Malcolm McLaren 1946-2010 R.I.P.

When I found out last week he died I debated on a post.

Not that the late Mr. McLaren doesn't deserve a bit of write-up but too many legends are dying and I don't want this blog to be only for obituaries.

Michael Jackson, me and Amsterdam

Back in 1996 I got the chance to go to Amsterdam for a week. The company that I worked for was sending the IT director to a seminar/conference in Rotterdam. She ask if I wanted to go and spend 4 of the 6 days in Amsterdam and all I had to pay for was the airfare, I would be housed on the company's dime, unknown to them.
This was my first and only trip outside the US.

My last couple of days there I noticed a smattering of people hanging at a hotel, I asked someone what was up and she said that Michael Jackson was staying there. Later on I saw a dude dressed as MJ waiting outside with everyone else.

On the 5th day before I was heading back to the US, that evening MJ was leaving the hotel, I happened to snap these unimpressive images.

1. The fans
2. Two Dutch bike cops
3. MJ approaches
4. Make room
5. He's in there

Well, he didn't stop the car and asked me if i wanted to join him for dinner, 13 years later he dies. Karma's a bitch.

I have know idea what happened to the images, I spent way to much time arranging these in photoshop. I'll re-do them later.

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David Carradine dead at 72

David Carradine, the actor of the movie "Kill Bill" died from an apparent suicide yesterday (June 3rd 2009) in Bangkok. I was a huge fan of the "Kung Fu" series back in the '70's when i was a young grasshopper. I always though he was a really good actor, even in the shlock movies he made in the late '70's and '80's like "Death Race 2000" (1975), but it was in "Kill Bill" that i thought he shined. I was hoping that more roles in indie films would come his way and show a new generation what this actor was capable of.

He has been in well over 200 TV and films roles.

He will be greatly missed.

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