‘A Human Instrument Has Gone Extinct’

@It's twue! It's twue!: Better than Cats, for sure.

@BxgrlJeri: The crazy on this thread.

@MadamButterfloozy: well put. All those people who post on the MJ threads " 1,000 children died today!" don't really get it.

jbwan

@Steverino Begins: It's actually 0 AMJ.

i'm a bottle

@OnRawkRawk:

Did you hear what they wrote as the cause of death on Michael's death certificate?

"Death by misadventure". I always liked the sound of that.

And you can see no reasons,
'Cos there are no reasons,
What reason do you need to die, die?
Oh Oh Oh.

@ithabeleng metesunyane: It's like those ads with the people speaking internet searches. "Hawaii 5-0! Book 'em, Danno! Hot Hawaii beaches! Michael Jackson! Chicken necks! Jehovah's Witness!"

@ithabeleng metesunyane: waaaiiiiit a second. I just read you in the Jackson memorial thread, and I'm going to revise. I think you're a combination opportunist troll and quite funny person doing a little bit here on all of us.

@ithabeleng metesunyane: god almighty you're a friggin basket case little chickie, aren't you?

Maybe, just maybe, the reaction has been what it is because people are so sick and tired of hearing about the GFC, corporate greed, global warming, Iran, North Korea and general doom and gloom that, sad as it is that MJ has gone, there is an excuse to boogie to his music once more with renewed vigor (god knows I have!), forget all the really serious troubles of today and celebrate the life of a genius entertainer and all round sweet guy.

Or maybe that's just me.

@Dr. Nick: Oh, Doctor. So literal.

@anxietydepressant: When Mr. Show passed, this literally happened.

@SamikshaVespa:

Yes child. Its me. Salutations.

Sacha- is that you? Is Ithie your next incarnation?

SamikshaVespa

how did you get manny from degrassi to be your intern??

I thought it was much better than Princess Di's. Even with the historic venue and all the cool medieval props she had.

I am honestly trying very hard not to make a 'touching' joke right now because I am immature and stupid. But honestly, Michael Jackson is awesome if you ignore the last...twenty years or so. I mean...Dirty Diana? That's a good fucking song. But yeah, these media assholes make me want to cancel my cable subscription.

lastbroadcast

@ithabeleng metesunyane: HA. I just hearted you.

@aLostLady:

its whatever you want it to be lady. tonight's michael's night and we're here to celebrate.

anyone know if michael included instructions for his remains in his will?

his mom was a jehovah's witness...they don't believe in embalming a body...i found this out the hard way at a funeral for a family friend who was a jehovah's witness...wonder if thats why they used a metal coffin

as for me I want to be cremated. i don't wanna be worm food. i seen what happens when you bury a dog in the backyard and it rains. Just scatter my ashes at my favorite places or my kids can keep me in a nice urn if they want.

@BxgrlJeri: Reminds one of the sort of dialogue you'd hear from the maddened serial killer, once (s)he reveals him/herself in a Nora Roberts novel.

@anxietydepressant: More compilations please!

I wasn't fortunate enough to be at the Staples Center to pay my respects. I had to work anyway. A girl's got to make a living you know!

But I've put pencil to paper and I'm writing a letter to michael I'll leave on his gravesite at Forest Lawn Memorial Park after all the crowds are gone and I'm going to share the first draft with you right here:

Michael,

I think of no one else but you. So many things remind me of you and how I wanted nothing more than to be your wife and the mother of your children. I held babies and thought how long will I have to wait for the day to be holding our baby.

You are the only man I've ever known who I needed a dictionary sometimes to understand, and I love you for it. You are the only man who could make me laugh even when I don't completely understand you and I love you for it. You are the only man I've ever truly wanted, and I love you for it.

It doesn't matter that we never met. I know your kind and giving, you are the beautiful soul I've ever met anywhere and I'm sorry I ever forgot that. I can't help thinking things would have turned out differently for you if I had been at your side. I'll carry your memory with me for ever.

Your friend now and forever, Ithie.

@ithabeleng metesunyane: Is this a chain letter?

@ithabeleng metesunyane:

A Matter for Mothers I think it was called. Not sure she was in End of the Rainbow. That might hsve been the one with that singer Dionne Warwick. The one that tells fortunes.

@Mymoustache:

OMFG Yes! Janet played Millicent "Penny" Woods on Good Times. A classy name for a classy lady. She was in my favorite Good Times episode called "End of the Rainbow" or something like that. You seen it?

My favorites were:
1. Big E
2. Elvis Presley Blvd. to the layman
3. Michael Jackson donated 500 million dollars--most of it anonymously.

"even in the women's restroom.....it was total silence"

LOL

pointandlaugh

@BxgrlJeri:

one final thought. the hypocrisy behind attacking Michael for his faults really bugs me.

Elvis Presley did drugs, was banging Priscilla when she was 14, took more drugs, took nudie pics of her @ 17 years of age, did more drugs, raped Priscilla on the bedroom floor after they were married, did more drugs, slapped her around a couple of times, did more drugs, cheated on her with a slew of women, did more drugs, and died on the toilet. And he got a motorcade that clogged all of Highway 51 in Memphis (Elvis Presley Blvd. to the layman), not counting the fans standing on each side of the road. Not to mention the money made off of tourism to Graceland. I like Big E and all, but he and MJ were no different. And Elvis got a pretty big sendoff as well.

i guess my point is we all got skeletons in our closet. heck i got more skeletons in my closet than pol pot.

One of my biggest disappointments with the memorial service, and I've been watching it nonstop since it happened is there wasn't enough emphasis of all Michael did to help the children of the world.

