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Friday, April 17, 2009

Goodbye, Brain! Sorry I Accidentally Exploded You!

Posted by Lindy West on Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 5:08 PM

So, I'm in L.A. for the weekend, and I just got back from touring the single most amazing place I have ever been: the Michael Jackson auction collection at the Beverly Hilton. AND MY LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.

Michael Jackson—in case you hadn't heard—accidentally got super destitute because he spent all of his money on flying carpets and gold-plated robot butlers, so he decided to auction off all his shit to raise a bunch of millions of dollars. (Or something. Please do not quote me on the details.) Except then he changed his mind and asked for the stuff back, so now there's NOT going to be an auction (boooo!), but that's not really important. What's important is that I still got to go and LOOK AT ALL THE STUFF.

THE STUFF.
IS CRAZY.
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Touring the Michael Jackson auction collection is exactly like touring the inside of MJ's baroque, gold-plated crazybrain. Turns out, the inside of MJ's baroque, gold-plated crazybrain is the most fun and wondrous place you've ever been. It's also suuuper depressing!

It's the kind of place where it's impossible to decide what to take a picture of. IMPOSSIBLE! Everything is fucked up AND totally fucked. The weirdest revelation of the day was MJ's apparent obsession with lifesize wax figures of elderly white people in folksy poses and varying bonnets. The Creepiest Piece of Furniture Award goes to "child-size chaise lounge" (for child-size reclining nude?). But the overall Best Shit Ever is CLEARLY the vast collection of MJ-themed art, for which words do not suffice. (Far too many pictures after the jump!)

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Follow me, follow me...
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A Child's Garden of Alleged Bad Touching
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A lot of the stuff is weirdly homemade/bush-league, like this Zoo sign.
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This woman was LITERALLY WEEPING in the sculpture garden, and in this photograph is tenderly pressing her cheek to the golden gates of Neverland.
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"Socks."
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"Art."
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Roddy McDowall?
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Something about this dirty mat made me sad.
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California Raisin collection.
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This was not right.
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DEAR GOD WHY WAS THE AUCTION CANCELED!?
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DEAR GOD WHY WAS THE AUCTION CANCELED!? PART TWO
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DEAR GOD WHY WAS THE AUCTION CANCELED!? PART TWO (detail)
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As far as I can tell, this one involves Peter Pan and MJ watching in horror/furtive pleasure as the Three Stooges, Kermit the Frog, the ghost of Walt Disney, and Shirley Temple all conspire to rape Charlie Chaplin.
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Edward's actual Scissorhands.
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Original paintings by Michael Jackson (top) and Macaulay Culkin (bottom). I WOULD NOT JOKE ABOUT THIS.
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See this chef guy? There were ten more like him in different outfits just lounging on the furniture all over the place. And some of them were ladies. Did MJ always dream of having whimsical white grandparents?
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Can you read this? It's a letter from Ronald Reagan expressing his condolences about that time Michael Jackson caught on fire.
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Gew! Gew gew gewww!
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"I'm a multidimensional creature..."
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Goodbye! (FOR NOW...)
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1
But if it were all auctioned off to different people, it would never be experienced all together in one place again. And when the new owners showed off one piece of it and said it was Michael Jackson's, you'd think it was just the delusional work of a dotty fan. Nobody would believe he was really that crazy without seeing the whole lot.
Posted by elenchos on April 17, 2009 at 5:16 PM
2
holy shit
Posted by Insanity Defense on April 17, 2009 at 5:20 PM
3
I'd heard that fairies dance and goblins sing, but until now I'd never seen proof.
Posted by Fnarf on April 17, 2009 at 5:24 PM
4
Hey Lindy West:
Here is a video too if you are interested in posting:
http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound…
Posted by andy roo on April 17, 2009 at 5:25 PM
5
Thank you and ohmygod! More please! More!
Posted by MadDog on April 17, 2009 at 5:26 PM
6
So I guess we know what Reagan meant when he prattled on about traditional values...

And whats with the one monster child in the third picture?
Posted by sgiffy on April 17, 2009 at 5:28 PM
7
More! More!

What the motherfucking FUCK is with the statues? of the the crazy-face redhead girls? in the glass case? with her hand up bunny's ass? Appalachian Death Camp For Kids?

And the weeping woman -- you can't design these details, they can only be handed down to you by God.

Wow. WOW. You've gone too far this, time, Lindy. I think my gums just started to bleed.
Posted by Fnarf on April 17, 2009 at 5:29 PM
8
Are the signed catalogs still for sale even though the auction is apparently closed? They were selling for $500 or so.
Posted by stinkbug on April 17, 2009 at 5:34 PM
9
Who doesn't go to view a bankrupt celebrity's possessions while wearing a red rubber dress?

