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The most revealing evidence came on day two of the Michael Jackson trial, as his personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, was said to have made a strange request shortly after the King of Pop’s untimely death.

According to Jackson’s personal assistant, Michael Williams, Dr. Murray asked if he could be taken back to Jackson’s house to remove a “cream” which he didn’t want the world to know about. This was after Jackson was pronounced dead. Williams found the request strange and said that he told a fib to Dr. Murray (claiming that the police had the keys) to avoid the issue.

We do not yet know what the cream was, or if it was indeed a cream at all. Perhaps it was a type of medicine that shouldn’t be served up at the same time as the “propofol” drug, which lead to his cardiac arrest and subsequent death.

Not a good start for Dr. Conrad Murray.

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If the image of a dead Michael Jackson wasn’t enough to shock, the DA pulled out a voice recording at the first day of the Michael Jackson trial.

This, from the Telegraph:

Opening statements in Dr Conrad Murray’s trial began with prosecutors airing a recording of a groggy and seemingly drugged Michael Jackson just weeks before his death.

Deputy District Attorney David Walgren told the jury that the message was retrieved from the mobile phone of Dr Conrad Murray.

Recorded in May of 2009, a barely audible Jackson can be heard talking about his planned ‘This Is It’ tour. According the prosecution, the 50 year-old was under the influence of the anesthetic propofol, the drug that eventually caused his death, at the time.

Mr Walgren used the recording to contend that Dr Murray should have ceased administering propofol to the pop singer long before his death.

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This decade’s OJ Simpson trial is bound to be as gripping as the original, with all the American showmanship one could dream of. Right on cue the opening statement was punctuated by a shocking image of Michael Jackson – dead. Conrad Murray, Jackson’s personal physician, is on trial for the death of the King of Pop.

ABCNews had this to say:

Attorney David Walgren showed a photo of Jackson dancing at the Staples Center the night before he overdosed on propofol and put the picture side by side with a picture of Jackson lying lifeless in a hospital bed wearing a hospital gown.

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The King of Pop was selfishly snatched from us two years ago today. I’m sure anyone who saw me spilling blood on the dance floor at Taboo in my late teens, will attest to the fact that Mike was a major influence on the relationship I had with the dance floor. I would often woo girls into my spiderweb of Jackson moves, and before they managed to complete the sentence – “Oh my God, how did you do that?” – they would be whisked away to the bar, where an open bottle of bubbly was waiting for them. The passenger seat would recline about 20 minutes later.

That’s probably why a lot of people say I was “the 90′s answer to Locnville.”

I guess I was, but it was on a completely different level.

For starters, there was only one of me…

What a fun show it was this morning! We gave out a ton of Havaianas slops and Sunglass Hut vouchers, we celebrated the life of Michael Jackson on this, the one year anniversary of his death. And by celebrated, I mean we played two of his tracks on VINYL – because that is very much how we roll. Plus we also gave away tons of free vida e coffee with the Portugal Twitter competition!

2oceansvibe Radio, featuring the King of Pop on vinyl..

We also got a world news update and of course a weekend weather update live on the line from E-TV’s Derek Van Dam, as we continued the World Cup topic with him, chatting about America’s chances in the tournament.

All-in-all a damn fun morning with some damn fine music!

Not to worry if you missed it, you can do what a lot of people do, which is download the podcast (or stream it online) and listen to it when it suits you! In your car, at work or at home. Because that’s how you roll..

PLAYLIST

Harder To Breathe – Maroon 5
Cry When You Get Older – Robyn
America, Fuck Yeah! – Team America
Tighten Up – The Black Keys
I Love College – Asher Roth
My Cape Town – I Scream And the Chocolate Stix
Fever – Elvis Presley
PYT (Pretty Young Thing) – Michael Jackson (vinyl)
1, 2, 3 – Naughty By Nature
So Bright – Vokab Kompany
The Choice Is Yours – Black Sheep
Just Good Friends – Michael Jackson & Stevie Wonder (vinyl)
Homewrecker – The Dirty Skirts
Love the Way You Lie – Eminem feat. Rihanna (current US iTunes #1)
We Belong Together – Mariah Carey (sure, why not!)
Heavy Cross – Gossip
Jizz In My Pants – Lonely Island
Kids – Robbie Williams & Kylie
Angel of Harlem – U2 (vinyl)

CLICK HERE FOR THE PODCAST

I was going to do this as a separate piece, but then I realised that it was Tuesday and the article happened to include a pair of breasts. And you know what I always say, Tuesday Tabs in the hand is worth one in the bush. Something like that.

