While it's unfortunate that Michael Jackson passed away yesterday, the multitude of poor-quality cover versions of his hits that have sprung up on YouTube have made the news that much easier to take.Also, thank you to people who took it upon themselves to make some sort of obituarial comment on very Michael Jackson-related video, article, post, &c. on the Internet.
By the way, when age fifty counts as an "untimely" passing, we're pretty lucky as a people.