That auction contains enough material, both props and story ideas, for 5,000 horror flicks. I call dibs on a movie starring the red headed statues.
Posted by keshmeshi on April 17, 2009 at 5:35 PM
10
Fine, exemplary work.
Posted by Superfrankenstein on April 17, 2009 at 5:37 PM
11
I think that I wouldn't mind too much if for one day, Slog consisted of only Michael Jackson auction items.
Posted by Julie in Eugene on April 17, 2009 at 5:38 PM
12
Does anybody else find the Sam Phillips quote scrawled on Elvis ("If I can only find a white man with a black man's sound, I could make a million dollars") really unsettling? Obviously it applies to Elvis, who got that magic by appropriating a black man's sound, but it also applies to Michael Jackson, who seems to have tried to appropriate a white man's look.

Things like this make me think he must be the loneliest guy in the world.

Posted by Mike on April 17, 2009 at 5:38 PM
13
Dear Lindy,

I.

Love.

You.

Never die.
Posted by laterite on April 17, 2009 at 5:40 PM
14
Unreal. He's even more fucked up than we imagined him to be. Creep-tastic.
Posted by arts&letters on April 17, 2009 at 5:40 PM
15
more, please! muchas gracias!
Posted by becksta on April 17, 2009 at 5:40 PM
16
And yes. Please post more pictures. I need more to gawk at.
Posted by arts&letters on April 17, 2009 at 5:43 PM
17
When he dies, hopefully soon, his carcass should just be unceremoniously dumped into a sewage treatment pool or a landfill. What a horrible human being.
Posted by your name here on April 17, 2009 at 5:47 PM
18
Roddy McDowell? As a child?

Ohhhhhh.... NOW it all makes sense.

Thank you.
Posted by MichaelPgh on April 17, 2009 at 5:47 PM
19
This is what happens to your brain when you have more money than god and have spent your entire life living outside of reality.

Then it all turns to shit and we get to see it on display.

Bizarre, thy name is Michael Jackson.
Posted by Reverse Polarity on April 17, 2009 at 5:49 PM
20
C'mon, Lindy, write the book. Somebody has to. Have you seen that documentary that Brit did a few years ago, where they wander around the world's ugliest antique store in Vegas, with Michael pointing at every single monstrosity in it, saying either "I have one of those" or "I'll have that, please". Not to mention the perv stuff -- I mean, he's the world's weirdest person even before you get to the perv stuff.

"Don't Stop Til You Get Enough" and "Shake Your Body Down To The Ground" are still the world's most perfect pop records, though, which just makes the story even better.
Posted by Fnarf on April 17, 2009 at 5:50 PM
21
@17, what a philistine. When MJ dies, his body should be covered in gold and placed on a rotating plinth with hundreds of lasers shining on it on the Mall in Washington, DC.
Posted by Fnarf on April 17, 2009 at 5:51 PM
22
I feel like I just walked thru an old-timey freak show. It was horrifying but I couldn't look away. Thank you so much for posting these - more please.
Posted by Mike in Oly on April 17, 2009 at 5:57 PM
23
my idea of hell is viewing this stuff while on a bad acid trip.
Posted by alithea on April 17, 2009 at 6:34 PM
24
I crapped my pants.
Posted by David Schmader on April 17, 2009 at 6:36 PM
25
it just makes me so happy that his costume designer just took a normal, economical sock, and then made it a bedazzled masterpiece. IT IS NOT A SPECIAL SOCK. IT IS JUST A NORMAL SOCK WITH ADORNMENTS.
Posted by meags on April 17, 2009 at 6:52 PM
26
Up until now, I really, really thought I knew what "bat-shit crazy" meant. I was wrong.
Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty on April 17, 2009 at 6:55 PM
27
i've seen graceland and pictures of liberace shit..but this joint right here?..it's the sistine chapel of crazy town. it's ...it's... it's...
...and people dropped off their kids here to play and spend the night ???.. i mean .. and this is the shit he decided to sell ? what did he get to keep ?
Posted by reverend dr dj riz on April 17, 2009 at 7:24 PM
28
Is that a huge sculpture of Michael Jackson as a cowboy in the background of the ring of children dancing?

Was the woman in red held in the Neverland prison as a child?

This MADE MY FRIDAY.
Posted by melinda on April 17, 2009 at 7:53 PM
29
Holy Shit...The California Raisins memorabilia are the least bizarre items there.

The Little Orphan Annies with the bunny rabbit hand puppet look like they are screaming to get out of that glass case. There's a creepy metaphor in there somewhere.

I recognize most of the cartoon characters in the first painting but who is the green duck in the lower right corner? And why is MJ aiming a slingshot at him?

Posted by RainMan on April 17, 2009 at 7:56 PM
30
The auctioneer's catalogs are online, so you can take a look at many more of the creepy fantastical things

( http://www.juliensauctions.com/auctions/… )
Posted by Allen on April 17, 2009 at 8:09 PM
31
I need that triptych. Oh, my.
Posted by Clio on April 17, 2009 at 8:27 PM
32
@29,

Aren't most of them Tiny Toons? So the green duck would be Plucky Duck.
Posted by keshmeshi on April 17, 2009 at 8:30 PM
33
You know, if had a lot of money, I would totally collect weird and funny things. And I could never even get close to Michael Jackson being completely serious.
Posted by marsgirl on April 17, 2009 at 8:33 PM
34
Am I the only person thinking that the gate-weeping lady looks pretty fine from behind..?
Posted by The CHZA on April 17, 2009 at 8:43 PM
35
Thanks, keshmeshi, I guess Plucky Duck and the Tiny Toons were after my time. Still wonder what's up with the slingshot. Doesn't Jocko know he could shoot someone's eye out with that thing?

