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“Study the greats and become greater.” —Michael Jackson
Handwritten notes via @mjjphotos and Spike Lee’s BAD25 documentary, which, honestly, I would hold off on watching until the 2-hour complete version is available. (Watch the chopped 1 hour version here→)
“I hope you don’t mind, but I stole ‘Billie Jean’ from you.”
Daryl Hall of Hall and Oates, on Michael Jackson:
On “We Are the World” we were all in the room together. He sort of clung to Diana Ross pretty much, but at one point I was off to the side and he came over to me and said, “I hope you don’t mind, but I stole ‘Billie Jean’ from you,” and I said, “It’s all right, man, I just ripped the base line off, so can you!”
Listen to “I Can’t Go for That”:
Now “Billie Jean”:
Thx, @joespurr. By the way: Steal Like An Artist comes out in 3 weeks. You can pre-order it here.
Don’t think I ever posted this here, although I did post the anti-gravity illustion patent.
A system for allowing a shoe wearer to lean forwardly beyond his center of gravity by virtue of wearing a specially designed pair of shoes which will engage with a hitch member movably projectable through a stage surface. The shoes have a specially designed heel slot which can be detachably engaged with the hitch member by simply sliding the shoe wearer’s foot forward, thereby engaging with the hitch member.
In other words: a patent submitted by “inventor” Michael J. Jackson!
See also: origins of the moonwalk.
(via Adam Norwood)
