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Michael Jackson

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2012

    Five Surprising Video Game Cameos by Musicians

    In this day and age, it's become almost commonplace for artists to plug songs into a video game. Heck, there's an entire freaking genre dedicated to translating music into video game form. While musicians and their labels frantically rush to get a song in the latest FIFA title, there's a small subs ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2012

    The Six Best Bass Lines Of All Time

    Bass has many forms -- electric, upright, synthesized. Whatever its shape, it is a crucial element to popular music. Most songs don't need good bass lines, but the ones that have them are propelled into greatness. Here are the six best bass lines. Please note that bass parts that parrot guitar par ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2012

    Whitney Houston's Death And The Celeb-Blogging Search Engine Spiral

    Some of the blog entries written about Whitney Houston's death last week were a legitimate outpouring of grief, and some of what I felt when I heard the news was a real sadness, a real desire to express what the passing of a musician I hadn't thought about in a few years meant to me, but this blog e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

    Inside Cirque Du Soliel's Michael Jackson Tribute with St. Louis Trumpeter Keyon Harrold

    Courtesy of Cirque Du Soliel Michael Jackson: Still filling arenas.​Trumpeter Keyon Harrold has spent much of his professional life in the relatively laid-back atmosphere of jazz clubs and recording studios. But when the St. Louis native performs in his hometown this week, he'll be in the midd ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 2, 2012

    Jacko's Back

    Courtesy of Cirque Du Soliel Michael Jackson: Still filling arenas.​Trumpeter Keyon Harrold has spent much of his professional life in the relatively laid-back atmosphere of jazz clubs and recording studios. But when the St. Louis native performs in his hometown this week, he'll be in the midd ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2011

    Meet The New Patrick Stump: Not As Different From The Old One As You Might Think

    Courtesy of the artist.​Patrick Stump is at a strange place, career-wise. As the guitarist and lead singer in Fall Out Boy, he helped instill a limber tunefulness many of the bands' pop punk peers lacked. That was one of many reasons FOB built a huge following -- but even those tracking Stump ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    Ten Biggest Musician Death Conspiracies

    wikimedia commons​There's always been a sense of glamour in the blur of all that is sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll, and it doesn't end when the music's done, or even when the rock stars die. Instead, an eerie feeling of mystery and unfinished business surfaces when the demise of a music icon is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2011

    Britney Spears's "I Wanna Go" And Three Music Video Teasers That Weren't

    image via​Britney Spears's new music video, "I Wanna Go," was apparently such an event that a teaser had to be released ahead of the video itself, presumably to tamp down demand, or else reduce a mounting supply of those YouTube/VEVO comments about TURNING OFF THE ADS ALREADY!!! that get thumb ... More >>

  • Culture

    May 26, 2011

    St. Louis Art Capsules

    Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

  • Culture

    May 12, 2011

    St. Louis Art Capsules

    Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

  • Culture

    May 5, 2011

    St. Louis Art Capsules

    Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

  • Music

    April 21, 2011

    John Gradley explains how he became the karaoke master

    Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2011

    Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour Coming to St. Louis

    ​The Michael Jackson tributes keep on rolling in. Last week, we noted that the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra was going to be performing a night of MJ music in June. Now comes word that Cirque du Soleil is launching Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour, and it'll be in St. Louis at the Scott ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2011

    St. Louis Symphony Doing a Concert of Michael Jackson Music

    This is really badass: On Saturday, June 11, the St. Louis Symphony is going to be doing a concert called "Music of Michael Jackson." The SLSO's description of the event: For one night only, the Symphony will perform music spanning four decades of Michael Jackson's career. Brent Havens will conduct ... More >>

  • Culture

    March 31, 2010

    St. Louis Art Capsules

    Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

  • Culture

    March 17, 2010

    Featured Review: The Michael Jackson Series

    Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

  • Culture

    March 17, 2010

    St. Louis Art Capsules

    Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2010

    Top Sellers At Area Record Stores for 2009

    Who says the record store is dead? Not us here in St. Louis, where both Vintage Vinyl and Euclid Records sold a lot of tunes. Below, please find the top selling albums from both stores, including a separate top vinyl list from VV. Enjoy! Vintage Vinyl: Top CDs ​1. Murphy Lee - You See Me 2. ... More >>

  • Music

    December 16, 2009

    The Best of 2009 in Music

    Who says the record store is dead? Not us here in St. Louis, where both Vintage Vinyl and Euclid Records sold a lot of tunes. Below, please find the top selling albums from both stores, including a separate top vinyl list from VV. Enjoy! Vintage Vinyl: Top CDs ​1. Murphy Lee - You See Me 2. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2009

    Want to Buy the Console Used to Record Thriller? Now You Can...