I'm still marveling at the Reagan letter. It isn't every day the President of the United States writes a sympathy note to a celebrity whose hair caught on fire.
Posted by RainMan on April 17, 2009 at 8:45 PM
36
i love those socks, though.. seriously, if i had the money and the auction weren't canceled and all, they'd be on my feet right now.
Posted by jw on April 17, 2009 at 8:45 PM
37
Oh my god, you just made my month.

That was fanfuckingtastic.
Posted by Jo on April 17, 2009 at 9:44 PM
38
That's the most incredible piece of wow I've seen in a very long time.
Posted by Donolectic on April 17, 2009 at 10:11 PM
39
Wait, what the fuck, Ronald Reagan "knew from experience" that "these things can happen on set"? DID RONALD REAGAN'S HAIR CATCH ON FIRE AND I MISSED IT?

(I will have hideous nightmares about those redhead Exorcistic face-eating Orphan Zombies for the rest of my life.)
Posted by snargent pepper on April 17, 2009 at 10:19 PM
40
These photos must still be a poor representation of what it must be like to walk among that stuff. Oh, my god, Lindy, you'll have to write a full article about it.

John Waters once quoted someone else about Ike Turner, saying that he was the only person who could spend a million dollars at Woolworth's. This shows that Michael Jackson is the only person who could spend a billion dollars at a flea market.
Posted by Matt from Denver on April 17, 2009 at 10:20 PM
41
It is unfortunate that he actually had the money to flaunt his insanity whereas the millions of others of similar persuasion are just too poor to seem anything but sane.
Posted by Calvin A. McFarlane on April 17, 2009 at 10:22 PM
42
.......what do you even say to that?
Posted by chelsea wren on April 17, 2009 at 11:02 PM
43
That man is a national treasure.
Posted by HollowMan on April 18, 2009 at 2:17 AM
44
All that money, and all he bought was crap.....

This child molester is a piece of shit. He deserves nothing more then a long, miserable, lonely life, duct taped in my basement receiving meal time beatings....

"It rubs the lotion on its skin, or else it gets the hose again."

blmartech@yahoo.com
Posted by blmartech on April 18, 2009 at 4:07 AM
45
Who would've ever wanted to buy any of that shit???
Posted by DKthebridgebitch on April 18, 2009 at 4:59 AM
46
The ring of bronze children is a copy of the one in down town Stalingrad

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barmaley_Fo…

It is amazing this made it through the worst, longest fighting in world war two!
Posted by stef on April 18, 2009 at 5:33 AM
47
The man is one sick mother fucker.
Who would have that shit in the garage.
Posted by dan on April 18, 2009 at 8:02 AM
48
DUDE. THE MONSTER CHILE IN 3RD PIC IS TOTALLY WEBSTER......

DUHZHHHHHZZZZZ YO!
Posted by LAWriM0RRh0tTiEEey on April 18, 2009 at 8:37 AM
49
oh my god... listed in the same catalog for sale are a butter churn and a crystal ball. He is a walking mad lib!
Posted by I have nothing interesting to say on April 18, 2009 at 8:39 AM
50
i think the wax figures of the little girls are the Olsen twins. Oh the humanity.
Posted by Damion on April 18, 2009 at 9:15 AM
51
Please learn french before automatically assuming that "child size chaise lounge" means nude kids in a chair, it means a child size lounge chair, in fact only one word in there was french, and that's chaise. Which means chair.
Posted by ANDRE!!! on April 18, 2009 at 9:23 AM
52
"Original paintings by Michael Jackson (top) and Macaulay Culkin (bottom)."

Priceless.
Posted by dangerkitty5000 on April 18, 2009 at 10:13 AM
53
@ Andre - please read the actual post before commenting.

So yes, what a wonderful collection of junk. There are hordes of lunatic fans out there, feeling perturbed and saddened that they are never going to get their mitts on a piece of tainted trash.

Is it just me, or do most of the illustrations look like those on those travelling carnival rides?
Posted by evi on April 18, 2009 at 10:38 AM
54
The man is clearly disturbed and in desperate need of psychiatric care. I question his mental status and worry for his children.
Posted by SLM9910 on April 18, 2009 at 10:40 AM
55
@51. Calm down. Chaise lounges are frequently the furniture of choice in classic nude paintings. Therefore, a child size chaise lounge could only be used to paint a reclining nude portrait of a child. That said, ick.
Posted by marsgirl on April 18, 2009 at 10:48 AM
56
We've all heard of the man who has everything. It appears that Michael Jackson is the man who had ANYthing.

