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T h ef a m o u A s m e r i c atne l e v i s i osnh o w" S o u l Train"recently celebrated its 25thanniversary for the on the air.At the galaeventorganised weresomeof the biggest ceremony namesin American rhythm andblues. Naturally, Michael w a s 0 n t h e t o p o f t h e i n v i t a t i olni s tf o r t h i s event, butanimpotant engagement in Germany ( a l i v ea p p e a r a noc neo n eo f t h em o s p t opular t e l e v i s i osnh o w si n t h e c o u n t r v",W e t t e n D a B ? . . .m " )a d ea n y t h i nbgu ta p r e - r e c o r d e d a p p e a r a n fcoer t h es h o wt o t a l l iym p o s s i b l e . o s s i b l teh, a t ' s A n dt o m a k et h e i m p o s s i b bpl e exactly whatMichael did:on0ctober 31st,1995 (ontheeveof thetaping0f the25thSoulTrain A n n i v e r s aS r yh o w )L, o sA n g e l e sc'e l e b r a t e d Shrine A u d i t o r i uemx c e p t i o n aol lpye n e idt s d o o r fso rM i c h a ealn dc o m p a nAy .s m a lgl r o u p s a s a b l et o w a t c ha o f p r i v i l e g egdu e s t w s p e c i avle r s i o o n f " D a n g e r o u sa,s"w e l la s a p e r f o r m a no ce f " Y o uA r e N o tA l o n e "( w h e r e M i c h a ei nl v i t eadn a d o r i nfge m a l fea nt o c l i m b upontothestageto hughim).

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that l " hemediacampaign prepared for had been t several countries À theworldto oromote the around eventgavetheimpression thatthis wasto betheshowof shows, the performance mostimportant ofthe year. Togivea choicenumber 250million to theestimated theworldwhowill viewersaround puttogether betuningin,Michael a firstclassact.Intwo hours,he planned 25songs, oldies onsinging andnewnumbers alike, notably "Childhçd," "Dangerous," "Smooth "Black0r Siminal," White"and"'You AreNotAlone." Theshowwas scheduled forthe8thand9thof December. Thehighlights ofeach showwouldthenbeputtogether fora single showtobebroadcast December 11. Sunday, A few daysbeforethe bignight,JeffMargolis, theshow's director, spoketp thepressto give thema "sneakpreview"soundperfolmance bite:"Michael's will youmight bea lotdifferentthan Theapproach is different expect. fromanything hehasdonebefore. with He'sbeenverysuccessful whathehasdone, buthehas andifs alwavsbeena trendsetter timefor himto dosomething new. Theshowis goingto bethemost intimate he'severdone.Getcloser tothepeople. Upcloseand intimate. Thereareonly1.500 seats intheBedcon Theater, andnot 100,000like ina stadium. Michael witha sixhasbeenrehearsing piecerockband, a 40-piece orchestra and32dancers. Nine choreographers haveworked on interior theshow.TheBeacon's withits waspartlyremodeled, stageextended by17feet, reducing thetheater's capacity to going 1,500 seats.Thisis definitely to besomething diffepnt."

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couldn't handle hiscarehimself. wouldbepostponed untilfurther Withmedicine, timeandproper notrce. nutrition, thiscanbehandled. The Whilethewholeworld problem is,heneverindicated the waswondering abouthisstateof condition's seriousness because health, Michael washoledupinhis hedidn'tknow.lt canhappen profoundly to hospital room, anyone involved ina highdegree of disappointed nottobeableto go performance." onwiththeshowhe'dputsomuch JanetJackson showed into.Dr.William Alleyne, director of upat Bethlsrael department at Beth lusta fewhours theemergency afterherbrother wasadmitted. lsrael, toldthepress that"Michael 0thersupport camefrom isverydisappointed aboutnot Michael's fansthroughout the beingableto perform onSunday. phone country. Bethlsrael's lines Hetriedto convince themedical werejammed withget-well calls. teamthathecouldgiveit a go,but Inthefollowing days,countless we outourfootdown." letters andpackages arrived wishing Michael a speedy recovery.

hosoital inthecourse ofthe "Mr.Jackson afternoon: wantsto extend to allof hisfansandfami! andfriends, allof hisloveand supportfor allthey've doneforhim during histimeinthehospital." 0n December I 1th, Michael's health wasdeemed to besatisfactory enough for himto beableto moveoutofthe emergency department andtakea privateroom,Thenextday, Michael returned to hisNewYork hotelafterbeinggiventhegreen "Hewillsoon lightbyhisdoctors.

