MJ Studies Today LXXXVI

Michael Jackson, Top 200 greatest singers, MJ, Bad, Dangerous, Blood on the Dance Floor, Invincible, Michael Jackson’s Ghosts, Leave Me Alone, Tabloid Junkie, Privacy, 2 Bad, Why you wanna trip on me, Threatened, Read More …

Episode 32 – Part 1 of The Lost Recordings ‘Leave Me Alone’ & ‘Jam’

Abstract: This episode is the first part of the lost recordings. I talk about the songs and short films ‘Leave Me Alone’, and ‘Jam’. Taking in consideration the production context, symbolism of the visuals and using the recently published thesis of Andreas Ardanic to discuss Read More …

CHAPTER 5 – DOUBLE ENTENDRE: THE MAN AND THE MEDIA

Songs: “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You,” “Dirty Diana,” “Leave Me Alone” Michael Jackson’s post-Bad career was very explicitly about redefining, questioning, subverting, and casting a critical eye on cultural assumptions (as Susan Fast documents in Dangerous). But he started these challenges on Bad. Hegemony Read More …