#Conrad Murray

[doyouknowthismusical]

[nqbuddy]

Exceptional beats with a modern twist that shows child exploitation is not just history

Review of Michael Rosen’s Unexpected Twist, Royal and Derngate, Northampton As latecomers were still taking their seats, two young male actors appear in front of the curtain to beatbox a message – this show has no instruments other than voice. And boy, do they use that voice well. Musical director Conrad Murray and song writer Yaya Bey’s work with a cast of incredible multitalented actors is the…

[stevescoles]

Exceptional beats with a modern twist that shows child exploitation is not just history

Review of Michael Rosen’s Unexpected Twist, Royal and Derngate, Northampton As latecomers were still taking their seats, two young male actors appear in front of the curtain to beatbox a message – this show has no instruments other than voice. And boy, do they use that voice well. Musical director Conrad Murray and song writer Yaya Bey’s work with a cast of incredible multitalented actors is the…

[39dreams]

Remembering Michael Jackson 13 Years Later

One of Michael Jackson’s last pictures On this day June 25, 2009, barely three weeks before the much and his first “This is it” show was due to begin in London with all concerts sold out, World’s greatest and famous singer known as the King of Pop, Michael Jackson died from complications arising from acute cardiac arrest caused by overdose of Propofol with a contributory effect of…

[the-laridian]

The final character for my first round of Six Fanarts: Murray from Monkey Island! Turns out skulls are trickier than they look. Anyway Murray's on his board floating on the water, and threatening people like he always does. 

This was a lot of fun and I think I'll do another one soon :)

[cupidmydarling]

Summer is for jumping fandoms like a rabbit on crack.

[badmovieihave]

Bad movie I have Stripes 1981

[accuratepicuresofanthropologists]

"Coordinated Investigation of Micronesian Anthroplogy (CIMA) team in Honolulu en route to Micronesia, 1947. CIMA was funded mainly by the U.S. Navy. Front row, left to right: Saul Riesenberg, Melford Spiro, William Lessa, Rupert Murrill, Ward Goodenough.

Back row, left to right: Frank LeBar, Raymond Murphy, Alicia Joseph, unknown woman, Veronica Murray, George P. Murdock, Joseph Weckler, Conrad Bentzen."

Via the NAS obit of Spiro

[boricuacherry-blog]

After Jackson's death, and there was a trial involving his doctors, his long-time dermatologist Dr. Arnie Klein sat down for an interview with Harvey Levin of TMZ. Here are some excerpts:

I wrote a book on heroin addiction in England, and also administered Demerol to Jackson for procedures on his face, for anesthetic purposes, I think that he was, yes, a drug addict. There's no question. But not to Demerol, that was just needed for facial surgery. I would say Demerol is non-toxic. Demerol becomes a stimulant to them, so they don't have the narcotizing effect. It's not like morphine or dilaudid or those drugs and that's what I like about it. I've treated heroin addicts for a period in England, where they get sterile heroin to use. They've used sterile heroin for decades, and they've never gotten sick from it. If they knew how to administer the stuff properly, they didn't have any collapsed veins anywhere.

On Michael meeting Dr. Murray:

When Michael met Dr. Murray through Joe [Jackson], he strangely called me up and asked me if I thought Afro-American black doctors are good doctors. As an Orthodox Jew, I just said it doesn't matter the color, just the quality of the doctor....and I never saw Dr. Murray's presence. I celebrated Christmas Eve with Michael, I saw Grace [his nanny], all the waiters, people who worked there, but I also never saw Michael's family. I mean, in all the years I've known Michael, I've never.....I've met Janet once and I've never seen a member of his family at the house and I've only ever heard him call a member of his family in my presence once, and don't forget he's lived at my house. Dr. Hoefflin accused me and Debbie [Rowe], my nurse of giving Michael too much Demerol, but that is untrue. Debbie is quoted as saying she injected Michael repeatedly with Demerol in my office, but if she did I wasn't there. She could have done it, she's treated him many times, but I'm not always there with her. She's posed for nude pictures in my office. Do you think I allowed that to happen? Do you think I really ran a Playboy thing? Anything she did in my office I cannot be held responsible for.

On Michael's plastic surgeries:

Michael was obsessed with his looks. He had extreme dysmorphia, but you also have to understand he viewed his face as a work of art - an ongoing work of art. He wanted people to see him and pee in their pants. That's what he told me. He was also a performer, and he could manipulate himself to get anyone to give him practically anything. I did have to rebuild his nose, because he had so much surgery done on it. It was totally recollapsed so I had to have it reconstructed. I spent weekends just working on his face. Do you know how hard it is to rebuild a face? His face was caved in when he did the Bashir documentary [from another doctor] so I had him undergo a facial filling procedure with Restylane.

