City Winery’s Michael Dorf may have been quick on the trigger with his controversial MJ tribute event, but the question of taste seemed to have at least occurred to him. The same can’t be said of the Village Pourhouse group, which fired off an e-mail chockablock with hee-hawing Jacko references this morning about its upcoming King of Pop pub crawl. This is parasitic gutter PR at its most vile.

Read the entire e-mail after the jump—at peril of encouraging any undue patronage, we’ve redacted the locations of the crawl.

We’ve been getting a lot of emails about hosting Michael Jackson parties so we decided to host the ultimate one! Please let me know your interest. I’ll be happy to provide you with additional details and info. Thanks!

King of Pop Pub Crawl (presented by your beer-loving friends at the Village Pourhouse)
Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough.. Whooooo!!!

Moonwalk your way up 2nd and 3rd Ave of NYC in memory of the legendary Michael Jackson. We begin at [redacted] at 11am where your free white glove awaits and we will start living life OFF THE WALL.  Let your style SCREAM by dressing up as Michael and look as BAD as you can. Each bar will celebrate musical genius by showcasing our favorite MJ albums in order of release date.

You will feel like a SMOOTH CRIMINAL with a full day of drink specials. Toast MJ all day with $1 Bud Lite Drafts, $2 Well Drinks, and 2 for 1 BLACK OR WHITE cocktails (Black and Tans).

You will truly BEAT IT with our final stop at [redacted] at 5pm with 2 for 1 Margarita “King of Pop-sicles.” It is here that we will pay a final tribute with an organized THRILLER dance scene with every Michael in attendance.

$20 tickets available at: [redacted]

For shame.