors about a world tour have resurfaced. But you all do realize we get these exact same rumors like every three months? Anytime the media see MJ pop up in some jazzy city like LA or Vegas, they say he's there to sign some big contract deal that never happens. One day. Maybe.

I'm sure one of these days it will actually be true and I'll be glad, so glad, to be wrong. But it would be foolish of us to get excited every time and then be let down. Don't do it!

Click to go to the gallery!

Anyway, the new photos are off MJ back in 1980 when he was accepting the gold disc for "Triumph" on behalf of all The Jacksons. They're super cute. I decided to throw in a few live photos from the tour for that album as well.

Enjoy!

  Vicky @ 10:57 PM PDT •  Comments (7)  • Discuss

     October 24th, 2008  •  Work It!

Work it Michael! New photos today of MJ shopping in California. I love how he just randomly appears somewhere and then we don't see him again for another decade. I'm firmly against Michael's refusal to gain weight, but I can't even lie...he's working it here! Strut!

Click to go to the photos!

New photos are nice once in awhile. Especially when he doesn't look so frail and weak like the last ones I've seen. But you know what I think would be even better? A new ___.

Fill in the blank for me!

  Vicky @ 12:27 AM PDT •  Comments (11)  • Discuss

     October 4th, 2008  •  Update!

Hello again! I finally got around to updating. Not too much of an interesting one (I'll consider an interesting one, one that involves recent MJ activity) but an update nonetheless. First things first. The interaction section is closed for now. Why? Its become a haven for spam. Spam loves this website, it's in the guestbook and in our emails. I think the people that create spambots should have one finger cut off from each hand. Sorry. :[

Happy stuff? Um, I made some new avatars! I guess that's not that exciting, but maybe you'll see one you like. They're all pretty similar, I guess I went for a certain theme. How cute is the last one? So cute!

Still not happy? What about some wallpapers? I haven't made one in awhile. I don't think they're my best, but I love the photos dearly. The photo of Michael and Janet is officially the cutest photo of them together. Don't you think?

Click to go to the wallpapers!

I know you're wondering, "OMG where can I get that photo of MJ and Janet?" Well, in the gallery of course! I just added a few photos to it. I hope you'll like them. They're all super duper cute.

Lastly, I added two new songs to the blog. The MJ one is called "Fool for You." A lovely cover of the Ray Charles song, and I promise you've never heard MJ sing with such soul and spark! Even James Brown would have went "Sh*t boy!" Yeah, and the other one is not a Michael Jackson song, no. Its called "Breath Again," and it's by this lovely band I'm in love with called The Reign of Kindo. Strange name, but their music is beautiful. It's a pretty song about a guy that seeks out to kill a thief that stole his kids Christmas presents. I'm actually not kidding, and the song will sound more pleasant than it...sounds. Promise!

It may seem strange that I upload songs up here that have nothing to do with Michael. But, when I hear what I think is good music, I just want to share it. So that's what I'm doing. They all inspire me and hopefully someone else will hear it and love it as well. Please give it a try!

Thanks for your nice comments too. :]

Bye!

  Vicky @ 01:48 AM PDT •  Comments (5)  • Discuss

     October 1st, 2008  •  Hey Guys.

If you're still checking this site for updates, say "I." The reason I ask is because I know it's dead. We're not dead, no...but this site, dead! Sometimes I think back, how ethusiastic I was and Jess was about this site, and I kind of get that sense of nostalgia.

The day MJ went to the World Music Awards, I left class early just so I could come here and update with photos and news as it happened. When I was still in high school, I'd come home and read all the news articles I could on the trial (which, I guess wasn't so fun) so I could update immediately. The trial photos were a big thing too (thank you forever Sihame), in fact I'd probably say it's what led to the popularity of our gallery.

That was exciting! I have a little things I could add now, a few wallpapers and some cute/rare? photos that I've never put up. But then I get unmotivated. First I think, that's a boring update. Then I think, no one even visits anymore! I'm not complaining, we've given our visitors plenty reasons to stop checking.

