The Nerd's Eye View: MJ

Well it's taken me a day or two to get to grips with the whole Michael Jackson death thing. Unlike a lot of people who have been weeping in the streets and clubs and in their cars as his songs play over and over. Last night at a fundraiser at Citrine in the City, when MJ's songs played girls got choked up and ran out of the room. I was not among them, but the moment wasn't lost on me. When you think about it, Michael Jackson was the soundtrack to a large portion of everyone's life - EVERYone. There's not many places you could go in the world where people didn't know him, where his songs didn't get the party started. I'm grateful to have been around for the whole thing (even though it got weird at the end), and in small measure, I'd like to thank him for the happiness, the songs and for helping me get everyone up to dance at Lisa Rubin's New Years Eve party in 2004. You made me a hero that night, so thanks MJ.

I could go on and on, reminiscing about the first time I heard the Thriller album, but I'm doing a crappy job of eulogizing the guy so I'll kick it over to this short piece by Ray Smuckles.