As a kid who grew up listening to Beethoven and Gilbert & Sullivan operas, I was never exactly a Black Sabbath or Ozzy Osbourne guy. As an adult however, I stumbled upon The Osbournes show on MTV years ago, and I was instantly hooked. It was cool to see a famous heavy metal star dealing with the same kind of family and dog nonsense (albeit in a mansion) that the rest of us do. He died yesterday, so let us all hoist a mug of – – what, goat blood? – – in his direction.