God, what a bunch of junk!
Posted by schweighsr on April 18, 2009 at 11:08 AM
57
George Washington with a jeweled glove and aviator shades... that series of portraits is amazing.
Posted by Greg on April 18, 2009 at 11:40 AM
58
they need to make a museum, and MJ can just charge people and make money that way
Posted by lewilsonn on April 18, 2009 at 12:30 PM
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OMG I'M SO JEALOUS I COULD DIE I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU GOT TO GO TO THAT!

Geezus fuck that's amazing.

This is, like, a tour of the inside of the brain of a person who spent 30+ years at the pinnacle of our popular culture. Isn't it scary? It's not that HE'S that fucked up. WE are that fucked up. Frosted and twisted and completely disconnected from reality. And bankrupt.

Dark doesn't know how to get any darker than that. Magnificent.

<3
Posted by violet_dagrinder on April 18, 2009 at 12:35 PM
60
I think they should use his whole place as a detention center for fundamental terrorists. Talk about punishment.
Posted by hamburger on April 18, 2009 at 12:35 PM
61
I WANT THAT LETTER RONALD REGAN SENT TO MICHAEL JACKSON!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by Kevin on April 18, 2009 at 12:41 PM
62
@59..
violet..i think you're on to something.
i just figgerd out that that the painting of him as peterpan is on his momofriggin car.. lindy, what kind of car is that ?
Posted by reverend dr dj riz on April 18, 2009 at 12:51 PM
63
No, @32, the green duck would be Fucky Duck.
Posted by Mud Baby on April 18, 2009 at 1:07 PM
64
@ everyone: I have more pictures. I'll post a part 2 when I get the chance.

@ 55: exactly, thanks.

@ riz: IT'S A GOLF CART! or just a miniature car. i don't know what the distinction is.
Posted by Lindy West on April 18, 2009 at 1:49 PM
65
Horribly, the first thought that came into my head was, "So what do you think Tom Cruise has in his attic?".

Obscenely rich, disconnected from reality for years, worships strange gods and practices strange rituals. Which one is crazier?
Posted by yucca flower on April 18, 2009 at 1:51 PM
66
i am befudled, amazed, disgusted, enlightened, happy, sad, jealous, nauseous, gassy, god I dont know what to think! aaaggghhh!! other than that i wish i was MJ's therapist, that person probably has almost as much money as MJ himself!
Posted by chalie on April 18, 2009 at 3:33 PM
67
How come so many people with gazzillions of dollars have such abominable taste? Oh! But the whimsical old white people are SUPER SCARY. Ha ha ha...[the auction was CANCELED?! But I had a bid on the filthy doormat!]
Posted by ooppoddoo on April 18, 2009 at 3:53 PM
68
MJ is a victim of character assassination. Job well done. He abused kids didnt he?......didnt he?
Posted by MeHere on April 18, 2009 at 4:08 PM
69
Holy smokes dude that is insane!

RT
www.privacy.pro.tc
Posted by Rollaire3 on April 18, 2009 at 4:57 PM
70
Batshit crazy, definitely. But if this stuff had been found in Andy Warhol's basement, it would have been declared evidence of genius.
Posted by eddie on April 18, 2009 at 5:05 PM
71
I'll bet that some of those paintings/sculptures are gifts from deranged fans over the years. That doesn't make *keeping* it any less deranged, but I'm just sayin'...
Posted by Jamie from Canada on April 18, 2009 at 5:11 PM
72
andy roo posted a video at the top of the comments and it gives a more detailed tour of the almost auction. simply epic. but the nightmares i will get from the bit about the MJ mural of him being dubbed king or whatever will haunt me forever. FOREVER.

but be that as it may, lindy, you are my favorite person. you made my day.

and about the redheaded child statues......can anyone say.....CHUCKY?
Posted by katie on April 18, 2009 at 7:11 PM
73
Please upload these somewhere in a higher resolution. I'm dying to have some of these as a wallpaper.
Posted by Lusy on April 18, 2009 at 8:17 PM
74
Look, the man has a commitment to blowing minds. On stage, on recordings, and in his collection of fantastically, tragically, unbelievably, abominably GLORIOUS comissioned artwork of himself. It doesn't matter how your mind gets blown, just that it gets blown.

Christ he had to wake up one day and think, "I need a painting of myself as a knight kneeling down to myself as a king, and monkeys". This didn't just HAPPEN. This was MADE.

I am jealous. When is this display over? Please, please post all your pictures.
Posted by mel63 on April 18, 2009 at 8:42 PM
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@ 36 - Ewwww! I would NEVER put my feet in socks that were on Michael Jackson's feet! Ewww!
Posted by Chris in Vancouver WA on April 18, 2009 at 8:42 PM
76
Oh, "laterite" and "meags", I laughed forever.