So anyway, check it out, I was reading the latest Vanity Fair (with Liz Taylor on the cover) on my (cue music) iPad and they featured a wonderful article about Michael Jackson on set during the filming of the greatest music video of all time – Thriller.

Screenshot from Vanity Fair on the iPad

Apart from the fact that he got the director to throw his dad off-set (and then later denied doing so) it turns out that he also had a little touchy feely vibe going with the girl in the video, Ola Ray – the subject of today’s Tuesday Tabs analysis.

Michael was a bit worried about doing the video with Ola, after he found out she had featured in Playboy but, after a while, it didn’t really matter any more. Not that it ever would for a red-blooded male at his age. It turns out Ola was also quite besotted by Michael Jackson which, let’s face it, kind of makes sense as well.

But enough about all of that – let’s find out what made the “girl from the Thriller music video” so special. Mild warning: ever-so-slightly NSFW image after the jump.

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Some time ago I was nattering about those maximum security prisoners in the Philippine city of Cebu (one L, two P’s… interesting) who did a mass dance formation vibe to Jump by the Pointer Sisters (the ultimate running/gym song – FACT), as well as Thriller, by the late great Michael Jackson.

Shamon!

Anyway, they’ve done it again and, I tell you what, it’s better then Ezra (naughty) ever. But this time they used 1,200 inmates, coached over two days by none other than Travis Payne. Now for those of you who weren’t professional dancers as a child like I was (try juggling modern dancing and a budding rugby career at the same time. Let alone being an only child..), Travis Payne happens to be Michael Jackson’s chief choreographer. Yes, that’s right, bitches. And he was there to put them through their paces for the new Michael Jackson DVD.

Hee-hee!

Owww!

The original clip generated 38 million hits on YourFace, so it’ll be interesting to see if this one can top that.

It will also be interesting to see how it fares against Friday’s 2oceansvibe Weather Girls Show with Peroni Girl, Landi Swanepoel (here), which had 7,500 views by the end of Monday.

[thanks jenna]

I KNOW too well about the molestation trials etc etc, and you can go on until you’re blue in the face. That’s fine. We don’t need to debate that. This article is PURELY for those of you out there who don’t GET the effect he had on the fans. I found a hi-res LIVE video of him performing his song with the same title as Joost van der Westhuizen’s book, “Man in the Mirror.”

Just for those of you who might not yet have witnessed the vibe of fans actually FAINTING when he sings (including fainted people in wheelchairs being passed along). It’s quite hard to replicate that kind of fame. And it’s necessary for you to see it.

That’s it all we’re doing here – showcasing a level of fame that we, as humans, very rarely see..

Turn it up, full-screen if you can.

Jeremy, Dave, G-Man – this one’s for you..

Conrad Murray, the man who may or may not have killed Michael Jackson, has sent a message to his “supporters” on YouTube, trying to moonwalk his way out of trouble it seems.

Ja, Conrad..

You should check out the comments under the YouTube video – they’re hectic, outrageous, terrifying and hilarious at the same time.

I enjoyed this one, which has a bit of all of that in one:

“C. M. = Conrad Murray = celebrities murderer”

Hahahaha!!! Didn’t see that one coming, did you? I must say, I may well have never thought of that in a million years.

I mean it’s not as obvious as mine. S.R. = Seth Rotherham = Sick Rad!

Behindthescene published a scan from the newspaper of a Michael Jackson portrait by American painter, Andy Warhol. It seems as though it is going under the stop-hammer-time next month.

Nogal in his Thriller jacket

Huff reports:

Andy Warhol’s Michael Jackson Portrait Back On Auction Block

An Andy Warhol portrait of Michael Jackson is back on the auction block.

The Vered Gallery in East Hampton, N.Y., removed the painting from a sale that closed last Sunday.

Gallery co-owner Janet Lehr said Thursday it’s again available to the highest bidder.

The 30-by-26-inch painting shows a smiling Jackson in a red jacket from his 1980s “Thriller” days.

It’s owned by a private collector.

Because of renewed interest in all things Jackson since his death, Lehr says it’s anyone’s guess how much the painting might fetch.

