Pure Twaddle

Wired is reporting that Michael Jackson is the first artist to reach over 1 million (legitimate) downloads in a single week. Having grown up only knowing the weird, ultra-white Michael Jackson, and only first learning about him because of the molestation cases against him in the early 90′s, I never much paid attention to his music.

I admit I immediately went to the YouTube to check out some Michael Jackson hits upon hearing about his death. I never gave him a second thought as a serious artist as I was growing up. Now after his passing, I see the guy had a set of pipes as a kid and had some great moves as a performer. Too bad no one 26 years and younger could have an untarnished memory of a very strange fellow.

Rest in Peace, crazy man.

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B, The Baltimore Sun’s lame attempt at a weekly, occasionally hits the mark, like with their recent article on the fall of Myspace. They discuss how MySpace, owned by good ol’ Murdoch, has recently laid off about 700 employees, claiming that they need to reduce bloat and increase flexibility for faster innovation.

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