Even the comments on here are mind-devouring. Forever. I could. Not. Stop.
Posted by mel63 on April 18, 2009 at 8:45 PM
77
Page 96 of the catalog. . . tell me that kid doesn't look like Macaulay Culkin. Ooogie.
Posted by drgir1friend on April 19, 2009 at 1:39 AM
78
Just lock him up and throw away the key
Posted by Normal on April 19, 2009 at 3:23 AM
79
This makes me sad. I believe that he is just a normal person that went eccentric with fame and lonliness.
Posted by haggary on April 19, 2009 at 9:30 AM
80
Wow. This is what happens when you grow up as a kid watching cartoons of yourself on tv
Posted by biju on April 19, 2009 at 2:16 PM
81
Xanadu - stately home of Charles Foster Kane. Price? No man can say.
Posted by tintern109 on April 19, 2009 at 5:55 PM
82
saying all that is said -remember he thought he was a women -we buy that s**t, being rich that junk is a social status -duhhhhhhhh !ever been seen other mansions -same s**t without the wax --lol
Posted by Julie on April 19, 2009 at 6:25 PM
83
Is Michael and Janets head okay.
The doctors can be sick in the world at times and they may have sickness in their family however I need a doctor can he come see me for my kids and me.
He can get in touch with me through others.
I think he helped many kids. How much money has he and his friends raised for sick kids world wide and how many.
Michael dont touch kids. How many have you touched and how many have you and all your famous friends helped in the world financially when they were dying . Come help me I still love you but I hate you too.
Posted by C. on April 19, 2009 at 6:35 PM
84
This stuff is just too bizarre for words. MJ being there aside, I would be totally freaked to live there with that stuff. Having the eyes of those statues and paintings watching you... ugh. ::shudders::
Posted by Rachel on April 19, 2009 at 6:36 PM
85
My english is messed up. I need Michael and a doctor.
I want his help. I hate him though. My head hurts.
Does his at times. Head injury is bad. The social workers and doctors are getting to me are they getting to him to. Help Michael. It is hard having
kids. I am great. I need to see you because I am a
genius. I love you Michael but hate you two.
I would never go to your concert. I never have seen a concert in my life for many reasons.We must meet I
am beautiful youd love me. You can look ugly in some phots.
Posted by C. on April 19, 2009 at 6:45 PM
86
It's all 'shopped. I can tell from the pixels, plus I've seen some 'shops in my day.
Posted by manyolk on April 19, 2009 at 7:05 PM
87
Can You Say Pedophile
Posted by Dick Happy on April 19, 2009 at 7:27 PM
88
Actually, I totally want those scissor-hands. I loved Edward Scissorhands (the character, not the movie - most of the movie sucked).
Posted by Mal on April 19, 2009 at 8:31 PM
89
The "I'm a multidimensional creature..." painting strikes an oddly familiar and frightening resemblance to the painting of "Vigo" from Ghostbusters II
Posted by Colton Cheatle on April 19, 2009 at 8:51 PM
90
If i was an eccentric millionare id probly buy some fucked up useless shit too
Posted by XxInsanityxX on April 19, 2009 at 9:52 PM
91
this made my night. the letter from reagan is pretty awesome, but e.t. really rocks those aviators.
Posted by rae on April 20, 2009 at 12:07 AM
92
@88 *gasp* It did NOT suck! That is a false statement! Repent!
Posted by violet_dagrinder on April 20, 2009 at 2:49 AM
93
Could it possilbly still be that he was not a child molester, and just a weird person? There's certainly no crime in the latter, but MJ damn sure takes weird to a far extreme.

If however the allegations of child abuse are true, the real horror is that he got away. And if so, it's hard to find much humor in all this. At least for me.
Posted by Pixelriffic on April 20, 2009 at 10:05 AM
94
I had a migraine before I (ill-advisedly) looked at those pictures. Now I sort of feel like I've had a stroke. I got off the bus at the wrong stop and can't figure out how to exit Crazytown.
Posted by Geni on April 20, 2009 at 11:54 AM
95
@21 Fnarf is a genius.
@93 I always figured that if he really did molest children then his handlers ought to go down with him. This is a man who does not function without assistance. If he was molesting children he had lots of help getting them there, taking care of them, keeping them quiet, etc.
@Lindy. I adore you!!!!!
Posted by nicole on April 20, 2009 at 12:12 PM
96
That collection is like the perfect storm of crazy. Or the aftermath of an ether binge.
Posted by Original Monique on April 20, 2009 at 12:26 PM
97
Tudo aqui é lindo e ele merece mesmo ser coroado como rei
de elisangela para meu nenem michael jackson eu te amo beijos e fique com Deus
Posted by elisangela on April 20, 2009 at 12:45 PM
98
Absolutely amazing! A true narcisist!
Posted by Pauly on April 20, 2009 at 2:20 PM
99

A debt of gratitude to Ms. West - for posting this 'collection'. Could we have Ms Graves weigh in on the artistic merit of these works?
Posted by Chk_It on April 20, 2009 at 2:48 PM
100
I was there this weekend too - so freaking amazing! I LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT! Everyone should see this stuff!
Posted by Shannon on April 20, 2009 at 3:36 PM
101
@85: favorite slog comment of all time.
Posted by Fnarf on April 20, 2009 at 4:58 PM
102
Woooooo.......
Posted by christine W on April 20, 2009 at 6:31 PM
103
Ummmm.......so what exactly did you find exciting enough to warrant your breathless posts?

