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If Twitter was good for rallying Iran protesters, it sure is good enough for mourning the mysterious, the ephemeral, the King of Pop. Below is a short collection of our friends, colleagues, the people we admire – and just completely randomly stumbled upon – trying to squeeze their grief (or shock, or respect, or irritation…) in 140 characters. Some of the posts below are commentaries on what was going on in the streets of L.A. the moment the news broke out – others are simply emotional reactions to the news. Warning: some strong language and plenty of cheesiness follows.

creative_order MichaelJackson. Such a shock! RIP MJ you inspired so many fans and artists alike with your amazing contribution to music and pop culture.

pa3 oh… i didn’t know he was still alive and yet he’s dead. anyway he was my hero when i was a kid.

PuffChrissy God grants Farrah Fawcett’s wish to meet Michael Jackson.

michaelianblack When they do MJ’s autopsy, do you think they’ll find Tinkerbell inside?

attierees watching ever increasingly bizarre news coverage of MJ’s passing away

ginandjews :

So crazy! Boombox Michael Jackson dance party on my street. 20+ people, parents waking their kids up to dance to Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’

“Will You Be There” was my favourite song as a kid. Listening to it now, hard to ignore that the man was a fucking genius.

Not one to usually comment but Michael Jackson was truly inimitable. He had issues, but uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

zoetica :

NOOO. Fuck. Michael Jackson, love of my life, dead.

On Hollywood boulevard… Every shop is playing MJ, and every mouth is saying his name. Aughh.

So baffled and strangely numb I don’t think I can actually bring myself to write an obituary post.

So it goes. Maybe later, mm? For now I have tea to drink + a drawing to work on + humans I know and love who are alive to be grateful for.

cyganka

years from now people will ask where were you when you heard about Michael Jackson?

in all seriousness, can’t stop listening to ‘Beat It.’ oh, MJ, we’ll always have that summer.

neilhimself (Neil Gaiman):

• People died: people die every day. It’s what they do. In truth, none of today’s deaths hurt me, although they upset friends.

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Today’s “Breaking Muse” on radiowroclove.com is devoted to Michael Jackson – The Breaking Muse. Tune in and listen to us.

This was the news that brought down Twitter, slowed down Google and for an hour or so, left the wired populace awake and hitting their “reload” buttons frantically. It’s still impossible to know for sure what happened. What we can do for you, however, is to arrange the confused (and confusing) reports of Michael Jackson’s death in some sort of order.

The first source to break the news about Jacko’s death was TMZ.com, a celebrity gossip website, around 11.46 p.m. CET. The paparazzi shots made by their reporters were immediately shown by cable TVs across U.S. Other news agencies and websites held back until other sources would confirm what was going on. Reports of MJ being “rushed to hospital” and being “not okay” were quickly (though momentarily) followed by news about “a coma”, until finally, around 00.29 a.m. CET, Associated Press reported Michael Jackson’s death.

The first moments – and, frankly, the situation until now – have been chaotic and filled with uncertainty. Security was allegedly blocking all entrances to the emergency room of the hospital, whilst outside, grief-stricken people began to gather. We will certainly hear more about the circumstances surrounding Jackson’s death in the days to come.

Today’s show on radiowroclove.com is entirely devoted to Michael Jackson – the King of Pop, and his music. Tune in and listen to our guests – musicians, journalists, artists etc. – discussing their memories of Jacko and how he influenced their lives. You will have a chance to listen to Michael Jackson’s greatest hits and appreciate the impact of his persona on pop music. Live commentary, interviews, emotions – this may be difficult to handle, but equally difficult to miss out.

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