By Richard Williams Michael Jackson may have spent his last years mutating into an ever more freakish version of himself, eventually becoming a prize exhibit in the celebrity zoo, but under the outlandish surface was a singer who had come by his fame not via mere eccentricity or a stroke of luck, but through a… Read More From the Guardian: ‘For all Michael Jackson’s flaws he was the greatest entertainer of his age’

By Steve Jones, USA TODAY On a magical night in 1983, Michael Jackson struck a pose on stage, clasping the black fedora on his head with his white sequined glove. His black jacket and silver vest glittered as white socks showed under his high-water black pants. Then he erupted into a flurry of fluid dance… Read More USAToday: ‘Michael Jackson’s artistic legacy spans the decades’

By Rachel Giese, October 31st 2007 “I’m not like other guys.” Who knew just how prophetic that line was back in 1983, when Michael Jackson uttered it in the opening scene of his groundbreaking Thriller video? MJ was still a musical genius then — not yet a punchline, a baby dangler and a cosmetic-surgery victim… Read More CBC: ‘Scary tributes: Michael Jackson video inspires copycat Thrillers’

By Ann Powers Michael Jackson was not of this world. He always seemed to defy gravity, as a dancer whose signature move was so incomprehensibly graceful that it earned the extraterrestrial title “the Moonwalk,” a singer whose tenor was high but strong, a rhythmic instrument that went as sweet and tender as a clarinet on… Read More LA Times: “Ann Powers on Michael Jackson: A performer who kept transcending boundaries”

Some Sahar’s Blog readers have already sent me emails about Michael Jackson’s passing, which I have been given permission to share (I corrected a couple of your grammatical mistakes and took out the swear words, sorry guys!): “I was in high school when Thriller came out, and one of my favorite MJ related memories is… Read More Michael Jackson’s passing: some thoughts sent to Sahar’s Blog

Gone too soon (kind of apt, don’t you think?) Heal the World Do you Remember the Time You Rock My World You are Not Alone Who is it In the Closet Give in to Me

Believe it or not, I am only posting my favorite ones -coughsallofthemcoughs-. Jam They don’t care about us Black or White The Way You Make Me Feel Bad Beat it Bille Jean Cry