0nThursday, December 7th,Michael received a visitTrom 'a hisnephews, the3T.0n hisway outofthehospital, Taj,theeldest of a Tito's threesons,agreed to speak "Michael tojournalists. isa workaholic," saidTaj."Hehada lot goingintothisconcert. 0fpressure Heknewthateveryone wasgoing to bewatching this.Heworksday andnight, nightandday, sometimes missing meals... goingwithout Sometimes sleepfor threeorfourdays. Therumorabout thehospitalization beinga publicity youngmanwithno 0n December 8th,a bea healthy stuntistotallvfalse." problems," number of people closeto Michael lasting health stated his Inthecourse personal physician. oftheday, cameto visithimathisbedside: HB0madeanofficial Katherine andRebbie Jackson, A fewdayslater, announcement, stating thatthe Diana Rossandhertwosonsand Michael flewoffto Disneyland placeon concert wouldnottake LisaMarie. Anofficial communiquéParis totakea hard-earned D e c e m b1e0ra ss h e d u l ebdu. t fromMichael wasputoutbythe vacaït0n.

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(pronounced Sa-ee-dah) ù I iedahGarrett prd Uegan hersinging careerin herhometown TheCityoftheStarslaunched of LosAngeles. Garretl intoorbiôtobecome a starof herownrightworking rightupthereattheverytopwiththeKingof Pop himself. Whenshewasjusta littlegirl,Siedah wasalreadv immersed intheworldof showbusiness. Herswasa familyof musicians: Siedah's mother, whoworkeda duowithheraunt,taughtherdaughter howto sing.YoungSiedah displayed a natural-born talentthatquicklycaughttheattention of herpeers, andevenbeforegraduating fromhighschoolshe'd already workedwithsomeof California's biggest musicproducers asa back-up singer. Butasher famegrew,sheremained largelyunknown to the publicfor a longtime.Allthatbeganto change, however, whenshesangwiththegroupDecoon theirhugenumber-one hit"DoYouWantlt Right Now."Thesongbecame a phenomenal success, especially in nightclubs,andshotto thetopofths Dancecharts. Thissuddenexplosion of recognition for Siedah Garrett caughttheattention of Dennis Edwards, thegreatcrooner fromMotowfiand member of TheTemptationS. Thehighpriettof soul waslooking for a partner to singa duetwithhimon "Don'tLook.Any hisnextsingle: Further." Heoffered theproiectto Siedah whoaccepted Garrett onthe spot.Thesongmarkeda maiorturningpointin her puUlic, in theeyesoftheAmerican Siedah ..- career: Garrett hadbecome a starin herownright."Don't LookAnyFurtherlwas"metwithenormous international success. andbecameDartoftheclosed circleof Soulmusicclassics. 0n thestrength of hercollaboration with Dennis Edwards, wasnowsollicited Garrett bysome namesin show-biz: ofthebiggest shesangona "True number of Madonna's biggest hits(including aswellasthoseof DonnaSummer, Starship, "Blue"); andtheG.ommodores, to namebuta few.In addition, gaining shewasincreasingly recognition asa talented sorigwriter. KennyLoggins, thePointer Sisters andothermusicgreatswereprivileged to receivecustommaterial writtenforthembvGarrett.

made Atthispointin hercareer, Siedah anacquaintance thatwasto changeherworld.Her talentshadmadeof heranartisthighlyappreciated andsoughtafterbymusicproducers, and0uincy" Jonespersonally in herwork. becameinterested 0uincyJoneshasalwayshada superhuman abiliÇto (asanytrue spotgenuine talentin a performer Michael fanknows), Jackson andheplaced a great dealof hopein hisnewestfind. Working with0uincygaveGarrettthe opportunity to dowhatsheherselfdescribes as"the chanceof a lifetime": a duetwithMichaelJackson. "l Just Michael andSiedah recorded You"in 1987. Butthecontribution to CantStopLoving werenowreferring thealbum.8adbytheonepeople didntstopthere. to asOuincy Jone's"protegé" There$as also"ManInTheMirror,"açongwritten bySiedah andGlenBallard that$healsosang Garrett back-uo vocals on. 0uincyJonesand Thenextyear,in 1988, high-flying RodTemperton boosted Siedah's career evenfurtheroutintoorbitwiththeoroduction of her firstsoloalbum:Kiss0f Life.Theresultsof thetrio's common effortswereremarkable. Kiss0f Lifewas the undeniably a finealbum. Siedah wasdeploying fullsoectrum of hermusical Thealbum talents. writtenexclusively byher, contains superbnumbers suchas"lnnocent of Ruby Side"and"TheLegend

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ra i"sQft in to s Aneeles, h.as helped Michael f ind, that s spe c ia1 s ound. he' s always seaTching for 'orl such nurnbers as 'Mân ïn TIÈ.e Mirrorn, oI Just tan' t Stop Irovinq Ysun and. nKe ep 1'bre Fatthn , For thi s' ed.itiorr CIf HIS t ory h'lagazine ' s Spec ial ïnt erv iew , Siedah Garrett graciôusly tel1s : ns wÏ&et it ' s l ikë be ins4 the 'Lad.y Behind. the ( . h{iÏ'r'oËo ,

