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Michael Jackson 'converts to Islam and changes name to Mikaeel' - Telegraph

jen1979 — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:09:37 -0000

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Michael Jackson 'converts to Islam and changes name to Mikaeel'

Michael Jackson has reportedly become a Muslim and changed his name to Mikaeel.

By Graham Tibbetts

Last Updated: 10:33AM GMT 21 Nov 2008

Michael Jackson wore an abaya, a traditional Arab women's veil, in Bahrain Photo: REUTERS

The singer, who was raised as a Jehovah's Witness, converted to Islam in a ceremony at a friend's house in Los Angeles.

He is said to have sat on the floor and worn a small hat while an imam officiated.

According to The Sun, the ceremony took place while Jackson, 50, was recording an album at the home of Steve Porcaro, a keyboard player who composed music on his Thriller album.

The former Jackson 5 star was counselled by David Wharnsby, a Canadian songwriter, and Phillip Bubal, a producer, who have both converted.

A source said Jackson had appeared a "bit down" and added: "They began talking to him about their beliefs, and how they thought they had become better people after they converted. Michael soon began warming to the idea.

"An imam was summoned from the mosque and Michael went through the shahada, which is the Muslim declaration of belief."

Last year his brother, Jermaine Friday, suggested Jackson would convert having taken an interest in Islam since Friday's conversion in 1989.

"When I came back from Mecca I got him a lot of books and he asked me lots of things about my religion and I told him that it's peaceful and beautiful," said Friday.

"He read everything and he was proud of me that I found something that would give me inner strength and peace.

"I think it is most probable that Michael will convert to Islam.

"He could do so much, just like I am trying to do. Michael and I and the word of God, we could do so much."

ShareNow - worldwidepr's Blog - On the Mike with Mike Sherman is Going Global

setomorp — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:35:51 -0000

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Mike Sherman Productions signs a three-year contract with Global Broadcasting Company to broadcast its premier music lifestyle television show across the world

Delray Beach, Florida : Mike Sherman Productions, Inc that produces “On the Mike with Mike Sherman”, one of the nation’s premier music lifestyle television shows, will be taking its show to the rest of the world from Jan 1, 2009.

PJ Harvey White Chalk Review

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SMASHING PUMPKINS' CORGAN To Fans: 'We Don't Know What The f--k you want from us!!! Video!!

tourready — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:34:29 -0000

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Hear Guns 'N' Roses' Chinese Democracy In Its Entirety Now :: MegaPlatinum Entertainment

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'Lost' Beatles track could finally be heard - CNN.com

jen1979 — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:52:59 -0000

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November 16, 2008 -- Updated 1609 GMT (0009 HKT)

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'Lost' Beatles track could finally be heard

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Paul McCartney ponders releasing "lost" Beatles track, "Carnival of Light"
1967 recording long considered too experimental for mainstream audiences
Track has acquired mythical status among Beatles fans
Track features discordant sound effects, church organ, gargling, shouting
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LONDON, England (CNN) -- A "lost" Beatles track recorded in 1967 and performed just once in public could finally be released, according to Paul McCartney.

Beatles Paul McCartney, left, and Ringo Starr, right, with Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison.

"Carnival of Light" -- a 14-minute experimental track recorded at the height of the Beatles' musical experimentations with psychedelia and inspired by avant-garde composers such as Karlheinz Stockhausen -- has long been considered too adventurous for mainstream audiences.

In an interview for BBC radio, McCartney said his bandmates and their producer George Martin had vetoed its inclusion on the exhaustive 1990s "Anthology" collection, according to UK's The Observer newspaper.

McCartney confirmed he still owned the master tapes, adding that he suspected "the time has come for it to get its moment," The Observer reported. "I like it because it's the Beatles free, going off piste," McCartney said.

Almost everything recorded by the Beatles from their early days in Liverpool and Hamburg to their break-up in 1970 has been released to meet insatiable public appetite for anything to do with the legendary Liverpool quartet.

In the 40 years since its recording, "Carnival of Light" has acquired near mythical status among Beatles fans who argue that the existence of the track provides evidence of the group's experimental ambitions beyond their commercially successfully pop career.

The improvised work features distorted electric guitars, discordant sound effects, a church organ and gargling interspersed with McCartney and John Lennon shouting random phrases like "Barcelona" and "Are you all right?"

McCartney would need the consent of Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, and George Harrison's widow, Olivia Harrison, to release the track.

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The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time : Rolling Stone

jen1979 — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:12:06 -0000

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