Abject Geekery

Time and Death heal all wounds. The triumphant and tragic life of a man has come to an end. The King is dead. Long live the King.

I was thinking that others would comment on this before I got around to it, if ever.  But I had a long conversation with a co-worker today and I figured I might as well get some of it down in digital ink.

“The Man” is always holding us people down.

I will say this loud and clear so that there can be no misunderstanding: the recent death of a musical icon has changed my life.

“How?” is the cry I hear from the three or four people (two?) reading this column.  Simple.  The death of this icon has caused me to focus on his life.  The triumphant and tragic life of a man who just wanted to make people happy, but was demonized and vilified by people with no knowledge of fact.  Is it possible that this man committed unspeakable and immoral crimes of the most deplorable nature?  Yes, it is certainly with-in the realm of possibility.  But isn’t it all the more likely that we wanted to believe he committed these crimes?  Is it possible that we wanted to destroy this man? (more…)