Diamond," andisanexcellent exhibit of her exceptional singing abilities. Aftertherelease of Kiss0fllfe. several weekswentbybeforeSiedahGarrett wasbackin thelimelight, thistimeasa guestartiston0uincy Jones'newest album: herback-up vocalsare powerfulBack0n The in Ouincy's omnipresent Block. Michael Jackson, meanwhile, wasbusv workingonhisnewalbumDangerous. Heonce againcalled onSiedah wholentherspecial touchto greatest whatwouldbeoneof Michael's albums to date.Shewrotea newsong,"KeepTheFaith," for Michael. SinceBa4Michael andSiedah have beenclose.TheDàngerousperiod confirmed the highestime thetwo artistshadfor eachother. accompanied Michael Siedah allovertheworldfor the"Dangerous Tour,"replacing SherylCrow,the starfemale vocalistwho'd accomoanied Michael on the"BadTour"... At 32,Siedah Garrett hasaccomplished whatmany othergreatmusicians doin a lifetime. Andyether careeris,in manyways,justbeginning. But,asthe pathsofthegreatsofthisworldalwayscrossagain sooner or later, we should expectto seeSiedah andMichael Garrett Jackson together againsoon, eitheronstageor inthestudio, forthegreatest oleasure of oneandall.

Itrtæ+ldÀ/ 'r | \/,r1, ll l:-1, ,, HlStoryMa'gazin e: Sinceqè couldn'tgetour hands onp copyof yow aittobiography,you'rc iustgoingto haveW'E! us everythingaboutyourdebutin showbizright here,in thepagesof yourlavorite magazine.Thisis part of the category"History." You'replayinglor 5,(XMpoints,a trip to Mexico and a brand-newSonyTrinitron.And theanswer is....! SiedahGanett Well,waybackwhen,lwas borna poorblackchild...No, justkidding.I beganmy "career"in this business asa back-upsinger.But I'vebeensingingsinceaslongas I canrenenber. HM:I see.But that still doesn'ttelI us how yougot starledworking with Michael on thegreat adventureol theBadalbum.... SG;Theactualintroduction camefron Auincv Jones.I hadwrittena songthatMJ likedand wantedto record.I'd alsosungthedeno for the songandMichaelwantedto knowwhothesinger was.Hewassurprisedto learnthatthesingerand thesongwriterwerethesameperson. HM:And the first time youmet? SG:Well,to tell youthetruth, it'skindof a blurr.lt all happened so veryquicklythatwhent thinkbackon thewholeperiod,it'slikea dream.ButI dohavea fragnentednemoryof my firctmeetingwithMJ. I wassinging"Manln'fhe Minor" overandover

goingto singwith MJ until the tvvoof us walkedinto thestudiobooth,andI lookedat thelyricsheetfor a songcalled"l JustCant StopLovingYou,"andread whereAuincvhadchosenthefirstversefor Michael andthesecondversefor me,andhe hadournames wriftennearthepartswe wereto sing.lt wasn't untilthatverynomentthatI realizedtheabsolute "awesome-ness" ofwhatwasabouttohappen. We nade historythatday! I didn'trealizeitthough,untillater,whenI foundout question: thatI wastheanswerto a game-show "Whois theonlywonanin historyto duetwith MichaelJackson?" HM: Whenyou were rehearsingfor "l Just Can't StopLovingYou,"what sortof relationshipdid you havewith Michael?Did you seeeachotheroften? Didyouspenda lot oltime togetherouaide ol the studio? per se,but when SG:I don'trenember"rehearsing" we wererecardingit, we hada blastin thestudio. MJ wouldmakefaceswhenit cametine to singny part,sothatIwouldlaugh,and nessup.Hereally hasa greatsenseof hunor.I spentnore one-ononetimewithhin throughtheprocessof recording "Manln TheMirror"andrecordingandlearningour duetin FrenchandSpanish. As far asspendingtime withhin outsidethestudio... HA! HM:.When"l JustCan'tStopLovingYou"was rcleased,everybodywas expectinga videoto accompanythesong.Thiswas,after all, part ol Michael'sbig cone-back.But in theendtherewas no clip. Wasthereevet a proiectfor onein the beginning? SG:Hey,don'tthinkI wasn'tlookingforwardto a videonvself! Butat thetine MJ toldne thatthev'd neverreleasea videofor the first single.I told hin fine,butif thereeverwassucha project,l'n singing mypart,notsoneonewholookedlikeBrooke Shields!Helaughedashesaid,quiteendearingly, thatI wascrazv. HM'.0n the alhumBad,you co-wrotethesong "Man ln fhe Mirror" with 6len Ballard.Thiswas oneol the songsthatthepublic lovedmost-it conespondedsopertectlyto everythingabout Michael. Wheredid theidea forthis songcome fron andhow did itwind ap on the album? SÊ: Theideafor "Man In TheMirror" cane to ne aftera neetingwithAuincy,accompanied by his othersongwriters, wherehe expressed theneedfor a songt0 conpleteMJ'i album.I cameawayfron thatneetinghavingrhtritten somenotesand.shortly thereafter, I metwithGlenandcameup withthe lyricsandthemelodyfor thesong.It wasthen deliveredto Auincy,whophonedne andexpressed joy afterhearingthesong.Heplayed hisabsolute thetunefor MJ, andthe rest,as theysay,is history. Thissongdramatically changedthecourseof my life. HM;A îew yearslater,you would outdoyourcell

