Anybody seen Ninth gate?  I've read the book the movie based on and avoided this film because I've read some bad reviews and I'm pretty sure they focused on the wrong plotline.  I tried watching it on tv once and it was confusing too.

He also paid 20 million to settle that initial 1993 case.  That doesn't scream innocence to me.  If nothing truly happened he would have fought tooth and nail to protect his name and rep.  This was in 1993 where his name still meant something in the music world.  I was watching NBC where this cop who worked on this case said point blank that the accuser gave a very detailed description of Michael's genitals.  I believe the legal document (criminal complaint) that the accuser made in 1993 was leaked onto The Smoking Gun.  I read that and there is a lot of damming evidence against Michael Jackson.

Then around 10 years later similar charges are brought against him again.  I don't think it is coincidental.  He got off by basically putting the accuser on trial by focusing on their problems.  Then there was that Bashir piece that aired on ABC.  That's way too much stuff for me to say he's not a pedophile.

Really?  I know he's been having health problems recently--I remember reading something about a lung problem last year.  Apparently, his use of medications was getting in the way of rehearsals for his upcoming tour. 

I don't actually worry about Axl so much, physically speaking anyway.  He was never a hardcore user like the other guys and I think he ended up doing kickboxing among other things to keep in shape.

Thriller was great and I have a soft spot for Man in the Mirror.  It's just kind of sad how he never had a childhood and he was the family's source of income for a long time.  Janet is sort of fucked up too although not to MJ's level.

This is an awful story, as he was pretty young.  This is the third one this week--assuming tmz story is true.  I enjoyed a bunch of his 80s stuff.

RIP