Matt Johnson of Matt and Kim: “Yesterday in a walk from McCarren Park to my apartment on Grand Street I heard so many groups [of people] talking about Michael Jackson’s passing. Two groups of strangers would hear each other, then everyone would begin talking about it together. At one point a guy walking by himself past Kim and I turned and said, ‘Did you hear Michael Jackson died?’ like he needed to get it off his chest. So say what you will about Michael, but he always brought people together.”