Monday, February 28, 2011
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
check out sisterella.com
check the site out sisterella is the play that Tj will be staring in... http://www.sisterella.com/home.html
show your support for Tj :) go out and see sisterellla when it comes out! dont forget to buy your tickets
show your support for Tj :) go out and see sisterellla when it comes out! dont forget to buy your tickets
Tito Jackson date`s for his show`s
if your are going to see tito, Enjoy!
February 26, 2011
FAMILY GRAS FESTIVAL 2011
Festival Plaza
New Orleans, LA
Veterans Blvd @ Severn Ave Jefferson Parish, LA
March 20 – 27th, 2011
Tom Joyner Cruise
click here for event schedule
~~~> http://fantasticvoyage.blackamericaweb.com/
June 18, 2011
Americahal
Apeldoorn, NETHERLANDS
click here for ticket info ~~~> http://www.werocku.nl/artists-tito-jackson.php
February 26, 2011
FAMILY GRAS FESTIVAL 2011
Festival Plaza
New Orleans, LA
Veterans Blvd @ Severn Ave Jefferson Parish, LA
March 20 – 27th, 2011
Tom Joyner Cruise
click here for event schedule
~~~> http://fantasticvoyage.blackamericaweb.com/
June 18, 2011
Americahal
Apeldoorn, NETHERLANDS
click here for ticket info ~~~> http://www.werocku.nl/artists-tito-jackson.php
Saturday, February 19, 2011
new interview
hey guys, how are you? here`s a new interview with tito jackson... click on the link below and enjoy :)
http://www.ktnv.com/global/video/flash/popupplayer.asp?ClipID1=5582800&h1=Tito
http://www.ktnv.com/global/video/flash/popupplayer.asp?ClipID1=5582800&h1=Tito
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Day In The Life Of 3T
A Day in the Life of 3T
We're set to leave 3T's house in the "Hidden Hills" to go up to San Diego. Today they are playing a small concert (with the likes of the Outhere Brothers and Coolio) and are also doing some record store signings -- even though it's Saturday. You see, there never is a normal day for 3T. TJ has to go to school, but before and after, it's always something different -- touring, interviews, fashion shows...something like that will perch on their schedule every single day of the year.
We're waiting for the T's to get ready. Taryll's in his home "studio" working on a track. Taj is listening to his stereo (Oasis' Some Might Say) and not speaking -- "I don't want to say too much, I might give something away." (!) And TJ is stuffing his face with cereal, because that's all he eats.
10:30 am
We finally set off. Taj drives himself and TJ in his four-wheel drive jeep affair. Taryll goes in dad Tito's car, with Tito's fiancee. They travel in a convoy. Dad, who's a bit of a nifty worker when it comes to traffic, leads the way.
1:20 pm
We're in San Diego, at top hotel-next-to-mall DoubleTrees. It boasts two bars (not that 3T head for them, mind), gym, and pool. En route, Taryll's been watching wrestling (Hulk Hogan versus Macho Man) on his portable VCR. Taj comes over to him once they park and has a go. One is not sure what they're niggling about, but Taj is uppity about a transport experience. Then they go up to their room. And lose their dad.
2:00 pm
Tito is still lost. The boys chill before the show at the San Diego Sports Centre...Hang on, the show!! They're late for the soundcheck!!! Grab yer rucksack and head for the sea! They climb into their cars.
2:30 pm
And we're still lost. Tito has taken it upon himself to lead his convoy, including you bewildered Hits team, all round the interesting industrial area of San Diego which has more than one sports centre. Everyone gets ratty. We're late. Coolio will have a huff on. Yikes.
3:00 pm
After countless U-turns and scary Damon Hill-style speedery -- Tito Jackson, you are a crazed man -- 3T stumble up to the sports centre enterance flustered by their bad time-keeping, bless 'em.
3:15 pm
They soundcheck the three songs they're to play this evening. It's actually a "Personal Appearance," i.e., they're singing live to backing tapes (so's everyone else). They bing about, a-crooning with about 50% gusto, saving their "all" for the performance later on, but utilising every other bit of energy to kick each other on the bottom for a "prank" when they get bored.
3:30 pm
They're finished, and some mild-mannered geezer from the toughest, rappiest radio station in town is getting them to recite jingles for his programme. They're getting very good at saying, "Hi, we're 3T, and this is the Crazy Jay Nelson Show on 290." Pop star life, eh?
4:00 pm
Tower Records, San Diego. On the Radio 290 bus -- who've publicised the signings -- 3T are getting ready to meet their public. Taj films the crowds from inside the bus. Taryll is annoyed he hasn't been able to watch the baseball on the in-coach telly. TJ is just tired. But troopers that they are, they perk up at the sight of their adoring fans.
4:10 pm
The T sign everything from dollar bills to t-shirts. They have their photo taken with blushing women. "We don't do as many signings as we'd like," says Taj. "We love meeting our fans, it gives a chance to talk to the people who buy our music."
5:00 pm
Spin Off Records, San Diego. More fans! Screaming ones! Small children! Big marker pens! Yes, it's another signing. 3T love it. And so does everyone else. Autograph books, arms, legs...they sign the lot. Their mates from college in San Diego have met up with them. They wait around and find it all hilarious.
8:15 pm
After a chill-out in the hotel, each T gets his hair remoisturised and primped. Taryll watches baseball. TJ is worried about how it's going to sound. "We've had so many bad experiences," he murmurs before disappearing with some shampoo. Taj gets some extra dreadlocks moulded in. Taryll gets the hiccups.
9:00 pm
Back to the venue, which we find easily this time. Crisps, orange juice and sandwiches a-plenty are laid out in the dressing room. None of this lager business for T. They're feelin' fit and lookin' good on ham 'n' pickle, thank you very much. They chat quietly, as Marlon Jackson and other members of the San Diego clan drop by for a chinwag...
10 pm
The place is crazy with screaming girls. As 3T come on, the place erupts (they're second on the bill, after Coolio). "Howyadoing Diego?" shouts Taj, and they launch into Brotherhood. They stalk about, looking smoochily at the "laydees" in the audience and patting each other reassuringly on the back. Taryll croons like only a Jackson can. "Thank you to everyone who not only supported 3T but the entire Jackson family...we love you very much," he whimpers. Couples smooch as Anything blasts out and rucksacks are flung off. Taryll gets on bended knee...then he rips his top off! Phwer!
10:30 pm
They're exhausted. They were worried about the sound. They finish the orange juice. "It was a good show," says Taj. "But...we're perfectionists, and we didn't think the sound was all that good, y'see. We enjoyed it a lot though." Everyone agrees, and after a few minutes, Tito gives them a serious glance and they know they have to head for the hotel, for their beauty sleep. At least there's no work to do tomorrow. Unless you're TJ or Taryll and you've got exams to revise for. Or unless you're Taj and you've got a new 3T logo to design. Hang on...
Audio interviews with Tito Jackson
Enojoy these Interview with tito jackson
this inteview was from a while back
http://walrfm.media.streamtheworld.com/audio/tjms_tito_jackson_100749001.mp3
and here`s the interview from yesturday
http://homepage.mac.com/rossalan305/filechute1/021611-TITO-JACKSON.mp3
Follow tito @ www.twitter.com/titojackson5
also visit http://www.titojackson.com/ for updates, don`t miss it!
this inteview was from a while back
http://walrfm.media.streamtheworld.com/audio/tjms_tito_jackson_100749001.mp3
and here`s the interview from yesturday
http://homepage.mac.com/rossalan305/filechute1/021611-TITO-JACKSON.mp3
Follow tito @ www.twitter.com/titojackson5
also visit http://www.titojackson.com/ for updates, don`t miss it!
here`s a couple more old 3t interviews that i have found
ENJOY!
TCC Interview (from the brotherhood days):j
3T on Family
TCC: Now, you've grown up with music haven't you?
3T: Yes.
TCC: Obviously because your family is so musical. Was that always the case that your career was gonna be in music?
TJ: No, not exactly. We love sports a lot, so we were gonna be baseball players. And Taryll wanted to be a garbage man!
TCC: Who wanted to be a garbage man? Did you? Why did you want to be a garbage man?
Taryll: The trucks, they're awesome!
TCC: One of my friends got run over by a garbage truck once actually, so she won't be very pleased about that!
Taryll: Well I wouldn't to that type of garbage man! I'd be the best!
TCC: Well maybe it will happen, maybe you can still be a garbage man and sing at the same time.
TJ: Yeah, we have dreams that we still have to fulfil so it's our time.
TCC: I read somewhere that the used to mime with brooms and mops.
TJ: Yeah, we did, we also used guitars and flashlights for spot lights.
TCC: So how old were you when you did that?
3T: Very young, very young.
TCC: And did you used to sort of perform to your families?
3T: Umm hum.
Taj: It was mainly for ourselves though because we had a mirror in front of us and we could pretend, like, we were an audience to ourselves! It was interesting. TCC: So has it helped, has if helped that when your on stage that you'd been in front of a mirror?
3T: Yeah.
TJ: We would video tape it instead.
TCC: And criticise yourself?
TJ: Yeah.
TCC: Did you always used to listen to Jackson music? What sort of music did you listen to? We listened to the majority of Jackson music we listened to everything, the Dooby Brothers, Temptations all the Mowtown greats. Lionel Richie, everybody.
TCC: And how did Micheal and Janet help you? Did they encourage you a lot?
????: Well the whole family helped us, the song writing, producing, singing, everything.
TCC: They're so talented I can't believe that I am sat in the same room as these people. But what about the Jackson name then? Why didn't you use that? Why did you call yourself 3T, obviously because you names begin with T.
T? We are not really Jacksons.
TCC: Your not?
Taj: No, its all a lie.
TCC: Oh dear, your intruders.
TJ: We're not Jacksons, we're not!!
TCC: Your not?
Taryll: Taj is really the only Jackson.
TCC: Oh really?
Taryll: TJ and I are only cousins.
TCC: Your lying to me aren't you?
TJ: Yep.
TCC: Don't do this to me, your just gonna throw me completely. So why didn't you use it? Was it because you wanted to start off on your own without anyone knowing?
TJ: I think so, I think we wanted a fair shot and to be judged on our own talent. but we knew the media would pick up on it.
TCC: They love it don't they.
TJ: Yeah, they do but, we didn't want to strive on and make them think that's the only reason why we are out there.
TCC: Does every body know now that you are related to the Jacksons?
TJ: Most people know, there are still people that are finding out. They say, 'is it true that you are related to the Jacksons?' or 'I just found out that you are related to the Jacksons'.
TCC: Really?
TJ: Yeah, because we are still touring all over the world.
TCC: Getting more and more popular by the second. Now because you have lived in a family that is obviously very famous do you think that's helped you cope with fame? Or is it still quite hard some times?
Taryll: I think it's prepared us a lot, we how to deal with the negative media. And we've been dealing with cameras our whole lives
TCC: Now Taj are you going to answer this one? He hasn't been able to get a word in edgeways! What would you say the differences between the British press and the American press are? The way that they cover you? Or are they both the same?
Taj: In terms of how they cover us?
TCC: Yeah and your family.
Taj: I think that they can be equally as vicious, but the tendency in America is that people believe the press, that's why it's worse, because people believe what they read in their papers in America. The British press: People know when it rubbish and when it's not rubbish. Or at least they give people the benefit of the doubt. Which is not the case in America.
TCC: So obviously they always cover you family. So how would you describe you family? If you were describing them to someone who didn't already know about them?
Taj: Our family has some of the hardest working people in the business. Definitely, perfectionists they try to set a standard for quality They are very strong.
TCC: Who is the strongest out of you lot?
TJ: ME!
TCC: You?!