Prospective buyers must register with the gallery to bid via e-mail, telephone or in person. The auction closes Aug. 18.

Hmm, very interesting. I wonder what it’ll get?

Nothing that a EuroMillions Lotto win wouldn’t handle, I’m sure!

By the way, if you haven’t seen Factory Girl yet, do so. It stars Seinna Miller and is about Andy Warhol’s muse , Edie Sedgwick. It’s good and will definitely be available at DVD Nouveau.

I wasn’t aware that some people didn’t know about the accident that occured during the filming of Michael Jackson’s 1984 Pepsi commercial. I’m referring, of course, to when his hair caught on fire due to a pyrotechnic explosion. This was the start of the king of pop’s addiction to painkillers.

Check out the never-seen-before footage here:

Some people don’t dig it.

Personally I’m at my most happiest going 200 with my hair on fire. To know that I can control something that’s out of control.

That’s how I get my kicks..

Michael Jackson did a variation of the song “A Horse with No Name” which was originally done by the band America in 1971. God, I miss that song.

Michael Jackson’s unreleased song
“A Place with No Name”

TMZ reports:

We’re told several years ago America’s manager gave his group’s permission for Jackson to record the song, “A Place with No Name” despite the similarity.

America’s current manager, Jim Morey, who was also Michael’s manager in the late 80′s and early 90′s, tells us, “The band was honored that Michael chose to do their song and they hope it becomes available for all Michael’s fans to hear.”

It’s unclear when Michael recorded the song.

Pretty interesting, hey?

You what?

You want to HEAR the song?

Ok, no problem.

Here you go.

Hope you enjoyed that.

I don’t know about you, but I’m going to wear white socks with my shoes when I go out at night. At least until the end of July.

Welcome to Friday..

It’s interesting to note that Dirty Skirts lead guitarist, David Moffatt, sent this in. Michael Jackson is obviously one of his major influences – I had no idea. I’ve been given their latest album another listen, trying to pic up some MJ flavour…. but I can’t find it. But Dave does dance sexy – so maybe it’s that..

Anyway, he did INCREDIBLY well by sending this in. It’s a website which strings together random video clips that people send in of themselves moonwalking across the screen – all linking together to form an ETERNAL MOONWALK! It starts with Michael Jackson doing his moonwalk and when he reaches the end of the screen, the next one (sent in by the general public) starts.

IT.IS.PURE.GENIUS!

You need to see it to understand/believe it. It even measures the amount of METRES covered!

Naturally, we HAD to make our own eternal moonwalk and send it in to that website! So that’s exactly what we did next to the pool at the Cape Royale Sky Bar!

And then I made a seperate version JUST for you.

So here it is – enjoy The Dude, me and G-Man (in that order!) doing the “eternal moonwalk” next to the pool at the Sky Bar on the top of The Cape Royale , overlooking the Green Point Stadium, Table Mountain, the harbour and pretty much everything else!

Look, we had just klapped a bottle of De Grendel red..

Click here to see it as a part of the Eternal Moonwalk website.

Go check out the website and send in your own at www.eternalmoonwalk.com.

Your life has just improved by 20 points.

[thanks dave, thanks rich]

ps. don’t forget all original 2oceansvibe vids can be seen at 2oceansvibe TV – slightly different web address – www.2oceansvibe.tv

They do these clips very well – whoever the people are that do these clips..

It’s a good concept. They take that scene from that movie about Hitler and they change the sub-titles. They always use the same scene. The last one I gave you on a plate was Hitlers eaction to the Bulls winning The Super 14 (here). Check that out if you haven’t seen it yet. It’s good.

So here’s the latest one, entitled “Hitler finds out Michael Jackson has died”

It’s pretty good. You know, if you’re into that kind of vibe.

Hey?

Fine, hey?

I’m fine with it.

Ja, it’s FIIIIINE!

[thanks paul]

There was no escaping talk of Michael Jackson in Russia yesterday, as Obama answered some questions about the late pop star, whilst dealing with the likes of Putin and nuclear war.

Check it out:

For those of you with broken video players [pffft!], this is what we got from politico.com:

ABC’s Jake Tapper writes that Obama “joked that he’d have to discuss Michael Jackson in order to get media coverage of the U.S.-Russian summit.”

