Comments on: Jacko's Neverland Ranch needs some TLC http://boingboing.net/2008/03/10/jackos-neverland-ran.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 12:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/03/10/jackos-neverland-ran.html#comment-543750 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-543750 It's obvious Michael Jackson was sexually abused at a young age. He told his first accuser that his cousin masterbated in front of him and that 'it was ok, it is fun'.the cousin in question is gay and he was close to Jackson till his death. Also, his sister accused the father of sexually abusing her when she was 12. It wasn't just some beatings that messed him up that bad, abusers are almost always abused themselves. It’s obvious Michael Jackson was sexually abused at a young age. He told his first accuser that his cousin masterbated in front of him and that ‘it was ok, it is fun’.the cousin in question is gay and he was close to Jackson till his death. Also, his sister accused the father of sexually abusing her when she was 12. It wasn’t just some beatings that messed him up that bad, abusers are almost always abused themselves.

]]> By: technogirl http://boingboing.net/2008/03/10/jackos-neverland-ran.html#comment-140808 technogirl Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-140808 The guy was a musical genius in his time and his album,Thriller, still stands strong. I really really have to wonder what his family life must have been like to make him end up as creepy as he did. One day that story will come out and I'm sure it will explain much. The guy was a musical genius in his time and his album,Thriller, still stands strong. I really really have to wonder what his family life must have been like to make him end up as creepy as he did. One day that story will come out and I’m sure it will explain much.

]]> By: Jack http://boingboing.net/2008/03/10/jackos-neverland-ran.html#comment-140810 Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-140810 This is really sad on so many levels. This is really sad on so many levels.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/03/10/jackos-neverland-ran.html#comment-140814 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-140814 yeah, well "some are born to sweet delight, Some are born to endless night" yeah, well

“some are born to sweet delight, Some are born to endless night”

]]> By: Doomstalk http://boingboing.net/2008/03/10/jackos-neverland-ran.html#comment-140815 Doomstalk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-140815 4. Really? I always thought it stood as a monument to a man who had a fucked up, nearly non-existent childhood. It seems to be to be a sad attempt at re-capturing his lost youth, not as a sinister trap for children. 4. Really? I always thought it stood as a monument to a man who had a fucked up, nearly non-existent childhood. It seems to be to be a sad attempt at re-capturing his lost youth, not as a sinister trap for children.

]]> By: bigdanfoley http://boingboing.net/2008/03/10/jackos-neverland-ran.html#comment-140822 bigdanfoley Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-140822 wow. How scooby doo. wow. How scooby doo.

]]> By: romwell http://boingboing.net/2008/03/10/jackos-neverland-ran.html#comment-140826 romwell Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-140826 #8, agreed. It's quite sad that it ends up like that. #8, agreed. It’s quite sad that it ends up like that.

]]> By: icky2000 http://boingboing.net/2008/03/10/jackos-neverland-ran.html#comment-140830 icky2000 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-140830 You people are horrible. He's the King of Pop! You people are horrible. He’s the King of Pop!

]]> By: Reverend T http://boingboing.net/2008/03/10/jackos-neverland-ran.html#comment-140836 Reverend T Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-140836 I'm with Doomstalk. Jacko is a poor fucked-up soul who is eternally trying to recapture the childhood that was cruelly taken from him. I pity the guy. I’m with Doomstalk. Jacko is a poor fucked-up soul who is eternally trying to recapture the childhood that was cruelly taken from him. I pity the guy.

]]> By: sonny p fontaine http://boingboing.net/2008/03/10/jackos-neverland-ran.html#comment-140843 sonny p fontaine Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-140843 #4 seems jealous that (s)he wasn't invited. #4 seems jealous that (s)he wasn’t invited.