TJ: Out of our whole family?
TCC: No, just out of you 3.
TJ: Are you talking about physical strength?
TCC: Yes.
TJ: He is (Pointing to Taj).
TCC: Are you?
Taj: Yes that's right and he's the youngest (pointing to TJ).
Taryll: Hang on, wait wait, time out. I don't know if he's the strongest he just knows how to do those things. (To Taj) Prince gracies not the strongest.
TJ: I'm sorry,You cannot supervice me You can't body sling me (To Taj).
Taryll: I don't thing he's the strongest I think he's like got these long shots.
Taj: TJ knows that truth.
TCC: He's the oldest that's why (Taj).
Taryll: But he doesn't look the strongest. You can lift more than he can (To TJ).
TCC: Maybe he doesn't look it Do you think you look the strongest then? (To TJ).
TJ: Oh yeah if you're going by looks. That's what I thought you were going by, that's why I said me earlier but he's the strongest.
TCC: I'm not going to get into this argument. Ok, Who had the biggest telling off when you were younger? Oh, they've all gone quiet now! Did you ever get told off for anything really bad.
TJ: Probably him (to Taryll).
TCC: Who's been in trouble the most.
Taj: Taryll, tell them the story about our cousin and the football that you kicked in through the window.
TCC: Ohh what's this one.
Taj: And you blamed it on our cousin.
Taryll: I didn't blame it on my cousin.
TJ: Yes he did.
TCC: Oh confessions now, go on tell me.
Taryll: I kicked a football through the window.
TCC: Did you how old were you.
Taryll: I was like six.
TCC: You were six?
Taryll: Yeah and I kicked it through my parents window.
TCC: Really.
Taryll: Yes I did and they thought..
TJ: ..And he lied.
Taryll: ..That my cousin did it.
TCC: And you lied.
Taryll: Wait, time out hold on, I didn't really lie because they blamed it on him, and I just took a sides, you know I just took a side and it was either me or him, and I just took sides.
TCC: And you had to protect yourself didn't you?
Taryll: They had some good reasons, you know how could he kick it he's so small, how could he break a window and it started to all make sense, you know, how could a little boy kick it through the window, and I started to believe that I didn't so it.
TCC: But what did your cousin do did they not..
Taryll: No He didn't do it, but they told me they were gonna take me to the fire station to take a lie test.
TCC: Oh did they, so they didn't believe you.
Taryll: And i gave in.
TCC: You gave in? I'm glad.
Taryll: So I learned never to tell a lie again, the hard way, I learned the hard way.
TCC: And in your family do you cook? Do you cook a lot?
Taryll: I'm the chef.
TCC: Are you?
TJ: No he's not a chef.
Taryll: I'm the chef, I'm the chef.
TJ: He cooks the most.
TCC: Do you? What's you favourite dish, if you had to cook what would you cook for a girl for a nice romantic meal?
TJ: Pancakes.
Taryll: I'd give you the pancake french toast special.
TJ: Oh no.
Taryll: With Nachos as the desert.
TJ: Good luck.
TCC: Oh really?
Taryll: It's good, you don't like 'em? Taj likes them, ask Taj.
TCC: Do you like them? (to Taj)
Taj: They're ok.
TCC: They're ok.
Taj: They're edible.
Taryll: Why are you lying.
Taj: .They're edible.
TCC: There edible,
Taj: Yes.
TCC: So do you think that he could woo a girl by cooking her that?
Taryll: Yes.
TJ: Not the way he cooks!
Taryll: Definitely definitely!
TCC: Oh dear, so don't go round to Taryll's for dinner!
3T on Love
TCC: What's the most romantic thing that you've ever done, each of you? Taj, your quite romantic aren't you? You are because I've read loads of things about how romantic you are.
Taj: Um........I like writing poetry I guess.
TCC: Yeah.
TJ: Ohhhhh.
Taj: Stop it.
TCC: So, you've written poetry and things like that?
Taj: Yeah, and things like that.
TJ: Oh, Taj.
TCC: What about you two here then? TJ? What have you done that's romantic?
TJ: I just sing..
TCC: You just sing?
TJ: ..yes, perform!
TCC: Do you? Perform! I won't ask any more about that I don't think!!!
TJ: I put on my costume and start the show!!
TCC: Right I don't think we'll talk about that!!!
TCC: What about you then (To Taryll).
Taryll: I write songs.
TCC: You write songs..So you've written songs for a girl before?
Taryll: Yeah and I paid TJ to sing them, while I have a romantic dinner!
TCC: Oh, with your nachos and pancakes! That's very good isn't it. What do you find, I know your not gonna want to answer this one, but what do you find is the biggest turn on with a girl, like what they look like, what they wear, that kind of thing w hat they do? What appeals to you most?.....(All point at Taj) Ok Taj? you got lumbered with that one.
Taj: Probably, sense of humour...
TCC: Sense of humour.
Taj: ..and just is she can have fun.
TJ: Yeah.
TCC: Yeah.
Taj: If she's boring then that's..
TCC: If she just sits there, so even if she stunningly beautiful, if she boring.
TJ; Yeah, if she boring that's no good. doesn't work.
Taj: You've gotta have fun.
TCC: Yeah. That is the most important thing after all. What about you biggest turn off?
Taj: Cigarettes
TJ: Cigarettes.
Taryll: Cigarettes.
TCC: Cigarettes. So no smoking. Now, have you got girl friends now?
Taryll: Not right now.
TCC: You haven't.
TJ; Uh uh.
TCC: Is it hard because you are touring?
All: Yeah it's hard yeah.
Taryll: Once this stops we hope to find someone, well at least I do.
TJ: I think we all will in time.
TCC: Yeah, it must be tough. I suppose that you just had to tell yourselves that you have to concentrate on your career.
TJ: Yeah, music is something that we have all wanted since we were kids, you know and this is the best time for us to do, you know make and impact and put 100% into it and once we do that then I think we're there.
TCC: It must be quite frustrating though, because this is also the time when you've got billions and billions of girls throwing themselves at you? And you can't do anything about it, I suppose can you? Would you date a fan?
Taryll: I don't think we are the type that likes girls who throw themselves at us.
TCC: No so you don't.
TJ: No.
Taj: We'd have to get to know them.
TCC: Yeah.
Taj: Talk to them, definitely.
TCC: Would you date a fan?
Taj: If we got to know them.
Taryll: Yeah.
Taj: Talk to them on a one on one level.
TCC: Because I suppose, you know that they might think that you are something that you are not because, they see you up there don't they? and they might get the wrong impression of you. although they wouldn't because they are gonna see you here chatti ng to me now. What is your ideal date scenario? Where would you take a girl?
Taj: Mac Donalds.
TCC: Mac donalds?!
Taj: that's for him.
Taryll: That's for TJ.
Taj: That's him.
Taj: Burger king! Um, Ideal date,a location or restaurant?
TCC: Location, what would you do? If you had a day out with a girl?
TJ: I would want in simple, I wouldn't want to spoil.....
TCC: You'd just sing.
TJ: They would probably spoil their girlfriends.
TCC: Would you.
TJ: Yeah and I wouldn't want to do that so...
Taj: Football match?
TJ: FOOTBALL MATCH!!!! Ye hey, now there you go.
3T on Fans
TCC: Do you feel a lot of pressure to be a certain way? To your fans, to act a certain way? Say you'd done billions and billions of interviews and then you did, say a record signing somewhere and you're just really fed up and just wanna go home. Do yo u feel, like a lot of pressure to be happy? Has anyone ever said, smile a bit. 'Cause they'd be watching you the whole time, won't they so..
Taj: I think they bring us happiness.
TCC: Yes.
Taj: Y'know seeing them, but there's consequences, like I'm sick right now, because I was outside...
TCC: Aaaah.
Taj: ...we all were but I just seem to have the lowest immune system.
TCC: You're so precious aren't you? But you do, you like being with them.
TJ: 3T have the best fans, yeah, they travel all over the world.
TCC: Do you think they're different, than fans of other bands?
TJ: Yeah I do.
TCC: Do you think that they have a different character, because obviously different people like different bands.
TJ: I don't know, we can't really compare with other groups but we've seen our uncle's fans and they're very loyal as well.
TCC: Do you think you have the same sort of fans as Micheal? Like the people who like Michael, do you think they like you too?
TJ: There are some.
Taj: There are some who like us and don't really care about our uncle and vice versa. There are people who like our uncle but don't really like us. y'know it depends. If they like our kind of music..
TCC: Then they like your kind of music. Have they ever gone to really great lengths to get near you?
Taj: Someone scaled a wall.
TCC: They did not! In the hotel?
TJ: Yeah, about three stories.
TCC: Three stories!
TJ: I would never have done that.
TCC: What for another band or to get to Taj.
TJ: It's too scary.
TCC: Did it worry you? Did you say anything to them, like 'Please don't do that'?
TJ: Well, she was already up the wall.
TCC: Spiderman!
TJ: Spiderwoman. Anyway the thing is, sometimes with the crowds it does get a little scary for the fans and we try to warn them. 'Watch out behind you'.
TCC: They don't think about it do they? They just see you and just go.
TJ: We try to look out for their safety as well.
TCC: And you chat to people on the internet don't you?
TJ: Uh-hu.
TCC: You've got a big fan base.
Taj: Yes.
TJ: We talk to a lot of fans on the internet.
TCC: Do you actually talk to them yourselves? They must love it. How do they know it's actually you though? Do they question you?
Taj: Well, when you meet them afterwards then they can confirm it was actually you, and you know their names and stuff.
TCC: You could tell them secrets and stuff.
Taj: It helps 'cause when we're in America, they tell us our chart position and stuff like that.
TCC: Oh really?
Taj: And the shows that we've been on.
TCC: That's good, you've got a little network.
Taj: Yeah, A little network of spies!
3T on Music
TCC: What do you think of british bands? Have you met lots of them?
TJ: They're very nice. We've met: Boyzone and MN8.
TCC: MN8 toured with Janet didn't they?
TJ: Yes. And East 17 we've met.
Taj: We've met Jamariqui. These aren't bands but..
TCC: You've met loads of people. Is there any of their music you particularly like?
Taryll: We like all types of music, we listen to everything. Spice Girls...
TCC: You like the Spice Girls, do you?
Taryll: Yeah
TCC: Do you know them?
Taryll: No. We've never met them.
Taj: We think they're hiding from us
TCC: You think so? I think they'd jump on you I expect.
Taj: They haven't met 3T though. We can be equally rowdy.
TCC: So you'd be an equal match. Maybe we'll see that one day: 3T and the Spice Girls. Now, when you're writing your music, your albums and stuff like that, who has the most imput?
Taryll: It depends on the song. Umm every body contributes, so it depends on the song.
TCC: What about Michael, does he help you a lot? 'Cause, you're on his record label aren't you?
Taryll: Well, he's trained us I guess. Prepared us, taught us how to song write. We didn't actually write with him on this album, but he's helped us in many ways.
TCC: Yeah, so really that's good. So who like writing songs the most? Taryll, are you the best songwriter or not? Not the best, I didn't mean to say the best, but are you the most dedicated?
Taj: I think he's the one who wants to do it for the rest of his life.
TCC: Really?
Taj: We all have other ambitions too.
TCC: What other ambitions do you have?
Taj: Well I wanna direct movies.
TCC: Do you? Well maybe I could act in one of your movies.
Taj: Well TJ wants to act too.
TCC: (To TJ) Do you? Well maybe we could co-star TJ. Do you wanna model as well?
Taryll: Give em' a scene TJ.
TCC: What did you say?
TJ: Well, I can perform a couple of scenes from the...
TCC: Can you.
Taj: Do the ..... part.
