Monster Scholar

Michael Jackson died today after suffering a heart attack at the age of fifty. Tragically, Jackson was set to begin a musical tour that was to mark the comeback of the pop superstar and which could have signaled a new album for the music icon. Michael Jackson's influence has been felt the world over, as his music and videos shaped a generation of artists. My fondest memory of Jackson is of course his music video for Thriller . It went beyond the other videos of its time to become a cinematic experience, one that I both loved and dreaded once the lights went out in our living room. I remember sitting with mouth agape as I watched Jackson and his horde of zombies get down with moves I had never seen before and would later try to imitate. As the velvet tones of Vincent Price were heard on the voice over I squirmed with gooseflesh, almost feeling the cold grip of the grisly ghouls closing in to seal my doom. I once scared the living day ligths out of my best friend Stacy when I changed...