get involvedin somethingasgaryantuanas the "DangerousTour?" SG:I decidedto bea paft ofthistourbecauseI love MJ andhavealwayslovedhismusicand hisvoice.I thoughtit wouldbe an extraordinary opportunity to learnfirst-handhowthebiggestpop starin the worldtoursandpedorns.ltwas anabsolutely fantastic experience, extraordinary, totaIly unforgettable, asI knewit wouldbe. HM: lt's said thatMichael makeshis musiciansand his dancercwork really hard whenhe'son tour. How do yourememberrehearcalsessionsîor the "DangerousTour?" SG:Behearsals for thetourwerea lot of hardwork andlong,Ionghours.lt wasthehardestprojectI everloved.lt wasso nuch fun,as a matterof fact,I couldhardlystandit! HM: WasMichael therewhenyourehearced? SG:0f course,MJ didn'tattendeachoneof ourdailv rehearsals for thetvvofullnonthsthatwe hadprior to theopeningshow.Butas we gotcl1serto the startdate,hespentmoreandmoretine goingover costuneand setchanges, as wellasthemanyband andmusiccuesandstageillusionsthathe usesto enhancehisshow. HM:,Whatwas lile like touringwith Michael?Did youspenda lot ol time with hin? SG:Well,to be honest,ny relationshipwith MJ in thestudiowasmuchmorepersonalandintinate duringtherecordingof theBadalbun.Wehada lot nore tine thento spendtogether.0n tourthough, to dueto countless obligations andcommitments andforeign fansandindustryprofessionals dignitaries,! wasonlyabteto iee MJ for the tvvo hourswe'dspendonstagetogethernightafternight, all overthe world. HM: Whatare the thingsyouremembermostîondly ahoutthistour? SG:Thegoodtines we hadwhileontourwere plenty,actually.Therewas.alwayslotsof Iaughter, on thebus,or theplane;or in someforeignairportor in lineat themanypasspott checkpointswe hadto go throughall overtheworld.I lovedtheexcitement of discovering eachnewcity,eachnewcountry, newfood,newlanguages, newmoney!It wasall so freshandnew,sostimulating! HM'.Doesthatmeanthat lile is all roseswhen you'rcon tour? SG:Theworsttimesfor me,actually,were whenI wouldgetreallyhomesick. I longedto dothenost simplethings.I wantedto sinply drivea car! And walkmydogs.AndI hadthisreallysicklongingfor grits,if youcanbelîeveit! HM: Today,thetour hasbeenoverîor a while, you'verctumedhack to yourcountry,to yourhome, to yourdogsandyourgrits (!!). Lookinghack, when youthink oî everythingyoudid togetherwith Michael,whatpops intoyourmind? SG:MichaelJosephJacksonhasforeverchanged

MÈchael *.loseËhJackson Ïee-sfçreve againin a lower key.Thestudiolightsweredimned andI couldbarely seeinsidethe boothwhere AuincyandBruceSwedien, theengineer, were working.I didnt seeMJ whenhe walkedintothe studio.Thisis goingto soundweird,butI could "feel" hispresencethenomenthe walkedintothe roon.Everyonejustsortof'stopped and stoodthere, in totalaweof theman...Therewerea transfixed, justfroze.I wasno nillionthingsto dobuteveryone different.It wasawesome! HM:Whepditlyou lirct discoverthat you werc goingto he singingwith MichaelT SG:ThedayI foundoutthatI wasgoingto be singinga duetwithMichaelJacksonstartedout nornallyenough.ThenI gota callfron Auincyto coniedownto thestudib,I assumedit wasto finish thebackground vocalswe'dworkedonpreviously for "Manln TheMirror."I didntrealizethatI was

over "Man ln TheMinor" whenyou composeda ny lifefor thebetter.Hehasgivenne the new songwith GIenBallard, "KeepTheFaith."The opportunityof a lifetime,a worldwideforumto have crcditson theDangerous alôumsay thatthree mynusic heard,ny messagefeltbynillionsof people-you, GlenandMichael- wrote this song. peoplefron all overtheworld.I haveseen,first Whatactuallyhappened,and who did what? in millionsandI have hand,thejoy he inspires SG:"KeeoTheFaith"waswitten muchin thesame experienced firsthand,thejoy he continues to wavthat "Manln TheMirror"was.0nlvthistime, inspirëin ne. "'HM:AlterBadandDangerous, afterI demo'dthesong,MJ madesone changes whatisthenert thatbecamesuchanintegralpartof thefinished maior stepin yourcareer?We'dall love to seeyou product,thatit seenedonlyfairto includehin as a peiloning sideby sidewith Michael again. writeron thesong. SG:Presentgoalsincludefinishinganalbumproject HM: 0n June27th,1992,the "Dangerousfour" witha newbandthatI'veforned.We'vebeen beganin Munich,Êermany.Youwere up thereon recordingthemusiclive,withrealmusicians!lt's you'llbe ableto pickupan stagewith Michael for thesecondtine. Thefirct beena blast.Hopefully, time-do youremember?- was at Madison albunsoon!Wishne luckforthat.ldo planon Anytime,anyplace!Please SquarcÊardenin New YorkCityin |W. Youwere workingwithMJ again.... thesurpriseguest artistandyousang "l Just Can't wishmeluckforthattoo! Snp LovingYou".Whatnotivated youto want to o HrstorvMaoazine

