By JENNIFER CHANCELLOR Scene Writer on Jun 25, 2009, at 8:30 PM Updated on 6/25 at 8:30 PM
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Tulsa’s Brian Horton of Horton Records is organizing an Okie Tornado Relief Benefit concert. It kicks off 6 p.m. Thursday ...
Tulsa-founded boutique and coffee bar Joebots at Dwelling Spaces will donate 100 percent of proceeds from the sale of its ...
Tulsa’s historic music venue Cain's Ballroom will donate $1 from each ticket sold for its Thursday Thompson Square concert ...
Michael Jackson's 1982 blockbuster album "Thriller" is the first record I remember owning as a child. (Other than "Urban Chipmunk.") I think nearly every track off of it was a hit. "PYT," "Billy Jean," "Beat It," "The Girl is Mine,""Human Nature," "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" ...
And the title track. And the breakthrough video/movie short. Man, it used to scare me to death! ... And those overdubs from Vincent Price? The werewolves? The zombies? Too, too cool.
And at a summer dance camp in grade school, I met a dancer from "Thriller." She taught me the moves from the video. ... No, I can't do them now, so please don't ask. I think she went on to become a "fly girl" on "In Living Color." Me ... uh, not so much. Years later, I earned the sarcastic nickname "grace," if that tells you anything. :)
So many of my childhood memories are tied to his music. And this album in particular.
Michael Jackson, you are missed.
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