The Loop, the Loft honors Michael Jackson
Several Michael Jackson tribute events are unfolding in St. Louis.
– Hip-hop/soul DJ Needles, with his fellow Soulition DJs Reminisce, Enoch is Real, and Will Power, will spin Jackson tunes from 5:30-7:30 tonight at Vintage Vinyl, under the record store’s marquee.
They’ll mix up expected classics along with album tracks that didn’t receive the recognition they deserved. www.vintagevinyl.com.
– The Loft and Café Soul’s Coco Soul are presenting a Michael Jackson tribute show from 7 p.m.-9 p.m. Friday at the Loft.
Performing are St. Louis entertainers Nikko Smith, Bradd Young, Kristin Stimage, Justin Hopkins, Jeff Mak, Michael Fitzgerald, and more.
The event will be hosted by Tony Scott and Tammie Holland from Majic 104.9’s “The Tony Scott Show,” and is the kick off for Majic’s new networking party every Friday.
Doors are at 5 p.m., and admission is at 7 p.m. Free. Call 314-393-6340 for more information.
– St. Louis Remembers Michael Jackson, An Evening of Song & Dance is from 7 p.m.-midnight Friday in the Delmar Loop, on a outdoor stage and courtyard at 6655 Delmar Boulevard.
Any proceeds from this event benefit children’s charities.
This show is produced by RFO Media.
For more information email michaeltribute@rfomedia.net.



Kevin C. Johnson has covered the St. Louis' music and nightlife scene for the past decade.
Well one things for sure, If I had a child and he was molested, do you really think your money could pay for the scars that this child would have, after a henious act? If there is a parent(s) out there that thinks money is a cure all for what you did to my child, then you are just a sick as the person that is accused of the dirty crime. What kind of parent(s) would take a payoff from a child molester, if you do then I hope that you rot in h— when you die, because you are the scum of the earth. I would want that person put away for a long time and let Big Bubba take care of him in JAIL.
The autopsy results are back. He died of food poisoning. He ate an 8 year old weiner!
What is the difference between Niel Armstrong and Michael Jackson?
Niel Armstrong took one smal step for man, one giant step for mankind, and Michael Jackson noodled little boys in the butt…
Slugger was a DNC mouthpiece who blamed EVERYTHING on Bush. Literally, every post in Talk of the Day, Political Fix, and so on blamed Bush along with some combination of Rush Limbaugh, pharmaceutical companies, cooties, Dick Cheney, God, Bill O’Reilly, and steroids in professional sports.
That she is defending a child predator is no surprise to me.
Reality,
Let me guess: you are 40-50 white man, republican, bitter about life….
Get a life!!!
The thing that is amazing to me is that all the african-Americans who say that “MJ was ours.” Whitey is hate’in. Jamie Fox really embarressed himself on the BET awards show and I had to turn it off b/c of the racial overtones were making me sick.
The truth about MJ is hard to get to because any reasonable can only come to the conclusion that he was a habitual liar. If you watch the Martin Bashir interviews you at first empathize with MJ b/c of the physical and mental abuse that he says that he suffered at the hands of his father. (the black community is now celebrating his father). However, after watching more and hearing him give strange and obviously untrue statements about his children, his surgeries and others children brought into his home…you have to wonder if you can believe anything he said. For the black community to hold him up as a hero for blacks is almost a joke. He turned his body white (ok…maybe he had vitialago), had his AA features cut away, adopted/bought 3 white children, married two white women and sorounded himself with whites (Miko Brando, Liz, Lou Franigno, ect.)
What is the black community trying to say? Sure celebrate his music becouse it was good stuff…but to put him out there as a hero to you race is a bad example to set for you children. Maybe he didn’t molest those kids…but he sure did use bad judgement have them sleep in his bed. I wouldn’t even have my nephews sleep in the same bed as me…that is just inappropriate.
Mocking the dead, very classy.
MJ was a greatly talented singer, songwriter, dancer, and producer. He was probably the most influential pop musician of his generation. Whether or not he went off the deep end later in life does not change this fact. I don’t see anyone celebrating his private life which may or may not have involved misconduct, but rather his professional accomplishments as an artist. Can’t we leave it at that?
MJ didn’t have any kids.
He bought some white kids or had them made.
Also…maybe someone can clarify. Micheal Jackson said that the reason blacks are referred to as colored is becouse they can come out any color. White, black, brown…kind of like labrador retrievers. This is the man you want to celebrate…an obvious cukoo bird.
What is the difference between Michael Jackson and a grocery bag?
One is white, made of plastic, and dangerous for your kids to play with, and the other you use to carry you groceries home in.
I have no doubt this will be a very calm, solemn event. And will make St. Louis proud. Can not wait to read the next days paper. We will be the envy of the Country, and others will want to flock here.