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ïor: have ql:e s t ions you' * like t o ask n it I s onlg h1;man, TvlÈstex'Ï{:towitall n I well , knows Èt all , '$trPer'ht"tman you'reaboutto fallonyourface,stop.Holdthat pose,thengo backup.Voilà.It'sthatsimple of course,it'sa tadmorecomplicated. IJnless, I'll haveto getbackto youon thisone. :- l'vebeena MJfanfor12yearsnow,and oronTV invideos I seeMichael whenever tall.Myfriends helooksrather appearances butI thinkheis,soexactly savhe'snotthattall 14ShaniGarrett, howtallis Michael? D.C. Washington * Auirca fewof vououttherehavealready so I'mnotgoingto let askedme thisquestion, foranotherinstant. youwallowin uncertainty Michaelis exactlyfivefeet-teninches(1'78m) tall.Whilewe'reonthesubieclwouldanyone careto knowhowtallI am?

r.:r to askyou. I havemorethanonequestion First,howoftendoesMJ readHlStory is:doesMJ Mysecondquestion Magazine. whois My lastquestion: readtheseletters? givemea whole Please MisterKnowitall? Texas. 14- Houston, AngieGuzman, name. * t)Michaelreadseveryeditionof HlStory 2) 0f coursehereadsall withoutfail. Magazine, yourquestions! Youdon'tthinkhelooksatthe for thephotos,do you?Michael magazine readsHlStorvfromcovert0 cover.3)l'm not that happyaboutthisone.Are ylu suggesting family is nlt a pertectlyrespectable Knowitall name?Trytellingthatto mYfather! r.-.l Whoistheoldest DearMisterKnowitall: sister? Jackson andtheoldest brother Jackson Texas. Sugar0uinney- Houston, * I'mgoingto haveto displaythepowersof memoryfor thisone.Let'ssee, mysuperhuman areas the datesof birthof theJacksonsiblings May29, follows:MaureenReilette(Rebbie): May4, 1,951; 1950; SigmundEsco(Jackie): Adaryll(Tito):]ctober 15,1953; Toriano LaToya December| 1,1954; JermaineLajuan: MarlonDavid:March12, Mav29,1956; Yvonne: 0ctober29,1962; 1957; StevenRandall(Randy): Phew!Sonow JanetDamitaJo:Mav 16,1966. vouknow.Learnthesedatesby heartin caseI decideto dropa popquizon youlater. :c lwanttoknowhowMichael leansso Jackson during"Smooth theground towards farforward

ltaly. JamieDiRito,17,- Latina, Criminal"? + Howdo voudothe "SmoothCriminal" move?Goodquestion.lt'sactuallyquitesimple: keepyourbackstraightandyourarmsat your andiustwhenyoufeellike leanfontvard sides,

:!rDearMisterK.:inthesection of HlStory is song"D.S.," aboutthe Magazine#lthattalks issupposedly manthatMichael themystery (Santa Barbara, Sneddon aboutTom talking MatthewRamelAttorney)? D istrict ornia, Calif CaliTornia. ElkGrove, * lf I didn'tanswerthatquestiln,wouldyou stillrespectmein themorning? '.rl'vebeena Michael fanformy Jackson bad talking arealways wholelifenow.Peope

abouthim.Forexample, hisskincolor, nowI knowit'sa skindisorder butI don'tknowwhat it'scalled, or howorwhyit happens. Every time someone sayssomething aboutil I wantt0 standupforhimbutI can'tbecause I don't knowwhatto say.Please help,l'msickof peopledogging himaboutit.Carolyn Burkhardt, 13- Chicago, lllinois. + Michaelsuffersfroma skindiseasecalled Vitiligo,a banalphysiologicaldisorderthat causesdepigmentation ofthe skin.Aboutone ortwo outof 100peoplesufferfromthis disease. Thatwouldbeabouttvvo to 4.5nillion Americans,for example.lf youwantto learn moreaboutVitiligo, whichhasonlya cosmetic effecton thepeoplewhohaveit,checkouta medical dictiona ry or encyclopedia. s DearMr,K.:Could youplease printa listof all thereleases sofaronMichael's MJJLabel? - Riverside. MaishaBeverley California. * 0f courseI coulddo thatforyou.That'smy job,afterall.Thesearethealbumsthathave beenreleasedby MJJ Musicto thisday:Free Willy/ 0riginalMotionPictureSoundtrack (1993); Nathan/ NathanCavaleri Band(1994); Ă&#x20AC;uo(1994); FromTheBottomUp/ Brownstone (1994); FreeWilly2/ ]riginal MotionPicture (1995); Soundtrack Brotherhood / 3T(1995). l< DearMisterKnowitall: youplease Could tell meifthepeople whoorganise Michael's concerts makespecial arrangements to enable people handicapped to attend? I have, unfortunately, neverbeenableto goto a Michael Jackson because concert I don'tknow theanswer t0thisquestion. Please help. AuĂ&#x2030;lieSobieck- Martinville, France. * Michaelcaresaboutpeoplewhohaveno otherchoicebutto getaroundin a wheelchair. Andforthosewhowantt0go to hisconcerts, he alwayshasspecialplatforms installedso theycanattend.SothenexttimeMichaeldoes a show youknowyoucancome,n0probleml. Dontthankme.thankMichael. x I wouldliketo knowwhat"ad-lib" means, Whenever l'mlistening to oneof Michael's CDs.I readthewordsandit says"ad-lib." Please tellmewhatit means. Teresa0uezada. 12- Highland, California. * "Adlib" comesfromtheLatin"AdLibitum," or to improvisein performance. Forexample,at theendofthesong"0.5."it says"ad-libfade": thismeansthatallthewayuntiltheendof the song,Michaelis improvising, makingup the wordsandsoundsashegoesalong,andnot followinga preparedroutine.

