Well, Mike's in the news again, so here is this.

[snappychappy]

Stunning artwork on that bike, awesome.

[daacon]

haha hard to believe they are all the same person. Nice shots.

[SpecialK]

haha hard to believe they are all the same person. Nice shots.

Thanks. Yeah, I'm not sure how he transformed from a black boy into a white girl.

[magkelly]

Only MJ's plastic surgeons know....

I think it's tragic what happened to that boy and the man he became. Such promise, such talent, and it just all went so badly in the end for him. The more that comes out after his death, the more we know about him the less it looks like he was the monster some thought him to be and yet he will be called that word "pedophile" forever. A few days away from what might have been his last chance at some kind of public redemption and reviving his career and he's dead because some negligent idiot with a medical license apparently pulled out of a cracker jack box was too busy chatting up chicks while he was on the john to keep an eye on him.

Didn't still know he was on Demerol? Oh really? You think the so called doctor just might have done a blood panel to check for the presence of other medications before sedating him with a surgery strength narcotic that he never should have agreed to give in the first place? (Medical ethics? What's that? No, just give the addict anything he wants. There's a word for that job and it's not doctor.) Oh no, apparently not. That was too much work. He was only getting paid 150K a month after all. I sure hope this guy doesn't drive phone in hand but he probably does since he can't seem to even put it down long enough to go to the bathroom, let alone sedate and watch someone like the doctor he's supposed to be should.

It was definitely manslaughter, and I sincerely hope they yank this incompetent fool's license permanently before he's able to kill someone else via negligence.

Jackson was a real piece of work, a strange, sad man, but his kids still didn't deserve to see that, to lose their Dad in such a horrible way. I feel really bad for them, particularly now. To have to relive that on the stand, ouch...

[spyglass]

MJ - incredible musical talent sadly over shadowed by unacceptable behaviour. The plastic surgery indicated just how unhappy he must have been. I remember an interview years back where the radio host was questioning a fellow musician about MJ. The guest said "it is ok being a freak show, until the show moves on and you are seen only as a freak".
The questions surrounding his death appears to be driven by the guilt of those that say they loved him. Those around him all knew he was a train wreck ready to come off the rails. If it would not have been this particular doctor that furnished the means it would have been another, or a supplier in a back alley. Money and unhappiness equal a short life.

As for the bike..... quite an art piece, nicely captured.


Spyglass