Dont forget he gave over $500 million to charity most of it anonymousely.

In fact he was famous for carrying a pocketful of shiny dimes on him. He'd hand out those shiny dimes to children whereever he went. He'll always be remembered for handing out those shiny dimes for sure.

"a little bit somber"??? the man died, you're at his memorial service! this ain't no disco fools!

I would like to take this moment to point out that LA is gross.

@ithabeleng metesunyane: I felt the same way when Janet was on Good Times.

Mymoustache

@Lizawithazee:

oooh. i forgot all about liza. i know she was on larry king cause i saw it. do you know if she made it to the staples center?

Screw the Gregorian Calendar!

It is NOT 2009 AD.

It is Year One AMJ. That is how I am going to sign all my checks from now on. Today is July 7, 1 AMJ.

They were all so moved, and yet it was silent in the bathroom.

Eudora

@Mikey-B:

okay but i can only pay through paypal.

i got all my credit cards taken away from me after i maxed them out.

@raincoaster:

i tried jezebel but that got me all messed up. those girls put all these crazy ideas in my head. i'm a traditional girl.

@BxgrlJeri: It's 2009 AD, perhaps?

@ithabeleng metesunyane: Who knew a Gawker commenting thread could double as a therapy session.

Can we start charging?

I am bummed pachyderms were not involved.

[laist.com]

Kitten_Witawip

Crazy has leaked out of the Staples Center and onto this thread.

@Aaron Altman: is what because of that?

@Dr. Nick: Then I'm glad I didn't watch it.

Presidentpez

@ithabeleng metesunyane: If you surf Gawker looking for peace, you really DO need help. Have you tried 4chan, if Gawker is not working for you lately?

@ithabeleng metesunyane: Yes, when one of my family members dies, I'm going to ask for the Staples Center for a huge, gaudy ceremony featuring a bunch of sad acts who need career boosts and shunned by his actual friends. Definitely.

@anxietydepressant:

i bet the staples center bathrooms are real nice too. they probably have attendants.

@ithabeleng metesunyane:

I agree with your reasoning, especially in regards to ticket prices. I just thought it was a funny way to broadcast a snapshot of the mood, you know, how many people were holding it. Sorry, I mean "not resting" in the restrooms.

@sparkyl: it helps to talk

@Aaron Altman:

a malted would be really good right now. i remember back when you could get a malted at the local chemist. now they dont even call it a chemist. they call it a "pharmacy" or a "drug store". things have gotten so fancy.

@ithabeleng metesunyane: uh huh

sparkyl

@sparkyl:

little michael of course. he was like an angel sent down to heaven. i had a really hard time as a child. i imagined he was my kid brother and my mom left me in charge of him when she worked late. i grew up in east st. lousi which was a lot like gary. we had chicken necks for dinner once a week. that was the only meat i got all week.

@BxgrlJeri: Sigh, is this because we never got that malted?

@anxietydepressant:

good point. i figure most people were holding it in cause they didn't want to miss anything

i sat through the entire beyonce concert recently at madison square garden without hitting the bathroom ONCE. and i wanted to go real bad too. i didn't want to miss a thing. those tickets are expensive.

@BxgrlJeri:

you dont know the half of it.

most of the time i feel like a chicken with its head cut off running around the farm yard.

surfing gawker is the only peace i get all day.

@anxietydepressant: and they were being really, really quiet in there

sparkyl

@ithabeleng metesunyane: I knew all the Michaels. Which ones was your fav?

sparkyl

@ithabeleng metesunyane: I'm really shocked that crazy things happen to you.

"Hey, is anybody going to the bathroom? What's the traffic like in there? Would you say there are less people going than might be during a different event of this size? What's the overall sentiment in the bathroom? Would you say, adjusted for size or course, that there are less people using the bathroom here this afternoon than at the last funeral you went to? Let me get that down: less people in bathroom. Okay, great."

And we're back...

@BxgrlJeri:

its kind of like you are out at dinner with your man and you are saying bad things about the new girl at work you dont like and you turn your head and she's right at the next table with her man and she heard everything! its called murphy's law. it could happen. crazy things happen to me all the time.

@whoneedslight:

"...That's my teammate!...sniff sniff...That's my quarterback!...sniff..."

LeighAnne

@ithabeleng metesunyane: Yes I'm sure they will one day read this and I will meet them. And we will all join hands and sing Kum-ba-ya.

@BxgrlJeri:

someday little Paris and her two brothers may read the messages posted on this site then you feel real bad for saying this especially if you were to meet them!

I was moved and I was touched. What about the kids? Were the kids moved? Yes. And also touched.

It would've been way cooler if they were all wearing sunglasses and fake crying.

whoneedslight

My intern (a damn Brit) is always getting on me for using the word literally excessively or out-of-context.

This is a great example of how it can greatly enhance a statement.

too all of the people who are being so disrespectful of Mister Jackson's memory just remember this:

the Jackson family and his legions of fans including msyelf want to remember the Michael they knew and not what he had become.

When one of your family members die you would feel the same even if they had become a drug addict or whatever. you would try and remember the good times. all you haters are just so mean! we are all sinners in the eyes of the lord.

@Dr. Nick: Yes, and your heart then literally grew wings and ascended into heaven where it dined for seven days and nights with the gods before it came back into your chest and felt made you feel very, very moved.

a human instrument has gone extinct

Your human instrument doesn't work? A little Viagra will help bring the instrument back to life.

Can't believe I would ever say this, but: I miss Steve Kmetko.

LeighAnne

it literally tore your heart out? That fucking rules!