Do you remember the time?

Sigh. So the day has come, and if you ask The Dog, he found it was all too early. The Angry Pothound and his pups are all mourning the loss of a legend.

Show business, or entertainment, or whatever you call it, has not actually been around that long in our history. But in the past century or so, we have seen people with talent perform for us, make us feel, inject us with all kinds of emotions, and generally inspire us. It may sound like a bit much to some of you cynics out there, but there is a tiny handful of people in this world with that kind of power. Seriously. To never meet you, yet influence you endlessly.

We here at The Angry Pothound believe that Michael Jackson was perhaps the best entertainer the world has ever seen. He genuinely moved so many ppl. Can you say that YOU have touched ppl, like truly touched them in their hearts? Have you ever made someone so happy that they cry in your presence and faint and scream hysterically? Of course, The Dog knows what this is like, having been such a supreme being himself, as well as a trained singer and dancer. But there never will be and never was another Michael, and I think everyone knows that. Like Dave Chappelle said, so reverently, "He made Thriller, man. Thriller."

We have danced and sang along to his music for years. And yes, occasionally, we have made and laughed at some MJ jokes. Who didn't? But we are truly saddened by the loss of it all. It's like the death of JFK, a death that could truly define a generation. For most of our readers, we know that MJ was a little bit like your JFK, and he probably had more than a few songs on the soundtrack to your life.

Someone once said that there is nothing sadder than wasted talent. Michael Jackson was one of the most talented people the world has ever had the opportunity to see in action. To witness talent like that, well it affects you, even a lil bit. And what happened to him, how he faded into strangeness and obscurity and debt, how people laughed at him, hated him, didn't believe in him, and took advantage of him and his obvious mental problems for decades - well that is one of the saddest falls from fame we have ever seen. Really. And so, what we really have here is wasted talent. We saw a world rip apart a very deeply troubled man, slowly but surely, and then he died. THAT is the most tragic part. We might have all contributed in some small way to his demise. And that is what people are likely the saddest about.

Say what you want, be cynical. The Dog is a master cynic. But, I dunno, he doesn't feel comfortable being cynical about this. This shit is very sad, and what happened to MJ was truly sad. What about his poor children? Their father is gone. And there was never that comeback tour. Sigh. If you've ever seen him perform, count yourself among the lucky. We here at The Angry Pothound never did.

So play your favourite MJ tune today ... everyone has a personal favourite - The Dog has been playing Don't Stop Till You Get Enough whole day. Watch a couple of his amazing videos on Youtube - Remember the Time with Eddie Murphy as an Egyptian pharoah, that video is maddddd and you know it. Try to do some of those crazy dance moves - they are amazing, right? Hell, fuckin' moonwalk to and from work if you can (I'm sure most of you can't anyway, dammit that shit is hard). But let's just give Jack(son) his jacket nah. And make sure it's that red leather jacket from the Thriller video, or at least that bedazzled number in the picture above. Because the King of Pop doesn't deserve any less.