Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Michael Jackson... Sorry- I have to complain about this!

Being that I am laid off and was of course home with Roman today, I got to watch the Memorial Service for Michael Jackson this afternoon. I have always loved MJ's music and although I thought he looked a little strange in recent years, and I certainly thought 'what the hell is wrong with those parents' who were letting their kids sleep in his bed years ago... but overall he was an amazing artist, and everything he did with music seemed to turn to gold. I still remember listening to "I wanna rock with you... all night..." in my basement while I roller skated when I was little. I will say however, that although I was shocked with his sudden death, I am now officially tired of the media coverage of MJ's death! From the Today show to Regis and Kelly to the 12 o'clock news, to the memorial service, then the 6 o'clock news, Entertainment Tonight and the Insider, and then Dateline, 20/20... and now it is 11:43pm and it's all over the Late Night TV. And I "love" that every one of these shows acts like they have "new" information and go through his life story from growing up in Gary, Indiana! WE KNOW! I assure you media giants- we all know MJ's history at this point. I can hardly wait until results come back from the toxicology testing- it'll be a media circus. If I had it my way, I say let it go from the television for awhile, and just play some of his great music on the radio a little more often. Please... and thank you.

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