TCC: We'll save ourselves I think, it might be a bit too much. So your quite serious about acting then?
TJ: Yeah, I'm gonna start acting very soon.
TCC: You've got so much to do haven't you?
TJ: Yeah, I'm very busy but I like to work and I like to entertain.
3T on each other
TCC: You're together obviously a hell of a lot so you must know a great deal about each other, so I'm going to ask you some questions. I'm gonna do it one by one okay, so one of you has to covers your ears while the others talk about you basically. Ta j, you can put your hands over your ears first of all. What would you say were Taj's best and worst habits? He's listening anyway.
Taryll: Taj is slow.
TCC: Slow?
Taryll: Yes, he's very slow.
TCC: In what way?
Taryll: He just takes forever, forever, he's always making us late. He knows it, he can listen.
TCC: What would you say TJ, about Taj?
TJ: His worst habit?
TCC: Yes, and best.
TJ: He eats loud!
TCC: He eats loud?
TJ: Yes, too loud. But, hey he's enjoying his food, there's nothing wrong with that. His best habit? He can read anywhere.
TCC: He can read anywhere? Yes, actually I've read that you take books to baseball games and the movies. Is that true?
TJ: Yes that's right.
TCC: Is that because you don't like the movies?
Taj: No. There's that five minutes right before the movies starts when you can sneak a couple pages in.
TJ: He is serious! It's not a joke. But that's good.
TCC: That is good.
Taj: I have so much on that I don't have enough time to do it.
TCC: Right, what about TJ? What are his worst and best habits? Doesn't he like sleeping a lot?
Taryll: That's true but he's working on that though.
TJ: I've changed.
TCC: You've changed, have you?
Taryll: What is TJ's worst habit? TJ, you're starting the messy award. TJ's starting to be the slob of the group.
TCC: Oh is he?!
Taryll: Now this used to belong to Taj, but TJ's starting to get that award.
TCC: Oh dear!
Taryll: You should see the way this guy packs!
TCC: So, Taj is smartening up his image and TJ's getting slobbier.
Taryll: Yeah TJ is.
TCC: We should sort this out. I think you should send him some mail to sort him out. What about his best habits.
Taryll: There's nothing really good about TJ! Umm
TJ: There's a lot of good things about me. There's plenty!
Taryll: He has a lot of dreams.
Taryll: He's very ambitious. Lot's is good about this guy.
TCC: Very career minded, very business minded. OK,then Taryll. Your turn now.
Taryll: I know what they're gonna say.
TCC: What are they gonna say then.
TJ: Cover your ears.
Taj: Cover your ears or you're gonna hear a lot.
Taryll: Hey, wait, they didn't cover their ears.
TCC: OK
TJ: Taj, you can start off.
Taj: Well, Taryll has a couple of qualities. He's definitely the crybaby of the group. Definitely the whiner, always complaining.
TJ: Always.
Taryll: I can listen now.
TJ: Cover your ears.
Taj: Always, always complaining, you know it gets annoying after a while.
TJ: It starts bothering me. Messing with my emotions.
TCC: Don't let it bother you.
TJ: I'm trying, it's a battle.
TCC: Does he get angry? He very emotional isn't he?
Taj; Yeah, very emotional. He likes to tease you a lot too.
Taryll: I don't know where all this is coming from.
Taj: This is his one defence let him...
TJ: Is he not supposed to here this is he?
Taryll: No, he's not.
Taj: He's not supposed to defend himself either.
TCC: No, you're not. They didn't defend them selves, they kept quiet. Keep going. What about good?
TJ: Good things? This is gonna be tough..... He likes to work.
TCC: He likes to work?
Taj and TJ: Yeah.
TJ: He likes to study too. I think we all like to work.
TCC: Yeah you do, you're very dedicated. Thank you very much for joining me today.
TJ: Thank You.
TCC: And good luck.
Here's another interview taken from Anything magazine
"For us, there always were only two ambitions", Taj - with 22 years the oldest of the brothers and the "spokesman" of 3T - grins. "To be either musicians or baseball-profis."
TJ and Taryll nod in agreement. In their villa in Hidden Hills, a distinguished district in the northwest of Los Angeles, you can see something Taryll is very proud of:
his framed baseball-shirt with the number 16. "In High School I was a real crack", Taryll remembers. But it's not only Taryll "Of course baseball is number one for all of us", says TJ.
"But right after comes basketball. And of course American Football - even if it's getting a little bit brutal sometimes." Once Taj personally tried this game. "Well, I must admit it was nothing for me", he declines. "All the others just have been much larger and stronger than I. There was no chance for me to get through... This game is really dangerous. You can hurt yourself very bad and quick."
Their gigantic garden around the villa is the perfect place for playing basketball. There even hangs a basket on the wall for practicing, far behind in the green paradise. A necessary item for the famous meetings of the Jacksons, because all family members like to play basketball. "Well, I have to tell you something...", Taj suddenly bursts out. "Once we were in the middle of a match as I noticed something was not right."
Taj looked down at himself and realized his pants hung between the knees. "Somehow my belt was ruined and I have lost my pants unnoticed. No need to tell you how much fun all the others had. Imagine me standing there in my underwear..."
Fortunately none of the boys has ever been hurt seriously in a match. "No more than blue spots", Taryll says. "The worst I can remember was a sprainned ankle. Afterwards my father had to stay with me for hours to cool my foot." Now TJ is grinning wide: "Exactly, and you complained all the time." Twenty-year-old Taryll hit his younger brother's side. "No, that's not true... just a little bit..." His ears get red.
"There is one thing we would never do", Taj says seriously. "Box. This is just too brutal and dangerous. I can't even watch them crack their fists into each other faces on TV." But when it comes to watch any other sport on TV they don't think twice. "We watch almost any kind of sport", TJ says. Then the whole family sits in front of TV, drinks milk shakes, eats cashew kernels and sandwiches while encouraging their favorites. "We don't care if it's the Superbowl, the Champions-League or everything concerning basketball or baseball - we party!", TJ laughs. By the way, seventeen-year-old TJ is one of the best baseball players at Buckley High-Club in Sherman Oaks. This season he's got chances to be chosen as a top crack. "We are very proud of our little brother", Taj means with an impudent grinning and immediately gets a push of his brother.
Unfortunately the trio got only little time for their sporting ambitions. "If we are not working on our music or traveling around the world we have to help in the household like every other kid." Taryll groans. "We have to prepare the table, clear the dishwasher and what else there is to do."
Everything except gardening. "That is the advantage of such a big estate", Taj says. "Instead of everyone doing a little bit here and there our dad Tito rather has hired a gardener. Now we just have to watch out for the flowers when we are playing basketball." Then they have to remove the damage or to confes
TCC Interview (from the brotherhood days):j
3T on Family
TCC: Now, you've grown up with music haven't you?
3T: Yes.
TCC: Obviously because your family is so musical. Was that always the case that your career was gonna be in music?
TJ: No, not exactly. We love sports a lot, so we were gonna be baseball players. And Taryll wanted to be a garbage man!
TCC: Who wanted to be a garbage man? Did you? Why did you want to be a garbage man?
Taryll: The trucks, they're awesome!
TCC: One of my friends got run over by a garbage truck once actually, so she won't be very pleased about that!
Taryll: Well I wouldn't to that type of garbage man! I'd be the best!
TCC: Well maybe it will happen, maybe you can still be a garbage man and sing at the same time.
TJ: Yeah, we have dreams that we still have to fulfil so it's our time.
TCC: I read somewhere that the used to mime with brooms and mops.
TJ: Yeah, we did, we also used guitars and flashlights for spot lights.
TCC: So how old were you when you did that?
3T: Very young, very young.
TCC: And did you used to sort of perform to your families?
3T: Umm hum.
Taj: It was mainly for ourselves though because we had a mirror in front of us and we could pretend, like, we were an audience to ourselves! It was interesting. TCC: So has it helped, has if helped that when your on stage that you'd been in front of a mirror?
3T: Yeah.
TJ: We would video tape it instead.
TCC: And criticise yourself?
TJ: Yeah.
TCC: Did you always used to listen to Jackson music? What sort of music did you listen to? We listened to the majority of Jackson music we listened to everything, the Dooby Brothers, Temptations all the Mowtown greats. Lionel Richie, everybody.
TCC: And how did Micheal and Janet help you? Did they encourage you a lot?
????: Well the whole family helped us, the song writing, producing, singing, everything.
TCC: They're so talented I can't believe that I am sat in the same room as these people. But what about the Jackson name then? Why didn't you use that? Why did you call yourself 3T, obviously because you names begin with T.
T? We are not really Jacksons.
TCC: Your not?
Taj: No, its all a lie.
TCC: Oh dear, your intruders.
TJ: We're not Jacksons, we're not!!
TCC: Your not?
Taryll: Taj is really the only Jackson.
TCC: Oh really?
Taryll: TJ and I are only cousins.
TCC: Your lying to me aren't you?
TJ: Yep.
TCC: Don't do this to me, your just gonna throw me completely. So why didn't you use it? Was it because you wanted to start off on your own without anyone knowing?
TJ: I think so, I think we wanted a fair shot and to be judged on our own talent. but we knew the media would pick up on it.
TCC: They love it don't they.
TJ: Yeah, they do but, we didn't want to strive on and make them think that's the only reason why we are out there.
TCC: Does every body know now that you are related to the Jacksons?
TJ: Most people know, there are still people that are finding out. They say, 'is it true that you are related to the Jacksons?' or 'I just found out that you are related to the Jacksons'.
TCC: Really?
TJ: Yeah, because we are still touring all over the world.
TCC: Getting more and more popular by the second. Now because you have lived in a family that is obviously very famous do you think that's helped you cope with fame? Or is it still quite hard some times?
Taryll: I think it's prepared us a lot, we how to deal with the negative media. And we've been dealing with cameras our whole lives
TCC: Now Taj are you going to answer this one? He hasn't been able to get a word in edgeways! What would you say the differences between the British press and the American press are? The way that they cover you? Or are they both the same?
Taj: In terms of how they cover us?
TCC: Yeah and your family.
Taj: I think that they can be equally as vicious, but the tendency in America is that people believe the press, that's why it's worse, because people believe what they read in their papers in America. The British press: People know when it rubbish and when it's not rubbish. Or at least they give people the benefit of the doubt. Which is not the case in America.
TCC: So obviously they always cover you family. So how would you describe you family? If you were describing them to someone who didn't already know about them?
Taj: Our family has some of the hardest working people in the business. Definitely, perfectionists they try to set a standard for quality They are very strong.
TCC: Who is the strongest out of you lot?
TJ: ME!
TCC: You?!
TJ: Out of our whole family?
TCC: No, just out of you 3.
TJ: Are you talking about physical strength?
TCC: Yes.
TJ: He is (Pointing to Taj).
TCC: Are you?
Taj: Yes that's right and he's the youngest (pointing to TJ).
Taryll: Hang on, wait wait, time out. I don't know if he's the strongest he just knows how to do those things. (To Taj) Prince gracies not the strongest.
TJ: I'm sorry,You cannot supervice me You can't body sling me (To Taj).
Taryll: I don't thing he's the strongest I think he's like got these long shots.
Taj: TJ knows that truth.
TCC: He's the oldest that's why (Taj).
Taryll: But he doesn't look the strongest. You can lift more than he can (To TJ).
TCC: Maybe he doesn't look it Do you think you look the strongest then? (To TJ).
TJ: Oh yeah if you're going by looks. That's what I thought you were going by, that's why I said me earlier but he's the strongest.
TCC: I'm not going to get into this argument. Ok, Who had the biggest telling off when you were younger? Oh, they've all gone quiet now! Did you ever get told off for anything really bad.