Anyway, I guess we should just admit that without Michael doing anything...we really don't want to either. Maybe it's complacency. We both had busy and stressful periods that prevented us from even thinking about this website, and after it passed (somewhat) it's like...what now? In that time we were gone, it's not as if major things were happening in the MJ world. I think we all thought (late) 2007, 2008, and even the next year would be an exciting time. I truly do hope that MJ decides to throw us something (a song? an album?) soon. Maybe he's scared, maybe he's uninspired, maybe he's just tired/finished...or maybe he's actually hard at work trying to make whatever project he's working on more perfect than perfect?

Say "I?"

Let's chat, tell us. In a dream world, what would MJ be up to right now? For me? Michael would have released an album. (duh!) But the album would be completely innovative, unprecedented, and unexpected. Michael would have worked with people no one could have imagined him teaming up with. If someone were to say to me, "Guess the current artists Michael Jackson is teaming up with for his new album?" I'd say, Ne-yo? Chris Brown? Kanye? You see where I'm going. In a dream world, I'd go "Ne-yo?" and then the person would go, "No, Chris Martin from Coldplay!" or "No! Alicia Keys!" or "No! T-Pain!" So yeah, these are names everyone knows, but they'd make teams no one ever expected. Sound strange? Both artists are big fans of Michael's music, they know his sound. So Chris Martin wouldn't change MJ into some whining piano balladeer and Alicia wouldn't turn him into one either.

I'd even be glad to see him work with lesser known artists. I've come across some majorly good ones. MJ could make some unknown producer/artist the next Timbaland. Anyone ever heard of Kenna? He kicks Timbaland's big ass all kinds of ways. He'd bring a modern sound to MJ, but not one everyone would roll their eyes at. In addition to great new songs, would be a new outlook! No longer would MJ be so obsessed with "bigger than big" things. He'd tone it down a bit so he wouldn't be so overwhelmed. Instead of thinking stadiums, he'd play theatres instead. He'd perform more of his slower songs, even acoustic. Instead of being bent on making the #1 spot for every release, he'd be content having a top 20 position for a year or so. There are certain artists that debut high on the charts and then fly off just as fast. Then there are the artists that debut in respectable positions and hold a nice spot on the chart for over a year.

Last but not least, MJ would interact with his fans more. No, I don't mean meet and greets...lord knows MJ wants to keep his hair attached to his head. That's a crazy fan's dream, no? I mean he'd utilize the internet! I mean, last October we got some scanned message from him in writing. Archaic much? He'd have an official site (think the old MJJSource), and someone would show him how to access the blog function, and he'd write regular blogs. For example:

"I just cut the most wonderful song for the new record. Alicia (Keys) is wonderful in the studio and she's come up with things that I would have never thought could work in my art. She plays the piano wondefully. The song is a piano ballad with strings, a bit of an old school feel to it as well. I haven't sung like that in ages.

I can't wait to unleash it upon the world. You guys haven't seen anything yet. (I mean it this time!)

I have to go now because I have an appointment. I finally found Blanket a barber to cut his hair.

Love you all from the bottom of my soul and h-heart."

No?

<3

  Vicky @ 12:06 AM PDT •  Comments (15)  • Discuss

     September 11th, 2008  •  Just a quick one...

Hi guys... So how's life in an MJ-less world? I've been away in Thailand sopping up the hot weather (as opposed to the frightening freeze here in Australia) and even after arriving home, I realised there was still no news (well not any worth reporting on this site) sigh!!

Of course there's been BS rumours about MJ dating Pammy and so forth, but I wouldn't even give them time of day... Also, apparently MJ left a message with some fan called Talitha... who I know to be pretty reliable fan-wise so this is what Michael said;

He says, “I love you all from the bottom of my heart. You’re a quintessential part of everything I do, of everything I create. I feel your purity and innocence from all across the world. I feel your love and it inspires me to create music every day. You inspire me and I remember everything that you do. I love you all so much.”

And I don't really have much to update, just the following...

Updates
5 new avatars

  Jess @ 07:32 AM PDT •  Comments (9)  • Discuss

     August 29th, 2008  •  Are We All Forgotten?

