"Heal The World - Make It A Better Place"

It (almost) goes without saying what I'm currently talking about: HAITI.

Seeing the latest news reports brought tears to my eyes and also because of the major will to help by the people. But it's not done now, it's not over now. 

I don't want to talk about news here, I want to list possibilites to donate. The list might be incomplete, if you know a way to donate for your country, don't hesitate and inform me via twitter @FunkeyJay or E-Mail FunkeyGurl@hotmail.com 

Thank you!

http://www.yele.org - Text "YELE" to 501501 to donate $5

 

UK O2 Customers! Text GIVE to 70077 to donate £5 to the DEC Haiti appeal. All £5 goes directly to the DEC.  (source Google.com)

SMS text “HAITI” to 90999 to donate $10 to Red Cross

https://www.wfp.org/donate/haiti

http://www.unicefusa.org/

http://american.redcross.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ntld_main&JServSessionIdr004=rkheqwwce3.app194a

For Germans:

Text "HAITI" to 81190 to donate 5 €

https://www.drk.de/spenden/online/lastschrift.html?no_cache=1

A list of several charites

http://www.stern.de/wissen/natur/service-die-spendenkonten-der-hilfsorganisationen-1535327.html

http://www.haiticare.de/aktuell/index.php

http://www.caritas-international.de/haiti

As I said if you know another charity, please let me know. But I think these are the most important ones.

Please help.

"There Are People Dying, If You Care Enough For The Living. Make A Better Place, For You And For Me"

 

How To Spot A Fake Jackson Account

As many of you I'm sick of posers and fakes on Twitter.

To be specific: Fake Jackson Twitter Accounts.

To be sure if the person is fake or is real you can follow these hints:

1. The first thing to make sure if the account is real, is the Verification sign which you can find above the persons followers. Unfortunately Janet and Randy Jackson are the only ones who have a verified account yet.

2. If an account isn't verified (yet), you can easily check if it's real if you go to their official homepages or related websites (in case of the Jacksons the site of AETV or interviews where it's mentioned). But unfortunately these accounts mostly doesn't have the amount of followers they deserve.

3. Speaking of followers. Not always the numbers of followers are everything (for example @ALLJACK5ONS. This account is real but they only have -to this moment- about 6,330 followers which is only explainable by the lack of the verification sign). But fakes (and mostly moneymakers) tend to "follow back". Did you see Janet following back all her fans? Genevieve? Austin? No! They don't have to promise to "follow back" in order to increase their number because they are real and use twitter to keep their fans up to date with news and thoughts.

4. BUT a small number of people who are "followed back" by a "Jackson" is not always the determining factor too. Looking at some Prince, Paris and Blanket accounts you can clearly see that they are just following a small number. But we don't need to argue about Michael's children because almost all verified Jackson accounts informed us that they don't have a twitter (MySpace or Facebook). To add one Jackson in this point: Rebbie. Austin himself said that his mother didn't know twitter before december (but to this point some fake accounts already were around) and that he isn't sure if his mum will ever join it.

5. If you are still not sure if it's real or fake take a close look at the tweets. Sure, we all love if a Jackson answers us or retweets us but if it's too much it seems kind of suspicious. Which doesn't mean I want all Jacksons to ignore their fans - NO - I'd love to see more communication ;)
BUT if this person seems to have awfully a lot of time it's strange. You can also check who this person is communicating with. Is the "Jackson" tweeting with one of MJs kids? FAKE! No discussion here! All Jacksons know they don't use it and wouldn't never claim that this isn't true.
More suspicious is the way of tweeting. We mostly know how the Jacksons talk and behave in public but it can be imitated. But is this person always angry about the lack of the verification and threatens to delete the account? Is the person strangely advertising stuff that doesn't fit? Does something not fit with official statements? (One example, one girl claimed to be Autumn Jackson and said that she just talked with Jermaine... but to that time he was in an airplane, flying to germany). And don't forget to check twitpic or tweetphoto. Why would La Toya upload press photos of herself when she could share private pictures of her in a hotel room? Just refering to this because she does upload videos of her "being on the road" on her YouTube channel - which can not be faked.

6. My last advice is to check Jackson-Source.com. They have the real accounts there, because they communicate with the some of the Jacksons.
But sometimes there a damn good fakes. I remember one about Jermaine, it was before ALLJACK5ONS and none of this 5 point made the account look suspicious. In that case you can only wait untill someone verifies it or ask some of the Jacksons in hope for an answer.