“You know, this is part of American culture,” Obama told Tapper. “Michael Jackson, like Elvis, like Sinatra, when somebody whose captivated the imagination of the country for that long passes away, people pay attention. And I assume at some point people will start focusing again on things like nuclear weapons.”

Last night’s Michael Jackson Memorial Service in L.A.

For those of you who missed Jackson’s Memorial service last night (and those of you who wished to witness the spectacle) you can CLICK HERE and get all the main video clips, including the emotional speech by his daughter, Paris.

They’re weird, by the way. All of them.

Open your mouth.

Here you go – another dollop of amazingness that you can tell your friends about, as they slowly but surely get closer to “the vibe.” Scared that 2oceansvibe might eat them up whole. Well, they’re right. It will! But it won’t EAT them up, as much as it will DROWN them. In love. They are scared of the love that 2oceansvibe will DROWN them in.

Shame, bloody simpletons.

You know what G-Man always says, “If being drowned in love by 2oceansvibe is wrong, I don’t wanna be right.”

So here you go – In this clip, Michael Jackson is singing at his final rehearsal from his “This Is It” tour . He is performing They Don’t Really Care About Us - which is obviously quite weird for me, given that it is the song that I “gave” to him.

This Footage was shot on June 23rd, 2009 by AEG Live (the people that killed him).

So now, when your idiot mates tell you something new about Michael Jackson and you don’t really care; then you just say, “Oh REALLY, did you see the video of his final performance?”

Your idiot mate, initially speechless, stutters, “wh-wh-wh-what last rehearsal video?”

“You know, the one filmed a week before he died. At rehearsals. For his upcoming tour.”

“What are you talking about? There’s no video. Where did you see the video?” they’ll shriek.

That’s when you slide your sunglasses down your nose, perching them at the very tip. Then you lift your hand to within 15cm of your eyes, palm up but with finger folded over – and you analyse your nails – as though you’re drifting away. [A De Niro scowl works well when you do this]

“2OCEANSVIBE!!………twat!“

“Oh ja!!!” they’ll say. “But I went there. Umm. Is it co.za or .com?”

“Just shut-up. You fool. Just shout your mouth and get out of here.”

I found this website.

Check it out – www.ismichaeljacksonstillalive.com

[thanks mark]

Wow, things are really going full circle. Would you believe it, but Michael Jackson’s Thriller is the number one selling album on iTunes and Amazon say that Jackson’s albums had taken 14 of the top 20 places on the Amazon.co.uk sales chart.

Michael Jackson
Thriller

TimesOnline reports:

A secret library of over a hundred songs recorded by Michael Jackson could be released following his death.

One of the singer’s biographers, Ian Halperin, claimed that the unheard songs had been made for his children.

Mr Halperin, author of Unmasked, The Michael Jackson Story, said before his death: “He wants to leave them for his kids, a very personal legacy to them. I was told he will not let them come out now.”

Jackson leaves three children: Prince, 12, Paris Katherine, 11, and Prince Michael II aged seven.

It is rumoured, given the parlous financial situation of his estate, that any such recordings will not be kept private for long. It is understood that Jackson may have gone to the grave under debts of about $400 million (£240 million) – though some believe the true figure may be much higher.

Sales of Michael Jackson’s music and memorabilia have already begun to soar. In America, the Thriller album is number one on iTunes, while his Number Ones album has now reached the top spot on the UK iTunes chart.

Online retailers Amazon say that Jackson’s albums had taken 14 of the top 20 places on the Amazon.co.uk sales chart. The Amazon chart was topped by his first solo album, Off The Wall, which features tracks such as “Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough” and “She’s Out Of My Life”.

Already, Jackson’s death is beginning to producing a new industry. Outside the Los Angeles hospital where he was pronounced dead, a group of men appeared selling $10 T-shirts with a silhouette of Jackson and reading: “In loving memory of Michael Jackson.” Memorial T-shirts were also being sold at the Glastonbury music festival.

On eBay, bidding grew on a number of Jackson memorabilia items. Limited edition records, musical instruments used by the star and even a movie contract with his signature were being sold for thousands of pounds.

The Neverland ranch and Jackson’s final resting place, if made accessible to the public, could also become lucrative tourist attractions.

Graceland, the mansion owned by Elvis Presley and where he was buried, has become a much-visited landmark. Opening its doors to the paying members of the public is thought to have made the trust that operates Graceland in the region of $100 million.

It’s all happening!!!