Click to go to the wallpaper!

Oh my gawd, yeah...we're still alive. I figured since Michael just turned 50 years young I could whip something up. I would have liked this to be a full-blown type of update, but the amount of hours it will take me to catch up on emails and such, it just gave me a headache. So that's left for later!

Michael is 50 now, and more than half of that life was spent as a celebrity. I just realized now how few releases that he's had in his career as a solo artist. Just six albums, whereas most artists with the same career span (and there are very few that are still relevant) have almost double that. Hell, some of the newer artists have that same amount in less than a decade.

Then just think about the impact he's had with just those six albums. Amazing, is it not? As I sit now, I listen to "Earth Song," and realize how much I miss Michael's great music. No, not that Akon holding my hand stuff, "Earth Song" stuff. This song is so epic, so cinematic, so great. I can only hope that Michael could give us more in the near future.

I did update the gallery with about 15 photos. Two sets, both from the good ole' 80s. Then I just added two little new ones of Michael. Yeah you read right, new photos of Michael.

After you view them, if you want to join me in a world wide effort to feed Michael Jackson, please let me know! I do hope he's healthier than he looks. A new article was added as well. MJ speaks briefly with ABC News about turning 50.

Okay, well...maybe it won't be too long until we speak again. I hope not. The issue I mentioned below, is still an issue, but one that can be dealt with. =)

See you!

  Vicky @ 12:22 AM PDT •  Comments (6)  • Discuss

     July 28th, 2008  •  Here's the Deal..

Sorry about the away time. What happened? Well, our host informed us that we have too many files in our account. It was somewhere around 100,000...more than that actually. Although we're not anywhere near utilizing the amount of space we are provided, there is a file limit of 25,000.

So what I did was go around the site deleting stuff that I thought we could afford to lose. That includes: past news articles, a lot of forums skins, the "HQ exclusive" and some other photos in the gallery, and the past blend challege material. A LOT of inactive members were also deleted from the gallery.

I managed to eliminate enough files to where we are under that amount, but we are still borderline and I'm unsure of what to do at this point. So once again, please bare with us.

AND if you have any suggestions on things you think could be deleted or removed from this site, please let us know.

  Vicky @ 05:28 PM PDT •  Comments (15)  • Discuss

     July 21st, 2008  •  Er..

Dudes and dudettes, look for an old fashioned update later...within the next 48 hours. You know an update like the good old days. PS: I figured out what was wrong with the forums. It's up again.

Toodles!

  Vicky @ 11:41 AM PDT •  Comments (4)  • Discuss

     July 2nd, 2008  •  Current News! Current News! Current News!

Okay, okay, okay... so we're a little bit late on the job -- our apologies. So, Akon and Michael's song "Hold My Hand" was leaked, right? What do we all think? I have some very clear opinions on it, but I'm gonna reserve them and just say that I believe the song is extremely radio-friendly and that it is awesome to hear something new from Michael. It should shut people up who say he has "lost it" since he sounds just as good as ever. =)

Anyway, this was intended to be a larger update but I got strapped for time unfortunately, so it'll be a bit brief until next time. Again, I apologise.

  Jess @ 05:34 AM PDT •  Comments (20)  • Discuss

     June 21st, 2008  •  Just a quick audio & visual update :D

Hi everyone. I apologise whole-heartedly for not updating this sooner. Ages ago I said I was gonna do a massive avatar dumping... then I managed to contract the holy mother of all computer viruses and lost basically everything on the pc (including my 8gb of music!!!) .... I've only just got it all up and running again, thankfully it's been smooth sailing.

I have more stuff to update but I currently have company at my house til early next week, so for now I just wanted to chuck a little something exciting (well, I found it exciting lol) for you all to listen to and tide you over.... It's the a vinyl rip of the ET Story book with MJ narrating it.... Thanks heaps to Marni from maximum-jackson.com. It's pretty freakin' cute... so download and enjoy =)

Updates
ET Storybook Side 1 & 2
3 New Avatars

  Jess @ 03:02 AM PDT •  Comments (9)  • Discuss