my ironic mustache

michael jackson is dead.  that’s really weird to say.  i think most people have really mixed feelings about this.  on the one hand, he’s fucking michael jackson, the king of pop.  there’s no discounting his immense talent.  on the other, he probably touched little kids.  but as i’ve said before, just like chinatown is still a great movie, thriller is still an amazing album.

i loved michael jackson when i was a kid.  we had a copy of moonwalker on vhs that i used to watch over and over.  the plot, in case you haven’t seen it, is like this:  michael jackson is on a mission to save a bunch of kids from evil druglord mr. big, played by joe pesci.  he can also turn into a car that can turn into a giant robot version of him.  need i say more?

i’ll also mention the time that my best friend joe and i made a “mix” that consisted solely of 22 tracks of “will you be there (theme from free willy)” and listened to each one, partly because it was a funny concept, but mostly cause that’s a damn good song.  we were, for the record, freshmen in college at the time. years later, joe did a stirring karaoke rendition at the playstation pub here in grand rapids that yielded a standing ovation.

so yeah, the king of pop is dead. collin nominated justin timberlake to succeed the throne.  i second.

-srd