]]> By: Phikus http://boingboing.net/2008/03/10/jackos-neverland-ran.html#comment-140847 Phikus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-140847 I'll pity the pedophile freak when he sells back the rights to the Beatles' songs. Back in the 80's, he swooped in, high on Thriller's profits, and outbid the combined effort of Paul, George, Ringo and Yoko to gain ownership of all their songs published under Northern Songs (all the pre-Apple songs) which they had been swindled out of due to the mismanagement of original manager Brian Epstein. Jacko had taken Paul McCartney's advice that the real money was in owning the rights to songs and applied that to The Beatles' works, which is why you hear them advertising for everything from Phillips to Ultra-brite. It wasn't enough to have his own material hawking Pepsi, I guess. Yes, pity this plastic monster because he is an afterbirth of pop culture; because the most talent he ever had was when he was 6 years old. (Yes, Thriller sucked then and it sucks now. Just because you can have nostalgia for a thing doesn't mean it didn't or doesn't suck. Knock the dust off your shot-o-meter, please.) He could simply offer those songs up to the remaining surviving Beatles and their estates and he'd have his creepy escape-into-a-childhood-he-never-had/pedophile-boy-trap back right as Rain. They have made several more offers since Jocko fell into legal trouble but he has held onto them better than his offspring. I'm sorry to burst anybody's Neverland bubble, but you couldn't have a more freakish villain in a Tim Burton movie. When Johnny Depp lines up to play you, maybe your time is up... I’ll pity the pedophile freak when he sells back the rights to the Beatles’ songs. Back in the 80′s, he swooped in, high on Thriller’s profits, and outbid the combined effort of Paul, George, Ringo and Yoko to gain ownership of all their songs published under Northern Songs (all the pre-Apple songs) which they had been swindled out of due to the mismanagement of original manager Brian Epstein. Jacko had taken Paul McCartney’s advice that the real money was in owning the rights to songs and applied that to The Beatles’ works, which is why you hear them advertising for everything from Phillips to Ultra-brite. It wasn’t enough to have his own material hawking Pepsi, I guess.

Yes, pity this plastic monster because he is an afterbirth of pop culture; because the most talent he ever had was when he was 6 years old. (Yes, Thriller sucked then and it sucks now. Just because you can have nostalgia for a thing doesn’t mean it didn’t or doesn’t suck. Knock the dust off your shot-o-meter, please.) He could simply offer those songs up to the remaining surviving Beatles and their estates and he’d have his creepy escape-into-a-childhood-he-never-had/pedophile-boy-trap back right as Rain. They have made several more offers since Jocko fell into legal trouble but he has held onto them better than his offspring. I’m sorry to burst anybody’s Neverland bubble, but you couldn’t have a more freakish villain in a Tim Burton movie. When Johnny Depp lines up to play you, maybe your time is up…

]]> By: Nedtrifle http://boingboing.net/2008/03/10/jackos-neverland-ran.html#comment-140849 Nedtrifle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-140849 Well of course you're entitled to your opinion of Thriller but you shouldn't be so easy on the other guys. Yoko didn't want to buy the rights and McCartney was just too..er..careful with his money to fork out (he does ok without them though, as he owns the copyright of hundreds of other peoples songs himself - including iirc some of Buddy Hollys). Well of course you’re entitled to your opinion of Thriller but you shouldn’t be so easy on the other guys. Yoko didn’t want to buy the rights and McCartney was just too..er..careful with his money to fork out (he does ok without them though, as he owns the copyright of hundreds of other peoples songs himself – including iirc some of Buddy Hollys).

]]> By: fontastique http://boingboing.net/2008/03/10/jackos-neverland-ran.html#comment-140858 fontastique Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-140858 The really sad thing is BoingBoing linking to a rightwing populist sensationalistic piece of shit tabloid newspaper like the DailyMail... Besides that I don't give a rats ass about Michael Jackson... The really sad thing is BoingBoing linking to a rightwing populist sensationalistic piece of shit tabloid newspaper like the DailyMail…

Besides that I don’t give a rats ass about Michael Jackson…

]]> By: Agent 86 http://boingboing.net/2008/03/10/jackos-neverland-ran.html#comment-140859 Agent 86 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-140859 Fontastique... ...somethings lose their power when said the wrong way. Now, go play nice with the other kiddies. Fontastique…

…somethings lose their power when said the wrong way. Now, go play nice with the other kiddies.

