The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies | ISSN: 2452-0497
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Abstract: This month, MJ Studies Today columnist Kerry Hennigan considers the importance of Michael Jackson’s song “Stranger In Moscow” in the context of what happened to the artist that prompted him to write agonising lyrics like “Armageddon of the brain” and “here abandoned in my Read More …
Abstract: This month, MJ Studies Today columnist Kerry Hennigan relates personal memories of the time hundreds of Michael Jackson fans gathered on New Year’s Day 2011, in Guangzhou, China to attend the unveiling of a specially commissioned bronze sculpture of Jackson at the Guangzhou Sculpture Read More …
Abstract: This month’s MJ Studies Today column highlights a Michael Jackson demo recording of a song called “Fall Again.” Written for Jackson by Walter Afanasieff and Robin Thicke, “Fall Again” was never finished, and was subsequently recorded by other artists. It featured in a Hollywood Read More …
Abstract: In this episode, Elizabeth and Karin talk about Judith Hamera’s powerful book, Unfinished Business: Michael Jackson, Detroit, and the Figural Economy of American Deindustrialization, the concept of virtuosity in relation to Michael Jackson’s labours and the labour of factory workers. They also explore the cultural and historical Read More …