Would you pay $30 million for a mason jar full of piss and a turd? Much of his "art" is no worse than what the wealthy class(less?) collect. You need to get out more often. You're not getting enough sun.
Posted by Lost in Thought on April 20, 2009 at 9:58 PM
104
No, it's not true that this is no worse than any other wealthy people's collections, because all this 'art' is about HIM. It's a big ego-trip which he was unfortunately able to afford.

While other rich people do also spend fortunes on collecting ugly or questionable 'art' works, they don't normally commission art based mainly on their own physical form, with the sole aim of personal aggrandisement. That's what makes it all weird.

Those socks - I may have to make some now.
Posted by Seagy on April 21, 2009 at 12:23 AM
105
Just damn. I think I saw those little red-haired girls in a George Romero movie piping "Brains! Brains!"
Posted by Tim on April 21, 2009 at 9:11 AM
106
i haven't been so weirded out and laughed this hard at the same time, ever.

the conspired rape of charlie chaplin FTW!!!
Posted by jane a. on April 21, 2009 at 1:53 PM
107
damm first his hair then his skin now neverland.........daggone !
Posted by SteelCityIdol on April 21, 2009 at 2:15 PM
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Has anyone else noticed that Dan's stealing the top ten on SLOG again?
Posted by Will in Seattle on April 21, 2009 at 5:38 PM
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After i saw that, i'm convinced, that Jacko should be put in lunatc asylum till the end of his life.
Posted by Mary on April 22, 2009 at 5:03 AM
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yikes!
Posted by planetjanetem on April 22, 2009 at 2:13 PM
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one man's trash in another man's treasure i guess...
Posted by domino on April 22, 2009 at 3:20 PM
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I noticed the socks right off too. It's just so cool. Why buy Michael's when you can go to Fred Meyers and get everything to make your own.
Posted by mikemos on April 22, 2009 at 6:39 PM
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Auntie Em Auntie Em! Holy Batshit! All the stories of the madness are indeed true. Captain Nut Job should be forced to auction all this crapola off. Donate the proceeds to charity! Come the fuck on! What is he so afraid of? Why doesn't he want this stuff sold? He's obviously a classic hoarder and has a shopping addiction, among other addictions, like having so many plastic surgeries he has no more real nose left. If he is indeed out of money and is going to have to play dozens if not hundreds of concerts to make back his fortune and pay off his deep debts, then he should also sell off this creep show sideshow menagerie as well. I just bet he is so afraid of having the public's 'cooties' all over his belongings, though. Just like all people with a hoarding and or shopping addiction, YOU HAVE TO SELL IT OFF OR THROW IT AWAY EVENTUALLY! You cannot keep it all forever.

I agree some of the stuff pictured is just downright creepy! Ewww!

Some of it does obviously have some financial value, but a lot of it is just trash. MJ is just like the rest of us. He has trash that needs to be thrown out, too.

Scary trash, but it's still trash. I hope he gets the help he so fucking desperately needs, the PSYCHO!

Posted by j. frank parnell on April 22, 2009 at 7:30 PM
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Now I actually feel normal
Posted by Lumpi3 on April 22, 2009 at 7:59 PM
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What are you people looking at that you find so weird and fucked? Or is it because the idiot who wrote this told you it was? Do you watch a Disney film and think that's fucked because you see children? Sounds like your own issue.
Posted by Jamal Iverson on April 22, 2009 at 8:04 PM
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The fucked person is Linda, there were thousands of things there,but for some reason she tried to make something out of this stuff. It's a reflection that Linda is fucked up and no doubt ugly as shit. White people are so fucking stupid.
Posted by MsTisha on April 22, 2009 at 8:08 PM
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He sucks penis.

Kids penis.
Posted by sdgasghd on April 23, 2009 at 2:52 AM
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@60 for chief of defense
Posted by niall on April 23, 2009 at 3:17 AM
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The Cub Scouts kicked Sick-o Mich-o out because he was up to two packs a day. I wonder how many Boy Toy's the Arabs are giving The Sultan Of "Twink" to play with. Whether or not Michael is a PED or not has still not been proven in a court of law, BUT the crazy ass photo's of this delusional whack-o should tell you that sanity left him stranded about four exits ago.
Posted by CrazySquid on April 23, 2009 at 4:19 AM
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Okay, I've just realized that I'm sitting here with my mouth literally hanging wide open. Thank you for posting these pictures. I've never seen 'mentally disturbed' represented in 3D before. And I need to go wash my brain. The creep factor in this small group of pictures is off the scale. Is that how MJ saw himself? As a white boy being crowned king, ranked alongside presidents and cartoon characters, and leading all the happy little children, fairies and gnomes any pedophile could want? I'd love to see more pictures of this, and I hope you do post them, but right now I have to go look at what's on my shelves and hope there's nothing approaching even slightly wierd. I'll never look at a little butterfly-winged fairy the same way. It's the bin for you, wings, and take that unicorn with you!

