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This is your host, DJ Louis, the 14th.

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Apple podcast app this past week Russ and I are digging into Katie Perry's dismal comeback single

Woman's World among other things so you won't want to miss that. Pop Pantheon's party main pop girls of

24 is coming up on

August 2nd at Parkside Lounge in the East Village. I want to see everybody there. We're going to have

so much fun. I'm going to be DJing all your favorite hits by Chapel, Sabrina, Charlie, Beyonce,

Taylor, Dua, et cetera, et cetera, all night long. Tickets for that are available in the show notes of this

episode. This weekend, gorgeous, gorgeous, my queer pop party is having its pop-up event at Lincoln Center

for their summer for the city series. This is a silent disco from 7 to 11. It is free. You can just show up.

So see you if you are in New York at Lincoln Center this Saturday, July 20th for gorgeous, gorgeous

Lincoln Center. I can't wait for that. And of course, if you're on the West Coast,

gorgeous, gorgeous is having its normal monthly party at Los Globos on Friday, July 26th. That is a week

from tomorrow. And tickets for that are also available in the show notes of this episode. So today

we're here for the second part of our Michael Jackson series. Last week we discussed the Jackson 5, Michael and his

brother's famous breakout band. This week we are discussing the origins of Michael's solo career

at Motown all the way through his breakout blockbuster fifth studio album off the wall, which

launched his career as we know it today.

Before you listen to this, I definitely recommend going back and listening to the first episode

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