On Michael's family:

He had no family relationship. Michael loved [his mother] Katherine but the strange part of it was he never talked to her on the phone when I was around but, I mean, he told me he loved his mother and I think..while everyone thinks this woman is so perfectly pure, when there...I was worried that the family would steal all the money because I think that's what they're there for. Katherine keeps going, asking for money, isn't she?

On Jordie's description of Michael's genitals:

He liked to urinate in front of people. He pees in whatever's available. He always has. I've known him all this time. You know, he pees in a cup. I mean, he has a way of...I guess he was raised in a situation where they used to pee in a cup. I mean, I know a very famous country singer who used to pee in the bed because that's the only way she could keep herself warm at night in the country. He would pee in a cup right in front of my nurse, so she could describe his penis well. She asked me, 'Does he always do that?' And I said he's been known to pee in a cup. He didn't want to have to run off into the bathroom because he didn't like to walk in hallways and be recognized. So I think the description of his penis is not room for conviction. It didn't really bother me, you know, because I figured he was just peeing in a cup. I don't think Michael viewed himself as an adult.

He continued:

You know, he loved to play video games, he loved toys. God knows how many toys he's given me. Tons and tons of toys, you know, to play with. So I would have more toys, more cameras, things I would never know how to operate because I'd get bored reading the manuals. He used to have this video game room full of all these video toys. And he'd take me on a carnival, on this ride, this big ship that moved back and forth. He'd throw gumballs at me, he'd throw M&M's at me. So I mean, I felt like I was in high school or elementary again. He loved Disneyland, and one of his greatest thrills was when I introduced him to Mrs. Disney, because she still lived in the house of Walt Disney with the remnants of the train. So I introduced him to Lillian Disney, and he saw the Academy Awards that Walt Disney had gotten. So I mean, he was religiously a fan of Disney. We saw the premier of [the video] Black or White at their house. He was also desperately frightened of dogs. I have big dogs and he would run away from them. He wanted me to do charity for the inner city. He was very righteous and very religious in certain matters too, but yet was this child and got me thinking in different ways in different situations. He carried around a lot of money because he didn't have credit cards, and he would give homeless people 100 dollar bills. If I told him about a child in any sort of predicament, he gave them money. I mean, it was strange, but he just seemed generous.

On Michael's kids:

I once donated sperm...I don't think I'm the father, but I would do a DNA test. The kids didn't want to do one though.

On MJ owing money:

I filed a creditor's claim because I didn't get paid a nickel. I think I have a right to the money for the work I did. I took whole weekends off reconstructing his face, I had to rent helicopters because he decided that he wanted to do it that day, and I was 200, 300 miles away. I can't make it by car, I have to take a helicopter. And that's what he wanted. I said, "Michael, this is insane." He said, "That's what I want." So when push comes to shove, should I just give everything away for free? I didn't know he didn't pay any of his bills as he's going along.

On Debbie Rowe:

I have no opinion on her...I feel like she's hostile towards me, because I was still friends with Michael and she wasn't. Have you seen how she acts in public? She sits in the corner of the coffee shop of my office, downstairs, you know, Mickey Fine's, and eats there and drags all the paparazzi and all the people possible there. She comes into my office, she doesn't see me as a doctor, she sees my associate. So my opinion of her at present is very bad because all she does is harass me. I think there's a tremendous amount of jealousy with her. She used to be a very honorable person, but she's not nice now. She's not the same Debbie Rowe I remember, and I think it's very sad. But she writes me these nasty emails, she screams at me on the telephone, and says her friend, the reporter, is going to write a book about how I took Michael away from her. And she met [Michael] in my office. She had her pictures, photographed nude or whatever, wrapped up in whatever leather, in my office. Why does she use my office as a photo studio for herself? But I'm very cautious with my nurses presently.

On Michael's son Prince:

He is brilliant when it comes to photography and anything making movies. I mean, he could make a movie now. He knows how to stage it and everything.

[softchonk]

(queuing this for after the Tumblr black out)

Oh my god I am screaming about this Jones looks like he's so sad but trying to hide it, also he's still in character.

His little sigh after Bill Murray's character calls Conrad "the great playwright" is wrecking me, as well as his little look down after he says "people like you and me"

And OH MY GOD HE LITERALLY QUOTED CONRAD. "Infinity and I don't know what else"???? I am unwell.

