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This column was written two days earlier and it appeared online hours before the death was announced. How did I know that Michael Jackson was going to die?
Am I psychic?
Do I know the secrets of the universe?
Do I know when you’re going to die? (Do you seriously want to know?)
Fine, I’ll tell you.
IT’S A COINCIDENCE.
In hindsight it seems obvious, but when I had the overpowering urge to listen to Jackson’s albums I thought it was just some midlife nostalgia trip. Fortunately I’ve just read Leonard Mlodinow’s book on randomness, so I can explain it to myself. Ooh, there’s a column.
So if you want to know the future or to place a curse on someone, you’d be better off consulting one of these.
Aswang (sculpture by Ryan Villamael)
It’s only been 24 hours, but after the media overload we are now tired of hearing about Michael Jackson. Funny how the technology that is supposed to abate boredom really hastens its onset.
Answers to questions you might be asking, unless you wandered onto this site purely by accident >>>
June 28th, 2009 at 00:28
on your concluding statement, so true. next story, please.
June 28th, 2009 at 22:19
He’s gone ahead. He’s the greatest dancer of our generation,us kids born during the late sixties up to the entire 1970’s. He was obsessed with being white he forgot how great he was when he was black. His dance moves can never be duplicated though some may try. His singing voice was too high pitched for a male. He simply looked weird and spooky in his later years. His life was sad. There are speculations that he will not be buried. Because of the high content of silicone and other artificial substances in his body, his family might opt to recycle him. I just can’t understand how he managed to dupe Paul Mc Cartney into giving him all the copyrights to the entire Beatles songs.
June 29th, 2009 at 10:18
I hear Michael Jackson songs in MRT.
June 30th, 2009 at 08:08
Kids nowadays would trivialize what MJ contributed to the world especially with dance. It’s been diluted by the likes of Chris Brown or Timberlake. Even they will admit though that those moves were copied from The Master himself.
July 3rd, 2009 at 19:30
please write on who wins the 2010 elections…aabangan…