Yesterday was odd for me, because one minute I was talking to my boss about feeling a bit stressed out and she said “is it about Michael Jackson?” I didn’t know what she meant, and then she told me that he had passed away.

News traveled at the speed of light after that, with my 3G network clogged with Tweets and TXT messages from friends all saying the same thing, “OMG – Michael Jackson has died.” Literally, my phone did not stop beeping from new text messages for over an hour.

CNN started rolling news coverage, people gathered in front of the Apollo Theatre, and crowds gathered at the hospital in LA where Michael was taken. Then the photo leaked with him intubated, and receiving CPR

Even more shocking is the news that the Doctor who gave Michael Jackson an injection RIGHT BEFORE he died, has went missing. This pattern has taken away a lot of celebrities over the past few years, and is expected to sail high above the Anna Nichole Smith story.

My memories of Michael Jackson are simple, I was obsessed with Thriller, and loved the video so much that I recorded it – and when the making of the video came out, I watched it with a religious passion. It developed my interest in horror movies, haunted houses, and all things scary and fun.

I also had a friend, Jana, who was this little girl who lived in the neighborhood behind mine. When she would come and play at my house, we would talk about Michael Jackson and listen to his music. It was one of those little fan obsessions that skyrocketed into a influence for musical comparison in my later years. Jana, who I speak to in data-bits on Facebook, left me a message yesterday which read “can you believe our idol is dead?” Time is incredibly short, and her post was like being hit with a bucket of iced water. No, I can’t believe Michael Jackson is dead.

Do we blame this Doctor? Do we investigate his home for boxes of Child Porn and uncover secret rooms full of mysterious objects? Do we pick apart this man who has been so unusual to us, that we make out his death more like a alien saucer landing than the death of a human?

No. I never believed he was a child molester, and I never thought he was a bad person. I think he was unusual, but given his life in Entertainment – I think he got it honest.

One thing is for sure, Michael Jackson is all over the “Top Sellers” list on the iTunes store today – and that says a lot. For those of you who got to meet Michael Jackson or knew him personally, I send you my sincere sympathy.

For those fans who have associated with him, like I have, I send you just the same. It seems that it really doesn’t matter, because he was a household item – a man in our lives – whether we knew him or not.

- Jake A. Wheat

Some people may be a bit “concerned” for the little kid in this video, after all he is subjected to some of the freaky-disgusting puppets and characters since Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.”

MGMT – one of my new all time favorite chill bands can be found on iTunes, and if you are a fan then I want to hear from you.  MGMT claims that the child was not in any way “harmed” in the making of the video, in fact they quote it on the video page on their website.

I love it, and I think it’s a great concept.  Do I wonder if the child really is reacting to the puppets?  Yes.  Do I think that is ok?  Not really, but – as a child (even at a very young age) I was scared of a lot of things.  If he was told it was pretend, and/or tricked into being frightened – well.  You know, you tell me… what do you think?

Watch the video and then comment.

I know, I know – your going to say that dance music sucks.  Most people don’t like it, but I do.  I like techno, electronica, and all those candy coated thumping remixes as well.  I recently discovered Serge Devant’s new album called “Wanderer,” and I have to say that he is incredibly talented.

iTunes for me has been a Godsend.  For one, I would never KNOW to look for these artists without iTunes making suggestions, or giving me the “immortal” like power to search into genres and go through massive pages of music.  Serge’s album was found by mistake, but I have listened to it non-stop since I got it yesterday, which isn’t such a lost cause considering that it was released on June 9th.  Check out the album for yourself by CLICKING HERE, and have some fun with this really addictive album.  HATERS can leave your comments, but I will just giggle at them giving you the finger.

Well, spoke too soon – one of the Wordpress 2.8 installations I updated failed BADLY and it took me hours to get the site back to it’s previous state.

I would wait until they get the bugs out before you do the upgrade, and for the record – I still say Wordpress is awesome.  The people are working hard on it, and this setback does NOT change my mind about them.

Fooey.