I hope all this points will help you in the future to expose the fakes.

Here are all real accounts of the Jackson Family:

http://twitter.com/JanetJackson
http://twitter.com/ALLJACK5ONS
http://twitter.com/JackieJackson5
http://twitter.com/RandyJackson8
http://twitter.com/TitoJackson5
http://twitter.com/Taryll
http://twitter.com/Taj
http://twitter.com/tjjackson
http://twitter.com/RealAustinBrown
http://twitter.com/GenevieveJackson
http://twitter.com/RandyJacksonjr
http://twitter.com/JaafarJJackson
http://twitter.com/DonteRJackson

A MJ memorial in Munich? - Please read and support!

Since June 25th dedicated fans from munich created a memorial near the hotel "Bayrischer Hof" in which Michael stayed when he visited the city. Fans from Munich have a special connection to this place and that why they choose the memorial to be there:

(Recent picture by http://twitter.com/doublebeee)

Video:

http://www.myvideo.de/watch/7232414/Michael_Jackson_Denkmal 
 
Unfortunately the fans know it can go on like that forever because the actual place is a memorial on its own, that's why they need
our help to sign a petiton. Unfortunately it's on german, but I'm here to help
you.

http://www.mypetition.ch/signatures.php?idsig=XyP3GwDPYWJa4T8THree


Further information can be found on their Facebook Fansite
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Denkmal-fuer-Michael-Jackson/245985381308?ref=ts
Homepage
http://www.denkmal-fuer-michael-jackson-in-muenchen.de/ (english version will be
soon available)
And Twitter
http://twitter.com/Denkmal_fuer_MJ

PLEASE support!!

If you need any help with the translation, you can find me on twitter
http://twitter.com/FunkeyJay or Facebook, just search for Jennifer FunkeyJay
Thank you!

The Jacksons Twitter Interview (@ALLJACK5ONS)

The Jacksons gave their first twitter interview ("Twitterview") today (January, 10th). Fans were able to submit their question on aetv.com and the best, most interesting, most asked, etc. (you know how it goes) were picked and used for the interview.

The interview took place between the @ALLJACK5ONS and the @AETelevision accounts and each tweet got retweeted to make it easier to follow.

As you can see, the members of the Jacksons typed their name before the answer.
And now have fun reading and cross your fingers this will be repeated one day soon. It was fun and interesting!

When is the new album coming out? Do you have a name for it yet?

MARLON: We are working on it as we speak and we do not have a name for it.

Is there anything other than music that you would like to do or have done?

Tito: I am working on my Bowler Hat line and I have a wine label
Marlon: I am working on an economic development project in Nigeria

Are all of you going to sing lead on the new album?

Jermaine: Yes, all of us!

What do you like/dislike about the music business?

Jackie: I like being able to do what I lOVE but I dislike the POLITICS
MARLON: What I dislike is that music is not the same the day of live musicians are no more and I hope it will come back.
Tito: Timing, b/c we all travel a lot.

What has been the biggest challenge of creating the new record?

Jerm: finding the right sound for our fans. we owe it to them to be perfect
Jackie: not fighting with my Brothers.. LOL
Marlon: personally, missing Michael in studio. He completes the Five.

What inspires you to create music?

Jerm: Traveling and seeing different nationalities and cultures. Also, everyday situations inspire me as well.
Tito: wow, that's a good one. Lot's of things inspire me, but creating comes from within
Jackie: creating a new sound and making that J5 magic inspires me.

What instruments do each of you play? How did you learn to play it?

Tito: I can play a little bit of everything, but I got started with my father's acoustic guitar. I also play lead guitar with my band THE BOWLERS
Jerm: I play everything! I am self taught on the bass, guitar, harmonica, and piano.
Jackie: I played the tambourine in the J5 cartoon! LOL!

Do you have any funny stories from the old J5 touring days you can share?

MARLON: Michael and I have never played golf before so back in the early 70’s and we destroyed 2 golf carts!!
Jackie: I remember always having to wrangle Michael & Marlon from pranks all day. "I'd say, Michael & Marlon get serious"
Tito: Michael & Marlon throwing toiler paper rolls out of hotel top floor windows in NYC. Looked like Christmas

Jermaine: Who would you say is the sharpest dresser of the group?

