Episode 013 – Take a Fire Department to Cool Her Down

The MJCast Episode 013 - Take a Fire Department to Cool Her Down YouTube ArtQ and Jamon discuss Tito Jackson’s latest performance (with a little help from UK journalist Charles Thomson), new footage of Michael Jackson from his The Way You Make Me Feel short film and Triumph Tour, the tragic death of Christian Audigier and Sony Music being sued by the American Federation of Musicians. We also discuss Tavis Smiley’s new book on the death of Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson’s new music video for the single No Sleeep, Katherine Jackson’s upcoming I Just Can’t Stop Loving You charity weekend and the new MJ101 project, HIS2ORY. Finally, we delve into a discussion around the newly leaked MJ song Seeing Voices.

News
Tito Jackson performs at Under the Bridge in London to launch his new album.
New footage of Michael Jackson in his short film The Way You Make Me Feel has leaked.
New footage has leaked of MJ performing on The Triumph Tour.
Ed Hardy designer Christian Audigier has died at age 57. Click here to see Christian Audigier celebrating his birthday in style with the King of Pop and here to learn about his ill fated fashion line with MJ.
The American Federation of Musicians is suing Sony Music over the film, This Is It.
Tavis Smiley is set to release a new book about the last sixteen weeks of Michael Jackson’s life. Click here to watch his discussion around this with Chris Tucker.
The Michael Jackson Story Quilt Project website and Facebook page
A new Janet Jackson video for her single No Sleeep premieres. Also take a look at this behind the scenes video of the shoot!
Katherine Jackson’s upcoming I Just Can’t Stop Loving You charity weekend
The new MJ101 eBook entitled HIS2ORY

Discussion Topic
Michael Jackson’s song Seeing Voices has leaked in full. Read about it here in this Damien Shields article.

Finds of the Week
Q – King of ArtPop. The Michael Jackson and Lady Gaga mash-up album.
Jamon – Harry Coade performs his MJ mash-up of forty songs in three minutes on the Ableton Launchpad.

Additional Links
Michael Jackson’s The Remix Suite on iTunes
The Daft Punk white label remix of Rock With You
The Ummah’s remixes of the song History (The Ummah Radio Mix and The Ummah DJ Mix)
The Blood on the Dancefloor Refugee Camp Mix
Nick*’s website Remixed by Nick*. Check it out for some great MJ remixes!
A Rolling Stone article on Lady Gaga buying Michael Jackson costumes

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Episode 012 – HairCast

Jamon and Q discuss recently released footage of Michael rehearsing to Billie Jean in 2001, newly published photos of Michael and his family from the 1970’s onwards, the Munich Memorial Petition and the Michael Jackson Estate’s fourth Accounting Report. Following this, a reflection on the recent and unfortunate death of Captain EO composer James Horner, Janet Jackson’s new single and BET appearance and finally, the prospective sale of Neverland Valley Ranch.

News
UK tribute artist, choreographer, author and media personality Anthony King has released new footage of Michael Jackson rehearsing Billie Jean for his 30th Anniversary Celebration concerts in 2001.
Alex DeJean and Time publish never before seen photographs of Michael and The Jacksons from the 1970’s and Hamid Moslehi has also released photos of Michael from a range of eras, including his rehearsals with Britney Spears for his 30th Anniversary concerts in 2001.
German MJ fans have invited fans from around the world to sign this  Munich Memorial Petition.
The Michael Jackson Estate’s fourth Accounting Report document summary as published by Ivy of DailyMichael.com.
James Horner, famed composer of Captain EO has tragically and suddenly passed away.
Janet Jackson has released the first single from her first album, entitled No Sleeep and recently appeared on the 2015 BET Awards.

Discussion Topic
Jamon and Q’s thoughts on the sale of Neverland Valley Ranch as discussed by Forbes and DailyMichael.com. Also take a look at Enola Lee’s website Neverland – For Michael, For Love, Forever to see some amazing photographs of Neverland, and more!
An announcement of the winners of our competition for three copies of D Francis’ book Michael Jackson: Innocent – 28 February 2005 Book 1.

Finds of the Week
Jamon – The Kelly Alexander Show and their 20th Anniversary of Scream episode which features an exclusive interview with choreographer Tina Landon.
Q – E82 The Epcot Legacy’s Captain EO: The Complete Experience album

Additional Links
Michael Jackson’s 30th Anniversary Special
The 3T song Why from their debut album, Brotherhood
Piers Morgan’s 2012 interview with Katherine Jackson
60 Minutes’ The Resurrection of Michael Jackson segment with a special interview with Karen Langford, the Archivist of the Michael Jackson Estate
Nick*’s remix of 2Bad. Check out his Soundcloud page as well!
Author D Francis’ book Michael Jackson: Innocent – 28 February 2005 Book 1 on Amazon

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Episode 009 – Sausage Fest?

Episode 009 - Sausage Fest? YouTube ArtJamon and Q discuss a range of exciting issues with guests Jerome Horne and Marni Carlsson. Topics include The Jackson’s recent appearance on American Idol and their upcoming ‘Proms in the Park’ performance, a new Janet Jackson album for 2015 and further discussion on Dimitri Reeves and the Baltimore Riots. We also delve into a fantastic question which was sent in by listener Austin Ernst around what Michael would be doing artistically if he were still alive. Please note, the recording of this show wrapped just minutes prior to Janet Jackson announcing her new album and world tour on the 16th of May, 2015. We’re pretty good at predicting the future though right…?

News
The Jackson’s performance on the American Idol Season 14 finale.
The Jacksons to headline BBC’s Proms in the Park 2015.
New Janet Jackson album coming in 2015?
Revisiting the Baltimore Riots and Dimitri Reeves.

Discussion Topic
Austin Ernst AKA @TheCreativeArtAPE asks on Twitter “If Michael would’ve never passed, where would he be and what do you think he’d be doing right now in terms of the arts?”

Finds of the Week
Q – Le P’s History remix on Soundcloud
Jerome Horne – Best of Billie Jean Live montage on YouTube
Marni Carlsson – S.H. Figuarts ‘Smooth Criminal’ Michael Jackson action figure on Amazon
Jamon – Where Michael Got His Looks: Michael Jackson’s Beautiful Grandmother Crystal Lee King-Jackson. An article by Raven at AllForLoveBlog.

Additional Links
Prince’s song Baltimore on Soundcloud
Marni Carlsson’s ‘MJ 50 Files’ Max Music TV Spot
Damien Shields’ ‘MJ 50 Files’ Max Music TV Spot
Damien ShieldsXscape Origins book
JankinsMoonwalk Talks Michael Jackson podcast
Jerome Horne’s FacebookTwitter and Instagram accounts

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Episode 006 – Tommy Organ Special

Episode 006 - Tommy Organ Special YouTube ArtListeners of The MJCast, here’s our sixth episode! This week we’re honoured to present an interview with Tommy Organ, one of Michael Jackson’s guitarists during the rehearsals for his This Is It concert tour. Topics of discussion include Tommy’s history as a musician, his experiences in coming to work for Michael and what it was like to work with the King of Pop. Enjoy!

Links
Tommy Organ’s official website and his Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages.
The official website for Michael Jackson’s This Is It

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