What happens when the world suffers a loss unawares?

I was going to spend today recording a fuzzy dancepunk cover of “Kiss from a Rose” by Seal. But then I remembered I lent all my drum mics to a band in Chicago, and my drum machines don’t swing in 6/8.

What if Shakespeare had been trampled by Clydesdales? What if Enrico Fermi's nose had succumbed to syphilis? What if Malcolm X had spent all his prison time getting jacked and inking tats? I guess now we’ll find out.