]]> By: fontastique http://boingboing.net/2008/03/10/jackos-neverland-ran.html#comment-140864 fontastique Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-140864 I agree, Thats why I have no idea what your comment is about... I agree,

Thats why I have no idea what your comment is about…

]]> By: Simon Greenwood http://boingboing.net/2008/03/10/jackos-neverland-ran.html#comment-140872 Simon Greenwood Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-140872 What's even more fun is that he's raised money on the future earnings of Northern Songs (the publishers of the Beatles' music) but now they're mortgaged off for another 20 years so he can't raise money on them again. Bowie did the same, but I think he's been a bit more circumspect. What’s even more fun is that he’s raised money on the future earnings of Northern Songs (the publishers of the Beatles’ music) but now they’re mortgaged off for another 20 years so he can’t raise money on them again. Bowie did the same, but I think he’s been a bit more circumspect.

]]> By: Alys http://boingboing.net/2008/03/10/jackos-neverland-ran.html#comment-140876 Alys Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-140876 @19 - Bowie did the sensible thing, and it was 10 years and $55million. I bet he invested it... Jacko probably frittered it away. I wonder if these wealthy fans will manage to 'save' Neverland or not. Hopefully not. @19 – Bowie did the sensible thing, and it was 10 years and $55million. I bet he invested it… Jacko probably frittered it away.

I wonder if these wealthy fans will manage to ‘save’ Neverland or not. Hopefully not.

]]> By: icky2000 http://boingboing.net/2008/03/10/jackos-neverland-ran.html#comment-140896 icky2000 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-140896 Some of you clearly need a hug. Some of you clearly need a hug.

]]> By: Kevlar http://boingboing.net/2008/03/10/jackos-neverland-ran.html#comment-140917 Kevlar Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-140917 Well, it may be too late for him, but not the property. Discovery could shoot an episode of "The World Without Us" and then get it ready for "Extreme Makeover, Fallen Celebrity edition" to turn it into a retirement community for his fans. Well, it may be too late for him, but not the property. Discovery could shoot an episode of “The World Without Us” and then get it ready for “Extreme Makeover, Fallen Celebrity edition” to turn it into a retirement community for his fans.

]]> By: Phikus http://boingboing.net/2008/03/10/jackos-neverland-ran.html#comment-141496 Phikus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-141496 Actually NedTrifle (#15), Yoko did go in with them in at least two of the rounds: The initial one and the most recent one, and Mr. McCartney just couldn't divest himself completely of all of his other holdings, if that's what you meant by his being 'too careful." Michael's assets were completely liquid since he was at the peak of his career with a multi-platinum album, so the combined Beatles' assets they could move just couldn't compete. And it is one thing to own someone's songs who can't possibly want them back and another to keep them from the artists who penned them (and to use Paul's advice against them.) June (#23) Michael Jackson's sucking is entirely my opinion and has nothing to do with his ownership of Northern Songs, other than that, taken with the other behavioral symptoms well detailed in the tabloids, as well as his plastic surgery "augmentations" it seems to me to be further evidence that he is indeed a MONSTER. Now the creepy Neverland-falling-apart backdrop sets the perfect backdrop for whatever "Sunset Blvd. for the new millenium" antics we are in for next. Actually NedTrifle (#15), Yoko did go in with them in at least two of the rounds: The initial one and the most recent one, and Mr. McCartney just couldn’t divest himself completely of all of his other holdings, if that’s what you meant by his being ‘too careful.” Michael’s assets were completely liquid since he was at the peak of his career with a multi-platinum album, so the combined Beatles’ assets they could move just couldn’t compete. And it is one thing to own someone’s songs who can’t possibly want them back and another to keep them from the artists who penned them (and to use Paul’s advice against them.)

June (#23) Michael Jackson’s sucking is entirely my opinion and has nothing to do with his ownership of Northern Songs, other than that, taken with the other behavioral symptoms well detailed in the tabloids, as well as his plastic surgery “augmentations” it seems to me to be further evidence that he is indeed a MONSTER. Now the creepy Neverland-falling-apart backdrop sets the perfect backdrop for whatever “Sunset Blvd. for the new millenium” antics we are in for next.

]]> By: june http://boingboing.net/2008/03/10/jackos-neverland-ran.html#comment-140996 june Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-140996 Oh, come on. I think Jackson is a pedophile freak of nature (although his father and the Jehovah's Witnesses probably have to answer for at least some of that), but to say Thriller "sucks" just completely invalidates everything else you've said. Oh, come on. I think Jackson is a pedophile freak of nature (although his father and the Jehovah’s Witnesses probably have to answer for at least some of that), but to say Thriller “sucks” just completely invalidates everything else you’ve said.