The word for the day is eeewwwwww!
Posted by desert hippie on April 23, 2009 at 8:50 AM
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that one painting with his smile and that slingshot is creeeeeeeeepy
Posted by SteelCityIdol on April 23, 2009 at 9:26 AM
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the ego sure shows with the crowns and that one of him and the others of important history with his shades on like E.T lol wow i wanna see more pics too no wonder he never let anyone take pics there
Posted by SteelCityIdol on April 23, 2009 at 9:28 AM
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LOL @ #27! I know! Its like one of those giant hamburgers they challenge you to finish off at some diner off the highway. You have no idea where to start and every angle you approach it just presents you with another challenge. It's fucked up on multiple levels. Just when you get your brain around one part there are more loose threads that only lead you to the conclusion that no sane mind could ever generate a complete picture of just how foaming at the mouth mad Michael Jackson really is. When he dangled the kid out the window a few years back that's when I knew it was a wrap!
Posted by Tony on April 23, 2009 at 9:52 AM
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Ok, he's too insane to be a child molester. He's like Doc Manhattan from Watchmen somehow, probably including a blue penis.
Posted by none on April 23, 2009 at 3:22 PM
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He's one sick fu**
Posted by Woodman on April 23, 2009 at 4:00 PM
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I presume Michael comissioned that fantastic sequinned glove montage (or was it perhaps a 'gift' from one of his artistically inclined followers ?)

Words really fail to do that incredible picture any justice......it is , quite simply, a supreme masterpiece of unintentional comic genius.

If Mad Mike wants to flog it , I would definitely be interested .

My life would be complete if I owned that.
Posted by SavingUp on April 23, 2009 at 5:08 PM
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It's all material. I'm glad he got what he sowed. He reaped what he sowed. Because of Michael Jackson? I couldn't do a Beatles Song in the Style of music I do. That's why I'm glad he is in Trouble. good for his ass. I wouldn't buy any of this stuff. It all belongs in a Dusty Museum along with him. Because of him? a record I was on was Shelved. It tarnished my musical career somewhat and made me lose wages causing me to lose wages. So i'm glad that he's going through what he needs to go through. He should have paid it forward back then? and let me do what I was going to do. The Philosophy was and always is? You make me look good? and I'll make you look good. You should never step on people's toes going up because you see them when you come back down. He didn't follow these precepts opting to be selfish.
Posted by Ronald Baro on April 23, 2009 at 6:33 PM
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Thank you for this.
Posted by Cole Christensen on April 23, 2009 at 8:36 PM
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okay... this comes via a radio DJ in LA.. specifically KFI. He had gone to the auction/display and was told .. via someone who would know MJ had a lot of those statues around.. in different clothes... so he would "never feel alone" YA know... I still kinda feel sorry for the guy... He never really had a child hood..and an abusive father.. Probably odd growing up being THE Micheal Jackson. Granted, there is no excuse for some of his behavior.. but.. it is more sad than creepy to me...
Posted by madhypnotist on April 23, 2009 at 10:52 PM
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On the coffee table, it breaks the ice at any get-together:

Michael Jackson Public Exhibition Five Catalog Box Set:

http://www.juliensauctions.com/shop/inde…

$200

Posted by d1lemma on April 24, 2009 at 5:04 AM
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@34: you're not the only one. i instantly thought she needed comforting. vigorous, energetic, horizontal comforting!
Posted by pad lok on April 24, 2009 at 6:14 AM
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What I see is a love for kids. What's wrong with that? He is an artist with more money than he can spend, and he is expressing his individuality with it. There is nothing weird about him at all. He was never convicted of molesting children and in this country that is supposed to mean he's innocent. But it really doesn't does it, he's guilty just because he was accused by some failure who wanted his money. Crucify him I say, if it would make you feel better about your own failures.
Posted by Brett on April 25, 2009 at 9:15 AM
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This is the freakiest collection of random weird art I've ever seen. It's tragic, yet you can't look away.
Posted by e cigarette on April 25, 2009 at 9:49 AM
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I peed in a cat once
Posted by DarkSock on April 25, 2009 at 2:30 PM
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Up until now, I really, really thought I knew what "bat-shit crazy" meant. I was wrong.

~Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty on April 17, 2009 at 6:55 PM

lmfao.
Posted by joeDacks on April 26, 2009 at 2:37 PM
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There were alot of fascinating and very interesting items at the Julien's Michael Jackson Neverland Valley Ranch auction. Much better than Graceland and I am surprised that someone didn't purchase the whole lot to do just that. Not as much tacky stuff as you would imagine. The FX molds of his face are very different to say the least.

