In the wake of the death of Michael Jackson the internet almost exploded – Twitter, Facebook, CNN, even mighty Google, were all clogged with the surge in traffic of people researching and blogging and tweeting the King of Pop’s death.

Everywhere I go, both online and in the real world, I hear Michael Jackson’s songs playing. “Don’t Stop Til’ You Get Enough”, “Beat It”, and of course “Thriller” have all been thrust back into the public’s consciousness. I’ve never danced at a farm before until yesterday when “Don’t Stop” started playing. I couldn’t resist the jam, even though I was holding a pie.

With the return of Michael Jackson’s songs into the spotlight, millions are bound to be searching for song lyrics and verses. The Thriller album and its titular hit are arguably Jackson’s biggest achievements, and so it is not surprise that people  are searching for the lyrics to “Thriller verses”. As such I have noticed that searching for “thrillerverse” on Google, my website has dropped several spaces from #1 to below search results for “Thriller verse” ringtones.

My twitter.com/Thrillerverse is actually the #1 search result for “thrillerverse” now, which is interesting on its own. While I think that the Iran elections galvanized Twitter in a legitimate sense, Michael Jackson’s death was the first cultural event where every tweet on my Twitter home page made a reference to Michael Jackson – both directly and indirectly. There were Jokes and there were RIP’s, but everyone from comedians to activists to RLPs (real-life persons, IE people I know) had something to say about Jacko, which is not something that could be said about Iran.

So where was I going with this?

The Thrillerverse is a soupy dimension, a smelly horror, and a peculiar state of mind. It has nothing to do with any verse from the song or album Thriller, though “Wanna Be Startin’ Something” is a rad song.