TJ: Probably him (to Taryll).
TCC: Who's been in trouble the most.
Taj: Taryll, tell them the story about our cousin and the football that you kicked in through the window.
TCC: Ohh what's this one.
Taj: And you blamed it on our cousin.
Taryll: I didn't blame it on my cousin.
TJ: Yes he did.
TCC: Oh confessions now, go on tell me.
Taryll: I kicked a football through the window.
TCC: Did you how old were you.
Taryll: I was like six.
TCC: You were six?
Taryll: Yeah and I kicked it through my parents window.
TCC: Really.
Taryll: Yes I did and they thought..
TJ: ..And he lied.
Taryll: ..That my cousin did it.
TCC: And you lied.
Taryll: Wait, time out hold on, I didn't really lie because they blamed it on him, and I just took a sides, you know I just took a side and it was either me or him, and I just took sides.
TCC: And you had to protect yourself didn't you?
Taryll: They had some good reasons, you know how could he kick it he's so small, how could he break a window and it started to all make sense, you know, how could a little boy kick it through the window, and I started to believe that I didn't so it.
TCC: But what did your cousin do did they not..
Taryll: No He didn't do it, but they told me they were gonna take me to the fire station to take a lie test.
TCC: Oh did they, so they didn't believe you.
Taryll: And i gave in.
TCC: You gave in? I'm glad.
Taryll: So I learned never to tell a lie again, the hard way, I learned the hard way.
TCC: And in your family do you cook? Do you cook a lot?
Taryll: I'm the chef.
TCC: Are you?
TJ: No he's not a chef.
Taryll: I'm the chef, I'm the chef.
TJ: He cooks the most.
TCC: Do you? What's you favourite dish, if you had to cook what would you cook for a girl for a nice romantic meal?
TJ: Pancakes.
Taryll: I'd give you the pancake french toast special.
TJ: Oh no.
Taryll: With Nachos as the desert.
TJ: Good luck.
TCC: Oh really?
Taryll: It's good, you don't like 'em? Taj likes them, ask Taj.
TCC: Do you like them? (to Taj)
Taj: They're ok.
TCC: They're ok.
Taj: They're edible.
Taryll: Why are you lying.
Taj: .They're edible.
TCC: There edible,
Taj: Yes.
TCC: So do you think that he could woo a girl by cooking her that?
Taryll: Yes.
TJ: Not the way he cooks!
Taryll: Definitely definitely!
TCC: Oh dear, so don't go round to Taryll's for dinner!
3T on Love
TCC: What's the most romantic thing that you've ever done, each of you? Taj, your quite romantic aren't you? You are because I've read loads of things about how romantic you are.
Taj: Um........I like writing poetry I guess.
TCC: Yeah.
TJ: Ohhhhh.
Taj: Stop it.
TCC: So, you've written poetry and things like that?
Taj: Yeah, and things like that.
TJ: Oh, Taj.
TCC: What about you two here then? TJ? What have you done that's romantic?
TJ: I just sing..
TCC: You just sing?
TJ: ..yes, perform!
TCC: Do you? Perform! I won't ask any more about that I don't think!!!
TJ: I put on my costume and start the show!!
TCC: Right I don't think we'll talk about that!!!
TCC: What about you then (To Taryll).
Taryll: I write songs.
TCC: You write songs..So you've written songs for a girl before?
Taryll: Yeah and I paid TJ to sing them, while I have a romantic dinner!
TCC: Oh, with your nachos and pancakes! That's very good isn't it. What do you find, I know your not gonna want to answer this one, but what do you find is the biggest turn on with a girl, like what they look like, what they wear, that kind of thing w hat they do? What appeals to you most?.....(All point at Taj) Ok Taj? you got lumbered with that one.
Taj: Probably, sense of humour...
TCC: Sense of humour.
Taj: ..and just is she can have fun.
TJ: Yeah.
TCC: Yeah.
Taj: If she's boring then that's..
TCC: If she just sits there, so even if she stunningly beautiful, if she boring.
TJ; Yeah, if she boring that's no good. doesn't work.
Taj: You've gotta have fun.
TCC: Yeah. That is the most important thing after all. What about you biggest turn off?
Taj: Cigarettes
TJ: Cigarettes.
Taryll: Cigarettes.
TCC: Cigarettes. So no smoking. Now, have you got girl friends now?
Taryll: Not right now.
TCC: You haven't.
TJ; Uh uh.
TCC: Is it hard because you are touring?
All: Yeah it's hard yeah.
Taryll: Once this stops we hope to find someone, well at least I do.
TJ: I think we all will in time.
TCC: Yeah, it must be tough. I suppose that you just had to tell yourselves that you have to concentrate on your career.
TJ: Yeah, music is something that we have all wanted since we were kids, you know and this is the best time for us to do, you know make and impact and put 100% into it and once we do that then I think we're there.
TCC: It must be quite frustrating though, because this is also the time when you've got billions and billions of girls throwing themselves at you? And you can't do anything about it, I suppose can you? Would you date a fan?
Taryll: I don't think we are the type that likes girls who throw themselves at us.
TCC: No so you don't.
TJ: No.
Taj: We'd have to get to know them.
TCC: Yeah.
Taj: Talk to them, definitely.
TCC: Would you date a fan?
Taj: If we got to know them.
Taryll: Yeah.
Taj: Talk to them on a one on one level.
TCC: Because I suppose, you know that they might think that you are something that you are not because, they see you up there don't they? and they might get the wrong impression of you. although they wouldn't because they are gonna see you here chatti ng to me now. What is your ideal date scenario? Where would you take a girl?
Taj: Mac Donalds.
TCC: Mac donalds?!
Taj: that's for him.
Taryll: That's for TJ.
Taj: That's him.
Taj: Burger king! Um, Ideal date,a location or restaurant?
TCC: Location, what would you do? If you had a day out with a girl?
TJ: I would want in simple, I wouldn't want to spoil.....
TCC: You'd just sing.
TJ: They would probably spoil their girlfriends.
TCC: Would you.
TJ: Yeah and I wouldn't want to do that so...
Taj: Football match?
TJ: FOOTBALL MATCH!!!! Ye hey, now there you go.
3T on Fans
TCC: Do you feel a lot of pressure to be a certain way? To your fans, to act a certain way? Say you'd done billions and billions of interviews and then you did, say a record signing somewhere and you're just really fed up and just wanna go home. Do yo u feel, like a lot of pressure to be happy? Has anyone ever said, smile a bit. 'Cause they'd be watching you the whole time, won't they so..
Taj: I think they bring us happiness.
TCC: Yes.
Taj: Y'know seeing them, but there's consequences, like I'm sick right now, because I was outside...
TCC: Aaaah.
Taj: ...we all were but I just seem to have the lowest immune system.
TCC: You're so precious aren't you? But you do, you like being with them.
TJ: 3T have the best fans, yeah, they travel all over the world.
TCC: Do you think they're different, than fans of other bands?
TJ: Yeah I do.
TCC: Do you think that they have a different character, because obviously different people like different bands.
TJ: I don't know, we can't really compare with other groups but we've seen our uncle's fans and they're very loyal as well.
TCC: Do you think you have the same sort of fans as Micheal? Like the people who like Michael, do you think they like you too?
TJ: There are some.
Taj: There are some who like us and don't really care about our uncle and vice versa. There are people who like our uncle but don't really like us. y'know it depends. If they like our kind of music..
TCC: Then they like your kind of music. Have they ever gone to really great lengths to get near you?
Taj: Someone scaled a wall.
TCC: They did not! In the hotel?
TJ: Yeah, about three stories.
TCC: Three stories!
TJ: I would never have done that.
TCC: What for another band or to get to Taj.
TJ: It's too scary.
TCC: Did it worry you? Did you say anything to them, like 'Please don't do that'?
TJ: Well, she was already up the wall.
TCC: Spiderman!
TJ: Spiderwoman. Anyway the thing is, sometimes with the crowds it does get a little scary for the fans and we try to warn them. 'Watch out behind you'.
TCC: They don't think about it do they? They just see you and just go.
TJ: We try to look out for their safety as well.
TCC: And you chat to people on the internet don't you?
TJ: Uh-hu.
TCC: You've got a big fan base.
Taj: Yes.
TJ: We talk to a lot of fans on the internet.
TCC: Do you actually talk to them yourselves? They must love it. How do they know it's actually you though? Do they question you?
Taj: Well, when you meet them afterwards then they can confirm it was actually you, and you know their names and stuff.
TCC: You could tell them secrets and stuff.
Taj: It helps 'cause when we're in America, they tell us our chart position and stuff like that.
TCC: Oh really?
Taj: And the shows that we've been on.
TCC: That's good, you've got a little network.
Taj: Yeah, A little network of spies!
3T on Music
TCC: What do you think of british bands? Have you met lots of them?
TJ: They're very nice. We've met: Boyzone and MN8.
TCC: MN8 toured with Janet didn't they?
TJ: Yes. And East 17 we've met.
Taj: We've met Jamariqui. These aren't bands but..
TCC: You've met loads of people. Is there any of their music you particularly like?
Taryll: We like all types of music, we listen to everything. Spice Girls...
TCC: You like the Spice Girls, do you?
Taryll: Yeah
TCC: Do you know them?
Taryll: No. We've never met them.
Taj: We think they're hiding from us
TCC: You think so? I think they'd jump on you I expect.
Taj: They haven't met 3T though. We can be equally rowdy.
TCC: So you'd be an equal match. Maybe we'll see that one day: 3T and the Spice Girls. Now, when you're writing your music, your albums and stuff like that, who has the most imput?
Taryll: It depends on the song. Umm every body contributes, so it depends on the song.
TCC: What about Michael, does he help you a lot? 'Cause, you're on his record label aren't you?
Taryll: Well, he's trained us I guess. Prepared us, taught us how to song write. We didn't actually write with him on this album, but he's helped us in many ways.
TCC: Yeah, so really that's good. So who like writing songs the most? Taryll, are you the best songwriter or not? Not the best, I didn't mean to say the best, but are you the most dedicated?
Taj: I think he's the one who wants to do it for the rest of his life.
TCC: Really?
Taj: We all have other ambitions too.
TCC: What other ambitions do you have?
Taj: Well I wanna direct movies.
TCC: Do you? Well maybe I could act in one of your movies.
Taj: Well TJ wants to act too.
TCC: (To TJ) Do you? Well maybe we could co-star TJ. Do you wanna model as well?
Taryll: Give em' a scene TJ.
TCC: What did you say?
TJ: Well, I can perform a couple of scenes from the...
TCC: Can you.
Taj: Do the ..... part.
TCC: We'll save ourselves I think, it might be a bit too much. So your quite serious about acting then?
TJ: Yeah, I'm gonna start acting very soon.
TCC: You've got so much to do haven't you?
TJ: Yeah, I'm very busy but I like to work and I like to entertain.
3T on each other
TCC: You're together obviously a hell of a lot so you must know a great deal about each other, so I'm going to ask you some questions. I'm gonna do it one by one okay, so one of you has to covers your ears while the others talk about you basically. Ta j, you can put your hands over your ears first of all. What would you say were Taj's best and worst habits? He's listening anyway.
Taryll: Taj is slow.
TCC: Slow?
Taryll: Yes, he's very slow.
TCC: In what way?
Taryll: He just takes forever, forever, he's always making us late. He knows it, he can listen.
TCC: What would you say TJ, about Taj?
TJ: His worst habit?
TCC: Yes, and best.
TJ: He eats loud!
TCC: He eats loud?
TJ: Yes, too loud. But, hey he's enjoying his food, there's nothing wrong with that. His best habit? He can read anywhere.