Several hundred HQ pictures here
http://www.jlaforums.com/album.php - just scroll down to the MJ Photo Gallery Section.
Posted by Bobby Ewing on April 28, 2009 at 12:59 PM
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Renata Nummela Caine
Had a tuchis as big as a plane
When she sat on my hat
It went flatter than flat
Renata is such a big pain!
Posted by Renata Nummela Caine on April 29, 2009 at 12:38 PM
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During Lent we are urged to make fast
We are never supposed to molest
But Michael's a big pederast
Wants weenies instead of suck breast!
Posted by Mike Loves the Weenie on April 29, 2009 at 12:41 PM
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He's the king when it comes to making music....but come on!!!!

All he needs is someone to suck his dick!! and look like to the world he is gay.
Posted by Alexander on April 29, 2009 at 9:20 PM
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OMFG! I have chefs sitting in my living room too, but they are....nude cows that fly around chasing spiders in their wonder wheels! Oh damn, I am MJ....nope nevermind, just a white guy that used to be black!
Posted by Stephen Ackart on April 30, 2009 at 3:01 PM
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this shit should all be destroyed and dumped into the sea along with him, all his records, videos and anything else evident of him so that we and our future generations will not see how foolish our society was for putting a sick child molester up where he was.
Posted by the voice of reason on April 30, 2009 at 5:53 PM
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"Art" is definitely correct. I wonder what his entire thought process was when purchasing all this crap.
Posted by jstema on April 30, 2009 at 7:27 PM
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should've had the cast he had on his foot when he got 'bit by a spider' (this is what mike said when asked in a news conference what was wrong with his foot as it had a large cast set upon it... it went:

"what happened to your foot michael?"

michael replied

"a spider bit meee"

i heard no more as i was too busy laughing.
Posted by Gerald Tulip on May 1, 2009 at 8:13 AM
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It amazes me how people talk to damn much. Who the fuck are you to judge. Reading most of the comments I would say you guys and the one that took the photos are fucked up. What is really weird is when people like you guys have nasty thing's to say about one man's life or anybody's for that matter which doesn't affect you in any way. How fucked up and crazy that is. My advice to you, if you're not perfect yourself then just shut the fuck up already. People that can is just laughing at you, trust me.
Posted by Kez on May 2, 2009 at 10:46 AM
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I personally am disturbed over the vast...collections of children statues, cartoon characters, and all other stuff we would depict with childhood.
Posted by anonymous on May 2, 2009 at 2:09 PM
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Wow! Thanks for sharing all that. How absurdly bizarre. jan
Posted by Snippety Gibbet on May 2, 2009 at 6:01 PM
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This man needs to be shot for the good of mankind.
Posted by Ravenix on May 10, 2009 at 2:19 PM
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"This man needs to be shot for the good of mankind."

A fitting epitaph.
Posted by JohnGallagher on June 26, 2009 at 1:26 AM
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I agree!(With John Gallagher) (What sucks is , we won't see anything but MJ on t.v for 6 months!)
Posted by slither99@yahoo.com on June 27, 2009 at 7:03 AM
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I think Rick James said it best; "He's a super freak, super freak, he's super freaky now!"
Posted by Anthony Walker on June 28, 2009 at 12:46 AM
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Your comments are sick! I feel sorry for all of you. I feel shame to be a part of human raise ...because same type of "animals' could let such an incredible talent go down. Number 17 and 21 ( I couldn't get trough more than 30 of those comments ) I hope you feel shame. SHAME ON YOU and millions of others who were laughing at MJ. It's now more than a month after when this link was posted and your word became the truth. MJ is dead now and we all miss him a lot. He was an individual he changed peoples life not "only" by creating magnificent music and giving an inspiration to others but he helped lots of children. All of you SHAME on you because you all throw the rock having hearts full of bad intentions. Who gave you rights to judge him !!! Were you there did you see him doing anything bad to all of these children who were visiting his property? You judged him when he was alive and God will judge you in heaven. Nobody cares about kid who thanks to MJ got a new liver and could enjoy his life. Nobody cares for the fact that he was good and everything what he was doing was coming straight from bottom of his heart. People prefer to read cheap magazines and believe hyenas more than one man who was trying to send a message to all of us ... We can change our world starting from ourselves.
I feel sorry for all of you. I am sorry WE ARE SORRY millions of fans all over the planet who miss him a lot ... WE ARE SORRY MICHAEL THAT WE COULDN'T MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE FOR YOU. R.I.P. s_like_sweet@wp.pl
Posted by s_like_sweet on July 1, 2009 at 7:44 AM
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human race... for rest of the grammar mistakes I would like to apologize. At least I was trying to do my best and I think that's what matters the most. Cheers
Posted by s_like_sweet on July 1, 2009 at 7:51 AM
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Here's some exciting news! Did you hear? They're auctioning off a rare Michael Jackson glove, worn in the 1984 Victory Tour!! Here's the official page: http://www.profilesinhistory.com/new/ind…
Posted by MJsBiggestFan on August 28, 2009 at 6:09 PM
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Rip to every how died this year

Regrds, Sildenafil Citrate
Posted by Marlena on September 22, 2009 at 3:09 AM

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