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I was convinced that all the Michael Jackson ephemera bobbing around in my skull tricked my eyes into seeing a Michael Jackson tribute on top of a taxi last night, but it turns out it was a real thing:


The ads are sponsored by Microsoft's sad stab at launching a search engine with a nonsense name that can be used as a verb, BING. (I Googled it!)

Next up:

Okay, this is serious. Unlike the usual free Facebook gifts (e.g., Share your excitement for the 2009 Pontiac Vibe with a spray-painted Pontiac logo! Tap the Rockies with this Coors Light E-Coaster! Tell your friends that He's Just Not That Into You, in theaters this Friday, with a spinning Jennifer Aniston head!, etc.), here's one I can't fuck up. While I mull over which friend deserves this, here's a sick M.J. remix from '97, an underplayed (but frequently sampled) Jackson 5 banger, an ignored later-period single, and an odd but totally funky B-side that prominently features monkey sounds.