TCC: He can read anywhere? Yes, actually I've read that you take books to baseball games and the movies. Is that true?
TJ: Yes that's right.
TCC: Is that because you don't like the movies?
Taj: No. There's that five minutes right before the movies starts when you can sneak a couple pages in.
TJ: He is serious! It's not a joke. But that's good.
TCC: That is good.
Taj: I have so much on that I don't have enough time to do it.
TCC: Right, what about TJ? What are his worst and best habits? Doesn't he like sleeping a lot?
Taryll: That's true but he's working on that though.
TJ: I've changed.
TCC: You've changed, have you?
Taryll: What is TJ's worst habit? TJ, you're starting the messy award. TJ's starting to be the slob of the group.
TCC: Oh is he?!
Taryll: Now this used to belong to Taj, but TJ's starting to get that award.
TCC: Oh dear!
Taryll: You should see the way this guy packs!
TCC: So, Taj is smartening up his image and TJ's getting slobbier.
Taryll: Yeah TJ is.
TCC: We should sort this out. I think you should send him some mail to sort him out. What about his best habits.
Taryll: There's nothing really good about TJ! Umm
TJ: There's a lot of good things about me. There's plenty!
Taryll: He has a lot of dreams.
Taryll: He's very ambitious. Lot's is good about this guy.
TCC: Very career minded, very business minded. OK,then Taryll. Your turn now.
Taryll: I know what they're gonna say.
TCC: What are they gonna say then.
TJ: Cover your ears.
Taj: Cover your ears or you're gonna hear a lot.
Taryll: Hey, wait, they didn't cover their ears.
TCC: OK
TJ: Taj, you can start off.
Taj: Well, Taryll has a couple of qualities. He's definitely the crybaby of the group. Definitely the whiner, always complaining.
TJ: Always.
Taryll: I can listen now.
TJ: Cover your ears.
Taj: Always, always complaining, you know it gets annoying after a while.
TJ: It starts bothering me. Messing with my emotions.
TCC: Don't let it bother you.
TJ: I'm trying, it's a battle.
TCC: Does he get angry? He very emotional isn't he?
Taj; Yeah, very emotional. He likes to tease you a lot too.
Taryll: I don't know where all this is coming from.
Taj: This is his one defence let him...
TJ: Is he not supposed to here this is he?
Taryll: No, he's not.
Taj: He's not supposed to defend himself either.
TCC: No, you're not. They didn't defend them selves, they kept quiet. Keep going. What about good?
TJ: Good things? This is gonna be tough..... He likes to work.
TCC: He likes to work?
Taj and TJ: Yeah.
TJ: He likes to study too. I think we all like to work.
TCC: Yeah you do, you're very dedicated. Thank you very much for joining me today.
TJ: Thank You.
TCC: And good luck.
Here's another interview taken from Anything magazine
"For us, there always were only two ambitions", Taj - with 22 years the oldest of the brothers and the "spokesman" of 3T - grins. "To be either musicians or baseball-profis."
TJ and Taryll nod in agreement. In their villa in Hidden Hills, a distinguished district in the northwest of Los Angeles, you can see something Taryll is very proud of:
his framed baseball-shirt with the number 16. "In High School I was a real crack", Taryll remembers. But it's not only Taryll "Of course baseball is number one for all of us", says TJ.
"But right after comes basketball. And of course American Football - even if it's getting a little bit brutal sometimes." Once Taj personally tried this game. "Well, I must admit it was nothing for me", he declines. "All the others just have been much larger and stronger than I. There was no chance for me to get through... This game is really dangerous. You can hurt yourself very bad and quick."
Their gigantic garden around the villa is the perfect place for playing basketball. There even hangs a basket on the wall for practicing, far behind in the green paradise. A necessary item for the famous meetings of the Jacksons, because all family members like to play basketball. "Well, I have to tell you something...", Taj suddenly bursts out. "Once we were in the middle of a match as I noticed something was not right."
Taj looked down at himself and realized his pants hung between the knees. "Somehow my belt was ruined and I have lost my pants unnoticed. No need to tell you how much fun all the others had. Imagine me standing there in my underwear..."
Fortunately none of the boys has ever been hurt seriously in a match. "No more than blue spots", Taryll says. "The worst I can remember was a sprainned ankle. Afterwards my father had to stay with me for hours to cool my foot." Now TJ is grinning wide: "Exactly, and you complained all the time." Twenty-year-old Taryll hit his younger brother's side. "No, that's not true... just a little bit..." His ears get red.
"There is one thing we would never do", Taj says seriously. "Box. This is just too brutal and dangerous. I can't even watch them crack their fists into each other faces on TV." But when it comes to watch any other sport on TV they don't think twice. "We watch almost any kind of sport", TJ says. Then the whole family sits in front of TV, drinks milk shakes, eats cashew kernels and sandwiches while encouraging their favorites. "We don't care if it's the Superbowl, the Champions-League or everything concerning basketball or baseball - we party!", TJ laughs. By the way, seventeen-year-old TJ is one of the best baseball players at Buckley High-Club in Sherman Oaks. This season he's got chances to be chosen as a top crack. "We are very proud of our little brother", Taj means with an impudent grinning and immediately gets a push of his brother.
Unfortunately the trio got only little time for their sporting ambitions. "If we are not working on our music or traveling around the world we have to help in the household like every other kid." Taryll groans. "We have to prepare the table, clear the dishwasher and what else there is to do."
Everything except gardening. "That is the advantage of such a big estate", Taj says. "Instead of everyone doing a little bit here and there our dad Tito rather has hired a gardener. Now we just have to watch out for the flowers when we are playing basketball." Then they have to remove the damage or to confes
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
some old 3t interviews
enjoy these interviews!
3T Interview 1998
Taryll: Everybody thinks we're such nice guys, but you'll be disappointed. We're just polite.
T.J.: Polite? We are evil itself. Most people don't know how cruel we can be.
Taj: Oh, we're not crueler than other people.
T.J.: Oh yes we are! If someone hurts himself, you start to laugh. That's cruel.
Taj: That's normal.
T.J.: Maybe you're right. Taryll and I do it too. If someone comes in right now and punches Taj in the face, we will be cracked up.
Family
T.J.: Family is very important! I want to have a really big family. About nine kids would be great.
Taj: You don't know what you're getting yourself into. Three is a good number. All a year apart.
Taryll: Kids are great! I can picture it now: Six little guys running around in my house.
Taj: You're absolutely crazy.
Nightmares
T.J.: Fortunately, I don't have those anymore.
Taj: I've been having a lot of nightmares, lately. I see how my brothers are being shot and all I can do is watch how it happens.
Taryll: I often dream that I am being shot. A guy comes walking up to me with an Uzi and blows my head off. Well, that's what happens when you live in LA.
Rumors
Taj: I hate rumors. The strangest things are always being told about us.
T.J.: I like to listen to a juicy rumor. I know it's not good, but I always keep my ears open. I won't spread it on, but I listen to every word.
Taryll: Okay, I admit it.......I like to hear a good rumor as well.
Sex
T.J.: Sex is a natural craving..
Taryll: Sex great and in the meantime you're also getting some exercise.
T.J.: Sex is healthy, but you do have to be able to trust your mate. I don't just jump into bed with anyone. But when I'm sure that I'm in love, I will give away a good performance in the bedroom.
Money
T.J.: That can be either good or bad.
Taryll: I need money.
Taj: Of course you need money to buy things, but on the other hand it can bring lies and deceit.
T.J.: It depends on which hands it falls in.
Taryll: We look after our Money. Well, except for Taj, he spends it like water.
Taj: My problem is that I want too many things. And they bore me really quickly. So something I've bought today, can suddenly be completely useless tomorrow.
Taryll: Like that ridiculous car you've bought recently.
Taj: How can you say that!? That's my best purchase until now!
Taryll: He doesn't want to hear it, but he's really bad with money.
Cuddly toys
Taryll: I've got so many!
Taj: Sometimes we give some away to hospitals. When we're on tour, we always get tons of cuddly toys from the fans. We stuff as many toys in our suitcase till they're completely full.
T.J.: Taj always wants to drag along everything he gets from his fans. We almost missed our plane once because of that! A girl had made him a drawing, but it slipped out of his hands about a hundred times. And we had like three minutes before the plane would take off. I even had to ask the pilot if he could wait for our brother Taj.
Taj: Yeah right.........
Piercing
Taryll: Not for me. That hurts man!
Taj: Not for me either.
T.J.: There's nothing wrong with piercing. Auntie Janet has a couple, but I wouldn't think of it. Of course that doesn't mean that I wouldn't want to date anyone who have one.
Acting
Taryll: I don't really need to, but T.J. really wants to play in a movie.
T.J.: Unfortunately I don't have time for it right now, but it's going to happen. I've had a couple of offers, but they weren't much. All gangster parts and I don't like those. I only want to play positive parts. I guess they're just not ready for me yet in Hollywood.
Uncle Michael
Taj: Everybody thinks that our uncle is ready for the asylum, but he really is a great guy.
Taryll: And a good father! I am sure Prince will be very happy.
T.J.: Uncle Michael has helped our parents with our upbringing very well, anyway. We'll always be grateful to him for helping us with the first steps into the music biz.
Taryll: And he's still helping us! We played all the songs of the new album for him. He had quite a lot of criticism, but I have to admit: the album has only gotten better from it.
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WERE YOU POPULAR WITH GIRLS AT SCHOOL?
Taryll: Erm... (thinks about it and grins) I suppose so, because I was very athletic.
Taj: Yes, but I was already at the school and I paved the way for you. You only became popular after I was popular!
Taryll: Yeah right.
YOU'VE RECORDED WITH UNCLE MICHAEL - WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A RECORD WITH
AUNTIE JANET?
Taj : Yeah, we would. When we recorded our album, Auntie Janet was on tour, so it wasn't possible, but maybe it'll happen on our second album. A lot of people ask us why we had Michael on the album, but basically any artist who had the opportunity to record with him would take it, so why should we refuse? At one point, our record company wanted Why to be the first single, but we convinced them that it was important to establish ourselves first. Otherwise everyone would have accused us of only succeeding because of Michael.
ARE YOU IN A RELATIONSHIP AT THE MOMENT?
TJ: No. I did have a girlfriend while we were working on the album, but we agreed to separate before
everything really took off. I'm not the kind of guy who likes to have lots of girlfriends, I'm more the
settling-down type, but it's just not possible to have a proper relationship at the moment. I'd like to think that, in about 10 years, I'll be married with seven kids - five boys and two girls. Seriously I have it all planned!
WHICH PART OF YOUR BODY IS MOST SENSITIVE TO KISSES?
Taryll: I guess I'd have to say my neck and my ear - just on the earlobe. But I can't say more about it, because I'll start going all tingly. Fans try and give you soft kisses on the neck, which makes life difficult because it feels really nice.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT JARVIS COCKER JUMPING ON STAGE DURING MICHAEL'S
BRITS PERFORMANCE?
Taj : This is just a perfect question for me. I believe the whole thing was a publicity stunt. Michael's performance was the most-watched part of the show and Jarvis knew that. He was unknown in America until that point, then it became a big story and suddenly he's on The Tonight Show. So he got what he wanted out of it, but it's a shame he had to stoop so low. We were brought up to believe that if you want to be successful, you work hard at it--you don't do it at someone else's expense. Jarvis was lucky that we weren't there that night - he wouldn't have been smiling afterwards!
WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE ROOM IN YOUR HOUSE?
TJ: My bedroom. It has everything I love in it: my recording studio, a small library of books, posters of Michael and baseball stars, plus my dog Yabo. Actually, when I'm at school, Yabo lives in Taj's room and sits around all day waiting for me to come home. Then at night, she sleeps with me in her own little bed, which is just like a tiny version of my bed!
