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More Kids. More Evidence?

So, it turns out that the PANDA, that's me, knows quite a lot about Michael Jackson and the Michael Jackson trial. So, in a constant search for something to write about I have decided that it might help to write about something that I actually know something about. I'm not sure how the first entry of my little mini-blog of Michael Jackson case should start. I'm sure others have these MJ-case related blogs already fired up and in prime running mode.

The folks over at the parent company (littleboxes) were a bit worried about more of a focus on Jackson scaring readers away. However, after I assured them that I have absolutey no readers, they agreed that this could do no harm.
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The big news today is that Judge Melville has decided to allow some (but apparently not all) past molestation allegations concerning Mr. Jackson into the trial. Why some and not all? I am totally not sure as it has yet to be explained.

Why and what does this mean?
Prosecutors want to show that Mike is a bad man who has done this before. They want to show that past allegations are similar to the current allegation. They want to do this because their current accuser is just horrible (in a witness sense, not necessarily as a person). This helps their case.

Of course, they aren't actually going to have alleged victims coming in and testifying. That would just be too damn simple for this case. They are going to have third parties come in and testify as to what they have seen. One third party alleges to have seen MJ molest McCauley Culkin. Of course, Culkin denies that anything inappropriate every happened. Most of the "third party" is a group of former employees that sued Jackson for firing them because they knew about him being a pedophile. Get this, after they sued him, they lost the case and had to pay Mr. Jackson's legal fees. Ouch! So here they are again. You think they have any motivation to get Mr. Jackson again? If he is found guilty they could end up with some money. Of course, they could just be benevolent souls who stood idly by while children were being molested and then only reported something after they lost their jobs.

This was a horrible first post. I apologize. But, whatever. No one is reading anyway. It will get better. When I get more time we'll lay out the current case and talk about what's so damn weird about it.

Conclusion: This past evidence stuff really sucks for Michael Jackson. No he has to defend himself from several allegations at the same time. And not even allegations from actual alleged victims but allegations from people who claim to have seen something. Crazy. well, I guess they are called witnesses. But it sure would be nice to have an actual alleged victim testify. Supposedly we'll only get one alleged victim to testify for 5 total alleged molestations. And no, Jordan Chandler, of the 1993 most famous case, will not testify.

SXSW

For those of you, like me, who don't have the budget to head out to SXSW, here's a nice little article about some acts that caught a Billboard writer's attention at the big show. Here's the article link.

Here's a few of the bands that I checked out on i-Tunes thought were at least OK.

Kings of Convenience: Some songs reminded me too much of Simon and Garfunkel. For some people this is a good thing. However for me, it is definitely not a good thing. But some of the stuff sounded pretty good and not like S&F.

Los Super Seven: This stuff sounded great. If only I spoke Spanish. The article says Joe Ely is in the group, but he is not listed as a contributor on i-Tunes. I love Joe Ely. Anyway, this group is a so-called latin music diaspora album. They have tex-mex sounds, cuban sounds, peruvian sounds, country sounds, and more. Good stuff.

Full Disclosure: Did I buy any of this? No, but if I had more money I just might. Although the S&F flashback almost killed me with the Kings of Convenience.

State of the World Today

or...Living in a World They Didn't Make

Check this out:

50 Cent not only notches a fifth week atop the Billboard Hot 100 with "Candy Shop" featuring Olivia, but the rapper also becomes the first artist in 41 years to hold four slots on the top 10.

The last artist with four singles in the top 10 was the Beatles, who held the top five spots on the tally in 1964.


We know that some of our readers may not be huge Beatles fans. In fact, there are several littleboxes staff members who cannot even name 2 of the 4 men that were in the group. They were definitely a band, like all bands, that were important to some members of society and totally off the radar to others. But, one thing is for sure, they were really, really popular. Like unbelievably popular in terms of just the sheer number of people who purchased (and still purchase) their albums and saw their concerts.

The fact that 50 Cent is the first artist to have four singles in the Top 10 in 41 years is amazing, right? Well, maybe not. In my humble opinion, most artist don't even release 4 singles at a time. 50 Cent is a guest artist on 2 of these tracks anyway. But, damn, this guy is really popular. Will he release an album of hits 40 years from now and have it go to #1 on the charts? Hey, why not? But, we won't buy it. Even if we're alive. Get Rich, or Die Trying.

There's also a little voice inside of me that does not want to take a man whose name is "50" quite seriously. Is it wrong of me to take more seriously artists who use, not even their real names, but actual names? What if James Brown was called Dime Bag? Or Glenn Frey was called...good lord, Glenn Frey is so awful.
--The PANDA