{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Sgwrs Tei Bow","provider_url":"http:\/\/52.19.228.105\/cy","author_name":"Clarke Roberts","author_url":"http:\/\/52.19.228.105\/cy\/author\/clarke-roberts\/","title":"Would Michael have ever thrilled again? | Bow Tie Talks","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"rsLI8Wr2yp\"><a href=\"http:\/\/52.19.228.105\/cy\/2012\/09\/05\/would-michael-have-ever-thrilled-again\/\">A fydde Michael wedi cyffroi eto byth?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"http:\/\/52.19.228.105\/cy\/2012\/09\/05\/would-michael-have-ever-thrilled-again\/embed\/#?secret=rsLI8Wr2yp\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Would Michael have ever thrilled again?&#8221; &#8212; Bow Tie Talks\" data-secret=\"rsLI8Wr2yp\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=http:\/\/52.19.228.105\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>","description":"Good evening friends, hope you&#8217;re all swell. It&#8217;s been a fair old while since I posted and to be honest, it&#8217;s with good reason! I&#8217;ve been working full time and chipping away at my dissertation for third year (yes, I am already working on it) so I haven&#8217;t really managed to find a spare moment to sit down with my laptop and write something. Seeing as though I managed to get away from work early this evening &#8211; a first for a long time &#8211; I thought I&#8217;d share my thoughts and opinions on something I read in the\u00a0i today; it&#8217;s also been reported on the\u00a0BBC\u00a0website but seeing as though I want to sound far more intellectual than I probably am, we&#8217;ll just pretend I saw it in the newspaper first. So according to the article found in the\u00a0i today (4th September 2012), correspondence from AEG Live &#8211; the promoters for Michael Jackson&#8217;s ill-fated\u00a0This Is It concert series &#8211; has been leaked, the contents of which will undoubtedly have the Jackson fan-base asking many questions. The emails\/letters\/whatever they are, are thought to reveal the concerns of the concert promoters surrounding Michael Jackson&#8217;s health and mental state prior to announcing the 50-date residency at London&#8217;s O2 Arena in March 2009. Quotes cited in the\u00a0i reveal that Jackson was an &#8220;emotionally paralysed mess&#8221; who demonstrated &#8220;strong signs of paranoia, anxiety and obsessive behaviour&#8221;; the term &#8220;basket case&#8221; is also referenced. Now, many of you know that I am an avid fan of Michael Jackson (I even had tickets to one of the\u00a0This Is It shows) and thus, defending the man dubbed the King of Pop by many often comes with the territory &#8211; but this time, I&#8217;m not so sure a quick-fire defence is on the cards. In my honest opinion, there are two possible explanations concerning the veracity of these reports. The first such theory, which is endorsed by the cynic within me, believes that this story is nothing more than a tool used by the Estate of Michael Jackson to inject the superstar&#8217;s name back into the media limelight. With the upcoming release of the\u00a0Bad 25th\u00a0Anniversary\u00a0package on the 18th September, what better promotional tool than to have the British Press talking about the artist you&#8217;re trying to sell? This tactic has been seen so many times throughout Michael Jackson&#8217;s turbulent career. Remember that story about the oxygen chamber? Lies. And the time you thought he was going to buy the Elephant Man&#8217;s bones? Again, lies. All methods of increasing publicity to get the star noticed; one only has to look at the record sales around the time of his death &#8211; Michael Jackson, in 2009, sold more records in said year alone than throughout his entire career! Why? Because the story was in the newspapers, on the radio and on the TV every day for about two weeks. Another factor which lends itself to this first theory is this: http:\/\/youtu.be\/vapJSLP9yP8\u00a0&#8211; Give that a watch, and tell me Michael Jackson looks [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/www.industryallaccess.com\/access\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Ebony-Magazine-Photoshoot-michael-jackson-7374896-360-480.jpg"}