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Drawing7 Withyourhandsstillclasped together, let yourwristsfree,andbringyour handsslightly overto the right.At thesame time,turnyourhead(andonlyyourhead)to the left,so yourprofileappearsin the mirror,

andswivelthetips of yourfeetto the left.To dothis,yourrightfoot pivotsonthe toes,the leftonthe heel.Oncein thisposition, you shouldbe ableto spinaroundfreely.Keepin mindthatallthemovesI'velustdescribed shouldbe executed simultaneously. lf you losecontrolandwindup onyourderriĂ¨re, thatcanonlymeanyou'renotfollowing my instructions correctly, so get up anddo it a g a i !n DrawingI Now,yourfeetswivelto once againbe sideby sideandpointed forward. Withthe momentum of this move,separate yourhandsandbegint0 bringthemdown towardsyourbelt.

Drawing9 Raiseyourrighthandandbringit towardsthe centerof yourchest.In the samemovemenL startto liftyourrightleg, andswingyourbendedkneeandyourfoot towardsthe right. Drawing10Afterpassingbythe centerof yourchestyourrighthandshouldbe palmupwards your at shoulder level.Meanwhile, rightleg,aftercontinuing the movement described above, is bent,kneeoutto the right.foot at left-kneelevel. Drawins1l Thismoveis a repetition of #10, onlytowardsthe leftinsteadof the right. lmportantdontforgetthatyouhaveto put yourrightfootbackdownandbringyour

righthandbackdownto beltlevelbefore continuing onto thismove. Drawing12Afterbringingdownyourleft footandyourrighthand,quicklysnapboth handsdowntowardsbeltlevel.Butwatch out,thisgetsdifficultwhileexecuting the pivotyour moveI justdescribed, heels outwardswhileon thetipsof yourfeet. Drawing13Bendyourarmsat theelbows, thenquicklysnapthemoutstraight, palms facingdown,fingersspreadwide.0n the tipsof yourtoes,swivelyourfeetso that yourheelsalmosttouch.Yourlegsshouldbe slightlybentat this point,andyourfeetflatly on thefloor. Drawing14Bringupyourrightshoulder withallthe momentum andfeelingof your wholetorso.

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Hi,mynameis Natalie andl'ml7 vrs.old.l've beena MJfanforI 5years,andI thinkhe's phenomenal. I'mlooking forpeople selling MJ posters, singles, CDs,books, videos, displays, etc.Alsopenpals whowanttotalkaboutthe Kingof Pop!I willrespond to allletters. And youcanwritemetoo,I won'lmind! Michael, Pleasewriteto:NatalieK.Greco.4418 W. Hamilton Ave#C,SanJoseCA,95130-1417,

lf youlivein NewYork, LosAngeles or Boston andyouthinkthatMJ isthebestpop,rock andsoulsinger... Well,youhavejusttowrite to me.l'mwaiting foryou.Writesoon. NicolaCetoloni, ViaSanGiuseppe 29,51013 Chiesina Uzz.(PT), ltaly. Fine.ButwhatifI livein flew orleans?Whatif, huh?Are youteltinginsthatI wouldn'tbe goodenoughfor t@becauseI'n notfrom Boston? Huh?Aruyoutooking fortrouble? Becauseif you'relookingfor trouble,there's alwaysmypetgorilla,Max Whatif I livein Las Vegas?Hlihl Whatif?Whatif t livein, say,the NorthPole?Huh?Whatif I'n SantaClaus? Huh? Befterstill,whatif thisisnl MisterC\micatthe keyboard, butMaxthegorilla?That'sMisterMaxt0 you.Grrrrnrr!(0kayMax,thaft enough.Putdown yourgiantbone.NoMax,stop!Noll Noooooo!!!!) (Heehee.Justkidding,itwas ne). (l'ma comic).

