- Mon Jun 28, 2010 4:07 pm
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The MJ half-hour ended up being the soundtrack to my stressed-out parents yell a lot at each other, as we were minutes away from leaving for a trip down to their new place in Cumbria and Mum had already set Dad's planned car departure time back an hour. Ah, family traditions. It was still fabulous though.
I was a fan throughout most of my teens (and a bit before as well) and fully admit to being hit hard a year ago by his death. It didn't bring my life to a standstill or anything, and in fact I'd sort of mentally prepared for it ages beforehand, but I was one of those who sobbed when Chris played Man in the Mirror that Friday morning in 2009.
It was something of a relief to have this holiday to get on with this year and not be bogging myself down with sad memories or feeling the need to "do something". I haven't actually bothered to play any of his songs over the past few days, as I think I'm still bored of them since wearing them all out for weeks and weeks after he actually died. I'll be sure to buy any of this "new" material that Sony has promised though.