Monday, June 29, 2009

Michael Jackson, Booklover

Michael Jackson, the bookworm - Los Angeles Times: "When news broke in early 2009 of Michael Jackson's return to Los Angeles, it was not via reports of him being spotted dining at the Ivy or dancing at the hottest new Hollywood club but book-shopping in Santa Monica.

'He was a longtime and valued customer,' a store representative of art and architecture bookstore Hennessey Ingalls said Thursday. 'We'll miss him.'

If Jackson's bookstore appearance surprised his pop fans, it was nothing new for booksellers. A few years ago, Doug Dutton, proprietor of then-popular Dutton's Books in Brentwood, was at a dinner with people from Book Soup, Skylight and other area bookstores.

'Someone mentioned that Michael Jackson had been in their store,' Dutton said by phone Thursday, 'And everybody said he'd shopped in their store too.'"

Hat tip to Gerard Saylor.

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