Pace on Earth

Orange Juice Blues (Blues for Breakfast)

Deadspin did a cool retro-post on the surreal OJ car chase that happened 15 YEARS AGO!. The post captures just how out of this world this whole case became and is like a sign of things to come in how the traditional news media became tabloid media right before our eyes.

I remember watching the chase at the Lunar Rogue (it was a Friday) and half the bar was glued to the TV. That spectacle lead to the ensuing trial which was even more of a shit-show. Kato Kaelin was the first reality tv show star and everyone of the lawyers became a household name. As for OJ, he somehow got off but is presumed guilty and in a final twist of the knife he actually wrote a book called If I did it.

Quite a fall from grace for the guy that won hearts running through airports.

Pace out.

posted by Vitamin S @ 6:10 p.m.