WILL YOU TOUR WITH MICHAEL WHEN HE PERFORMS IN THE UK LATER THIS YEAR?
Taryll: It's possible we will be with him, but I don't know if we will perform. It depends on what Michael wants. We would love to, if he asked us, but, at the same time, we're looking forward to going out on a tour of our own.
HOW WOULD A GIRL BE ABLE TO IMPRESS YOU WHEN YOU FIRST MEET HER?
Taj : I don't know exactly. Sometimes a straight-forward girl might get my attention, other times a quiet one because she's not pushy. I like a girl who's very feminine and likes to have fun. It would be nice to meet someone who initially didn't know who I was or what I did. We do have to take care that girls like us for who we are and not for our name.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN TROUBLE WITH THE POLICE?
TJ: Well, I've never committed a crime or stolen anything, but I have been in trouble with the police merely because of the colour of my skin. A few months back, I was driving in Hollywood and the police pulled my over because I was black and had a nice car. They put me in handcuffs and threatened me with jail, before checking my registration. Of course, they had to let me go, but even now I'm very scared of the LA police. It's sad, really.
HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU WENT ON YOUR FIRST DATE?
Taryll: I was about 13. It wasn't really a proper date, like the ones in the movies where you go round to the girl's house, meet the parents and then take her out. I was too shy for all that.
WHAT'S YOUR MOST EMBARRASSING CHILDHOOD PHOTOGRAPH?
Taj : There's one of me peeing when I was little, really little. I was peeing in the park by a tree, as you do when you're really young, and some nice person took a picture. Sadly, that photo is still around.
WHAT'S THE SEXIEST UNDERWEAR YOU'VE EVER WORN?
Taryll: (Looks shocked) Sexiest underwear?! I don't get all dressed up in underwear. So my silk boxers, I guess.
Taj: Do they have hearts on them?
Taryll: No! They're patterned.
TJ: What about those leopard briefs of yours? The ones with the spots?
Taryll: No! My silk boxers definitely. Next question....
WHAT'S THE LAST THING YOU DO BEFORE FALLING ASLEEP AT NIGHT?
TJ: Hmmm. (Catches Taryll smirking) What?!
Taryll: Gee, it can't be that difficult.
TJ: OK, let's see. Before I fall asleep, I do 40 push-ups. I'm the fit one the band.
Taj: I was sent a letter saying I was the fit one.
TJ: I got that letter, too.
Taryll: You did? So did I. She must have sent it to all of us.
TJ: I used to have difficulty falling asleep and had to have the lights and the TV on all the time. But nowadays, because we're working so hard, I doze off immediately.
ARE YOU A GOOD KISSER?
Taj : Yeah, I'm a great kisser. I started late, at around 18, and I've only really kissed three girls, but I have a natural talent. I've definitely caught up with my brothers in that department!
DO YOU OR ANY OF YOUR BROTHERS SNORE?
TJ: I don't think we do. In the beginning, we all used to stay in the same room when we were on tour. We'd have to fight over who had the bed! Then we noticed that not only did other bands have their own rooms, but even their dancers weren't sharing.
DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD BE AS SUCCESSFUL IF YOU WEREN'T JACKSONS?
TJ: I do, actually. I think it might have taken longer to be recognised, but we still would have made it. We were lucky to be given great advice by so talented people, who happen to be our relatives - and of course, being Jacksons helped us get a foot in the door. But we've been working at this for 10 years, so I wouldn't say it was easy. Even now, there are people who do us down because of who we are. We've had a gold-selling single in the States, but we still can't get on to the top two chat shows, hosted by Jay Leno and David Letterman. I think the only difference is that if we weren't Jacksons, we might easily have been sportsmen rather than musicians.
HAVE YOU EVER CARRIED A GUN?
Taj : Absolutely not. If you have a gun you might want to use it at some point. Plus, no doubt we'd get pulled over by the police and they'd love it if we had guns.
DID YOU GET TREATED DIFFERENTLY AT SCHOOL BECAUSE OF YOUR FAMOUS FAMILY?
Taryll: No. We went to a very small private school. When we started, at about the age of three, we didn't know how big the Jacksons were, so we grew up learning about them in the same way that our friends did. There were also quite a few kids with famous parents - though it wasn't a particularly rich school. We considered ourselves normal and that's how we were treated.
WHAT'S BEEN THE MOST FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE OF YOUR CHILDHOOD?
Taryll: Being in the middle of a rioting crowd on the day the Jacksons were presented with their fame star on Hollywood Boulevard. I was about four, and everyone was screaming and pushing. It was chaos. I was picked up by someone and shoved in a limousine, but our Auntie Carol ended up being thrown into some bushes. It was a frightening time.
WHO IS THE BEST SINGER IN THE GROUP?
Taj : I don't know, but it's not me. I become quite nervous when I have to sing in front of people. I think both TJ and Taryll are really great singers, though. Taryll always sings around the house.
Taryll: That's because when I was younger, everyone told me I couldn't sing.
Taj: He's got better, though there were times when he'd wake you up in the morning with loud music and singing.
Taryll: That's because you didn't get up until 2 p.m. I didn't want to start my day that late.
TJ: That's what headphones are for, so you don't wake up everyone else.
Taryll: The trouble is, when you wear them, you can't hear Taj creeping up behind you.
DO YOU EVER WISH YOU WEREN'T MICHAEL JACKSON'S NEPHEWS BECAUSE EVERYONE
TALKS ABOUT HIM?
Taryll: Not at all. My uncle is the greatest person to me in the world. He honestly is. I think a lot of people don't get to see the real Michael, because of all the garbage that's said about him.
WHO WAS THE BIGGEST CRYBABY WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE?
Taj: TJ, absolutely.
TJ: No! Pop said I was the toughest, so what's going on? Anyway, I only cried because you guys picked on me.
Taj: TJ was always spoiled. We were always nice to him, but he'd cry if he didn't get his way.
TJ: That's just not true!
HAVE YOU EVER HAD YOUR HEART BROKEN?
TJ: Erm, erm.... (long silence)
Taryll: Answer the question...
TJ: I'm thinking! I don't think I have, no.
Taj: Yes you have. Stop trying to act so tough.
TJ: Well, tell me more, because I can't remember. My break-ups have been gradual. I did care for someone very much, but by the time we split, it had fizzled out.
WHAT'S THE MOST EMBARRASSING GIFT YOU'VE BEEN SENT BY A FAN?
Taryll: Ooh! Probably a condom. Is that an embarrassing gift? We haven't been sent gifts like underwear yet.
Taj : No, but when we were performing in Amsterdam, someone threw a bra onto the stage. There were all these stuffed animals and flowers landing all around us. Then, right in the middle, came this bra! We didn't get to find out who it belonged to, I should add.
WHAT'S THE MEANEST THING YOU'VE EVER DONE?
Taj : I love scaring people, and the best time was when TJ's friend Quincy was staying at our house. I called Quincy on Taryll's phone - we each had our own phone line - told him I was still at the movies and asked him to let the dogs out. Then I dressed up like the guy in the Halloween horror movies and grabbed a kitchen knife.
On cue, Quincy let the dogs out, and when he turned around, I was there behind him with the knife. He just fell on his knees and screamed "Oh my God, don't kill me!" He sat on the floor, shaking and crying, for about 15 minutes. That was probably the meanest thing I've ever done, but also one of the most enjoyable!
here`s one of tito from 1984
Tito: Facing Life After The Victory Tour
by James McBride
(People Extra Weekly - November/December 1984)
The windup, the pitch and the swing sends a long, arching fly ball into the glare of Southern California sunlight and deep to the left center field. Taryll Jackson, 9, churns past first base head down, pumps on to second and slides in feet first. Father Tito watches his Little Leaguer and grunts, "A bad slide, he could hurt himself that way." Then, unable to contain his fatherly pride as the youngster with the golden brown mane brushes himself off and grins at his pop from the summit of second base, Tito adds, "Next year, he'll be big enough to hit one out."
For this Jackson, the Victory tour is merely a means to a calmer end. At 31, high times for Tito is rolling down Ventura Boulevard in his burgundy Rolls-Royce littered with bats, gloves, games and drawings---not to mention his kids Taryll, Taj, 11, little Tito, 6, and wife Delores (Dee Dee), 29---perpetually en route to yet another little league game.
Tito and Dee Dee met at the beginning of the 1969 school year at L.A.'s Fairfax High when she was 14, newly arrived from Harlem to stay with West Coast relatives, and he was 15, fresh from Gary on the Motown fast track. "It's friendship," says Dee Dee of their 12-year marriage. "We've known each other a long time, half our lives."
Home plate for this Jackson team is an elegantly furnished Spanish-style home atop a hill that looks down on their mother's home. Just minutes away from his brother's residence, Tito's place comes equipped with the usual conveniences---a small moat, a baseball batting cage for the youngsters and a recording studio under construction in the basement. "A lot of the nails in there I hammered myself," Tito says. An antique car buff, he owns a refurbished 1957 Edsel, a 1959 Mercedes-Benz, two fully reconstructed Model A's and a rather indistinguishable heap of metal junk piled behind his garage. "This is a Model A," he claims, standing over the wreckage. "I'm telling you, man, this is a Model A. I know my Model A's. Talk to me in three years." He once took a three-day drive from L.A. to Yoder, Colo. just to buy a Model A body. "When I saw it, I didn't want it, but my wife said, 'Take it. You didn't drive all the way out here just to look at a body.'"
In his living room is a wall full of platinum records, and above the fireplace mantel are individual portraits of the Jackson 5 in Afros, reminders of a time when the brothers were boys and times were different. Run the film of Tito's life backwards, and the picture is of a boy in Gary, shoveling snow from driveways with Jermaine and Jackie for a fiver split in three ways, changing Randy's diapers, playing soccer with Michael, shooting hoops with his best friends---his brothers---behind Harlem's Apollo Theater between sets, watching Michael grow, bit by bit, into the biggest rock star the world has ever known. But Tito's not one to look back. There's no point. Things will never be the same now. "We never go anywhere by looking at the past," says Tito. "There's time enough for that."
The brothers say they will continue to record together---and Tito, who expects to continue composing and producing, hasn't entirely given up the idea of a solo career---but clearly they're moving in different directions. Says manager Nance: "I've been trying to talk Tito into doing a children's album, because he loves children so much." But is he ready? While Michael and Marlon are making films, Jermaine is touring Europe and Randy and Jackie are pursuing solo careers, can Tito be happy in a supporting role---parent, adviser, solid businessman?
"When I wrote my song We Can Change The World for the Victory album," he says, "people were telling me it was a great song. But I can't tell if they're complimenting me because I'm the one who wrote it, or because it's a really good song. It's like everybody looks in a mirror at one time or another and asks himself, 'Am I goodlooking?'" He laughs. "Well, that's not for me to judge."
3T Interview 1998
Taryll: Everybody thinks we're such nice guys, but you'll be disappointed. We're just polite.
T.J.: Polite? We are evil itself. Most people don't know how cruel we can be.
Taj: Oh, we're not crueler than other people.
T.J.: Oh yes we are! If someone hurts himself, you start to laugh. That's cruel.
Taj: That's normal.
T.J.: Maybe you're right. Taryll and I do it too. If someone comes in right now and punches Taj in the face, we will be cracked up.
Family
T.J.: Family is very important! I want to have a really big family. About nine kids would be great.
Taj: You don't know what you're getting yourself into. Three is a good number. All a year apart.
Taryll: Kids are great! I can picture it now: Six little guys running around in my house.
Taj: You're absolutely crazy.
