Some Kind Of Muffin

Today would have been Cliff Burton’s 51st birthday. He was, in my opinion, one of the best bass players who has ever lived. One night while I was still in high school, I was hanging out with my band’s drummer watching

Cliff ‘Em All

. We started talking about how good he was and how we wished we could meet him. Our living room had a table lamp that had a touch sensitive dimmer pad connected to it. There was no slide or button. You simply touched it and slid your finger up or down to change the brightness. Right after we stated our desire to have been able to meet Cliff the lamp got brighter and brighter and then went off, and then got brighter and went off. It did this 3 or 4 times before I felt the need to touch the dimmer pad to see if I could make it stop.
Now, I want to be clear. I do not believe in ghosts or spirits, but I love this story and at the time I definitely felt like Cliff had reached out and said hello.