The Journal of Cool

My first memory of Michael Jackson comes from the very early nineties. The British children’s television show Blue Peter broadcast a brief clip of his ‘Black or White’ video, and spoke comfortably and openly about this superstar whose name had only just started ringing faint bells in my head. I remember asking my mother who ‘this Michael Jackson person’ was, as he danced on a platforms surrounded by native Americans with electric guitars strumming in the background. The presenters then spoke of his new album and his famous glove, and thus cemented this figure in my memory of popular culture.

I will admit that this didn’t, however, cement my love for the superstar: that interest germinated about a decade later.  Continue reading Memories of MJ