June 2009

<p style="text-align: justify;">While experimenting on how to embed videos on this new website format of mine, I came across an old performance with Sitti at the Captain's Bar of the Mandarin Oriental where I played special guest. This was sort of an impromptu performance for all of us - band included - and a very special one at that, because aside from it being one of my all-time favorite songs, my soon-to-be boyfriend then, Nico, was in the audience, awaiting the surprise number I had secretly dedicated to him that night.<div class="qodef-more-link-container"><a itemprop="url" href="https://www.riccichan.com/2009/06/the-closer-i-get-to-you/#more-30" target="_self" class="qodef-btn qodef-btn-medium qodef-btn-solid"> <span class="qodef-btn-text">Continue reading</span> </a></div></p>

<p style="text-align: justify;">No, I refuse to be part of a worldwide requiem for the King Of Pop. But when I think about my own personal musical journey, I can't help but go back to how much Michael Jackson has influenced my sound & musical preference. So instead of speaking about how much he's influenced my life (and run the risk of sounding like a wanna-be-fan or a wanna-be-someone-<span style="font-style: italic;">pa</span>-close-<span style="font-style: italic;">sa-kanya</span>), I will allow his legacy - his work - to speak for himself. After all, after all this hype has died down, and the reality of the recession starts creeping back in, it is his music that will linger on and prove to one and all that he will live forever.<div class="qodef-more-link-container"><a itemprop="url" href="https://www.riccichan.com/2009/06/my-10-best-michael-jackson-songs/#more-21" target="_self" class="qodef-btn qodef-btn-medium qodef-btn-solid"> <span class="qodef-btn-text">Continue reading</span> </a></div></p>