    Do you have a cool half-million laying around, just burning a hole in your pocket? Then might we suggest perusing this eBay auction, where the recording console used to record Michael Jackson's landmark album, Thriller, is up for sale. The Harrison 4032 console was at Westlake Studios in California ... More >>

  • Film

    November 4, 2009

    This is It? King of Pop goes out with a whimper

    Do you have a cool half-million laying around, just burning a hole in your pocket? Then might we suggest perusing this eBay auction, where the recording console used to record Michael Jackson's landmark album, Thriller, is up for sale. The Harrison 4032 console was at Westlake Studios in California ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2009

    Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of October 26 - November 1

    Euclid Records 1. Rosanne Cash - The List 2. Jay Farrar/Ben Gibbard - One Fast Move Or I'm Gone 3. Swell Season - Strict Joy* 4. REM - Live At The Olympia 5. OST - Where The Wild Things Are 6. Tegan And Sara - Sainthood* 7. Chuck Prophet - Let Fr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2009

    Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of August 17-23

    Every Monday, A to Z publishes the best-selling releases from area independent record stores from the preceding week. An asterisk after an album name indicates that the act is coming to town. And so without further ado: Apop Records 1. Faust -- C'est Com...Com...Complique 2. Voivod -- Infini 3. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2009

    Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of August 10-16

    Every Monday A to Z publishes the best-selling releases from area independent record stores from the preceding week. An asterisk after an album name indicates that the act is coming to town. And so without further ado: Euclid Records 1. Bottle Rockets: Lean Forward* 2. Wilco: Wilco The Album* 3. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2009

    Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of August 3-9

    Every Monday A to Z publishes the best-selling releases from area independent record stores from the preceding week. An asterisk after an album name indicates that the act is coming to town. And so without further ado: Vintage Vinyl 1. K-JON---I Get Around 2. MAXWELL---BLACKsummers'night* 3. MICHAE ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2009

    Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of July 27-August 2

    Every Monday (Tuesday this week -- sorry, Warped Tour), A to Z publishes the best-selling releases from area independent record stores from the preceding week. An asterisk after an album name indicates that the act is coming to town. And so without further ado: Euclid Records 1. SON VOLT: American ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2009

    A to Z Letterbox: Michael Jackson Hate Mail

    You know, we don't get a ton of dead-tree letters around these parts anymore, what with anyone able to fire off a comment on this blog quicker than they can find a stamp and a mailbox. But I did receive one yesterday that was too good not to share. Click on the image and enlarge it to read why one R ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2009

    Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of July 20-July 26

    Every Monday, A to Z publishes the best-selling releases from area independent record stores from the preceding week. An asterisk after an album name indicates that the act is coming to town. And so without further ado: Vintage Vinyl:1. MAXWELL: BLACKsummers'night2. MICHAEL JACKSON: Thriller3. MICHA ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2009

    Your Wake-Up Call: Baseball Boogie

    Because  it's 7:00 a.m. I'm still a bit slap-happy, I present you this atrocious music video featuring the 1986 Los Angeles Dodgers. That's former Cardinals outfielder Pedro Guerrero rapping at minute 1:05. In Espanol and English, tooWe're going to get down A little just  for youNote: Chec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2009

    Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of July 13-July 19

    Every Monday, A to Z publishes the best-selling releases from area independent record stores from the preceding week. An asterisk after an album name indicates that the act is coming to town. And so without further ado: Apop Records 1. DINOSAUR JR: Farm* 2. DEERHUNTER: Rainwater Cassette Exchange ... More >>

  • Music

    July 15, 2009

    Susan Cowsill

    9 p.m. Saturday, July 18. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2009

    Fred Durst Honors Michael Jackson

    Who can we count on most to honor the King of Pop? Why, Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst, of course. Via his Yfrog/Twitter account:

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2009

    Video: Michael Jackson Tribute Spin at Vintage Vinyl

    Dropped by the Vintage Vinyl Michael Jackson tribute spin last Thursday. A good-sized crowd milled around in the aisles, many of them dancing and grooving to the hits being thrown down by DJ Needles and crew. What stood out is the music -- you don't really realize how many hits (scratch that: killer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2009

    Last Week's Most Popular Daily RFT Posts, June 29-July 5, 2009

    If you missed any of these items posted last week on the Daily RFT -- or were like some of us and just checked-out for the holidays by Monday -- here's your chance to catch up before you have to do any real work this morning.Michael Jackson Watched Donald Duck to Fall Asleep, Exercised with Incredib ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2009

    Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of June 29-July 5

    Every Monday, A to Z publishes the best-selling releases from area independent record stores from the preceding week. An asterisk after an album name indicates that the act is coming to town. And so without further ado: Vintage Vinyl 1. WILCO: Wilco (The Album) 2. MICHAEL JACKSON: Thriller 3. MICHA ... More >>

  • News

    July 1, 2009

    An ode to Michael Jackson; plus, NeighborhoodScout tells us who's bad

    Every Monday, A to Z publishes the best-selling releases from area independent record stores from the preceding week. An asterisk after an album name indicates that the act is coming to town. And so without further ado: Vintage Vinyl 1. WILCO: Wilco (The Album) 2. MICHAEL JACKSON: Thriller 3. MICHA ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2009

    Michael Jackson Watched Donald Duck to Fall Asleep, Exercised with Incredible Hulk

    You getting sleepy, quack?I'm really not that obsessed with Michael Jackson's death (honestly!) but an Associated Press story yesterday about the pop star was just odd -- even for a man once rumored to be in the market for the bones of Elephant Man.The AP interviewed Jackson's personal nurse and nut ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2009

    Michael Jackson Tribute Spin at Vintage Vinyl, Thursday, July 2

    From Vintage Vinyl: Vintage Vinyl welcomes DJ Needles & friends on Thursday, July 2nd, from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. for a very special Michael Jackson tribute spin at Vintage Vinyl outdoors underneath the store marquee. DJ Needles and friends will be playing jams from Michael's entire musical career ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2009

    More Michael Jackson Coverage: Funky Butt Brass Band Covers "I Want You Back," Old Village Voice Stories, Filipino Prisoners Pay Tribute to MJ, Etc.

    The Michael Jackson tributes continue rolling in, both locally and nationally.*The Village Voice raided its archives and typed up a bunch of stories about MJ and the Jackson 5, which can be found here.*My colleagues in Houston and Nashville weighed in on memories involving MJ with Mick Jagger and E ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2009

    Thriller Night at the Bookstore, or How I Met Michael Jackson

    flickr.com/photos/15373713@N06I must begin this story with a confession: I was probably the only kid in the 80s who didn't like Michael Jackson. Definitely the only kid at my school. (This was verified by a poll.) I listened to my friends' copies of Thriller and it did not move me.Part of this ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2009

    Remembering Michael Jackson

    (Picture snapped tonight at Vintage Vinyl. I asked Matt Harnish if they had any Michael Jackson left. "Nope!" he exclaimed. I'm unsurprised. Other record stores in town -- have any MJ left?) Annie ZaleskiAs a child growing up in the '80s, there was no question that you liked Michael Jackson. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2009

    R.I.P. Michael Jackson, 1958-2009

    Although TMZ.com reported this news quite a bit ago, the Los Angeles Times just confirmed via sources that the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, has died at the age of 50. Jackson reportedly went into cardiac arrest earlier today and was rushed to the hospital. CNN and the LAT report ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2009

    It's a Thriller on Broadway for Michael Jackson!

    Via the Associated Press: Producer James L. Nederlander says he has acquired the rights for a stage version of Michael Jackson's iconic music-video spoof of horror films. The show will include songs from two of the pop king's best-selling albums, "Thriller" and "Off the Wall."... "I love the idea o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2008

    '90s Hip-Hop Jam of the Week: SWV, "Right Here (Human Nature Mix)"

    Via the Associated Press: Producer James L. Nederlander says he has acquired the rights for a stage version of Michael Jackson's iconic music-video spoof of horror films. The show will include songs from two of the pop king's best-selling albums, "Thriller" and "Off the Wall."... "I love the idea o ... More >>

  • Music

    April 9, 2008

    Remaking Michael

    Why waste money (or steal) those bogus Thriller remixes when you can get better Michael Jackson reinventions legally — for free? Plus, the history of the classic Harlem Globetrotters song "Sweet Georgia Brown."

  • Music

    October 31, 2007

    Tigercity

    7 p.m. Saturday, November 3. 2 Cents Plain, 1114 Olive Street.

  • Film

    August 8, 2007

    An American (and a Chinese) in Paris

    The third time's the guilty pleasure for Tucker and Chan's buddy-cop franchise.

  • Music

    October 5, 2005

    Critical Fatwa

    Week of October 5, 2005

  • Music

    February 19, 2003

    Man in the Mirror

    Michael Jackson proves he's even weirder than we imagined

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