The Rim Of Hell

Y’know, when I was about six I wanted to be a member of the Jackson 5. Go ahead laugh but racial and familial difficulties aside, think about WHY that was? When I was six or so, you couldn’t turn on a radio or a TV and not hear either the Jackson 5 or the freakin’ Osmonds. Girls swooned whenever Michael Jackson was mentioned and everybody knew the lyrics to ‘ABC’ or ‘I Want You Back’.

Despite my more extreme musical tastes, I am still saddened by MJ’s passing and am watching the events of today with a strong sense of melancholy. Love him or hate him, he was an undeniable entity that forever changed the face of music & popular culture. He united fans of different races like few ever have, in part because he seemed to transcend any one group or one ethnicity. He was just Michael Jackson.

As a fan of music, ALL MUSIC, even I can appreciate that we as a people have just lost something special. For my entire waking life, there has always been Michael Jackson out there in the world – on the TV, the radio. Not anymore. From here on out, I go it alone. We ALL go it alone.

Anyhow, rest in piece Michael.

As an aside, Smokey Robinson is a VAMPIRE! That dude has not aged since he was like 30. If you ever want proof of the living dead, you have Keith Richards (zombies) and Smokey Robinson (vamps).