In honor of Michael Jackson's inventiveness. He was a true artist.

MJ designed these shoes. He was an artist in the truest sense. How many other musicians have patents?

You will be missed.

via Hacker News

Posted 4 months ago

19 comments

Jun 26, 2009

Robin Malau said...

Awesome MJ.

Jun 26, 2009

Martin Lindeskog said...

Fascinating to read Michael Jackson's patent "Method and means for creating anti-gravity illusion" for shoes.

Jun 26, 2009

narnia said...

he was an absolute one-off... i think planet-earth will be rocking to his music tonight, certainly we are in india

Jun 26, 2009

Satanowski said...

wow, I thought he had some strings attached to his back, or something :) ... I would never think it isn't some special effects ... just special shoes :-D

Jun 26, 2009

Karissa Villa said...

This is a gem, Garry. Thanks for posting. :)

Jun 26, 2009

Tiffany Wan said...

no way! a shoe patent from MJ?! That's how he did it!

Jun 26, 2009

Lisa Siregar said...

When I was a kid, I thought it was a camera trick or something..

Jun 26, 2009

Marco F. said...

This was the MJ we all loved. That one already died a couple of years ago. RIP MJ.

Jun 26, 2009

simczik said...

Haven't known that. It's an amazing. RIP MJ.

Jun 26, 2009

Adriana said...

Thanks for sharing. I had no idea! This is great! RIP MJ! You will always be loved.

Jun 26, 2009

Pariah Burke said...

He was a true entertainment genius, not content with doing the best with what was available, he invented new things with which to better entertain. Rest in Peace, Michael, and thank you for entertaining us all.

Jun 26, 2009

Samuel John Klein said...

Well, like they said in the commercial, "It's gotta be the shoes!"

What's cool about it is that he was enough of a genius to know how to use tech to extend his own awesomeness. Just to do that, you had to have a rock-solid grasp on your own talent and ability.

Jun 26, 2009

Uche Ogbuji said...

People talk Thriller, but for me Smooth Criminal was always the shit! And not the annoying MTV abbreviation, but the full version that you had to suffer through the horrible Moonwalk movie to watch. Annie is you OK? The Alien Ant Farm version is a favorite of my kids :)

King of Pop forevah!

Jun 29, 2009