So great to hear how you all love this site. Kell loved this site too and would drop in almost everyday. Sometimes it would be too much for him, so he would ask me to email him the special messages. He would then drop them a line personally or have me do it on his behalf. Kell was so proud of this site and it was one of the few things that brought him joy after losing his son. It was one of his request to me on his death bed to make sure this site remained up.
It is the support of all you guys that keep coming back here and Mario and Jackie Ferrari for the generosity of their time and resources in maintaining this site that we remain indebt to. Susie and Rhett are also 100% behind this site and greatly appreciate all your love and well-wishes.
When I first approached Mario to help me put together a special site with Kell (it was to help Kell in his grieving), it was on the basis that I knew both Mario and Jackie loved and respected Michael. They have been such an inspiration and encouragement to Kell and Susie on their all too few trips to Sydney.
So thanks Mario and Jackie again and again for helping me help Kell and all of Michael's fans.
In the time after Michael's death I got to hear so much more about him through his Dad but also his friends and fans. These message pages became an important chronical of Michael's movements throughout the world as literally thousands of people re-told their story of meeting him. Funny, in all the years since this Guestbook has been open, Mario and I can honestly say we cannot recall one message that every was negative about Michael. Nowhere have I read that he was an arrogant, heartless, cold person who couldn't sing or write. He may have often lived life on the wild side, but even that side of him Michael knew was blown out of all proportions by the press. A real test of a man's heart is to see the esteem he is still held in by his former friends or partners. People such as Bono, Kylie, Michele, Geg Perano, Helena, Martha Troup, Andy Gill, Jimmy Barnes, Richard Lowenstein, and so the list goes on, all to this day remember and honour Michael with the fondest, warmest of memories. Such sentiment in the rock and roll world is very, very rare.
God bless you all Michael and INXS fans and I hope you are living this precious day in hope, love and peace wherever you are in this world.
Love and peace,
Ian Patterson
PS: You may have noticed last week Rhett dropped by to ask Mario for a copy of all your messages for Tiger...did you know the Australian National Library in our capital, Canberra, discovered this site and recognized it as a “significant national treasure”. They requested permission to archive the entire site into their library for perpetual preservation.
So even your messages, as heartfelt as they are, will be preserved and go down in the pages of Australian cultural history! Pretty cool uh?
It is the support of all you guys that keep coming back here and Mario and Jackie Ferrari for the generosity of their time and resources in maintaining this site that we remain indebt to. Susie and Rhett are also 100% behind this site and greatly appreciate all your love and well-wishes.
When I first approached Mario to help me put together a special site with Kell (it was to help Kell in his grieving), it was on the basis that I knew both Mario and Jackie loved and respected Michael. They have been such an inspiration and encouragement to Kell and Susie on their all too few trips to Sydney.
So thanks Mario and Jackie again and again for helping me help Kell and all of Michael's fans.
In the time after Michael's death I got to hear so much more about him through his Dad but also his friends and fans. These message pages became an important chronical of Michael's movements throughout the world as literally thousands of people re-told their story of meeting him. Funny, in all the years since this Guestbook has been open, Mario and I can honestly say we cannot recall one message that every was negative about Michael. Nowhere have I read that he was an arrogant, heartless, cold person who couldn't sing or write. He may have often lived life on the wild side, but even that side of him Michael knew was blown out of all proportions by the press. A real test of a man's heart is to see the esteem he is still held in by his former friends or partners. People such as Bono, Kylie, Michele, Geg Perano, Helena, Martha Troup, Andy Gill, Jimmy Barnes, Richard Lowenstein, and so the list goes on, all to this day remember and honour Michael with the fondest, warmest of memories. Such sentiment in the rock and roll world is very, very rare.
God bless you all Michael and INXS fans and I hope you are living this precious day in hope, love and peace wherever you are in this world.
Love and peace,
Ian Patterson
PS: You may have noticed last week Rhett dropped by to ask Mario for a copy of all your messages for Tiger...did you know the Australian National Library in our capital, Canberra, discovered this site and recognized it as a “significant national treasure”. They requested permission to archive the entire site into their library for perpetual preservation.
So even your messages, as heartfelt as they are, will be preserved and go down in the pages of Australian cultural history! Pretty cool uh?