The remainder of the video is here:

(this finale is probably the best part, it’s chopped off in Google Video, seek the whole thing online and you shall find.)

There was another documentary that was being filmed around the time of the infamous Martin Bashir documentary back in 2002 (the one which diminished his career further and landed him in court again.)  Louis Theroux is an amazing documentarist, whose most viewed venture is the time he spent with the Phelps family.  The above documentary never made it big because Bashir/ITV paid more money to that trickster Uri Geller.  If Louis were allowed to interview Jackson, the outcome would have been a lot fairer as he seemed like a genuine fan.  Listen to Geller lie through his teeth, saying that he’s afraid the interviewer will take advantage of Michael Jackson.

In this documentary, Theroux goes in search of an interview with Jackson.  Highlights include:

• Interview with Terry George – An entrepreneur who claims Jackson tried to have phone sex with him when they were teenagers.  The tape of Jackson & George talking is my favourite part.
• Brief appearance of Oliver.
• Uri Geller tell Louis Theroux (from a Jewish background) how Jewish weddings work!
• Clips of E Casanova (terrible Jackson impersonator) & lots of interaction with his daft manager Majestic Magnificent, seriously dodgy character.
• Jackomania in London & Germany.

Perhaps, the most scary thing that happens in the documentary is the interview with Michael’s father, Joe Jackson.  This is definitely the route into understanding Michael in his later years.  It tells more than any interview with Michael ever would.  Can you imagine having to deal with Joe Jackson as a child?   He isn’t one bit remorseful for his actions when The Jacksons were younger and is only interested in his own success. He hints at the fact that Michael enjoyed gaining financially by telling tales of abuse at the hands of his father. Watch his reaction when Louis insinuates that Michael might be a homosexual in the youtube clip.

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One of my favourite bands at the moment, as proved by my last.fm profile are ‘The Cribs.’  It’s kind of hard to describe their music or fit it into a specific genre but whatever magic they created in the past, they’re adding to it by introducing Sir Johnny Marr to the line-up.

I’ve deliberately stayed away from their new music because I want to be able to enjoy it when I have the free time.  I’ll link ye anyways in case ye can’t wait.  There is the first single, Cheat On Me (youtube)  & We Were Aborted (youtube).  The new album is titled ‘Ignore the Ignorant’ and set to be released on September 7th 2009.  The Cribs also play Dublin on September 21st and I really hope to be able to go as I want to see Marr before I die (I saw the other good Smith last year.)  More information on the gig at ticketmaster here.  See other tour dates on The Cribs homepage here.

Enter Buzzword; enter everyone jumping on the bandwagon,  Enter Twitter. The Maccabees don’t really get it (sorry, too commercial), Calvin Harris is a tad annoying and the Futureheads absolutely rock at it (all members of the band post and not focused on selling their music.)  The Cribs could also be a bit less commerical but I’m not bothered ‘cos I love them so much. >.<

The Cribs seem to have really grasped the concept of user generated media/content, or else some smart person at iLike (their software developer) convinced them this was the way to go.  Either way The Cribs loyal fan base are doing alot of promotional work for them (and alot of them probably don’t know they are.)

Like Skittles before them, this application features a “Twitter and Fan Wall” which displays:

• All of the band’s tweets from their official Twitter account.
• A Twitter search going for the string “The Cribs” which shows all mentions of the band in the Twittoverse.
• A fan wall which displays photos that their fans have taken and messages from them.

Imagine a non Cribs fan stumbling upon this application and seeing what a dedicated fan base they have and after taking a look at some of their videos.  What are the chances they’ll click the little banner  at the bottom to download the song from iTunes? Well, alot higher than if the application weren’t there.  This handy little application is building up a nice little fan network for the group.

And what about being indie?

Well… there’s no major record label here chucking money into music videos and 100ft statues of The Cribs floating down the Thames.  Also, since iTunes killed the record shop star, it’s only apt that The Cribs provide a link to iTunes.  If Twitter had been around in the time of The Smiths, I’m sure this is a route they would have chosen.  Be Safe.

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Check-Out This Screen Capture I took from ‘Inside The Smiths.’  What a difference eh?

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