MJ remembered by sound engineers
For all the talk of Michael Jackson’s death, this thread on a sound engineering forum does his art the service it deserves as producers and engineers recall time in the studio with him. Who knew he was a fan of Nine Inch Nails?
When Tattoos go bad
210 of the worst “what-were they thinking?” tattoos.
Using a Walkman 30 years on
What happens when a 13 year old swaps his iPod for an archaic Walkman? It takes him three days to figure out there’s a side B.
When news of Michael Jackson’s death filtered through by text in the pub last week, many present jumped straight onto their Twitter accounts to see if they could ascertain if it was hoax or truth (myself included). In the next hour as the news varied from unconfirmed to “alive but in a coma” and back again in a torrent of Chinese whispers, it was a salient reminder that Twitter should not be treated as a legitimate news source in any capacity.
This hasn’t stopped Twitter becoming the first port of call for many looking to announce or denounce. Last week, NME Editor Conor McNicolas resigned from his position on the micro-blogging service telling his “followers” that he is moving to become editor at Top Gear magazine while in the aftermath to a alleged assault between celebrity blogger Perez Hilton and Will.I.Am of Black Eyed Peas, both took to Twitter and videoblogs to fight their corner. Perez tweeted that he was attacked by Will.I.Am and his security guards – “I am bleeding. I need to file a police report.” He had time to tweet but not ring the police?
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