MJ is dead

[quote author="bkshopr" date=1246003613][quote author="Mcdonna1980" date=1246001940][quote author="bkshopr" date=1245999237][quote author="Shooby" date=1245996793]This is really sad. Brings back memories of when I would constantly play his tape in my walkman as a kid. It was the only tape that I would play b/c I liked his songs so much.</blockquote>


Shooby you just disclosed your age. Cassette tape in walkman was only a 4-1/2 year window.</blockquote>


My mother has a MJ tape. How does this give away age? He could have been 7 or 17 during that 4 year window.</blockquote>


Little kids usually did not get walkman because of the high expense when It came out. Teenagers were begging for them as Christmas gifts from parents 1981-1986.</blockquote>


I remember the time when I saw the first walkman in 1981, yes it was expensive and it looked as cool as the first iPod, by 1982 I had my very own clone (which I bought with my own savings: allowance and a summer job), it didn't look as a cool as the original one, but if you knew better, the quality of the recording was key to a better listening experience not the device itself, buying original tapes or doing your own tapes with the best cassette deck available from my music enthusiast cousins/friends, the best ones were Japanese and the best cassettes were "metal" tapes.
 
[quote author="Rocker" date=1246004312][quote author="bkshopr" date=1246003613][quote author="Mcdonna1980" date=1246001940][quote author="bkshopr" date=1245999237][quote author="Shooby" date=1245996793]This is really sad. Brings back memories of when I would constantly play his tape in my walkman as a kid. It was the only tape that I would play b/c I liked his songs so much.</blockquote>


Shooby you just disclosed your age. Cassette tape in walkman was only a 4-1/2 year window.</blockquote>


My mother has a MJ tape. How does this give away age? He could have been 7 or 17 during that 4 year window.</blockquote>


Little kids usually did not get walkman because of the high expense when It came out. Teenagers were begging for them as Christmas gifts from parents 1981-1986.</blockquote>


I remember the time when I saw the first walkman in 1981, yes it was expensive and it looked as cool as the first iPod, by 1982 I had my very own clone (which I bought with my own savings: allowance and a summer job), it didn't look as a cool as the original one, but if you knew better, the quality of the recording was key to a better listening experience, buying original tapes or doing your own tapes with the best cassette deck available from my friends, the best ones were Japanese and the best cassettes were "metal" tapes.</blockquote>


Do you know about the 8-track tape and the giant player in some cars that you could actually slide your entire laptop into.
 
[quote author="bkshopr" date=1246004825][quote author="Rocker" date=1246004312][quote author="bkshopr" date=1246003613][quote author="Mcdonna1980" date=1246001940][quote author="bkshopr" date=1245999237][quote author="Shooby" date=1245996793]This is really sad. Brings back memories of when I would constantly play his tape in my walkman as a kid. It was the only tape that I would play b/c I liked his songs so much.</blockquote>


Shooby you just disclosed your age. Cassette tape in walkman was only a 4-1/2 year window.</blockquote>


My mother has a MJ tape. How does this give away age? He could have been 7 or 17 during that 4 year window.</blockquote>


Little kids usually did not get walkman because of the high expense when It came out. Teenagers were begging for them as Christmas gifts from parents 1981-1986.</blockquote>


I remember the time when I saw the first walkman in 1981, yes it was expensive and it looked as cool as the first iPod, by 1982 I had my very own clone (which I bought with my own savings: allowance and a summer job), it didn't look as a cool as the original one, but if you knew better, the quality of the recording was key to a better listening experience, buying original tapes or doing your own tapes with the best cassette deck available from my friends, the best ones were Japanese and the best cassettes were "metal" tapes.</blockquote>


Do you know about the 8-track tape and the giant player in some cars that you could actually slide your entire laptop into.</blockquote>


Yes, aunts and neighbors used them, and I think that I remember listening a 8-track tape player in a car.



When I was a kid, I have fond memories of the portable 45 revolutions player (probably the granddaddy of the iPod), it was popular in summer picnics:





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How many formats do you or did you own Thriller in?



At one time or another I owned Thriller in vinyl, cassette, CD, VCR of video, and MP3.



I have great memories of when several songs of that album went to #1.
 
I was shocked when I heard the news while getting a pedicure at the local nail salon. The shock in the room was also audible and visible, but everyone got over it rather quickly. We played K-Earth during the neighborhood play date tonight and watched our kids dance to "Beat It". I reminisced happily and sang a few songs out loud that I haven't heard in a long time. After everyone left, I just felt sadness. I guess there was some part of me that really wished that this crazy, mixed up man would have his comeback and somehow fix everything that was so wrong with his life. Anyway, we did lift our glasses to his unbelievable talent.
 
[quote author="IrvineRenter" date=1246005970]How many formats do you or did you own Thriller in?



At one time or another I owned Thriller in vinyl, cassette, CD, VCR of video, and MP3.



I have great memories of when several songs of that album went to #1.</blockquote>


Currently: MP3 and CD. I used to have the cassette and I'm positive that my dad has the vinyl.



Farrah's battle with cancer was widely publicized and the last few days we've read that she was at the end of her journey. Still, when I found out that she had passed away while driving to work, I had an immediate physical reaction (chills and my heart sank) in addition to the emotional sadness that I felt for her family and friends.



I was on an important teleconference when somebody sent an IM to me to tell me about MJ. I had no physical reaction whatsoever. Of course, I was saddened by the news and wondered what would happen to the kids, but, I had no physical reaction. IMO, he became so increasingly odd over the years that I completely disassociated who he was for his last 15 years with who he was earlier in his career.
 
<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/06/26/michael.jackson.internet/index.html">Jackson dies, almost takes Internet with him</a>



How many people does it take to break the Internet? On June 25, we found out it's just one -- if that one is Michael Jackson.



The biggest showbiz story of the year saw the troubled star take a good slice of the Internet with him, as the ripples caused by the news of his death swept around the globe.
 
Bummer about MJ. Loved his music. But keep him away from the kids. Yikes.



RIP. I wonder where his Doctor went ? Going to bet this will be called murder soon.



Note:

I used to have him on 8-Track. I remember mounting the tape deck under the seat so as not to hack up the dash in my 1957 Chevy. Damn I should have kept that car.
 
Billy Mays is <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2009/06/28/billy-mays-is-dead/">dead</a>.

He was also 50.



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<a href="http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20290371_20243864,00.html">Patrick Swayze is dead.</a>



<img src="http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2008/features/magstories/080324/patrick_swayze240.jpg" alt="" />
 
[quote author="SoCal78" date=1253007363]<a href="http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20290371_20243864,00.html">Patrick Swayze is dead.</a>



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RIP.



He'll live forever in my Dirty Dancing DVD!
 
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<blockquote>All you have to do is follow three simple rules. One, never underestimate your opponent. Expect the unexpected. Two, take it outside. Never start anything inside the bar unless it's absolutely necessary. And three, <strong>be nice</strong>. </blockquote> :( <strong>NO!</strong>
 
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<blockquote>All you have to do is follow three simple rules. One, never underestimate your opponent. Expect the unexpected. Two, take it outside. Never start anything inside the bar unless it's absolutely necessary. And three, <strong>be nice</strong>. </blockquote> :( <strong>NO!</strong></blockquote>


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I will always remember Patrick Swayze and his "be nice" speech.
 
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