If you've ever read Possessing Genius or Driving Mr. Albert, you've heard the story of Thomas Harvey, the pathologist who "made off" with the brain of Albert Einstein in 1955. (If you haven't read either of them, you should; Half Price Books (aka heaven) usually has three or more copies of Possessing Genius and at least one Driving Mr. Albert for five bucks or so.) Now, the brain of Michael Jackson has escaped his burial so pathologists can look inside for all those pills that were in his stomach. With the brain out, and the body to be buried, will we have a Possessing Pop or Driving Mr. Michael in the decades to come? You bet your ass. According to this article, keeping tissues for pathology is common, and they are usually incinerated after the reports are complete. But, that ain't gonna happen. That thing will be floating around for decades to come. Above average temporal lobes like good ol' Al? Higher density of glial cells maybe? What, indeed, is the secret to Pop music? Only time will tell...
(Note: the above image is a chimpanzee brain, and was chosen simply because it looks cool, is in a jar, and has the word "pop" in it. So don't send me any stupid-ass emails.)
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