Well kids, it's the end of a damn era...

Oh hell, this is just not right. Great, now we're just left with Madonna*. I don't think anyone wins in that situation. Sigh.

George Michael Quits The Biz
by Paul Cashmere
17 February 2005
George Michael has made a sudden announcement that he is quitting the pop music industry and used a documentary to make his final statement.
In the film 'George Michael: A Different Story' which premiered in Berlin this week, Michael says that he will "move his career into a different form". He doesn't elaborate on what he means by that.
The film is a candid account of the life of George as told by George. He talks openly about his arrest at a Los Angeles toilet, about his late mother and his former Wham partner Andrew Ridgely also joins him to talk about that part of the career.
He also talks his battles with Sony and how speaking out against George Bush and the Iraq war effected his career.
The documentary was originally shown on the BBC last year but Michael has added a further 15 minutes of footage to close off this chapter of his life.
Michael's last album 'Patience' sold 363,000 units in the USA according to Nielsen SoundScan.

For real y'all...get you some Listen Without Prejudice...that shit was tight! And don't even ACT like you were not all up into FAITH. "Why can't you do it? Why can't you set your monkey free?" Honeychile that is a question that has plagued us for years and will probably never be answered with the departure of Mr. Yorgos Kyriatou Panayioutou...George Michael for all you non-playas.

Shit, I need to get on the phone with Andrew Ridgeley and talk some stuff out. My heart is so heavy right now.

*This is not an affront to his Purple Highness, Prince. He flipped it AND reversed it when he went on tour this year, I just think the brother has other priorities and will not be able to constantly give me what I need from an 80's icon anymore. Damb.