The King of Pop Dies

Jun 25, 2009 at 9:52 PM

Today, suddenly and unexpectedly, Michael Jackson died.

Tons of celebrities have taken to Twitter to express their condolences. One of my favorite statements released was by John Mayer:

"Dazed in the studio. A major strand of our cultural DNA has left us. RIP MJ. I think we'll mourn his loss as well as the loss of ourselves as children listening to Thriller on the record player."

Regardless of his terrible personal life, he was an amazing musician, dancer and entertainer. I don't mean that we should overlook his actions (which were BAD and WRONG), but I also think that because of that you can't overlook what he's done as a musician and what an impact he's had on popular music. Obviously, the man was very troubled (black men don't make themselves white and completely change their face to have feminine characteristics and allegedly molest children when they don't have issues). It makes me sad that his life spiraled out of control and that no one close to him was there to step in and help.

His autopsy is being expedited and should be completed tomorrow. I have the horrible feeling that he's going to have a lot of drugs in his system. It's such a sad way for someone's life to end and normally a healthy 50-year-old man doesn't just have a heart attack. I hope I'm wrong.

My favorite music video is the Thriller video... it completely changed how videos are created.