new month

it's been a while. a week to be exact. it's been a crazy one.

one of the more impersonal events was that michael jackson died. pretty crazy. not that anyone was particularly shocked but still bizarre anyways. he was on so many drugs and had so many things done to himself that no one seems shocked. so to commemorate i downloaded the essential michael jackson. it's a pretty thorough collection of his hits. from jackson 5 to the jacksons to his duet with his sister, janet.

some of the songs are pretty eleborate set-ups about relationships with women. i guess at some point of time he was quite popular with the ladies. but as of late his personal relationships have been a bit bizarre. i would even include his marriage to lisa marie presley. i think every one was disturbed by their kiss on the mtv music awards. crazy. the uniting of two of the largest music kingdoms. the kind of rock's daughter and the king of pop. whoa! btu after their divorce and his marriage to that nurse to really only produce children that don't even look like him in the slightest. (a sperm donor, maybe?)

but back to the music... no one can deny the greatness of thriller. billie jean. and scream. amazing amazing songs. it's a collection 46 songs and i know all of them. i know a lot of music, especially lyrics, but really 46 songs all by one individual. that's a considerable impact. and listening to it now brings back so many memories. mostly of watching mtv late at night when i was supposed to be sleeping. that was the first time i had a tv in my room. it was awesome. i remember the lead singer of inxs dying. now this generation will remember michael jackson. granted i've lived through quite a lot of famous people dying. one more to add to the list.

oh god... who's bad?

RIP Michael J Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009)