Nightmares
T.J.: Fortunately, I don't have those anymore.
Taj: I've been having a lot of nightmares, lately. I see how my brothers are being shot and all I can do is watch how it happens.
Taryll: I often dream that I am being shot. A guy comes walking up to me with an Uzi and blows my head off. Well, that's what happens when you live in LA.
Rumors
Taj: I hate rumors. The strangest things are always being told about us.
T.J.: I like to listen to a juicy rumor. I know it's not good, but I always keep my ears open. I won't spread it on, but I listen to every word.
Taryll: Okay, I admit it.......I like to hear a good rumor as well.
Sex
T.J.: Sex is a natural craving..
Taryll: Sex great and in the meantime you're also getting some exercise.
T.J.: Sex is healthy, but you do have to be able to trust your mate. I don't just jump into bed with anyone. But when I'm sure that I'm in love, I will give away a good performance in the bedroom.
Money
T.J.: That can be either good or bad.
Taryll: I need money.
Taj: Of course you need money to buy things, but on the other hand it can bring lies and deceit.
T.J.: It depends on which hands it falls in.
Taryll: We look after our Money. Well, except for Taj, he spends it like water.
Taj: My problem is that I want too many things. And they bore me really quickly. So something I've bought today, can suddenly be completely useless tomorrow.
Taryll: Like that ridiculous car you've bought recently.
Taj: How can you say that!? That's my best purchase until now!
Taryll: He doesn't want to hear it, but he's really bad with money.
Cuddly toys
Taryll: I've got so many!
Taj: Sometimes we give some away to hospitals. When we're on tour, we always get tons of cuddly toys from the fans. We stuff as many toys in our suitcase till they're completely full.
T.J.: Taj always wants to drag along everything he gets from his fans. We almost missed our plane once because of that! A girl had made him a drawing, but it slipped out of his hands about a hundred times. And we had like three minutes before the plane would take off. I even had to ask the pilot if he could wait for our brother Taj.
Taj: Yeah right.........
Piercing
Taryll: Not for me. That hurts man!
Taj: Not for me either.
T.J.: There's nothing wrong with piercing. Auntie Janet has a couple, but I wouldn't think of it. Of course that doesn't mean that I wouldn't want to date anyone who have one.
Acting
Taryll: I don't really need to, but T.J. really wants to play in a movie.
T.J.: Unfortunately I don't have time for it right now, but it's going to happen. I've had a couple of offers, but they weren't much. All gangster parts and I don't like those. I only want to play positive parts. I guess they're just not ready for me yet in Hollywood.
Uncle Michael
Taj: Everybody thinks that our uncle is ready for the asylum, but he really is a great guy.
Taryll: And a good father! I am sure Prince will be very happy.
T.J.: Uncle Michael has helped our parents with our upbringing very well, anyway. We'll always be grateful to him for helping us with the first steps into the music biz.
Taryll: And he's still helping us! We played all the songs of the new album for him. He had quite a lot of criticism, but I have to admit: the album has only gotten better from it.
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WERE YOU POPULAR WITH GIRLS AT SCHOOL?
Taryll: Erm... (thinks about it and grins) I suppose so, because I was very athletic.
Taj: Yes, but I was already at the school and I paved the way for you. You only became popular after I was popular!
Taryll: Yeah right.
YOU'VE RECORDED WITH UNCLE MICHAEL - WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A RECORD WITH
AUNTIE JANET?
Taj : Yeah, we would. When we recorded our album, Auntie Janet was on tour, so it wasn't possible, but maybe it'll happen on our second album. A lot of people ask us why we had Michael on the album, but basically any artist who had the opportunity to record with him would take it, so why should we refuse? At one point, our record company wanted Why to be the first single, but we convinced them that it was important to establish ourselves first. Otherwise everyone would have accused us of only succeeding because of Michael.
ARE YOU IN A RELATIONSHIP AT THE MOMENT?
TJ: No. I did have a girlfriend while we were working on the album, but we agreed to separate before
everything really took off. I'm not the kind of guy who likes to have lots of girlfriends, I'm more the
settling-down type, but it's just not possible to have a proper relationship at the moment. I'd like to think that, in about 10 years, I'll be married with seven kids - five boys and two girls. Seriously I have it all planned!
WHICH PART OF YOUR BODY IS MOST SENSITIVE TO KISSES?
Taryll: I guess I'd have to say my neck and my ear - just on the earlobe. But I can't say more about it, because I'll start going all tingly. Fans try and give you soft kisses on the neck, which makes life difficult because it feels really nice.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT JARVIS COCKER JUMPING ON STAGE DURING MICHAEL'S
BRITS PERFORMANCE?
Taj : This is just a perfect question for me. I believe the whole thing was a publicity stunt. Michael's performance was the most-watched part of the show and Jarvis knew that. He was unknown in America until that point, then it became a big story and suddenly he's on The Tonight Show. So he got what he wanted out of it, but it's a shame he had to stoop so low. We were brought up to believe that if you want to be successful, you work hard at it--you don't do it at someone else's expense. Jarvis was lucky that we weren't there that night - he wouldn't have been smiling afterwards!
WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE ROOM IN YOUR HOUSE?
TJ: My bedroom. It has everything I love in it: my recording studio, a small library of books, posters of Michael and baseball stars, plus my dog Yabo. Actually, when I'm at school, Yabo lives in Taj's room and sits around all day waiting for me to come home. Then at night, she sleeps with me in her own little bed, which is just like a tiny version of my bed!
WILL YOU TOUR WITH MICHAEL WHEN HE PERFORMS IN THE UK LATER THIS YEAR?
Taryll: It's possible we will be with him, but I don't know if we will perform. It depends on what Michael wants. We would love to, if he asked us, but, at the same time, we're looking forward to going out on a tour of our own.
HOW WOULD A GIRL BE ABLE TO IMPRESS YOU WHEN YOU FIRST MEET HER?
Taj : I don't know exactly. Sometimes a straight-forward girl might get my attention, other times a quiet one because she's not pushy. I like a girl who's very feminine and likes to have fun. It would be nice to meet someone who initially didn't know who I was or what I did. We do have to take care that girls like us for who we are and not for our name.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN TROUBLE WITH THE POLICE?
TJ: Well, I've never committed a crime or stolen anything, but I have been in trouble with the police merely because of the colour of my skin. A few months back, I was driving in Hollywood and the police pulled my over because I was black and had a nice car. They put me in handcuffs and threatened me with jail, before checking my registration. Of course, they had to let me go, but even now I'm very scared of the LA police. It's sad, really.
HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU WENT ON YOUR FIRST DATE?
Taryll: I was about 13. It wasn't really a proper date, like the ones in the movies where you go round to the girl's house, meet the parents and then take her out. I was too shy for all that.
WHAT'S YOUR MOST EMBARRASSING CHILDHOOD PHOTOGRAPH?
Taj : There's one of me peeing when I was little, really little. I was peeing in the park by a tree, as you do when you're really young, and some nice person took a picture. Sadly, that photo is still around.
WHAT'S THE SEXIEST UNDERWEAR YOU'VE EVER WORN?
Taryll: (Looks shocked) Sexiest underwear?! I don't get all dressed up in underwear. So my silk boxers, I guess.
Taj: Do they have hearts on them?
Taryll: No! They're patterned.
TJ: What about those leopard briefs of yours? The ones with the spots?
Taryll: No! My silk boxers definitely. Next question....
WHAT'S THE LAST THING YOU DO BEFORE FALLING ASLEEP AT NIGHT?
TJ: Hmmm. (Catches Taryll smirking) What?!
Taryll: Gee, it can't be that difficult.
TJ: OK, let's see. Before I fall asleep, I do 40 push-ups. I'm the fit one the band.
Taj: I was sent a letter saying I was the fit one.
TJ: I got that letter, too.
Taryll: You did? So did I. She must have sent it to all of us.
TJ: I used to have difficulty falling asleep and had to have the lights and the TV on all the time. But nowadays, because we're working so hard, I doze off immediately.
ARE YOU A GOOD KISSER?
Taj : Yeah, I'm a great kisser. I started late, at around 18, and I've only really kissed three girls, but I have a natural talent. I've definitely caught up with my brothers in that department!
DO YOU OR ANY OF YOUR BROTHERS SNORE?
TJ: I don't think we do. In the beginning, we all used to stay in the same room when we were on tour. We'd have to fight over who had the bed! Then we noticed that not only did other bands have their own rooms, but even their dancers weren't sharing.
DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD BE AS SUCCESSFUL IF YOU WEREN'T JACKSONS?
TJ: I do, actually. I think it might have taken longer to be recognised, but we still would have made it. We were lucky to be given great advice by so talented people, who happen to be our relatives - and of course, being Jacksons helped us get a foot in the door. But we've been working at this for 10 years, so I wouldn't say it was easy. Even now, there are people who do us down because of who we are. We've had a gold-selling single in the States, but we still can't get on to the top two chat shows, hosted by Jay Leno and David Letterman. I think the only difference is that if we weren't Jacksons, we might easily have been sportsmen rather than musicians.
HAVE YOU EVER CARRIED A GUN?
Taj : Absolutely not. If you have a gun you might want to use it at some point. Plus, no doubt we'd get pulled over by the police and they'd love it if we had guns.
DID YOU GET TREATED DIFFERENTLY AT SCHOOL BECAUSE OF YOUR FAMOUS FAMILY?
Taryll: No. We went to a very small private school. When we started, at about the age of three, we didn't know how big the Jacksons were, so we grew up learning about them in the same way that our friends did. There were also quite a few kids with famous parents - though it wasn't a particularly rich school. We considered ourselves normal and that's how we were treated.
WHAT'S BEEN THE MOST FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE OF YOUR CHILDHOOD?
Taryll: Being in the middle of a rioting crowd on the day the Jacksons were presented with their fame star on Hollywood Boulevard. I was about four, and everyone was screaming and pushing. It was chaos. I was picked up by someone and shoved in a limousine, but our Auntie Carol ended up being thrown into some bushes. It was a frightening time.
WHO IS THE BEST SINGER IN THE GROUP?
Taj : I don't know, but it's not me. I become quite nervous when I have to sing in front of people. I think both TJ and Taryll are really great singers, though. Taryll always sings around the house.
Taryll: That's because when I was younger, everyone told me I couldn't sing.
Taj: He's got better, though there were times when he'd wake you up in the morning with loud music and singing.
Taryll: That's because you didn't get up until 2 p.m. I didn't want to start my day that late.
TJ: That's what headphones are for, so you don't wake up everyone else.
Taryll: The trouble is, when you wear them, you can't hear Taj creeping up behind you.
DO YOU EVER WISH YOU WEREN'T MICHAEL JACKSON'S NEPHEWS BECAUSE EVERYONE
TALKS ABOUT HIM?
Taryll: Not at all. My uncle is the greatest person to me in the world. He honestly is. I think a lot of people don't get to see the real Michael, because of all the garbage that's said about him.
WHO WAS THE BIGGEST CRYBABY WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE?
Taj: TJ, absolutely.
TJ: No! Pop said I was the toughest, so what's going on? Anyway, I only cried because you guys picked on me.
Taj: TJ was always spoiled. We were always nice to him, but he'd cry if he didn't get his way.
TJ: That's just not true!
HAVE YOU EVER HAD YOUR HEART BROKEN?
TJ: Erm, erm.... (long silence)
Taryll: Answer the question...
TJ: I'm thinking! I don't think I have, no.
Taj: Yes you have. Stop trying to act so tough.
TJ: Well, tell me more, because I can't remember. My break-ups have been gradual. I did care for someone very much, but by the time we split, it had fizzled out.
