King of the Seven Oceans (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
So about a month ago or so, a new guy showed up at Watsons by the name of Shaun Banks. Now, one of the very first things I learned about Mr Banks was that he can moonwalk. He taught himself when he was 11 apparantly. I think he might be starting to regret it. We keep making him do it. It's really cool though, because he pulls it off really well. He is actually amazing at it so it's like wow....
Knowledge Is Necessity (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
The following is a continuation of Me, Captain Ahab, and the Anterior Cingulate Cortex: The year - 1971. Location - the moon. After 23 hours with no sleep, Apollo 15’s two moonwalkers were back in their command module in lunar orbit, preparing for their return home. Back in Houston 240,000 miles away, ground controllers picked up anomalous EKG readings from one of the astronauts....
TechDigest (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
It's a well known fact that Jackson was a big Sega fan, visiting their headquarters at least once and allowing his likeness to be used in the Sega-exclusive Moonwalker game. Many have suggested that while the composing sessions likely did take place, Sega distanced themselves from the pop star following the first wave of child abuse allegations.
Kotaku (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Late pop star Michael Jackson had a fairly close relationship with Sega, lending his image to Space Channel 5 and Michael Jackson's Moonwalker. Jackson was also rumored to have contributed to Sonic...
Transpontine (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
As discussed here before, there might not be a proper cinema anymore in the borough of Lewisham, but there's still a strong film culture. Latest to launch a film night is the Amersham Arms in New Cross. They're starting out next Tuesday (8th Dec.) with two films. At 8 pm it's Moonwalker (Michale Jackson movie), followed at 10 pm by Stir Crazy It's free, plus buy one cocktail get the second for...