Hello, mynameis Mineko. I'ma l7 yearsold complete,Ieather-bound colIection of girl.l'ma devoted Japanese fanof Michael. I HlStoryMagazine.Max is hard up for nail. wanttobeonintimate termswithanvone in anycountry whoiswillingto correspond with Hello. Mynameis lrishaMc0lelland andI cm me.I havelongwanteda penpal wholoves a hugeMichael usA, Jackson fan.I livein LeRoy, Michael. Please writeto me:MinokoMurano, lllinois. You've I amlooking forsomeone beena fansinceyouwere15andnow whowantsto you'rel7?Hmmn.... 68-40gawa,Akiruno-s, Tokyo197,Japan. bemypenpal/friend, maleorfemale, Tellme,whatwasyou anyage. Holdon.My pet gorillasaysheiswîllingto favoiltesinglewhenyouwere2?(Firstconic onthe .. We canswapideasandcomments correspondwith you.Doyou stillwantto be effect).YousayMichaelcan writeyoutoo, mostWofiderful manalive, Michael Jackson. youwonl mind?I betyouwon'tnind! onintimatetermswithanyone? Hahhah.0h I'mi6 yearsold.lrishaMcClelland,60S N. (Second my,thisisfun. Bytheway.I alsohavea pet Barnett lllinois conic effect).(6odl'n goodatwhatI St.,LeRoy, 61752, USA. whiteshark.Anyone? lrisha.you'retheperfectpenpalfor Max.I can do!) feetit in mybones..Hey, t'mgoingto tethimout Hello!Mynameis ErinLawrence. I amldoking of hiscagenowsohecantypea fewworfsto Hi,mynameis youonny computer.Max, it'sall yours(here * lorfansofthe"Beloved one"to writeto.I am Abood. Iriendly andhelpful. Youcanwriteto mefor Personally, I he goes):lT WASTHEBEST0F TIMES,lT funorifyouhavea problem. l'lovehelping WASTHEWORST thinkwords are OFTIMES. TOBEORNOT people. l'ml3 butI amlooking for people T0BE.000 BEED00 BEE000 - Woh!That's notenough of all for agesto writeto me,in English. Eilnlawrence, enoughMax.Backin yourcag3.0'm a comic). met0 saynow 27ThePlainsRoad,Levittown, NYI 1756, USA. (Havenlvoueverheardthetheoryatiout muchI believe puttinga monkeyin frontof a typewriter?). Hello.HowareyoudoingErin?Yousayyou in Michael. He likehelpingpeople? Ah,hownice.BecauseI hasthis charisma we allwouldliketo ôbtain. Hello! Mynameis OleSya, I'mlgyearsold.I love Forthose havea littleproblemmaybeyoucouldhelpne with.t knowsonbone- notme,somebody Michael ofyouwhohavethesamefeelingtowardthe verymuchandI knowyou lovehimtoo. Sowe couldbetruefriendsandshare Kingof Pop,andinterested in havinganything else- whoworksfor a magazineandwQo everything. You'llfinda lovingand abouthim,pleasewriteme:AboodShohatee, screwedup person thelay-outby understanding inme.I promiseto 4il1clarenton st, schenectadv, NewYork puttingsome anslveralllefters. 12308, USA. 0lesyâKrechetova,64, 17ô146 KarlMax StreetTambov;39200 0KAbood,nô'problen,butwhereis Costello? poorreadefs Russia. (Getit?)Whereis Costello? Doyouhavegorillaswhocantypein Bussia? YouarcAboodso upsidedown whereis Coslèllo? Anyway,evenif youdo,rnyMaxis still#l. We Youstilldon'tgetit?Never in hiscolumn, knowthatyou Russians mind,forgetit,thatwasjustan exislentialist invented thebear,hug Butit'snot andall.Butcanyour ioke. bearstype? lNainctùding hisfauk.Not ole" honBor is,'naturallv). at all.ltwas youarea MJ anaccident. Whatshouldhedo?Pleasehelp.- Dopeopleteaseyoubecause Thankyou. lt'sfora friend. Tan?Doesit makeyouangry?lfyouarefedup ofthisandwouldliketotellsomeone aboutit, I aman{obsessed) MJ fanandif youhave thenwriteto meandI willgladly replrTwith anyof thefollowing MJ thingswe needto somefriendly advice. Writeto:Bodene lvy,55 getin touch:I amlooking for a videotapeof Faber Park,129128 Singapore. MJ'sBadconcert,interview withoprah Howpeiectthatyoushouldwrite.Because, WinfreyandDianeSawyer, andMJ obviously.I an a MichaelJacksonfan,I am m a g a z i n eI sa.mw i l l i n g tobuyp , ossibly thebiggestMl fanof all time,in fact.Butyes, peoplemakefunofmebecauseny petgoilla, t r a d eH , e aTl h eW o r l d ! CrystafSteefe, 9026SEBobWhiteSt,Hobe Max"whogoeswithmeeverywhere, likesto Sound,FL33455, USA. wea\Iheseridiculous Bemudashottsin public,andI can?convince Whatexactlydo y1umeanwhenypusay himto dresslike lohsesâed"?Becausemayke,justnaybe,if ne (l neverleavethehousewithoutmygorilla _. youreallymeanit, I couldhookyouup with costume, bytheway).Please hetp.l0ooohmypetgorilla,Max,in exchangefor my weeee! Thatwas a good one!). published Youtoocanhaveyourpersonal message in HistoryMagazne's wackiest column. Writeto: Hlsto|' iilagatlËe."We AreTheWo.ld",P.0.Box39,Nming LakeMA,01865, USA.