]]> By: Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2008/03/10/jackos-neverland-ran.html#comment-141253 Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-141253 It's the common fate of visionary environments to fall into ruins. Few are saved, even in part. It’s the common fate of visionary environments to fall into ruins. Few are saved, even in part.

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/03/10/jackos-neverland-ran.html#comment-141256 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-141256 Wow. You just made Michael Jackson sound like Ozymandias. Wow. You just made Michael Jackson sound like Ozymandias.

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/03/10/jackos-neverland-ran.html#comment-141257 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-141257 <i>Extreme Makeover, Fallen Celebrity edition</i> One of the cable networks already did that. They tried to revive Vanilla Ice. The experiment failed. Extreme Makeover, Fallen Celebrity edition

One of the cable networks already did that. They tried to revive Vanilla Ice. The experiment failed.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/03/10/jackos-neverland-ran.html#comment-141261 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-141261 that's why I sit around whittling memes. MY damage is going to be remembered. that’s why I sit around whittling memes. MY damage is going to be remembered.

]]> By: The Thompson Five http://boingboing.net/2008/03/10/jackos-neverland-ran.html#comment-141269 The Thompson Five Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-141269 I wish I had the dough to buy it. Just to watch it rot. I wish I had the dough to buy it. Just to watch it rot.

]]> By: SariahU http://boingboing.net/2008/03/10/jackos-neverland-ran.html#comment-358614 SariahU Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-358614 Celebrities are famous for their best and unique talents that people are admiring. Despite their good status in life, sometimes they are experiencing financial dilemmas. Therefore, even personal and real properties are being forced for sale to use the money in some needs. The singer, King of Pop, Michael Jackson, has been in an increasing amount of legal and financial trouble for years. Two of the items up on the auction block are the gates to Neverland Ranch, and the white glove that he wore in the music video of his song "Billy Jean." He's been called, "Wacko Jacko" and he have been in financial trouble ever since 2005, after his second trial for child molestation and the near foreclosure of the Neverland Ranch, which he hasn't operated or used since. From that time on the pop artist, with the best selling album of all time, has been the most high profile recluse in the world, and just recently settled a lawsuit from a member of the Bahraini royal family, who had contracted a book and album deal with Jackson in exchange for living expenses during his time spent in Bahrain. A spokesperson for the auction states that it isn't a forced sale, yet some have claimed that Jackson has been living beyond his means for years. Click to read more on <a href="http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/2008/12/11/michael-jackson-needs-a-payday-loan/" rel="nofollow">Payday Loans</a>. Celebrities are famous for their best and unique talents that people are admiring. Despite their good status in life, sometimes they are experiencing financial dilemmas. Therefore, even personal and real properties are being forced for sale to use the money in some needs. The singer, King of Pop, Michael Jackson, has been in an increasing amount of legal and financial trouble for years. Two of the items up on the auction block are the gates to Neverland Ranch, and the white glove that he wore in the music video of his song “Billy Jean.” He’s been called, “Wacko Jacko” and he have been in financial trouble ever since 2005, after his second trial for child molestation and the near foreclosure of the Neverland Ranch, which he hasn’t operated or used since. From that time on the pop artist, with the best selling album of all time, has been the most high profile recluse in the world, and just recently settled a lawsuit from a member of the Bahraini royal family, who had contracted a book and album deal with Jackson in exchange for living expenses during his time spent in Bahrain. A spokesperson for the auction states that it isn’t a forced sale, yet some have claimed that Jackson has been living beyond his means for years. Click to read more on Payday Loans.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/03/10/jackos-neverland-ran.html#comment-141275 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-141275 like the amusement park in Tekkonkinreet like the amusement park in Tekkonkinreet

]]> By: noen http://boingboing.net/2008/03/10/jackos-neverland-ran.html#comment-140785 noen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-140785 He still has fans? He still has fans?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/03/10/jackos-neverland-ran.html#comment-556274 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-556274 i love the king of pop i love the king of pop

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