Patterns, they surround me.\u00a0 I wrote two blogs last night and wasn’t sure which to put up first…the beach day or the whole Michael Jackson thing.\u00a0 I was wondering about it this AM when I get a comment from, yet another stranger (who like so many of the others so far may turn into a spammer) asking if I was going to comment on Jackson’s death and the ‘mystery’ surrounding it.\u00a0 Of course, he included a link.\u00a0\u00a0 I will err on the side of caution and only nod at your link…but everyone else should know I let him on but cannot vouch for the link.\u00a0\u00a0 And on that note…fate seemed to vote for this blog today.<\/p>\n
So I’m driving the long drive back from the beach and before I give up on the radio and switch to a CD I run through my 12 (yeah…baby…twelve channels all programmed, although I only really like 3 of them.)\u00a0 stations to see if any have a song I’d like to listen to.<\/p>\n
And it’s, ehw, Michael Jackson.\u00a0\u00a0I’m pushing buttons, going…”No, no, no, Jesus what is it Michael Jackson day!”\u00a0\u00a0 It was playing on almost every, station.\u00a0 Even my hip hop!\u00a0 So I give it up and pop the disk button and listen to some Killers and after 2 songs I pop the FM back on.<\/p>\n
And again, it’s all Michael Jackson.\u00a0 “More Michael Jackson!” I exclaim and the boys…who are totally bored (but quiet…do I have them trained or what!)\u00a0 start asking “What, Mom, what’s going on.”<\/p>\n
I explain he’s a singer from a while back and I’m laughing and pushing buttons, “See, a Michael Jackson song, and here’s another, and another.\u00a0 Oh, well this station’s not…wait…that IS a Michael Jackson song.”<\/p>\n
My little pea brain says…wow, it’s like he died.\u00a0 And I get that feeling, you know.\u00a0 Logic says NO ONE plays this much Michael Jackson IN ONE DAY, and sure enough I hear the news he’s died.\u00a0\u00a0 Well, that pretty much wrapped up my day of channel surfing, because I’m not a big fan of his songs, at least not now.\u00a0 It’s the problem with being a real popular musician…I’ve heard\u00a0all your stuff too much.\u00a0 Although I’ll still sing to a Jackson 5 tune (hey…I remember watching the Jackson 5 cartoon on television.\u00a0 And the Osmund Family.\u00a0\u00a0 Lordy kid t.v. sucked back then.)\u00a0\u00a0 I liked him in The Wiz and Thriller was genius for its time…but then he just got unusual as a person and completely lost my interest in his music.\u00a0 (Did he ever play an instrument?\u00a0 Are you a musician if you don’t play or write your own songs but sing real good and hire great choreographers?)<\/p>\n
Anyway so for the rest of the trip its my Alternative Rock stations,\u00a0K-Rock and 98.7 and my CD’s.\u00a0 Then just before we got home I’m listening to K-Rock and they play a song.\u00a0 I don’t know who it is but the lyrics seem familiar.\u00a0 Then it hits me, Oh my God!\u00a0 It’s a Michael Jackson song!\u00a0\u00a0 A slow, rocker ballad of Billie Jean!\u00a0\u00a0Crack me up!<\/p>\n
Yes, patterns and patterns.\u00a0 They are there if you notice them.\u00a0 There is a high number of instances where celebrities die in threes.\u00a0 Usually in a space of a week.\u00a0 This week’s triumvirate…Ed McMahon, Farah Fawcett and Michael Jackson.\u00a0 Will anyone remember Farah’s struggle after Micheal’s demise?\u00a0 Personally I thought Ed McMahon was already dead, oh well…it still counts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Patterns, they surround me.\u00a0 I wrote two blogs last night and wasn’t sure which to put up first…the beach day or the whole Michael Jackson thing.\u00a0 I was wondering about it this AM when I get a comment from, yet … Continue reading