First Ed McMahon, then Farrah Fawcett, and now Michael Jackson.

I’m not sure why the news of Michael Jackson’s death makes me so sad…  maybe it’s because CNN’s coverage of the event is atrocious.  Maybe it’s because Thriller was the first album I ever owned, and man, we played the shit out of it. 

Michael Jackson was just so cool.  The jackets, the gloves, the moonwalk…  And he remained cool, even when we found out what a freak show he was.  Probably because in the burgeoning days of MTV (when it actually played videos…) the Thriller video was   the   coolest   thing   any   of   us   had   ever   seen.

It’s like a piece of my childhood had died, and I’m sad.