WHAT'S THE MOST EMBARRASSING GIFT YOU'VE BEEN SENT BY A FAN?
Taryll: Ooh! Probably a condom. Is that an embarrassing gift? We haven't been sent gifts like underwear yet.
Taj : No, but when we were performing in Amsterdam, someone threw a bra onto the stage. There were all these stuffed animals and flowers landing all around us. Then, right in the middle, came this bra! We didn't get to find out who it belonged to, I should add.
WHAT'S THE MEANEST THING YOU'VE EVER DONE?
Taj : I love scaring people, and the best time was when TJ's friend Quincy was staying at our house. I called Quincy on Taryll's phone - we each had our own phone line - told him I was still at the movies and asked him to let the dogs out. Then I dressed up like the guy in the Halloween horror movies and grabbed a kitchen knife.
On cue, Quincy let the dogs out, and when he turned around, I was there behind him with the knife. He just fell on his knees and screamed "Oh my God, don't kill me!" He sat on the floor, shaking and crying, for about 15 minutes. That was probably the meanest thing I've ever done, but also one of the most enjoyable!
here`s one of tito from 1984
Tito: Facing Life After The Victory Tour
by James McBride
(People Extra Weekly - November/December 1984)
The windup, the pitch and the swing sends a long, arching fly ball into the glare of Southern California sunlight and deep to the left center field. Taryll Jackson, 9, churns past first base head down, pumps on to second and slides in feet first. Father Tito watches his Little Leaguer and grunts, "A bad slide, he could hurt himself that way." Then, unable to contain his fatherly pride as the youngster with the golden brown mane brushes himself off and grins at his pop from the summit of second base, Tito adds, "Next year, he'll be big enough to hit one out."
For this Jackson, the Victory tour is merely a means to a calmer end. At 31, high times for Tito is rolling down Ventura Boulevard in his burgundy Rolls-Royce littered with bats, gloves, games and drawings---not to mention his kids Taryll, Taj, 11, little Tito, 6, and wife Delores (Dee Dee), 29---perpetually en route to yet another little league game.
Tito and Dee Dee met at the beginning of the 1969 school year at L.A.'s Fairfax High when she was 14, newly arrived from Harlem to stay with West Coast relatives, and he was 15, fresh from Gary on the Motown fast track. "It's friendship," says Dee Dee of their 12-year marriage. "We've known each other a long time, half our lives."
Home plate for this Jackson team is an elegantly furnished Spanish-style home atop a hill that looks down on their mother's home. Just minutes away from his brother's residence, Tito's place comes equipped with the usual conveniences---a small moat, a baseball batting cage for the youngsters and a recording studio under construction in the basement. "A lot of the nails in there I hammered myself," Tito says. An antique car buff, he owns a refurbished 1957 Edsel, a 1959 Mercedes-Benz, two fully reconstructed Model A's and a rather indistinguishable heap of metal junk piled behind his garage. "This is a Model A," he claims, standing over the wreckage. "I'm telling you, man, this is a Model A. I know my Model A's. Talk to me in three years." He once took a three-day drive from L.A. to Yoder, Colo. just to buy a Model A body. "When I saw it, I didn't want it, but my wife said, 'Take it. You didn't drive all the way out here just to look at a body.'"
In his living room is a wall full of platinum records, and above the fireplace mantel are individual portraits of the Jackson 5 in Afros, reminders of a time when the brothers were boys and times were different. Run the film of Tito's life backwards, and the picture is of a boy in Gary, shoveling snow from driveways with Jermaine and Jackie for a fiver split in three ways, changing Randy's diapers, playing soccer with Michael, shooting hoops with his best friends---his brothers---behind Harlem's Apollo Theater between sets, watching Michael grow, bit by bit, into the biggest rock star the world has ever known. But Tito's not one to look back. There's no point. Things will never be the same now. "We never go anywhere by looking at the past," says Tito. "There's time enough for that."
The brothers say they will continue to record together---and Tito, who expects to continue composing and producing, hasn't entirely given up the idea of a solo career---but clearly they're moving in different directions. Says manager Nance: "I've been trying to talk Tito into doing a children's album, because he loves children so much." But is he ready? While Michael and Marlon are making films, Jermaine is touring Europe and Randy and Jackie are pursuing solo careers, can Tito be happy in a supporting role---parent, adviser, solid businessman?
"When I wrote my song We Can Change The World for the Victory album," he says, "people were telling me it was a great song. But I can't tell if they're complimenting me because I'm the one who wrote it, or because it's a really good song. It's like everybody looks in a mirror at one time or another and asks himself, 'Am I goodlooking?'" He laughs. "Well, that's not for me to judge."
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Tito`s Single "We Made It"
Go and Support Tito and get his single "we made it" now on itunes and Amazon
click here ~~~~> http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/we-made-it-single/id419950384
and here
~~~~> http://www.amazon.com/We-Made-It/dp/B004NG0U9I/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1297781169&sr=1-3
click here ~~~~> http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/we-made-it-single/id419950384
and here
~~~~> http://www.amazon.com/We-Made-It/dp/B004NG0U9I/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1297781169&sr=1-3
Monday, February 14, 2011
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Tito Jackson Debuts New Song “We Made It” on Tom Joyner
Tito jackson will be on the Tom Joner Morning show February 16th at 3:50am PST, to discuss his album
click here to read the rest ~~~> http://www.titojackson.com/
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don`t miss it!!!!!! :) keep showing your support!!
click here to read the rest ~~~> http://www.titojackson.com/
Tune in to live stream http://www.blackamericaweb.com/
don`t miss it!!!!!! :) keep showing your support!!
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Tito`s Tweets
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" you always in my heart............"
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gotta go--but you know i will still be readin--
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maybe smoke signals will work--lol
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guess what--i still can not find my doggone phone--my poor asst is having areally hard time--nobody can reach me not even him
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thanks for the love--i send it back to you 100 times more --i appreciate you--i am blessed
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please go to titojackson.com i do 2 3 4 5 6 times a day
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how many of you are goin' to my site--it is very very important that you do --you will always be aware of what we are doin'
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Monday, February 7, 2011
Tito Jackson interview and pic from Essence.com
ok i know the new year celebration has past... but i have not read this interview, and it would have been wrong to get rid of that part so i decided to keep it... enjoy! :)
Tito Jackson on New Year and His New Album
by Shirea L. Carroll
Millions will tune in tonight to watch the ball drop in New York City, but if you're in Atlanta you have the opportunity to countdown 2010 with Tito Jackson for the annual 'Peach Drop.' The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, known for his impressive guitar skills as a member of the Jackson 5, will be in Atlanta performing throwback Jackson 5 hits, as well as new music for his upcoming album "So Far, So Good."
Set to release early 2011 Jackson chats with ESSENCE.com about the new project, his expectations for the new year, and why he is the last Jackson to put out a solo album.
ESSENCE.com: What made you decide to finally to come out with your own solo album?
TITO JACKSON: At one point all my brothers, sisters, and even my kids all had their own solo albums, and I was the only one who didn't. I didn't want to be a trivia question, 'Which is the only Jackson not to have a solo album?' [Laughs] I started thinking how much I've worked with my kids on their music, sort of putting my music on the back-burner.
ESSENCE.com: Was it an easy decision continuing on with your career when the Jackson 5 ended?
JACKSON: Ever since I was a kid I traveled the world touring and performing, I thought to myself maybe it was time I took a rest. So I did...for five years or so but I started to get that music itch, and I ended up starting my own band ten years ago. I started off doing blues, went on tour for a little while, and after while I just began to do me. It was music I wanted when I wanted, which led me to my own album "So Far So Good."
ESSENCE.com: How did you come up with the title "So Far, So Good?"
JACKSON: It represents where I feel I am and where I feel I'm going. Life is great, and you have to be happy where you are in life to appreciate where your going.
ESSENCE.com: What are the messages you convey on the album?
JACKSON: It's an adult contemporary album, the obvious messages are love. I also talk about lifting yourself up. When it comes to accomplishments, and you start to think you aren't going to make it or people are telling you you're not going to make it, just when you think your hard on luck - the message is to keep pushing yourself.
ESSENCE.com: What have you learned over the years being in such an iconic position? JACKSON: I've learned in my later years to be more outgoing. I've always been overshadowed by the success of my brothers. I've been known to be quiet just playing the background, but I wanted to step out before the show is over. I used to measure success on sales years ago, but now success is knowing people like [my music] enough to come see me perform . Having the people, whether millions or thousands, like the music is what success is now.
ESSENCE.com: Great messages for a new year. What do you envision for yourself in the new year?
JACKSON: I want to get out there while I'm still young and healthy and make a difference with my music, and make a statement for myself. My mother and I are still working out the details for the upcoming World Unity Tour, which is basically me looking for peace and love in the world. Our family has always had a want to help others whether it's hunger, education, or whatever may be.
ESSENCE.com: Three to four words to describe the album, "So Far, So Good?"
JACKSON: I'm. Proud. Of. It.
Tito Jackson on New Year and His New Album
by Shirea L. Carroll
Millions will tune in tonight to watch the ball drop in New York City, but if you're in Atlanta you have the opportunity to countdown 2010 with Tito Jackson for the annual 'Peach Drop.' The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, known for his impressive guitar skills as a member of the Jackson 5, will be in Atlanta performing throwback Jackson 5 hits, as well as new music for his upcoming album "So Far, So Good."
Set to release early 2011 Jackson chats with ESSENCE.com about the new project, his expectations for the new year, and why he is the last Jackson to put out a solo album.
ESSENCE.com: What made you decide to finally to come out with your own solo album?
TITO JACKSON: At one point all my brothers, sisters, and even my kids all had their own solo albums, and I was the only one who didn't. I didn't want to be a trivia question, 'Which is the only Jackson not to have a solo album?' [Laughs] I started thinking how much I've worked with my kids on their music, sort of putting my music on the back-burner.
ESSENCE.com: Was it an easy decision continuing on with your career when the Jackson 5 ended?
JACKSON: Ever since I was a kid I traveled the world touring and performing, I thought to myself maybe it was time I took a rest. So I did...for five years or so but I started to get that music itch, and I ended up starting my own band ten years ago. I started off doing blues, went on tour for a little while, and after while I just began to do me. It was music I wanted when I wanted, which led me to my own album "So Far So Good."
ESSENCE.com: How did you come up with the title "So Far, So Good?"
JACKSON: It represents where I feel I am and where I feel I'm going. Life is great, and you have to be happy where you are in life to appreciate where your going.
ESSENCE.com: What are the messages you convey on the album?
JACKSON: It's an adult contemporary album, the obvious messages are love. I also talk about lifting yourself up. When it comes to accomplishments, and you start to think you aren't going to make it or people are telling you you're not going to make it, just when you think your hard on luck - the message is to keep pushing yourself.
ESSENCE.com: What have you learned over the years being in such an iconic position? JACKSON: I've learned in my later years to be more outgoing. I've always been overshadowed by the success of my brothers. I've been known to be quiet just playing the background, but I wanted to step out before the show is over. I used to measure success on sales years ago, but now success is knowing people like [my music] enough to come see me perform . Having the people, whether millions or thousands, like the music is what success is now.
ESSENCE.com: Great messages for a new year. What do you envision for yourself in the new year?
JACKSON: I want to get out there while I'm still young and healthy and make a difference with my music, and make a statement for myself. My mother and I are still working out the details for the upcoming World Unity Tour, which is basically me looking for peace and love in the world. Our family has always had a want to help others whether it's hunger, education, or whatever may be.
ESSENCE.com: Three to four words to describe the album, "So Far, So Good?"
JACKSON: I'm. Proud. Of. It.
Friday, February 4, 2011
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Tito Jackson website
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