ALSO ALSO the way that Bill Murray's character says "new talent Jones Hall" is making me think that this does not in fact happen that long after the show is put on, so everything is still very fresh for Jones.

There are so many little funny things as well, like Jones insinuating they filmed in space, the general awkwardness after the "I wish I was still in it" line, and the complete lack of any background sounds

[fafi-and-oblivia]

About Oblivia!

Hello! You can call me Oblivia! I am one of two admins on this account. Feel free to talk to me about Buzzfeed Unsolved, Jack Manifold (+other youtubers/streamers), Taylor Swift, MCR, Lovejoy, Fall Out Boy, BTS, Minecraft, Cryptid Coffeehouse, baseball, and many other things!!

I will write: angst, fluff, fics, headcanons, character x reader

I will not write: NSFW, yandere, gore, anything morally wrong (pls use common sense, I will just delete asks with typical taboo topics), I also will not write for real people, or character x character.

Fandoms/characters I write! Asterisks(*) denote favorites to write. List is subject to change!

Blooming Panic (current obsession): Nightowl*, Quest, Xyx*, NakedToaster*, Two2, BIGLADY*, Onionthief*

Harry Potter (fuck JKR): Harry Potter, Ron Weasley*, Hermione Granger, Neville Longbottom*, Seamus Finnigan, Oliver Wood*, Draco Malfoy, Matteo Riddle, Lorenzo Berkshire

Percy Jackson: Percy Jackson*, Annabeth Chase, Luke Castellan*, Jason Grace*, Leo Valdez*, Piper McLean*, Frank Zhang, Hazel Levesque, Connor Stoll*, Lityerses, pretty much anyone!

The Quarry: Ryan Erzahler*, Dylan Lenivy*, Nick Furcillo, Jacob Custos, Abi Blyge, Max Brinly, Kaitlyn Ka*

Supernatural: Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester*, Castiel, Kevin Tran*, Jack Kline, Charlie Bradbury

TSITP (boycotting season 2 bc I hate Belly): Jeremiah Fisher*, Conrad Fisher, Steven Conklin

To All The Boys/XO, Kitty: Josh Sanderson, Peter Kavinsky, Kitty Song-Covey, Min Ho*

The Umbrella Academy: Diego*, Five, Klaus

Bones: Zack Addy*, Vincent Nigel-Murray*, Wendell Bray, James Aubrey, Angela Montenegro*

The Haunting of Bly Manor: Dani, Jamie*

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Nov. 29 (UPI) -- On this date in history:

In 1877, Thomas Edison demonstrated a hand-cranked phonograph that recorded sound on grooved metal cylinders. Edison shouted verses of "Mary Had a Little Lamb" into the machine, which played back his voice.

In 1890, the first Army-Navy football game was played. Navy won 24-0.

In 1929, U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Richard Byrd and three crewmen became the first people to fly over the South Pole.

In 1935, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Erwin Schrödinger published his famous thought experiment dubbed "Schrödinger's cat," to illustrate a paradox of quantum mechanics.

In 1947, despite strong Arab opposition, the United Nations voted for the partition of Palestine and the creation of the independent Jewish state of Israel.

In 1963, U.S. President Lyndon Johnson appointed the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John Kennedy.

In 1981, actor Natalie Wood drowned while on a boat trip to Santa Catalina Island, Calif.

In 1986, movie icon Cary Grant died of a stroke at the age of 82.

In 1989, Romanian Olympic gymnastic hero Nadia Comaneci fled to Hungary. She eventually reached the United States.

In 1990, the U.N. Security Council passed a resolution authorizing "all necessary means," including military force, against Iraq if it didn't withdraw from Kuwait by Jan. 15, 1991.

In 1991, a dust storm in Coalinga, Calif., triggered a massive pileup by more than 250 vehicles on Interstate 5, killing 15 people and injuring more than 100.

In 1994, voters in Norway rejected a proposal to join the European Union.

In 2001, George Harrison, lead guitarist of the Beatles, died of cancer. He was 58.

In 2011, Dr. Conrad Murray was sentenced to four years in prison for an involuntary manslaughter conviction in the death of Michael Jackson. He was released on parole Oct. 28, 2013.

In 2012, the United Nations voted 138-9, with 31 abstentions, to give Palestinians non-member observer status.

In 2021, Twitter founder Jack Dorsey announced his resignation as CEO of the social media platform He was replaced by Parag Agrawal, who was ousted in October 2022 upon Elon Musk's purchase of the company.