It'salwayshardto saywhatone prefers for mostin a collection:|, discs,mycolor one,lovemypicture True.ButI havea special vinvls... CD fondness fortheAmerican promos. Wow!| canjustlookatthem

piece: Thisis a truemuseum-quality singlepromoof "l Just, a 7" Spanish You."lts labelis Can'tStopLoving yellow, in asareallCBSpromos which Spain, andit'sa "one-sided," onlvmusiconone thatthere's means (l include thatlittletidbit side.Duhhh! for allyouboneheads of information whowouldhavelovedto seeme untilI reveal kidnapped andtortured is hidden. wheremycollection Never! !) Butwait!Thebestisyetto come:asit savsonthealbumsleeve, singsthissong Michael in Spanish, it -Spanish in...youguessed ("Miohael This cantaenespaflol"). "Todomiamorere recordcontains version of "l Just tù,"theSpanish I should Loving You." But Can'tStop thesong bea littlemorespecific: version of "l isn'treallytheSpanish You."Nono JustCan'tStopLoving theAnglono.Notat all.lt'sactually ofthesong.Ha!And version Spanish here'swherethingsgetinteresting. in English singseverything Michael whichhesingsin exceptthechorus, version Thisis anultra-rare Spanish. 0NLYonthisdisc.An thatappears piecein anycollection. unbelievable Evenmine. I JustCan'tStopLovingYou - 7" SpanishPtomo (CBS/ EpicAri2059)

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AirC television has just offered me my own TV show, an 'MJ Col,lectors SpeciaL Hour.' to air ever'y Satur'day night at 8:50p^m' I donrt ]'lto'f'. i f f ' r n g o i n g t o a c c e p t , t h o u 5 5 h .I ' m s t i l 1 thi.nking about it. What if it's just a ruse to s t e a l m y c o l l e c t i o n ? H m m m .' . I w o u L d ' n r t b e surprised, AIso, lf I go on T\', you're all egoi.ngto }:now what I look like. N{y face wil} be e v e l v l . / h e r e .. , , P e o p l e w i l l s t a L ) : m e , t h e l e ' 1 1 be coll.ectors out there hiding in the bushes. '. Arrrghl ê:rd ttren one dey, some maniac will kid,nap me! He'lI chain me to a chair in a 1ogcabin lost in the hi1ls somewher:eand he'11' torture me rrntj.l I teI1 him wtrer"ei hide my ma,.4nificent coll.ection. Uggghl llhat a nightrnare, ltie bac!:s of rny hands are. aL1 sl?eatv just thinking about it. . . ê}rd it's all your' fau1t. ltrat's right, fotlrd Let it happen, wouldn't you? é^s long as you could get your hands on my collectionr |outd let it happen, wouldn't you? Youtd droD your defenseless correspond.ant, me, myself, Hectol, faithful moi... your. friend., wouldn't you? I }:now you wou1d. So I'm going to ma}-'eyou drobl like dogs cotr.umn' over ttiis next collector's

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themplaywithmysetof "Michael's of Pets."Underclosesuoervision ', I happento cherish course, because items, collectors' theseexceptional andif theyshouldgetsffatchedup,I I mighteven wouldbeveryunhappy. getviolen.... um,I mean,upset. f{lifi[tl.ewcRld "Michâel'sPets"area collection of the stuffedanimalsrepresenting private zoo. in Michael's animals thesingle"HealThe Theycameoutin 1987in the United U.K.to promote Sfttes,eachonein a special number World."0nlya verylimited packagecontaining with a a cassette weremade.Evenif you'rethetypeto songanda littlestory.Butno, win the lotterymorethantwicea on neither singsnorspeaks Michael wee( youstillwon'tgetthisone.So The thistape.Butit'sniceanyway. Justshutupandgo don'tbother. of "Michael's collection complete backto bed. nine animals in all: of Pets" consists HealtheWorldtitst Aid Kit (EpicU.K.Promo- 19921 Spanky there'sJabbar(thegiraffe), (the ,andMr.Bill(thedogsl,Muscles (themonkey), Louie Bubbles snake), fans Formyslightlyretarded (meaning about95%of HMreaders), (thelama),Suzie(therabbit),Uncle itemthat's Tookie(thefroglandCoolBear l'veselecteda collector's (guess Youcanseethemin who?). onthispage.I have the.illustration herein my eachof theseanimals house. All I neednowis a bunchof kidsto playwiththem(undeiclose '. Ladies, any naturally). supervision, sendmeyour Please candidates? pictures. of 0f yourcollections, c0urse... CoolBear- Michael'sPets (ldealTçys- USA1987)

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