Jerm: I AM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Which Jackson 5 album did you have the most fun working on?

Marlon: The first LP because it was new for Motown and that made it easy and fun for us.
Jackie: The Christmas album because we didn't celebrate holidays growing up, so it was fun
Marlon: The Triumph album... because Jermaine wasn't on it. hahahahaha LOL.
Jermaine: Shut up Marlon!
Marlon: Just kiddin'!!!!! That's what Brothers do.

Jackie: Who do you think is the ladies man of the group?

Jackie: Hmmmmm let me think... Me of course, right ladies?
Jermaine: Oh I don't think so Jackie. It's me. I'm Jermazing
Marlon: I've been married the longest, so I know I look good, right ladies?
Tito: I have two words: IT'S TITO TIME!
Tito: shout it out ladies #titotime #titotime #titotime
Jermaine: Come on Jackson fans, let's get us trending topic tonight. add #jacksons on all your tweets.

What was the most memorable guest appearance you made in the 70s?

Jackie: Our first performance on the ED Sullivan Show.

Do you have nicknames at home? How did you get them?

Jermaine: well the fans nicknamed me all week from Jermazing to Jerminator. But my fav is from Michael. He called me "ERMS"
Marlon: I call Randy "Uncle Sap" because he's slow to show up to our stuff. lol

How did your families (children, spouses, parents) react to you putting your lives on the air?

Jackie: My family was excited, proud and supportive.
TITO: My family was supportive, b.c they know we are doing the show for the fans!

Ok guys, last question: @ALLJACK5ONS What is one thing you hope viewers take away from your show?

J5: That we are a family first, and love our fans for the past wonderful 40 years.... so much more to come.

Thanks so much to @ALLJACK5ONS and to fans who tuned in! Make sure you tweet about #TheJacksons and follow @ALLJACK5ONS for updates!

We. Love. You. Jackson 5 Forever! Always, Jackie Tito Jermaine and Marlon... and our beloved brother Michael Jackson.

#thejacksons forever.


Thank you Jack5ons!
Transcript by FunkeyJay (Jenny)

Touching Blog by Taj

"After this, we're doing films."

Sunday, January 10, 2010 at 12:00AM

Those were the final words my uncle Michael would ever say to me.
It was at the end of our family day at a Beverly Hills Indian restaurant. While I was saying my goodbyes to the rest of my family, I went up to my uncle and hugged him. I told him that I loved him and that I was proud of him and proud to be his nephew. I also said I would see him soon because I was planning to go to the UK to see his shows. He responded by saying that he loved me more. He then paused, looked me straight in the eyes and said, "after this, we're doing films."

That was our master game plan. You see, my uncle had another huge passion besides music... that was film directing. We would always talk about making films together, me and him, we were going to be a 1-2 Jackson power combo.
That's what I loved about my uncle. You truly believed like you could do anything when you were with him. He made you feel like that. He was so inspirational.
Since he's been gone, a huge hole exists for me. One that can never be filled. An emotional, spiritual, and mental hole. The only thing that helps, is knowing that I am doing exactly what he would want me to do. Doing what he taught me to do…. and that's film. And that's why Code Z is so important to me. It's about a promise. A promise to direct films. A simple promise that I made to my uncle, who was and always will be the greatest.

I know someone could say that Code Z is just a zombie series. But it's much more than that too. It's the official start to my film career... when I finally stopped talking about it and started doing it.

I really want to thank all of you for helping me keep that promise.

Taj

http://www.deedeeskid.com/

AUSTIN BROWN

Austin ("Auggie"), Rebbies Son, is currently working with Rodney Jerkins and is releasing is first album " '85 " very soon.

Please support by spreading this banners (they are NOT by me, they can be found on http://www.austinbrownfans.com/)







I created a FB group in advance, feel free to join. I'll post news there as soon as there are any ;)

http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=austin+brown&init=quick#/group.php?gid=236916522525&ref=search&sid=1384863555.1339842220..1

Spread the word!!

Long time..

It's been some time since I posted last.

Sometimes I'm too lazy LOL

But I try to update my 2 groups as often as possible, join them if you like to

http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/michaeljacksonforever/
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/theoneandonlymissjanet/