Haculla and Monica on MJ

by | Jul 4, 2009 | Music

I’ve been meaning to post this photo all week. Lafayette and Prince the morning after. Also, one of my favorite DJs, Monica, long-time NYC music biz insider, played a set last weekend that’s probably unrivaled out there on the intertubes. Mostly early...

Michael Jackson, Live in New York, 2001

by | Jun 25, 2009 | Music

From the Times’ Arts Beat blog:Reaction in New York | 7:51 p.m. Mr. Jackson first performed at the Apollo Theater in Harlem in 1969 at the age of 9. The Jackson 5 won Amateur Night. “We will always remember Michael in our hearts as a true Apollo legend,...

Times Square Thriller

by | Oct 31, 2008 | Events, Odds and Ends

25 years ago yesterday Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” debuted. Yesterday, 73 fans reenacted the dance at Madame Tussaud’s in Times Square in an attempt to break the Guinness record for the most people to do the dance at once. Local ABC report,...