Archive for the ‘Michael Jackson’ tag

The Pope’s Desert Island Discs

The Vatican’s newspaper has published God’s definitive Best Rock Albums Ever. The list includes freaks, heathens, drug-addicts, criminals, a witch, and a dude who named his band after a strap-on dildo.

The Enthusiast’s Biggest Stories
Of 2009

Gaze into The Enthusiast's back end, as we reveal our ten biggest stories of the year as voted by you, via clicking and reading.

Goldblum Lives! Or, The Trade In Celebrity Death

At one crazy stage in the recent celebrity carnage, Jeff Goldblum and a host of other stars were reported to have died too. What does our response to deaths – real and fake – say about the cult of celebrity?

Saying The Unsayable, Part 4: Sexuality

It might seem creepy to talk about sex in relation to Michael Jackson, but in the fourth and final part of our series on his non-verbal vocalisations, we examine their sexual connotations.

Saying The Unsayable, Part 3: Gender

You might think high-pitched shrieks aren't especially manly, but in the third of our four-part series, we examine the unexpected things Michael Jackson's non-verbal vocalisations reveal about gender.

Saying The Unsayable, Part 2: Race

In the second of this four-part series, we explore the racial implications of Michael Jackson's non-verbal vocalisations. He's black! He's white! Shamon! Hoo!

Saying The Unsayable, Part 1: Non-Verbal Vocalisations

In the aftermath of Michael Jackson's death, this four-part series examines one of the best-known but least-investigated aspects of his music – his idiosyncratic non-verbal vocalisations.

Death Of The Week: Tomoji Tanabe

You may be surprised to know that neither Michael Jackson nor Farrah Fawcett rate for Death Of The Week. Tomoji Tanabe lived for 115 freakin' years! C'mon!