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He had talent, but he was about as strange of a person as there was. No question, he was a head case.

Wow, I absolutely cannot believe the wall to wall coverage on all channels. CNN and Fox break away for a few minutes to cover the rest of the news and then it is back to MJ. One thing that we all know to be universal, almost an ingrained aspect of the human character, is how death always causes so many people worldwide to suddenly becomes a fan, even tho they could tell you little of his music. We all know the way music sales spike after a death. I'm not gonna join that crowd because frankly, I am no more affected by this than I would be if Wayne Newton died. But I did find deeply disturbing the picture of MJs dead body on the hospital guerney. Whichever employee photographed that and released it should be fired as soon as they find out who did it.

To me this is little more than a dress rehearsal for Dylan, Jagger or Macca. I suspect the day these people die, the world may come to a virtual standstill. MJ is the Elvis of the '80s and '90s, but he captured only a small percentage of my generation. Hell, we were listening to him sing love songs before I reached puberty. I don't think he knew how to spell 'love' when he had his first hit.

Oh, BTW, CNN is also talking about the clause in his will that will leave the Beatles' library to Macca. They said they are researching this and will see what they can find out. One thing that cannot be ignored, tho, is that he died almost a half-billion dollars in debt. All outstanding debts or claims against the estate will have to be satisfied before anyone gets anything from the will. Let's see how this all plays out. Would it be possible that these Beatle songs may have to be sold by the court to satisfy debtors? According to today's BBC website he has taken a couple huge loans on the Beatle rights and may have actually mortgaged them away. He was hinging his financial success on this 50 show gig in London, like what Celine or Elton did in Vegas. Neverland alone will not make up this debt.

I haven't, either. But an article this morning had me scratching my head. Burial plans for Neverland have fallen thru, however, in the same article it claims that the Sony/ATV catalogue is not only about the Beatles library. I quote:

"Jackson owns a 50 percent stake in the massive Sony-ATV Music Publishing Catalog, which includes music by the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Neil Diamond, Lady Gaga and the Jonas Brothers".

I'm gonna plead stupid on Lady Gaga, but he also owns rights to some of Bob Dylan and Neil Diamond's music? I'd like to know what music of Dylans he does own. Getting in early on the Jonas Brothers had to be a huge boost to his bottom line.

Here is the full story:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_en_mu/us_michael_jackson/print