grieveapalooza July 7, 2009

Scenes From the Michael Jackson Memorialpocalypse

By Jessica Pressler, a writer living in New York. She has contributed to New York Magazine since 2007.

Our brethren at Vulture are live-blogging the grieveapalooza/multi-platform branding opportunity that is Michael Jackson’s funeral at Los Angeles’ Staples Center, happening now.

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