Saturday, July 04, 2009

More about MJ

I'm still fascinated by the media coverage of MJ's death.

The memorial service will be on Tuesday at Staples Center. I called that right after they said it couldn't be at Neverland (not entirely sure why not). But going there will never be the same.

I think it would be a little creepy going to a Lakers or Clippers game there after a memorial service was held there. It would be a little like seeing any sporting event at the Superdome after Katrina.

According to the news, 500 million people tried to hit the website (and brought it down) to get tickets for the memorial service. Is that number right? That's the equivalent of every single person in the United States plus the entire population of Brazil. That's insane. If that's true, I could see the crowd in LA either equaling or surpassing the number of people at Obama's inauguration.

There's some people who are saying that they should stop the media coverage and let him rest in peace. I disagree. I think he would have loved everything that's going on and would thoroughly enjoy the attention.