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If you have tried to contact me by email on or after June 24, 2009 until July 3, 2009, please send the message again. I lost some messages during that time. I believe the problem is solved now. I apologize for the inconvenience. June 29, 2009 There haven't been many singers in the same league as Michael Jackson. Some people don't want to believe that such stars can die. That's why there are people who claim Elvis Presley is still out there living in anonymity. I wonder if the same post mortem mania will form around Michael Jackson. This is a sane time. The world is paying attention to daily news reports about Jackson's last living moments, what's happening with his body, and how his family is dealing with the change of circumstances. It may be just a matter of time before someone contrives a reason to believe that Michael Jackson is still alive, extrapolates reasons why he would fake his demise, and begins documenting evidence that he is still circulating among the rest of us. If there are going to be two autopsies, one examiner will surely make a note about something the other didn't. No matter how insignificant, it will become the reason for believing that there was something to hide. Janet Jackson and some hired movers were quick to show up at Michael Jackson's home. This will invite speculation that the King of Pop is alive and well and wants his personal belongings. The quickness, the speculators will say, is consistent with Michael's demands for immediate comfort and gratification no matter what. And how casual Michael's own mother was--shopping at a Target--just days after the supposed death, as though a death in the family makes you not need to go to the store. What reasons will they come up with for why Michael Jackson would want to run away from it all like that? Insurmountable debt, unending criticism from people who don't like him or his lifestyle, finally growing up and not liking who he's been all his life, fears that he's not the good father he wanted to be, a host of other things that would sound sane, and a host of other things that would sound insane. Every lanky guy with dark wavy hair, an effeminate voice, or a gait that's remotely Jacksonesque will be photographed. Those photos will be put on web sites and emailed with captions about Michael being spotted buying coffee, filling his car with gas, or coming out of a rest stop bathroom. It won't matter if he doesn't look that much like Michael Jackson, because Jackson radically changed his appearance during his lifetime so of course he'll still be at it. Occasional TV specials will follow. His ghost will be "seen" on the former Neverland property. And there'll probably be a Church of Michael Jackson if there isn't already. These are the sad but sane times for Michael Jackson fans. The insane times are coming. Anyone remember Superstar by Lydia Murdock? It was the fictitious Billie Jean story from Billie Jean's point of view. Imeem has a couple of versions of it, but not the really long one that runs about 9 minutes as I recall. My favorite Michael Jackson song is one the Jacksons sang with Mick Jagger. State of Shock is, for whatever reason, one of those songs not a lot of people remember as having Mick Jagger in it if they remember it at all. People I've talked to think I'm out of my mind for thinking that Mick Jagger would ever sing a song with Michael Jackson. Well, he did. Who knows who the next true superstar will be. Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson were the kind of performers that would make you happy just knowing you were alive at the same time they were even if you never saw them except on TV. There'll be another sensational singer and dancer someday. Perhaps soon. There's a void to fill and another generation to wow. And the world's probably due for another musical style to take root. Maybe J-rock.... |
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November 7, 2004 aurora pictures This is the personal web site of Rick Wiegmann Koshko (or Rick Koshko as you may also know me). If your name is Koshko and you're wondering who else has the name, the Koshko Family History site may interest you. If you're a Russian cat lover, the koshko behind koshko.com isn't the same animal. For whatever it's worth, I am the Rick Koshko you may have heard reading news on WCMY Radio in Ottawa, Illinois. Pennsylvania TV weatherman Travis Koshko is another Koshko working on-air in broadcasting. He and I are distant cousins. Se vi povas legi tiun ĉi, gratulojn. Ne estas multo en la Esperanto-sekcio nun, sed mi laboras pri tio. Legu la astronomian almanakon se steloj kaj planedoj interesas vin. Mi loĝas en Otaŭa, Ilinojso, Usono. Mi estas radio-anoncisto kiu raportas novaĵojn ĉe malgranda radio-stacio. Miaj interesoj inkluzivas astronomion, veteron, kalendarojn, radio-dissendon, kaj fotografion. Mi kaj prakuzo laboras pri studo de la historio de nia familio ekde niaj prapatroj alvenis Usonen ĉirkaŭ 1892. Mi mem kreas astronomian almanakon tute en Esperanto. Kaj mi desegnas bildstrion en la angla kaj Esperanto (rigardu la ligojn maldekstre). |
