Jun 30 2009
Where were you when you heard?
Michael Jackson passing away is another moment in time that makes me reflect as to where or when I saw or heard the news of good and bad moments.
My first taste of live history was when John Kennedy was shot…I was in my drafting class at Lane Tech in Chicago. When Neil Armstrong landed on the moon I was at my brother’s house….what pride on that day. When the US Hockey team beat the Russians in 1980 I was in my hotel room at Disneyland in Anaheim for a Nepcon Show. Princess Diana interrupted a Saturday Night Live skit…September 11th my buddy Art told me driving to work, that do I know what is happening?
Michael was a shock, my wife and I have been on record he is the best entertainer we have ever seen in person…and we have seen quite a few biggies. We even saw him perform as the Jackson Five…that was fun but as an adult he made every song a show in itself ! But when Thriller was shown on TV we were at our friend’s Richard and MJ’s house…we knew we were seeing something special.
On the tech side…when we acquired the VEBA group in EMEA which included EBV and then Memec’s global distribution team I knew I was seeing something special happening in our M&A efforts and that would have tremendous impact on our talent pool, growth and profits…so far so good.
What moments do you remember, most?
Be safe on the 4th, happy b day America.
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