The party is over, and nothing says that more than the gates at Neverland Ranch being put up for auction. At least parents will not have to worry about their kids, or at least just a smidge less than before.
Auction you might ask? Yes, the former King of Pop, Michael Jackson has announced that he is having the yardsale of the year (perhaps decade). Over 2000 items will be up for grabs in 2009, including the gloved one's Billie Jean sparkling glove. And the whole thing will be shown on television, with bids accepted both in person and via phone. And to help with the garage sale, some unstated portion of the proceeds will go to MusiCares, a charitable organization that helps musicians in need. [And if I were a musician in need I still would not accept money from Jackson.] The real question though is if anyone will buy.
Besides the fact that 2009 will be a horrible year considering the reported plans of Democrats and President Obama for the economy, there is the fact that Michael Jackson is creepy. He may not be the most famous pedophile in the world, but he does a damn good job of looking like it. And that has hit his pocket.
At 50 years of age the crooner with a voice only eunuchs might emulate might be expected to continue enjoying his past fame and wealth. But it seems that he spent like a king and not an entertainer with bad publicity problems. Thus he has lost his ranch, had to settle a lawsuit, paid unknown amounts to parents of children that visited his private rooms, and who knows what lifestyle the kids he has live under.
Am I a fan of Jackson? Not really since the mid-80's. The absurdity that was his life, and then his maturation to pedophilia (allegedly) just ended it for me. And besides, why be a fan of his when his sister, Janet, is hot, talented, and far less damaged.
So I am not sad to see his possessions sold off to the highest bidder. Nor am I thrilled to learn that he plans to get back into the studio at some point and create another album. I think he will learn that times have changed. The public may accept a lot of things from entertainers - drug use, multiple jail sentences, divorces almost before the wedding, even a degree of bad parenting - but pedophilia is a line in every nation.
Still there is a silver lining in the cards for him. R Kelly hasn't had any records in some time, and he relatively recently beat a pedophilia charge (delayed some 5 years through lawyers). They could do a duet album, dedicated to all the children of the world. That line just creeped me out.
Neverland will never be again. R Kelly though should be up front and center at the auction, supporting his own. And that might just give the fans that don't care about what these apparently lecherous and vile men do to children something to smile about.
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