Michael Jackson died today. I was on my way to the gym but I got too caught up in the media coverage and music video marathons to leave the house. I'm not usually affected by celebrity deaths, but this one is a pretty big deal to me. Much of Michael Jackson's music was and still is part of the soundtrack of my life. So I watched as everyone started caring about this man again. MJ shaped my musical landscape when I was a wee lass in the early 1990s. The first piece of music I ever owned was Thriller... read more