In 2022, 46% of people in England and Wales described themselves as Christian in a census survey, the first time that figure represented less than half the populations of the two countries.

[vilelittlecritter]

(copy paste) when you get this, put 5 songs you actually listen to, then publish. send this ask to 10 of your favourite followers. (non-negotiable, positivity is cool) ~

Sorry I've been really busy so I haven't been able to get to this ask till now lol.

I might just tag some people because I'm lazy/sorta busy and I kinda don't want to send 10 separate asks lol

Also this is gunna be hard because there is ALOT of music I like and some music I like but can't really remember since it's been awhile since I've listened to them.

Songs under the cut.

1) Curicó by Kiltro, honestly just the entire creatures of habit album. I freaking love kiltro, they're up there as one of my favourite bands.

2) I need love - Studio mix by Akira Yamoaka, Akira is probably one of my favourite guitarists ever and I absolutely love all his work on silent hill. His music is really diverse, some of its kind of a 2000 dark ambience/Lo-fi, some of its rock, some of its pretty chill and then the rest is the sounds of the damned lol.

3) August moon by Gregory and the hawk, just a really nice song I like to listen to when I want to chill out :)

4) The mind Electric by the miracle of music, probs one of my favourite songs ever and the entire album is awesome as well, I love this song so much just for the final part alone because it goes so damn hard I love it. It sorta inspires some of the little au's and ideas I have in my head. I know it's not "technically" a Tally Hall song but I generally love everything done by Tally hall, especially '&' as well as 'ruler of everything'.

5) Endless cycle from Hylics 2, I love the Hylics Ost and I am honest to god super excited to play it. I did want to make this list without video game osts because if I did we'd be here all damn day but I've been listening to this alot and it's just a damn good song. Also Xeno Arcadia is great as well.

There's alot of other bands and music I really like so I'll just quickly list them off because I really like them and don't just want to not mention them at all.

Omori, Hollow knight, Oneshot, Pengosolvent, IDKHOW, Jack Stauber, Red Hot chili peppers, Murray Gold, Radio head, Oingo Boingo, Red Vox, Bo En, Kikuo, Alias Conrad coldwood, King Crimson and Jimmi Hendrix

This was really fun and although I never used to think I did I really like talking about music!

Ima just tag some people I like now because I do need to get some stuff done and DM people is gunna take a bit lol.

@imurgayhomie @ksenya-and-the-artistic-cucumber @scientific--witchery @omoriboii @johnlocsin-johnyakuza @seryotonin @biocrafthero @sheepeal @sirenspells @qiuiq

Okay bye bye :)

[the-laridian]

2023 art roundup!

This is, of course, not all the art I did this year. Some months I had only one worth showing, and others had a bounty of available choices. 

Jan/Feb were a lot of rough sketches, nothing even intended to become a final piece.

I drew Conrad Sadik (The Outer Worlds) a LOT. He was in 6 arts (one of which was a sort of group photo, the Six Fanarts challenge in October).

Willow Ironwood was also in 6 arts, so he and Conrad are tied for first.

July was Artfight and I did a lot of other people's OCs for that and just because, which was a lot of fun!

Gunnar Volk gets art commissions, rather than me drawing him, apparently :P 

Felix Millstone (TOW), Stan (Monkey Island), Billy Beltbuckles & Luca Costa (FO76), Vulpes Inculta (FNV) got one each. The Six Fanarts include Boone (FNV), Murray (Monkey Island), Anton Crane and Vicar Max (TOW). 

Also arted this year but not shown: Arcade Gannon (a few times), self-portraits.

[voidbeantm]

@dathen's blorbo wrapped 2023 (banger concept btw)

okay i wanted to make this list just blorbos from media i've engaged in this year but the problem is that this year i started a lot of shows i then proceeded to watch halfway and also i have a bad memory

so i'm going to split this into two groups

fully or mostly watched shows:

conrad schintz, the fix (mentopolis)

sofia lee, kugrash (the unsleeping city)

gorgug thistlespring, riz gukgak (fantasy high)

wendy carter, abigail carter, webber (don't starve)

nimona (nimona)

simon aumar (dungeons and dragons: honor among thieves)

five hargreeves (the umbrella academy)

tubby (my cat from real life)

partially or barely watched shows:

laudna, orym (critical role: campaign 3)

jiang cheng (the untamed)

cisco ramon (the flash)

ella lopez, amenadiel (lucifer)

mina murray, lucy westenra (re:dracula)

sundry sidney (a starstruck odyssey)

tagging @opusunderscorenine @temporalreplicsimile @mothomens