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Sales figures are an elusive creature in the world of music: different trackers, different orders, and different sales amounts. Given enough research it is possible to come to a conclusion by adding the data together. What often adds to the confusion is the classification of musical genre, an element especially criticized by hardcore music fans worldwide. Michael Jackson might be the best selling artist of all time, but how dare his music be classified as pop when it’s actually RB? Nowhere is t

John Hughes: 1950 - 2009 - getthebigpicture.net 08/06/2009 TMZ broke the Michael Jackson death, so there’s no reason to not believe them this time. Unfortunately. The website has reported that John Hughes , the writer-director best known for a string of comedies from the 1980s, passed away following a heart attack this morning. Hughes was apparently walking around New York City with his family when he suffered the fatal heart attack. He has 59. Barefoot baby oust

dan monickDownload: Georgia Anne Muldrow “Roses Pt. 2″(from Umsindo out now on SomeOthaShip)Georgia Anne Muldrow and Dudley Perkins left Stones Throw to do their own work and to teach and meditate in the mountains. They prepare now to release a solo album each—both produced by Georgia—on the same day this month on SomeOthaShip, and they speak from their home in Inglewood about war, love, power and Michael Jackson. These extended interviews by Chris Ziegler.How did you two make so much music all

Not to sound like an uncaring SOB but, to be completely honest, I’m tired of hearing about Michael Jackson’s death, as the media is making it Michael Jackson 24/7. Even Black Sabbath’s drummer, Bill Ward, has released a statement regarding Michael Jackson’s death : “In contemplation over these past few days since the tragic news of Michael Jackson’s death, I have reflected on other occasions when some of my heroes have died. I know how I felt at the time. I can’t help wondering how those wh

One of the more interesting ideas to come out of the twin celebrity deaths of late last week, Blondie and Jacko, was that they represented the end of an era, and not that of easy access to hospice-strength pharmaceuticals, either. The passing of Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson is the end of consensus. Paul Farhi wrote about this last week in the WashPost : To say they don’t make sex symbols like Farrah Fawcett anymore isn’t so much a comment on Fawcett as a comment on “they.” Because t